Dozens of dead bodies found in streets of Ataq City

SHABWA, Aug. 12 (YPA) – Local residents on Thursday have found dead bodies of militants affiliated with the Saudi-led coalition factions lying in the streets of the city of Ataq, Shabwa province, southeastern Yemen.

This came on the eve of the decline in intensity of confrontations after three days of fierce clashes between the Emirati factions and the Islah forces, which ended with the expulsion of Islah militants from the city of Ataq.

Local sources said that residents of the Al-Kahraba neighborhood in the center of the city of Ataq, found a number of dead bodies belonging to gunmen from both sides, thrown in the alleys of the neighborhood.

Dozens of armed Emirati factions and Islah were killed over the past two days, following violent clashes in the city of Ataq, which had witnessed the intervention of the coalition aircraft.

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