Large deployment of special security forces in Marib raises concern of citizens

MARIB, Aug. 18 (YPA) – The city of Marib witnessed on Wednesday a great security tension, amid reports of the imminent storming of forces led by “Tariq Afash”, supported by the UAE, to the city, which is controlled by the Islah Party factions.

Local sources said that hundreds of members of the so-called “Special Security Forces”, affiliated with Islah Party, were deployed in the city’s streets in the past hours.

The sources pointed out that the forces reinforced their military positions at the eastern entrances of the city of Marib, and created new checkpoints on the road linking the city with Shabwa province, which raised the concern of the city’s residents.

These developments come in light of the real fears experienced by the Islah factions, who lost their last strongholds on the scene, after their expulsion from Shabwa, in addition to the Emirati arrangements to remove them from Marib by pushing the Tariq Afash forces that are preparing to storm the city.

YPA