Emirati militias advance towards strategic areas of Taiz

TAIZ, Nov. 16 (YPA) – The UAE-backed forces Tariq Saleh’s penetrated on Wednesday several areas of Al-Hujaria district in Taiz province to control the Islah Party-held military sites.

This came a day after the arrival of large groups of al-Qaeda members to special camps affiliated with the organization in areas of Mudaraba and Ras al-Ara near Bab al-Mandab, in Lahj, which are adjacent to the western Taiz countryside districts, coming from Abyan, to support elements of Islah in the city of al-Turba.

The sources said that the forces of Tariq Afash, a nephew of the former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, continued advancing from their positions in the Al-Wazia district towards Al-Shamayatain district that Islah militants stationed.

Afash’s forces are planning to establish new camps in the mountain range overlooking the Shamaytain district, with its center in the city of Turba, which is of strategic and geographical importance.

the militia of the Southern Transitional Council backed by the UAE sent large military reinforcements to the outskirts of the provinces of Taiz and Lahj, with the goal of advancing towards the areas and districts controlled by the Islah Party in Tur Al-Baha and Al-Hajariya countryside.

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