Islah Party forces rejects Al-Alimi’s decisions

HADHRAMOUT, Dec. 07 (YPA) – Forces of the First Military Region, a unit affiliated with the Islah party,  rejected decision issued by Rashad Al-Alimi, the head of the so-called “Riyadh-Formed Presidential Council, to dismiss the military leader affiliated with Islah, “Yahya Abu Auja” from his position as the Chief of Staff of the First Military Region, and appointing  another commander to the UAE-backed Southern  Transitional Council (STC)’s forces.

Sources said that officers and members of the First Military Region deployed in the camps of the region with their weapons and began transfers of weapons and ammunition outside their headquarters.

The first military officers announced their adherence to Yahya Abu Auja, and their refusal to deal with his successor Amer Hatyan , the commander of the special battalion in the Hadrami elite  Forces, according to the sources

Members of the “First Military Region ” considered the decision to appoint Hatyan as a soft handover of the region’s forces to the STC.

Sources confirmed that an expected decision will be issued to appoint a new commander for the region from the STC to succeed its current commander, Saleh Timis, to ensure full control over its forces.

E.M