Coalition sparks fuse of confrontations in Mahra

SANAA, Dec. 12 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition forces have ignited fuse of confrontations among tribes of Mahra province.

Armed confrontations have broken out between the tribes of Za’anbut and Ra’afit, west of the city of Al-Ghaydah, for the last 3 days, following a dispute over a piece of land, amid accusations by leaders in the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council of standing behind fueling the conflict in the province.

Mahra governor, appointed by the coalition-backed government, Mohammed Ali Yasser, failed to reach an agreement between the two tribes and put an end to the quarrels that aim to tear the social fabric of the people of Mahra.

Observers believe that sparking the conflicts among the Mahra tribes is a policy pursued by Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the oil-rich provinces in eastern Yemen, with the goal of introducing more of its forces to those areas, and eliminating all calls that demands the exit of foreign forces.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE could able to attract tribal sheikhs to their ranks, including Sheikh Abdullah bin Issa Al Afrar, to implement the agendas that serve the American-British project to control the oil-rich areas, after controlling the ports and airports.

The UAE-funded “Southern Transitional Council militias are trying to transfer the confrontations to the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Mahra, under the pretext of expelling the Islah forces from those areas. This falls within the framework of the conflict between the Saudi-Emirati interests in eastern Yemen.

Earlier, head of the anti-foreign forces sit-in in Mahra, Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Huraizy, had revealed the ambitions of the coalition countries to control the gas and oil-rich province, calling on the tribesmen to unify the ranks and confront all projects that target the security and stability of Mahra.

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