Saudi Arabia announces new bloc to represent Hadramout

HADRAMOUT, June 20 (YPA) – Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday a new bloc to represent Hadramout province, led by Saad Eddin bin Talib.

Southern media, quoting sources in the Hadramout delegation in Riyadh, reported that the Saudi ambassador to the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, Muhammad Al Jaber, gave the delegation the green light by announcing a new bloc to represent Hadramout.

The media sources pointed out that the Saudi ambassador named  bin Talib, a leader affiliated with the Islah Party, as head of the bloc, instead of Faraj al-Bahsani, who was the most prominent candidate by virtue of his membership of the “Presidential Leadership Council”.

The sources considered Saudi Arabia’s decision a prelude to the removal of al-Bahsani from the Leadership Council.

The overthrow of Al-Bahsani from representing Hadramout would end the last influence of the UAE in the oil-rich province.

YPA