Foreign forces in Shabwa threaten to target fishermen’s boats 

SANAA, Feb. 10 (YPA) – Foreign forces present in the coastal district of Radhom in Shabwa province prevented fishermen from fishing in the Arabian Sea, threatening to confiscate their boats and equipment.

A document issued by the “Arabian Sea Fisheries Authority” last Thursday and circulated by activists from Shabwa on social media called on the heads of fish associations to prevent fishermen from fishing in the so-called “prohibited zone” and for fishermen’s boats to be 500 meters away from foreign force patrols.

The document stressed not to engage in dialogue, discussion, or verbal altercations with patrol boats when catching any fishermen’s boat inside the “prohibited zone.”

The document stated that any fishermen’s boat seized, along with all its equipment and tools, would be confiscated by those forces.

It is noteworthy that the American and French forces used the Balhaf liquefied gas facility as a military base after the UAE took control of the facility in 2016. Aerial photographs showed that foreign forces established a new military base near the Balhaf facility, which contained 100 buildings, in June last year.

The UAE forces in Shabwa created secret prisons and detention centers inside the Balhaf gas facility to hide and torture all those who oppose its presence in the oil-rich province and the rest of the southern provinces.

YPA