Militia arrest journalist, loot his property in Aden

ADEN, Dec. 26 (YPA) – Militia backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrested a journalist and looted his property in Yemen’s southern province of Aden.

“Journalist Moath al-Maqtari with his wife, was caught in a military checkpoint while trying to head for Marib city to Aden province,” al-Maqtari said on his Facebook account.

Meanwhile, the member of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate Nabil al-Asadi tweeted in Twitter “the arrest of Maqtari came on “regionalism basis” as a citizen from northern provinces.

Ali Ahsan