Britain accuses Hadi’s defense minister of supporting al-Qaeda

ADEN, Jan. 21 (YPA) -Diplomatic sources have revealed a strong British warning to the exiled Hadi’s defense minister about his administration attracting and protecting a number of al-Qaeda members who had fled to Ma’rib.

The sources confirmed that Colonel Matt Starr, British military attaché to the exiled Hadi’s government in Aden, has asked Saudi Arabia to summon General Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi, who is defense minister in the Saudi-backed regime, in order to interrogate him about recruiting, financing and protecting of al-Qaeda operatives in Marib city.

The British dissatisfaction with al-Maqdashi’s actions come after suspicions were raised that the Saudi-backed general had given shelter, aid and financial support to al-Qaeda terrorists who had fled Shabwah and come to Ma’rib. Shabwah province has seen a large insurgency of anti-occupation revolutionaries taking up arms against the Saudi-led invaders as well as the Hadi regime and their Wahhabi terrorist allies.

Diplomatic sources added that Britain had already warned the exiled Hadi’s government earlier, asking him to stop supporting terrorists and opening training camps for them in Ma’rib under the pretext of recruiting them for the army.

The UK has confirmed that it has real information and files confirming the support of military leaders in the Saudi-backed government for the al-Qaeda terrorist organization in the Arabian Peninsula and the opening of training camps in Ma’rib, Bayda and Hadhramaut provinces, as well as providing them with weapons.

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