International road between Oman, Yemen closed

MAHARA, March 12 (YPA) – The international road between the Sultanate of Oman and Yemen was closed on Monday in Shahn area after violent clashes broke out between Mahara’s tribes and Saudi-backed militias led by Rajih Bakrit, sources in Mahara province said.

The sources explained that the clashes took place near Shahn port after the tribesmen refused to pass trucks whose source is unknown and not inspected and taken out by Saudi orders.
The sources pointed out a number of Saudi-led militias were killed and injured as well as a number of armored vehicles and military equipment belonging to them were destroyed by Mahara’s tribes.

The sources confirmed that “the tribes managed to control all the roads and valleys in” Hat “after the militias were forced to withdraw to the camp of the Saudi occupation in the region.