YEMEN Press Agency

UAE launches assassination campaign against imams, preachers of mosques in Taiz, Dalea

SANAA, March. 31 (YPA) – One of the southern Salafist Shiekh confirmed that the assassination attempts of the imam and preacher of al-Issai Mosque in the city of Taiz, “Omar Duqm”, which resulted in serious injuries to him on Friday considered a major launch of assassinations campaign begin by the Saudi-UAE occupation forces  against Imams and preachers of mosques in the city of Taiz, after they expanded their operations in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.

Sheikh Ali al-Kurdi told “Yemen Press Agency” on Friday evening that United Arab of Emirates (UAE) occupation forces try to move the battle to Taiz, Marb and Shabaw in order to liquidate the Salafis and ISLAH party leaders, after they took full control of the southern provinces and creating what so-called elite forces and security belt forces (UAE-Baked militias).

He added that the occupying forces and their armed factions are now beginning to liquidate the members of ISLAH party and Salafis, while the assassinations continue in Aden.

“Dozens of imams and preachers of mosques of the current Salafis, including those of ISLAH party (the Muslim Brotherhood are still detained and forcibly hidden in secret prisons run by the UAE occupation forces for nearly two years,” Sheikh Ali al-Kurdi said.

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