Sanaa reveals contacts from sheikhs, leaders in coalition’s ranks

SANAA, March 2 (YPA) – A senior military official  has disclosed that Defense Ministry and Command of General Staff in Sanaa have received contacts from sheikhs and leaders in ranks of Saudi-Emirati alliance, want to return to Sanaa and the “lap of Yemen.”

“Defense Ministry and Command of General Staff are receiving contacts from sheikhs, leaders and others who wish to return to the lap of the motherland,” the director of the Moral Guidance Department at the Defense Ministry and Army spokesman,  Brigadier General Yayah Sarea said on Monday.

During his meeting with Sheikh Ahmed al-Shalef, who has defected from the coalition’s ranks and returned from Marib to Sanaa, Brigadier General Yayah Sarea said that “they received calls through the free number from leaders from Marib expressing their wishes to return to Sanaa.”

According to the Army spokesman, “The free number is  (176) allocated to receiving contacts from those who wish to return home from sheikhs, leaders and others who have been misleading by the coalition.”

He added that ” there is a preparation of a continuous follow-up room to coordinate and facilitate the return of those who want to return to Yemen and its defense forces against the Saudi-led coaltion, and take the advantage from the amnesty decision.”

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