Hadi forces suffer heavy casualties in four districts of Shabwah

SHABWAH, Sept. 20 (YPA) – Southern Transitional Council militias, which funded by the United Arab Emirates launched large-scale offensive operations against the exiled Saudi-backed forces ” Hadi and al-Islah party militias” in various areas of Shabwah province, south-east Yemen, local sources reported on late Thursday,

Por STC media outlets reported on Friday that UAE-backed militias attacked a number of military posts where Hadi’s forces and members of the Islah party are stationed in Mayfa’a, Habban, Nisab and Merkhah districts.

The surprise attacks left a number of dead and wounded in the ranks of Hadi’s forces, the sources said.

According to the media sources, these attacks coincided with the arrive of a Saudi military committee in Shabwah. The committee, including several Saudi officers, arrived at Ataq city under the pretext confining exiled Hadi’s forces and Islah party, and paying salaries.

The sources said that the step likely came to prepare for carrying out attack on the UAE-backed militias in Abyan and Aden city.

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