YEMEN Press Agency

Saudi occupation transfers Yemeni military brigades from Mahrah to Marib,Hadhramaut provinces

MAHRAH, Sept. 23 (YPA) – The Saudi occupation has transferred one of the Yemeni military brigades in Mahrah province, in eastern Yemen to Hadhramaut and Marb provinces, informed military sources reported Sunday that

According to the sources, the decision of transferring of the military brigades of the resigned “Hadi” to “Seiyoun” Hadhramaut and Mareb, in an attempt to evacuate “Mahrah province ” from any Yemeni military presence, in order to ease “Saudi Arabia” to extend its oil pipeline by force through the territory of the province to the port of Nashtun.

This comes in the light of the escalation Military tensions between Iran on the one hand and Saudi Arabia and America on the other, following the attacks on the “Abaqiq and Al-Khuaris” oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

Local sources, tried to distract the attention of the local public in Mahrah, saying that the transfer of the Yemeni army brigades of loyal to coalition-backed government under the pretext of stopping Hadhramaut oil, and not exporting it due to concerns of what the the exiled “Hadi’s government and the Party Islah to lose control over theses oil fields , according to activist and blogger Omar Al-Kassadi.

This coincides with the arrival of leaders and officials in Hadi’s government, including Interior Minister Ahmed al-Missari and Transport Minister Saleh al-Jabwani, he said.

Mahrah province has witnessed protests and angry sit-ins over the past period led by Sheikh Ali al-Harizi, a former deputy governor, due to the control of Saudi forces on all sea and land ports and the airport of Al-Ghaida and turn it into a military base, amid Saudi attempts to extend its oil pipeline from Al-Kharkar to the port of Nashtun located in the Arabian Sea.

E.M