UAE military reinforcements arrive in Balhaf in preparation for major battle in Hadhramaut

SHABWAH, Dec. 19 (YPA) – Over the past two days, the UAE has pushed significant reinforcements into its areas in the occupied provinces of Shabwah and Abyan, southern Yemen, Aden News Agency reported sources reported on Wednesday.

According to military sources, the Emirati troops have arrived in the Balhaf area of Shabwah province to reinforce their forces, which have been there for years.

The new reinforcements, which the UAE pushed to Balhaf, include modern weapons and military mechanisms, where the UAE has a military base in the region.

The military base has been established inside the Balhaf gas facility, and still refuses to leave it and hand it over to Hadi’s forces.

The same sources confirmed that the reinforcements also included al-Alam camp, located east of the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwah province.

The camp is one of the largest camps belonging to the UAE forces, where the UAE have installed the launcher pad of drones and thermal missiles.

The sources warned of the UAE moves, pointing out that the UAE is arranging an imminent battle against Hadi’s forces.

In the past few days, UAE forces have smuggled terrorist elements into Camp Al-Alam and distributed weapons and ammunition to them in preparation to storm   Hadhramaut and Shabwah provinces, according the sources.

During the August clashes, UAE forces in Shabwah province withdrew from a number of military positions they had set up in the province towards their military base at the Balhaf facility, which UAE forces still refuse to hand over to Hadi’s forces to this day.

E.M