Massive deployment of Saudi militias in Al-Ghaydah city of Mahrah

MAHRAH, Feb. 19 (YPA) – Sheikh Abboud Qamsiyat, deputy chairman of the sit-in committee in Mahrah province, called on the tribes of Mahrah and Yemen to free the province from Saudi occupation.

 The Mahrah tribes are in self-defense, and it is impossible for the Saudi occupation forces to be subjected to sacrifices, He said.

 In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Qamsiyat said the Saudi occupation forces have a military arsenal of more than 1,800 tanks, and that they have deployed dozens of military points in skilled directorates.

 He stressed that Saudi Arabia is seeking to extend its oil pipeline through Yemeni territory in The Mahra province, to reach the Arabian Sea on the one hand, and to displace the population of Mahrah, so that the province becomes a Saudi emirate overlooking the Arabian Sea.

 He pointed out that Saudi arrogance has worked to terrorize citizens, through Apaches and various types of weapons, and prevented fishermen from practicing fishing in Yemeni waters.

 The Saudi escalation in Mahrah was an attempt to make up for its military losses at the border and on the eastern fronts of Sana’a, Sheikh Abboud  Qamsiyat added.

 Other sources revealed a massive deployment of Saudi militias, led by Rajeh Bakrit, and a number of Saudi officers in the streets of the capital city of Al-Ghaydah.

 The sources explained that the occupation militias have set up checkpoints in the streets and residential neighborhoods opposed to the Saudi presence.

 Saudi Arabia is repulsed by its militias in the provincial capital, and other land and sea ports, as fears of the reaction of the tribesmen of Mahrah, after armed clashes, on Monday at the border port of Sahar.

 Saudi occupation forces have turned Al-Ghaydah civilian airport into a military base to manage some 22 camps and positions in various provinces since 2017.

E.M