Al-Sabiha tribes abduct military commander in giants brigades

LAHJ, Feb. 24 (YPA) – Tribal gunmen on Monday kidnapped a military commander in the UAE-funded Giants Brigades, known as “al-Amaliqa”,  on the west coast.

Southern activist Ghassan al-Subihi said on his Facebook page that gunmen from the Aghbara tribe kidnapped a senior leader in the “giants brigades” with 12 of his companions, who were on their way to Aden, without giving the name of the commander.

According to the al-Subihi, the abduction came in a response to the kidnapping  of military leaders belonging to the tribe in Aden,  by the of Saudi forces.

He added that tribal mediation had arrived at the Aghbara  tribe  in order to release the leader and his companions.

Other sources pointed out that the mediation committee, tasked one of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) to follow up on the release of the abductees from the military leaders belonging to the tribe.

Earlier, al-Sabiha tribes threatened to cut off the coastal road in Ras al-Ara area, following the kidnapping of two commanders in the “Resistance of Sabiha brigade”, Ahmed Mohammed al-Talebi, Major General Bejash Mohammed al-Aghbari, and their companions from a hotel in Sheikh Othman district by the Saudi forces.

E.M