Fierce battles between Hadi, STC in Abyan continued

ABAYN, Aug. 19 (YPA) – Fierce fighting broke out between UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC ) militias and forces loyal to Hadi’s government in southern Yemen’s Abyan province, local sources reported on Wednesday.

Local sources said that the STC’s militias forces attacked the positions of Hadi’s forces in Al-Taryah, triggering violent clashes that spread to various fronts east and north of Zinjibar.

According to observers, the renewed fighting would undermine the mission of the Saudi committee charged with implementing the military component of the amended Riyadh agreement.

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