Islah militants arrest STC official in Shabwa

SHABWA, Jan. 01 (YPA) – A military force affiliated with Saudi-backed Islah Party arrested on Saturday an official of the UAE-funded “Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.

Local sources indicated that a military point of Islah detained the head of the STC’s branch in Shabwa, Ali Ahmed al-Jabwani, while he was heading to Ataq city.

The sources pointed out that the gunmen in Radhum district allowed al-Jabwani’s convoy to pass after being received orders by the leadership of the UAE forces in Balhaf area to allow al-Jabwani to pass without objection.

This came after the commander of the “Special Forces of Islah, Abd Rabbo Kaab rejected the directives of the new governor of Shabwa, Awad Al-Wazir, appointed by the UAE forces, to hand over the camp to the “Shabwa Elite” militia.

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