Saudi-backed forces thwart STC’s attack in Seiyun

SEIYUN, 30 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition-backed government has foiled an attack in the Islah-run city of Sieyun in Yemen’s eastern Hadhramaut province.

The Saudi-based Saba news agency said that  an imminent car bomb attack was targeting the city of Sayun in the Hadhramaut Valley has been thwarted .

It did not give further details.

The attempted bombing came hours after the convoy of Lahj security chief,  Saleh al-Sayyed, survived an assassination attempt by  a car bomb attack in Khor Maksar district east of Aden, killing and wounding 18 people .

Observers said the attempt to target “Islah” in the city of Seiyun was a response from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) over the assassination attempt that target  its leader Saleh al-Sayyed.

E.M