Islah Party sends military reinforcements to Shabwa

SHABWA, July. 30 (YPA) – Huge military reinforcements arrived on Saturday in the oil province of Shabwa, eastern Yemen.

Local sources reported that the reinforcements sent by the Saudi-backed Islah Party arrived at the construction camp of the “21st Brigade” led by Jahdal Hanash al-Awlaqi, in Markha al-Safla district, east of Ataq, coming from Al-Ruwaik camp, east of Marib city.

The UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia have continues its armed mobilization, in response to the Islah reinforcements since last June, amid the withdrawal of Al-Amaliqa forces from some districts of Shabwa to Ataq.

Observers believe that the military reinforcements by lsah Party towards Ataq portend bloody confrontations and a decisive battle, after the UAE overthrew Islah’s powers at the end of last December.

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