Attack targets STC’s forces in Shabwa

SHABWA, June 14 (YPA) – Gunmen believed to belong to al-Qaeda have attacked a force affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Shabwa province, southern Yemen.

Sources said that an armed group shelled a checkpoint of the “Shabwa Defense Forces” in the area of Al-Musaina’a of the al-Sa’eed district with an RPG shell, damaging a military vehicle.

The same sources added that explosions shook the area after the attack as a result of the shelling of the Shabwa Defense Forces with mortars shells

The new attack came three days after a similar attack claimed by al-Qaeda on a Shabwa defense force outpost left dead and wounded.

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