Al-Qaeda organization targets STC factions in Abyan

ABYAN, March 12 (YPA) – An airstrike, on Wednesday, targeted a military vehicle belonging to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions in Maudiyah district, east of Abyan governorate.

Local sources reported that drones belonging to Al-Qaeda elements loyal to the Islah party targeted a military vehicle belonging to the “Security Belt” factions at the Al-Humaima site, east of Maudiyah.

Sources suggested casualties among STC members, without revealing the extent of the damage, indicating that the airstrike was the fourth since the deployment of the Saudi-funded “Homeland Shield” factions in the Maudiyah and Lawdar districts.

The terrorist elements had obtained a large shipment of drones after seizing control of a truck loaded with drones during an armed ambush in the Badarat area at the Al-Wadiah border crossing, in collusion with Islah leaders in Marib, at the end of December 2022.