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| Further infighting threatens to engulf occupied Shabwah province |
| 2022-05-15 |
| Shabwah province in eastern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , has on Saturday witnessed a mutual military build-up between armed factions loyal to the UAE. This coincided with the escalation of tensions between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia on the one hand and the faceless myrmidons of Tariq Saleh and Shabwah governor militias on the other, in light of the efforts of each faction to control the oil sources in the province. According to media sources, the STC militia has sent new military reinforcements to the outskirts of Ataq city, the capital of Shabwah, coming from Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province. For their part, the so-called al-Amaliqa Brigades and the faceless myrmidons of the so-called Shabwah Defence Force have reinforced their presence in the areas near the oil fields with dozens of military personnel. Tribal sources said that hundreds of al-Amaliqa members affiliated with the so-called joint forces led by Tariq Saleh arrived during the past hours to Markha district and the outskirts of Usailan district, where the oil wells are located. The STC had earlier warned the governor of Shabwah, Awad al-Awlaqi, against facilitating the control of Tariq Saleh’s forces over the oil sources in the province, threatening to prevent this by force. Related: Shabwah province: 2022-04-20 Bomb attack by suspected Al-Qaeda operatives hits Abyan province Shabwah province: 2022-03-20 Explosion targets Southern Transitional Council rally in Yemeni city of Ataq Shabwah province: 2022-01-23 Newly released footage shows heavy losses of UAE forces in Shabwah |
| Posted by:Fred |