[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qaeda gunnies have on Tuesday carried out a large deployment in Dhalea province, southern 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...
According to local sources, dozens of al-Qaeda elements spread widely this morning, in a number of areas of al-Hussein district, Hajar area and in the center of the city of Dhalea.
The sources said that al-Qaeda gunnies set up checkpoints in the Hajar area, indicating that the deployment operations would target the militias of the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
This deployment coincided with the escalation of festivities between UAE-backed Security Belt gunnies and al-Qaeda gunnies in the province.