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| Southern Yemeni separatists collaborate with Al-Qaeda against Yemeni tribes in Lahj province |
| 2023-05-29 |
| by Emad Almarshahi Summary: The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is calling for the secession of 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... , has moved on Sunday in collaboration with al-Qaeda elements against the tribes in restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement province that do support Yemeni unity.Al-Qaeda’s bran... The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is calling for the secession of southern Yemen, has moved on Sunday in collaboration with al-Qaeda elements against the tribes in Lahj province that do support Yemeni unity. Al-Qaeda’s branch in the province distributed a statement by the so-called "Amir of the state", threatening Sheikh Ali Obaid al-Azibi, the most prominent sheikh of the Sabr district, saying they would use booby traps, silencers and bombs to fight the tribe. The statement also "accused" al-Azibi of being loyal to the National Salvation Government in Sana’a. The al-Qaeda move came in the wake of the failure of the UAE-backed STC to storm Sabr in order to arrest al-Azibi, who advocates for national unity. Mobilising terrorist elements in the face of those calling for unity reflects an attempt to terrorise people and influential personalities in preparation for the subjugation of the province, in which the STC is suffering from its rebellion against its authority in Aden. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Al Qaeda has had much more influence in the Hadhramout (eastern homeland of the Bin Laden) than Lahj province. Lahj has a must stronger affiliation with Aden (and international trade). It is supposed that given its druthers Lahj would like to be free of both the North and the East, which means it doesn't want to take orders either from the UAE or the Al Qaeda. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-29 08:56 |