[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Gunmen believed to belong to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia looted on Wednesday a car belonging to an international organization in 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 Emirate after 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, in 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...
Human rights sources stated that the armed elements blocked the road in front of the car belonging to the international "CARE" organization, in the area of Kamb al-Turiyah in Jaar Khanfar district and took it to an unknown destination.
The sources explained that the button men took the driver down and forced him to hand over the car at gunpoint, indicating that a number of citizens discovered the elements that looted the car, which was returned to the organization within hours.
In early February 2022, six Yemeni United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
employees, including a Bulgarian national, were kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination, amid accusations against al-Qaeda elements.
Incidents of interruption, looting, and theft of travelers are frequent in Abyan, including cars belonging to citizens, companies, and factories in the province.
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