Members of the Islah party militia were killed and several others injured today, Tuesday, in armed clashes in Shakra and Jaar District, Abyan Governorate.
Local sources in the governorate of Abyan told said that internal armed clashes between factions of the armed Islah militias in Shakra city resulted in deaths and injuries among the militias.
The sources also pointed out that the clashes renewed between the armed Islah militias and the militias of the so-called Southern Transitional Council, at dawn today, Tuesday, as a result of a limited attack by the Islah militias on the Transitional positions near Al-Tariya in the city of Jaar.
The city of Zanzibar, the center of Abyan governorate, witnessed yesterday, Monday, an exchange of artillery shelling between the armed Islah militias and the militias of the so-called Southern Transitional Council.
Abyan governorate has witnessed violent clashes between the two sides for nearly two weeks, in which the Islah party militias made limited progress, but they incurred heavy losses in equipment and lives.
