A Yemeni military source yesterday said that a senior officer with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s troops has died during battles with Hadi forces in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan province.
The source told Anadolu Agency that the officer was identified as Ali Saif Al-Halemi, adding that he had died during clashes between the STC forces and the Hadi troops in Abyan’s Zinjibar district.
The STC has not commented on the news yet.
Yemen’s southern provinces have witnessed repeated clashes between Hadis’ forces and STC fighters since the latter declared self-rule in Aden late April.
