Al-Thawra Net
The Mahrah’s tribes have taken control of the demonstration square where the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) planned to hold a demonstration in the city of Al-Ghaydah , the center of the province in eastern Yemen.
Former undersecretary of Mahrah province Sheikh Ali al-Harizi on Saturday confirmed that the province’s tribes would not submit to the so-called “legitimacy” (Hadi’s government) and Saudi-led coalition, if the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) is treated as a partner.
“We do not trust the Riyadh Agreement, and anything that comes out of Riyadh is a conspiracy,” said Sheikh al-Harisi, who is a leading member in the Mahrah Peaceful Sit-In opposing Saudi-Emirati occupation, in an interview with Al-Jazeera channel.
Al-Harizi added that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading a conspiracy in Mahrah, and they are racing against time to achieve it.
He explained that the STC moves in Mahrah would only take place except by a Saudi-Emirati approval, and held Saudi Arabia and the UAE responsible for what will happen in Mahra as a result of the STC escalation in the province.
Witnesses said that tribal gunmen deployed in the demonstration square, as well as in the streets and neighborhoods of the city of al-Ghaydah, and set up checkpoints on the roads leading to the city .
Tribal militants also took control of the entrances to the province, preventing the STC’s supporters from Hadhramaut from entering the province.
Mahrah tribal militants staged an armed demonstration in the city of Al-Ghaydah and vowed to foil the STC’s demonstration, which was planned to take place on Saturday.
