At least two militants of the so-called “Security Belt Force” of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) were wounded in an armed attack a checkpoint in Abyan province, southern Yemen.
According to local sources in the city, the gunmen affiliated with Islah party attacked the security belt force checkpoint near the irrigation project in Ja’ar city of Khanfir district.
The attack has left two members of the STC’s militais wounded, the sources added.
The attack came a day after two soldiers loyal to the mercenary government were killed in an attack by two gunmen riding on a motorcycle in Lawdar district.
Abyan province has been transformed into a qualifying ground between the exiled Hadi’s forces and the STC militia since the council took control of Zinjibar district, the center of the province, in August 2019, taking advantage of the collapse of the “Hadi” forces after they were bombed by UAE warplanes at Alalam point at the entrance to Aden, in which 300 troops were killed or wounded.
