An armed uprising broke out inside the “Kataf” camp, affiliated with the Saudi occupation forces, on the Najran front, leaving more than 20 wounded and dozens of recruits arrested, most of them from Abyan.
An informed source reported that the armed uprising that broke out inside the camp yesterday was carried out by recruits protesting the non-payment of their financial dues for several months.
The source confirmed that the military police at the camp dispersed the protest with force of arms, which escalated into clashes with fists, stones, and gunfire, leaving 20 wounded, most of them from Abyan.
The source explained that the military police arrested a number of recruits, including some who were wounded, and detained them in underground cells inside the camp.
The incident came amid escalating anger among the occupation forces over the non-payment of their dues and the deteriorating living conditions of the recruits and their families due to the economic collapse suffered by the occupation government and the rising price of foreign currencies.
Meanwhile, the “Nokhan” camp, affiliated with the UAE militias, north of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa Governorate, witnessed protests and armed tensions that threaten to explode.
Informed sources confirmed that the tensions inside the “Nokhan” camp, located towards the Al-Abr road, are the result of racist and regional practices against mercenary recruits in Shabwa by camp leaders from Lahj and Al-Dhale’e, led by “Bakil Al-Ka’luli Al-Subaihi.”
The sources attributed the tensions inside the camp to the failure to find a solution for the Shabwa mercenaries, with “Al-Ka’luli” insisting on emptying the camp of Shabwa residents and transferring them to Marib and Lahj, excluding other recruits from Al-Dhale’e and Lahj.
The sources considered the escalating refusal of the transfer by the Shabwa mercenaries a dangerous indicator of the worsening regional tensions and divisions that are likely to explode within the camp, without any role played by the local authorities, who are based in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.
The leaders of the Transitional Council militias—who hail from parts of Dhale, Yafa, and Radfan, known to the residents of the occupied governorates as the “Triangle”—exclusively control civilian and military leadership positions, while marginalizing and excluding the people of Shabwa, Abyan, and the eastern Yemeni governorates of Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah.
In Taiz, hundreds of teachers in the areas under occupation control in the city of Taiz yesterday demanded salary increases and a wage restructuring.
During their protest, the teachers held up banners expressing their demands of the occupation government to raise salaries, address the collapse of the currency, and deliver delayed bonuses and salaries.
The union’s statement denounced the continued silence of the occupation government and its affiliated authorities regarding the teachers’ strike, given the deteriorating economic and living conditions and the decline in the currency’s purchasing power.
They affirmed that they would continue their open-ended strike, which has been ongoing for more than two months, until their demands are met.
The statement emphasized the spectre of famine threatening all citizens, given the inability of the occupation and its government to provide urgent and sustainable solutions for teachers. It called for a swift resolution of the teachers’ situation.
The teachers’ statement indicated their continued commitment to the strike and numerous activities demanding the rights of teachers and educators until their demands are met unconditionally.
