Yesterday, unidentified gunmen targeted a military vehicle belonging to the UAE militias in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen.
Informed sources reported that the gunmen targeted a military vehicle belonging to the Transitional Council militias with an improvised explosive device (IED) as it passed through the Al-Furaidh area, east of Mudiyah District.
They explained that the explosion damaged the military vehicle, but no casualties were reported among the Transitional Council militia members.
In addition, the incident of crucifying the body of a man on an Emirati armored vehicle after his death in the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa Governorate, yesterday, sparked a wave of anger, amid accusations that the UAE militias committed brutal crimes that contradict morality and human values.
Activists on social media posted footage showing the mutilation of the body of a man named “Humam Al-Yafei,” who works in a mobile phone repair shop in Shabwa.
The body was hung from an armored vehicle belonging to the so-called “counter-terrorism” forces, led by the mercenary “Abdulrahman Al-Shanini,” from Ataq in Shabwa to the city of Zinjibar in Abyan. Activists described the incident as a “terrorist act” against the individual, even if he or she was involved in terrorism himself.
They emphasized that the incident is consistent with the methods used by ISIS and al-Qaeda in mutilating the dead and captives.
New tribal clashes erupted yesterday in Shabwa Governorate, southeast Yemen.
Sources reported that violent clashes erupted between gunmen from the Al Dawla tribe and others from the Al Rabiz tribe in the Abdan area of Nisab District.
Sources indicated that the clashes stemmed from a dispute over the ownership of a disputed acacia tree between the two parties, amidst deafening silence from the governorate’s security authorities.
Shabwa is witnessing ongoing tribal fighting, amid accusations that the Saudi-Emirati occupation is fueling tribal conflicts with the aim of controlling the governorate’s oil resources.
Transitional Council militias reasserted de facto authority yesterday by besieging Lahj, the northern gateway to Aden, amid growing fears of a wider secession from the city.
Transitional Council militias have redeployed in the western districts of Hajjah, a stronghold of the anti-Transitional Council governor, Ahmed al-Turki. Tribal sources reported that the Security Belt militias have intensified their deployment in the areas of the Subaiha tribes bordering Taiz.
