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Soddy forces seizes rebel arms shipments
Yemen’s national resistance fighters in the Southern Shabwa governorate seized six arms shipments destined for the Iranian-backed coup rebels.The Saudi Arabic language daily ‘Al Watan’, quoting resistance sources, said the weapons were hidden in large trucks heading for rebel areas outside Shabwa. It said resistance men asked the truck drivers to stop but they refused and drove off, prompting the fighters to open fire at them and force them to stop. After checking their cargo, the fighters found large quantities of weapons, explosives and ammunition, the paper said, adding that the drivers confessed that they sere transporting the arms to the Houthi militias in Bihan town. “They also confessed that they picked the shipments at a coastal area in Shabwa and that they were told to deliver them to the Houthis,” the report said. It did not make clear where the weapons came from but said the resistance chased and stopped the trucks after receiving a tip-off. Posted by: badanov 2015-12-07 |
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