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Islah Party militias reinforce positions in Hadhramaut
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The city of Seiyun and its surroundings witnessed a heavy military deployment of recruits from the "135th Brigade", which is belonging to the Islah Party in several areas of the city, Hadhramaut governorate, eastern Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... This deployment comes hours after Rashad al-Alimi, the head of the so-called "Riyadh-Formed Presidential Council," issued a decision to dismiss the military leader affiliated with Islah, "Yahya Abu Auja" from his position as the Chief of Staff of the First Military Region" and appoint in his place Brigadier General "Ameer Abdullah Mohammed bin Hatyan". Local residents confirmed that forces of "First Military Region" supported by military, armored vehicles and tanks deployed heavily in the streets and neighborhoods of the city of Seiyun and closed the entrances and exits of the city following after the dismissal of "Abu Auja" from his post in the First Region and keep him as commander of the "135th Armored Brigade". Residents pointed out that the security and military situation in the city of Seiyun and its suburbs is witnessing a state of tension and unprecedented military deployment in the city, which portends an expected military festivities between the elements of the coalition’s factions, similar to the scenario of bloody conflicts in the governorates of Shabwah and Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... during the past three months. Posted by: Fred 2022-12-08 |
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