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AQAP launches attack against UAE-backed forces in Shabwah
 [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) has lanuched an attack on the UAE-backed Forces in Shabwah province, southwest 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... Local sources reported that button men belonging to al-Qaeda launched an attack on the Shabwa defense forces camp in the al-Musaina’a area of al-Sa’eed district, using RPGs and heavy machine guns. The sources explained that al-Qaeda elements also used drones in their attack, and citizens heard Al-Qaeda elements succeeded in controlling the camp, in addition to killing and wounding dozens of Shabwah Defense Forces According to the sources, al-Qaeda elements destroyed three military pickup vehicles and a weapons depot, while the remaining members of the Shabwah Defense Forces fled. Related: Shabwah province: 2023-06-11 Islah Party militias increase activity against southern Yemeni separatists Shabwah province: 2023-06-09 Hezbollah MPs will attend June 14 session, vote for Franjieh Shabwah province: 2023-06-05 Armed clashes between tribes hit Shabwah province Posted by: Fred 2023-06-12 |
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