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Al-Qaeda appears openly in Shabwah with no UAE resistance
2023-08-29
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] al-Qaeda organization members appeared openly in a number of areas in Shabwah province, in 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...
, while the UAE-affiliated factions did not move a finger, local source reported on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda elements are spreading in the Habban district’s "Al-Arm and Qarn al-Souda" areas, south of Ataq city, the center of the province, in view of the "Shabwah Defense" factions loyal to the UAE, according to the sources.

The criminal elements came from Omran valley and Sabr areas in Mudiyah district in 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 Emirate after 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...
province, following the military campaign "Haws Swords" carried out by the factions affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) loyal to the UAE, the sources explained.

This comes after the STC factions stormed first districts of Shabwah from the west, in al-Hatib district, as part of operations to control neighboring Abyan province, aiming to "combat terrorist groups."

It is noteworthy that the Saudi-led coalition has provided al-Qaeda with qualitative weapons during the past seven years and pushed them to fight against Sana’a forces on several fronts.

Al-Qaeda had obtained a shipment of drones in the Badarat area, west of the al-Wadiah crossing, in mid-December of the year 2022.

Many observers believe that Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the UAE are working to support criminal groups in Yemen, with the aim of preparing the country for US intervention under the pretext of "fighting terrorism."

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