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UAE-backed mercenaries abduct tribal sheikh in Lahj province
2022-10-20
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A tribal sheikh and a military officer in the Islah party, with their companions, were kidnapped in Tur Al Baha area, west of UAE militia-held restive Lahj
... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement
province.

Media sources confirmed that the button men from al-Sabiha area kidnapped the sheikh Abdo Mohammed al-Mikhlafi and Wajdi Fahd Hamoud al-Mikhlafi, an officer in the Protection Forces, and a number of their companions, on Monday in al-Baha area, while they were returning to Taiz from Aden city.

Al-Mikhlafi was assigned by one of the security leaders of Islah in Taiz, to go to Aden to resolve the dispute in the case of the killing of one of al-Sabiha’s sons in Taiz, the sources added.

Earlier, al-Sabiha tribes demanded those accused of killing one of their sons to be handed over in exchange for the release of al-Mikhlafi and his lover companions.
Related:
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Islah party: 2022-09-25 UAE-backed separatists demand expulsion of Islah Party militias
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