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Saudi decision to form new Salafist armed group met with condemnation |
2023-02-06 |
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A senior military commander in the forces of pro-Saudi-led coalition government has warned of the repercussions of Saudi Arabia![]() ’s decision to form the the so-called "Dera al-Watan forces" (Shield of the Homeland) composed out of Salafist forces. Major General Mohsen Khasrouf, former director of the Moral Guidance Department in pro-coalition government , said in televised statements: "Bashir al-Subaihi, who was appointed commander of the Presidential Leadership Council of these forces, is a radical Salafist. He is one of al-Wadi’i’s disciples and had no military status before." He added: "Saudi Arabia established the Dera al-Watan forces on a sectarian identity and this is a really dangerous." Khasrouf continued: "Saudi Arabia recently discovered that the UAE wants to replace it strongly in 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... and elsewhere, so it worked to establish this force and trained it in Sharurah." |
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