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| UAE-backed factions impose military cordon on Ataq |
| 2023-09-18 |
| [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] UAE-backed factions carried out massive movements to impose a military cordon on the city of Ataq, the administrative center of Shabwah province, 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... Informed sources reported on Saturday that the "Shabwah Defense Forces," affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), deployed large groups in various eastern and southern ports of the city of Ataq, and set up dozens of checkpoints. Citizens had previously complained about the spread of a number of illegal checkpoints and roadblocks throughout Ataq, affirming that travelers and citizens passing by are being harassed and delayed from getting to work due to the overcrowding of cars. According to observers, the new military deployment of the pro-UAE factions comes within the framework of fears of a surprise attack by the pro-Saudi factions on their main stronghold in the city of Ataq, especially with the escalation of their mobilizations on the outskirts of the oil-rich province |
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