News - Yemen: The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) sent four new brigades to the Abyan Front, after Saudi forces began withdrawing from Shabwa province, Yemen Press Agency (YPA) reported.

According to local sources, the STC carried out a large-scale deployment to strengthen its military presence in the Sheikh Salem Front and the Qarn al-Kalasi Front in the past few hours.

The sources explained that the military movements of the STC in Abyan, came after the departure of Saudi forces from Ataq city in Shabwa towards Al-Wadea border crossing, linking Saudi Arabia with eastern Yemen, in the early hours of Monday.

IThe move is like announcing the death of the “Riyadh Agreement” signed between the STC and the pro-aggression government in early November 2019.

Pro-Islah activists on social media denounced the military escalation of the STC in Abyan, describing it as “a dangerous step that threatens the Riyadh agreement and undermines the security and stability of the province.”

Earlier on Monday, Military Spokesman for the STC militia, Mohammed al-Naqib, described the withdrawal of Saudi forces from Shabwa as “a step in the right direction”, and the success of the STC against the Saudi-backed Islah militants in Shabwah.

 

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