Signs of a “comprehensive confrontation” in the south

Sana’a | Yemeni parties loyal to the coalition of aggression in the southern governorates are preparing for a decisive battle, in light of the hesitant implementation of the “Riyadh Agreement” between the “Southern Transitional Council” loyal to the Emirates and the government of outgoing President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Finally, the armed confrontations between the “transitional” militias and the affiliates of the “reformer” party (Hermandad) fighting under the cover of the Hadi government, on the fronts of the Abyan governorate, escalated to the highest levels, while “Al-Islah” completed the siege of the Lahj and Bab al-Mandeb governorates with the establishment of 10 camps in the Taiz Rural Governorate and in the Hajj addresses. Today the party, which controls the Shabwa governorate, is further arranging for a comprehensive military confrontation with the transition, while forces loyal to Hadi’s deputy Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar in Wadi Hadramout reject the pressure. to withdraw to the Ma’rib fronts and threaten to hand over the governorship to al-Qaeda. ».

During the last period, the Saudi truce collapsed in the eastern city of Zinjibar in Abyan governorate, and armed clashes resumed on the Sheikh Salem, Al-Tiriya, Al-Darajj and Wadi Sala fronts, amid failure. of the Saudi military committees to install the ceasefire. The two sides pushed with their full military weight in recent days towards the junction zones in eastern Zanzibar, while drones and modern weapons, including tanks and anti-armor missiles, entered the battle. Despite the intensification of the clashes and the use of various weapons in them, neither side advanced on the ground for a period of two weeks. This is what military observers attribute to the fact that the battle is equivalent, explaining that the weapons used by Hadi’s forces and the “reform” militias that take the Shaqra region as a starting point for their operations are “weapons. modern Saudis, “while” transitional “militias also use modern Emirati weapons. According to the information, the confrontations in Abyan have resulted in the death of more than 100 soldiers and a large number of senior military commanders from both sides, in a battle of attrition that takes place from the operating rooms of the “coalition “in the Tawahi area in the city of Aden.

Leaders close to Al-Ahmar threatened to hand over Hadramout to Al-Qaeda.

The “Transitional Council”, which lost several of its military leaders in recent days, in particular the commander of the “support and support forces”, Colonel Awad al-Saadi and the commander of the “First Brigade” Abdul Majid bin Shuja, accused Turkey of attacking several of its leaders with “drones” and mobilizing elements of “Al-Qaeda to fight the” transition “on the Abyan fronts, promising a” painful response “to” reform. ” According to local sources in the city of Aden, during the last two days the “transitional” movement has launched a mobilization process to reinforce its fronts in Abyan and carry out a major operation against the “reform” militia in Shakra. On the other hand, the The “Islah” party, which also lost several military leaders on the Abias fronts, pushed large reinforcements that came from the Ma’rib governorate to Shaqra, which was made up of several brigades belonging to the “Third Military Region” that has its base in the C city ​​of Ma’rib. to her.
The escalation of the conflict in several southern provinces led the “transitional” negotiating delegation in Riyadh to threaten to withdraw from the “Riyadh Agreement” late last week, prompting the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, responsible for the Yemeni dossier, Khaled bin Salman, to visit Hadi at his residence and grant The two parties have one week to implement the political part of the “Riyadh Agreement” signed in early November 2019. According to political sources, Bin Salman suggested postponing the military and security part until after the formation of a government that is equal between the “transitory” and Hadi’s team, which was rejected by the leadership of “Islah, one of the most prominent parties to the conflict, stipulates the implementation of the military part of the agreement and the withdrawal of the “transitional” militias from Aden, Abyan and Socotra and their transfer to the front lines with the forces of Sana’a.
Along with the “reform” of the loyalist fronts to the Emirates on the west coast and near Bab al-Mandab and various directions of the Lahj governorate through the establishment of 10 camps armed with various weapons, sources loyal to the “transition” They said the party also established two camps for coastal defense on the shores of the Shabwa and Hadramout governorates, and proceeded to Strengthen its military presence in the two southern governorates, calling these movements a “declaration of war on the south”, whereas what the “reform” is doing “undermines the Riyadh accord and threatens its failure”.
Military leaders close to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar had hinted in early November that Hadramout would be handed over to al-Qaeda. According to military sources in Hadhramaut, the War Staff of the “First Military Region” that controls Wadi Hadramout, Brigadier General Yahya Abu Auja, threatened to hand over the governorship to “Al-Qaeda” Emir Khaled Batarfi, as “henchman” of it, in response to Saudi pressure. The military region to transfer several of its brigades to Marib, in fulfillment of the wish of the Emiratis. Abu Auja also ordered to raise the state of readiness for combat, carry out a military deployment operation in several cities of Wadi Hadramout and create sites in the Messila Petroleum Directorate, east of the governorate.

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