The “reform” creates an alternative “fortress” in Taiz

Sana’a | Along with the acceleration of military events in the vicinity of the city of Ma’rib, which for five years was the main stronghold of the Islah Party (the Brotherhood), the party is currently working to expand to areas located in the governorates of Taiz and Lahj and near Bab al-Mandab, as part of their efforts to find an alternative, secure and stable fortress, in Ma’rib, which is about to fall under the control of Sana’a’s forces. In recent days, the “reformer” militia has created two new camps in Al-Shamayatayn district, south of Taiz, and in Al-Mudaraba district, east of Lahj, raising a state of alert between pro-UAE militias on the west coast, so tension returns to several areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Tribal sources in Al-Shamayatayn district, Al-Hajriya district, south of Taiz, confirmed that Al-Islah had set up a camp for him in Al-Hajjar district, which is located within the isolation of Al- Hadramim, last week. According to sources, several members of the military police affiliated with the “Taiz axis”, the military wing of the “reform” in the governorate, were located in the incident near the strategic mountain of Muneif, which dominates large southern lands and allows those who control it attack areas of Lahj Governorate. South of the country and areas of the west coast.
This expansion comes after Al-Islah managed to seize control of the “35th Armored Brigade” in Taiz and complete control of all Al Hajriya districts in the southern countryside of the governorate in early October. The new “reformist” expansion raises the concern of militias loyal to the Emirates who had lost strategic areas in the southern Taiz countryside and places overlooking Bab al-Mandab, leading to several Abu Dhabi camps on the west coast. to raise the alert level, while the “southern resistance” announced in al-Mudaraba and Ras al-Ara districts in Lahj governorate that they are “fully prepared” in preparation for any emergency, warning “Islah” that does not persist in the deployment of security checkpoints and the establishment of artillery landings in areas adjacent to the speculation, following the expansion of “Islah” in areas belonging to Sabiha, calling for the need to deploy hundreds among the elements to secure all borders that have become a threat to Sabiha and the South.

Finally, Al-Islah established a new camp in areas overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

However, the “reform” eventually established a new camp in areas overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait. According to local sources, the party has recruited hundreds of young people from the Mudaraba district in Lahj and established a new training camp in Wadi Teb, located in the Alqama area in the same direction, under the pretext of tightening control over the direction and secure supply routes between Taiz and Aden. The sources noted that the new camp is located in a strategic area, and is in the middle of three directions close to Bab al-Mandab, which are Al-Shamayatayn, Al-Wazaiya, south of Taiz, and Al-Mudharabah in Lahj . Military observers believe that the geographic importance of the Al-Islah area, in which the camp was established, will give Al-Islah a large scope for expansion in speculation and Ras Al-Ara, all the way to the western coast, and noted that there is a race for influence and control between the “Islah” militia and the militias loyal to the United Arab Emirates on the west coast. According to the information, the immediate reason for the recent “reform” move is the direction of Major General Haitham Qassem Taher, former Defense Minister and current pro-UAE military commander, to push the Abu Dhabi-affiliated militias to position themselves in the border areas between Shamayatayn and al-Muharibah, with the aim of stopping the expansion of the “reform” towards the coast. western. On the As-Salu front, directives were issued from the Islah de Taiz military axis, also to the leadership of the party’s 35th Armored Brigade, to hand over the front to “reformist” leaders, in order to strengthen military control in all the southern countryside areas of Taiz.
Al-Islah seeks to control a seaport in Taiz, which it considers to be the alternative stronghold of Marib, despite its control over the Shabwa governorate. To do this, it constantly mobilizes more militias from the different districts of Taiz, whose population exceeds 3.5 million, who aspire to restore the port of Mokha, west of the governorate, which is under the control of pro-UAE militias. , and expel these militias from Mayon Island and the strategic area of ​​Al-Omari that dominates Bab Mandato. According to informed sources, the “reform” actions are being carried out under the directives of the outgoing Vice President, General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, who last month led the “Fourth Brigade-Infantry” of the government of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to penetrate deep into the district of Tor Al-Baha, establishing a military axis that formed However, from seven camps that extend from the south of Taiz to the east of the city of Aden, passing through Lahj and Bab al-Mandab, this The approach was met with strong opposition from pro-Emirati militias on the west coast, who saw it as military circumvention and an open encirclement of the city of Aden, while the plan still exists with a change. The name of the military corridor from “Tur Al Baha Axis” to “Northwest Axis – Lahj”.

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The “SAFER” crisis opens the way to a solution

Yesterday, the government of “Salvation” confirmed that it had reached an agreement with the United Nations on the urgent maintenance and comprehensive evaluation of the floating tank “Safer” in front of the port of Ras Issa in Hodeidah. A source from the “Supreme Economic Committee” in Sanaa said the agreement came after technical discussions between the “national advisory team” of “SAFER”, the office of the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, and the team of the International Project Services Organization. The source noted that during technical discussions, the UN team refused to provide the nitrogen generator as a suitable alternative to the crude gas system that is pumped into oil tanks to prevent their explosion, “thus denying the allegations of the will of the international community to avoid an environmental disaster in the Red Sea “, as the UN team’s focus was limited to performing Maintenance that prevents oil leaks from the floating tank. Despite this, the source added, “we welcome the steps that have been achieved, due to our enthusiasm to prevent an environmental catastrophe in the Red Sea, and we hope that the United Nations will accelerate the implementation of the steps in accordance with the agreement, and send a team of experts to carry out their duties quickly. ” Sana’a is waiting to be informed of the arrival date of the team of experts, after granting them the necessary visas to enter Yemen. On the 2nd of this month, the British Ambassador to Yemen, Michael Aaron, announced new developments in the archive of the floating oil reservoir. Aaron said his country, along with Germany, France and the Netherlands, had reached an agreement to fund the reservoir assessment team, worth an estimated $ 3-4 million, expecting experts to take 6 weeks to complete. get to SAFER.

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