UAE-backed STC mobilizes forces in Mahrah

UAE-backed STC mobilizes forces in Mahrah

The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) mobilized its forces on Wednesday in Mahrah province, in eastern Yemen.

This coincides with arrangements for the return of Rashad Al-Alimi, the president of the so-called “Presidential Leadership Council,” loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, to Aden.

A journalist and leading member of the STC, Amjad Sobeih, revealed the readiness of the STC’s armed factions as they await orders.

Sobeih’s remarks coincided with talk from the STC media outlets about the movement of al-Qaeda elements from Abyan province to the border areas between Hadhramaut and Mahrah provinces, a step that may aim to justify the deployment of more reinforcements by the STC in Mahrah.