Officials at the ministry of Defence in the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition have in Saturday revealed a new case of the looting of weapons belonging to its armed factions in the city of Ma’rib, sources said on Saturday.
According to the sources, the commanders in the pro-coalition ministry’s brigades, which are affiliated with Islah, smuggled quantities of weapons and ammunition from their camps in Ma’rib, and sold them at various black markets in the center of the city.
The coalition’s weapons depots in Ma’rib have been subjected to continuous looting recently, especially as threats escalated to topple the city government, which is the last real stronghold of Islah militants in Yemen.
It is not yet clear whether the latest looting is related to fears that pro-coalition factions may leave the scene, in light of reports of the progress of negotiations between Sana’a and Riyadh, which are taking place completely separately from the Rashad Al-Alimi pro-coalition government and without any representation by the Aden rulers.
