Saudi-backed leadership in #Yemen dismisses officials over #Shabwah clashes
The clashes represent a major conflict between the two main coalition members, as Saudi and #Emirati proxies fight among themselves
By News Desk - August 12 2022

The head of the Saudi-backed
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Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) in #Yemen, Rashid Al-Alimi, announced on 11 August that a number of leaders and commanders have been dismissed as a result of the clashes in #Shabwah province's capital city, #Ataq, which left dozens killed including several civilians.
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The clashes were fought between the #UAE's Giants Brigade mercenary group and forces loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) official branch in Yemen, the Saudi-backed Islah Party, persisting until the dawn of 10 August and culminating in the Giant Brigade's capturing
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of the city .
The violence initially began after the governor of #Shabwah province, affiliated with the #UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), dismissed the area’s police chief for his “anti-Emirati stance.”

In a statement, Al-Alimi expressed the
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PLC’s “deep regret, profound sorrow and sympathy to the families of the victims, especially the innocent civilians.”

The head of the Saudi-backed council, who has been referred to by #Ansarallah as “the man of America,” also said that a committee has been put in place
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to investigate the events.

The Islah Party released a statement on 11 August laying the responsibility on the governor of #Shabwah, Awad Al-Wazir, calling for his immediate dismissal.

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