Monitoring Desk
AL-MUKALLA/YEMEN: Yemeni military has launched a final push to expel Al-Qaeda militants group from Abyan, deploying hundreds of thousands of soldiers and armoured personnel carriers as reinforcements.
Forces launch operation
According to Arab News, armed vehicles and support trucks were seen travelling from the city to the nearby southern province.
Brig. Mohsen Al-Wali, general commander of Security Belt forces, said that the reinforcements could boost operation “East Arrows” to battle the Al-Qaeda remnants, who have believed to be sheltering in mountainous Al-Mahfad place.
Security Belt troops could tighten checkpoints in different cities along with the general security, as Support and Reinforcement forces could battle terrorism and pursue terrorist groups in mountainous regions where they have been hiding and attempting to undermine security,” Al-Wali told Al-Ghad Al-Mushreq TV.
