Al-Qaeda resumes its operations in Abyan, and the belt confirms its readiness to cleanse the province

English - Tuesday 26 April 2022 الساعة 01:31 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, special:

Terrorist organizations resumed their operations in the central region of Abyan governorate and carried out a number of operations in the past few days.

The return and spread of extremist elements was expected by many after the dismissal of Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar from his position and the reduction of the Brotherhood's influence in the presidency and government, which actually happened, but it is illogical to let it carry out terrorist operations and movements without putting an end to that.

The operations began with the detonation of an explosive device in the Mudiyah district last Wednesday evening.

Unidentified persons believed to be affiliated with al-Qaeda detonated an explosive device in the middle of Rayman neighborhood in Mudiyah district, a neighborhood inhabited by leaders and members of the popular committees that had battles with the terrorist organization years ago.

In Lauder district, gunmen detonated an explosive device, Thursday evening, near a mosque in the city center.

The security belt forces in the city said that unknown persons detonated an explosive device near the Sunni mosque, located in the middle of the market in the city, without causing any casualties.

The force confirmed that it had gone down and searched for the perpetrators of the operation.

On Sunday evening, al-Qaeda militants blew up a mausoleum in the Mudiyah district in front of everyone.

Citizens said: that members of the organization booby-trapped a shrine in the Madara area, east of the Mudiyah district, and blew it up.

The explosion was heard to the districts of Lauder and Al-Wasaa due to the large explosive materials that were placed inside the shrine.

After the explosion, the militants of the organization chanted jihadist slogans and left towards Wadi Omran, east of Mudiyah, which is a camp and headquarters for the organization in Abyan.

Observers believe that these operations aim to show the province is unsafe and under the control of the organization, in the service of the Houthi group.

Al-Houthi alone is the biggest beneficiary of the presence and spread of these elements, which he repeats before the international community that al-Qaeda is spreading in the liberated areas.

The citizens of Abyan called on the Presidential Council to instruct the Security Belt forces in Abyan to deploy and secure the central areas from these extremist elements.

The security belt forces in Abyan achieved crushing victories over the terrorist organization years ago and were able to secure the province and expel the elements outside it, but the fall of the eastern parts of the province to the Muslim Brotherhood forces in August 2019 reorganized it.

Sources in the Security Belt Forces affirmed their full readiness to secure the central regions and purify them from terrorism if directives are issued to them.

The sources indicated that the force is fully prepared to deploy in the region in implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and to expel these groups, which prove every day that they are the Houthi arm in the liberated areas.