Violent confrontations erupted on Sunday in front of the Balhaf gas facility in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
According to local sources, the clashes came after leaders of the UAE-funded “Shabwani Elite” militia refused to recruit hundreds of sons of Al-Awaliq tribe that Awad Al-Wazir, appointed by the UAE as the governor of the province, is belonging to.
Al-Wazir is heading to establish a military force to remain under his supervision in Ataq city.
The confrontations, with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council forces, came after Al-Wazir held images of the former president Ali Saleh inside the STC’s headquarters.
