Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) is looking to continue to add to its gains across South Yemen, and on Thursday moved into parts of the Shabwa Province. Two stretches of territory in the province are being contested.
The more important of the two parts of Shabwa being contested is the capital of Atlaq,
where intense street fighting in reportedly raging in multiple
neighborhoods. The STC forces are trying to storm a military site in the
city.
The STC began a territory push early this month, seizing the historical
capital of South Yemen, Aden. Earlier this week, they moved into the
neighboring Abyan Province, seizing major territory there.
Shabwa is the comparatively oil-rich part of Yemen, which isn’t to say
there is a lot of oil by Middle Eastern standards, but it would be an
additional value proposition for the STC as they try to carve out a new
South Yemen.
Separatists Make Further Gains in South Yemen
Intense fighting reported in provincial capital
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