Three Soldiers from STC-Affiliated Forces Killed in Clashes with Houthis in Al Dhale and Shabwah
Yemen Monitor/Exclusive:
The battlefronts in central and southern Yemen witnessed a military escalation by the Houthis, resulting in the death of three soldiers from forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) during separate clashes in the governorates of Al Dhale and Shabwah.
Local sources in Al Dhale Governorate informed “Yemen Monitor” that two soldiers from the First Infantry Brigade, affiliated with the STC forces, were killed on the Bab Ghalaq front west of Al Dhale Governorate during confrontations with the Houthis.
The sources mentioned that the two soldiers, Saeed Abdullah Saeed and Mohammed Abdulhamid Al-Kash, were killed during battles with the Houthis taking place on the fighting fronts in Al Dhale Governorate.
In a related context, in Shabwah Governorate (Southeastern Yemen), soldier Saleh Al-Aslami of the Fifth Shabwah Defense Brigade, which is affiliated with the STC, was killed during an exchange of shelling with the Houthis on the Markhah Al-Ulya front, located on the border with Al Bayda Governorate.
It is worth noting that the fighting fronts with the Houthis are witnessing intermittent battles, as the forces of the Sixth Military Region in Al Jawf announced that they repelled a Houthi attack, inflicting material and human losses on them
