Soldiers of Shabwa military axis detain dozens of tankers in response to "provocations of the State of Marib"
English - Sunday 26 May 2019 الساعة 02:36 pm
Ataq – NewsYemen.net
Soldiers of Ataq military axis Saturday evening released dozens of tankers that have have detained while they were heading for Marib province.
Soldiers in east of Ataq city set up a barrier to halt pass the tankers going to Marib city amid statements delivered by the soldiers to Newsyemen that " responding to the provocations of Marib State", as their salaries have been stopped for three months by Marib province.
According to soldiers, the authority of Marib asked money deduction of the soldiers' salaries reached 9% in return of paying or sending their salaries, while the soldiers expressed their rejection for these provocations.
An official security source in Shabwa told Newsyemen the Defense Minister Mohammad al-Maqdeshi directed to release the three months’ salary for the military axis in Shabwa without any without any deduction.
The source explained that the governor of Shabwa Mohammed Saleh bin Edeiw suggested that the province to have an independent military Region away from the State of Marib similar to the military regions belonging to the Ministry of Defense."
