The kidnapping of a brigade commander days after he refuted the allegations of Houthi control of border areas
English - Sunday 13 June 2021 الساعة 04:20 pm
Al-Jawf, NewsYemen.
On Sunday, military sources reported the kidnapping of a brigade commander of the legitimate forces at the rank of brigadier general, in an ambush set by gunmen in the desert of Al-Jawf Governorate, days after he appeared on satellite channels, denying the Houthi militia's allegations of its control of border areas with Saudi Arabia.
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فتح طرقات اليمن.. ملف يكشف زيف الحوثيينIt explained that the commander of the Falcons Brigade, Brigadier General Ahmed Al-Qatifi, Al-Murabit, north of Saada Governorate, was subjected to an armed ambush in the Al-Yatma desert by an armed group that ended with his kidnapping.
The sources said that the gunmen took the Qatari Brigadier General in a car to an unknown location, noting that the kidnapped person was visiting his family.
The kidnapping comes days after Brigadier General Ahmed Al-Qatifi appeared on Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath channel from the Qataber area in Saada Governorate, denying the Houthi militia's allegations of carrying out a military operation and crossing from it to Jazan, southern Saudi Arabia.
