Details of Brotherhood betrayal that caused military battalions fell into a Houthi trap in Shabwa
English - Sunday 05 December 2021 الساعة 08:25 am
Shabwa, NewsYemen, private:
Local sources in Shabwa said that the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in the governorate carried out a new conspiracy against forces affiliated with the legitimate government by giving them false information about the presence of the Houthi militias on the Al-Saq and Al-Safra fronts in the Bayhan axis.
The sources pointed out that the deception of the Brotherhood members prompted army units in Ma'rib and Shabwa to launch an attack on the Iranian-backed Houthi militia positions in the Bayhan axis, which resulted in many deaths and injuries and the destruction of vehicles in the ranks of those forces after they fell into a wide field of mines that were set up in The attack areas are in Wadi Al-Saqq and Al-Safra area.
The sources stated that military battalions fell into a siege pliers, and if the Arab coalition fighters had not intervened to launch raids against the Houthi militia, they would have exterminated them.
A few days ago, a military force fell into an ambush in a minefield planted by the Houthi militia, west of Shabwa, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of soldiers, as well as the destruction of 7 combat vehicles.
The Houthi militia targeted the army forces as they withdrew from the minefield, towards the "Lijimat Misbah" area, which led to the killing of 7 of the forces of the 21st Brigade, including the leader Muhammad Ahmed al-Jild from Abyan governorate, and the leader Imad Yassin from Aden.
The sources confirmed that the attack on Al-Saq in Usaylan, in the Bayhan axis of Shabwa, revealed the size of the conspiracy led by the local authority in Shabwa governorate, represented by Brotherhood leader Muhammad Saleh bin Adyo, in providing misleading information about the size and locations of the militias’ spread that were handed over to those areas by those previously power.
The sources indicated that the attack was random, as a military force was urgently and randomly brought to the battlefield, and within 3 hours it was pushed without any arrangement, or giving an idea and information about the nature of the targeted area.
That force advanced, without reconnaissance, from the site of the "Jannat Hunt" oil company, towards the Al-Saq area, passing through the Al-Majebjb area, which led to the fall of its front in a minefield and incurring heavy losses.
On the selection of the wrong area, the sources explained that the force that was sent to fight in Shabwa chose open land and sandy areas, and falling into minefields and delaying their withdrawal, made them vulnerable to targeting by militia members stationed in the mountains surrounding the area, which caused additional losses in their ranks, as well as About another force's siege in the desert, before coalition fighters intervene to save it.
According to the sources, these military data confirm the existence of coordination between the elements of the Islah party, which handed over the three former Bayhan districts to the Houthis, and the elements of the Houthi militia, which prepared well to receive the attacking forces.
The sources confirmed that the last meeting of Lieutenant-General Saghir bin Aziz, Chief of the General Staff, with the commanders of the military regions, in Marib, came against the background of the Holocaust in western Shabwa.
