Alghadeer TV Alghadeer TV
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition invading Yemen resorts again to the mass recruiting of al-Qaeda terrorists in order to prevent its easily predictable defeat in the strategic Yemeni Province of Ma’rib.
Speaking to Yemen Press Agency (YPA) on Tuesday, informed sources in the west-central province said the coalition’s forces had brought over “tens of members of the al-Qaeda [terrorist group] from Saudi Arabia to Ma’rib’s capital city.” The provincial capital bears the same name as the province itself.
The al-Qaeda mercenaries, they said, “included foreigners wearing Afghan outfits.”
According to Press TV, the terrorists were transferred to the city on board three buses through the al-Wadia Border Crossing between the kingdom and its southern neighbor.
They were welcomed during a reception ceremony held at the house of the ringleader of the so-called al-Islah Party, a Salafist group, the sources noted.
The news agency said the development was “nothing new” since the coalition had been enlisting elements belonging to Qaeda and its fellow Takfiri terrorist outfit of Daesh repeatedly since 2015.
The Riyadh-led military campaign began in March that year to restore power to the Saudi kingdom’s favorite officials in Yemen.
The drawn-out battle has stopped well shy of all of its goals, despite killing tens of thousands of Yemenis and turning entire Yemen into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Yemen’s defense forces have, however, vowed not to lay down their arms or stop their resistance operations until the country’s complete liberation.
Ma’rib, which is wedged right in the middle of a whole host of other Yemeni provinces, has turned into a focus of the forces’ liberation operations for many months now.
The province’s recapture, towards which many advancements have been made so far, is expected to pave the way for further military victories for Yemen’s defenders.
The forces have now begun using Ma’rib as a launch pad to try and liberate the neighboring Province of al-Bayda.
