The President of the Presidential Council in Yemen forms a fact-finding committee after military clashes in Shabwa

The head of the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi, put the Yemeni people before the reality of the situation in Shabwa governorate, and the efforts of the Leadership Council to contain the violent confrontations that took place in the city of Ataq between government forces and others backed by the UAE.

Al-Alimi said - in a speech - that he had taken a number of measures;

Including the dismissal of some leaders in the province, in addition to the formation of a committee headed by the Minister of Defense and the membership of the Minister of Interior, to investigate the facts and determine the responsibility of the local authority and military and security leaders, and submit the results to the Presidential Command Council to take appropriate legal measures.

He explained that the council took the initiative to respond quickly, cut off sedition, and hold those responsible to account, in addition to other measures that he promised to inform public opinion of their results.

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, especially innocent civilians, stressing the state's commitment to reparate them, address the effects of these events, and take measures to ensure that they do not recur.

And local sources had said that Abu Dhabi-backed forces had taken control of the city of Ataq, the administrative center of Shabwa governorate, southeast of Yemen, after violent confrontations with government military and security forces, which resulted in deaths and injuries, including civilians.

The sources added that the so-called Shabwa Defense Forces and the Emirati-backed Giants Brigade raided the homes and offices of government military leaders.

Eyewitnesses said that drones likely belonging to the UAE intervened in the confrontations and carried out raids on government forces in Ataq.

Shabwa is one of the most important Yemeni governorates, as it is oil and contains the Balhaf gas facility, which is one of the most important economic facilities in the country.

It is linked by a common border with the governorates of Ma'rib (east), al-Bayda (central), Abyan (south) and Hadramawt (southeast), and through it the land road passes to Saudi Arabia.