Yemeni official accuses UAE of allocating millions of US dollars to enable STC forces to take over Socotra governorate.
Yemeni official accuses UAE of allocating millions of US dollars to enable STC forces to take over Socotra governo
The adviser to the Yemeni Minister of Information, Mukhtar Al-Rahbi, in a tweet on Twitter that a defected military commander from the Yemeni army arrived in Socotra from the UAE on a cargo ship, and he has 30 million dirhams (about 8 million US dollars).
He added, "The traitor colonel and the rebel Muhammad Ahmad Ali Farahi, the commander of the Coastal Battalion, arrived in Socotra from the Emirates via a cargo ship, with amounts of 30 million dirhams to cover the expenses of the rebellion in the first brigade, marine viewers," which is under the control of the Southern Transitional.
Al-Rahbi said thae Emirates, in addition to rebellions of battalions in the government forces and join the forces of the STC.
