Abyan (Debriefer) - The Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces on Friday made tangible advance in ongoing infighting with the Yemeni official government army in the southern governorate of Abyan.
The Emirati-backed STC forces "looted a number of military machines in al-Tariah and costal fronts," military sources told Debriefer, "after the government troops treated from some sites."
On Friday, the government troops shot down an Emirati drone flown by the STC forces amid fierce infighting in Abyan, information deputy minister, Mohamed Qaizan, tweeted.
While no comment was released by Emirati officials on the event, STC forces spokesman tweeted that no drone has been downed.
"As usual, when they are most desperate with their hostile acts and feel how grave the losses in their ranks and ordnance are, the terrorist [Muslim] Brotherhood militias opt to sell false lies in order to gain pity or to justify other hostile acts they plan to do," Mohamed al-Naqib added.
"Among these lies are they claim that our forces targeted them with air strike," he said.
Abyan fight fronts on Thursday witnessed renewed confrontations in the central strip, with both sides using heavy weapons to shell each other in the two fronts of Sheikh Salem and al-Tariah east Zinjobar, Abyan's provincial capital.
