Abyan (Debriefer) - Tribes in the southern governorate of Abyan on Tuesday called on the Saudi-led coalition to pressure the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) into handing the provincial capital, Zinjobar, to official security forces as stated in the Riyadh Agreement.
The Riyadh pact "represented glimpse of hope that peace would be established and August coup would be reversed," the tribes said in a statement after a rally in Qarn al-Kalasi.
The Arab coalition-formed committee tasked with supervising the Riyadh deal application needs to "accelerate the pullout of STC militias from Zinjobar and deployment of general security, rescue and military police," the statement read.
It is important to apply the pact's political, military and security terms, to have the State's institutions restored in Aden and to withdraw arms from armed groups, it added.
The tribes expressed absolute intolerance that the governorate stays serving as a stage for futile battles triggered by outlaw militias, according to the statement.
On 11 December, the Yemeni government and STC commenced pulling out their troops in the southern governorate of Abyan as stated in the Riyadh Agreement.
