South Arabia
Presidential Guards Brigades Dismiss Affiliates of Radfan and Al-Dalea
[su_label type=”info”]SMA News – Adan – Exclusive [/su_label][su_spacer size=”10″] Several affiliate soldiers of the presidential guards’ brigades, under commandership of “Nasser Hady”, complained that some commanders of brigades dismissed some affiliates from Radfan and Al-Dalea, on the background of recent events of Adan. In their complains, soldiers indicated that they were astonished by their dismissal and confiscating their personal weapons and they were informed that their dismissal because they refused to use weapons against their southern fellows. Soldiers asserted that Sanad Al-Rahwa, commander of the first brigade presidential guards, issued direct orders for dismissing soldiers of Al-Dalea and Radfan, calling them traitors of the Yemeni union and legitimacy. They added that some of them were punished by shaving their hairs and then returned to their camps. Soldiers confirmed that they were dismissed according to their territorial belonging and were replaced by soldiers from Abian. They also indicated that Sanad Al-Rahwa is cultivating territorialism among members of the brigade through his lectures. Soldiers requested that president of the southern transitional council, Aidarous Al-Zubaidy, and president Hady to interfere to solve their problem and return them to their military units according to the agreement with the Arab Coalition and to punish Sanad Al-Rahwa for his sectarianism and territorialism.