Abyan (South24) 

Security Belt Forces announced today that they  aborted a “terrorist plot” targeting South Yemen by launching a qualitative military operation in the governorate of Abyan, east of Aden. 

Southern military media center said that the “Security Belt Forces detected a number of IEDs for explosive operations. The IEDs were hidden among a shipment of coffee beans in Sabbah district, Abyan governorate”. 

According to the media center, the explosive devices were on board of a civil vehicle coming from the Northern governorate of Al-Bayda towards Aden before being tracked and seized in an intelligence operation by the Southern forces. 

Brigadier General Jalal Al-Rubaie, the Security Belt’s Commander in Aden said: “This operation which was carried out by our Southern forces as part of their war against terrorism, aborted a terrorist plot to target Aden and the whole of South”.

Meanwhile, the joint Southern forces announced today that  they now control 85% of Abyan as part of the "Arrows of the East" operation which targets AQAP presence in the central regions of the governorate.

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According to military sources, the Southern forces managed to enter “Wadi Oemran” in Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate which is a prominent bastion for the AQAP-affiliate Ansar al-Sharia.