A video released by a Yemeni channel showed forces operating a checkpoint near the southern Shabwa province which the forces, backed by the UAE have recently seized from another faction.
Forces of the Islamist Islah Party said in a statement that the UAE-backed Giants Brigade and their allies on Saturday (August 20) took over offices in oil sector 4 in Ayaz in southern Shabwa province and pipeline stations and were holding some of their forces.
The takeover prompted the head of the Saudi-backed presidential council on Sunday (August 21) to order their withdrawal as internal rivalries beset the new body.
