SeptemberNet- A militia leader and four of his escorts were killed in
Assilan district, Shabwa province, in artillery shelling of the
National Army forces on Sunday.

A military source for SeptemberNet said that the the National Army in
the 26th Infantry Brigade and the battalion of Al-Hazm, fired
artillery shells at the gatherings and positions of the militias in
the Al-Sak front, west of Assilan, and that the bombing killed the
field leader of the militia Ahmed Saleh Debash (Abu Hussein) and four
of his escorts.

At the same time, a front all along the west of Assilan district
witnessed violent clashes between the national army and the militia,
accompanied by artillery shelling and exchange of bullets without
knowing the damage.

Military sources for SeptemberNet confirmed that, this comes on the
arrival of reinforcements of the armed militia, coming from the
province of Al-Baidah through Aqaba.

The sources said that the reinforcements arrived at noon on Sunday to
Bihan district, Shabwa province, including three crews were loaded
with soldiers headed towards Assilan district.