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Associated Press
Ahmed Al-haj
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Infighting between pro-government forces in Yemen's Southern Province has left at least three civilians, military and medical said on Monday, the day the person involved died.
Clashes erupted late Sunday between the UAE-backed Giant Brigade and the Shabwa Defense Force in Atak, the capital of Shabwa province. Both sides are part of a Saudi-led coalition that has fought the country's Houthi rebels since 2015.
15, mostly combatants, killed in violence following UAE - officials say they backed governor's decision to remove anti-UAE police commander said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
A missile struck Atak airport, where UAE forces are stationed, on Monday, officials will soon provide details. said without
Troops and armored vehicles from both sides deployed to the streets of Att on Monday. Witnesses who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal said dozens of families left the city in a jam, and shops did not open for fear the violence would continue.
Also on Monday, the internationally recognized presidential council convened in an extraordinary session to uphold the Shabwa Governor's decision, and he added three fired senior police and military commanders.
The council warned that such infighting would only serve Houthi rebels by weakening anti-Houthis. 37} When Yemen's civil war erupted in 2014, Iran-backed Houthi rebels disembarked from a northern enclave and took over the capital, forcing the government to flee south before defecting to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition, then backed by the United States, entered the war in early 2015 in an attempt to bring the government back to power. The conflict has since turned into a proxy war between regional enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran, which supports the Houthis. The war has also created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Last week, rebels and the government agreed to extend the existing ceasefire for another two months after a concerted international effort.
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