MAHRAH – Tribal gunmen have burnt a group of military caravans and residential cabins of Saudi occupation on their way to new sites in Mahrah province, eastern Yemen, tribal sources told Yemen Press Agency.

Tribal sources confirmed that gunmen from Shahin tribe have burnt Saudi military caravans that had come to establish a Saudi military camp near the Shahin border crossing.

According to the sources, the Saudi aim of establishing new military positions in the district is meant to further harass the commercial movement and the movement of passengers through the shipping port at the border with the Sultanate of Oman.

The move came following complaints by citizens and truck drivers of the mistreatment they encounter in the Shahin outlet, as a result of harassment and abuse by the Saudi occupation militia in the port.

Military conditions are getting worse and more complex in the Shahin outlet since the Saudi occupation forces took control of all air, sea and land transportation hubs, as well as all government institutions, which is a flagrant violation of Yemeni sovereignty.