Yemen to merge 'resistance' fighters with army
The exiled Yemeni government has issued an order for militiamen fighting alongside loyalist troops against Shia rebels be merged into the armed forces, as clashes raged Wednesday in the country’s south.
The supreme defence council, which met in Riyadh Tuesday, decided to “assimilate members of the Popular Resistance into the units of the armed forces and security forces,” the government-run news agency said.
The meeting, headed by President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, took the decision to reward them for their “brave contribution to defending the homeland.”
Popular Resistance units were formed when the Iran-backed rebels and their allies advanced on southern regions after they had overran the capital in September.
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