Yemeni presidency: redeployment of forces near Bab Al-Mandab a ‘calculated military move’

RIYADH: A source in the Yemeni presidency told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Southern Armed Forces' redeployment around Bab Al-Mandab and Dhubab was a calculated military move aimed at achieving three main objectives: protecting Aden, reinforcing the fronts in Lahj and creating the conditions to break the siege of Taiz and liberate the province.

Jaber Mohammed, a media adviser to the Yemeni presidency and former director of the office of Abu Zara'a Al-Muharrami, explained that the redeployment from the vicinity of Bab Al-Mandab and Dhubab should not be interpreted as a withdrawal in the military sense, but rather as a move to redistribute troops and reinforce positions with greater influence over the course of the fighting.