Yemen's Hadhramaut governor, backed by the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) chief, launched a military operation to retake positions held by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), risking internal bloodshed at a fragile moment.
Earlier on Friday, Rashad Al Alimi, the PLC's chief, assigned Salem Ahmed Saeed Al Khonbashi, the governor of Hadhramaut, to assume overall command of the Nation’s Shield Forces in the province.
Four of Yemen’s eight PLC members had already denounced Mr Al Alimi's announcements, accusing him of breaching the governing agreement, which explicitly stipulates that the PLC is a collective body whose decisions are taken by consensus or by majority when consensus is not possible.
Mr
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