The Jaadna tribes in Abyan Governorate announced the failure of a mediation led by the Minister of Defense, Mohsen Al-Daari, and a number of security and military leaders to release Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ashal Al-Jaadani, who was kidnapped by the Southern Transitional Council forces in the interim capital, Aden.

The Jaadna tribe in Abyan Governorate said on Saturday that it had detained trailers and fuel trucks belonging to the Transitional Council and coalition forces, to demand the disclosure of the fate of Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ashal, who has been hidden in the prisons of the Transitional Council in Aden for five months.

The Jaadna tribes in Abyan Governorate announced, on Wednesday, that the international line in Abyan will be cut off to military vehicles and mechanisms belonging to the coalition and the Transitional Council, starting today, Thursday, until the fate of Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ashal, who has been forcibly disappeared for five months, is revealed.

Today, Monday, the Jaadna tribes, with the support of the Abyan tribes, set up armed points on main roads to demand the disclosure of the fate of Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ashal, who has been forcibly disappeared in the prisons of the Transitional Council since last June.

The security services in Abyan Governorate, represented by the security forces and the security belt, announced the launch of a large-scale campaign to remove all unjustified barriers, specifically on the international coastal line.

The Preparatory Committee for the Million-Man March of "Ashshal" accuses the Counter-Terrorism Committee in Aden of kidnapping him, holds the Transitional Council fully responsible, and threatens to escalate by all available means