Local sources reported the outbreak of tribal clashes in one of the towns of Shabwa Governorate (southeast of Yemen), amid security chaos in the governorate, which is under the control of the Southern Transitional Council forces.

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 Director of Security of the interim capital, Aden, Major General Mutahhar Al-Shaibi, dismissed a security leader working in the Transitional Council forces in the interim capital, Aden, in southern Yemen, due to repeated violations and the commission of numerous cases by him.

Today, Thursday, citizens held a protest in the Nisab district of Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen, to demand the release of activist "Mohammed Awad Qambou' Al-Awlaki", who was kidnapped late last month.

The Criminal Court in the interim capital, Aden, issued a verdict on Wednesday acquitting journalist Ahmed Maher of all charges against him, after spending about two and a half years in prison following his kidnapping by the Transitional Council forces.

A member of the Transitional Council forces was killed in clashes in a popular market in Al-Buraiqah district, west of the interim capital, Aden (southern Yemen).