The official spokesman of the Southern Transitional Council, Ali Al-Kathiri, confirmed that the forces of the First Military District came to kill, terrorize and abuse the people of Hadhramout.

This came during a televised intervention by Al-Kadhiri on a program of (Al-Ghad Al-Mashriq) channel, which discussed many important issues on the southern arena, including the status of the forces of the First Military District occupied in Hadhramout Valley and their refusal to participate in the fight against the terrorist Houthi militia.

In the intervention, Al Kathiri denied what was said about the integration or unification of the southern armed forces in the Riyadh Agreement, but rather an organization of the forces. As for Operation Arrows of the East, the official spokesman of the Southern Transitional Council replied by saying: “Arrows of the East is a qualitative military operation that achieved victories over the forces of terrorism that the south has suffered from .”