The 4th Hazm Infantry Brigade, stationed in the strip separating the governorates of Lahj and Taiz, announced its rebellion against the decision of Major General Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, President of the Transitional Council, to change the brigade commander.

This was stated by the Major General’s Moral Guidance Staff, Alaa Sultan, on his Facebook page, where he published a statement clarifying the Major General’s position on the decision.

The statement stated:

- Change is far from the controls and regulations of structuring and mergers.

- Commander Othman Moawadah’s forces were not targeted in this session according to the brigades announced at the Jabal Hadid meeting.

- Trying to convince the brigade commander’s staff, Brigadier General Wafi Al-Ghabs, that the assignment order be secret and for a period of one month is a military violation.

- The restructuring and integration takes place after the formation of the staff committee and the approval of training centers and camps.

-  We were surprised by the violation of the staff by changing the commander in only half the session and his forces in the field.

- We committed to implementation despite the transgressions and violations, but the leadership and the designated commander did not establish official committees to officially implement the decision.

- We ask Mr. President to form a military committee and go to the field and raise the facts.

Al-Zubaidi had issued a decision to broadly change the ground infantry forces and announced the settlement of the status of a number of officers.