Tribal sources reported on Friday, August 16, 2024, that forces from the "Southern Giants Brigades" have arrived in the "Sa'eed" district of Shabwah Governorate (southeastern Yemen) to contain the ongoing tribal conflict between two families in the district, which has been raging since July.

The sources told "Barran Press" that forces from the Giants Brigades have reached Sa'eed district and have begun deploying to stop the fighting between the "Al-Abu Bakr bin Farid" and "Al-Ahmed bin Farid" families from the "Awaliq" tribe. This comes after all mediation efforts and tribal initiatives to end the conflict have failed.

The sources confirmed that the Giants forces have established checkpoints along roads and entrances to the center and villages of Sa'eed district to stop the fighting through the imposition of military force. This action follows the refusal of both sides in the conflict to accept any of the initiatives and solutions proposed by tribal mediators throughout the current month.

The sources noted that the deployment of the Giants forces came at the direction of Shabwah Governor Sheikh Awad bin Al-Wazir Al-Awlaqi, after the failure of tribal mediation efforts led by Sheikh Nasser bin Hussein Al-Diyani and Sheikh Salem bin Nasser Al-Marzouqi. This failure resulted from the intransigence of both sides in the conflict and their rejection of all proposed solutions from the tribal mediation.

The clashes between the two families resumed last Wednesday after the Director General of Sa'eed district, Sheikh Abu Bakr bin Farid bin Abu Bakr Al-Awlaqi, was ambushed in the "Masha" area while returning from the governorate capital Ataq on August 7, 2024. The ambush resulted in the death of one of his escorts and injuries to two others.

Tribal clashes between the two families initially erupted in early July, involving the use of heavy weapons between the two sides in Sa'eed district. This prompted the Southern Giants Forces and Shabwah Defense to send a joint force from the governorate capital Ataq to Sa'eed district in the south of the governorate to stop the fighting. However, the force withdrew later after the conflict subsided, only to reignite following the ambush of Sheikh Abu Bakr bin Farid Al-Awlaqi earlier this month.