ADEN, Yemen -- Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi issued on Sunday a republican decree to form new reserve military units in the war-ravaged Arab country to fight the Houthi rebels.
"President Rashad al-Alimi issued a decree to establish reserve military units called the Nation Shield Forces, which will be under his personal supervision and leadership as the supreme commander of Yemen's armed forces," said a statement released by the state-run Saba news agency. (Yemen-New Military Units-Formation)
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