🇾🇪⚡- Over 300 members of the Tihamah Brigades have defected to the Ansarullah. The Tihamah was designed with the UAE and Southern Transitional Council assistance. It initially operated completely independent, but was then restructured to become one of the 3 (and at times 4) divisions of the National Resistance Forces, NRF. The forces operated exclusively in the southwest, with the goal of capturing al-Hodeidah. The defections likely came after Riyadh influenced the PLC to reshape the military group. The Tihamah's commander-in-chief and several other senior officials were replaced with pro-PLC figures. The military group has also been withdrawn from the NRF, and now once again acts independently (but 'loyal' to the PLC). In other words, the PLC and Saudi took over yet another former STC formation's leadership, which led to mass defection amongst its members–a repeat of what happened with the (Southern) Giant Brigades earlier this year.