As local media reports violent clashes across Yemen provinces in between former Republican Guards units and the authorities, security analysts are wondering whether the central government failed to foresee a military power vacuum when it instigated its latest military restructuration.
Earlier this month, President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi issued a series of decree which saw the departure from power of two of the country's most powerful generals, Gen. Ahmed Ali Saleh the former Commander in Chief of the elite Republican Guards and Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Commander in Chief of the 1st Armored Division.
While Gen. al-Ahmar smoothly handed over his base to the Defense Ministry, negotiating the transition of his units without so much of trickle, the government has been facing growing opposition from the Republican Guards.
After over a decade under the sole leadership of Gen. Ahmed Ali, it seems the Republican Guards are struggling to redirect their loyalty back to the state.
In Taiz this Sunday, residents reported clashes in between former units of the Republican Guards and other military units, saying intense gunfire could be heard from a distance.
Local sources explained the standoff was prompted by the arrest of one soldier, formerly a Republican Guard, and the demands by his fellow-former comrades for his release.
Officials also confirmed on Sunday clashes on Hodeidah-Sana'a main road as former Republican Guards stranded some 200 trucks, all carrying food stuffs and other goods, in reaction to the arrest of a former commander.
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