Military reinforcements have been deployed to Yemen’s southern Taiz province amid reports that the armed forces which defected to the month-long popular uprising planned to form a revolutionary military council.

Reinforcements including weapons and vehicles arrived at the republican guard camp in Al-Janad district coinciding with sending many military vehicles to the presidential palace in the province. All reinforcements came from the capital Sana’a.

 Taiz has been rocked by violence after tribal fighters flooded into it to defend the popular revolution at the freedom square which was attacked and burned by the security forces.

Lately, a ceasefire agreement, signed months ago, between the authorities and the tribal fighters was activated, but violations continued by the armed and security forces.

Meantime, youth-led protesters of those who have been conducting a sit-in in downtown Taiz to call for the ouster of the regime are continuing a sit-in before the governorate compound in support of the victory of the Libyan revolutionaries. They have urged an immediate revolutionary resolution in Yemen.

When the Libyan revolutionaries took control of most parts of capital Tripoli, massive demonstrations were staged in Yemeni cities with the people saying the situation in Libya inspires them to continue their strife until the Yemeni regime was ousted.