11 Days on Al-Awamyieh Siege: Saudi Armored Vehicle Explodes

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11 Days on the Saudi forces' siege to Al-Awamyieh, reports mentioned that an armored vehicle belonging to the Saudi military has exploded.

According to Taqreed al-Ahrar news website, all those on board the military vehicle were killed after it exploded in Awamiyah, located in the Qatif region of Eastern Province, on Friday.

The exact reason for the explosion is unknown, but reports by other news outlets indicated that it was caused after two armored vehicles collided and one was engulfed in flames.

Sources have also reported widespread mutiny among Saudi military forces in the besieged town, with a large number of troops refraining from field operations against people.

The incident occurred just a day after the regime forces, equipped with heavy weapons, launched a fresh wave of shelling attacks against Awamiyah, as a fierce crackdown on protesters there enters its second week.

Saudi regime forces have been attacking Awamiyah since May 10, after putting the town under a siege, in the wake of the residents' protesting the demolition of the historic al-Mosara neighborhood for a planned development project.

Pictures and videos of bulldozers, escorted by heavily armored military vehicles and heading toward the site, have gone viral.

2 civilians and a toddler have been martyred in the continuous aggression

Source: News agencies, Edited by website team