According to the Yemeni journalist Abdulrazzaq Al-Jammal in the ‘Yemeni Majlis’ forum:
‘Ansar Al-Sharia have informed the media that it has given the Yemeni government ten days to withdraw the military brigades stationed on the outskirts of Zinjibar and compensate the displaced of Abyan, or it will resolve the battle beyond its spatial borders and they might be forced to begin the implementation of the plan ‘flowing river’.