On 27 November in the afternoon, fighting broke out at a checkpoint of the 55th Wershefana Battalion at al-Najila (in the Wershefana tribal area, 7 km NW of al-Swani), when a convoy of the Special Deter rence Force (Rada) passed by and opened fire at the checkpoint. One member of the 55th battalion and one member of the Rada troops were killed. Several others were wounded on both sides.
In the evening, Muhammar al-Dhawi, commander of the 55th Wershefana Battalion, and Rada commander Abdurraouf Kara met and Kara agreed to hand over the Rada member responsible for causing the shooting at al-Najila to the Attorney General.