In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

In one day : Brigadier in capital, director in central Yemen assassinated

By Akram al-gaolahi
A senior officer in the armed forces survived an assassination attempt when a bomb planted in his car exploded as he was driving on Baghdad Street in downtown of the capital Sana’a.” a security source told Yemen Observer.
Brigadier Abdullah al-Mihdhar in Yemen’s armed forces, who worked as a lecturer at the Military Academy, in the capital, and his 13-year-old son were seriously injured him, according to the source. The Brigadier later on was reported dead as he was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at the Military Hospital in Sana'a.
The source also pointed out that a forensic team rushed to the scene and cordoned the place off and police have immediately started investigation into the incident.

In Rada’a city of Bayda province, central Yemen, Director of Walad Rabea district, Sheikh Ali al-Ma’atti, was killed on Sunday in ambush that took place next to his house.

Local sources said unidentified gunmen opened fire on al-Ma’atti while leaving his house and fled the scene. Sheikh al-Ma’atti was transferred to the capital Sana’a for treatment as he was in critical conditions, according to the sources, but later on, Sheikh al-Ma’atti was also reported dead of serious wounds.

Rada’a city has been witnessing a state of security chaos in the past three years as well as a series of sabotage acts and armed clashes that claimed the lives of many citizens.
 

Six killed and wounded in protesters camp in Sana’a

Six killed and wounded in protesters camp in Sana’a

By Akram al-gaolahi
Two protesters were killed and four others wounded in an armed attack against Houthi protesters and independent youth in Sana’a University Square.
Activists in the square said that gunmen on motorbike opened fire at the protesters and fled the scene.
The attack took place in a time when Houthi, Salafi and Islahi leaders had met to defuse sectarian tension after confrontations in three mosques due to Taraweeh prayer.
Loyalists of Houthi group cordoned off the protesters and searched people who enter the protesters camp.
Meanwhile, activists in the camp accused Islah to be behind the attack.
On his part, protesters in the camp stated that the one who opened fire put on Special Security Forces uniform.
The dead people are Yahiya Ahmed al-Seraji, 29, and Abdul-Latif al-Matari, 25. The wounded are Mohammed Maraqshi, 35, from Hodeida, and Abdu Raqshi, 35. The two others are unidentified.

BREAKING NEWS: 8-kilo explosive device defused in Hael street of capital Sana'a

BREAKING NEWS:
8-kilo explosive device defused in Hael street of capital Sana'a

NDC sports tournament kicks off in Mövenpick

NDC sports tournament kicks off in Mövenpick
By Akram al-gaolahi
The Mövenpick hotel organizes the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) sports tournament at the hotel’s sports facilities on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The tournament will include Basketball, Tennis, Squash, volleyball, football and billiards or chess.
This year’s tournament was named the NDC tournament after the NDC which is being held in the Mövenpick’s halls.
“Last year’s tournament included three sports only; Basketball, Tennis and Squash but this year we’ve broadened the list of sports of the tournament.” Said Mohammed H. Al-Nunu, Sales Manager at Mövenpick Hotel.
“In belief that the holy month of Ramadan is the month of health, the Ramadan Mövenpick tournament series was started last year and received much turnout from different segments of the society.” Added Al-Nunu. A number of companies, organizations and media outlets have expressed interest in sponsoring the event including the Yemen Observer.
 

President Hadi, no power will affect NDC

President Hadi, no power will affect NDC
By Akram al-gaolahi
President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi  said the political and security situation in Yemen is very difficult and complicated, stressing that he will not allow any force, group or class to affect the progress of the activities of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) whatever follies or dishonesty they commit against the people.
 “Our economic, security and political situation is very difficult and complicated, and we ensure everyone that, what we are in need of is the honest and good efforts and not the subversive actions of disrupting the electricity, the pipelines and the roads. We announce from here that no force, group or class can affect the progress of the NDC, whatever follies or immorality they commit against the people. All Yemeni people know the terrorist methods that are linked to the narrow interests of the influential who were used to prevaricate the law, order and people’s rights,” the President said during the breakfast banquet which he held for the NDC members.
The President ensured that the people want security, safety, stability and to go forward, because the wheel of history never turns back. “Time is going forward,” the President said pointing out that after all the fighting and disputes between the political forces, they are now under the same roof and sitting around the same dialogue table with all their difference which   melted  and changed into discussions and programs for a better future.
The President noted that the NDC should address the final, encouraging issues to ensure resolving the southern and Sada issues to come to an integrated document to be inserted into the new Yemeni constitution provisions, reiterating that everyone is looking forward to what they the NDC members are doing, ensuring that they are fit for such responsibility and the whole world is looking at them within this basis.
 “Yemen was lucky that all its forces resorted to peace and they possess a road map that took them from crisis to safety, with unprecedented regional and  international consensus,” the President said, adding, “the Security Council with all its members held their meeting in Sana’a amid an international processes to spare Yemen the civil war and take it to peace, noting that it is an exceptional international precedent  considered to be in favor of Yemen,” the President said, adding that, “we are in a better position, compared to Ramadan of last year. Many things at different levels have been accomplished, where measures and procedures have been taken, foremost of them the army restructure at the senior level of leadership, and work is underway to complete it as planned. We   overcame a lot of challenges and difficulties and launched the comprehensive national dialogue on the eighteenth of last March and have so far achieved many impressive successes, which are culminated in by the conclusion of the second phase and the beginning of the third stage.”
President Hadi said since the break out of September and October revolutions we are suffering successive crises and all the Yemeni people on the both sides in the country have paid the bill of the cold war, like the rest of the Arab world, due to the disputes between the two previous major international forces, ensuring that after the establishment of unity there was no program or strategy for development, progress or prosperity for the birth of a new era, and what happened in this period is known to  all in details.
A responsible source in the Supreme Security Committee formerly stated that the armed forces personnel were able to capture a commercial ship having two containers on board carrying commercial pistols at the time of its entry into the Yemeni territorial waters near Zuqar Island.
The Supreme Security Committee acknowledges the Yemeni-Turkish security cooperation which led to capture of the ship. Likewise, the Committee also warns those who try to disturb the general peace and security of the country by damaging the national economy. It asserts that the military and security machinery will continue to be on high alert to carry out their duties in order to ensure preservation of the peace, security and stability of the homeland as well as to provide conditions necessary for making the National Dialogue Conference successful , thus completing the process of the country’s political settlement.

Yemen Struggles to Absorb Returnees from Saudi Arabia

Yemen Struggles to Absorb Returnees from Saudi Arabia
By akram algaolahi
Yemen has asked IOM to provide assistance to some 200,000 Yemeni migrant workers forced to leave Saudi Arabia since April as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants in the Kingdom.
More irregular Yemeni migrants could return from Saudi Arabia in the coming months, following the extension through November of a Saudi amnesty for undocumented migrants previously scheduled to expire this week, according to IOM Yemen.
The Yemeni government has now asked IOM Yemen to support vulnerable returnees, some of whom are thought to have been in Saudi Arabia for two or three generations, by providing basic assistance in terms of shelter, access to water (through well rehabilitation and water trucking), non food relief items and hygiene kits.
They have also asked for IOM medical and other facilities in the border town of Haradh to be made available to vulnerable Yemenis returning overland. Currently the facilities are used mainly to help stranded migrants from the Horn of Africa.
In recent weeks many returning Yemenis have been seen on roads near Haradh trying to hitch rides on passing trucks to get back to their villages.
The returnees add to a growing pool of often destitute migrants who make the dangerous and expensive trip across the Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in the hope of finding jobs in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
The number from the Horn of Africa arriving in Yemen reportedly increased from 34,000 in 2010, to over 75,000 in 2011 and 84,000 in 2012. Over 35,000 have arrived in the first five months of 2013.
Since the fencing of the border with Saudi Arabia, the Saudi crackdown on undocumented migrants and raids on people smugglers’ camps carried out by the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, many more migrants have become stranded in Haradh, where an estimated 25,000 irregular destitute migrants are now living in often terrible conditions, without adequate shelter and access to food, water and medical assistance.
IOM, which runs a Migrant Response Center (MRC) including a clinic in Haradh, has already assisted almost 19,000 Ethiopian migrants to voluntarily return home since 2007. Since April, IOM has assisted another 765 Ethiopians, a third of them unaccompanied minors, to fly home.
But while the number of stranded migrants continues to increase, funding for the programme has shrunk. At the beginning of 2013, IOM was forced to scale back its distribution of free meals, provide less shelter and make fewer medical referrals.
UN funding and in-kind donations from WFP and UNICEF enabled the resumption of flights in June and some humanitarian services provided by the MRC. But IOM Yemen still needs USD 3 million to meet the Yemeni government’s appeal to provide ongoing shelter, food, basic health care and protection for migrants and returnees, as well as voluntary return flights for stranded Ethiopian migrants.

Libya ready for Yemeni labor

Libya ready for Yemeni labor
By akram algaolahi
The Yemeni Expatriate Affairs Minister, Mojahed al-Qohali, discussed with the Libyan Ambassador Ramadan Benzema the bilateral relations between Yemen and Libya and the ways to develop them especially in areas of Yemeni   labor organization and dispatch. According to the Yemeni News Agency Saba, the meeting addressed the organization and dispatch of the Yemeni labor to Libya on scheduled basis that would ensure the sending of safe and qualified labor while guaranteeing their rights.
The two sides came to an understanding and drafted a memo and agreement between Yemen and Libya in the fields of immigration organization. They also held a discussion in regards to investment opportunities in Yemen. The Libyan Ambassador, Ramadan Benzema, ensured that the Yemeni worker in Libya would be held in high esteem and expressed his country’s interest in overcoming the difficulties in dispatching Yemeni labor to Libya.
 

Egyptian Replica against Yemen’s Government

Egyptian Replica against Yemen’s Government
By akram algaolahi
A movement is announced in Sana’a last week under the name Tamarod “rebellion”, demanding the overthrow of Basundwah government, as a version of the Egyptian and Tunisian Tamarod movements.
Member of the movement’s preparatory committee Esam Hibatallh Shuraim, said Tamarod movement aims to overthrow the Reconciliation Government “RG” and replace it with a government consisting of all the social spectrums.
He also said that Tamarod is not resisting the government and not the whole state, adding that the RG failed in providing the basic life necessities to the citizen and so it has to depart, calling all political forces to stop the quota  system which proved to be a failure in state building.
Shuraim emphasized that the movement will escalate its activities to take out commitments from the political parties to meet the requirements of the upcoming elections, asserting that the movement demands guarantees for the neutrality of the military and security institutions and distance them from partisan conflicts.
 

Benomar meets Houthi’s leader in Sa’adah

Benomar meets Houthi’s leader in Sa’adah
By akram algaolahi
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar paid a visit on Sunday to the province of Sa’adah to follow up on the developments of the National Dialogue and discuss a number of important issues.
 Benomar was received by Military and Security leaders, including the province’s Security Director, the Military Police Commander and Leaders of the Houthi group, known also as “Ansar Allah” in the province of Sa’adah, according to local sources.
 The UN envoy held a special meeting with the leader of the Houthis Mr. Abdul Malik al-Huthi, one local source said, declining to give any further details on the outcomes of this meeting.
 “Benomar also met with a number of officials from political parties and civil society organizations,” said the local sources, adding that he discussed with them the situation of Sa’adah, their potential contributions in making of the dialogue’s process a success, as well as their visions and proposals that contribute to the building of a modern civil state.
 “This meeting touched on the role of political parties and civil society organizations in establishing the concept of peaceful coexistence between the various components and social strata.”
 The reconstruction of Saada province and a number of requirements that is needed to maintain, especially in the field of developments, were also discussed during the meeting according to the sources.
 A Salafi leader in Saadah, spoke to al-Khabar news website on anonymity condition that Benomar’s visit to Sa’adah “does not concern them in a way or another”, and that UN envoy deals with one party, the Houthis.
 “The local council of the province, the authorized body to receive official visits to the province, did not participate in receiving Benomar, said the Salafi leader”, adding that the Houthis have received him through their representative Abdul Ghani al-Izzy.
“To demonstrate good faith, the UN envoy was expected to meet with all parties in the province and meet with Wa’ela tribes and people in Dammaj district as well as the outnumbering internally displaced people of the province,” said the Salafi leader.

Soon, a daily meal for school students in Yemen

Soon, a daily meal for school students in Yemen
By akram algaolahi
Minister of Education Dr. Abdulrazaq al-Ashwal welcomed on Sunday June 30, a program to provide a daily meal for school children from the World Food Program (WFP). This came in a meeting between al-Ashwal and Bishaw Parajuli, the Resident Representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Yemen.
Parajuli said that they will work to provide a daily meal to children in schools, boys and girls alike simply because a hungry child cannot focus on education.
Parajuli said that they will work in the future to help people get their food and that they are working on the preparation of new programs for the years 2013 – 2014. The objectives of these programs are to help communities rely on themselves and contribute to the improvement of agriculture, water storage, and small-scale projects, especially for women as well as improve the nutritional status of children and continue in the provision of food aid to the poorest targeted groups in Yemen
He added that they’ll be working in partnership with a number of United Nations organizations like UNICEF and FAO in order to improve food security and agriculture, as well as cooperate with the United Nations relief program with respect to improving employment opportunities, encourage the growing of crops and strengthen the capacity of local communities.

One shot dead as south Yemen protests

One shot dead as south Yemen protests
By: akram algaolahi
A passer-by was killed and three others were wounded when police opened fire to disperse protesters in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses and medical sources said.
The witnesses said police intervened to clear the roads in the flashpoint Crater district of the port city where dozens of southern activists had set up roadblocks as part of a “civil disobedience” campaign.
Medical sources confirmed the casualty toll, naming the dead man as Hisham al-Nunu from the city of Taez north of Aden.
On Saturday morning, southern activists used rocks and logs to block main roads in several districts, where shops, banks and schools stayed closed, an AFP correspondent said.
Normal activity returned to most areas later in the day, apart from Crater where the shootings triggered sporadic clashes between police and protesters, residents said.
Pro-autonomy groups have staged street protests every Wednesday and Saturday since February 21 in protest at killings of southern activists in confrontations with security forces.
On Friday night, a prison guard was killed and a colleague wounded in a gun attack as a police vehicle from Mansura prison arrived at the local hospital carrying a sick inmate. The assailants fled the scene.
On March 18, President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned Yemenis against the use of force to express political views, as he opened a national dialogue to pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution and the staging of elections.
The dialogue, scheduled to run six months, brings together 565 representatives of Yemen’s various political groups — from secessionists in the south to Zaidi Shiite rebels in the north, in addition to civil society representatives.
Most southern factions finally agreed to take part after months of negotiations and under UN pressure.
But the movement’s hardliners led by South Yemen’s former president Ali Salem al-Baid have dug in their heels, insisting instead on negotiations between two independent states in the north and south.
After the former North and South Yemen united in 1990, the south broke away in 1994. The secession triggered a short-lived civil war that ended with the region being overrun by northern troops.
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PM values highly Chinese medical support to Yemen

PM values highly Chinese medical support to Yemen
By: akram algaolahi
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa met here on Saturday with the Chinese medical delegation, visiting Yemen currently to perform gratis medical operations in some governorates.
Chinese ambassador to Yemen Chang Hwa briefed the Premier on the free of charge medical activities the 40 doctor-delegation will carry out in governorates of Ibb, Taiz and Hadramout.
Another Chinese medical delegation of 60 doctors will visit Yemen in the coming June, Hwa added.
He said that the number of the Chinese doctors, who have worked in Yemen so far, reached over 3,400, stressing that the Chinese-Yemeni relations are historical began in 1966, when the first Chinese medical delegation visited Yemen.
China and Yemen are important countries in Asia and cooperation between them is very important for the benefit of both countries and peoples, the Chinese ambassador said, expressing appreciation of Yemen's support for the unity of the Chinese territories.
Hwa hailed the achievements the Yemeni government has made so far, stressing that China backs the national reconciliation and the ongoing transition in Yemen.
The Prime Minister valued highly the Chinese support to Yemen, particularly in medical field, saying that the relationship between Yemen and China is very long-standing and being boosted constantly.
Basindwa voiced confidence that China would play bigger economic role in the country through its investments to enhance the partnership between the two countries, confirming Yemen's keenness to benefit from the advanced Chinese experience in the field of development and economic renaissance.

President: Dialogue is only way to avoid civil war

President: Dialogue is only way to avoid civil war
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi- Head of the National Dialogue Conference- affirmed that the dialogue is the only way to spare the people to engage in a civil war and armed conflicts.
This came in the President’s speech on Saturday at the opening of the eighth meeting of the first general session of the conference.
He pointed that he had followed up the previous meetings of the conference and the people's positive reactions, expressing his great satisfaction for the workflow of the conference.
" all Yemeni people pin hopes on you for a better future”, the president said, noting that the side meetings on the sidelines of the conference also were an important indicator of the possibility of convergence between the participants’ visions.
He urged the participants in the working groups of the conference to commit to the attendance and the positive participation.
“The hopes of the Yemeni people pinned on the activity of working groups are no less than the hopes pinned on the general sessions of the Conference”, the president said.
The president pointed out the Importance that all should always realize that there are those who do not want the dialogue and there are who work against it, referring to the recent events that have taken place in Sana’a and Aden.
In this regard, the president directed the government and the security services to carry out their duties to create the safe and appropriate atmosphere for the success of the conference.

Yemen renews its claim to U.S. to extradite Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo

Yemen renews its claim to U.S. to extradite Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo
By:akram algaolahi
Yemeni government has renewed its demand for the U.S. authorities to handed over 90 Yemenis still detained in Guantanamo and Bagram, to bring them back to their homeland.
This came in a letter addressed by Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi to his U.S. counterpart John Kerry, in which he congratulated Kerry on his appointment as Secretary of state in the United States, praising the advanced level of the bilateral relations between two friendly countries.
Al-Qirbi confirmed in the letter Yemen's keenness to take all diplomatic and security measures and rehabilitation of returnees to return them to the right path and integrate them into their communities as good citizens.
He added that the closing of Guantanamo file will restore confidence in the values of freedom and justice.
In this regard, a diplomatic source in the Yemeni Embassy in Washington told Saba that the embassy has intensified its contact and meetings with the U.S. officials in the Departments of State, Justice and Defense, as well as with the lawyers of Yemeni detainees and human rights organizations, to discuss ways to return Yemeni detainees to their homeland.
The source added that arrangements are being done to organize a visit by an official Yemeni delegation headed by Minister of Human Rights and committee in charge of the detainees issue to the U.S. and the Guantanamo base.
This move and efforts comes under the directives of President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi to the government to double efforts to follow up this issue, the source explained.
He pointed out that the issue of Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo currently occupies list of priorities for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington.

NDC reviews human development indexes in Yemen

NDC reviews human development indexes in Yemen
By: akram algaolahi
The National Dialogue Conference (NDC) continued on Wednesday its meetings within its first general session, which is chaired by Deputy President of the Conference Ahmed bin Farid al-Sorimah.
During its morning meeting, the Conference listened to a presentation on the United Nations’ report on the human envelopment indexes in Yemen, which was presented by the expert of planning, policy and development in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana'a, Riman Abdul Rahman Saleh.
The UNDP’s expert started the presentation with the definition of the human development concept, reviewing the developments witnessed by the development index in Yemen.
The report showed that the human development is the essential foundation, which is relied upon by decision-makers, the government method that cares for improving human resources.
The report revealed that Yemen recorded the lowest indicators in terms of the human development compared to the Arab countries, especially with regard to the gender inequality and the multi-poverty index, in which Yemen recorded a high rate compared to Arab countries.
In this regard, the report pointed that two million children are out of the scope of basic education, and that 6 million of the adult populations do not have the writing and reading skills, noting that the illiteracy rate reaches to 62 percent of the total populations.
Following the presentation of the report, the Conference members made extensive discussions and interpositions on the report.
In the second part of its morning meeting, the Dialogue Conference reviewed also a report on the water situation in Yemen, which was presented by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment for water sector, Tawfiq Abdel Wahed al-Shargabi.
The report highlighted the critical situation of the water situation in Yemen, noting in this regard to that the most important water basins are at risk of depletion.
The report warned of the danger of delay in developing urgent solutions to the water problem in the country, which may lead to the deterioration of the rural economy, food price inflation, rising rates of poverty and migration to the cities, and the deterioration of stability and social peace.
In this regard, the report called for giving the water issue the highest priority by the national dialogue conference.

President meets with Turkish FM, Saudi Crown Prince

President meets with Turkish FM, Saudi Crown Prince
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Arab Summit currently held in Qatari capital Doha, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
In the meeting, President Hadi voiced his thanks and appreciation for the Turkish aid provided to Yemen within the industrial zone, welcoming the Turkish investments in Yemen.
For his part, Davutoğlu confirmed his country’s absolute keenness on the safety, security and stability of Yemen, confirming Turkey’s readiness to provide assistance for the success of the national reconciliation in Yemen so as to take out Yemen to safety.
The meeting touched on the topic of smuggling arms from Turkey to Yemen. In this regard, the Turkish minister affirmed that the Turkish government will pursue the perpetrators of the smuggling operations , noting that the competent authorities are exerting efforts to capture the offenders.

On another hand, the president also met on sidelines of the Arab summit in Doha the Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Saudi Arabia ,Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

During the meeting, they talked on a number of issues and topics of interest to the two brotherly countries and peoples in various aspects, as well as the latest developments at the bilateral, regional and international levels.

In the meeting, President Hadi reviewed the progress made by Yemen at the implementation of the historical settlement under the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism and the UN Security Council resolutions.

The President pointed out that there are regional powers working on the instability in Yemen for the illegal interests and aspirations, noting that the Iranian ship recently seized was carrying destructive and diverse weapons ,and there were other weapons sent by Iran to destabilize the security of Yemen.

Prince Salman condemned any action aims at destabilizing the security and stability of Yemen, stressing that the security, stability and unity of Yemen is a matter of importance for the Saudi Arabia.

He said that Yemen's security is the security of the kingdom ,noting that Yemen and Saudi Arabia occupy the largest geographical area in the region and the smuggling of arms into the region is a threat to the safety of the international navigation in the most important shipping lanes in the world.

Yemen will surprise the world by achieving change via dialogue: Hadi

Yemen will surprise the world by achieving change via dialogue: Hadi
By: akram algaolahi
YEMEN OBSERVER :President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi has said the Yemen will surprise the whole world again by achieving the desired change via dialogue.
"The national dialogue conference is a historic turning point in the Yemenis' life," Hadi said in a speech delivered late on Tuesday in the opening session of the Arab summit held in Doha, Qatar.
He expressed optimistic that the dialogue would end with solutions to all vital and sensitive issues, such as South cause, which is the main issue on the dialogue table, impasse of Sa'ada province, building a modern state, determining the state's regime system, and drafting a new constitution that must reflect the aspirations of the Yemeni people for change, freedom, democracy, social justice and sustainable development.
"I am full confidence that the Yemeni people will surprise the world again with a wonderful and unique model to accomplish the desired reforms and change through dialogue. Yemen will build a modern civil state, where all Yemenis enjoy freedom, justice and equal citizenship."
The president talked about the difficult conditions Yemen has gone through during the crisis, saying that the wisdom of the Yemenis, the political and social elites and the good efforts of GCC States' leaders who yield the internationally-backed Gulf initiative that has steer the country away from a potential civil war.
Hadi stressed that the popular and youth revolutions and crises many Arab country have experienced for two years requires us to revise our attitudes, learn the lessons and meet the legitimate demands of our peoples.
He urged the Arab League (AL) to develop its mechanisms of action and re-drafting the AL's Charter within the initiatives presented from a number of Arab countries including Yemen in order to cope with regional and international changes that make the Arab League a regional effective organization.
"In order that, we all need to provide an Arab political will to achieve the desired change in the joint Arab action system and to accelerate the restructuring of the Arab League and its institutions."
Yemen accented the importance of beginning the fast and hard work according to a timeframe to carry out the decisions of the Arab Economic Summit held in Riyadh, Hadi said.
He pinned hopes that the 24th Arab summit produces decisions that enhance the Arab countries brotherly relations and activate the Arab action work to meet the Arab peoples' ambitions of unity, Arab solidarity and economic integration.

Hadi reassures from Qatar about heavy-rain victims in Hadramout

Hadi reassures from Qatar about heavy-rain victims in Hadramout
By: akram algaolahi
President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi has reassured Monday about the conditions of the citizens of Hadramout's districts which were hit by heavy rain and floods flowed on Sunday evening.
Hadramout governor Khaled al-Daini thanked President Hadi, during his call from the Qatari capital, Doha, over his interest as well as following up the conditions of the governorate's citizens.
In a statement to Saba, the governor has said that the total number of killed people due to heavy rain reached four citizens, asserting that the Ministry of Defence has equipped two helicopters to rescue the trapped in some valleys. 

Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

Court sentences 10 al-Qaeda members to 4 - 10 years

By: akram algaolahi

 A court of first instance in Sana'a sentenced on Tuesday 10 members of al-Qaeda to between 4 - 10 years.The accused were charged with involving in an armed gang linked to al-Qaeda to attack vital government facilities in Abyan province during

Smuggled Guns seized

Smuggled Guns seized

By akram algaolahi 

A security source in the province of Amran confirmed that security services in the province seized a shipment of smuggled weapons which were hidden in large cabinets inside a bus coming from Sana’a.

 The source  told  “Al-Thawra Net”  that 1732 Turkish-made guns were found during an inspection of passing cars at a routine checkpoint.

 According to the source, the shipment was on board a bus coming from Sana’a. He  pointed out that an investigation is underway to discover who is behind the shipment. He pointed out that the guns, the bus and the driver are all being held for investigation. 

 This shipment of weapons seized in Amran province is the newest after the recent seizing  of a number of smuggled weapons shipments over the past few months.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

By: akram algaolahi

Human Rights Minister Houriah Mashhour discussed here on Sunday with Swedish nonresident ambassador to Yemen Dag Juhlin Dannfelt the project of establishing an independent body for human rights.

Mashhour and Dannfelt reviewed the steps to establish the body in cooperation with UNDP and by Swedish funds.

The Minister talked about several issues linked to the body's establishment, including the transitional justice law which it is important to be constituted in a way satisfies the victims and martyrs' families.

The Swedish ambassador expressed admiration of the Yemeni peaceful way of power transition and national dialogue that would re-forge Yemen's future.

Dannfelt accented the Swedish government's keenness on providing all support to Yemen in the human rights field.

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body

Yemen, Sweden discuss steps to establish human rights independent body