SADAA, 27 Sept – The ruling party official website, AlMithaq Sunday quoted local sources in the northern region of Sadaa as saying “43 insurgents were killed including three rebel leaders in clashes with government forces in the past two days,” adding “rebel leader Jarallah Muhammad Ismael was killed on Sunday along with 11 other rebels [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept – Health Minister Abdul-Karim Rasa Tuesday said the international aid group Oxfam will be asked to leave the country. Rasa who was speaking in a press conference following the Cabinet’s weekly meeting said “there are 2000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the border crossing of Alab and we have contacted Saudi authorities [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept – Military sources Tuesday said the army arrested 16 Shiite rebel leaders in the northern city of Sadaa. The defense ministry online news website, 26-September said “the 16 men were part of a cell that targeted security, public peace and stability in the region,” adding “8 other Shiite insurgents were captured in [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Monday said the United States Department for International Development (USAID) has made a contribution of over $2.5 million through its Food for Peace program to the WFP in Yemen. In a press release, the WFP said “the WFP has received this food contribution in support [...]
GENEVA, 29 Sept – At a press briefing in Geneva, the United Nations refugee agency spokesperson, Andrej Mahecic Tuesday said the situation in the northern region of Sadaa “remains tense and volatile,” adding “a fragile calm was reported over the weekend in the city of Sadaa which has been virtually cut off from the rest [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept — A report by the Petroleum Exploration and Production Authority (PEPA) Tuesday said 24 out of 27 companies operating in the oil sector in Yemen have asked for extensions to the production sharing agreements signed with them, adding “30 percent of those companies have been granted extensions.” The report said PEPA plans [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept — President Ali Abdullah Saleh Monday presided a meeting for the National Defense Council and reviewed developments in northern Yemen, the state official news agency, Saba, said, adding “the meeting reviewed state efforts to avoid the war but the elements of terrorism and rebellion refused all calls to peace.” The council stressed [...]
SADAA, 29 Sept — Four Shiite rebel leaders were killed on Monday in clashes with government forces in northern Yemen, a military source told the defense ministry online news website, 26-September, adding “terrorist Abdullah Ali al-Qalad who is considered a leading element in the group of rebellion and terrorism was killed along with four of [...]
SANAA, 29 Sept — Foreign Minister Abu-Baker al-Qirbi Monday said the crisis in Sadaa can be resolved if the Shiite rebels declare their compliance with the 6-point peace terms set by the government, and stressed “the regime in Yemen no longer accepts any local or foreign mediation to end the situation in Sadaa except within [...]
Geneva, 29 Sept — Director of Female Journalists without Chains, Tawkil Abdul-Salam Karman Monday urged the UN Human Rights Council to support the southern movement in Yemen, help release al-Ayyam newspaper and kidnapped journalist, Muhammad al-Maqalah. Karman who was speaking to the council in Geneva said “the southern movement is subjected to extensive violations on [...]
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