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Yemen’s Hadi accuses Houthi militants

New York - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi said coup militias control about 70 percent of the war-torn country’s national income resources, such as taxes and revenues of companies and public factories and yet demand the government to pay salaries of state employees in the provinces under their control. Iran-aligned Houthis along with loyalists backing deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh overran Yemen’s capitalRead more

Houthi militants targeted security personnel in Taiz killing four

Taiz - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Four Yemeni security personnel, including a senior army officer, were killed Wednesday when Shia Houthi militants shelled army positions in the southwestern Taiz province. The shelling targeted an army outpost in Taiz’s Mawzi district, Abdullah al-Shaabi, a spokesman for forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, told Anadolu Agency. According to al-Shaabi, Colonel Yaslam Saeed al-Yafei, a commander in theRead more

Yemen’s president calls army for improving

Hadramout - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi called on the army and security forces in the province of Hadramout to improve their military presence and strike with an iron fist anyone who tries to upset calm. In a telephone conversation conducted with Brigadier General Farag Salem al-Bahsani, commander of the Mukalla-based 2nd Military District, Hadi said the Yemeni army must continue toRead more

Houthi militants seize Tebishaa village inJabal Habashy

Aden - Hossam Kherbash

Violent clashes occurred between armed forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Popular Resistance on one side, and the Houthi militant group in Jabal Habashy district in Taiz, leaving casualties on both sides. Local sources said the Houthis backed by forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salehlaunched a harsh attack on the Jabal Habashy district andRead more

Hadi appoints new chief-of-staff of 1st military zone

Aden - Arab Today

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi issued on Wednesday night a decision appointing Brigadier General Yahya Mohammed Abu Ouga as Chief-of-Staff of the First Military Zone in Wadi Hadhramaut and Commander of the 135th Infantry Brigade. Abu Ouga succeeds Colonel Ahmed el Darrab, who was appointed just on Monday, a local news website reported. Abdrabbuh issued the decision after a HadhramautRead more