Yemen's prisons saw last year 297 jailbreaks, including escapes by al-Qaeda operatives and leaders. In Rada'a only, 199 prisoners escaped from the central prison during an attack by al-Qaeda militants on the detention center following they took control over the central city and its Amiriya Castle in January of last year. According to a report released by Prison Authority, 39 prisoners escaped from ...
(Saba) - The Saudi Arabia on Monday welcomed the outcomes of the 5th Friends of Yemen meeting held in the United Kingdom last Thursday. Chaired by Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the cabinet praised the statement issued by the Yemen's friends that stressed their full support to the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity ...
Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Saturday that Saudi security authorities seized last week at least 250 kilograms of Iranian-made hashish at the Kingdom's borders with Yemeni. The newspaper stated that the packs, which were sequestered by Saudi border guard, were found with different quantities and Persian phrases written on them indicating types of Hashish. According to information the pap ...
Local sources said that security forces managed Friday to ward off an attack against the headquarters of Criminal Investigation Department by gunmen belonging to the so-called "Tehama Movement" in the western province of Hodeida. The sources stated that the gunmen attacked the headquarters of the CID following a funeral in an attempt to release detainees. The sources added that security ...
A Yemeni senior official revealed that the Lebanese Hezbollah militia pushes for tensioned political scene in Yemen prior to the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) scheduled for 18 March. Yeminis are about to launch the NDC in a bid to pave the way for peaceful transfer of power after the ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in February of last year. The Saudi-based Alwatan newspaper quote ...
Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi discussed on Wednesday with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov the arrangements of an official visit to be paid by President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi to Russia in April. During their meeting in London, al-Qairbi and Bogdanov reviewed issues relating to the Friends of Yemen meeting to be held in London, topped by the international support to Yemen. Th ...
Security authorities announced banning armed men, including the police, from entering into public markets of Sana'a City with their guns, calling on citizens to inform on any breaches. The Yemeni Interior Ministry's website reported that the Capital's security department gave orders "banning the entry of any weapons into public markets, even if the licensed guns including those of the police. ...
Preparations are in full swing for the March 18th launch of a satellite educational channel in Yemen that aims to instil national loyalty and moderation in young people and protect them from extremist ideas. The Yemeni Ministry of Education signed an agreement Monday (February 25th) with telecommunications company MTN Yemen, which is to sponsor the project with 77.5 million Yemeni riyals ($361,641 ...
Houthi militants on Thursday kidnapped 5 people from deferent districts in the northern province of Sa'ada and took them to unknown place, as part of the group's daily abduction campaigns. Houthis snatched Ali Mohamed Yahiya al-Ibrahimi, a teacher at Al-Thawra school in al-Nadheer district, and Yunos Qasem Ahmed who are still uncounted for. In Haidan District, a gang of Houthis led by Ahmed Mohame ...
Yemeni tribal chiefs on Tuesday began mediation efforts to secure the release of three Europeans held hostage by the al-Qaida wing in Yemen last December, officials said. "The security authorities were ordered to facilitate mediation efforts launched Tuesday night by tribal chiefs to secure the release of an Austrian man and a Finnish couple kidnapped by al- Qaida late last year," an off ...
