Heads of Delegations and Organizations participating in the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of Yemen stressed their full support of the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Yemen, renewing their commitment to the (...)
Heads of Delegations and Organizations participating in the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of Yemen stressed their full support of the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Yemen, renewing their commitment to the (...)
In the presence of Prince Saud Al Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basendwah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Yemen signed here today a memorandum of agreement to establish two development (...)
Saudi Arabia will host an international conference here Wednesday to discuss the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen, as well as other challenges facing the impoverished country such as Al-Qaeda threats, the Houthi rebels and the political (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday condemned the deadly suicide attack in Yemen at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sana'a that killed 96 soldiers and wounded 300 more.
“The secretary-general strongly condemns the terrorist attack (...)
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will participate in the conference "Friends of Yemen" to be held in Riyadh tomorrow and will focus on supporting Yemen in its current transitional phase.
Assistant (...)
BY DR. KHALED M. BATARFI
The Romans called it Arabia Felix (Happy Arabia). The Arabs called it Al-Yaman Al-Saeed (Happy Yemen). When I visited it for the first time, in 2005, it was amazingly secured and relaxed, if not happy. President Ali (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday condemned the deadly suicide attack in Yemen at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sana'a that killed 96 soldiers and wounded 300 more.
"The secretary-general strongly condemns the terrorist attack (...)
Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Ba Sindwah met here today with Yacoub El Hillo, Representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the Middle East.
During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between (...)
Maj. General Abdulqadir Qahtan, the Yemeni Minister of Interior met here today with a visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) delegation in charge of implementing of Judiciary back-up and rule of law.
During the meeting, priorities and (...)
Mohammed Al-Sadi, Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, met here today with Mirza Hassan, Executive Director of the World Bank.
During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest and ways of enhancing cooperation (...)
A soldier was killed and a French oil expert
injured Tuesday in an attack by gunmen suspected to have links to
al-Qaeda, dpa quoted Yemeni media as reported.
The attack occured in the city of Say'oun in the eastern Yemeni
province of (...)
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi extended an invitation to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to visit Yemen, noting that the Ethiopian officials welcomed the importance of activating bilateral relations between the two (...)
Ali Mohammed Al-Yazidi, Yemeni Minister of Local Administration, condemned kidnapping of Abdullah Al-Khaldi, Saudi Vice Consul in Aden.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Yemeni minister expressed absolute rejection of such criminal (...)
A number of Yemeni officials expressed condemnation and denunciation for kidnapping Vice Consul at Saudi Embassy in Yemen Abdullah Khalidi by terrorist elements.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the officials said that terrorist crime is (...)
Yemeni minister
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
SANA'A – Maj. Gen. Muhammad Nasser Ahmad, Yemeni Minister of Defense, said here Friday that the Yemeni army was continuing its search for the kidnapped Saudi diplomat, Abdullah Al-Khalidi.
He stressed that (...)
Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa made a telephone call today to UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
During the telephone conversation, they discussed issues of common interest in addition to means of enhancing (...)
Harthi and Ahmad Al-Shumairi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
SANA'A – Abdullah Al-Khalidi, the Saudi Deputy Consul General to Yemen who was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda members last month, may be released within the next two days, a tribal chief said (...)
Saudi Arabia has rejected any negotiations with Al-Qaeda for the release of a Saudi diplomat seized in Yemen last month and vowed to do all it can to free the hostage.
“We are working and will work with all our power, and we have instructions from (...)
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is holding Abdullah Al-Khalidi, the Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen's main southern city of Aden, a senior Ministry of Interior official said here Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the (...)
Yemeni Deputy Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training Alawi Bafaqih met here today with a delegation of Saudi Development Fund (SDF).
During the meeting, they discussed the ongoing developments at the projects of technical and (...)
Yemen's parliament approved on Monday the State's general budget for the fiscal year 2012.
In its session chaired by parliament speaker Yhaya al-Rae'i and in the presence of the prime minister and government's members, the parliament voted in favor (...)
Gunmen loyal to ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh blasted buildings at the country's main airport with anti-aircraft guns Saturday, forcing authorities to shut it down, an airport official said.
Armed tribesmen and troops in uniform (...)
Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi Wednesday called on the country's political parties to act in "full harmony" and
to avoid violence.
"All powers should join hands and act in full harmony to help the Military and Security Committee fulfill (...)
Negotiations are continuing here to secure the release of Abdullah Al-Khalidi, the Saudi diplomat, who was abducted recently in Aden.
It has also been confirmed that Al-Khalidi is in good health, according to Sheikh Sultan Al-Bakiri, Chairman of (...)
