In its weekly meeting, the council of ministers affirmed the importance of the role of media, religious and social platforms in exposing economic and human impacts which occur as a result of terrorist acts, Saba reported. The cabinet urged media to reinforce public opinion refusing such acts which clash with the Islamic teachings. The meeting assessed a report by the Interior minister Mutahar Rashad al-Masri on the incident circumstances and steps taken to investigate it. On September 17, the US embassy in Sana'a was rocked by a double car bomb attack. The two explosions took place outside the embassy and hit one of the gates of the heavily-fortified compound. Sixteen people were killed, including a US from a Yemeni origin citizen, who was named as Suzan al-Baneh. The rest of those who were killed included troops of the police guarding the compound and civilians including an Indian women.
