Day: 17 March 2024

A vigil was held today, Sunday, in Sana’a province in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and in support of expanding the operations of the armed forces in the Red Sea, the Arab Sea, and the Indian Ocean against ships linked to the Zionist entity or heading to the ports of occupied Palestine.

In the protest, which was organized by the branches of the General Telecommunications Corporation and the General Authority for Regulating Land Transport Affairs in the province, the director of the Telecommunications Corporation branch, Badr al-Din al-Madani, praised the directives of the revolution leader, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, regarding expanding operations to prevent ships heading to the occupied Palestinian territories in support the brothers in Gaza, pointing out that The Yemeni position is firm towards the Palestinian issue, which is the central issue of the Arab and Islamic nation.

During the protest, in which the Director of the Land Transport Authority Branch, Muhammad Solan participated, a speech
was given about the participants in the protest by Engineer Nabil Al-Dailami, in which he stressed the continuation of going out in all fields and squares in response to the call of Commander Abdul Malik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi to champion the Palestinian cause and support the people and the Palestinian resistance.

He pointed out that Al-Aqsa Flood operation came within the framework of the legitimate right of the Palestinian Mujahideen to confront the criminal, occupying and usurping enemy, denouncing the international silence and Arab complicity towards the genocidal war and brutal massacres that the Palestinians are being subjected to by the Zionist entity, with American and Western support.

A statement issued by the movement praised the Revolutionary Leader’s decision to expand naval operations to include the Indian Ocean, ensuring the prevention of the passage of any ships heading to the Israeli enemy.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Tenders Committee in Sana’a province discussed in its meeting today, Sunday,headed by Governor Abdul Basit Al-Hadi, topics related to the implementation of a number of projects, aimed at improving basic services, strengthening infrastructure, and developing vital sectors in the province.

The meeting, which included the Secretary-General of the province’s local district, Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani, and members of the administrative body, Abdul Salam Al-Jaifi, Mahyoub Mahdi, and Ali Al-Suhaili, reviewed the request to sign a contract with the Military Works Department regarding the implementation of the Public Works and Roads Office building in the province.

The committee also reviewed the offers submitted by the branch of the General Authority for Rural Water Projects regarding drilling an artesian well in Al-Jahsh – Sanhan, and implementing a 200 cubic meter reinforced ground tank in Jahana.

The attendees discussed health projects, including the emergency building at Waalan Hospital and the fence of Hamdan
Hospital, and the provision of 4 digital x-ray machines.

A committee was formed, headed by the Chairman of the Planning and Finance Committee of the Local Council, Abdul Salam Al-Jaifi, to determine priorities according to what is available.

Governor Al-Hadi stressed the importance of implementing projects and completing them within the specified time period to ensure benefiting from the allocations approved in the plan.

He stressed the necessity of completing all procedures , conditions, and activating the role of oversight in the implementation of service projects, in translation of the directives of the revolutionary leadership and the Supreme Political Council, and within the framework of efforts to achieve sustainable local development.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Parts of eight Yemeni provinces are expected to see sparse rains, the national meteorology center forecasted on Sunday, as deserts and plains will see high temperature in the next 24 hours.

Parts of Sa’ada, Hajjah, Mahweet, Amran, Sana’a, Dhamar, Rima and Ibb will witness rainfalls, sometimes with thunder, the center added in daily publication seen by Saba.

The center foresaw high temperatures (37-39) grades centigrade in desert and coastal plains

Source: Yemen News Agency

The sixth Ramadan lecture delivered by the revolution leader , Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, Sunday, Ramadan 7, 1445 AH – March 17, 2024 AD.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Baydha governor, Abdullah Edrees, on Sunday chaired a meeting to discuss progress achieved in agricultural projects in the last 12 months.

The meeting approved support for projects based on local community cooperative initiatives in irrigation field, in accordance with agricultural plan, and for model agricultural societies.

Governor Edress highlighted the need for coordination between different agricultural bodies and project funding unit, in order to achieve agricultural development.

Focus should be on agricultural marketing, opening new marketing centers, and erecting more nurseries and rainwater-harvest caravans, he added.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Martyr families cooperation in Marib held a meeting on Sunday to discuss progress attained in Ramadan projects for the families of martyrs and missed troops.

The meeting dealt with a mechanism to distribute Eid cloths for 25,000 under-18 children of martyrs in the few coming days, in addition to Ramadan cash food basket.

Source: Yemen News Agency

A meeting at the General Authority for Land, Survey and Urban Planning has discussed topics related to the lands of Sana’a province and new plans in a number of areas in the province.

The meeting reviewed the plans for Qaa al-Manqab, Reed, and Matnah areas.

It touched on the completed reservations and the international park in al-Sawad, and citizens’ grievances regarding the plans that were recently launched.

The meeting stressed the need for coordination between the competent authorities to reduce random construction and preserve agricultural areas and public streets.

At the meeting, Sana’a local council official Abdulqader al-Ghailani stressed the importance of the neighborhood units’ plans contributing to the delivery of basic and other services.

Al-Ghailani stressed the necessity of implementing these plans on reality, as this would reduce random construction that hinders the services that the community seeks and which the local authority aspires to provide.

He urged joint coordination between vario
us parties to ensure the success of the engineering teams’ tasks in completing their work and taking into account the public interest.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Gaza: n the early hours of Sunday, several Palestinians, most of them children and women, were killed after Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that at least 11 Palestinians, mostly children and women, were killed, while several others sustained injuries in the airstrike that struck the Thabet family’s residence in the Bishara neighborhood.

The Gaza Strip witnessed seven massacres perpetrated by the occupation forces against families over the past 24 hours. These brutal acts resulted in the death of 63 Palestinians and injuries to 112 others.

Many victims remain trapped under rubble and on roadsides, with ambulance and civil defense teams struggling to reach them.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health, although providing a non-final count, has documented a rising death toll in the Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7th last year, the number of deaths has reached 31,553, with a significant
majority comprising children and women.

The overall injuries since the start of the aggression have now reached 73,546, while numerous individuals remain buried beneath the rubble, awaiting rescue and assistance.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza: An estimated 23 million tons of debris have accumulated as a result of the destruction in the Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

“It will take years to remove rubble and dispose of unexploded weaponry,” UNRWA said Sunday in a statement. It noted that homes, schools, clinics, and other civilian infrastructure have been affected, devastating the lives of more than two million people.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Aqaba: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday left the port city of Aqaba after concluding a working visit to the Kingdom during which he met with His Majesty King Abdullah II.

The German Chancellor was seen off at King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba by Chairman of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority’s (ASEZA) Board of Commissioners, Nayef Fayez, Governor of Aqaba, Khaled Hajjaj, German Ambassador to Jordan, Bertram von Moltke, and a number of officials.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh issued on Sunday a communiqué specifying the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, starting from the morning of Tuesday, the ninth of April, until the evening of Friday, the twelfth.

The statement mandates the suspension of work for all ministries, official departments, public institutions, public universities, municipalities, joint services councils, the Greater Amman Municipality, and government-owned companies. Exceptions are made for ministries and official departments with duties that necessitate operational continuity.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) Sunday said the Israeli army “systematically” targeted programmers and IT specialists amid an ongoing onslaught against the embattled enclave.

According to a statement, Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the Israeli army “targets and kills people with minds and expertise,” especially workers in IT, programming and computer engineering.

Euro-Med Monitor documented a list that included several IT specialists, including programming and artificial intelligence, who the Israeli forces killed after targeting them across Gaza.

Source: Jordan News Agency