He added that the twins are female, were born conjoined to the lower chest and abdomen, and according to examinations, share the liver and intestines, and are suspected to be attached by a heart membrane…reports Asian Lite News
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center said on Tuesday that it will perform a surgery to separate Yemeni conjoined twins from Aden governorate.
The operation, which comes after directives from King Salman, will be held on Thursday at King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City at the Ministry of National Guard in Riyadh.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, general supervisor of KSrelief and head of the medical and surgical team, said the operation to separate Mawaddah and Rahmah is expected to take about 11 hours, and will be carried out in 6 stages, with 28 doctors and specialists, in addition to technicians and nurses.
He added that the twins are female, were born conjoined to the lower chest and abdomen, and according to examinations, share the liver and intestines, and are suspected to be attached by a heart membrane.
Dr. Al-Rabeeah thanked King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the great support that the medical team and the health sector in the Kingdom receive from the leadership and the humanitarian gestures they provide to needy people everywhere.
The services included clinics for epidemiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, reproductive health, nutritional therapy, immunization, obstetrics, awareness and education, surgery and surgical dressing…reports Asian Lite News
A total of 960 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were made safe during the third week of July.
The Masam project team responsible for clearing the explosive devices throughout the country, dealt with 22 anti-personnel mines, 301 anti-tank mines, and 637 unexploded items of ordnance.
More than 251,000 mines have been dismantled since the launch of the project.
Masam is a project launched by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. Recently, mobile medical nutrition clinics of the center provided treatment services for 37,883 patients in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate.
The services included clinics for epidemiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, reproductive health, nutritional therapy, immunization, obstetrics, awareness and education, surgery and surgical dressing.
Clinics provided 14,100 prescriptions to patients. Through further services, 28 people were referred to the medical referral department, 5,950 people were referred to the laboratory department, 3,177 people benefited from the awareness and education department and 5,607 people benefited from a range of health care services.
A six-year-old Yemeni boy died on Sunday after Houthi shelling of a residential area in the besieged city of Taiz. A total of 13 children were injured in an attack…reports Asian Lite News
A six-year-old Yemeni boy died on Sunday after Houthi shelling of a residential area in the besieged city of Taiz. A total of 13 children were injured in an attack.
“Mortar shells were fired randomly by the Houthis on residential houses of a densely populated neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Taiz during the past hours,” the official said.
“A total of 13 children were injured as a result of the shells that landed indiscriminately on the residential area controlled by the government,” he said.
The attack coincided with the arrival of a high-ranking UN delegation to Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen, to push the warring sides in Yemen to extend the truce that expires on August 2.
During the past days, Yemen’s Houthis carried out a series of attacks against various areas of the war-ravaged Arab country, as UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg stepped up his effort to extend the Yemeni truce.
Several rounds of negotiations between the government and the Houthis were conducted under the auspices of the UN but failed to achieve any progress toward ending Yemen’s years-long military conflict.
The Houthi militia backed by Iran set new conditions to accept the UN proposal to extend the truce with the Saudi Arabia-led coalition for another six months.
As hopes for truce extension begin to fade, political observers said that the possible failure to break the years-long political stalemate on Yemen’s issue will badly affect the Yemeni people aspiring for permanent peace.
The truce in Yemen, first enforced on April 2 and renewed for another two months on June 2, will expire on August 2.
“An extended and expanded truce will increase the benefits to the Yemeni people,” Grundberg’s office said in a statement, adding that the truce will also provide a platform to build more confidence between the parties and start serious discussions on economic priorities.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed government out of the capital Sanaa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the poor Arab country to the brink of starvation.
Hours after the shelling, dozens of people in Taiz staged a small protest in front of a local hotel that hosts the head of the UN-facilitated military coordination committee, Brig. Gen. Antony Hayward, and called him and the UN to denounce the Houthi attacks on civilians.
“This heinous crime, during UN truce & presence of a UN delegation in Taiz to monitor truce, confirms Houthi terrorist militia’s defiance of intl (sic) community & indifference to intl de-escalation calls & efforts to alleviate human suffering, & put an end to civilians’ suffering,” Yemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani tweeted.
Abdul Baset Al-Qaedi, undersecretary at Yemen’s Ministry of Information, said the sounds of explosions from Houthi attacks on the city have not stopped since the beginning of the truce, accusing the Houthis of exploiting the truce to attack Taiz.
“The killing continues on a daily basis, and this child is one of the victims of the shelling of the criminal Houthi militia,” Al-Qaedi said.
Save the Children said in a statement that some of the wounded children are under five, urging warring factions in Yemen to avoid targeting children during the conflict.
“Our team reported that some of the kids are in critical conditions and most of them are under five years old,” the international aid organization said.
“It’s the warring parties’ responsibility to protect children and spare them this horror at all costs.”
The coalition takes and supports all measures to maintain the truce between Yemeni parties, the statement carried on Saudi state news agency stated…reports Asian Lite News
The Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen has dismissed in a statement claims by the Houthi militia that it carried out airstrikes on Yemen’s Al-Dhale governorate, adding that the coalition has not conducted any sorties since the truce came into effect.
“The coalition has stopped air strikes since the truce became effective,” the coalition was quoted by Saud Press Agency as saying on Twitter.
The coalition takes and supports all measures to maintain the truce between Yemeni parties, the statement carried on Saudi state news agency stated.
The UN-brokered truce came into effect on April 2 and was renewed for another two months in June. The truce has led to a significant reduction in violence and allowed the resumption of commercial flights from Sanaa airport and fuel ships to Hodeidah port.
Yemeni Houthis kill 9 govt soldiers during ceasefire
Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed by the Houthi militia during the past 48 hours in the country, a military official told Xinhua, accusing the militia of breaching the ceasefire…reports Asian Lite News
“The Houthi militia breached the ceasefire brokered by the UN and launched a number of attacks against the government-controlled sites in Yemen,” the local military source said on condition of anonymity.
The attacks involved scores of attacks using explosive-laden drones and artillery shells in various regions, he added.
The source confirmed that the Houthi ceasefire breaches left nine members of the government forces killed and several others injured, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Houthis have yet to comment on the attacks.
Since April 2, the warring parties in Yemen have been abiding by a nationwide ceasefire. Although the truce has largely been upheld, the internationally recognised government and the Houthi group frequently trade accusations of violations.
The latest Houthi attacks coincided with the reports of Saudi Arabia suggesting a further extension of the UN-brokered truce in Yemen, which was already extended until August 2.
In response to US President Joe Biden’s trip to the region, the Houthi militia, backed by Iran, declared they would not consent to an extension of the seven-year war’s ceasefire.
The Houthi ruling political council said in a statement issued on Saturday that they “reject any outcomes for the US President’s visit to the region related to the sovereignty, security and stability of Yemen”.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.
The war has killed thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the poorest Arab country to the brink of starvation.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced that the war-ton nation’s warring factions agreed to consolidate the current truce in the upcoming Eid al-Adha…reports Asian Lite News
“The parties agreed to consolidate their commitment to the current truce through a continued halt of all offensive ground, aerial, and maritime military operations, inside and outside of Yemen, and freezing current military positions on the ground,” Xinhua news agency quoted a statement released by the envoy’s office as saying.
The commitment was made after the warring parties held a meeting in Amman, capital of Jordan, on Tuesday with the facilitation of Grundberg’s military advisor Anthony Hayward, according to the statement.
Furthermore, they agreed to moderate rhetoric in public statements and media and show care for the safety, well-being, and protection of civilians.
The envoy confirmed the UN readiness to support the Yemeni warring parties by providing technical assistance, capacity building, and facilitating decision-making.
Since April 2, the warring parties in Yemen have been abiding by a nationwide ceasefire.
Although the truce has largely been upheld, the internationally recognized government and the Houthi rebels frequently trade accusations of violations.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthis seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed government out of the capital Sanaa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of starvation.
Car bombing hits motorcade of high-ranking Yemen official
A car bomb explosion struck a motorcade of a high-ranking security official in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a government official said…reports Asian Lite News
“The car bomb blast hit the convoy of General Saleh Al-Sayd, commander of the Security forces in the neighbouring southern province of Lahj when his motorcade was passing through a main street near Aden’s airport,” the official told Xinhua news agency late Wednesday.
The source said that the explosion killed at least five guards and two pedestrians, and destroyed an armoured vehicle of the official’s convoy.
The security commander who was apparently the main target escaped the attack as he was sitting in another armoured vehicle, according to the source.
Following the attack, local security forces were heavily deployed across Khormakser residential neighbourhood where the blast occurred and blocked roads.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.
Several local government and security officials were targeted in similar incidents recently in Aden and elsewhere in the war-ravaged Arab country.
Considered Yemen’s temporary capital city, Aden is where the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has based itself since 2015.
Local authorities are trying to maintain security and stability in Aden.
However, sporadic bombing incidents and drive-by shooting attacks still occur in the strategic Yemeni port city.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthis seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally-recognized government out of the capital Sanaa.
The government in Yemen announced that five soldiers were killed and 15 others injured by the Houthi militia despite the ongoing UN-brokered truce in the war-torn nation…reports Asian Lite News
According to a statement released by the Defence Ministry, “the Houthi militia committed 185 breaches of the truce brokered by the UN during the past 72 hours in various areas of Yemen”, reports Xinhua news agency
The statement said that the Houthi breaches included attacking the sites of the government forces with shells and rockets as well as using explosive-laden drones.
Earlier on Monday, a large explosion caused by a Houthi-fired ballistic missile rocked the government-controlled oil-rich province of Marib.
No official comment has been issued by the local authorities, but media reports indicate that no one has been injured as a result of the explosion so far.
The warring parties in Yemen have started to observe a nationwide ceasefire since April 2.
Although the truce has been broadly kept, there are frequent accusations of breaches traded between the internationally recognized government and the Houthi group.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed government out of Sanaa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of famine.
Al-Alimi made the remarks when he delivered a speech on Sunday at Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo…reports Asian Lite News
Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), called for regional organizations, such as the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council, to make peace and defend the Yemeni people’s interests, state-run Saba news agency reported Sunday.
Al-Alimi made the remarks when he delivered a speech on Sunday at Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo, during which he criticized the Houthi rebels for violating the ongoing truce, according to Saba.
The Yemeni leader said the conflicts in Yemen, a country that holds a strategic position at the eastern Red Sea, are threatening the region’s security and the safety of one of the world’s most important shipping lines.
The warring parties in Yemen entered into a nationwide cease-fire on April 2. Although the truce has been broadly kept, mutual accusations of breaches are still traded between the internationally recognized government and the Houthi group.
Also on Sunday, Al-Alimi held a meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and briefed him on the efforts the PLC has made to solve the challenges facing Yemen since its formation.
On April 7, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued a decree on establishing the PLC headed by Al-Alimi to succeed him in running the government and holding peace talks with the Houthis.
For his part, Aboul-Gheit stressed the Arab League’s continued support for the Yemeni government, calling for a political solution to the country’s years-long conflict.
During the meeting, the two sides also discussed the recent developments in Yemen and the means to bring the truce forward to end the country’s eight-year war.
Al-Alimi arrived in Cairo on Saturday for his first visit to Egypt as the Yemeni leader. He held a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who reiterated his country’s support for the Yemeni government.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of famine. (ANI/Xinhua)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has urged for a peaceful solution to the Yemeni crisis, expressing his country’s support for the legitimate Yemen government…reports Asian Lite News
Sisi’s remark on Saturday came during a joint press conference with Rashad al-Alimi, Head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), following their talks in Cairo, Xinhua news agency reported.
“I affirmed our full support for the unity, independence, and territorial integrity of the Yemeni state,” stressed the Egyptian President.
Cairo also welcomed the UN announcement on June 2 of a renewal of the ongoing ceasefire agreement between the forces of Yemen’s government and the Houthi militia for another two months, according to Sisi, who underlined the importance of Yemen’s security and stability to Egypt and the whole Arab world.
“I call on all parties to fully implement the terms of the agreement as this represents a positive development that can be built upon to launch a comprehensive political process in Yemen,” Sisi added.
He also highlighted the need to intensify joint action to protect the “security and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf, for this vital issue is linked to regional and international security and stability”.
For his part, Al-Alimi said that he updated Sisi on the latest developments in Yemen and the efforts made by the PLC to improve the economic conditions and services, especially in the provinces freed from the Houthis.
The PLC chief sought Egypt’s support regarding reforms and the integration of the security forces and the military in Yemen.
“We affirmed our positive approach of all peace endeavors” in coordination with the pro-legitimacy alliance led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally recognised government out of the capital Sanaa.
