almotamar.net - The Specialised Appeals Criminal Court in Yemen on Tuesday decided postponement the trial of 13 Iranians accused of illegally bringing 3 tons of drugs to the 3rd of March 2009 so that to enable them to present the petition for their appeal.
At the Court’s sitting held Tuesday and chaired by Judge Mohammed al-Hakimi and attended by the General Prosecution a report summarizing the appeal was read out by the court with translation from Arabic language to the Persian.
The court requested the defendants to present their appeal petition and they replied their lawyer would present it and asked postponement of the sitting until their lawyer will be present to present the appeal petition. The court also responded to the defendants’ request for communicating with the Iranian embassy in Sana’a.
The Yemeni First Instance Court had last November decided the execution of the first defendant Ayoub Mohammed Hout, the imprisonment of the rest of defendants for 25 years and the destroying of the drugs quantity.
The Prosecution charged the defendants of bringing of three tons of drugs and entering with them into the Yemeni regional waters on board of a boat hoisting the Iranian flag.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.