aLMOTAMAR.NET, sABA - The government ordered on Tuesday Minister of Planning and International Cooperation to coordinate with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to sign finally a financing agreement of Economic Opportunities Program (EOP).
In its weekly meeting chaired by Deputy Prim Minister for Security and Defense Affairs, the cabinet dealt with EOP agreement which was signed with IFAD initially on April 21, 2010, under which IFAD grants Yemen about 8.5 million Special Draw Rights (SDR).
The Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) targets poor men and women, who have small farms of coffee or who want to grow vegetables, and those who do not have a farm and will to grow vegetables and to work in beekeeping in the rural areas.
The EOP focuses in its first phase on coffee-producing areas in eight provinces of Apian, Amran, Dhamar, Hodeidah, Ibb, Lahj, Taiz and Sana'a. Later, the program will cover other provinces and other products such as Honey.
The program seeks to create economic sustainable opportunities for poor people.
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.