Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Tuesday at the Republican Palace in Taiz the people who flocked to congratulate him upon Eid al Adha.
The people included Parliament and Shura members, local officials, social dignitaries, civil society leaders, security and army commanders and youth and woman leaders. He exchanged with them congratulations on Eid.
They expressed their pride with all achievements and giant changes in various sectors under Saleh's leadership, saying Yemen obtained a high position at regional and international levels because of the wise leadership of Saleh and strides he caused.
They also underlined the significance of Saleh's speech delivered on the eve of Eid which contained national conceptions that showed his interest in promoting the democratic experience and aligning the Yemeni people to serve their nation.
Moreover, they hailed his call for working together to make comprehensive national dialogue a success and placing the nation interest above other interests.
We bless the call for holding the next parliamentary elections on time and the president's way of dialogue to address all national issues, they said.
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.