almotamar.net - An agreement on security cooperation in the field of coast guard was signed in Washington on Tuesday between the Yemeni government represented by Brigadier general Ali Ahmed Rasie head of Coast Guard Authority and Captain Andy Johnson in charge of American navy affairs in the American embassy in Sana'a.
The agreement included the building of a barrier on the southern coast of Yemen to consolidate operations of the coast guard stationed in Bab el-Mandab and the Gulf of Aden at a cost of $2.8 million.
The agreement signing ceremony was attended by the Yemeni ambassador to Washington Abdulwahab Abdullah al-Hajri for the Yemeni side and for the American side by the representative of the navy, in charge of technical training in Yemen, and lieutenant general Sherman Lancy in charge of Yemen affairs in the US Coat Guard.
On his part Staff Colonel Tayseer Saleh Abdullah Saleh praised this agreement that comes as part of enhancement of the Yemeni American assistance in security area for the development of Yemeni naval cadres capabilities and protection of Yemeni regional waters against piracy and smuggling.
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.