By: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat - It was announced yesterday in Sana'a that the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has approved opening a branch for Qatar National Bank (QNB) in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a.
Ahmed Abdul-Rahman Al-Samawi, Governor of CBY, had said the coming days will witness the opening of another office for QNB in Aden as the bank enjoys financial efficiency and a high insurance status. The QNB's capital is estimated at $356 million with a sufficiency of 16%.
"Inaugurating a branch for QNB in Yemen comes in the context of the increasing growth of Yemen-Gulf relationships and the efforts exerted to qualify and economically prepare Yemen to integrate itself into Gulf's economics," Al-Samawi stated. "This is a part of the improvements in the Yemeni banking system and its efforts to catch up with new local, regional and international developments."
He added, "Being the third branch of an Arab bank in Yemen, the QNB will push forward the commercial and investment exchange relations between the two countries and enhance investors' confidence in Yemen as well as facilitate Yemeni expatriates' money transfers from Qatar to Yemen."
He pointed out that the branch is going to practice all conventional and Islamic banking transactions as well as to contributing to various investment projects and providing a number of other banking services.
Some four Arab and foreign banks are working in Yemen while the total umber of commercial and Islamic banks in Yemen reach 14. The foreign and Arab banks are: the Arab Bank, Al-Rafidain, Calyon, and United Bank. They count for about 30% of the total budget of commercial banks' budget which is estimated at YR 857 billion at the end of June 2006.
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.
Qatar National Bank opens office in Yemen
