Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh received in Sana'a Tuesday Sheikh Mohammed al-Mouayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed, who returned home on Tuesday from the United States of America following their release at the end of last week. .
President Saleh welcomed warmly al-Mouayad and Zayed, who have been released last Friday, congratulating them on arrival to their homeland, after being detained unfairly.
The President considered their release as a victory for justice and human rights and a result of Yemen's follow-up to their case from the early days. Saleh thanked the American administration, particularly President Barack Obama for freeing them in response to demands of the country that was very confident of their innocence.
Al-Mouayad voiced his appreciation of the President's efforts and contacts with the concerned authorities in the USA, expressing his thanks defense team that has succeed to reach to the release decision.
Al-Mouayad and his personal aide Zayed have arrived in Sana'a on Tuesday morning.
Ministers of Foreign, Endowments and Guidance and Human Rights as well as Yemeni clerics and MPs and Shoura Council members were on top of the receivers.
Hundreds of Yemeni people have flocked to the Sana'a International Airport receiving them.
On Monday, the two landed in Dubai on a stopover coming from the US.
The two were ordered freed last Friday after they pleaded guilty to some charges against them and sentenced to time served since they were arrested in Germany and extradited to the US in 2003.
The two were arrested in Germany and extradited to the US in 2003 where they have been jailed for more than 6 years.
They faced terrorism charges including providing material support for organizations designated by the US as terrorist.
In 2005 Al-Mouayad and Zayed were sentenced to 75 and 45 years in prison respectively.
In October 2008, the convictions were overturned for them with the US later saying a retrial would be set for the two in 2009.
The health of al-Mouayad, in his 60s, has deteriorated while in prison and he underwent some surgeries.
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.
President Saleh receives al-Mouayad
