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.
A child was killed and other injured when a bomb ledt by Saudi-paid mercenaries went off in al-Matoon district of al-Jawf province, an official said on Saturday.
Saudi aggression warplanes launched three airstrikes on Shada district of Sa'ada province, one of them with a cluster bomb, an official said on Saturday.
The airstrikes caused serious damage to the district.
The enemy fighter jets also waged an airstrike on al-Sabah area in al-Dhaher district of the same province, the official added.
Four citizens were martyred on Friday in an airstrike by the Saudi aggression fighter jets on Hidan district of Sa’ada province, a local official said.
The hostile strike hit a citizen’s car in Thua'ib area of Hidan district, killing four citizens aboard, the official explained.
The aggression warplanes waged also a raid on al-Husama area in Sheda district, leaving material damage, he added.
President of the Supreme Political Council Saleh Al-Sammad met on Thursday at the Republican Palace in Sana'a with Ali bin Ali al-Qaisi.
The meeting discussed the local authority's situation in the provinces and the role of the Local Administration Ministry in confronting the Saudi aggression on Yemen, as well as the implications of the unjust air, land and sea blockade and its
President of the Supreme Political Council Saleh Al-Sammad on Sunday chaired a meeting to discuss the needs of fighting fronts against the Saudi aggression and its mercenaries.
The meeting underlined the importance of supporting the fronts in order to strengthen the victories achieved by the army and popular forces over nearly two years for the sake of Yemen's sovereignty, independence and liberation from the hegemony
Saudi aggression's warplanes and its mercenaries continued barbaric strikes on citizens' property in various provinces over the past hours, a military official said on Sunday.
The Saudi aggression air strikes hit fishers' boats in Tarfah island of Hodieda province, killing six fishermen and wounding six others, as well as targeting citizens' farms.
In Sana'a province, the Saudi enemy aircrafts launched two raids on Herib Nehm and another one on al-Nahdian area, in addition to four strikes on al-Hafa and al-Sawad areas.
In Mareb province, the aggression waged 11 air raids on Serwah district, two on al-Makhdara area and one on Habab valley.
President Saleh receives al-Mouayad
