almotamar.net - At least 51 NDC members from eastern Yemen announced on Monday that they were looking forward to forming an independent eastern region which would include al-Mahra, Hadhramout, and Shabwa governorates, along with Socotra Island.
In a statement read at a press conference at Sana'a's Movenpick Hotel, the representatives demanded that the new Yemeni state be a federal state, including several regions each region has its elected authorities tasked with the management in order to achieve its security and stability.
''We are looking forward to forming the eastern region ,'' the statement said. ''The region will have its legal personality and its elected authorities which tasked with managing the region and improving its resources,'' the statement added.
The statement also mentioned that the formation of the region would represent a positive step towards the achievement of a modern Yemeni state.
al-Khanbashi said that 51 members were from al-Mahra, Hadhramout, and Shabwa governorates, along with Socatra Island, were in person to sign the vision of the eastern region.
He added that they adhered to NDC outcomes in the present and previous sessions. In particular, they supported moves to provide southerners with 50% of army and security positions.
Moreover, NDC member Ahmed bin Habtoor, said that the announcement of the eastern region did not amount to a message to anyone. He added that was simply an approved NDC outcome.
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.
51Southern NDC members announce eastern region
