A senior official said today the health situation in Abyan province is assuring after a visit he paid to a main hospital where watery diarrhea patients are receiving treatment.

The Kuwaiti Fund for Patient Relief has granted Abyan province a large quantity of medicines for cholera and watery diarrhea patients.

The chief of staff Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi has paid an inspection visit police barracks in Marib and congratulated the personnel on the Eid al-Fitr occasion.

Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin-Daghr has declared a state of health emergency in five southern provinces after the emergence of cholera in Abyan.

The governor of Abyan Maj. General Abu Bakr Hussein Salem has stressed the necessity of laying a contingency plan to stave off the cholera epidemic in Zunjubar and Khanfar districts.

The army's Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi paid a comfort visit to the wounded servicemen in hostels and health care centers in Marib city, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr feast and upon directives from vice president Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh.

Yemen's chief of staff Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi paid a visit to the Arab coalition camp in Marib city on Monday.

Minister of Public Health Naser Baoom has confirmed that the medical teams involved in combating the cholera epidemic are on duty everywhere in the country around the clock, even throughout the Eid Al-Fitr festivity occasion.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has sent cables of congratulations to his Bahraini, Kuwaiti and Sudanese counterparts on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr festivity.

President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has sent messages of congratulations to his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh and the Madgascan counterpart Hery Rajaonarimampianina on the national independence days of their countries, 27 June and 26 June respectively.

President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi performed this morning the Eid Al-Fitr prayers in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, along with a number of senior Saudi officials and other guests of king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi.

Yemen's president Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi is exchanging good wishes with Arab and Islamic countries' leaders on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan break).

President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi has phone called the chief of staff to know about the latest gains of the military against the coup militias in the periphery of Marib.

President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has addressed this evening the nation on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, an occasion that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr has ordered the Finance Ministry to promptly pay YR 39 million to the Health Ministry's office in Taiz, in funding of their emergency budget for controlling watery diarrhea, an epidemic going viral in the province.

The Yemeni government said Friday said it wants the whole world to know what is happening in Yemen so foreign journalists are welcome to visit Yemen and report what they see.

The UAE inked a deal to build a protection wall and external gates for the Aden International Airport today, an episode in a series of airport works aimed at rehabilitating the airport and improving services to passengers. .

Minister of Endowments Dr. Ahmed Atiyah said "attempts on targeting the holy shrines in Makkah is an unforgivable crime and cannot be compared against any other crime."

JEDDAH-SABA President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi phone called the newly appointed Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud this evening.

ADEN-SABA The Republic of Yemen has condemned in the strongest terms the recurrent attempts to attack the holy sites of Makkah, the latest of which was by an extremist terrorist cell that wanted to strike while the Grand Mosque is packed with Omrah pilgrims and worshippers.