The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has laid emphasis on the importance of political settlement in Yemen as per the GCC Initiative, the outcomes of the National Dialogue and the UNSC resolution no. 2216, the three locally and internationally agreed upon references for any peace process in the country.

The UAE Red Crescent distributed on Friday 3 thousand food baskets on poor families in Arma District here.

Minister of Local Authority and the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee AbdulraqeebFath expressed denouncement over Houthi-Saleh militias' aggression against relief and humanitarian organizations.

Art is not only a peace time human activity. If one of the numerous purposes it serves is healing the invisible wounds of the war, then there is a reason and need for it in Yemen, which has been grappling with a bloodyinsurgency by the Saleh-Houthi rebel militias.

The United Arab Emirates has announced Thursday the allocation of $2 million for saving lives and early recovery of children and women affected by the war in Yemen. The amount will be spent through the UN Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen.

Minister of Water and Environment Izzi Hibat Allah Shoreim has participated in a conference for the environment ministers of the least developed countries in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The Governor of Marib Sultan al-Arrada has said , "for the first time the foundation for establishing policewomen has been laid", boasting the conscription of and inaugurated training for 30 to-be policewomen in the province a couple of days ago.

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Hussein Ba-Salama met on Thursday with Chines Ambassador to Yemen Tian Qi.

Another quantity of food aid from Kuwait was distributed to households internally displaced by the Saleh-Houthi militias in Al-Khaneq of Nehm district, a periphery of Sana'a.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service AbdulazizJubari and the accompanying delegation visited judiciary compound at JabalJarrahhere and inspected damages that hit it over systematic shelling by Houthi-Saleh militias while trying to control it.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has headed a meeting for the Security Taskforce, an offshoot of the Friends of Yemen Group.

Minister of Local Administration and the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee AbdulraqeebFath has said the government directed concerned Yemeni bodies in all ports and ground outlets to pardon relief trucks from custom fees.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mansour al Bagash met on Wednesday with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif al-Zayyani .

Omani Minister of Information Abdulmune'm al-Hasani has confirmed Yemeni-Omani deep relations and welcomed any cooperation enhancing them.

Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nizar Ba-Suhaib discussed on Tuesday with World Food Program Monitoring Officer Julia Stit a number of topics on activity of the program in Yemen.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mikhlafi has directed staff of Yemen's embassy here to exert more efforts for easing difficulties facing Yemenis visiting Egypt and students.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has hailed the facilitations that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers to Yemeni expat workers, in consideration of the hardship Yemenis are enduring as a result of the Saleh-Houthi militias' coup.

Minister of Information Muammar al-Eryani has said that the silence of the international organizations, media and human rights orgs, for the Saleh-Houthi coup militias' atrocities against journalists in jails and at large raises a big question mark.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saeleh has affirmed the government's interest in restoring the rest of Taiz and driving out the Saleh-Houthi militias that have been killing children and women and laying a siege around the war-afflicted city for years.

Governor of Hadhramout and Commander of the Second Military Zone Faraj al-Bahsani discussed on Tuesday with Deputy Team of the Red Crescent Authority of the United Arab Emirates Ahmad al-Niyadi a number of projects implemented by the authority here.