The ministry has directed opening four strategic gas stations in Mareb and Jawf for providing better services to citizens and the displaced people, Deputy Minister of Oil and Minerals Shawqi al-Mikhlafi has said.

Prime Minister Ahmad Obeid bin-Daghr has directed quick preparation for the estimated state budget for 2018 and setting up scientific economic indicators to enable the state to have clear vision for planning.

Republican decree no (69) of 2017 issued Monday by appointing Mohammed Abdullah Qadah as Minister of State, Member of Council of Ministers.

Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher met Monday with governor of Abyan province Maj. General Abu Baker Hussein and directors of executive bureaus of the province.

Minister of Industry and Trade Dr Mohammed Al-Maitami said:" Yemen's Gross Domestic Production (GDP) shrank by one third because of the war that has caused grave damage on industrial sector in Yemen".

Yemen's top relief aid official has condemned the Houthi-Saleh militias' seizure a shipment of child medicines in Ibb province this week.

Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher chaired a meeting Monday, in the interim capital Aden, included high-rank security and military commanders and officials.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabia, the general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSrelief) said that KSrelief has worked with all professionalism over the course of two years in all provinces of Yemen.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has informed the Turkish Ambassador to Yemen Levent Eller about the Houthi rebel militias' intransigence in refusing political settlement and jeopardizing the security of Yemen and the region.

Undersecretary of Taiz province Dr Abdulqawee Al-Mikhlafi called on the World Food Program (WFP) to redouble relief efforts to contribute toward relieving the population of the province, which has been long besieged by Houthi-Saleh militias.

President Abd-Rabb Mansour Hadi received Monday his deputy Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh and our country's delegation to the Conference of Ministers of Defense of Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition) (IMCTC). The meeting held Sunday in Saudi capital Riyadh.

Yemen participates in the Ministerial Conference on including social dimensions in 2030 sustainable plan on social policies in the Arab World.

Yemen participates in the sessions of the Fourth Round of Arab Forum on Water themed:" Partnership in Water… Partnership in Destiny".

The Minister of Oil and Minerals has chaired a meeting for all the heads of all departments and corporations and firms affiliate to the ministry in Aden on Sunday and assessed the business achieved and previewed the work plan of 2018.

Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Askar has called on the UN and the whole international community to press the Houthi-Saleh rebel militias to release the scores of peaceful activists they abducted and forced into disappearance over the course of their rebellion since they seized power by force in 2014.

Prime Minister Ahmed bin-Daghr has condemned the Houthi-Saleh militias' torture of the activists - they had abducted and forcibly disappeared - sometimes to the point of death.

Vice President Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh Met Sunday with the Crown Prince, Deputy Primer, Minister of Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arab (KSA) His Royal Highness (HRH) Emir Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

An authorized official of the Yemeni government has welcomed the outcomes of the Second Plenary Meeting of Syrian Opposition, which held recently in Saudi capital Riyadh.

Plenary meeting organized Sunday in Aden by Ministry of Finance aimed to draw consultations about draft proposal of 2018 state budget in the government held provinces. Ministries of Planning and International Cooperation and Civil Service contributed to the discussions.

Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher met Sunday, in interim capital Aden, with Minister of Fishery Wealth Fahad Salim Qafin.