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Yemen’s internationally recognised President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi visited Al Mahrah Governorate on Wednesday morning in his first official trip since returning to Aden two weeks ago
The president plans to implement a number of projects in a bid to improve life for residents of the country’s second-largest governorate
“The president will lay the foundations and launch a number of reconstruction projects, both civil and economic, provided for by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Moammar Al Eryani, the minister of information. These will include the King Salman Medical and Educational City in Al Ghaydah, the governorate’s capital
While in Mahrah, President Hadi also met with the Saudi ambassador to Yemen and residents
Meanwhile, in Al Duraihimi on Monday the pro-government Al Amalikah Brigade and troops from the national resistance led by Maj.Gen Tariq Saleh overran the Houthi rebels’ headquarters in the area
Sources on the ground told The National that dozens of Houthi fighters were killed amid fierce fighting in central Al Duraihimi
Also on Monday Arab coalition airstrikes targeted Houthi fighters in the villages of Al Shagan and Al Manqam, as well as the headquarters of the agriculture department in the district of Al Duraihimi, a weapons and ammunition cache. A dozen Houthi fighters were killed and two armoured vehicles destroyed
North of Al Duraihimi in the district of Al Marawiyah, Houthi fighters have reportedly rounded up and executed young men who refuse to join Houthi ranks
Sami Bari, a media activist from Al Marawiyah told The National that on Monday Houthi fighters killed a young man in a public market because of his refusal to join them
“The murderers were driving a military car,” said Mr Bari. “They are from Ammran province”
