Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 3/1/1999
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of March 1, 1999
- Confrontation in Abyan with a group that tries to control mosque
The Yemeni police interfered in the province of Abyan to settle confrontations during which Klashinkov guns were used in the directorate of al-Jawf between a "predestination" Islamic group and the citizens over an attempt made by the group to occupy and seize a mosque in the area under the pretext that Islamic rituals are not fully performed in the mosque. Yemen, Local, 3/5/1999 - Czech training planes for Yemen Yemen-Czech Republic, Military, 3/5/1999
- Yemen denies al-Iryani met with Israeli official
The Yemeni government denied that Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani met with the general manager of the Israeli Foreign Ministry last week. Yemen-Israel, Politics, 3/4/1999 - US petroleum company threatens to freeze its activities in Yemen
Yemeni official sources said an American company, whose name he did not mention, working in the field of petroleum in Yemen threatened to freeze its activities in Yemen if the necessary security protection is not available for its workers and establishments. Yemen-USA, Politics, 3/4/1999 - Free trade exchange between Yemen and Jordan
Yemen and Jordan have agreed to activate a memorandum of understanding endorsed last year concerning the establishment of a free trade exchange region between the two countries. Jordan-Yemen, Politics, 3/3/1999 - Aden court hears testimony from explosives experts on foreigners' kidnapping
The court of Aden has listened today to the testimony of weapons, explosives, and wire communications experts in the case of six suspects accused of planning vandalistic and terrorist actions in Yemen, whose trial began on January 27. Yemen, Judicial, 3/1/1999