Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 6/23/2003
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of June 23, 2003
- French, Yemeni presidents call for comprehensive solution in ME region
Sources close to the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Paris said after the meeting he had with the French President Jacque Chirac that the French President raised more than one time the issue of comprehensive peace in the region. A peace which includes Syria and Lebanon and that Chirac agreed with Saleh on the great concern surrounding the current status in Iraq and the need to accelerate the political solution and restoring sovereignty to the Iraqis. Yemen-France, Politics, 6/28/2003 - Yemen: attacks against Hatat mountains halted
The extent of the Yemeni forces's attack against the positions of Islamists hidden in Hatat mountains in Abyan province was decreased in the second day of the fighting which witnessed bloody starts. Yemen, Politics, 6/27/2003 - Yemen: many killed and wounded in battles between the army and Islamists
The battle of Yemeni Hatat mountains has begun between the government forces and scores of armed Islamists who are stationed in the range lands in Abyan province. The clashes resulted in killing and wounding scores of people following the failure of the mediation efforts between the chieftains of the area to convince the gunmen to surrender. Yemen, Politics, 6/26/2003 - Yemen: Besieging 80 Islamists in the mountains; tribal mediation, over al-Harithi issue
The military attack launched by the Yemeni forces in the mountainous areas in Abyan province against a group of armed Islamists, with the participation of tanks and helicopters besides reinforcements from the private forces was expanded. Yemen, Politics, 6/25/2003