By: Abdul-Karim al-Nahari and Mohammed al-Shami - DHAMAR- A number of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) and Islah candidates has withdrawn from their candidacy in favor of General People's Congress (GPC)'s candidates in Dhamar governorate, an official source said yesterday.
The source noted Al-Dhafer Ali Mohammed al-Qadhi, a candidate of Islah in constituency No. (209); Abdullah Nasser al-Sublah, a candidate of Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) in constituency No. (210)-center (D); Faisal Mohammed Ahmed Zaid, a candidate of Islah; Hassan Mohammed al-Emad, a candidate of Islah in constituency No. (210)-center (G); Muse'd Ahmed Ali Saleh, a candidate of Islah in constituency No. (196); and Mohammed Ali al-Subli have withdrawn from their candidacy for local councils in favor of GPC's candidates of their own accord, finding that only the GPC is close to the people as is evident in its national achievements that give credit to it and its candidates.
In Amran governorate, likewise, Majed Saleh Ahmed al-Barai, a candidate of Islah in constituency No. (287), Raida district, has withdrawn from his candidacy for local councils in favor of the GPC candidate
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Center (Q) of the constituency No. (287) was the golden center for Islah during the previous elections. The withdrawal of the Islahi candidate came at the backdrop of resignations of prominent Islahi figures last week.
A neutral local source in Amran governorate told almotamar.net that the Islahi leadership undergoes a crisis of confidence due to escalating differences that have not been disclosed among its leaders with multiple loyalties and hostile attitudes towards the YSP.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
JMP candidates withdraw in favor of GPC
