Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh attended on Thursday a military parade took place at the al-Sabayn Square in the capital Sana'a to mark the celebrations of the 19th anniversary of Yemen's Unity Day.
Speaking to President Saleh and senior government officials who attended the parade, Defence Minister Ahmed Nasser said that Unity came to support Yemeni people, adding "since its creation on 22 May 1990, Yemen witnessed great changes at political, economic, social and cultural levels".
Ahmed stressed that the military and security forces have always reflected the finest models in the realignment of national unity through boosting the principle of harmony and unity among the people of Yemen.
The Minister pointed to that the army and security forces are the largest space for the people without discrimination or differentiation.
He explained that the military and security bodies re-received those who had been affected in the events before achieving the unity of the homeland, pointing out that the government was keen to improve the living conditions of military retirees and returning personnel to the army and security bodies.
"The army and security forces will spare no effort in addressing those who try to prejudice the people, unity and national achievements", said the Yemeni Minister.
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.
Yemen Defence minister pledges defending the unity 
