Almotamar.net, Saba - Defense National Council (DNC) has approved a number of measures to rationalize public expenditure through limiting importing luxurious goods from abroad or home- made ones to protecting national economy against further deterioration.
Chaired by President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday, the DNC also approved forming new military units to help increase security and defense capabilities. This includes establishing two units for border guards and for coast guards.
The council also approved additional evening shift from 7:00 pm to 10: 00 pm to leaders of defense ministry and unit mangers and their deputies in military zones. This measure also includes leaderships of interior ministry, deputies, assistant deputies, heads of authorities, general directors, and security unit managers across the country.
The meeting which gathered a number of ministers, officials and military leaders discussed report presented by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar on economic and financials situations the country witnesses.
The discussion handled increase exchange rates of foreign currencies and solutions taken by the government to solve them, besides effects of the global financial crisis on the national economy.
The council focused on reforms, rationalizing consumption, activating income taxes and following up issuing financial and economic laws as necessary solutions to the problems facing the economy.
The council directed the government to use loans and assistances and work with the donor transparently in this regard to avoid any failure to help attracting loans or assistances and employing them as desired.
The meeting directed activating security and intelligence's roles in fields of combating terror, smuggling, drugs, organized crime, securing ground and marine outlets and cooperation with concerned bodies in arresting smugglers to bring them into justice.
It also directed banning trafficking with arms, ammunitions and explosives as well as closing any market dealing with arms and argued that the state should buy weapons it needs without interference of brokers. It also directed to seize any arm quantity of weapons coming to the country and bring their dealers to justice.
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.
DNC approves measures rationalizing public expenditure 
