almotamar.net - The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in cooperation with the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) and the Arab Institute for Parliamentary Training and Legislative Studies )AIPTLS( have organized on Tuesday the Regional Conference for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in London with the participation of Yemen.
The conference will last for the period 28-30 of January, 2014, and with the participation of nine countries from the Middle East and North Africa.
It aims to create a collaborative approach between members of parliament and civil society organizations over a set of feudal reforms in field of public policy, such as health, social sides, unemployment, and education as well as the important legislation in field of protecting the rights of women from domestic violence.
During the conference, the participated parliamentarians would get acquainted with papers prepared by the WFD and AIPTLS and discuss them, as well as enhancing their knowledge on how to use the evidence provided by civil society organizations, to agree on the national and regional strategies among the parliaments and civil society organizations.
It is worth mentioning that the Yemeni delegation has met during the conference's actions with a member at the House of Commons of the UK Parliament Henry Bellingham and the WFD head, and reviewed with them aspects of cooperation between the Yemeni Parliament and the WFD.
For his part, Bellingham expressed his pleasure for the participation of Yemen in the conference, looking forward to promoting the cooperation relations between Yemen and the WFD.
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 partakes in MENA Regional Conference in London
