Sana'a


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the capital and largest city of Yemen

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In a relevant development on Wednesday, battlefield sources disclosed on Wednesday that the Saudi-led forces failed to open their way into the Eastern part of Sana'a after sustaining heavy losses in clashes with the Yemeni army and popular forces.
Moreover, the coalition warplanes struck at dawn on Monday the western side of the capital Sana'a targeting the Gas Company at Asser area.
The suspect was taken from a house on Al-Qahera Street in Sana'a.
At least seven others were injured in the explosion near the al-Nour mosque in the al-Nahda neighborhood of Sana'a on Tuesday.
A Yemenia plane came to Sana'a from Bombay city of India carrying 153 Yemenis.
Old Sana'a was marked by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986, and is known for its traditional style of architecture that dates back more than two thousand years to Yemen's pre-Islamic era.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham rejected media reports claiming that Iran had closed its embassy in Sana'a as rumors, and told FNA that the Iranian embassy in Sana'a continues operation as usual, while Iranian Ambassador to Yemen Seyed Hossein Niknam returned to the country to use his annual leave.
The agreement signed on Saturday by Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) and Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) allows the Iranian company and Yemen Airways running flights between Sana'a and Tehran by 14 flights a week for each company.
"Sana'a Basin is suffering from water scarcity, meanwhile we're digging down wells upwards of 800 meters to get access to groundwater," Al-Sharjabi explained.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham rejected media reports claiming that Iran has closed its embassy in Sana'a as rumors, and told FNA that "the Iranian embassy in Sana'a continues operation as usual, while Iranian Ambassador to Yemen Seyed Hossein Niknam returned to the country yesterday to use his annual leave."
The Sana'a Basin Project is a three-year program aiming to raise awareness on water scarcity at local community levels in order to motivate the farmers to decrease groundwater abstraction.
Colonel Abdulrazaq Al-Moayed, the security chief of Sana'a, told Azal TV Channel on Tuesday that Houthi members in Sana'a will receive security training before they start working with the police.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemeni university students staged a protest rally in the capital, Sana'a, to denounce US and Saudi intervention in the Arab country's internal affairs.
Director of Sana'a Local Council Amin Juma'an said the work is underway in full swing for removing the remaining protest tents and illegal shops and things built sporadically across the nearby streets.
The state-run Saba News Agency quoted a statement from the Houthis' Organizing Committee as saying, "to implement the Peace and National Partnership Agreement, the Organizing Committee declared on Tuesday the evacuation of all the remaining camps on the outskirts of the capital of Sana'a."