Yemeni Govt Officials Expected to Return to Aden in Line with Presidential Order

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen and the country’s finance minister during the announcement of the Kingdom’s latest grant. (AFP)
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen and the country’s finance minister during the announcement of the Kingdom’s latest grant. (AFP)
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Yemeni Govt Officials Expected to Return to Aden in Line with Presidential Order

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen and the country’s finance minister during the announcement of the Kingdom’s latest grant. (AFP)
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen and the country’s finance minister during the announcement of the Kingdom’s latest grant. (AFP)

Yemeni state officials are expected to return to their offices in the interim capital Aden to carry out their duties according to presidential orders that were announced in wake of the latest Saudi grant to the war-torn country worth 1.2 billion dollars.

The first installment of the grant is expected to be deposited in the central bank in Aden. It will help rein in the deterioration of the local currency and improve services, especially electricity. The funds will also go to paying salaries of employees in liberated regions and help businesses in importing essential goods.

Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi had ordered all state officials to return to Aden by August 6 at the latest. They were ordered to resume their duties in the interim capital and other provinces.

Yemeni political analyst and academic Fares al-Beel underscored the importance of the government’s presence on the ground.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, he explained that the order binds officials to work from Aden and prohibits them from traveling, except on official business.

He noted that officials, notably lawmakers, had previously flouted similar orders and worked remotely from various countries.

The latest order underlines the government’s commitment to its duties and the people, who were relieved by it. At the same time, they are also concerned that the officials may again disregard the order, al-Beel said.

The people want to see the government play an effective role in Aden. They have been angered by officials who were residing abroad and traveling freely at the state’s expense while the people have been enduring unimaginable hardships, he went on to say.

If the officials commit to the orders, then much-needed reforms may follow, he predicted. “The people will witness a gradual improvement.”

The government must take advantage of the major Saudi support and set its affairs straight to help the people through serious hard work and combat corruption, he urged.

Furthermore, he warned that the government may face the people’s ire if it fails in performing its duties as required of it and that the country may reach the point of no return as a result.



UN: Lifelines Keeping People Alive in Gaza Are Collapsing

21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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UN: Lifelines Keeping People Alive in Gaza Are Collapsing

21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appalled by an accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza "where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing," his spokesperson said on Monday.

"He deplores the growing reports of children and adults suffering from malnutrition," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.

"Israel has the obligation to allow and facilitate by all the means at its disposal the humanitarian relief provided by the United Nations and by other humanitarian organizations."

Israeli ground troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors.

Deir al-Balah is the only Gaza city that has not seen major ground operations or suffered widespread devastation in 21 months of war, leading to speculation that the Hamas militant group holds large numbers of hostages there. The main group representing hostages’ families said it was “shocked and alarmed” by the incursion, which was confirmed by an Israeli military official, and demanded answers from Israeli leaders.

Israel says the seizure of territory in Gaza is aimed at pressuring Hamas to release hostages, but it is a major point of contention in ongoing ceasefire talks.

The UN food agency, meanwhile, accused Israeli forces of firing on a crowd of Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid over the weekend. Gaza's Health Ministry called it one of the deadliest attacks on aid-seekers in the war that has driven the territory to the brink of famine.