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Alimi Inaugurates Development Projects in Yemen's Al-Mahra Governorate

Al-Alimi inaugurated development and service projects in Al-Mahra Governorate. (Saba)
Al-Alimi inaugurated development and service projects in Al-Mahra Governorate. (Saba)
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Alimi Inaugurates Development Projects in Yemen's Al-Mahra Governorate

Al-Alimi inaugurated development and service projects in Al-Mahra Governorate. (Saba)
Al-Alimi inaugurated development and service projects in Al-Mahra Governorate. (Saba)

Dr. Rashad Mohammad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, laid the foundation stone for the Al-Ghaydah power station, during a ceremony on Monday.

The event was attended by the governor of Al-Mahra Governorate, Mohammad Ali Yasser, the secretary-general of the local council, Salem Nimer, and a number of local officials.

The strategic project aims to address the electricity and energy crisis in the city of Al-Ghaydah and its vicinities, alleviate the suffering of citizens, and stimulate commercial and service activity in Al-Mahra Governorate.

Al-Alimi was accompanied by the Director of the Office of the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Major General Saleh Al-Maqaleh, and the Minister of Education, Tariq Al-Akbari, and Minister of Public Works and Roads, Eng. Salem Al-Aboudi.

Also on Monday, Al-Alimi inaugurated the first phase of the tourist and residential city of Marina.

The city stretches over an area of one million square meters, and includes residential, tourism and recreational facilities, at a total cost of $100 million.

The project, which will be completed in 2028, will encompass over 100 residential units and more than 70 chalets distributed along charming sea resorts. It will also consist of a hotel, a water park, an entertainment city, educational and health service facilities, a gas station, a commercial market, a kindergarten, and a security center.

Marina will represent one of the largest tourism investments in Yemen, featuring an integrated entertainment complex that will be able to host artistic performances and local, regional and international events.

During his first visit to the governorate since assuming the presidency of the Leadership Council in April 2022, Al-Alimi, inaugurated a package of development and service projects in Al-Mahra, at a total cost of 93.3 billion riyals. Those cover the rehabilitation of roads, public works, electricity and energy, water, youth and sports.

The projects also include the expansion and rehabilitation of the southern entrance to the city of Al-Ghaydah, the project of lighting the streets in the same city, the entrances to the districts and the four tunnels in Fartak Mountains on the path of the international coastal road, in addition to the rehabilitation of the Sarfeet-Hof road at a length of 10 km, and the internal water network in the Sayhut district.

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Lebanon Security Source Says Hezbollah Official Targeted in Beirut Strike

Civil defense members work as Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Civil defense members work as Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Lebanon Security Source Says Hezbollah Official Targeted in Beirut Strike

Civil defense members work as Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Civil defense members work as Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

A Lebanese security source said the target of a deadly Israeli airstrike on central Beirut early Saturday was a senior Hezbollah official, adding it was unclear whether he was killed.

"The Israeli strike on Basta targeted a leading Hezbollah figure," the security official told AFP without naming the figure, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

The early morning airstrike has killed at least 15 people and injured 63, according to authorities, and had brought down an eight-storey building nearby, in the second such attack on the working-class neighbourhood of Basta in as many months.

"The strike was so strong it felt like the building was about to fall on our heads," said Samir, 60, who lives with his family in a building facing the one that was hit.

"It felt like they had targeted my house," he said, asking to be identified by only his first name because of security concerns.

There had been no evacuation warning issued by the Israeli military for the Basta area.

After the strike, Samir fled his home in the middle of the night with his wife and two children, aged 14 and just three.

On Saturday morning, dumbstruck residents watched as an excavator cleared the wreckage of the razed building and rescue efforts continued, with nearby buildings also damaged in the attack, AFP journalists reported.

The densely packed district has welcomed people displaced from traditional Hezbollah bastions in Lebanon's east, south and southern Beirut, after Israel intensified its air campaign on September 23, later sending in ground troops.

"We saw two dead people on the ground... The children started crying and their mother cried even more," Samir told AFP, reporting minor damage to his home.

Since last Sunday, four deadly Israeli strikes have hit central Beirut, including one that killed Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif.

Residents across the city and its outskirts awoke at 0400 (0200 GMT) on Saturday to loud explosions and the smell of gunpowder in the air.

"It was the first time I've woken up screaming in terror," said Salah, a 35-year-old father of two who lives in the same street as the building that was targeted.

"Words can't express the fear that gripped me," he said.

Saturday's strikes were the second time the Basta district had been targeted since war broke out, after deadly twin strikes early in October hit the area and the Nweiri neighbourhood.

Last month's attacks killed 22 people and had targeted Hezbollah security chief Wafiq Safa, who made it out alive, a source close to the group told AFP.

Salah said his wife and children had been in the northern city of Tripoli, about 70 kilometres away (45 miles), but that he had to stay in the capital because of work.

His family had been due to return this weekend because their school reopens on Monday, but now he has decided against it following the attack.

"I miss them. Every day they ask me: 'Dad, when are we coming home?'" he said.

Lebanon's health ministry says that more than 3,650 people have been killed since October 2023, after Hezbollah initiated exchanges of fire with Israel in solidarity with its Iran-backed ally Hamas over the Gaza war.

However, most of the deaths in Lebanon have been since September this year.

Despite the trauma caused by Saturday's strike, Samir said he and his family had no choice but to return home.

"Where else would I go?" he asked.

"All my relatives and siblings have been displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs and from the south."