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Saudi Arabia to Promote Technical Education Sector in Yemen

Students at a Yemeni school (AFP)
Students at a Yemeni school (AFP)
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Saudi Arabia to Promote Technical Education Sector in Yemen

Students at a Yemeni school (AFP)
Students at a Yemeni school (AFP)

Yemen’s Ministry of Technical Education has agreed with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation in Riyadh on Sunday to activate a joint cooperation agreement and exchange program to promote partnerships between the two countries.

The agreement came during a meeting between Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Ashwal, and Dr. Ahmed Bin Fahad, Governor of the Saudi Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.

Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Saudi corporation has provided the Yemeni ministry with more than 120 training units and programs in all fields of technical education and vocational training, in addition to the exchange of regulations governing professional work.

The Yemeni minister reviewed the situation of technical education and vocational training and the consequences of the coup launched by Houthi militias, including the destruction of the infrastructure of the country’s education system.

“The ministry has put forward urgent programs and projects for the development of technical and vocational education and we hope to activate the partnership with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, which has become a home for technical education in the Arab world,” Al-Ashwal said.

“There are more than two million young Yemenis outside school, which makes them the target of evil forces and terrorist groups. Therefore, the ministry recognizes the importance of developing rehabilitation and training programs and projects aimed at young people,” he added.

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Israeli Gunfire Hits Perimeter of UN Peacekeeping Post in Lebanon, UNIFIL Says

A post for UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pictured near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, April 6, 2023. (Reuters)
A post for UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pictured near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, April 6, 2023. (Reuters)
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Israeli Gunfire Hits Perimeter of UN Peacekeeping Post in Lebanon, UNIFIL Says

A post for UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pictured near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, April 6, 2023. (Reuters)
A post for UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pictured near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, April 6, 2023. (Reuters)

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that direct fire from the Israeli army had hit the perimeter of one of its peacekeeping positions in south Lebanon.

In a statement, UNIFIL said the incident on Tuesday was the first of its kind since Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire last November.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on the incident, in which UNIFIL said one of its bases in the village of Kfar Shouba in southern Lebanon was hit.

"In recent days, UNIFIL has also observed other aggressive behavior by the Israeli military towards peacekeepers performing operational activities in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1701," it said, referring to a UN resolution originally adopted in 2006 to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

Tuesday's incident occurred near the Blue Line, a UN-mapped demarcation separating Lebanon from Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Any unauthorized crossing of the Blue Line by land or by air from any side constitutes a violation of Security Council Resolution 1701.

UNIFIL cited other alleged incidents it blamed on the Israeli army, including being targeted by lasers while it was performing a patrol with the Lebanese army in the southern border town of Maroun al-Ras on Tuesday.

Israel has continued to occasionally strike areas in south Lebanon, saying that it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. It has also struck the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut several times.

The ceasefire terms require that neither Hezbollah nor any other armed group have weapons in areas near the border south of the Litani River, which flows into the Mediterranean some 20 km (12 miles) north of the Israeli border.

They require Israel to withdraw troops from the south and that the Lebanese army deploy into the border region.

Lebanon and Israel have accused each other of failing to fully implement the deal. Israel still occupies five hilltop positions in the south. Rockets have been fired from Lebanon towards Israel twice, though Hezbollah denied any role.

Israel killed thousands of Hezbollah fighters in the war, destroyed much of its arsenal and eliminated its top leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah.

The war spiraled after Hezbollah opened fire at the beginning of the Gaza war, declaring solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas.