SDRPY Launches Project to Develop Main Road in Hadhramout

A family sits outside their flooded home on the outskirts of Sanaa (File photo: Reuters)
A family sits outside their flooded home on the outskirts of Sanaa (File photo: Reuters)
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SDRPY Launches Project to Develop Main Road in Hadhramout

A family sits outside their flooded home on the outskirts of Sanaa (File photo: Reuters)
A family sits outside their flooded home on the outskirts of Sanaa (File photo: Reuters)

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program of Yemen (SDRPY) launched the first phase of rehabilitation and expansion of one of the most important vital roads in Hadhramout, Yemen, linking several governorates with Saudi Arabia through al-Wadiah border crossing.

The expansion and rehabilitation project for al-Abar road includes the rehabilitation of the 40-km Mkhtam-Ghuirban section, 40-km Ghuirban-Dhubaibi, and the 25-km Dhubaibi-Abar section.

The project comes in addition to dozens of others accomplished by SDRPY in most Yemeni governorates, in terms of services and infrastructure, support for farmers, fishermen, health, and education sectors.

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al Jaber explained during his recent meetings in London the Program’s 65 projects established since 2019 all over Yemen.

Jaber, who is also SDRPY Supervisor, indicated that the program supports 7 sectors including health, education, electricity and energy, agriculture and fisheries, water, roads, ports, airports, and government buildings.

He noted that SDRPY works in most governorates such as Aden, Hadhramout, al-Jouf, Maerib, Hajjah, Socotra, and Muhra to help achieve economic stability.

Jaber said the program is keen on reaching the various directorates in the Yemeni governorates, through several representative offices and aims to continuously monitor the projects currently being implemented.

The program also holds continuous meetings with local officials to coordinate efforts and provide help to the governorates.

SDRPY and various international organizations constantly coordinate efforts and hold various meetings and workshops to exchange experiences on sustainable development projects such as greenhouses and a number of projects that depend on solar energy.

Also, the local authority in Maerib celebrated the rehabilitation of a new batch of child recruits as part of the program funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).

The ceremony celebrated the rehabilitation of 27 of the recruited children to bring the total number of rehabilitated children up to 481 through 19 training courses.

Speaking at the occasion, Deputy Governor of Marib governorate for administrative affairs Abdullah al-Bakri highly praised significant efforts of KSRelief in humanitarian actions in different spheres including rehabilitating the children who were recruited by Iran-allied Houthi militia and were badly traumatized as a result.



Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
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Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese father and son Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest deaths despite a November ceasefire.

A second son was also wounded in the strike in Shebaa, the state-run National News Agency reported. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

"An Israeli enemy drone carried out a strike in the village of Shebaa, killing two people and wounding one," a health ministry statement said, AFP reported.

Israel had warned on Friday that it would keep up its strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon despite the condemnation expressed by the Lebanese government after a massive strike on south Beirut the previous night on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Hezbollah said the strikes levelled nine residential blocks. The Israeli military said they targeted underground drone factories.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the strikes as a "a flagrant violation" of the November 27 ceasefire agreement, which was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that culminated in two months of full-blown war.