Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the States of the Yemen Support Alliance in Riyadh

The conference will be followed by a press conference to announce the details of the comprehensive humanitarian plan for humanitarian operations in Yemen with the participation of the General Supervisor of the King Salman Center for Humanitarian Relief and Works Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Rabiah and the Kingdom's Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Bin Saeed al-Jaber, and Colonel Turki bin Saleh al-Maliki
On October 29, Riyadh hosted a meeting of Foreign Ministers and Chiefs of Staff of the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen.
Colonel Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Alliance for the support of Yemen has announced that the number of rockets launched by Houthi towards the Kingdom amounted to about 88 rockets.
Maliki described that this hostile action by the Houthi group supported by Iran proves the continued involvement of the Iranian regime's support to support the Houthi armed group with qualitative capabilities in clear and explicit defiance of violation of UN resolution 2216 and resolution 2231 in order to threaten the security of Saudi Arabia and the threat of regional and international security, And that firing ballistic missiles at populated cities and villages is contrary to international humanitarian law.
Colonel al-Maliki renewed his call for the international community to take more serious and effective steps to stop the blatant Iranian violations of the continued smuggling and transfer of ballistic missiles and weapons to terrorist groups and outlaws and to hold them accountable for their support and blatant defiance of international norms and values ​​and the threat of regional and international security.

4 "Shiite" forces are fighting for the post of prime minister .. And 54 parties are competing for the votes of "Sunnis"

The picture in the "Sunni cities" that were liberated from the organization is calling for "a grim level of service provision and lifting of the ruins of the battles, and even the remains of bodies buried under the ruins," according to the newspaper "life" of London, "not yet allocated sufficient financial resources to rehabilitate those areas, While different obstacles to the return of displaced persons to their areas, some because of the refusal of many of them to return before the rehabilitation of cities.
"In spite of this reality, some 54 parties have registered to run in the Sunni areas, most of them new parties that seem to be trying to invest in the popular discontent with the performance of the traditional parties during the ordeal," the paper said in a report published today (19 January 2018). Displacement and beyond ".
On the Kurdish scene, the newspaper says it "shows a scene of sharp division," especially after the declaration of the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, boycott the elections in the disputed areas, which he described as "occupied" and the continuing state of division within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, New, such as the new generation and justice, to invest declining popularity of the two main parties and popular discontent with the outcome of the issue of the referendum on secession, to gain a presence in the Iraqi parliament and the parliament of the region.
The newspaper said that "with the sensitivity of the elections for the Sunni and Kurdish forces, which demanded yesterday to postpone the order of the ballot papers, the Shiite scene seems ready for a fierce conflict focused on the post of prime minister," adding that "for the first time four streams are competing for the votes of the Shiite street , Led by Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on behalf of «victory» and was an alliance with a number of forces, most notably the stream of "wisdom" led by Ammar al-Hakim, and the second «alliance of conquest» led by Hadi al-Amiri and all factions «popular crowd» closer to Iran, President Nuri al-Maliki is in office The third coalition, which is now limited to some of the less dominant Shiite forces, supports the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr, the fourth party, which includes parties, some of which represent his traditional supporters and others representing communist and civil forces and movements.
The newspaper expects that "the competition between Abadi, Maliki and al-Amiri is limited to the presidency of the most influential government and powers in the structure of the Iraqi state, which means that alliances to be held with Sadr and the Shiite and Kurdish forces, which will decide the post."

Unified Socialist Congresses embarrass the leaders of majority parties

At the opening session of the fourth congress of the United Socialist Party, the attendees embarrassed the leaders of the majority parties present in Rabat on Friday evening, raising banners calling for them to leave.

The organizers of the conference welcomed the leaders of the majority parties present, including the Progressive Socialist Party and the Union of Popular Forces, and welcomed the rejection of the leftists who came to the conference from different cities, raising the slogan "Irhal Irhal".

Despite the official welcome of the conference organizers to the representatives of the majority parties present at the opening of the conference, the first speech delivered at the conference, with a voice on the authority of the leftist federation, drew sharp criticism of the parties participating in the government, accusing it of contributing to the apostasy of rights enjoyed by Morocco during this period, In which popular demands for arrests and harassment are being challenged.

It is noteworthy that the United Socialist Party is organizing its fourth conference over three days in Rabat under the slogan "Support popular struggles for freedom, dignity and social justice", where he is expected to come out with new leadership.

The Yemeni National Army announced new progress

The Yemeni National Army announced a new progress on Friday morning in the front of Nham northeast of the capital Sanaa.

Military sources in the field said that the army and the Popular Resistance forces were able to regain control of Jabal al-Dabbayeb and the highlands west of Jabal al-Horn in the Directorate of Nhm after violent confrontations with al-Houthi militias.

The sources pointed out that the confrontations that erupted at dawn, where the parties used various types of heavy and medium weapons and continued until midday.

In Thais, southwest of Yemen, 13 members of al-Huthi militia have been killed in recent hours, including a leader in separate attacks of the national army on militia positions.

Local security sources revealed the killing of field leader Huthi Ahmed Abdul Rahman al-Muhabi, deputy commander of the Front and three of his companions with artillery bombardment of the National Army forces in the Directorate of Jabal Habashi west of Taiz.

In the Qahfah area, similar artillery shelling on militia positions on Friday morning killed six and injured several others.

In the area of ​​the Republican Palace east of the city of Taiz, army forces destroyed a military vehicle of the militia and killed three elements on board near the camp.

Sisi announces his candidacy for a second term

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Friday that he will run for a second term in March elections.
"Let me announce my candidacy for a new term, and I hope you will show the world your participation in the presidential elections, regardless of choice," Sissi said in a commentary on his official Facebook page.

The National Electoral Commission in Egypt, announced in early January that the upcoming presidential elections will be held in March in two stages.

In the first stage, elections will take place on March 16, 17 and 18, while citizens will vote on March 26, 27 and 28.

So far, none of the "dissidents" has announced his intention to run in the elections, with the exception of left-wing human rights lawyer Khaled Ali, who is facing public dishonesty, while independent candidates have announced their intention to run in the race, including Zamalek president Morteza Mansour.

The National Electoral Commission requires the collection of about 25 thousand power of attorney, from 15 provinces, or the signatures of 20 deputies in parliament, to run for president