YEMEN TIGHTENS SECURITY AT VITAL INTERESTS

SANA'A, Dec. 20 (Saba) - Interior Ministry has ordered its bodies
and offices in all governorates to raise security alert and tighten
defence procedures at the important facilities and vital interests
all over the country.

According to the ministry website, the directives emphasized the
necessity to intensify campaigns of tracking security wanted people,
raising alert in the areas surroundings the Yemeni governorates and
cities in addition to strengthening efforts to ban carrying weapons
inside Yemeni cities.

The directives also urged the security leaders in the governorate to
evaluate performance persistently bodies and inspect directly the
checkpoints, patrols and escorts in order to enhance stability and
security in the country.

The precautionary measures came after the anti-terrorism troops
launched in the early hours of Thursday air and ground raids against
al-Qaeda hideouts and training sites in Abyan in the south and in
Sana'a in the north killing and arresting about 51 al Qaeda suspects
including some 'would-be suiciders'.

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