First phase to provide drinking water with solar energy in Yemen inaugurated‏‏

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The first phase of a project to provide drinking water with solar energy was inaugurated in 12 districts of Hadramout، Yemen، which is implemented through a trilateral contribution of Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY)، Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) and Selah Foundation for Development.

The project covers three Yemeni governorates of Hadramout، Abyan and Lahij as part of the renewable energy project to improve the quality of life in Yemen in five governorates: Hadramout، Abyan، Lahij، Taiz and Hodeidah، and is expected to benefit more than 62،000 Yemenis.

The scheme of providing drinking water with solar energy will contribute to realizing a qualitative leap in increasing the operational capacity of drinking water systems.

This is in a bid to develop the quality of life in these governorates، in addition to meeting the daily needs of beneficiaries from freshwater، realizing food security and enhancing countryside resilience.

The project also includes rehabilitating wells through implementing 12 drinking water systems with renewable energy، providing 35 agricultural irrigation systems with renewable energy، and providing energy for 20 educational and health facilities and providing 133 houses with renewable energy systems.

Saudi Arabia opened several projects to develop the quality of life for Yemeni pepole.

At least three soldiers of Yemen's joint pro-government forces were killed and 10 others injured in clashes with the Houthi fighters in the country's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Tuesday، a military official told Xinhua.

The Houthis launched an attack in an attempt to achieve a ground breakthrough into the government-controlled areas in the Hays District، sparking intense fighting in the area، the local military source said on condition of anonymity.

The pro-government forces managed to resist the attack following hours of fighting with casualties، the source said، adding that "the Houthis used various heavy and medium weapons in their attack against the government-controlled sites."


Hodeidah's clashes occurred a day after Yemen's government announced receiving a proposal from the United Nations suggesting a new extension of the ongoing truce that expires next Sunday.

The truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthis went into force for the first time on April 2 and was later renewed twice through Oct. 2.

Yemen has been mired in a war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.

The first phase of a project to provide drinking water with solar energy was inaugurated in 12 districts of Hadramout، Yemen، which is implemented through a trilateral contribution of Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY)، Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) and Selah Foundation for Development.

The project covers three Yemeni governorates of Hadramout، Abyan and Lahij as part of the renewable energy project to improve the quality of life in Yemen in five governorates: Hadramout، Abyan، Lahij، Taiz and Hodeidah، and is expected to benefit more than 62،000 Yemenis.

The scheme of providing drinking water with solar energy will contribute to realizing a qualitative leap in increasing the operational capacity of drinking water systems.

This is in a bid to develop the quality of life in these governorates، in addition to meeting the daily needs of beneficiaries from freshwater، realizing food security and enhancing countryside resilience.

The project also includes rehabilitating wells through implementing 12 drinking water systems with renewable energy، providing 35 agricultural irrigation systems with renewable energy، and providing energy for 20 educational and health facilities and providing 133 houses with renewable energy systems.

Saudi Arabia opened several projects to develop the quality of life for Yemeni pepole.