Military leaders to sit on new assembly [Archives:2007/1084/Front Page]

SANA'A, Sept. 9 ) The Yemeni Center for Historical Studies and Future Strategies (Manarat) was established last Monday in Sana'a, after two years of negotiations.. The non-partisan assembly is headed by Major General Ali Muhsein Al-Ahmar, commander of the northwest military areas, Yahya Al-Ra'ei, deputy of the parliament, and Major General Ali Al-Ansi. .

The assembly members were distributed across all the republic's governorates. Only three women including the parliamentarian, Dr.Oras Sultan Naji, participated in the assembly.

Furthermore, the founders signed “a code of conduct to commit themselves to an independent