A massive fire broke out at a traditional fuel refinery early Friday morning in the city of Al-Qatn in Hadhramaut Governorate (eastern Yemen).

A fifty-year-old citizen killed two young men following previous disputes between them in the Amd district of Hadhramaut Valley (eastern Yemen).

Yemeni army forces announced on Friday that they had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into Saudi Arabia, and had seized a smuggling cell in the Al Wadiah Triangle in the Al Abr area of Hadhramaut Governorate (eastern Yemen).

Violent clashes erupted late last night and continued until dawn on Tuesday between tribal gunmen and a security campaign in Hadhramaut Valley (east of the country).

The Yemeni Oil Company and the Electricity Corporation in Hadhramaut Coast announced that the quantities of fuel that the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance announced it would allow to pass through are not sufficient to partially operate the power stations.

An American research center reviewed the conflict in Hadhramaut, eastern Yemen, and the demands of tribal components and alliances for "self-rule" after months of protests that began with service and political demands led by the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance and the Hadhramaut Comprehensive Conference.