Al-Rahawi discusses situation in occupied governorates with governors of Hadhramaut, Lahj, and Socotra
During his meeting with the governors of Hadhramaut, Luqman Baras, Lahj, Ahmed Jarib, and Socotra, Hashem Al-Soqtri, the Prime Minister praised the various activities and events opposing the occupier, its mercenaries, its starvation policy, and its manipulation of the currency, which has brought it to this level of deterioration.
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