21.   A southern official charged in an Arab newspaper Thursday that northern Yemeni forces took delivery recently of Russian-built Sukhoi warplanes paid for by Iran.

22.   A southern military spokesman denied Monday that northern Yemeni forces had captured a key base at Ateq, capital of the oil-producing province of Shabwa.

23.   Advancing northern Yemeni forces fired a missile into the key southern city of Aden on Sunday, killing two people and wounding three others, rescue workers said.

24.   During the May-July Yemeni civil war last year Sanaa accused Riyadh of aiding southern Yemeni forces in their bid to break away from the north.

25.   Eritrean troops captured Hanish al-Kabir from Yemeni forces in December after a three-day battle in which nine soldiers died.

26.   Eritrean troops had seized one of the main islands in the chain, Greater Hanish, in December after a three-day battle with Yemeni forces.

27.   Eritrean troops seized Greater Hanish in December after a three-day battle with Yemeni forces.

28.   Eritrean troops captured the strategic island of Hanish al-Kabir from Yemeni forces after a three-day battle in which nine soldiers died.

29.   Eritrean troops seized one of the main islands in the chain, Greater Hanish, in December after a three-day battle with Yemeni forces.

30.   The spokesman also congratulated northern Yemeni forces for ending the conflict and granting an amnesty to secesionist southern fighters.