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- His Majesty, Malik Adil II Faisal has visited the Azraq military base
- General Aviner ben Levi, calls for further funds in the royal army
- Prime Minister Zeyn Al-Harridi promises security and stability for the Qedari people
The recent events that have taken place in Propontis have created great concerns in the halls of the Qasbah of Ma'rib, as many fear that the coup might start a domino effect that will create a 2nd Pannonian Crisis in the centre of Himyar. As the economies of both Qedar and Pelasgia as interlinked to a great level, the news of the coup a few weeks ago have stirred many and have created a panic at the Ma'rib stock exchanges, with many fearing that instability might follow, which could be seen in the fall of the value of the Dinar, which has since recovered as it becomes clearer and clearer on a daily basis that the new government in Propontis is there to stay and won't be budged any time soon by any form of political violence that would affect that stability of Eastern Himyar as a whole.
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Even so, those events together with the ongoing crisis up north in Pannonia have created a sense of pessimism and fear for potential future conflicts, to which the government, headed by his excellency Prime Minister Zeyn Al-Harridi and his royal majesty, Malik Adil II have quickly responded by ensuring their promise to the Qedari people that they will provide the stability they need so as to fulfil their duties in protecting the rights of the common citizen to a peaceful and happy life.
In a cabinet meeting, which was headed by both the Prime Minister and his majesty, the government has voted to increase the funding of the Royal Army, and to begin a program to reform and modernise it in such a way to bring it into a shape where it will be efficient for a 21st century style of warfare. General Aviner ben Levi, commander of the armed forces, delegated by his majesty and the minister of defence, has stated that the events in Pelasgia and Pannonia show us that while tensions remain high, because of the way the world economy is interlinked, open warfare like the great war is rare to happen, and even then it will be mostly fought by proxies, in an asymmetrical style, where mobility and rapid response are the most important characteristics of a military deployment.
While the government has decided on a 3 billion euromarks increase in the budget of the armed forces, General Aviner ben Levi has stated that such a sum would be quickly consumed without offering him the chance to provide with the great reform and modernisation that the government has requested. He went on to call Prime Minister Zen Al-Harridi and request an increase between 5 to 7 billion, something that the government itself stated it won't be possible on an immediate basis, but rather in the long run.
His majesty has visited the Azraq Military Base, on the outskirts of the capital city of Ma'rib, where the 1st Guard Division, nicknamed the Lions of Judah are based. The 1st Guard Division acts as the garrison of the capital and as a royal guard unit, being seen in the city in their ceremonial uniform, pictured above, and have been in deployed in many peacekeeping operations within the kingdom, from the tribal wars between the nomadic Uroduah living in the Sea of Fire Desert, in the 1940s to the 1960s, to the Emirate of Gedrosia, on the Toyou shores of the Basilisk Sea, where even today anarchist and terrorist groups lay dormant, after the campaigns of the 1970s to the 1990s.
OTHER NEWS
MA'RIB DAM RESTORED: An ancient wonder under Qedari patrimony, the Great Dam of Ma'rib has been restored under the careful watch of the team of archaeologists led by Idris al-Pirani, PhD. who is the head of the School of Archaeology within the Royal University of Ma'rib. Built in the 7th century BC, the dam has been used to create a basin that would gather the rain from the periodic monsoon coming in from South Toyou, offering the farmers a chance to irrigate their crops during the dry season.TOUR OF THE OASES: Singer Ofra Kagan will begin of a tour of the Oasis cities in the dry interior of the country, starting in Sarafand and finishing in Sarif, visiting also a significant number of tent cities. The Oasis tour is the 1st part of her larger Goodbye Tour, after which she will retire. Ofra Kagan has been one of Qedar's most popular singers, transforming traditional Mizrahim and Urudoah songs and offering them a modern vibe. In a career that spanned from 1978 to present day, she is beloved in Qedar, Hajr, Al-Margab, Pelasgia and Filisteia.