Yemen army launches direct salary payments to soldiers in anti-corruption drive

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s army has begun paying soldiers’ salaries directly into their personal bank accounts, in what officials describe as a landmark reform aimed at curbing corruption, eliminating ghost soldiers and ending a longstanding system that allowed commanders and intermediaries to control military payrolls. Army officials and soldiers told Arab News during the past two days that troops received their latest salaries in person through local banks or money exchange firms in government-controlled areas for the first time in years.

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