Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appointed his secretary to head the country's top intelligence body that was established in 2002 to help combat terrorism, the official Saba news agency said in a report yesterday. The nomination of Muhammad Ali Al-Anessi as chairman of the National Security Agency was made public during coverage of a meeting between Saleh and visiting Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council for National Security Hassan Rowhani. Saba did not say when the appointment was made. Al-Anessi would also keep his old post as head of Saleh's office, which he has held since the mid-1980s.