YEMEN Press Agency

Coal-fired heater kills whole family in Sanaa

SANAA, Feb. 23 (YPA) - A family members died in the capital Sanaa on Thursday due to suffocation due to smoke rising from a coal-fired heater, in an unfortunate incident. Local sources said that the citizens found the young Bandar Taher…

Senior leader of Islah summoned to Riyadh

ADEN, Feb. 23 (YPA) - Saudi Arabia urgently summoned the most prominent southern military leaders hostile to the UAE-affiliated Southern Transitional Council (STC)'s militias to Riyadh. Local sources familiar in Aden matter said that Saudi…

Meteorology warns of light frost during coming hours

SANAA, Feb. 23 (YPA) - The formation of light frost is expected as a result of the cold weather in several provinces during the coming 24 hours, the National Center of Meteorology said. The center indicated in its weather bulletin on…

Int’l President of MSF arrives in Yemen

SANAA, Feb. 22 (YPA) - The International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Christos Christou, arrived on Wednesday in Yemen. The MSF said in a statement on Twitter that "Christos' visit to Yemen comes…

Police destroy over 8 tons of narcotic cannabis in Saada

SAADA, Feb. 22 (YPA) - Police destroyed on Wednesday 8 tons and 504 kilograms of narcotic cannabis resin in Saada province. Judge Ibrahim Jahez, a Chief Appeal Prosecutor of the province, praised the efforts of the security services in…