YEMEN Press Agency

Gas trailers go off in Marib

AMRIB, Aug. 19 (YPA) - A huge fire broke out on Friday in trailers transporting cooking gas in Wadi district of Marib province. Local sources said that the fire erupted in the trailers for transporting domestic gas in a yard for locomotives…

279 Yemeni passengers arrive at Sanaa airport

SANAA, Aug. 19 (YPA) - A Yemeni Airways flight from Jordan's Queen Alia Airport arrived on Friday at Sanaa International Airport, carrying 279 passengers. The plane received air and ground navigation services with high efficiency and…

Coalition suspends Sanaa-Cairo flights: Official

SANAA, Aug. 19 (YPA) - Director of Sanaa International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, affirmed on Friday "that commercial flights from Sanaa Airport to Cairo Airport still are suspended." "The Saudi-led coalition is still procrastinating, as…

Islah gunmen kidnap activist in Taiz

TAIZ, Aug. 19 (YPA) - Saudi-backed Islah gunmen kidnapped on Friday a political activist in the center of the city of Taiz. According to human rights sources, the gunmen from Islah's "Taiz Axis", on a military vehicle, kidnapped the…

Sanaa calls on motorists to take away to water ways

SANAA, Aug. 19 (YPA) - Yemen's Civil Defense Department called on motorists in Sanaa to take away water ways and barriers as a result of heavy rainfall on the capital Sanaa. It warned drivers not to be present in the estuaries of torrents…