YEMEN Press Agency

25 tons of smuggled medicines destroyed in Taiz

TAIZ, March 17 (YPA) - About 25 tons of smuggled and expired medicines were destroyed on Thursday in the province of Taiz. Nabil Al-Numaili, a director of Al-Rahda Customs center, explained that the destruction process was carried out in…

One killed, others injured in Rayma traffic accident

RAYMA, March 16 (YPA) - A driver was killed and two other citizen were injured on Thursday in a traffic accident in Al-Jabain district of Rayma province. Local sources said that the accident happened when a car overturned from a mountain…

Huge fire breaks out inside Royal Aden Hotel in Sanaa

SANAA, March 16 (YPA) - A Yemen's Civil Defense team put out on Thursday a huge fire that broke out in the Royal Aden Hotel, located on Taiz Street, in the capital Sanaa. Ministry of Interior's Civil Defense authority stated that the…

FM congratulates Irish counterpart

SANAA, March 16 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Thursday a cable of congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the Republic of Ireland, Micheál Martin. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated…

Saudi military reinforcements arrive at Aden city

ADEN, March 16 (YPA) - The Saudi forces sent on Thursday new military reinforcements to the city of Aden, southern Yemen. Sources familiar with the matter said that dozens of military armored vehicles and transport trucks left the city of…

15 people killed in new disaster in Turkey

SANAA, March 16 (YPA) - The death tolls from landslides in the southeast of Turkey have risen to 15 people, according to the Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu. The minister said in a statement on Thursday that two people were killed…