YEMEN Press Agency

Fisheries Ministry prohibits import of fishing nets

SANAA, Feb. 13 (YPA) - Ministry of Fisheries issued on Sunday a decision banning the import and use of fishing nets, in order to preserve the environment and marine life. Head of the General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea, Hashem…

Hadi gov’t reveals military setback in Haradh

SANAA, Feb. 13 (YPA) - A former minister in the Saudi-backed exiled Hadi government has revealed a military setback targeing the Saudi-led coalition in the outskirts of Haradh district of Hajjah province, northern Yemen. The Minister of…

Widespread dust wave sweeps Yemeni provinces

SANAA, Feb. 13 (YPA) - The National Center of Meteorology has expected that a widespread dust wave would sweep several Yemeni province within the coming 24 hours. In the center warned motorists on desert roads to avoid low horizontal…

Yemeni nationals killed in Moscow

SANAA, Feb. 12 (YPA) - Two Yemeni nationals have been killed and a young man has been wounded, in mysterious circumstances, in the Russian capital, Moscow. According to media sources said that the Russian police found, last Thursday, the…

Islah militants attack protestors in Hadramout

HADRAMOUT, Feb. 12 (YPA) - Dozens of protesters were exposed on Saturday to fire carried out by members of the Saudi-backed Islah Party in Hadamaut province, eastern Yemen. Local sources affirmed that a military force affiliated with the…

Meteorology expects low temperatures within coming 24 hours

SANAA, Feb. 12 (YPA) - The National Center of Meteorology expected that temperatures would be decreased in several Yemeni provinces within 24 hours. The center affirmed in its weather bulletin on Saturday that the cold weather would focus…

Shabwani Elite cuts off main streets in Ataq

SHABWA, Feb. 10 (YPA) - Hundreds of the "Shabwa Elite" militia backed by the UAE cut off the main streets in Ataq city, the capital of Shabwa province. Local eyewitnesses confirmed that elite members, who were abandoned by the UAE, targeted…