YEMEN Press Agency

FM congratulates Ecuadorian counterpart

SANAA, Aug. 09 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Monday a cable of congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ecuador, Mauricio Montalvo. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated Montalvo and…

Police arrest 91 coalition members in July

SANAA, Aug. 08 (YPA) - About 91 members recruited with the Saudi-led coalition have been arrested by the Yemeni police over 4 week of last July, according to statistics issued by the Ministry of Interior. The statistic stated that the…

Coalition wages series of strikes on Yemen

MARIB, Aug. 08 (YPA) - The Saudi-led coalition fighters jets launched on Sunday a series of air strikes on various districts in the Yemeni governorates, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The official said the combat jets waged…

Armed gangs selling hashish spread in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 08 (YPA) - Armed gangs selling hashish and drugs have spread and took over the Crater area of the center of the city of Aden, south of Yemen. Local media outlets quoted the residents of Crater area as saying the spreading of…

Senior leader resigns from STC in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 08 (YPA) - A senior leader resigned on Sunday from the memberships of UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Aden city, south of Yemen, in protest against the council's regionalism. Haidara al-Jahma, the member of the…

Sanaa bans manufacture, importation of all plastic bags

SANAA, Aug. 07 (YPA) - The Public Authority for Environmental Protection in Sanaa issued on Saturday a decision banning the use, manufacture and importation of non-biodegradable plastic bags for commercial and household packaging. The…