YEMEN Press Agency

SAM threatens STC with criminal prosecution

ADEN, Aug. 07 (YPA) - About 40 violations of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia against citizens were monitored by the human rights organizations during last July in the city of Aden, south of Yemen. SAM Organization…

Young man died after being tortured in Taiz prisons

TAIZ, Aug. 07 (YPA) - A young man died on Saturday after being tutored into one of prisons run by the Saudi-backed Islah militants in the city of Taiz. According to human rights sources in the city, Ahmed Yasser Abdullah Al-Shamiri, 20, was…

Coalition’s airstrikes hit Marib

MARIB, Aug. 07 (YPA) - About 13 airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition fighter jets hit on Saturday various areas of Marib province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The official affirmed that the warplanes waged 12 strikes on Rahba…

One killed by thunderbolt in Rayma

RAYMA, Aug. 07 (YPA) - A person was killed on Saturday by thunderbolt due to heavy rains on al-Jafariya district in Rayma province, according to local sources. The source affirmed that the thunderbolt hit Mahdi Ahmed Abdo Hussein, 85, as he…

STC leader escapes assassination attempt in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 07 (YPA) - A senior military leader in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias was subjected on Saturday to an assassination attempt in the city of Aden, south of Yemen. According to local sources, the…