YEMEN Press Agency

FM congratulates Saint Lucia counterpart

SANAA, Feb. 21 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Monday a cable of congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Lucia, Alva Romanus Baptiste. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated Baptiste and the Saint…

Al-Sabiha tribes cut Aden-Taiz road

LHAJ, Feb. 20 (YPA) - Gunmen belonging to the Al-Sabiha tribes cut the main road linking Aden-Taiz in the Mabak area, the entrance to the Tur Al-Baha district in Lahj province. Local sources said the move by the militants came in response…

Tribal mediation succeeds in Marib de-escalation

MARIB, Feb. 20 (YPA) - A tribal mediation succeeded on Sunday in establishing a truce between the Saudi-led coalition forces and Al Jalal tribes in al-Abaidah district of Marib province. According to tribal sources in the province, the…

Washington affirms reaching agreement with Iran

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - The US State Department announced that "tangible progress" would be made in the Vienna negotiations on returning to the nuclear deal with Iran, within days. A US State Department spokesman said in a statement to…

New dust wave expected to sweep Yemen

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) expected on Saturday a new dust wave would sweep several Yemeni province. The center affirmed, in weather bulletin, the cold weather might target the mountainous heights in the…