YEMEN Press Agency

FM congratulates Indian counterpart

SANAA, Jan. 25 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Monday a cabal of congratulations to the Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated Jaishankar and the Indian…

Deputy FM meets WFP official

SANAA, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein Al-Ezzi, met on Sunday with the Resident Representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Sanaa, Laurent Bukera. At the meeting, the officials reviewed the humanitarian activities…

Angry protests erupt in Aden

ADEN, Jan. 24 (YPA) – Hundreds of sons of Yemen's southern city of Aden took streets on Sunday in an angry protest rally to denounce the power outage and the deterioration of essential service in the city. At the rally, the demonstrators…

Gunmen assault judge in Taiz

TAIZ, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Unidentified gunmen assaulted on Sunday a judge in the Court of First Instance in the Saudi-led coalition-controlled areas of Taiz, sources said. The sources affirmed that the gunmen attacked the judge “Ahmed Abdo…

FM receives new UNOCHA head’s credentials

SANAA, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, received on Sunday a copy of credentials of the newly-appointed head of the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) to Yemen, Sajjad Mohammad…

Military battalions prepared to storm Aden, Abyan

SAHBWA, Jan. 24 (YPA) – The Saudi-backed Islah Party has prepared military battalions to storm and take control of the provinces of Abyan and Aden. According to sources on Sunday, the Islah Party trained military battalions led by Saif…

Saudi Arabia summons several Islah leaders

SHABWA, Jan. 23 (YPA) – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has continued to summon several leaders loyal to Islah party in Yemen. According to sources, the exiled Hadi government-appointed Shabwa governor, “Mohammad bin Adiu, was summoned by Riyadh…

Army wages counter-attack in Taiz

TAIZ, Jan. 23 (YPA) – Several Saudi-led coalition fighters were killed and wounded on Saturday in a counter-attack in Taiz province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The official affirmed that units of the Yemeni army carried…

Sanaa negotiating delegation arrives in Amman

SANAA, Jan. 23 (YPA) – A negotiating delegation of prisoners' committee in Sanaa, arrived on Saturday, in the Jordanian capital, Amman. "We arrived in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to participate in a new round of negotiations on the…