YEMEN Press Agency

9 killed in Afghanistan military helicopter crash

KABUL, March 18 (YPA) - Nine Afghan soldiers were killed on Wednesday evening when a military helicopter crashed in the southern province of Wardak. Reuters quoted an Afghan Air Force source and a regional official as saying that the…

5 members of STC militias killed in Abyan

ABYAN, March 18 (YPA) - A number of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias were killed early Thursday in Abyan province, southern Yemen, local sources said. According to the sources, militants launched an attack on a…

Guterres appoints personal envoy to Afghanistan

SANAA, March 18 (YPA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appointed French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan and regional issues. The secretary-general has asked Arnault to assist…