YEMEN Press Agency

Australia urges “Israel” not to occupy Gaza

SYDNEY, Aug. 08 (YPA) - Australia on Friday called on the Israeli occupation government not to occupy the Gaza Strip, saying such a move will "worsen the humanitarian catastrophe" in the besieged coastal enclave of Palestine. "Australia…

7 killed, 10 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug. 08 (YPA) - At least seven Lebanese civilians were killed and ten others wounded on Thursday in Israeli airstrikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), citing a Health Ministry…

Gunmen hijack cement factory bus in Abyan

ABYAN, Aug. 07 (YPA) - Unknown gunmen, believed to be affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)'s factions, hijacked a bus belonging to the Wahda Cement Factory in Abyan province, southern Yemen. Local sources…

Armed clashes leave casualties in Shabwa

SHABWA, Aug. 07 (YPA) - Armed clashes broke out Thursday evening between members of UAE-backed factions in Yemen’s Shabwa province, resulting in multiple casualties, including a battalion commander. According to local sources, the clashes…

MSF demands immediate dismantling of GHF

GAZA, Aug. 07 (YPA) -The international medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday called for the immediate shuttering of the Israel-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), denouncing the distribution sites it operates…