YEMEN Press Agency

STC hints at thwarting peace efforts in Yemen

ADEN, Sept. 16 (YPA) - The UAE-backed Transitional Council (STC) has threatened to thwart peace efforts in Yemen, calling for guarantees of secession in order to participate in the upcoming negotiations. The STC said, in a statement issued…

North Korean leader inspects Russian TU-214 passenger plane

WORLD, Sep. 16 (YPA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected Russia's most advanced Tu-214 plane at Knevichi airport in the Russian Far Eastern Primorje region. Kim was briefed on the aircraft's capabilities, performance characteristics…

Citizen injured by Saudi army fire in Saada

SAADA, Sept. 16 (YPA) – A citizen was injured on Saturday by Saudi forces fire in Saada province, northern Yemen, a security source told Yemen News Agency. According to the security source, the incident took place in Shada border district,…

Abdulsalam: Peace is the first option

SANAA, Sept. 16 (YPA) -The head of Sanaa negotiating delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, has affirmed that peace is the first option they are working on in the current negotiations. "We hope that the negotiations with Riyadh will culminate in…

Ambush targets security official in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 15 (YPA) - A security official survived an assassination attempt in an armed ambush set up on a road linking the province of Aden with Lahj province, which are under the control of the Saudi-led coalition’s factions, in southern…

Al-Qaeda arrests ‘Sharia judge’ in Marib

MARIB, Sept. 15 (YPA) - A sharp conflict reportedly taking place between the leaders of "Al-Qaeda", led to the arrest of the "Sharia judge" for the organization in the Wadi district of Marib governorate, which is under the control of the…

UAE-backed militia expels Imam from Mosque in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 15 (YPA) - The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s factions, on Friday, expelled a mosque imam and his family to the streets in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, which is under the control of the Saudi-led…