YEMEN Press Agency

Tribal clashes leave dead, wounded in Hadramout

HADRAMOUT, Jan. 02 (YPA) - Armed confrontations between tribes of Amad valley in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, renewed on Saturday for the second day in a row, local sources said. The sources confirmed that the clashes between ‘Al…

Islah Party mobilizes fighters to storm Aden

SANAA, Jan. 02 (YPA) – Media sources revealed on Saturday that Islah Party’s leaders are preparing to storm the city of Aden, in southern Yemen. The sources said that the Islah Party is gathering its fighters in Taiz and Shabwa provinces,…

Tribal sheikh assassinated in Shabwa

SHABWA, Jan. 01 (YPA) - Unidentified gunmen assassinated on Friday evening Sheikh Awad Ali Al-Qatni Al-Marzaqi in Ataq city of Shabwa province, local sources reported. The sources said that gunmen shot at Sheikh Al-Marzaqi, killing him and…

America witnesses protests, riots on New Year’s Eve

PORTLAND, Jan. 01 (YPA) - Riots broke out on New Year's Eve in Portland, the largest city in the US state of Oregon, during which protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police. According to the Russian "Sputnik” agency, the police wrote in a…