YEMEN Press Agency

Clashes between STC, Islah Party renewed in Abyan

ABYAN, July 14 (YPA) - The armed clashes renewed on Tuesday between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)'s militias and Islah Party's militants in Abyan province, southern Yemen. The Islah militants bombed locations of the…

Yemeni riyal continues to recover in Sanaa

SANAA, July 14 (YPA) - The Yemeni riyal exchange rate on Tuesday continued recovering in the capital Sanaa, for the second week in a row, stabling at 599 riyals per dollar, after after the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa pumped foreign…

Egyptian pilot killed in fighter jet crash

CAIRO, July 13 (YPA) – An Egyptian fighter jet had fallen in the southern region of the country, killing its pilot Major Pilot Ahmed Abu Zaid, Al-Jazeera TV channel quoted Egyptian sources as saying on Monday. Egyptian activists from…

Islah militias storm Al-Kuraimi Bank in Taiz

TAIZ, July 13 (YPA) – Islah Party's militias on Monday stormed Al-Kuraimi Bank in Taiz city, southwest Yemen, and closed it on the pretext of not paying salaries of recruits loyal to Saudi-led coalition in Taiz province. "Khaled Fadel, an…

Somali army chief escapes assassination in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, July 13 (YPA) – Spokesman for Somali army, Colonel Abdi Qani Ali, said on Monday that the army commander escaped assassination when a suicide bomber drove a car loaded with explosives towards a military convoy in the capital,…