YEMEN Press Agency

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,…

 Precious stones smuggler arrested in Bayda

BAYDA, July 13 (YPA) - The security services in al-Arsh district of Bayda province on Monday arrested a person, 31, accused of smuggling precious stones, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The arrested person was referred to the…

Islah security official kidnapped in Socotra

SOCOTRA, July 13 (YPA) - The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)'s militia kidnapped a security official on Monday on Socotra Island. According to local sources on the island, the STC's militia kidnapped Lieutenant Saleh Amer,…