YEMEN Press Agency

Ballistic missile hits Saudi economic city in Jizan

JIZAN, Sept. 15 (YPA) – The Yemeni army’s missile force on Saturday fired a ballistic missile towards the economic city in Jizan region, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The missile is of Badr-1 type, the official said. b…

US intends to establish military base in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 13 (YPA) - The US Department of Defense is planning to establish a permanent military base in Aden, southern Yemen, to oversee the strait of Bab al-Mandab and the Gulf of Aden. The Aden-based daily Al-Umana'a newspaper on…

Demonstrators demand overthrow of Hadi’s gov’t in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 13 (YPA) – Dozens of people in the southern port city of Aden on Thursday staged a demonstration, demanding the overthrow of the corrupt government loyal to the exiled Hadi. The protesters also called for the expulsion of the…

5 Saudi-backed militants killed in Marib

MARIB, Sept. 13 (YPA) – At least five Saudi-backed militants, including a leader, were killed on Thursday in an offensive carried out by Yemeni army forces against their sites in west of Marib province, a military official told Yemen Press…