YEMEN Press Agency

President appoints advisor to Ministry of Public Works

SANAA, July 28 (YPA) – President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, issued on Saturday the decree No. ( 114) for the year 2018, appointing Abdulwahab Yahya Al-Hakim as an Advisor to the Ministry of Public Works and Roads.…

Parliament reviews report on fight against cholera epidemic

SANAA, July 28 (YPA) - The Yemeni parliament reviewed in its meeting on Saturday a report, prepared by the parliamentary committee on water and environment, on the fight against cholera epidemic in the capital Sanaa and several provinces.…

Army attacks Saudi-backed militia sites in Jizan

JIZAN, July 26 (YPA) – The Yemeni army on Thursday carried out an offensive against positions of Saudi-backed militia in Jizan region, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The army forces raided three sites of the Saudi-backed…

Civil disobedience paralyzes Yemen’s Hadramout 

HADRAMOUT, July 26 (YPA) – Citizens from the valley districts of Hadramout province on Thursday organized a peaceful civil disobedience, paralyzing the movement in all public and private facilities in the province. The organizers of the…

Yemeni army wages drone strikes on Abu Dhabi Airport

SANAA, July 26 (YPA) - Unmanned drone of the Yemeni army on Thursday waged three raids on Abu Dhabi International Airport of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The air raids were waged by the army's…

FM stresses importance of peace to stop bloodshed in Yemen

SANAA, July 26 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf on Thursday emphasized the importance of peace as an option to stop bloodshed in Yemen. During his meeting in Sanaa with the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Yemen,…