YEMEN Press Agency

Suffering of persons with disabilities in Yemen discussed

SANAA, May 24 (YPA) – Executive Director of the Disabled Care and Rehabilitation Fund, Mohammed al-Daylami, discussed with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission in Sanaa the suffering of persons with disabilities in…

Coalition warplanes kill Mango farmers in Hodeidah

HODEIDAH, May 24 (YPA) – At least six people, including a child, were killed and three others wounded in a Saudi-led airstrike on a mango farm in Bait al-Faqih district of Hodeidah province on Wednesday evening. The coalition aircrafts hit…

University professor’s killer sentenced to death

ADENT, May 24 (YPA) – A first instance court in the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday sentenced the defendant Abdulkarim Mujawar to death for killing a university professor along with two of her family members. The court's verdict…

GCAA appeals for lifting ban on Sanaa Airport

 SANAA, May 23 (YPA) – The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Wednesday appealed to the United Nations, Human Rights Council, and international organizations to move quickly to lift the ban on Sanaa International Airport to save…

120 bodies of southern soldiers arrive in Aden

ADEN, May 23 (YPA) – Hospitals in the southern port city of Aden received overnight 120 bodies of UAE-backed fighters from Yemeni southern provinces, military sources in Aden told Yemen Press Agency on Wednesday. The dead soldiers were…

Ex-president Saleh’s grandson dies in Oman

SANAA, May 23 (YPA) - Kanaan Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, son of the former president Saleh's nephew, died on Tuesday in the Omani capital, Muscat, in mysterious circumstances. Kanaan's death was a surprise. Some said he died in a traffic…

JMPs: Yemen unity will remain despite occupation

SANAA, May 22 (YPA) – The Joint meeting parties (JMPs) on Tuesday reiterated that the Yemeni unity was and will remain deeply ingrained despite the occupation and its schemes aiming to split Yemen. "The Saudi and Emirati regimes'…