YEMEN Press Agency

Saada police deport 200 illegal immigrants

SAADA, Dec. 29 (YPA) – The police of Saada province on Wednesday deported 200 illegal immigrants, all of whom were of African nationalities. The police indicated that the illegal immigrants were deported from the shelter center in the…

Marine quake hits off coast of Socotra Island

SOCOTRA, Dec. 29 (YPA) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck off the coast of Socotra Island, southern Yemen, on Wednesday. Global seismic monitoring centers reported that the 4.3 Richter magnitude marine quake at a depth of 10 kilometers…

3 civilians wounded in Saudi shelling on Saada

SAADA, Dec. 29 (YPA) - At least three citizens were wounded on Wednesday by Saudi artillery shelling on border areas in Saada province, northern Yemen. A security source told Yemen Press Agency that the shelling targeted the border Sheda…

Tawoos calls on UN to increase humanitarian aid to Yemen

SANAA, Dec. 28 (YPA) - The Secretary-General of the Council for Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdulmohsen Tawoos, on Tuesday called on the United Nations to increase and expand humanitarian aid and to work on…

Defense Minister opens military hospital in Taiz

TAIZ, Dec. 28 (YPA) - The Minister of Defense in the National Salvation Government, Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi, opened on Tuesday the military hospital in Al-Hawban area in Taiz province. During the opening, The Defense Minister…