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UAE creates new militia in Mahra eastern Yemen
SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The UAE has sought to establish a new militia in Mahra province, east of Yemen, under the name “Al-Mahra Shield Force,” similar to its militias in Shabwa and Hadramout provinces. Activists on social media circulated,…
Defense Minister: People have reached conviction that coalition targets Yemenis without…
SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - Defense Minister Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi on Saturday affirmed that the people have reached conviction that the Saudi-led coalition has goals and objectives targeting all of Yemen, without excluding this…
Armed confrontations in Aden leave dead, wounded
ADEN, Feb. 26 (YPA) – A person was killed and another wounded in violent clashes between members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in the center of Aden city, southern Yemen, local sources reported on Saturday.…
Egypt’s Cassation Court upholds inclusion of 16 “Muslim Brotherhood” members in…
CAIRO, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Egyptian Court of Cassation upheld on Saturday the criminal court’s decision to include Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on the list of terrorist entities. The Cassation Court's…
Russian Embassy in Paris protests detention of ship in Boulogne
MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Russian Embassy in Paris said on Saturday it will send a protest note to the French Foreign Ministry and take measures to protect the sailors of the detained ship in the English Channel. According to the embassy,…
Yemeni riyal hits new low against foreign currencies in southern provinces
SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - Foreign exchange rates on Saturday continued their rapid rise against the collapsing Yemeni riyal in the local exchange market trading in Aden province and the rest of the southern provinces, controlled by Saudi-led…
Ukrainian President leaves Kiev for Lvov
MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Speaker of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, quoting deputies in the Verkhovna Rada, announced Saturday that Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky has left Kiev and is currently in the city of Lvov.…
Civilian killed, 2 injured by Saudi bombing on Saada
SAADA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - At least a civilian was killed and two others were wounded on Saturday as a result of Saudi missile and artillery bombardment on the border Sheda district of Saada province, a security source said. On Friday, three…
FM congratulates counterpart in Dominican Republic on National Day
SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - Foreign Minister, Hisham Sharaf, on Saturday sent a cable of congratulations to the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Alvarez. In the cable, Sharaf expressed his congratulations to Alvarez on his…