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Feature: Yemeni family recalls horror of coalition airstrike on wedding celebration
By Mohamed al-Azaki HAJJAH, May 20 (YPA) -- On April 22, five-year-old Sameeh Damman was dancing on drumbeat in a wedding celebration in a poor rural village near the Red Sea in war-torn Yemen, according to a Xinhua feature. Soon after 7…
Yemen’s Stockpile of counter-cancer medicines about to run out: statement
SANAA, May 10 (YPA) - The national counter-cancer authority in Yemen's southern Ibb province has called for emergency help as its stockpile of medicines is about to run out, in a statement received by Yemen Press Agency. The authority said…
Raymah condemns airstrike on presidential office, calls UN to press for stopping war crimes
SANAA, May 10 (YPA) – Leadership of Raymah province and local councils on Thursday strongly condemned the May 7 US-backed Saudi-led airstrike on the presidential office in the densley populated Tahrir district at the heart of the capital…
Exclusive: United States Treats Yemen as a Saudi Possession: U.S. diplomat
United States treats Yemen as a Saudi possession: U.S. diplomat EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW for Yemen Press Agency BY Naseh Shaker SANAA, May 8 (YPA) – A former U.S. embassy diplomat in Saudi Arabia told Yemen Press Agency in an exclusive…
Deputy premier meets ICRC delegation
SANAA, May 2 (YPA) - Deputy prime minister for security and defense affairs Mag. Gen. Jalal Ali al-Ruwayshan on Wednesday met with deputy head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, Johannes Bruwer.…
Dozens of Saudi-backed militias killed, wounded in Marib
MARIB, Feb. 22 (YPA) – Dozens of Saudi-backed militias were killed and wounded on Thursday, when the army fired Katyusha rockets on their gatherings Yemen's central province of Marib, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The attack…
Yemen revolutionary committee leader sends peace initiative to UN
SANAA, Feb. 22 (YPA) – Chief of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, has sent a letter to the secretary-general of the United Nations and members of the Security Council, offering a peace initiative to resolve the…
18 Yemeni citizens killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes
SAADA, Feb. 17 (YPA) – A total of 18 citizens were killed and wounded, including women and children when Saudi-led coalition fighter jets waged strikes on their car in the Yemeni province of Saada, a security official told Yemen Press…