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166 Yemeni pilgrims return through Sanaa Airport

SANAA, July 13 (YPA) – About 166 pilgrims returned to Yemen through Sanaa International Airport on Thursday, after performing Hajj and Umrah rituals. Yemeni Airlines transported 1,871 Yemeni pilgrims in recent days, and Sanaa Airport…

Meteorology expects rainfall sweeping Yemen

SANAA, July. 13 (YPA) - The National Center of Meteorology expected on Thursday that Yemen would witness rainfall in a number of provinces. In its weather forecast, the center said that the rains may prevail over various areas of the…

Two people died of thunderbolt in Hajjah

HAJJAH, July 12 (YPA) - Two people died as a result of a thunderbolt they were exposed to in a house in Aflah Al-Yaman district in Hajjah province, northern Yemen, on Wednesday. An official at the Civil Defense Authority stated that due to…

Sanaa receives foreign media delegations

SANAA, July 12 (YPA) – Minister of Information of the Sanaa government, Dhaifallah Al-Shami, met on Wednesday with a number of foreign media delegations currently visiting Yemen. Al-Shami confirmed, during his meeting with correspondents…

Sanaa Airport declares to reduce its flights to Jordan

SANAA, July. 12 (YPA) - Director of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled al-Shaief, affirmed that on Wednesday a number of the flights of Yemeni Airways by Sanaa Airport to Jordan will reduce from six flights per week to three, starting the…

Fishermen get missing in Yemen’s territorial waters

HADRAMOUT, July. 12 (YPA) - A Yemeni fisherman survived, while four others are still missing, as their boat sank due to strong winds in the territorial waters in eastern Yemen. According to navigational sources, five Yemeni fishermen were…

Sanaa comments on collapse of local currency in Aden

SANAA, July. 12 (YPA) - The head of the Supreme Political Council in Sana'a, Field Marshal Mahdi Al-Mashat, commented on Tuesday the collapse of the local currency in the coalition-held south provinces of Yemen. Al-Mashat affirmed that the…

ICRC humanitarian actions in Hodeida discussed

SANAA, July 11 (YPA) - The First Undersecretary of Hodeida Province, Ahmed Al-Bishri, met with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sub-delegation, Ashot Aspatsian, on Tuesday to discuss the CRC's humanitarian and…