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Saada police deport number of illegal immigrants

SAADA, Aug. 06 (YPA) - Police in Saada province deported 271 illegal immigrants, who are of African nationalities and had entered the country illegally. In a statement, the police said that the illegal immigrants were deported from the…

3 killed by lightning strikes in Dhalea

DHALEA, Aug. 06 (YPA) - At least three Yemeni citizens were killed and three others were wounded by lightning strikes and thunderstorms in Dhalea province, southern Yemen, local sources reported on Friday. Residents of Thamad area in Jahaf…

Cache of explosive devices found in Bayda

BAYDA, Aug. 06 (YPA) - The security services in Bayda province announced on Thursday that they had found a warehouse containing a number of explosive devices in ‘Al Burman’ area in Al-Zaher district. A security source clarified that the…

Child injured in house explosion in Mukalla

MUKALLA, Aug. 05 (YPA) - A child was seriously injured on Thursday when a gas cylinder exploded in a house of a citizen in Mukalla city of Hadramout province, southern Yemen. Local sources said that the violent explosion shook Al-Salam…

Car downs in ditch after sudden fall in Shabwa

SHABWA, Aug. 05 (YPA) - A car fell on Thursday into a sanitary pit in Ataq city, the capital of Shabwa province. Eyewitnesses affirmed that a car type Hilux fell into a sanitary pitin one of the city's streets, amid ignoring the authorities…

Police seize over 3 tons of hashish in Jawf

JAWF, Aug. 05 (YPA) - Police seized on Thursday more than 3 tons of hashish, cannabis and drugs in Jawf province, an official in the province police said. The official that the seized amounted were hidden into a refrigerator locomotive…

Mass rally in Taiz demands departure of local authority

TAIZ, Aug. 5 (YPA) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taiz province, on Thursday morning, to demand the departure of the local authority. Private sources indicated that the march denounced the deterioration of the living situation and the…

Large quantity of narcotics from occupied areas seized

SANAA, Aug. 5 (YPA) - The competent security authorities seized a quantity of drugs coming from the occupied areas. The security media indicated, on Thursday, that the anti-smuggling unit of the emergency forces in the Al-Hazm district in…