Organized Crimes

ABYAN / MUKALLA, July 25 (YPA) - An armed group launched a violent assault on a passenger bus driver early Friday on the Ahwar coastal road in Abyan Governorate, severing his ear and leaving him critically injured. The victim, identified as…

TAIZ, June 30 (YPA) – A civilian was killed and two others seriously injured on Tuesday when a security officer opened fire in Al-Shamayatayn District of Taiz Governorate, local human rights sources reported. The suspect, identified as…

HADRAMOUT, June 04 (YPA) - Unidentified gunmen assassinated a military officer in the Hadramout governorate in eastern Yemen on Thursday, marking the second fatal shooting in the area within 24 hours, local sources reported. The assailants…

MAHRA, Dec. 18 (YPA) – Armed elements affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) stormed the Central Bank of Yemen branch in Al-Ghaydah city, the capital of Mahra Governorate eastern Yemen on Thursday, seizing large…

TAIZ, Nov. 26 (YPA) - Armed men belonging to the so-called "Fourth Brigade," funded by the Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday stormed Al-Thawra General Hospital in Taiz city and kidnapped Suhail Al-Marbadi, a wounded man who was receiving…

BOGOTA, Nov. 24 (YPA) - Colombian authorities announced the rescue of 17 minors belonging to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect "Lev Tahor," which is under investigation in several countries for alleged child abuse and mistreatment. The…

SHABWA, Nov. 10 (YPA) - The so-called "Southern People's Council" issued a statement reporting the abduction of the Council's head, Ismail Al-Najjar, and the head of its consultative council, Turki Qirat Basardah, on Sunday, at a military…

MAHRA/ADEN/DHALEA, Nov. 09 (YPA) - Citizens in the city of Al-Ais, Mahra Governorate, eastern Yemen, have found the body of Nidal Abdul Razzaq Mohiuddin (60), who was slaughtered under circumstances that remain mysterious. The Saudi-backed…

ABYAN, Nov. 01 (YPA) - Engineer "Hussein Baqri" was injured by gunfire from unknown gunmen suspected of belonging to factions of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen. Local sources in the…

ADEN, Oct. 25 (YPA) - Businessman Nasser Al-Swaider, owner of "Al-Amal Complex" in Aden City, southern Yemen, survived an assassination attempt last Friday evening when armed men opened fire on his car while he was returning home. This…