Organized Crimes

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…

TAIZA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - Armed elements loyal to the Islah Party forcibly entered the home of businessman Ibrahim Al-Majan in Al-Turbah city of Taiz province and took him and several members of his family to an unknown location, human rights…

HADRAMOUT, Oct. 17 (YPA) – A local official's son had found murdered in Mukalla city, the capital of Hadramout province. Human rights sources said that the body of Awad, the son of Abdullah al-Awbathani, the director-general of the Ministry…

SHABWA, Oct. 05 (YPA) - A prominent military commander in the UAE-backed factions survived an assassination attempt by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Saturday at the entrance to Ataq city, the center of Shabwa province in…

TAIZ, Sept. 18 (YPA) - The assassination of Iftehan Al-Mashhri, the executive director of the Cleaning and Improvement Fund in Taiz city, on Thursday sparked a major crisis after sanitation workers announced a full-scale strike in protest…

SHABWA, Sep. 01 (YPA) - Tribal gunmen abducted a prominent businessman in the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province, on Monday, taking him to an unknown location. According to a source familiar with the matter, the gunmen kidnapped…

SHABWA, Aug. 30 (YPA) - Citizen Mohammed Ali Daman died under torture in a secret prison of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions in the Bihan district of Shabwa province after being arrested by the UAE-backed militia.…

TAIZ, Aug. 09 (YPA) – Islah Party-affiliated factions in the city of Turbah in al-Shamayatayn District of Taiz province released Tariq al-Humaidi, the Criminal Investigation Director in the Al-Maqatra District of Lahj province, a month…

ADEN, Aug. 02 (YPA) - Anti-drug activist Ahmed Karaeen was kidnapped in Aden city by members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions, according to human rights sources. The sources reported that the members, wearing…