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15 dead after migrant boats sink off Greece

WORLD, Oct. 06 (YPA) - At least 15 migrants died and dozens are missing after two separate boats sank off Greece on Wednesday evening, Greece's coastguard announced on Thursday. According to the Greece's coastguard, 15 migrants -all women-…

Al-Jaafari sworn in as Syria’s Ambassador in Moscow

DAMASCUS, Oct. 06 (YPA) - Before President Bashar al-Assad, Mr. Bashar al-Jaafari was sworn in as Syria’s Ambassador in Moscow, the Syrian news agency “SANA” reported on Thursday. Later, President al-Assad received al-Jaafari and provided…

Al-Ezzi responds to Tim Lenderking’s remarks

SANAA, Oct. 06 (YPA) - Deputy Foreign Minister in the national salvation government, Hussein Al-Azzi  has stressed that Sana’a's demands are neither difficult nor impossible as US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, has claimed. …

Al-Houthi reacts to extremism of Security Council

SANAA, Oct. 06 (YPA) - Member of the supreme political council in Sanaa, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, has on late Wednesday reacted to a statement issued by the UN Security Council on the failure of extending and expanding the humanitarian and…

UAE ends STC’s role in Ataq, Shabwa

SHBAWA, Oct. 06 (YPA) - The UAE has ended the presence of the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias and tasks assigned to them in the city of Ataq, the capital of the oil province of Shabwa, in eastern Yemen. Informed sources…

Differences hit Riyadh-formed Presidential Council

ADEN, Oct. 06 (YPA) -  Differences between members of Riyadh-formed Presidential Council returned to square zero after Aidaroos al-Zubaidi, who is backed by the UAE, rejected demands made by members of the Islah party and Tariq Afash…