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Planning Minister meets WFP official in Yemen

SANAA, Oct 20 (YPA) - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Aziz Al-Komaim met on Sunday with the Country Director for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Yemen Laurent Bukera. During the meeting, the officials discussed a…

12 militants Killed in military operation in Afghanistan

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - ِMore than 12 of Taliban militants were killed and 16 villages freed from the grip of militants in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province, Afghanistan's army spokesman Abdul Hadi Jamal in the northern region said.…

President of Indonesia sworn in for new term

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo was sworn in on Sunday for a second five-year term, leading the world's third-largest democracy after a first term with heavy infrastructure spending, according to Indonesian mediaز…

US occupation continues to transfer ISIS forces to Iraq

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - The US occupation forces transferred 235 foreign ISIS terrorists who were detained in a in Syrian prison to Iraq, local sources told Syrian News Agency SANA on Sunday. The US occupation forces transferred 230 foreign…

Update: 2 Saudi-led airstrikes hit Saada

SAADA, Oct. 20 (YPA) – The US-backed Saudi-led coalition aggression on Sunday launched two air raid on Saada province, an official told Yemen Press Agency. The airstrikes targeted residential areas of Majaz border district.

Turkish forces occupy 2 Syrian villages

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - The Turkish regime forces continued their aggression on Syrian territory for the 11th consecutive day and occupied two villages in Ras Al-Ain area in the northwestern Hasaka countryside, according to Syrian News…

Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Tell Abyad

SANAA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - At least one Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in the border town of Tell Abyad in Syria after an attack by Kurdish YPG fighters despite a five-day ceasefire. The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a…

Woman injured in Saudi-led shelling of Saada

SAADA, Oct. 20 (YPA) - At least one woman was injured and a number of livestock were killed on Sunday when the US-backed Saudi-led coalition launched an air strike on Saada province, northern Yemen' s security official told Yemen Press…