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Former United Nations secretary-general dies at 100

SANAA, March 5 (YPA) - Former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar died on Wednesday night at the age of 100 at his home in the capital of Peru, Lima. De Quiare's son was reported by local media as saying that his father…

Syrian air defenses confront hostile target over Homs

SANAA, March 5 (YPA) - Syrian air defenses, at dawn on Thursday, confronted hostile targets in the sky of Homs Governorate and the southwestern countryside of Quneitra, and dropped a number of them. A security source in Syria said that…

Syrian army fails takfiri attack in Idlib countryside

SANAA, March 5 (YPA) - Syrian army on Wednesday foiled a large-scale attack carried out by takfiri groups on the town of Athar Shansharah in the southern Idlib countryside. A military source reported that the Syrian army had been able to…

Turkey admits new losses in Syrian countryside of Idlib

DAMASCUS, March 4 (YPA) - Turkish Ministry of Defense on Wednesday admitted that two of its soldiers were killed and six wounded by Syrian army fire in Idlib province, northwest of the country. The ministry stated, in a statement issued…

Cases of COVID-19 exceed 80,000 in China

BEIJING, March 4 (YPA) - The Chinese authorities announced on Wednesday that the number of people infected with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country has risen to 80,270 cases, while 49,856 have recovered since the outbreak of the…

Dozens of Afghan police killed in Taliban attack

SANAA, March 4 (YPA) - Dozens of Afghan police were killed by a Taliban attack on Wednesday in Uruzgan province, central Afghanistan. "Dozens of Afghan police were killed and others wounded in an attack in the state's Trencot region,"…

Zionist enemy aviation renews violation of Lebanese airspace

SANAA, March 4 (YPA) - Israeli enemy aviation on Wednesday renewed its violation of Lebanese airspace. The Lebanese Army Command declared in a statement issued that four hostile Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace over the southern…