Yemen & World

SANAA, Feb. 22 (YPA) - The Prime Minister in Yemen’s National Salvation Government, Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, has confirmed on Sunday that the battle for Marib is part of the fight for independence. Bin Habtoor said in a statement to…

SANAA, Feb. 22 (YPA) - The former UN envoy to Yemen and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Jamal Benomar reiterated that the war declared by the US-Saudi coalition on Yemen, in March 2015, came at a time when the…

SANAA, Feb. 21 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf on Sunday sent a congratulatory cable to Saint Lucia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Allen Chastanet, on the occasion of his country's National Day. Saint Lucia celebrates on February…

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (YPA) - Iranian Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, called on Sunday for a halt to arms exports to Saudi Arabia, blaming Riyadh for the war in Yemen. "The Kingdom realized that it had not achieved anything there with…

SANAA, Feb. 21 (YPA) -   The French capital Paris witnessed on Saturday a protest stand by a group of activists and human rights defenders, calling for an end to the sale of weapons and military equipment to the Saudi regime. The…

ABYAN, Feb. 20 (YPA) - The International Rescue Committee (IRC) on Saturday decided to stop its humanitarian activities in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, which is controlled by Saudi-led coalition militias. Local sources confirmed that…

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) -  The Leader of the Yemeni Revolution, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, has stressed that the military operations in Ma'rib, Jawf and other provinces comes in the context of the confrontation against the…

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) on Friday said that the fines on the oil ships currently held by Saudi-led coalition forces exceeded 28 million dollars, equivalent to 16  Yemeni billion riyals. The direct and…

ADEN, Feb. 19 (YPA) - Yemenia airways announced on Friday that flight 608, which was bound for Cairo airport, has changed course and made an emergency landing at Jeddah airport. Flight 608, which took off from Aden airport, towards Cairo…

SANAA, Feb. 19 (YPA) - Top member in the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi commented on the UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths’ briefing to the UN Security Council, in which he called for a halt to fighting in the…