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UAE-funded factions kidnap tribal sheikh in Aden

ADEN, June 07 (YPA) - The UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions kidnapped on Tuesday a tribal sheikh in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, which has been under Saudi-led coalition control since the second half of 2015.…

UAE-backed STC militia kidnap tribal sheikh in Lahj

LAHJ, Feb. 27 (YPA) - The UAE-funded "Southern Transitional" militia stormed on Monday home of a prominent tribal sheikh and took him to one of their secret detention facilities in Lahj province. The former leader of the “Southern…

Eritrea kidnaps 139 Yemeni fishermen

HODEIDA, Aug. 28 (YPA) - The General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea on Sunday condemned the kidnapping of 139 Yemeni fishermen by Eritrean navy pirates while they were fishing in Yemeni sea waters in the Red Sea. The authority…

Military group kidnaps son of prominent journalist in Taiz

TAIZ, Jun. 03 (YPA) - The prominent journalist and media figure, Tawfiq Agha, said on Friday that a military patrol had kidnapped his son from the center of Taiz city, and that his son fate is unknown until now. Agha explained that at eight…