Socotra

SOCOTRA, Aug. 05 (YPA) - The UAE's “Al-Muthalath Al-Sharqi” company has refused to reduce the prices of petroleum products and domestic gas in Yemen's Socotra archipelago province, located east of the Gulf of Aden. Media sources reported…

SOCOTRA, July 14 (YPA) - Recent studies have revealed the presence of vast oil reserves in the territorial waters surrounding the Yemeni Socotra archipelago province, spanning an estimated 200,000 square kilometers, more than 50 times the…

SOCOTRA, July 10 (YPA) - Residents of the Yemeni province of Socotra Island, under the control of UAE forces, have called for an end to the monopoly practiced by foreign companies, which has strangled the lives of the archipelago's…

SOCOTRA, MAY 29 (YPA) - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has revealed the commencement of a project to expand the port of the Socotra Archipelago, which has been occupied by the UAE forces since 2017. This move exposes…

SOCOTRA, May 24 (YPA) - The leader of the Socotra archipelago's sheikhs, Issa Salem bin Yaqut, who is loyal to the Islah Party, called on UAE forces to release human rights activist Nawar Shaaban, who has been held in one of the island's…

SOCOTRA, April 18 (YPA) - Media sources have revealed suspicious movements by foreign tourists inside residential neighborhoods in the city of Hadibo, the center of the Socotra Archipelago, which is under the control of the UAE forces, east…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Yemeni island of Socotra, located east of the Gulf of Aden, is witnessing an escalation in tensions between the leaders of the factions loyal to the UAE due to disputes related to appointments and the…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 25 (YPA) - The UAE is planning to send one of its most prominent intelligence personnel under the guise of advocacy activities to the Yemeni island of Socotra, located east of the Gulf of Aden. Local sources on the island…

SANAA, Feb. 24 (YPA) - The Sanaa-based General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology completely rejected the attempt to hand over the management of Socotra International Airport to the so-called UAE-owned Eastern Triangle Holding…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 22 (YPA) – UAE-backed factions were deployed heavily near Hadibu Airport, the main center of the Yemeni Socotra Archipelago, on Friday ahead of the arrival of Emirati and foreign officers. The road leading to the UAE forces…