Socotra

SOCOTRA, Jan. 17 (YPA) - Recent photos have shown the presence of Emirati construction activities in the "Ditouh Nature Reserve," located in the Qalansiyah district in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago province, east of the Gulf of Aden. These…

SOCOTRA, Jan. 04 (YPA) - An Emirati company has taken control of a naval defense site in the Yemeni archipelago of Socotra, located to the east of the Gulf of Aden. A local source on the island reported on Saturday that Rafat Al-Thaqali,…

SOCOTRA, Dec. 30 (YPA) - The UAE forces have established high-altitude watchtowers for air and sea surveillance on the Yemeni island of Socotra, located east of the Gulf of Aden. According to media sources, the “Khalifa Foundation,” the UAE…

SOCOTRA, Dec. 18 (YPA) - Saudi Arabia has announced its military alert following the announcement of the UAE-backed “Socotra Council” on the Yemeni island last Thursday. According to informed sources on the island, Saudi Arabia sent a…

SOCOTRA, Dec. 11 (YPA) - A number of citizens in the Yemeni Socotra Archipelago, located east of the Gulf of Aden, have pledged to shoot down Emirati planes constantly flying over the island. Activists from the archipelago confirmed in…

SOCOTRA, Nov. 30 (YPA) - The UAE has recruited new factions in the Yemeni Socotra Archipelago province, east of the Gulf of Aden, local informed sources said on Friday. The sources reported that the UAE celebrated yesterday, Thursday, the…

SOCOTRA, Nov. 14 (YPA) - UAE intelligence representative, Khalfan Al-Mazrouei, returned on Thursday to Yemen's Socotra archipelago province after months of absence. Media sources loyal to the Saudi-led coalition reported that Al-Mazrouei…

SOCOTRA, Oct. 30 (YPA) - A fishing boat with fishermen on board was lost in the waters of Ras Arsal off the Socotra Archipelago in southern Yemen, local sources said on Wednesday. The sources stated that that the fishermen, “Sami Muhammad…

SOCOTRA, Oct. 06 (YPA) - 30 citizens from the Socotra Archipelago, located east of the Gulf of Aden, who were on board Fiberglass ship, survived, on Sunday, from drowning in the Arabian Sea. Pro-coalition media reported that the ship's crew…

SOCOTRA, May 29 (YPA) - An Indian ship carrying a large shipment of Emirati cement intended for foreign military bases sank off the Yemeni coast of Socotra, east of the Gulf of Aden, on Wednesday. Informed sources explained that the Indian…