Socotra

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…

SOCOTRA, May 18 (YPA) - Members of the Sothern Transitional Council (STC) loyal to the UAE on the Yemeni island of Socotra have looted the camps and transported weapons to an unknown location, local sources on the island reported on…

ROME, May 16 (YPA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned of the dangers of severe hurricanes that are expected to sweep the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea south of Yemen in the coming days. The organization…

SANAA, May 02 (YPA) - Earthquake monitoring centers recorded during the first hours of Thursday the occurrence of a strong marine tremor off the coast of one of the Yemeni provinces. It was reported that the marine tremor reached a…