Socotra

SOCOTRA, May 08 (YPA) - A protest demonstration was subjected to repression and abuse by the UAE-allied forces in the archipelago of the occupied Yemeni island of Socotra on Sunday. Human rights sources on the island said that the…

SOCOTRA, April 05 (YPA) - The price of a gas cylinder in the occupied Socotra archipelago has reached astronomical figures due to the UAE's monopoly on selling gas to the people of the island. Media sources on the island reported that the…

SANAA, April 01 (YPA) - The Sanaa government's Ministry of Fisheries has condemned the US-Saudi-Emirati coalition countries' actions on Abd al-Kuri Island in the Socotra archipelago and the conversion of the island into a military base. In…

SANAA, March 08 (YPA) - The Emirati arrangements are running to limit the recent Saudi moves to extend its influence over the Yemeni Socotra archipelago, which is under the control of the Emirati occupation. Sources familiar with the matter…

SOCOTRA, March 04 (YPA) - 45 citizens suffered from severe food poisoning due to expired UAE food aid in the occupied Socotra archipelago, southern Yemen. According to media reports, 45 cases of poisoning, including women and children, were…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 25 (YPA) - Saudi Arabia has established a military base in the city of Hadibu, the capital of the occupied Yemeni Socotra archipelago. Local sources on the island reported that the command of the Saudi forces “808” was…

SANAA, Feb. 23 (YPA) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sanaa government, Hussein Al-Ezzi, directed on Thursday a message to the UAE regarding the Abd al-Kuri island of the Yemeni Socotra archipelago. "Abu Dhabi should not exhaust…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 12 (YPA) - The seized Yemeni island of Socotra now only receives tourism only through the UAE, according to a Bahraini tourist operator that made the revelation on Sunday. A travel agency in Manama published an advertisement…

SOCOTRA, Feb. 11 (YPA) - Abu Dhabi government has taken new measures in the Socotra archipelago in southern Yemen, as part of its desperate attempts to strip the strategic island from its Yemeni fabric and annex it to the UAE. Local media…

SOCOTRA, Dec. 25 (YPA) - The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia on Sunday kidnapped the media activist in the Socotra archipelago, Omar Al-Sabrahi. Local media sources reported that the STC militia in Socotra abducted…