Socotra

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…

SANAA, Dec. 05 (YPA) - Sanaa on Monday sent a warning message, through a senior official, to the UAE regarding the Island of Socotra. Deputy Foreign Minister of Sanaa government, Hussein Al-Ezzi, said in a tweet on Twitter, "the UAE must…

SOCOTA, Nov. 25 (YPA) - A joint military delegation from Saudi Arabia and the UAE arrived on the Yemeni island of Socotra with the purpose of establishing a new runway at Socotra Airport to receive Saudi-led coalition aircraft, local…

SOCOTRA, Nov. 10 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition forces in the Yemeni island of Socotra experienced hours of terror on Wednesday morning against the backdrop of unidentified drones flying over the island, local sources reported. The sources…