Socotra

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…

SANAA, Nov. 10 (YPA) - The National Front to Resist Invasion and Occupation in the southern provinces has condemned the visit of the US ambassador and the intelligence and military delegation to Hadramout province. In a statement, the…

SOCOTRA, Nov. 04 (YPA) - The UAE has directed its militia commander on the occupied island of Socotra, southern Yemen, to harass and expel the so-called “Saudi 808 Duty Forces” from the island, which is under the occupation. Informed…

SOCOTRA, Oct. 04 (YPA) - The UAE is preparing to open the largest factories to plunder Yemen's fish wealth on the occupied island of Socotra, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. "Yemen Press Agency" learned, from private sources, that the…

SOCOTRA, Sept. 15 (YPA) - The occupation UAE forces have recruited 400 young men from the Yemeni island of Socotra, and enrolled them with their mercenaries on the island, local sources said on Thursday. The sources added that the UAE has…

SOCOTRA, Sept. 01 (YPA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 Richter and a depth of 10 kilometers on Thursday struck off the Yemeni Socotra archipelago province and the coast of the Sultanate of Oman. This comes less than 48 hours after…