Latest news with #Al-Safa
Yemen Online
4 days ago
- Yemen Online
Report: Smuggling Boat Intercepted Off Yemen's Shabwa Coast
In a continuing effort to combat illegal migration, Yemeni security forces intercepted a smuggling vessel carrying 150 undocumented African migrants off the coast of Shabwa Governorate on wednesday, July 15, 2025. The boat, named Al-Safa, was operated by a crew of three Somali nationals and was transporting 120 Ethiopian men and 30 Ethiopian women from the Horn of Africa. Authorities confirmed that the migrants had entered Yemeni waters illegally and were en route to Gulf countries, using Yemen as a transit point. This incident marks the latest in a series of irregular migration cases along Yemen's eastern shores. Officials cited logistical challenges in handling such operations due to limited resources for detention and deportation. Coordination is underway with humanitarian agencies to provide medical care and determine next steps for the migrants. Yemen continues to face mounting pressure from the influx of migrants, with over 15,000 arrivals reported in January alone, according to the International Organization for Migration. The government has reiterated its commitment to securing borders and addressing the root causes of human trafficking. Security officials emphasized the need for international cooperation to manage migration flows and support vulnerable populations affected by these perilous journeys.
Arab News
30-05-2025
- General
- Arab News
Daesh group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad's fall
BEIRUT: The Daesh group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be adopted by the extremists since the fall of Bashar two separate statements issued late Thursday, Daesh said that in the first attack, a bomb was detonated targeting a 'vehicle of the apostate regime,' leaving seven soldiers dead or wounded. It said the attack occurred 'last Thursday,' or May 22, in the Al-Safa area in the desert of the southern province of said that the second attack occurred this week in a nearby area during which a bomb targeted members of the US-backed Free Syrian Army, claiming that it killed one fighter and wounded was no comment from the government on the claim of the attack and a spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army didn't immediately respond to a request for comment by The Associated Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the attack on government forces killed one civilian and wounded three soldiers, describing it as the first such attack to be claimed by Daesh against Syrian forces since the fall of the 54-year Assad family's rule in which once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, is opposed to the new authority in Damascus led by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, who was once the head of Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria and fought battles against the past several months, Daesh has claimed responsibility for attacks against the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the was defeated in Syria in March 2019 when SDF fighters captured the last sliver of land that the extremists controlled. Since then, its sleeper cells have carried out deadly attacks, mainly in eastern and northeast January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria's post-Assad government thwarted a plan by Daesh to set off a bomb at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of met with US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia earlier this month during which the American leader said that Washington would work on lifting crippling economic sanctions imposed on Damascus since the days of House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement after the meeting that Trump urged Al-Sharaa to diplomatically recognize Israel, 'tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria' and help the US stop any resurgence of the Daesh group.
