Socotra
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In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Russian embassy to Yemen shared details for a $700 Yemenia Airways flight from Socotra to Jeddah scheduled for Wednesday.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Mabkhoot bin Mubarak bin Madhi was named governor of the oil-producing Hadhramout region in the south, and Raafat Ali Ibrahim was appointed governor of Socotra island in the Arabian Sea.
From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2022
“Not seeing each other only lasted five days,” said Mr. Shah, who works remotely as an adviser at Socotra, a company in Austin that makes software for insurance companies.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022
The coalition said it carried medical equipment from a dismantled Saudi field hospital on the Yemeni island of Socotra.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022
The drug is said to have been commended to Alfred the Great by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, but a direct trade in it between Socotra and Britain was opened only in the seventeenth century.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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