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
He built churches at Goa, at Malacca, and in the island of Socotra, and he granted in these instances the whole of the property which had belonged to the Muhammadan mosques to the new foundations.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Stephens, Henry Morse
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