On December 10, 2024, an open Women's Day event took place in Marib, northeastern Yemen, coinciding with the United Nations' 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, themed "Violence Against Women Costs Society." Organized by the Women and Child Department o...
On December 10, 2024, local residents in Lahj Governorate, southern Yemen, launched a community initiative to repair a rugged mountain road that was severely damaged by floods, effectively isolating residents in the mountainous areas of the western part of the province. Bassem Sultan Al-Maqtari...
On December 10, 2024, judicial sources reported that the Specialized Criminal Court in Aden issued a ruling sentencing three individuals to death and 13 others to varying prison terms for their involvement in a Houthi cell in the al-Turbah district of Lahij Governorate, southern Yemen. Accordin...
On December 10, 2024, the Press Freedom Observatory announced the recipients of the 2024 Courage in Journalism Awards. The winners include detained journalist Ahmed Maher, held in Aden, and kidnapped journalist Mohamed Al-Miyahi, abducted in Sana'a. The observatory also posthumously awarded...
On December 10, 2024, a U.S. report indicated that the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump could signal a return to the "maximum pressure" policy his administration previously imposed on Iran. The report, published by The National News, suggests that the implications fo...
On December 10, 2024, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed strong condemnation of the Israeli government's actions, which include the seizure of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights and attacks on Syrian territory. In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was cover...
On December 9, 2024, multiple Yemeni and Syrian sources reported the identification of a Yemeni doctor who had been forcibly disappeared in the prisons of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since January 2013. Syrian journalist and activist Omar Madina posted on X (formerly Twitter) that t...
On December 9, 2024, Abdul Wahid Al-Qabali Nimran, head of the Marib branch of the Yemeni Congress, stated that the current moment presents a significant opportunity to reclaim the capital, Sana'a, and eliminate the Iran-backed Houthi group, which is internationally designated as a terrorist o...
On December 9, 2024, the Yemen national football team was drawn into Group B of the final round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, alongside Lebanon, Bhutan, and Brunei. The draw took place at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Yemen N...
On December 9, 2024, the U.S. administration announced new sanctions targeting the Houthi Prisoners Committee, classified as a terrorist organization, along with its head, Abdul Qader Al-Murtadha. Al-Murtadha is accused of torturing detainees, including journalists and aid workers. According to...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning has issued a warning on December 9, 2024, regarding the potential formation of frost in parts of Marib, Shabwa, Hadramout, Al-Jawf, and the mountainous regions in the coming hours. According to the center's weather report, frost is expec...
On December 9, 2024, the General Assembly of the Yemen Football Federation announced the reelection of Ahmed Saleh Al-Essi as president for a new term spanning from 2024 to 2028. The election took place in Doha, Qatar, where Al-Essi was elected unopposed. According to a statement from the assem...
In less than two weeks, Syrian opposition forces managed to reach the capital, Damascus, and topple President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which crumbled entirely before the opposition's advances. Many attributed the rapid fall of Assad's regime to Iran's abandonment of its key all...
On December 9, 2024, a local official reported that Houthi militants, classified internationally as a terrorist organization, have closed the Dalsey factory operated by the local Derham Company in Hodeidah province, western Yemen. Waleed Al-Qudaimi, the Deputy Governor of Hodeidah, shared on X ...
On Sunday morning, December 8, 2024, the Syrian armed opposition announced their control over the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, marking the "beginning of a new era" for Syria. This announcement followed a wide-scale military operation launched by...
On December 8, 2024, Yemen's Ministry of Interior, part of the internationally recognized government, announced the launch of the first phase of its electronic civil registry project. According to the ministry's official website, the initial phase will focus on the city of Aden, which s...
On December 8, 2024, a civilian was injured in Taiz, southwestern Yemen, when a landmine left by the Houthi movement exploded while he was operating a tractor. The incident occurred in the city of Al-Mokha, according to local sources. The Armed Forces’ website, September Net, reported tha...
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, Rashad Alimi, the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, described the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime as a "historic moment" that affirms the Syrian people's right to reject foreign guardianship. In a post on X (f...
On December 8, 2024, Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, warned of the potential for the country to descend once again into conflict. He stressed that the warring parties and the besieged population cannot wait indefinitely for a roadmap to peace. Speaking to AFP at the Manama Dialo...
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country following his loss of control over the capital, Damascus, to opposition forces. In a statement, the ministry noted that "Assad has relinquished his positio...