Yemen's President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashid al-Alimi, arrived in Taiz Governorate (southwest Yemen) on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024, marking his first visit to the region since assuming the presidency in 2022. He traveled from the temporary capital of Aden. Barran Press c...
A senior official in the Marib Electricity Authority has confirmed to “Barran Press” that the Marib Gas Power Plant is currently out of service. The official, who requested anonymity as they are not authorized to speak to the media, attributed the outage to a gas shortage. The offic...
Admiral Mark Miguez, a US Navy commander, has revealed that officers proposed more aggressive strikes against the Houthis, but the top brass rejected the idea. Miguez, who oversaw most of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group's missions in the Red Sea for eight months, told YouTuber...
The General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology's Early Warning and Forecasting Center has issued a warning for heavy thundershowers, some accompanied by hail and strong winds, in the coming 72 hours. The affected areas include the highlands, slopes, and western coastal plains from Sa&...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Monday, August 26, that it is closely monitoring the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, who was detained in France. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a press release that it is "closely following t...
Former Egyptian Foreign Minister and former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil Al-Arabi, passed away on Monday, August 26, at the age of 89. Al-Arabi was born on March 15, 1935, in Cairo. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1955 and went on to earn a Master's degree i...
Yemen's Foreign Minister and Minister of Expatriate Affairs, Shae' Al-Zindani, arrived in Moscow on Monday, August 26, at the official invitation of his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to the Yemeni news agency Saba. During the visit, the two ministers are...
Seven people, including children, were killed and four others injured in lightning strikes across several Yemeni governorates over the past week. This brings the total number of lightning strike victims in Yemen since the beginning of July to 78 killed and injured. According to monitoring by &q...
On Monday, August 26, 2024, tribal sources reported that the "Qaifa" tribes had gathered in the city of Radaa, Bayda Governorate (central Yemen), demanding that the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, surrender one of their supervisors accused of "r...
Recent events in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen, have brought armed groups vying for dominance to the forefront, while state authorities, security forces, and the military have completely disappeared. The Houthis, designated as a terrorist group, are the latest of these factions. Sources spe...
في رسالة موجهة إلى رئيس المجلس الرئاسي القيادي رشاد العليمي، الاثنين 26 أغسطس/آب 2024، اتهم شيوخ ووجهاء أرخبيل سقطرى شرقي اليمن، السلطات المدنية والعسكرية في الأرخبيل ب"العمل على تقسيم المجتمع وإدامة الفوضى وتبديد الموارد وأصول الدولة". وطالبت الرسالة، التي اطلعت عليها بران برس، بإقال...
Local authorities in Marib Governorate, northeastern Yemen, inaugurated the operation of a "central scale" for collecting sales tax on goods entering the governorate on Monday, August 26th, 2024. According to the official Yemen News Agency (Saba), Deputy Governor Abdullah Al-Bakri lau...
The manager of the Marib Dam project, engineer Ahmed Al-Arifi, confirmed on Monday, August 26th, 2024, that the water levels reaching the dam are within safe limits and the dam's capacity to hold more floodwaters remains significant, even with ongoing water discharge. Al-Arifi provided this...
A political forum held in Marib Governorate, northeastern Yemen, on Monday, August 26th, 2024, discussed the threats posed by the Israeli war on Gaza, its regional implications, and the repercussions for the Arab region. Organized by the Arab Political Forum, the forum featured three presentati...
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported two separate incidents involving merchant ships off the coast of Yemen in less than five hours on Monday, August 26th, 2024. The UKMTO, in a brief statement published on its official website at 4 pm, seen by "Barran Press", confirmed r...
A tense exchange between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and families of hostages held in Gaza, captured on audio and reported by Israeli media on Monday, August 26th, 2024, reveals Netanyahu's reluctance to prioritize their release. According to the Times of Israel, the recording...
A human rights report released on Monday, August 26th, 2024, documented over 12,557 violations committed by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, in Al-Bayda governorate (central Yemen) over the past decade. The report, published by the Monitoring Center...
The National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning issued a warning on Monday, August 26th, 2024, predicting heavy rains and thunderstorms in 13 governorates across Yemen in the coming hours. The capital Sana'a recorded the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours. According to the center...
The United States announced on Monday, August 26th, 2024, the appointment of Jonathan Peccia as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Yemen. The announcement was made in a statement released by the US Embassy in Yemen. The statement, seen by Bran Press, highlights Peccia's exten...