On Friday, May 31, 2024, the Presidential Leadership Council announced its full support for the decisions of the Central Bank of Yemen, "its measures and policies aimed at protecting the banking system and ending monetary distortions." The Council urged the continuation of &quo...
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council issued a stark warning on Thursday, May 30, 2024, that the Houthi militia, internationally designated as a terrorist group, is "prepari...
The Yemeni Central Bank, headquartered in the interim capital of Aden, has suspended dealings with six Yemeni banks and financial institutions for failing to relocate their headquarters to Aden within a 60-day deadline. The decision, announced on Thursday, May 30th, 2024, affects the ...
The Central Bank of Yemen has called upon individuals, commercial establishments, companies, other entities, as well as financial and banking institutions holding old edition banknotes predating 2016, of various denominations, to promptly deposit them within a maximum period of sixty day...
Southern Transitional Council (STC) leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi on Tuesday accused the internationally recognized Yemeni government, of which the STC is a part, of "incompetence and failure," hinting at a potential withdrawal from the Presidential Leadership Council and the governme...
Amjad Khaled, the former commander of the Yemeni Army's General Transport Brigade, has rejected the death sentence issued against him by the Special Criminal Court in Aden, calling it a politically motivated move by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). In a video s...
The family of journalist Ahmed Maher, currently detained in prisons controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Aden, the interim capital of Yemen, has condemned a four-year prison sentence handed down by a specialized criminal court on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. In a statement receive...
A specialized criminal court in Aden, serving as the interim capital of Yemen, sentenced former Yemeni army officer Amjad Khalid and six others to death on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The verdict, issued in case number 95+49 for the year 1443 AH, found the defendants guilty of "participa...
A new initiative aimed at easing the escalating crisis between the internationally recognized Central Bank of Yemen in Aden and its branch in Sana'a, controlled by the Houthi group, was announced on Saturday, May 25th, 2024. The initiative, unveiled by the Economic Reform Team and reported by ...
Aden, Yemen – Twelve human rights organizations have issued an urgent call for justice for journalist Ahmed Maher, who they say has been arbitrarily detained by authorities in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, since August 2022, due to his journalistic activities. In a joint state...
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, on Saturday called on the internationally recognized Yemeni government to take responsibility for the rapidly declining value of the local currency. He urged the g...
Aden, Yemen - Lieutenant General Mohsen al-Daeri, the Defense Minister of Yemen, briefed the United Nations on Sunday regarding the escalating activities of the internationally designated terrorist group, the Houthis, in the Al-Abdiyah area located in the southern part of Marib Governorate in nort...
Aden, Yemen - A Yemenia Airlines flight caused panic among residents of Aden on Saturday, May 18, 2024, after circling the city for over two hours. While social media buzzed with speculation of a technical issue, both the airline and the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (GA...
Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, the head of the internationally recognized Yemeni government, recently spoke about the pressing electricity problem in the country and the lack of trust citizens have in their government. In an interview, the first since he assumed the presidency of the Yemeni government, b...