ABYAN, Yemen — Two young sisters were injured in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance left behind by Iran-backed Houthi militants at a displacement camp in the Shuqrah district of Abyan on Friday. According to a statement from the Shuqrah police, the injured girls, Iman Amin Zahir, ...
ABYAN, Yemen — On January 4, 2025, military sources reported that joint forces launched a swift operation in Abyan province, southern Yemen, successfully clearing a camp used by al-Qaeda militants from the Wadi Itisaba area. According to a statement published on the Southern Shield websit...
On December 21, 2024, security sources in Abyan province, southern Yemen, reported a significant victory as joint security and military forces, aligned with the Southern Transitional Council, successfully seized an Al-Qaeda camp in the region. According to a statement from the Abyan Security Di...
Abyan, Yemen – In a dramatic operation, security forces successfully rescued a Russian national from kidnappers in the mountainous region of Abyan on December 18, 2024. Sources reported that a joint team from Abyan’s security and military forces acted swiftly after receiving alerts abo...
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as Masam, reported that its engineering teams have destroyed 1,359 pieces of unexploded ordnance left behind by the Houthi movement in the Dufas area of Zinjibar District, Abyan Governorate. According to the...
Local sources reported on Monday, December 3, 2024, that a citizen has died in a hospital in Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital, from injuries sustained in a shooting incident last Friday in Jaar, located in the Khawlan district of Abyan province. The victim, identified as Saddam Saif Mohamm...
On Sunday, December 1, 2024, local sources in Abyan province, southern Yemen, reported injuries resulting from an explosion that targeted a military vehicle in the Modya district. According to a source speaking to Barran Press, a powerful blast shook the Modya district, specifically in the vill...
On November 19, 2024, Yemen’s Ministry of Interior announced the death of one of its soldiers during a "terrorist operation" in Abyan province, located in southern Yemen. In a statement released on the ministry's official website, the soldier, Bashar Aref, a 20-year-old resi...
A soldier was killed and seven others were injured on Monday, October 21, 2024, when their military vehicle was struck by an explosive device in the Modya district of Abyan province, southeastern Yemen. Military sources reported to "Barran Press" that the explosive targeted a military...
The Yemeni Ministry of Interior, part of the internationally recognized government, announced the death of a soldier in Modyah District, Abyan Province, southern Yemen. According to the ministry's security media, the Abyan Police reported that terrorist elements shot and killed a 30-year-ol...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning forecasted on Friday that varying intensities of thunderstorms are expected across multiple regions in ten Yemeni governorates within the next 24 hours. In its daily bulletin, reviewed by Barran Press, the center indicated that weather condi...
Wednesday, October 9, 2024—The National Meteorological Center issued a forecast on October 9, predicting scattered thunderstorms of varying intensity across several regions in Socotra, the Tihama Plain, and ten other Yemeni provinces within the next 24 hours. In its daily bulletin, which ...
Forty passengers escaped unharmed when their bus caught fire in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen, on Monday, October 7th, 2024. The bus, belonging to Al-Afdal International Transportation Company, was traveling from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Aden, Yemen's temporary capital. The incident occ...
ABYAN – Gas tanker drivers are staging a protest in Abyan governorate, blocking the main highway between Shabwah and Aden, and refusing to deliver fuel to the temporary capital, sources reported Friday, October 4, 2024. The drivers are protesting what they call illegal taxes imposed by check...
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, local sources in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen, reported that a civilian was injured during an exchange of gunfire between armed assailants and the security detail guarding the home of a leader in the Security Belt Forces affiliated with the Southern Transition C...
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, local sources reported the death of a young man who was struck by an ambulance in Abyan province, southern Yemen. According to information obtained by Barran Press, the ambulance, which was coming from Shabwa province in the southeast, ran over the son of citizen...
On September 21, 2024, tribal sources reported the successful formation of a five-member committee from the Al-Jaadna tribe to meet with Council Member and Commander of the Giants Forces, Abdulrahman Al-Mahrami, regarding the kidnapping of Sheikh Ali Ashal Al-Jaadni. According to sources speaki...
On Saturday, September 7, 2024, the city of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate (Southern Yemen) witnessed a massive demonstration demanding the revelation of the fate of abducted Major Ali Ashal Al-Ja'dani, who disappeared in Aden on June 12th. Thousands of Abyan residents gathered in the city s...
Heavy rains and flash floods continue to devastate parts of Yemen, claiming the lives of at least two people and leaving a soldier missing. On Tuesday, August 27th, a young man identified as Abdullah Saeed Abdullah Al-Marqashi drowned in the "Bana" wadi in Abyan governorate, southern ...
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...