Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labeled the Iran-backed Houthi attacks on the village of Hanaka Al-Masoud in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen, as war crimes. In a report released on February 13, 2025, HRW details how Houthi militants attacked civilian homes and infrastructure between January 5th a...
Human rights sources reported today the death of a detainee in a prison operated by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen. The individual died just two days after being abducted. Sources accused the Houthis of assassinating Mukhtar Ali Yaqout Al-Ahmadi, a resident ...
Tribes in Yemen’s Al-Baydha Governorate have reaffirmed their commitment to resisting the Iran-backed Houthis, condemning the group’s crimes against civilians in Hanaka Al-Masoud. The tribes dismissed Houthi accusations of terrorism as baseless, highlighting that the Houthis themselves...
Iran-backed Houthi militants have committed severe atrocities against residents of "Hanka Al-Masoud" in the Al-Quraishiyah district of Al-Baydha governorate, central Yemen. According to reports, the Iran-backed Houthis militia on Sunday conducted field executions, abducted citizens, a...
On January 12, 2025, Marib Deputy Governor Abdu Rabbu Miftah condemned the Iran-backed Houthi group's crimes against the residents of "Hanka Al-Masoud" in Al-Bayda province, comparing them to Israeli actions in Gaza. Miftah's remarks came during a meeting with Andrea Pascarelli, ac...
At least seven people were killed and 25 others injured in a series of explosions at domestic gas stations in the Al-Zahir district of Al-Baydha governorate, central Yemen, on Saturday. A local source told Barran Press that the explosions occurred at black market stations in the Al-Majreesh are...
On Friday, January 10, 2025, a coalition of 115 civil society organizations in Yemen urged the international community and the United Nations to take immediate action to halt the violations committed by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization, against civilians in Al-Hankah, Qifa,...
Not far from Al-Hankah village in the Al-Masoud area of the Al-Qurayshiyah district, Houthi forces began an unrelenting bombardment of the village, using tanks and heavy artillery, indiscriminately targeting civilians, including women and children. Eyewitness accounts have drawn parallels to the v...
On December 30, 2024, violent tribal clashes broke out in the city of Rad'a, located in the Bayda Governorate of central Yemen, following the killing of a member of the Al-Salahi tribe. According to local sources, a young man named Mashhoor Mohammed Abdullah Qahil Al-Jufi was shot dead by arme...
The internationally recognized Prime Minister of Yemen, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, has directed the local authorities in Al-Bayda Governorate (central Yemen) to strengthen their presence and engagement with citizens, particularly in liberated areas. The directive came during a meeting betwee...
Redaa, Yemen (August 28, 2024): A court affiliated with the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, has sentenced a child rapist to death by stoning. The verdict was handed down on Wednesday against Abdulkarim Ahmed Saleh Al-Omrani, a Houthi supervisor, who ...
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 Yemeni Ministry of Interior has accused the Houthi rebels of kidnapping and executing a wounded civilian from the Qifah district of al-Bayda governorate. According to a statement released by the ministry's Security Media Center, seen by "Barran Press", the Houthis abduct...
Al-Bayda, Yemen: A tribal mediation effort has successfully ended the siege imposed by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, on the village of "Hammat Sarar" in the "Walad Rabie" district of Al-Bayda governorate (central Yemen). ...
The Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, amassed its forces on Saturday at the entrances of the village of "Hammat Sarar" in the Qifah Walad Rabie' district of Al Bayda governorate (central Yemen), preparing for an assault. The move comes amidst a gov...
Local sources in Al-Bayda governorate (central Yemen) reported on Friday, August 9, 2024, that the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, has deployed new reinforcements to the village of "Hammat Sarar" in the "Walid Rabi' Qifah" district, sur...
On Saturday, August 3, 2024, Yemenis took to social media to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the Houthi group's brutal killing of four prominent sheikhs and dignitaries from Al-Bayda Governorate (central Yemen), using the hashtag #ذكرى_غدر_الحوثي_بمشائخ_البيضاء. The hashtag trended widel...
A child was killed and an African migrant injured in separate landmine explosions in Al-Bayda governorate, central Yemen, the Yemeni Landmine Observatory reported on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. This brings the total number of casualties from landmines in the past week to 14 killed and injured. ...