Project Masam, the Saudi-funded initiative to clear landmines in Yemen, announced today that its teams have successfully removed 1,689 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) across several Yemeni governorates over the past week. These cleared muniti...
An unexploded projectile, a remnant of the conflict with the Houthi group, seriously injured a civilian today in Al-Faw area of Yemen's northeastern Marib governorate, according to security sources. Marib police, in a statement seen by "Bran Press," identified the inju...
A devastating landmine explosion in Yemen's central Al-Baydha governorate today claimed the life of one civilian and severely injured two others from the same family. Human rights sources attributed the blast to a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group. The E...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government today accused the Houthi rebel group of running more than 250 clandestine detention centers, housing over 2,000 forcibly disappeared individuals. The staggering claim was made during a regional conference in Baghdad, shedding light on th...
The Saudi-funded "Masam" mine clearance project in Yemen has been extended for an additional year with a $52.994 million boost, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced Thursday. The extension underscores efforts to enhance security and aid i...
A woman was killed and six of her children were injured on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, after a projectile fired by the Houthi group, classified as a terrorist organization, struck a civilian home in the Al-Musaymir district of Lahj governorate, southern Yemen. A local source told "B...
Doctors and healthcare workers in Sana'a, led by a former Houthi health official, are exposing billions of dollars in corruption within the Houthi-controlled health sector. The accusations highlight internal power struggles within the group. For weeks, medical professionals have d...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (MSAM) announced today the removal of 1,504 mines, unexploded ordnance, and IEDs planted by the Houthi group across Yemen in the past week. The Houthis are internationally designated as a terrorist organization. This brings MSAM&#...
A human rights organization is demanding an immediate international investigation into a Houthi weapons depot explosion that reportedly killed and injured over 100 people and destroyed more than 10 homes in the Yemeni capital. The blast, which occurred on Thursday, has been shrouded in...
The Iran-backed Houthis targeted a residential neighborhood in eastern Taiz city, southwestern Yemen, with artillery shells, on Monday. Military sources informed "Bran Press" that artillery shells fired by the Houthis from their positions in the Softel hill and al-Hurriya ...
A 17-year-old boy suffered critical injuries on Tuesday after stepping on a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group in the Maqbanah district, west of Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen, local sources reported. The sources, speaking to "Baran Press," identi...
A Yemeni human rights organization, the Eye Organization for Human Rights, has condemned the Iran-backed Houthis for the "arbitrary arrest" of six civilians in Al-Mahwait governorate. The group accused the Houthis of violating citizens' rights to document security threats after resid...
U.S. officials stated Thursday that a Chinese satellite company with ties to the Chinese military, Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. (CGSTL), is providing the Iran-backed Houthis with imagery used to target U.S. and international vessels in the Red Sea. Officials reported that CGSTL, linked ...
A deadly armed ambush in Al-Jawf Governorate, northeastern Yemen, resulted in the death of four Iran-backed Houthi elements, including a commander, Ahmed Jaber Malfi Al-Razami. Two others were injured in the attack, according to tribal sources speaking to Barran Press. The ambush occurred on ...
Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has warned that Iran’s strategic ambitions in the Red Sea pose a direct threat to global maritime security. In an interview with Der Spiegel on Sunday, he accused Tehran of collaborating with both Al-Qaeda and its pr...
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, addressed the shrinking civil space in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, highlighting the group's arbitrary arrests of UN staff, civil society members, diplomats, and private sector individuals as a major obstacle. Speaking at the closing of the third...
The United States has urged the international community to join forces with regional partners to dismantle the capabilities of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made this call during a Security Council briefing on Thursday. Ambassador Shea underscored the threat the Houthis...
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...
Five civilians, including a child, were injured in separate landmine explosions in Al Hudaydah and Al Jawf, Yemen, on Monday, according to a rights monitor. The Yemen Landmine Monitor reported on X platform, as observed by Barran Press, that a father and son were injured in Al Khawkhah, Hodeid...
The Yemeni government and the United States have agreed to collaborate on restricting the reach of Houthi-affiliated media on international platforms. This agreement follows discussions between Yemeni Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani and US officials, including Special Envoy to Yemen T...