On January 12, 2025, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, arrived in Tehran after visits to Muscat and Sana'a. His trip is part of a series of regional and national meetings to advance Yemen peace efforts. On January 9, Grundberg left Sana'a, under the control of the Iran-backed Hou...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
AL-BAYDA, Yemen — On Friday, January 10, 2025, tribal sources reported that local fighters in the Qaifa area of Al-Qurayshiyah District, Al-Bayda province, successfully seized military weapons and equipment from the Houthi group, which is internationally recognized as a terrorist organizatio...
AL-BAYDA, Yemen — Following three consecutive days of intense drone and artillery strikes by the Houthi group, classified as a terrorist organization, dozens of families in the village of Al-Hanakah Al-Masoud in Qifa Rad’a have been compelled to evacuate. Tribal sources reported to ...
SANA'A, Yemen — Human rights sources confirmed on Saturday that the Iran-backed Houthi group has released Yemeni educator Fahd Al-Salami after nearly nine years in detention. Al-Salami, who served as the director of Al-Nahdha Modern Schools before his arrest in mid-2016, had been subjec...
Iran-backed Houthi forces launched a multi-wave assault on the village of Al-Hanakah in the Quraishiyah district of Al-Baydha governorate, central Yemen. The attack, which involved tanks, drones, and heavy artillery, has triggered intense clashes with local tribes. According to local sources, t...
TAIZ, Yemen — On January 9, 2025, the National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations reported on the dire conditions faced by the villages of Al-Lasab, Al-Najd, and Al-Harar in the Sala district of Taiz Governorate. These areas have been subjected to ongoing snipin...
On January 9, 2025, local sources reported that the village of Hanakat Al-Masoud in Qifa, Al-Bayda Governorate, is under heavy attack by Houthi forces, classified internationally as a terrorist organization. The assault involves drone strikes and tank shelling, intensifying the conflict in th...
On January 9, 2025, Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, concluded a three-day visit to the capital, Sana'a, which is under the control of the Houthi movement, designated internationally as a terrorist organization. According to a brief statement released by the envoy...
On January 9, 2025, local sources reported that the Houthi movement, designated internationally as a terrorist organization, has initiated a new wave of arrests since Sunday, targeting former Yemeni employees of various Arab and foreign diplomatic missions and embassies. According to Fares Alhe...
TAIZ, Yemen — On January 8, 2025, local and military sources reported that eight members of the Houthi group, classified internationally as a terrorist organization, were killed or injured in clashes with the Yemeni Army in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen. According to sources speaking ...
SHABWA, Yemen — On January 7, 2025, a field source reported that Yemeni forces successfully repelled an attack by Houthi militants, classified as a terrorist organization, targeting military sites in Marakhah Al-Ulya district, western Shabwa province. The source, speaking to Barran Press,...
On January 8, 2025, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it has conducted "precision" strikes targeting underground facilities used by the Houthi group, which is internationally designated as a terrorist organization, to store advanced conventional weapons. In a statement shared o...
On January 8, 2024, the People's Republic of China officially denied accusations from an Israeli report claiming it is supplying weapons to the Houthi group, which is internationally designated as a terrorist organization, in exchange for safe passage for its ships through the Red Sea. The ...
MARIB, Yemen — On January 8, 2025, the Yemeni Army announced that its air defenses successfully shot down an "offensive" drone belonging to the Houthi group, which is internationally designated as a terrorist organization. The incident occurred in military positions located in the ...
On January 7, 2025, the Yemeni Journalists' Union urged the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, to stop its harassment and mistreatment of journalists and to release all detainees. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, the union specifically cal...
SHABWA, Yemen — On January 7, 2025, a local source reported that five members of the security forces in Shabwa province were killed or injured during an operation targeting individuals suspected of collaborating with the Houthi group in the Dahr district. According to sources speaking to ...