The Houthi group has established three new training camps and intensified trench digging in southwestern Yemen's Taiz Governorate, military and local sources reported Thursday. This activity signals a potential internal escalation by the Houthis, occurring after a reported lull in ...
German prosecutors announced Thursday the arrest of a Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi rebels in his homeland and briefly engaging in combat with the group. The individual, identified only as Hussein H. in compliance with German privacy regulations, was apprehended in Dac...
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 ...
Local sources in Amran Governorate, northern Yemen, reported on Monday that Houthi militants detonated a citizen's home in Qaflat Adhar district, while a gunman killed a pharmacist in Jabal Iyal Yazid district. One local source informed "Bran Press" that an armed Houthi ...
Journalist Mohammed al-Miyahi stood defiant but in shackles during his second hearing before a Houthi-affiliated court today, his lawyer reported. Al-Miyahi denied the charges against him, asserting that his writings had been misrepresented. According to his lawyer, Ammar Ali Yassin...
Local sources reported on Monday the commencement of procedures to reopen a vital road in Dhale Governorate, southern Yemen, leading towards the governorates of Ibb, Dhamar, and Sana'a. This development comes after a ten-year closure resulting from the ongoing war in the country, w...
Yemeni Teachers Union has leveled serious accusations against the Houthi group, alleging a systematic effort to supplant qualified educators with unqualified individuals and forcibly impose sectarian curricula in areas under their control. The union, in a statement released Saturday, detailed a s...
Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi urged Arab leaders at the 34th Arab Summit to take decisive action against the Houthi group, labeling them a terrorist organization. He stressed Yemen's "existential struggle" and called for the implementatio...
Local sources reported Saturday that the Houthi group is detaining four cargo vessels in Hodeidah port following recent Israeli airstrikes on the facility. The ships, reportedly including "shadow vessels" suspected of sanctions evasion, were prevented from leaving, according to...
Yemen's internationally recognized government has called on the UN Security Council to intervene and find a way to restart its oil exports, revealing losses of $7.5 billion since the Houthi group halted shipments in October 2022. Yemen's UN envoy, Abdullah al-Saadi, told the co...
A Houthi supervisor poured hot oil on an elderly pastry vendor in Ibb governorate on Thursday, according to residents. The Houthi supervisor has been identified as Ahmed Halwan Al-Taheri, who reportedly claims the rank of captain. The victim, Ali Dabwan, was working in the Al-...
Tariq Saleh, a member of the Presidential Leadership Council, stated on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, that the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group was not previously informed about the ceasefire agreement in the Red Sea. Instead, he allegedly received direct instructions from Iran to cease...
A prominent leader in the Islah Party and member of the Yemeni Parliament, Abdul Razzaq al-Hajri, affirmed on Thursday that the Yemeni people's battle against the Houthi group is "not merely a political struggle" but a fight to safeguard the republic and the state. He asser...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen ("Masam") announced, on Wednesday, detonation of a substantial cache of (3,036) landmines and unexploded ordnance in the strategically important Bab al-Mandab region of southwestern Yemen. This operation un...
A local source reported that a woman was fatally shot by armed militants belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis at a checkpoint in the "Dhi Na'im" district of al-Baydha governorate. According to the local source, the victim, identified as the daughter of citizen Abdrabbu...
Maritime monitoring stations have documented the arrival of commercial vessels at Israeli ports after navigating the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, despite the Houthi group's declaration that their prohibition on ships destined for Israel remains active and falls outsid...
The Iran-backed Houthi group released Yemeni singer Khalil Farhan on Tuesday, after holding him for over two weeks in one of their prisons in Dhamar Governorate, central Yemen. His detention followed his performance of national songs and the national anthem at a wedding. Singer Khal...
The Suez Canal Authority announced Tuesday a reduction of up to 15% in transit fees for ships, aiming to incentivize major shipping lines to resume using the vital waterway. Authority Chairman Lieutenant General Osama Rabie stated the 90-day discount seeks to encourage a return to the...
Khaled al-Shayef, the Houthi-appointed director of Sana'a International Airport, which is controlled by the Houthi group, announced on Tuesday that the airport will resume operations starting Wednesday. This comes days after it was taken out of service following Israeli airstrikes....
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an international network accused of smuggling Iranian oil to China, with proceeds allegedly funding the Iranian military and its regional proxies, including the Houthis. The State Department identified the network as operating for the Iranian...