On January 13, 2025, Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, met with Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss easing Yemen's military, economic, and humanitarian tensions. The talks aimed to restart the Yemeni-led political process and highlighted the need for regional and international su...
Following 100 hours of relentless attacks involving heavy weaponry, including tanks and drones, the Iran-backed Houthi group concluded its assault on the "Al-Masoud" tribe in the village of Al-Hanakah, located in the Al-Qurayshiyah district of Al-Baydha Governorate, central Yemen. The...
The Iran-backed Houthis has referred journalist Mohammed Al-Maiyahi, who has been detained since September, to a Houthi-controlled court, according to human rights sources in Sana'a on Monday. Lawyer Abdulmajid Sabra stated that Al-Maiyahi was interrogated at the Specialized Criminal Prosec...
The Yemeni Army announced on Monday that its forces successfully intercepted and shot down a reconnaissance drone operated by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in northwestern Taiz, southwestern Yemen. According to the Taiz Military Axis, the drone was brought down while flying over army positions. ...
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...
Iran-backed Houthi rebels recently launched a large-scale military campaign against the Al-Masoud tribes in the Al-Hanakah area of Yemen’s Al-Bayda governorate. The escalation was triggered by an incident last week, during which locals, angered by the actions of Houthi security officials, op...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...