On January 17, 2025, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on the Yemen and Kuwait Bank for Commerce and Investment (YSC) for providing financial support to the Iran-backed Houthis. The sanctions aim to disrupt the Houthis' access to the international financial system and their funding for destabili...
The UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement reported that landmines caused 41 civilian deaths and 52 injuries in Hodeidah over the past year. Women and children accounted for 40% of the victims. While the number of incidents has decreased compared to 2023, Yemen remains deeply affected by exp...
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...
The Iran-backed Houthi group announced on Monday the deaths of 11 fighters, all presented as high-ranking officers. The Houthi-controlled Yemeni News Agency, "Saba," reported that the funeral for these individuals took place in Sana'a. This marks the highest single-day toll of Hou...
On January 13, 2025, human rights sources reported the death of 18-year-old Issam Al-Zarf in the custody of the Iran-backed Houthi group, just one day after his abduction. Al-Zarf was taken from his farm in Bani Hashish, east of Sana'a, and died in a Houthi prison on January 12, 2025. Fahmi...
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...
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 villagers...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...