The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on seven senior members of Ansarallah, commonly known as the Iran-backed Houthis, for smuggling weapons and procuring military support from Russia. The statement, seen by Barran Press, details...
The Media Freedom Observatory documented 19 media freedom violations in Yemen throughout February. The Iran-backed Houthis, designated as a terrorist group by many Western nations, were responsible for 14 of these incidents. According to a report seen by Barran Press, the Yemeni govern...
On Monday, Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak called on governors of provinces under Iran-backed Houthi control to "raise readiness and prepare for all options" to end the suffering of citizens caused by the Houthis' coup. During phone calls with the governors of Sanaa, Saa...
Rights sources have reported the tragic death of Abdullah Saif Sharyan, a mentally ill resident of Sana'a, Yemen, who was forcibly sent to the frontlines by the Iran-backed Houthis. Fahmi Al-Zubairi, Director of Human Rights in the Capital Secretariat, revealed that the Houthis exploited Sharya...
Human rights sources reported that Abdul Qader, an elderly Ethiopian citizen with health issues, was brutally beaten by Houthi members in Dhamar, central Yemen, on Sunday. The assault, condemned as a "racist crime" by activist Riyadh Al-Dubai, occurred because Abdul Qader lacked identifi...
On February 27, 2025, Ahmed Suleiman Ahmed Hamli Ruzaiq, a captured Houthi element, admitted to conducting five arms and equipment smuggling operations from the Iran-backed Houthis to Somalia’s Al-Shabaab in late 2024. His confession, aired by the National Resistance media on Yemen’s w...
Tariq Saleh, a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council and commander of the National Resistance Forces, announced that victory against the Iran-backed Houthis is closer than ever. Speaking during a visit to the Al-Barah Front on Friday, Saleh pointed to recent international and local...
Abdu Rabbu Hulais, deputy director of Marib Governor Sultan Al-Aradah’s office, warned that the Iran-backed Houthis’ ongoing war against Marib could erupt into full-scale conflict at any moment. Speaking at the Yemen International Forum in Amman, Hulais described the truce in place sin...
The Iran-backed Houthis has initiated a campaign to recruit girls for military training, beginning with approximately 75 girls in Sana'a, according to a statement released by the Yemen Network for Rights and Freedoms." The organization alleges that these girls were forcibly subjected to i...
Recent reports alleged that Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen have been systematically injecting detainees with toxic substances, leading to the deaths of at least 98 individuals shortly after their release. The Yemeni Organization for Prisoners and Kidnapped Persons has brought forth these serio...
The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Human Rights Violations announced on February 25, 2025, that it had recorded 340 violations stemming from indiscriminate shelling by the Iran-backed Houthis in Hayfan, a district in southwest Yemen’s Taiz province. The attacks have claimed numer...
On February 25, 2025, Faisal bin Amin Abu Ras, brother of the General People’s Congress (GPC) President in Sanaa, said that the Iran-backed Houthi had detained Sheikh Aqeel Fadil, the head of the GPC’s Ibb branch. In an X post seen by "Barran Press," Abu Ras revealed that Fad...
The National Bloc of Yemeni Political Parties, a coalition opposing the Iran-backed Houthis, called for greater unity among state institutions, particularly the Presidential Leadership Council and the government, amid signs of internal friction. The appeal came during a meeting chaired by Ahmed Ob...
A 17-year-old boy, R.M.A.M. Al-Sabri, was killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group in the Al-Had district of Yafa, Lahj, southern Yemen, on February 24th. Lahj security authorities confirmed the death. According to a statement from Lahj Police, the boy died from injuries sus...
Twenty-two sheep were killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthis, south of Marib,on Sunday. A local source in Marib Governorate reported that Saleh Saeed Al-Qubaisi was herding 25 sheep in Jabal Al-Duma area of the Mala’a mountain range, located between the Harib and Al-Juba ...
On February 23, 2025, military sources reported that the Yemeni army thwarted attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis across fronts in Marib, Al Jawf (northeast), and Taiz (southwest Yemen). According to the Armed Forces Media Center, the army neutralized Houthi fire on multiple Marib fronts, destroyin...
On Sunday,the tribes of Khawlan Al-Tiyal, Sanhan, Bani Hashish, and Bilad Al-Rus announced their determination to dismantle the Iran-backed Houthis’ coup. Gathered in an armed assembly in Marib, northeastern Yemen, thousands from these Sanaa tribal belt communities declared full mobilization...
Military sources reported that Iran-backed Houthis deployed drones to strike mine clearance equipment at the eastern entrance to Taiz city in southwest Yemen. According to Barran Press, the targeted gear belonged to HALO Trust Yemen, which was surveying the Kamb neighborhood for landmines—pr...
Senior U.S. military officials are deliberating a response to an Iran-backed Houthi attempt to shoot down a U.S. F-16 fighters last Wednesday, according to Fox News. Three senior defense officials confirmed ongoing policy talks. The options range from sustained strikes on Houthi leaders and planne...
On Friday, Shohood for Human Rights reported the death of 14-year-old Raddad Saleh Ali Ghalib, alleging he died from injuries sustained in an assault at the Al-Falah center in the Melh area of Nihm District, Sana'a Governorate, an area under Houthi control. Shohood stated that Raddad was forc...