HADRAMOUT, Yemen - The Hadramut Tribes Alliance on Saturday reiterated its demand for "self-rule" in the eastern province of Hadramout, despite the recent unveiling of a stabilization plan by the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, the Allian...
Kazakhstan authorities reported on December 25, 2024, that 42 people lost their lives in the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane in western Kazakhstan. Of the 67 people on board, 28 survived the tragic incident. According to Russian news agency Sputnik, preliminary information indicates that...
On Monday, November 18, 2024, Yemeni Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak announced the launch of a comprehensive reform plan for state institutions, consisting of five key pillars. The announcement was made during the opening of the National Workshop on Institutional Reforms in Yemen, titled...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government held an extensive meeting on November 7, 2024, to evaluate a comprehensive economic rescue plan aligned with its priorities of restoring state authority, ending the Houthi insurgency, and achieving peace. The extraordinary meeting, chaired by Pri...
On September 10, 2024, the French news agency reported that the Paris Court of Appeal found Yemenia Airlines guilty of involuntary manslaughter following the 2009 crash of one of its planes off the coast of the Comoros, which resulted in 152 fatalities. The court upheld a previous ruling from S...
A senior official in the Marib Electricity Authority has confirmed to “Barran Press” that the Marib Gas Power Plant is currently out of service. The official, who requested anonymity as they are not authorized to speak to the media, attributed the outage to a gas shortage. The offic...
President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, concluded his visit to Hadhramaut Governorate (eastern Yemen) on Sunday, August 4, 2024, announcing the construction of two 100-megawatt power plants. Al-Alimi, who has been visiting the governorate since late July accompanied b...
Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak has announced a "comprehensive economic rescue plan" in response to the current economic challenges facing the country. The plan will be implemented in collaboration with Yemen's development partners, including donor countries and organiza...
A prominent Yemeni aviation engineer, Aref Reza, was among 18 people killed in a plane crash in Nepal on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, according to local and international media reports. The plane, carrying 19 passengers, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathman...
he Deputy Governor of Marib, Dr. Abdur-Rahman Muftah, met with Ibrahim al-Hadad, the Head of Communication and Information Systems at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The meeting focused on coordinating the integration of the lo...
Yemen is teetering on the edge of a "very dangerous" stage, according to the country's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Waeed Badhib. Speaking at the UN's Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Badhib attributed this perilous situation to the decade-long H...
The board of directors of Yemenia Airways held a meeting in Cairo on Friday, July 5th, 2024, just hours after an agreement was reached for the release of the airline's planes seized by the Houthis. The company also announced that two flights would be operated to Sana'a, transporting strand...
Informed sources have confirmed that the Houthis have agreed to release Yemeni Airlines planes in exchange for the resumption of flights from Sana'a to Jordan. The sources, who spoke to "Barran Press" on condition of anonymity, attributed the Houthis' decision to the return of Ho...
The Director General of the Planning and International Cooperation Office in Marib Governorate, Engineer Saleh Al-Saqqaf, met with the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Saeed Musa Abitidon, on Thursday, July 4th, 2024. The meeting focused on the urgent...
The Yemeni Ministries of Awqaf (Endowments) and Transport, in the internationally recognized government, have strongly condemned the politicization of the Yemeni Airways crisis, emphasizing that the national carrier is dedicated to serving all Yemeni travelers. This, they stressed, has been a cons...
Sana'a International Airport Director Khaled Al-Shaif confirmed on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, that the Saudi-led Arab coalition has halted all flights to and from the airport since the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, seized Yemenia Airlines planes a week ago...
The United States has condemned the seizure of four Yemenia Airlines planes by the Houthi rebels, who are designated as a terrorist group by the US. The planes were carrying Hajj pilgrims to Sana'a International Airport. US Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin, expressed his condemnation durin...