Seven people, including children, were killed and four others injured in lightning strikes across several Yemeni governorates over the past week. This brings the total number of lightning strike victims in Yemen since the beginning of July to 78 killed and injured. According to monitoring by &q...
Yemen's President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashid al-Alimi, arrived in Taiz Governorate (southwest Yemen) on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024, marking his first visit to the region since assuming the presidency in 2022. He traveled from the temporary capital of Aden. Barran Press c...
Yemen's President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashid al-Alimi, inaugurated a package of vital development projects in Taiz Governorate (southwest Yemen) on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024. The projects, funded by the Saudi Program for the Reconstruction and Development of Yemen, were la...
Yemen's President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, stated on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024, that his visit to Taiz was a "tribute to the legendary resilience of its people alongside the armed forces and popular resistance in the face of the Houthi project supported by...
Sheikh Alwi Al-Basha Bin Zabea', a member of the Yemeni Shura Council and head of the Arab Parliament's Human Rights Committee, described President of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi's visit to Taiz governorate (southwestern Yemen) as a "historic and expected m...
Taiz, Yemen - On Tuesday, August 27th, Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Head, Rashad Al-Alimi, issued a six-month ultimatum to the local authorities in Taiz, a southwestern province, to rectify their performance and strengthen the presence of state institutions. During a meetin...
The Yemeni Ministry of Interior, recognized by the international community, reported on Monday, August 26th, 2024, a disturbing rise in suicide and attempted suicide cases in the first half of the year. The ministry recorded 113 incidents, resulting in 90 deaths and 23 injuries. According to th...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday, August 25th, that 13 migrants have died and 14 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Taiz Governorate in southwestern Yemen. According to a statement published on the IOM's off...
The United Nations announced on Thursday that it has distributed emergency food aid to over 115,000 people in areas under the control of the internationally recognized government in the Yemeni governorates of Hodeidah and Taiz. The World Food Programme (WFP), in a statement posted on X, monitor...
The Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces, General Saghir bin Aziz, has appointed a military commission to assess the situation of wounded soldiers and security personnel. Sources within the military told Barran Press that the commission, headed by Brigadier General Ali Al-Jaifi, Depu...
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) announced the launch of a donation campaign to provide relief to those affected by recent floods in Yemen. In a statement, QRCS said it has launched a "fundraising campaign to implement an urgent response to the floods that have hit several areas in ...
Taiz, Yemen: Abdulkarim Al-Sufi, a young man from the village of "Al-Tweer" in the western rural area of Taiz Governorate, used to work in date farming, relying on this profession to provide for his family's needs. However, the war forced him to flee his village and leave his fa...
Judge Ishraq Al-Maqtri, a member of the National Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations, has revealed that over 1700 people have been killed or injured by landmines in the Yemeni governorate of Taiz, with the majority of victims being women and children. In an interview with &...
A security meeting held in Taiz governorate (southwestern Yemen) on Sunday, August 11, 2024, under the chairmanship of Governor Nabil Shamsan, approved the activation of a joint operations room for all security and military units in the Shamaitin district, south of the governorate. The meeting als...
The National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning (NCMEW) has forecast the continuation of heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms in the mountainous regions, western coasts, and inland plateaus of Yemen over the coming days. The center attributed the heavy rains that have affected mo...
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) reported on Wednesday, August 7th, that thousands of families have been displaced by heavy floods that struck three governorates in western Yemen over the past few days. The UN agency stated in a press release from its Yemen office that “a tragic human...
Taiz, Yemen - The Taiz Military Axis, part of the Yemeni Army, honored one of its injured officers on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. The officer, Lieutenant 2 Raafat Al-Abidi, has been injured six times during battles against the Houthi rebels in Taiz. The ceremony, held under the direction of...
A Yemeni expatriate in America and two of his relatives were killed in a dispute over a piece of land in Taiz governorate (southwestern Yemen), local sources reported on Monday, August 5th, 2024. Sources told "Barran Press" that a dispute over a piece of land in "Al-Hubban" ...
Ali Al-Ma'amari, a member of the House of Representatives and former governor of Taiz, revealed on Monday, August 5th, 2024, a "corruption case" worth over $16 million related to the Taiz University Medical and Health Sciences College project. In a post on his "X" accoun...
Torrential rains that turned into a low-pressure system on Thursday, August 1, 2024, caused significant damage and material losses in Maqbana district, west of Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen. According to statistics obtained by Barran Press, flash floods in the "Wadi Hajar" va...