The Washington Center for Yemeni Studies (WCYS) hosted its second annual "Yemeni Advocacy Day" at the US Congress on Thursday, July 11, 2024, bringing together over 130 Yemeni Americans from 17 states. The event, according to a statement by the WCYS monitored by Barran Press, focused ...
The United States on Thursday, July 11, 2024, imposed sanctions on three Israeli individuals and five entities linked to violence against civilians in the West Bank, according to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. Miller stated in a press release that one of the targets of the sancti...
The Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, continues its campaign of arrests that began in early June, targeting dozens of local and international agency employees. According to journalist Faris Alhemyari, a correspondent for China's Xinhua news age...
The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released a new report on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, providing visual evidence of Iranian weapons and components intercepted while being transported to the Houthis in Yemen. Titled "Seized at Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis," the rep...
A new report urges the Biden administration to adopt a "new approach" to defeat the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization, including addressing their Iranian backers. The report, published by the New York Post and translated by Bran Press, argues that the current Biden ...
Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday, July 8th, 2024, that indirect negotiations are currently underway between Tehran and Washington, mediated by Oman. The ministry stated that details of the talks will be announced "in due time." The announcement was made during a weekly ...
The Yemeni government delegation negotiating the prisoner exchange file announced the conclusion of consultations held in Muscat, Oman, under UN auspices, on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Majid Fadil, the spokesperson for the government delegation, stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter), seen by Ba...
With the words, "Enough, bring back my son," Saddam Al-Ruhani's mother responded to a question from "Barran Press" about her comment on the ongoing Muscat negotiations. Saddam's mother expressed her intense anticipation and anxiety about the outcome of the Muscat neg...
The head of Yemen's Islah Party, Mohammed al-Yadumi, expressed his discontent with the recent prisoner exchange agreement reached in Muscat, Oman, criticizing the lack of representation for the internationally recognized Yemeni government in the negotiations. Al-Yadumi, in a statement poste...
The fate of Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan remains shrouded in uncertainty as negotiations for a prisoner exchange between the internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels continue in Muscat, Oman. Abdulmalik al-Mikhlafi, Deputy Head of the Yemeni Consultation and Recon...
Senator Fatima Payman, a member of the governing Australian Labor Party, has resigned from the party after being suspended from the parliamentary caucus for supporting a Greens Party proposal to recognize Palestine as a state. Payman, who represents Western Australia, announced her resignation ...
On Friday, July 5th, 2024, sources reported that a draft agreement regarding the fate of Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan was signed in Muscat, Oman, during prisoner exchange negotiations between the internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Houthi group. According to journalist Far...
The family of prominent Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtaan, who has been held captive by the Houthi group for ten years, has vehemently rejected the recent announcement from Muscat regarding his potential release. The family issued a statement on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, denouncing the "farce...
A coalition of 148 Yemeni civil society organizations expressed deep concern and strong condemnation of recent developments in the ongoing negotiations in Muscat, Oman, regarding the fate of forcibly disappeared individuals, particularly the prominent civilian politician Mohammed Qahtan. In a j...
The spokesperson for Yemen's Islah Party, Adnan al-Odaini, confirmed on Thursday, July 4, 2024, that the party has "confirmed information" that their senior member, Mohammed Qahtan, who has been held captive by the Houthi group for nine years, is alive. Al-Odaini, who is also the ...
The US State Department issued a reminder on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, of its Level 4 travel advisories, warning American citizens against travel to 19 countries deemed to pose the highest risk to safety. The list includes six Arab countries: Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia. ...
The UN-brokered talks in Muscat, Oman, between the internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels have reached a breakthrough, with both sides agreeing on a prisoner exchange that includes the release of prominent politician Mohammed Qahtan. The UN Special Envoy for Yemen an...
Yemeni Foreign Minister and Minister of Expatriate Affairs, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, met separately with the ambassadors of the United States, France, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Yemen on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, to discuss "areas of mutual cooperation between the two countries."...
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...
The government of Yemen's negotiating team has hinted at a lack of progress in prisoner swap talks with the Houthis in the Omani capital Muscat, under UN auspices. Majid Fadhail, spokesperson for the government negotiating team, said on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, that the talks "are stil...