AL HODEIDAH, Yemen — On January 5, 2025, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) confirmed that 13 civilians, including eight children, were killed or injured in landmine incidents in Al Hudaydah province during December 2024. In a statement reviewed by "...
YEMEN — On January 4, 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 3,649 families, totaling 21,894 individuals, were displaced in Yemen throughout 2024. In a report reviewed by Barran Press, the IOM noted that its displacement tracking matrix monitored displaceme...
ADEN, Yemen — On January 1, 2025, faculty members from the universities of Aden, Lahij, Abyan, and Shabwa staged a protest outside the United Nations office in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen. This demonstration is part of a series of escalating actions initiated by the professors' ...
NEW ORLEANS — On January 1, 2025, city authorities reported that at least ten people were killed and around 30 others injured when a vehicle crashed into a crowd during New Year’s Eve celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans police confirmed they were responding to a sign...
On December 30, 2024, the United Kingdom expressed its deep concern regarding Israeli airstrikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Yemen. The call for adherence to international humanitarian law was made by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, the UK's permanent representative to the United Nations...
On December 30, 2024, the United States urged the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures in response to the escalating threats posed by the Houthi movement and to hold Iran accountable for its support of the group. Deputy US Ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, made the remarks...
On December 28, 2024, a protest in the city of Hays, located in southern Al-Hodeidah governorate, called on the international community, particularly the United Nations Mission in Yemen (UNMHA), to pressure the Houthi movement to cease its attacks on civilians using artillery and drones. P...
On December 28, 2024, a local source in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen, reported that two brothers were killed by a relative in Ataq, the provincial capital. According to the source speaking to Barran Press, the assailant identified as Naif bin Khalid Qais Al-Barasi, shot and killed Salih Salah...
On December 26, 2024, Saleh Al-Saqaf, the Director of the Planning and International Cooperation Office in Marib, northeastern Yemen, met with representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss the progress of the Institutional and Economic Resilience Enhancement Proje...
In a move to address the ongoing plight of wounded soldiers and the families of martyrs, Rashad Alimi, the Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, has directed the establishment of a national authority dedicated to their care. This marks the third directive since the council's...
On December 25, 2024, Saba University in Marib, northeastern Yemen, awarded a master’s degree to researcher Abir Mohammed Qaed Al-Humaidi following a successful defense of her thesis titled "A Proposed Framework for Developing School Activities in Primary Education in Marib Governorate ...
A devastating fire in a displacement camp in Marib, northeastern Yemen, has resulted in the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl and left her father and brother injured. The incident occurred in the Al-Jafina camp, south of Marib city, on December 25, 2024. According to the Executive Unit for Camp...
On December 24, 2024, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council convened to assess military readiness across various fronts, as intense diplomatic activity unfolds in Riyadh, signaling a potential military operation aimed at liberating Sana’a and ending the Houthi insurgency. Accordin...
On December 23, 2024, Julian Harnis, the UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen, revealed that he has been involved in direct negotiations with the Houthi group, classified internationally as a terrorist organization, regarding the abduction of relief workers. This comes as the UN has issued over 50 sta...
On December 23, 2024, the “Masam” project, dedicated to clearing Yemen of landmines, announced that its teams successfully removed 570 landmines and unexploded ordnance last week. This brings the total cleared since the beginning of December to 2,224 explosive devices. In a press re...
In an exclusive interview with "Barran Press," Saif Muthanna, Director General of the Executive Unit for Managing Displaced Persons Camps in Marib, highlighted the severe hardships faced by displaced persons in Marib (northeast Yemen) as winter sets in and humanitarian aid from partner o...
In a push for better connectivity, Mabkhot bin Aqar, the Director General of the General Organization for Wireless and Wire Communications in Marib, Yemen, urged relevant authorities on December 22, 2024, to facilitate improvements in telecommunications services across the province. During a re...
On December 21, 2024, the internationally recognized Yemeni government condemned the tragic vehicular attack that occurred in Magdeburg, Germany, resulting in multiple casualties and injuries. In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reported by the official Yemeni news ag...
Since 2020, Houthi leader Hashim Ismail Al-Madani has emerged as a pivotal figure in the group's economic operations, rising from his role as a political advisor to managing crucial financial activities. On Thursday, December 19, 2024, Al-Madani was prominently listed among 12 individuals and ...
On December 20, 2024, the United Nations expressed deep concern over the escalating military exchanges between the Houthi group and Israel, including recent Israeli airstrikes on Yemeni ports and Houthi missile launches targeting Israel. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that Se...