Female protesters demanding improved basic services in Aden faced suppression and beatings by batons from Southern Transitional Council (STC) female recruits on Saturday. Local sources told Bran Press that the women, protesting for better electricity and other essential services a...
Barran Media Foundation marked the first anniversary of its news platform, Bran Press, on Sunday, May 25. Launched a year ago, the website has quickly become a key source of news in Yemen, championing accuracy, clarity, professionalism, balance, objectivity, and sobriety in its reporting...
A human rights organization has sharply criticized the Southern Transitional Council (STC) for its "excessive violence" against peaceful female protesters in Aden. Sam Organization for Rights and Liberties stated on Sunday, May 25, that the assaults represent a "dangerous escalation a...
A Houthi-run specialized criminal court in Sanaa has sentenced Yemeni journalist and writer Mohammed Al-Miyahi to 18 months in prison, along with a demand for a written pledge and a financial guarantee of five million Yemeni Riyals. This ruling, announced Saturday, comes after Al-Miyah...
The Iran-backed Houthi militia has launched a sweeping campaign of arrests in Yemen's western Hodeidah Governorate, abducting over eight journalists and media professionals. The National Organization of Yemeni Journalists "Sada" announced Saturday that the Houthi group ca...
Women in the beleaguered city of Taiz have staged a protest movement, demanding an urgent restoration of basic services, with the critical scarcity of water at the forefront of their grievances. Dozens of women gathered on Saturday in a powerful demonstration mirroring similar women-led ...
Multiple explosions ripped through the Sarf area in the Bani Hushaish district, north of Sana'a, on Thursday, May 22, causing an unknown number of casualties and injuries. The incidents occurred amidst a tight lid of secrecy from Houthi authorities and conflicting reports regarding t...
A human rights organization is demanding an immediate international investigation into a Houthi weapons depot explosion that reportedly killed and injured over 100 people and destroyed more than 10 homes in the Yemeni capital. The blast, which occurred on Thursday, has been shrouded in...
Project Masam, the Saudi-backed demining initiative in Yemen, announced Thursday that its teams have removed 1,095 mines planted by the Houthi group across several provinces during the third week of May. The mines cleared include 32 anti-tank mines, 7 anti-personnel mines, and 1,056...
A civilian was shot and killed by Houthi gunmen at a checkpoint in the Khabb wa ash Sha'af district of Jawf Governorate, northeastern Yemen, on Thursday. This marks the second such incident since the beginning of May, a local source reported. The victim, identified as Hilal Naji A...
The Houthi group has established three new training camps and intensified trench digging in southwestern Yemen's Taiz Governorate, military and local sources reported Thursday. This activity signals a potential internal escalation by the Houthis, occurring after a reported lull in ...
The Taiz branch of the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate reported on Tuesday that journalist Yassin Al-Aqlani of "Yemen Shabab Net" has received serious threats. The threats allegedly came from the brother of a government official, in response to Al-Aqlani's recent report o...
Shabwah Defense Forces, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council, announced on Tuesday the seizure of 8 kilograms of hashish in Ataq, the capital of Shabwah governorate in eastern Yemen. According to a statement released by the forces, a security checkpoin...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government, on Tuesday, urged the international community to fulfill its legal and humanitarian responsibilities and take urgent action to stop the escalating military aggression by Israeli occupation forces in northern and southern Gaza. It also d...
Forces aligned with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) arrested a youth activist, on Monday, amidst ongoing protests in Aden, the interim capital. The arrest is linked to the activist's participation in recent demonstrations demanding urgent improvements to public servic...
Local sources in Amran Governorate, northern Yemen, reported on Monday that Houthi militants detonated a citizen's home in Qaflat Adhar district, while a gunman killed a pharmacist in Jabal Iyal Yazid district. One local source informed "Bran Press" that an armed Houthi ...
The Iran-backed Houthis targeted a residential neighborhood in eastern Taiz city, southwestern Yemen, with artillery shells, on Monday. Military sources informed "Bran Press" that artillery shells fired by the Houthis from their positions in the Softel hill and al-Hurriya ...
Journalist Mohammed al-Miyahi stood defiant but in shackles during his second hearing before a Houthi-affiliated court today, his lawyer reported. Al-Miyahi denied the charges against him, asserting that his writings had been misrepresented. According to his lawyer, Ammar Ali Yassin...
The interim capital of Aden today hosted a meeting between the regional director of Save the Children International and the Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labor. The meeting focused on the organization's program implementation following its decision to relocate its main offi...
Local sources reported on Monday the commencement of procedures to reopen a vital road in Dhale Governorate, southern Yemen, leading towards the governorates of Ibb, Dhamar, and Sana'a. This development comes after a ten-year closure resulting from the ongoing war in the country, w...