Project Masam, the Saudi-funded initiative to clear landmines in Yemen, announced today that its teams have successfully removed 1,689 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) across several Yemeni governorates over the past week. These cleared muniti...
In the war-ravaged landscape of Yemen, thousands of displaced children are confronting a grim reality, forced into child labor or even military recruitment as humanitarian aid dwindles. A "Bran Press" investigation into the makeshift Sanah camp in Al-Dhale governorate reveals a profo...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government has moved to secure a vital oil asset, directing the formation of a committee to take control of the Al-Oqla oil block (S2) in the Shabwah governorate. This move follows the departure of Austrian energy firm OMV, which ceased operations ...
A devastating landmine explosion in Yemen's central Al-Baydha governorate today claimed the life of one civilian and severely injured two others from the same family. Human rights sources attributed the blast to a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group. The E...
Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman, Rashad al-Alimi, revealed on Friday that the the Houthi militia threatened to bomb government-held airports across Yemen if a specific Yemeni Airways plane, later destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, wasn't returned to Sanaa...
The Saudi-funded "Masam" mine clearance project in Yemen has been extended for an additional year with a $52.994 million boost, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced Thursday. The extension underscores efforts to enhance security and aid i...
Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) announced Wednesday, May 28, 2025, it is ending its medical operations in Yemen's Marib and Taiz cities, handing over facilities to local authorities. The move follows years of providing critical care to war-affected populations in both regions. MS...
Israeli forces struck Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday, destroying the last remaining operational Yemenia Airways plane under Houthi control. This latest strike brings the total number of Yemenia aircraft destroyed at the airport to four. The Israeli Ministry of Defense confir...
Israeli Defense Minister Isreal Katz Gallant vowed continued destruction of Houthi infrastructure after Israeli warplanes again struck Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Israeli military confirmed the strikes destroyed the last remaining operational Yemenia Air...
Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), today began an official visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, according to the official Yemeni News Agency (Saba). Saba reported that al-Alimi will hold discussions w...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (MSAM) announced today the removal of 1,504 mines, unexploded ordnance, and IEDs planted by the Houthi group across Yemen in the past week. The Houthis are internationally designated as a terrorist organization. This brings MSAM&#...
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) reported today the detention of six journalists and media activists by the Houthi group in Hodeidah province, western Yemen. The YJS holds the Houthis fully responsible for the safety and well-being of those detained. In a statement...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
A member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, Faraj Salmin al-Bahsani, has called for immediate and "decisive decisions" to secure the rights of Hadramout Governorate and restore order to the region. His remarks, posted on the "X" platform, come amid ...