Fighting has intensified in Yemen, with clashes between government forces and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels reported in the governorates of Marib and Taiz. According to a report by "September Net," one Yemeni soldier was killed and four others injured in Marib during operations to rep...
Two people were killed and two others injured in tribal clashes on February 15, 2025, in Jardan district, Shabwah governorate, eastern Yemen. The conflict, between Bani Al-Balbeith and Al-Sadah tribes, erupted over the naming of a newly inaugurated health unit. Barran Press reported that the fi...
The UN Security Council condemned the killing of World Food Program (WFP) staffer Ahmed Baalawi by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. In a statement issued on Friday, the Council also denounced the Houthis' continued detention of UN personnel, NGO workers, civil society members, and diplomatic sta...
Tribes from Sana'a governorate held a gathering in Marib governorate on Saturday, declaring their readiness to support the military in the fight against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Barran Press reported that the tribes called for unity among all Yemeni tribes against the Houthis, accusing t...
The Yemeni army in Lahj, southern Yemen, announced on February 15th the capture of an Iran-backed Houthi cell possessing explosive devices intended for attacks on security and military officers. According to the Yemeni army's official website, "September Net," military intelligence ...
The United States has urged the international community to join forces with regional partners to dismantle the capabilities of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made this call during a Security Council briefing on Thursday. Ambassador Shea underscored the threat the Houthis...
Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, arrived in Munich, Germany, on Thursday to participate in the International Security Conference. According to Yemeni news agency Saba, the conference's focus will include Red Sea security and the threat posed by attac...
Yemen’s President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, met with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Abdulatif Al-Zayani, on Friday, February 14, 2025, to discuss reviving bilateral agreements, including the resumption of flights between the two nations, Yemen’s offici...
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels are using 700 schools in their controlled areas of Yemen as centers for child soldier recruitment and weapons training, according to a report released by Mayyun for Human Rights on February 13, coinciding with the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers. B...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labeled the Iran-backed Houthi attacks on the village of Hanaka Al-Masoud in Al-Bayda Governorate, central Yemen, as war crimes. In a report released on February 13, 2025, HRW details how Houthi militants attacked civilian homes and infrastructure between January 5th a...
A deadly ambush in Shabwah's Nisab district on Wednesday has ignited tribal clashes. A woman was killed and her daughter critically injured when their car was mistakenly targeted. Local sources told Barran Press that the ambush was intended for Al Marfed family and was carried out b...
Exchange companies in Marib Governorate, northeastern Yemen, closed their doors on Thursday following a directive from the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden. Local and banking sources told "Barran Press" that the closure, intended to stabilize the rapidly declining Yemeni riyal, has resulted...
Forces loyal to Presidential Leadership Council member Tariq Saleh intercepted a dhow on February 12, 2025, carrying a shipment of fertilizer destined for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The vessel, named "Zaid," was carrying nine Iranian and three Pakistani nationals. The crew m...
Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak on Wednesday, February 12, described the death of World Food Programme (WFP) staffer Ahmed Baalawi in the custody of Iran-backed Houthis as a “wake-up call” about the dire conditions of detainees in Houthi prisons. In a phone call with W...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday condemned the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staffer while in the custody of the Iran-backed Houthis. In a statement, Guterres expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased staffer, who he said had been arbitrarily detaine...
The Central Bank of Yemen, based in Aden, on Wednesday accused government bodies of hindering the utilization of crucial resources needed to fund essential services. The Bank expressed its disappointment with the government's inaction in mitigating the impact of attacks by the Iran-backed H...
Security forces in Hadramout, eastern Yemen, have apprehended a fourth Iran-backed Houthi cell this week, according to the Yemeni News Agency, Saba. This cell was attempting to smuggle drugs. The Hadramout Criminal Investigation Department reported that police intercepted the cell after a chase, ...
Authorities in Aden have buried 65 unidentified bodies due to overcrowding at a local hospital, exacerbated by frequent power outages, according to judicial sources cited by the Yemeni News Agency, Saba, on February 11. The burials, conducted in two phases at Abu Harbah Cemetery, were carried o...
A United Nations employee died in a Houthi detention center in Saada governorate, northern Yemen, on Tuesday. Ahmad Baalawi, a Yemeni national in his thirties, worked for the World FoodPrograme (WFP) as an Information Technology Operations Officer since 2017, according to Xinhua news agency. He...
The Iran-backed Houthi group has extended the detention of Yemeni journalist Mohammed al-Miyahi by 45 days, according to sources in Sana'a on Tuesday. Al-Miyahi has been detained since September 2024. His lawyer, Ammar Ali Yassin, said on Facebook that al-Miyahi's case was supposed to be...