The salvage operation for the Greek oil tanker "Sounion," which has been stranded in the Red Sea since being targeted by the Houthi group, is expected to begin in the coming days, according to informed sources. Reuters reported on Friday, August 30th, 2024, that an initial plan for th...
On Friday, August 30th, 2024, thousands gathered in the Yemeni city of Ma'rib in a solidarity rally denouncing the "blatant" statements made by Israeli Minister of Security, Ben Gvir, regarding the construction of a Jewish temple on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The participants de...
On Friday, August 30th, 2024, the Civil Defense in Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen, reported the retrieval of two children who had drowned the previous day. One of the victims was an Ethiopian national. Both incidents were attributed to parental negligence and the children's lack of swimming ski...
Greece has informed the United Nations of a potential 2.2-mile-long oil spill in the Red Sea, coinciding with the location of the tanker "Sounion," according to the European Maritime Safety Agency on Friday, August 30, 2024. Greece, in a message distributed by the UN's m...
On Thursday, August 29th, 2024, Shae'a Al-Zindani, the Foreign Minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government, met with the leadership of the Yemeni community in Moscow. The meeting, held at the Yemeni embassy in Moscow, was also attended by members of the Yemeni diplomatic miss...
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia issued a royal decree on Thursday, August 29, 2024, appointing Fahd bin Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Salman as the new Commander of the Joint Forces, replacing Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima'. The royal decree, published by the official Saudi Press Age...
The Iranian mission to the United Nations stated on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, that the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, "agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow tugboats and rescue vessels to reach the damaged oil tanker 'Sounion' in the Re...
A senior US State Department official on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, accused the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, of "undermining all international and regional efforts to end the ongoing civil war in Yemen." "All the progress and diploma...
AL-MAH WIT, YEMEN - For the third consecutive week, Al-Mahwit Governorate (northern Yemen) has been experiencing continuous rainfall, varying in intensity. However, the heaviest rainfall hit the southern and western districts on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. After 10 continuous hours of torren...
The National Center of Meteorology and Early Warning (NCMEW) reported on Thursday, August 29, 2024, that Al-Dhamar Governorate, south of Sana'a, recorded the highest rainfall levels in the past few hours. The center forecasts thunderstorms of varying intensity across most Yemeni governorates i...
Six workers were killed in a fire that engulfed a commercial printing press in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Local sources told Barran Press that the fire broke out in the morning at the Al-Nibras printing press in Mansoura district. Five bodies were recove...
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded a visit to Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, on Thursday, August 29, 2024. A brief statement released by the envoy's office on X (monitored by "Barran Press") stated that Grundberg met with the President of the Presidential ...
Tribal sources reported on Thursday, August 29, 2024, that the Lqamush tribes in the Habban district of Shabwah governorate (southeastern Yemen) held an emergency meeting regarding the abduction and disappearance of Sheikh Saeed Omar Muqdah Al-Qamishi's sons since 2016 in Aden, southern Yemen....
Member of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Othman Majli, proposed on Thursday, August 29, that the governorates of Taiz and Hadhramaut be designated as "summer capitals" for the convening of government meetings and PLC sessions. This proposal was reported by the official ...
Aden, Yemen - Southern Transitional Council (STC) President Aidarous al-Zubaidi on Thursday, August 29, 2024, assigned his counterpart on the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and his deputy in the STC, Abd al-Rahman al-Mahrami, to manage security, counterterrorism, and the restructuring ...
Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) President Rashad al-Alimi on Thursday, August 29, 2024, condemned the Houthi militia's "failed terrorist attempt" to target the Safer oil facility, calling it the "latest proof that the group is not a trustworthy peace partner, b...
Al-Mahwit, Yemen - Three young girls tragically drowned in flash floods in Al-Mahwit Governorate (northwestern Yemen) on Thursday, August 29, 2024, according to local sources. The incident occurred amidst ongoing rock slides triggered by heavy rains that battered the governorate on Tuesday ev...
The Director General of the Media Office in Mahwit Governorate (northwest Yemen), Yahya al-Saqir, stated that the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, along with the terrain of Malhan District in the southwest of the governorate, have compounded the suffering of th...