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...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government today accused the Houthi rebel group of running more than 250 clandestine detention centers, housing over 2,000 forcibly disappeared individuals. The staggering claim was made during a regional conference in Baghdad, shedding light on th...
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...
Doctors and healthcare workers in Sana'a, led by a former Houthi health official, are exposing billions of dollars in corruption within the Houthi-controlled health sector. The accusations highlight internal power struggles within the group. For weeks, medical professionals have d...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
German prosecutors announced Thursday the arrest of a Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi rebels in his homeland and briefly engaging in combat with the group. The individual, identified only as Hussein H. in compliance with German privacy regulations, was apprehended in Dac...
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...
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...
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...
Yemeni Teachers Union has leveled serious accusations against the Houthi group, alleging a systematic effort to supplant qualified educators with unqualified individuals and forcibly impose sectarian curricula in areas under their control. The union, in a statement released Saturday, detailed a s...
Yemen's internationally recognized government has called on the UN Security Council to intervene and find a way to restart its oil exports, revealing losses of $7.5 billion since the Houthi group halted shipments in October 2022. Yemen's UN envoy, Abdullah al-Saadi, told the co...
Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi urged Arab leaders at the 34th Arab Summit to take decisive action against the Houthi group, labeling them a terrorist organization. He stressed Yemen's "existential struggle" and called for the implementatio...
A Houthi supervisor poured hot oil on an elderly pastry vendor in Ibb governorate on Thursday, according to residents. The Houthi supervisor has been identified as Ahmed Halwan Al-Taheri, who reportedly claims the rank of captain. The victim, Ali Dabwan, was working in the Al-...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen ("Masam") announced, on Wednesday, detonation of a substantial cache of (3,036) landmines and unexploded ordnance in the strategically important Bab al-Mandab region of southwestern Yemen. This operation un...
The Iran-backed Houthi group released Yemeni singer Khalil Farhan on Tuesday, after holding him for over two weeks in one of their prisons in Dhamar Governorate, central Yemen. His detention followed his performance of national songs and the national anthem at a wedding. Singer Khal...
Khaled al-Shayef, the Houthi-appointed director of Sana'a International Airport, which is controlled by the Houthi group, announced on Tuesday that the airport will resume operations starting Wednesday. This comes days after it was taken out of service following Israeli airstrikes....