Heavy clashes erupted on the Hareeb and Al-Abadiyah fronts in southern Marib Governorate, northeastern Yemen, on Saturday, a military source reported. The source indicated that the Giants Brigades successfully repelled a significant offensive launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia. ...
Yemeni local singer Khalil Farhan has been detained by the Iran-backed Houthi group after performing national songs and the national anthem at a wedding ceremony in Dhamar Governorate on Saturday. The Musicians and Writers Forum condemned the alleged detention, stating that the target...
Yemeni Interior Minister Ibrahim Haidan lauded the Special Security Forces in Marib Governorate, northeastern Yemen, on Saturday, asserting that they have acted as a vital defense for the governorate and significantly hindered the aggression of the Iran-backed Houthis. Minister Haidan...
The Iran-backed Houthis has mandated the cessation of English language instruction for the first three primary grades in both public and private schools within their areas of control. A directive from the Houthi-run Ministry of Education, stipulates that Quranic studies will supplant English clas...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Vice President and Marib Governor Sultan al-Aradah asserted Wednesday that ending the Iran-backed Houthi coup and restoring state institutions is a critical national duty requiring the unified efforts of all factions. Speaking at a meeting in Riyadh w...
Concerns A U.S. airstrike on a fuel vessel near the Houthi-controlled Ras Isa oil terminal in western Yemen has resulted in injuries to three Russian sailors, one seriously, the Russian Embassy in Yemen confirmed on Wednesday. The incident adds a new layer of international concern to the ong...
The Iran-backed Houthis have reportedly detained employees of the state-run Yemeni Oil Company and enforced a complete communications blackout on residents of Kamaran Island in Yemen’s Hodeida province, according to a local rights official. Ghaleb Al-Qudaimi, director of the Human Rights Of...
Multiple explosions were reported in the skies above Hasween District in Al-Mahrah Governorate, eastern Yemen, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, following the interception of incoming attack missiles. According to a local source speaking to Barran Press, successive explosions were heard over the Ras Far...
A joint security operation in Yemen’s southern Lahj province resulted in the seizure of a smuggled ammunition shipment intended for the Iran-backed Houthi group, according to the media center of the Southern Giants Brigades. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, the center reported that ...
On Sunday, tribal sources reported that the Iran-backed Houthis seized a piece of "Al-Balghaith" tribal land in Al-Abdiyah district of eastern Marib governorate northeastern Yemen. The Houthis also launched a wide-ranging abduction campaign and besieged the home of a tribal sheikh. Sp...
Three members of the Popular Resistance were killed on Saturday during clashes with the Iran-backed Houthi group in southern Marib governorate northeastern Yemen. According to local sources, the fallen fighters were from the family of the Yemeni Presidential leadership Council Vice President Sult...
Two government soldiers were killed and four others injured on Saturday as government forces repelled an infiltration attempt by Iran-backed Houthi militants on the Karsh front, north of Lahj province in southern Yemen, according to military sources. The sources informed Barran Press that the Hou...
Two children sustained leg injuries on Saturday when a sniper from the Iran-backed Houthi group opened fire on them west of Taiz city in southwest Yemen. Medical sources at a local hospital confirmed that Suleiman Fahd Haza’a, 14, and Mohammed Mansour Ali Abdulrahman, 12, were wounded while...
The Sam Organization for Rights and Liberties called on Sunday for an independent international investigation into the devastating explosion in Sana'a's Fawrah neighborhood, Yemen. In a statement released to Barran Press, Sam emphasized the conflicting accounts surrounding responsibility ...
Tareq Saleh, a member of the Presidential Leadership Council, offered his condolences to council member and Marib Governor, Major General Sultan Al-Arada, on Sunday, following the deaths of three of Al-Arada's relatives in clashes with Houthi forces in southern Marib. During a phone call, Sal...
Ten years after Houthi forces gained control of it, the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today, Friday, April 25, 2025, the resumption of operations at its embassy in Damascus, effective Sunday, April 27. The decision to reopen the embassy followed directives from Yemeni Foreign Min...
An Iran-backed Houthi drone strike in western Shabwah governorate, eastern Yemen, injured a soldier and damaged an ambulance, a military source reported. The attack targeted a medical checkpoint of the 5th Brigade of the Shabwa Defense Forces (affiliated with the STC) in the Markhah Al-Ulya dis...
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned Iranian businessman Seyed Asadollah Imam Jom'ah and his network for facilitating liquefied natural gas and crude oil shipments that fund Iran's nuclear program and proxy groups, including the Houthis. Yemen's Information Minister ...
UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg met with senior Houthi leaders in Muscat, Oman, on Thursday, emphasizing the need to stabilize Yemen and address the "legitimate concerns" of all parties involved. A statement from Grundberg's office indicated that Omani officials and senio...
Local authorities in Taiz governorate, Yemen, have reportedly banned the human rights organization "Mwatana for Human Rights" from operating within the province, citing alleged links to the Houthi movement. A leaked directive from Taiz's Social Affairs and Labor Office, instructed...