On Thursday, local sources reported that the Iran-backed Houthis temporarily released activist Rabab Al-Mudhwahi. Detained since June in Sana’a alongside several UN and international agency employees, Al-Mudhwahi was allowed a brief reprieve to attend her mother’s funeral. According to...
The UN has affirmed its commitment to maintaining humanitarian operations in Sanaa, Yemen, despite the recent death of a staff member detained by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen, Julien Harneis, speaking from Amman, Jordan, on February 18, confirmed the UN's position,...
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...
January 25, 2025 – Sources revealed that the Iran-backed Houthis have increased their detentions of humanitarian aid workers in Sana’a, bringing the number to 22. According to Xinhua's correspondent Fares Alhemyari, the detainees include personnel from the UN's World Food Program...
European Union has condemned the recent abductions by the Iran-backed Houthi group, classified internationally as terrorists, targeting United Nations staff. The EU mission in Yemen called for the immediate release of all detained UN, NGO, and diplomatic staff, warning that these abductions threaten...
The US condemned the Iran-backed Houthi group for abducting additional UN staff amidst ongoing attacks in the region, revealing their bad faith in claims of de-escalation. The a statement from US State Department called for the release of all detainees, including seven UN staff members, denouncing t...
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels detained seven more UN staff members in Sana'a on Saturday. Secretary-General António Guterres called for their "immediate and unconditional" release, condemning the arbitrary detentions as "unacceptable." Following the recent incident,...
On January 9, 2025, local sources reported that the Houthi movement, designated internationally as a terrorist organization, has initiated a new wave of arrests since Sunday, targeting former Yemeni employees of various Arab and foreign diplomatic missions and embassies. According to Fares Alhe...
In a historic visit, General Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces, arrived in Tehran on November 10, 2024. This marks the first visit of its kind by a high-ranking Saudi military official to Iran. According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Al-Ruwaili ...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government criticized the United Nations on Tuesday for its handling of the Houthi group's abduction of UN staff and humanitarian workers in Yemen. This statement was made by Yemen's Minister of Human Rights, Ahmed Arman, during a speech at the current...
In an exclusive interview with "Barran Press," Major General Sager Hamoud bin Aziz, Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces, emphasized the profound significance of the September 26 and October 14 revolutions for Yemenis. He stated that the September 26 Revolution established equality ...
Yemen's Chief of Staff, General Saghir bin Aziz, on Sunday, September 1st, 2024, called upon all Yemenis to actively participate in commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the glorious September 26th Revolution. He urged them to counter the Houthi militia's attempts to erase national identit...
The Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, continues to detain employees of international organizations and agencies in Sana'a, according to reports on Monday, July 8th, 2024. In response, these organizations have begun advertising administrative v...
Yemen's Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Mohsen al-Da'ari, asserted on Monday, July 8th, 2024, that the Yemeni Armed Forces are not seeking war, but are fully prepared for it, according to the official Yemeni news agency Saba. During the launch of the second phase of the 2024 traini...