Houthi Rebels Boost Presence in Taiz with New Camps, Fortifications

Houthi Rebels Boost Presence in Taiz with New Camps, Fortifications

  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 ...

Project Masam Clears Over 1,000 Houthi Mines in One Week

Project Masam Clears Over 1,000 Houthi Mines in One Week

  Project Masam, the Saudi-backed demining initiative in Yemen, announced Thursday that its teams have removed 1,095 mines planted by the Houthi group across several provinces during the third week of May. The mines cleared include 32 anti-tank mines, 7 anti-personnel mines, and 1,056...

Shabwah Defense Forces Seize 8 kg of Hashish in Ataq

Shabwah Defense Forces Seize 8 kg of Hashish in Ataq

   Shabwah Defense Forces, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council, announced on Tuesday the seizure of 8 kilograms of hashish in Ataq, the capital of Shabwah governorate in eastern Yemen.     According to a statement released by the forces, a security checkpoin...

Houthis Blow up Home in Amran, Gunman Kills Pharmacist

Houthis Blow up Home in Amran, Gunman Kills Pharmacist

  Local sources in Amran Governorate, northern Yemen, reported on Monday that Houthi militants detonated a citizen's home in Qaflat Adhar district, while a gunman killed a pharmacist in Jabal Iyal Yazid district. One local source informed "Bran Press" that an armed Houthi ...

Key Dhale-Sana'a Road Reopens After Decade-Long Closure, Reports

Key Dhale-Sana'a Road Reopens After Decade-Long Closure, Reports

  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...

Houthi Artillery Shells Destroy Home in Taiz Residential Area

Houthi Artillery Shells Destroy Home in Taiz Residential Area

  The Iran-backed Houthis targeted a residential neighborhood in eastern Taiz city, southwestern Yemen, with artillery shells, on Monday. Military sources informed "Bran Press" that artillery shells fired by the Houthis from their positions in the Softel hill and al-Hurriya ...

Rights Group Warns Aden Protest Ban Could Fuel Instability

Rights Group Warns Aden Protest Ban Could Fuel Instability

   A human rights organization has sharply criticized a decision by Aden's security committee to ban protests, arguing that the move to silence dissent poses a greater risk to social cohesion than the demonstrations themselves.   SAM for Rights and Liberties, in a statement...

Aden Protest Turns Violent, Security Committee Bans Gatherings

Aden Protest Turns Violent, Security Committee Bans Gatherings

  Security forces fired on protesters in Aden on Saturday as demonstrators voiced outrage over the ongoing collapse of public services, particularly electricity outages exceeding 20 hours daily. Following the incident, the Aden Security Committee announced a ban on all public demonstrati...

Salafi Sheikh and Aide Gunned Down in Hadramout

Salafi Sheikh and Aide Gunned Down in Hadramout

   Unidentified armed men assassinated a Salafi Sheikh and his companion on Sunday in the Al-Abr region, west of Hadramout Governorate in eastern Yemen, according to local sources. The incident reportedly took place as the Sheikh was traveling towards Marib Governorate in the northe...