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...
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...
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 ...
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 Internationally recognized government of Yemen officially reopened its embassy in Damascus, with a national flag-raising ceremony marking the resumption of diplomatic activities scheduled to begin on Sunday, April 27. Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement that...
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...
The Iran-backed Houthi group has acknowledged a U.S. airstrike targeting a fuel tanker at Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah province, western Yemen. The Houthis claim the vessel was preparing to unload an oil shipment, a move the U.S. asserts violates its ban on dealings with Houthi-controlled ports, es...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Yemeni human rights organization, the Eye Organization for Human Rights, has condemned the Iran-backed Houthis for the "arbitrary arrest" of six civilians in Al-Mahwait governorate. The group accused the Houthis of violating citizens' rights to document security threats after resid...
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 ...
At least six civilians have been detained by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's Al-Mahwit Governorate following the circulation of a video showing a Houthi missile falling in the area, local sources informed Barran Press. The arrests occurred in Ibn Abdullah village, Jabal Al-Mahwit District, a...
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...
The Saudi-funded Masam Project for landmine clearance in Yemen has uncovered a new minefield in the al-Suwaiydiyah area of Al Khokha district, Hodeidah governorate, where Iran-backed Houthis had allegedly planted mines indiscriminately in agricultural lands. According to a statement reviewed by B...
Amid escalating tensions and a Southern Transitional Council (STC) military mobilization in the resource-rich Hadramaut province, Governor Mabkhout bin Madi traveled to Riyadh on Tuesday Following an official invitation from Saudi authorities, bin Madi departed from Seiyun International Airport...
The White House released a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley on Tuesday, detailing ongoing military operations against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. In the letter,President Trump condemned the Houthis as a &qu...
U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin, asserted on Tuesday that restoring maritime security in the Red Sea is a crucial prerequisite for achieving a comprehensive political settlement in Yemen. In a statement posted on X by the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, Ambassador Fagin stated, "I believe th...
Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman Rashad al-Alimi, speaking in Riyadh, framed the ongoing conflict as a "battle for salvation," emphasizing a unified front against the Houthi movement. This declaration came during a high-level meeting with the Consultation an...