Sheba Intelligence | July 23, 2026 Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Transport confirmed that the commercial vessel ENCELIA, operated by a Saudi company, was targeted while sailing in the Red Sea, causing a fire in the vessel’s forward section. A ...
The international response to the Houthi attack on the Saudi-operated vessel ENCELIA marks one of the strongest diplomatic reactions since the group announced its maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia. Rather than treating the incident as an isolated a...
Extensive missile, drone, and maritime preparations contrasted with limited independently confirmed damage in the Red Sea. Sheba Intelligence | July 23, 2026 The Houthi movement appears to have launched a coordinated operation intended to mark the operational enforcement of its r...
The Coalition Joint Forces Command announced that it has begun implementing operational measures to protect commercial shipping transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, warning that it will respond “firmly and decisively” to threats targeting internati...
A Sanaa meeting overseen by Iran’s ambassador approved full combat readiness, while government forces and Al-Jawf tribes reorganize for a possible confrontation Intelligence sources told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthi group is close to announcing a retur...
A Mahan Air Airbus A340 returned to Tehran on Saturday after flying south toward Oman in what appeared to be a route toward Yemen, marking the latest development in the dispute over Iranian flights to Houthi-controlled areas. Flight tracking data showed the aircraft, ...
The Yemeni government has blocked an Iranian Mahan Air flight from continuing to Sana’a, marking the first official implementation of the new airspace control measures announced by the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) in Aden. According to Yemen’s Minister o...
Armed men boarded the chemical and oil-products tanker Asana while it was sailing eastward through the Gulf of Aden on Friday, marking the latest escalation in maritime insecurity off Yemen’s southern coast. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations sa...
Iran escalation raises the risk of confrontation spreading from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab Al-Mandab Saudi Arabia has welcomed Jordan’s initiative to operate regular commercial flights between Amman and Sana’a, offering a potential route to de-escalate the confr...
ADEN — Yemen’s internationally recognized Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) has ordered the immediate closure of all airports across the country, marking a dramatic escalation in the dispute over Iranian flights to Houthi-controlled territory and signaling ...
Flight records reveal a durable civilian corridor between Dubai and Hargeisa. Viewed alongside Emirati-controlled port infrastructure, reported military construction in Berbera and new coastal logistics preparations, the route forms part of a broader network that has strengthened Somalil...
An investigation into a cross-border cycle in which commercial supply chains feed Houthi weapons production in Yemen, while arms, training and maritime networks generate money, recruits and strategic footholds across the Horn of Africa The Houthis no ...
Sheba Intelligence previously warned that piracy was re-emerging around the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. A new appeal by the International Maritime Organization now gives that warning official weight. The International Maritime Organization has called...
Targeted killings in Aden and Hadramawt expose a widening security vacuum after the STC rebellion and complicate Saudi-backed efforts to restore normality in government-held areas. The assassination of Mohammed Aidha, the Al Arabiya and Al Hadath correspondent ...
Piracy is gradually returning to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia and Yemen, raising concerns that an old maritime threat is reappearing at a time when international naval attention is heavily focused on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. Recent mari...
More than 83,000 migrants entered Yemen in the first five months of 2026, exposing how a humanitarian route from the Horn of Africa is increasingly intersecting with smuggling networks, Houthi influence and Saudi border security concerns. Sheba Intelligence previously warned that Afri...
A German media investigation into suspected fraud in GIZ-funded work in Yemen has reopened a wider question that has followed the country’s aid economy for years: how were billions of dollars in humanitarian and development funds monitored in one of the world’s most di...
Port Sudan has resumed cargo transshipment operations after a long halt, in a development that carries significant economic and logistical importance for a country devastated by war since April 2023. The Red Sea city has become a key alternative hub for state institutions, i...
Yemen’s recent push to strengthen local authorities has reopened a sensitive debate over decentralization, federalism and the future shape of the state after years of war. The debate gained momentum after the National Conference on Partnership and Integration b...
Saudi Arabia’s latest financial support to Yemen’s internationally recognized government reflects Riyadh’s continued effort to prevent economic collapse in the country and contain the wider security risks such instability could pose to the Red Sea, Bab al-M...