The Houthis’ external intelligence apparatus has signed new agreements with a Chinese company to obtain satellite imagery and maritime surveillance data, seeking to tighten the group’s grip on shipping through Bab al-Mandab and track Saudi and allied warships, intelligence so...
Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry said on Sunday, September 13, that 150 civilians had been killed, more than 200 wounded and nearly 85,000 displaced since September 3 in an escalation it attributed to the Houthis across parts of Taiz, Hodeidah and Marib. The ministry desc...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad al-Alimi reaffirmed on Sunday, September 13, that battlefield reversals would not change the goal of restoring state authority nationwide, following the collapse of government defences along the western coast and t...
Houthi forces have taken control of Dhubab district, overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and Mayun Island, a day after capturing Mokha port, according to information provided to Sheba Intelligence. Mayun divides the strait into two shipping channels, giving the island st...
TAIZ, Yemen — Displacement figures released by the Executive Unit for the Management of IDP Camps in Taiz show that 5,799 families comprising 40,710 people were displaced between September 3 and 10, 2026. Jabal Habashi recorded the largest number...
Yemen’s armed forces have designated a military targeting zone around Mokha on the western coast, describing it as a “kill box” in which they intend to use a range of weapons and firepower against Houthi military movements. The National Defence Co...
— Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has ordered elite ideological units to reinforce the group’s fronts in Marib and Al-Jawf as government forces advance towards strategically important positions in both governorates, intelligence sources told Sheba Intelligence....
Yemeni government forces have withdrawn from Hays and Al-Khokha toward Mokha as part of a redeployment plan following a major Houthi offensive involving drones, missiles and successive waves of fighters, military sources said. The sources said the move ai...
Saudi Arabia threatened to respond to Houthi attacks on its southern cities and energy infrastructure on Tuesday, September 8, after authorities reported 73 civilians wounded in strikes on four cities and fires that temporarily disrupted operations at several e...
AL-JAWF — Yemeni government forces, backed by tribal fighters, have recaptured Al-Yatmah, including its market, mountain positions and surrounding desert, according to field reports. The forces continued advancing towards other parts of Khabb wa al-Sha’af district, with ...
Sheba Intelligence – Exclusive Sheba Intelligence has obtained information about an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plan for a broad Houthi offensive on Yemen’s western coast, intended to revive the push toward Bab al-Mandab&n...
New intelligence points to preparations involving unmanned boats and naval mines in Hodeidah, reinforcing earlier Sheba Intelligence reporting on planned missile strikes against Mokha and Al-Khokha The Houthis are preparing for possible maritime operation...
Yemeni government forces continued advancing east of Al-Hazm, the capital of Al-Jawf Governorate, after taking control of Al-Labnat military camp and moving beyond the Upper and Lower Al-Labnat areas, field sources said. The forces launched their assault from t...
Government forces advance in Al-Jawf and western Taiz as Houthi missile activity and two undeclared flights to Sana’a raise questions over the group’s response to mounting battlefield pressure Yemeni government forces have opened a new front i...
Intelligence indicates that the Houthis are preparing to launch ballistic missiles from sites in Hodeidah Governorate towards the cities of Mokha and Al-Khokha on Yemen’s western coast, as military tensions intensify on the Taiz and Al-Jawf fronts. Information r...
Yemeni government forces have shifted from containing Houthi attacks to launching counteroffensives across several fronts in Taiz and Hodeidah, recapturing positions in Hayfan and Hays while opening a new axis south of Al-Jarrahi. The operations have begun to reverse some...
Warplanes operated by Yemen’s internationally recognised government carried out multiple strikes on Houthi-controlled military positions in Al-Jawf province, local sources told Sheba Intelligence. The strikes targeted the Al-Labnat and Al-Khanjar military camps, as...
Government forces halt a coordinated ground offensive, while fighting continues to retake Jabal Numan and prevent the Houthis from establishing a foothold overlooking the coastal road network Yemeni government forces have thwarted a Houthi offensive aimed at capturing...
Houthi forces have launched successive attacks on Jabal Dubas, north of Hays district in southern Hodeidah, seeking to seize the strategic high ground overlooking the city and its supply routes. Military and local sources told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthis inten...
At least 917 families have been displaced from their homes in two districts of Yemen’s southwestern Taiz governorate, according to a preliminary assessment by the government’s Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons’ Camps. The ...