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IRGC Plan Seeks to Reach Bab al-Mandab and Prevent Houthi Collapse on Yemen’s West Coast and in Taiz

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...

Expanded Air Campaign Halts Houthi Advance and Shifts Pressure to Rear Bases

Yemeni government forces have expanded air operations against Houthi positions across five provinces, coinciding with a decline in the group’s ground offensive and the launch of government counterattacks in Taiz and along the western coast. The developments support ...

Yemeni Government Forces Advance Beyond Al-Labnat Camp in Al-Jawf

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...

Houthis Prepare Missile Strikes on Mokha and Al-Khokha Amid Escalation in Taiz and Al-Jawf

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...

Government Counteroffensive Disrupts Houthi Bid to Cut Taiz Off from Yemen’s Western Coast

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...

Houthi Breakthrough in Western Taiz Threatens Routes to Mokha and Aden

Houthi forces have expanded their offensive in western and southwestern Taiz, reaching the Al-Sharajah junction and threatening two key routes connecting the city with the Red Sea coast and southern Yemen, according to field sources. Fighting is continuing in Al-Makazema...

Houthi Push for Al-Kadhah, a Gateway Toward Bab al-Mandab, Fails in Western Taiz

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 Attack on Jabal Dubas in Hays Threatens Al-Khawkhah and the Route to Mokha and Bab al-Mandab

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...

Nearly 1,000 Families Displaced in Yemen’s Taiz, Government Report Says

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 ...

Houthi Offensive Aims to Cut Taiz Off from Yemen’s Western Coast

The Houthis have seized more than six positions in Maqbanah, increasing pressure on the route to Mokha, as government forces launch an air-backed counteroffensive Houthi forces have captured more than six positions in western Taiz in an apparent attempt to threaten the...

UN Flight Schedule Fails Its First Test: Three Aircraft Reach Sana’a, Only One Disclosed

The September 2 discrepancy renews questions over tracking gaps, undeclared flights and cargo entering Houthi-controlled territory The United Nations’ newly published flight schedule failed its first transparency test on September 2, when three aircraft reached H...

Houthi–Al-Shabaab Plan to Encircle Bab al-Mandab and Target Saudi Ships

Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence points to efforts to transfer missile and drone capabilities to Somalia and open a parallel maritime front along the African coast Sheba Intelligence has obtained information about a Houthi plan to expand maritime ...

Houthi Death Toll Triples as Drone Strikes Hit Field Commanders

Open-source funeral records identify 375 Houthi fighters killed in July and August, including 133 announced with military ranks At least 375 Houthi fighters and field commanders were publicly mourned during July and August 2026, according to a Sheba Intelligenc...

WSJ Investigation Reinforces Sheba Intelligence’s Reporting on Houthi–Al-Shabaab Cooperation

New details about weapons transfers, drone training and joint maritime planning confirm a network Sheba Intelligence has tracked since 2023 A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that cooperation between Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia&rsq...

Seized Shipment Reveals Key Components Behind Houthi Drone Warfare

Analysis of 20 frames from footage of the seized cargo shows equipment for drone assembly and operation, as Yemen’s National Resistance prepares to release crew confessions. Yemen’s National Resistance is expected to release recorded confessions on...

Yemen’s History for Sale: The Hidden Journey of Antiquities from Looting to International Markets

Jewellery and a dagger reportedly offered inside Yemen, a throne in a French museum and two statues before Swiss courts reveal a trade that extends beyond auction catalogues. Before Yemeni antiquities appear behind museum glass or on international auction platfo...

Houthi Attacks Turn Somaliland’s Coastline into a Diplomatic Asset

UAE investment transformed Berbera into a logistics hub, while the Red Sea crisis has drawn Israel, Taiwan and the United States closer as Hargeisa leverages its location in pursuit of recognition Somaliland is using its position on the Gulf of Aden to expand its external re...

US ‘Economic Outcast’ Campaign Aligns with Houthi–IRGC Network Revealed by Sheba Intelligence

Sheba Intelligence exposed the emerging sanctions-evasion structure six days before Washington launched its new campaign against Iran Six days before the United States launched “Operation Economic Outcast,” Sheba Intelligence reported that ...

How Iran’s IRGC Is Indirectly Arming the Yemeni Forces Fighting the Houthis

Seized Iranian weapons are being transferred to the units that intercept them, while some components have been repurposed for the government’s one-way attack drone programme Some of the weapons shipments sent by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the Hou...

Saudi Arabia’s Drug War: Border Seizures Point to a Changing Smuggling Market

Amphetamine seizures nearly tripled in a year as Saudi authorities intercepted 3.6 million pills and 141 tonnes of drugs and qat. The figures also expose the growing intersection between narcotics, Yemen’s war economy and migrant-smuggling routes. Saudi Ar...

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