Multiple military and social indicators suggest growing pressure on the Houthis’ manpower structure. While the movement’s ideological core is sustaining battlefield losses, parts of its wider non-ideological recruitment and support base are beginning to fr...
Field sources say the group is clearing residential areas near Al-Hawban as fighting intensifies along routes leading to Yemen’s western coast Houthi authorities have ordered loyalist families to leave homes near frontline areas in Al-Hawban and eastern Taiz, according to field ...
Tensions in Yemen’s northern Al-Jawf governorate have entered a more volatile phase after tribal leader Hamad bin Rashid bin Fadgham announced the relocation of the “Matarih Al-Karama” (Dignity Encampment) from Al-Rayyan t...
Al-Jawf has witnessed the first direct tribal confrontation between local tribes and Houthi forces since military tensions escalated across Yemen, following weeks of mounting friction after tribes established the Al-Rayyan Dignity Encampments. The violence unfol...
Sheba Intelligence | July 23, 2026 At least eight government soldiers were killed during a wave of Houthi military escalation across four Yemeni governorates since mid-July, coinciding with the group’s broader missile and maritime escalation against Saudi Arabia. The latest e...
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 latest speech by Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi reflects a broader regional confrontation rather than a purely Yemeni crisis. His threats against Saudi airports, ports, and oil facilities came as Yemen’s internationally recognized government, Saudi Arabia, the United State...
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 ...
The long-hidden case has shifted from a humanitarian file into a political test that could deepen mistrust and harden positions ahead of any renewed peace track. The case of prominent Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan has become a critical ...
New information points to mortar deployments in Al-Khanjar and Jabal Al-Rayyan, alongside efforts to ignite tribal disputes ahead of a possible confrontation Sheba Intelligence has obtained new information indicating that the Houthi group has pushe...
Exclusive information points to an Iran-linked operations room, Houthi deployments in Al-Hazm, Al-Labnat and Raghwan, and a plan to dismantle the tribal mobilization around Al-Rayyan before it develops into a wider armed challenge. The Houthis are prepari...
Exclusive: information indicates a closed Houthi security meeting led by Abu Ali al-Hakim, amid fears that the Al-Rayyan tribal mobilization could widen beyond the group’s control as mediation efforts intensify. Exclusive information obtained by Sheba I...
A tribal source in Al-Jawf told Sheba Intelligence that an African migrant smuggling cell is allegedly attempting to move ancient inscriptions and bronze statues through routes close to the Yemeni-Saudi border. A tribal source in Yemen’s northern go...
A landmine in Yemen can close a road, empty a farm, delay aid, or kill a child years after the fighting has moved elsewhere. A sea mine can do something larger: threaten fishermen, contaminate coastal waters, disrupt ports, and turn parts of the Red Sea and Bab al-Man...
Exclusive intelligence points to a camouflaged missile shipment, more than ten missile and drone sites, and new reconnaissance drone platforms as the Houthis seek to contain a widening tribal crisis in Al-Rayyan. Sheba Intelligence has obtained private intelligence...
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 ...
A social media campaign led by Yemeni writer and activist Osama al-Jaser has moved beyond a personal online dispute. It has become part of a wider Yemeni debate over religion, memory, Houthi rule and the meaning of the state after more than a decade of war. The ca...
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...