Government says "patience has run out" as emergency UN Security Council session looms over Tehran's direct flight to Sana'a Yemen's internationally recognized government has sharply escalated its response to Iran's direct flight to Houthi-controlled Sana'...
Two explosions were reported near Sana’a International Airport on Sunday as flight-tracking platforms continued to monitor an Iranian Mahan Air aircraft heading toward the Houthi-controlled capital, amid a sharp escalation between Yemen’s inte...
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 Houthis launched a coordinated wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks toward Saudi Arabia on Sunday, moving from public threats to military action after the escalating confrontation over Sanaa International Airport and Iranian flights into Houthi-controlled territory, according ...
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 sources report masked special forces in Al-Hazm, reinforcements to Al-Maraziq, Al-Labanat and Al-Rayyan, as tribes claim downing reconnaissance drones in Al-Rayyan Special sources told Sheba Intelligence that t...
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...
New information indicates that equipment was unloaded from the Iranian aircraft after its arrival in Sana’a, while dozens of new specialists reportedly entered Yemen and others left with the Houthi delegation traveling to Tehran. ...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council condemned the direct Iranian flight as a violation of sovereignty, while the Saudi-led coalition said Houthi threats against the Kingdom were an attempt to divert attention from the group’s internal pressures and violations in Yemen. ...
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...
The Lower Shabelle operation reflects a more active Turkish role in Somalia’s counterterrorism campaign, as Al-Shabaab seeks to adapt to regional rivalries, Red Sea instability and emerging links with armed actors beyond Somalia. &nbs...
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 ...
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...
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...
A widening wave of defections from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces and its political umbrella, the “Tasis” alliance, is raising new questions about the cohesion of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s coalition as the war enters a more fragmented and dangerou...
Sudan’s war is entering a more dangerous phase, with new figures presented to the UN Human Rights Council showing a sharp deterioration in civilian protection, the expanding use of drones, mass displacement, acute hunger, sexual violence and enforced disappearance. ...
Yemen’s electricity crisis has returned to the forefront with the onset of summer, as rising temperatures widen the gap between growing demand and limited generation capacity in areas controlled by the internationally recognized government. In the latest eff...
Somalia’s 2025 was not defined by security challenges alone. It was a year in which the country’s fight against Al-Shabaab intersected with a sensitive security transition, deepening federal tensions, unresolved constitutional disputes, and growing...
Yemen’s Interior Ministry Records 20,610 Criminal Cases in Government-Held Areas in 2025 An annual statistical report issued by Yemen’s General Directorate of Command and Control at the Ministry of Interior recorded 20,610 criminal cases&nb...
