Intelligence estimates obtained by Sheba Intelligence indicate that more than 50 Russian specialists and at least six Chinese experts are operating in Sanaa alongside Iranian personnel, supporting Houthi capabilities in electronic warfare, drones, missiles, communications and satelli...
Specialized mountain-warfare units have been deployed to Taiz to reinforce frontline positions and help train fighters, as Houthi attacks focus on Jabal Han, Samea and Al-Shamayatayn in an effort to threaten supply routes toward Al-Turbah and Aden while securing strategic heigh...
A limited Houthi breakthrough in Bani Bakkari came amid fighting across more than 50 fronts and contact points in Taiz. Sheba Intelligence assesses that the offensive seeks to secure mountainous approaches toward the western coast while stretching government defenses and threat...
The case involving electrical engineer Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy adds to a series of US investigations and Sheba Intelligence findings documenting Houthi efforts to obtain dual-use chemicals, drone components, missile technology, communications equipment and specialized technical expertise ...
Saudi Arabia moves forward with the Makkah Defense Alliance and a multinational maritime coalition, while the United States and European powers call for an end to Houthi attacks and protection of international shipping. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed the Kingdom’s s...
Documents and intelligence obtained by Sheba Intelligence point to a layered Iranian command structure behind the western-coast breakthrough, with Houthi intelligence officers managing penetration networks built over several years. Sheba Intelligence | Exclusive ...
The four Iranian experts the Yemeni military said were killed in Taiz on Sunday are believed to be members of the same team linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Sheba Intelligence reported two days earlier had been tracked and targeted while movi...
The Houthis have massed nearly 8,000 fighters and a large arsenal of weapons in northern Hajjah as they prepare for a major offensive against Yemeni government forces along the Midi and Haradh fronts, a military source told Sheba Intelligence. The mobilization is contin...
An attempted Houthi infiltration near the Hayjat al-Abd road, a vital connection between Taiz and Yemen’s interim capital, Aden, has renewed concerns over the security of the city’s southern access routes. The incident comes amid fighting across the hig...
Sheba Intelligence has obtained exclusive details of a complex preemptive operation carried out deep inside Houthi-controlled Sanaa early Friday, targeting a secret communications network used by the group. Sources said the operation was launched to foil a major attack tha...
Sheba Intelligence has obtained information from sources on Houthi military movements involving a drone base, a ballistic missile base and a training camp in Al-Bayda, as fighting intensifies around Kahboub in Lahj and Al-Dharifa in Al-Wazi’iyah...
Government forces have used the long-range SKYWASP one-way attack drone for the first time in combat, striking air-defence systems, weapons depots and drone and missile facilities in the mountains surrounding Sana’a, according to a military source and an analysis of foota...
Escalating threats to Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea dominated an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Yemen on September 15, 2026, as Yemen called for stronger deterrence, the United States demanded Houthi withdrawal from seized territory, and Saudi Arabia warned against using intern...
Yemeni government forces advanced on two fronts with air support on Sunday, September 13, reaching Al-Ajram overlooking Ghayl Bani Omar west of Taiz and pushing from Khor Umayrah toward Dhubab, near Al-Omari Camp, according to field reports. The reported coastal advance plac...
Sources report heavy weapons moved to Sanaa and Saada, while government leaders seek to regroup troops and address growing displacement. Coalition aircraft have struck trucks carrying weapons seized by Houthi forces from National Resistance bases on Yemen’s western coast, source...
The Houthi takeover of Mayun Island and Dhubab, reported by Sheba Intelligence on September 11, could strengthen Israel’s case for expanding its security presence in Somaliland, as growing Iranian influence near Bab al-Mandab increases the strategic importance of the African coast....
A Yemeni army source told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthis had transferred large numbers of fighters absorbed from west coast forces to the Al-Jubah and Al-Abdiyah fronts in southern Marib over the past 24 hours, accompanied by vehicle...
Houthi forces have seized the coastal city of Mokha in western Taiz governorate, shifting the battle towards the defence of the approaches to Bab al-Mandab after successive government withdrawals from Hays, Al-Khokha a...
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 have made gains across key fronts in Taiz, Marib and Al-Jawf, signalling a shift from containing Houthi attacks to coordinated counteroffensives supported by warplanes, drones and artillery. The operations follow weeks of Houthi mobilisatio...