The UN special envoy for Yemen expressed concerns on Monday over escalating tensions on frontlines, warning that the political process is at risk of becoming “collateral damage” amid expanding regional conflict. Hans Grundberg said in a briefing to the United Nations Secur...
Much has been said and written about Yemen's Socotra Island's exotic and beautiful nature. Little is known about the Island's population's ordeals. Today, people in Socotra have no easy Internet access, and it is a service that only the rich can afford. A local officia...
A Yemeni security official told Sheba Intelligence that a member of the General Authority of the Islah Party, Sheikh Abdullah Saatar, survived an assassination attempt through an explosive device that detonated in his car, wounding one of his bodyguards. The official said, "...
Yemeni fishermen continue facing deadly threats in their daily fishing journeys in Yemen's territorial waters. Attacks by Eritrean authorities or Eritrean pirates are the number-one threat. On Monday, an Eritrean patrol detained two fishermen while fishing in Yemeni territorial w...
Violations against civilians and civilian properties in Yemen keep occurring in several provinces in line with the continued spread of militant groups and the fragility of the state. A recent statement by the National Committee to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations, a...
A photo circulated by the Yemeni press revealed that the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group had obtained advanced and high-quality Iranian weapons. A military expert told Sheba Intelligence, “The photo that the Yemeni press described as drones shot down by the air defenses of the 2nd Br...
Sources in Sanaa told Sheba Intelligence that a member of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group intelligence was lately captured by Saudi security, causing confusion within the group. The sources indicated that the confusion within the Houthi security apparatus was due to this person's ...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group has sought Saudi intervention to reverse a decision that the Aden-based Central Bank of Yemen took on Tuesday, April 2. Aden-based Central Bank ordered all banks operating in Houtho-controlled Sanaa to move to Aden in two months. The Central B...
Russia, Irani, and Oman seek to invest in Yemen's oil and gas, and this might encourage the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group to accelerate a military operation to control Safer in Marib, Balhaf in Shabwa, and all oil and gas fields and pipelines between them, sources told Sheba Intellige...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) keeps attempting to attack American warships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, using a variety of weapons, including unmanned vessels. Today, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces said it destroyed a Houthi unmanned...
It has been nine years since Yemen slid into a civil war after the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group ousted the country’s UN-recognized government in 2015, setting the country on the path of chaos. The civil war was coupled with military intervention by the Saudi-led Arab coaliti...
The announcement of the new 100 riyal coin by the Houthi-controlled Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa has sparked a fresh controversy in Yemen and unleashed conflicting reactions nationwide. While pro-Houthi voices commend the move as the ideal solution to address the issue of the...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi)-controlled Central Bank of Yemen issued today a new metal currency of 100 Yemeni riyals, a move aimed at replacing the damaged banknotes in Houthi-governed areas in North Yemen. At a press conference in Sanaa today, Hashim Ismael, the...
Nine years have passed since the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched a military campaign in Yemen on March 26, 2015, to restore the UN-recognized government to Sanaa and incapacitate the Iran-backed Houthi group. Neither the conflict ended, nor the Houthis had been&...
After nine years of war, there does not seem to be any prospect of ending the conflict between the Yemenis. The Yemeni people displayed optimism about the dialogue sponsored by China between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saud...
Two weeks after the death of the Al-Qaeda branch's leader in Yemen, the terrorist group launched an attack on southern soldiers in Abyan province late Sunday, killing two and wounding others. Forces affiliated with the southern separatists said the Al-Qaeda attack occurred in the...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group continues attempting to advance in Marib to capture positions from Yemen's UN-recognized government forces. The latest attempted advance occurred yesterday, Saturday when Houthi fighters launched an attack on sites under the control of governm...
U.S. aircraft attacked Houthi sites in Sanaa late Saturday as part of Washington's aerial operations to degrade the Yemeni group's military capabilities. A military expert told Sheba Intelligence that the Saturday U.S. airstrikes are a reply to the Houthi attempt at downing a...
Over 17 million Yemenis need help to have access to water, the United Nations said on Friday. On World Water Day, which falls on March 22 every year, the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, stated, "17.4 million people in Yemen, half children, r...
An intelligence source told Sheba Intelligence that Russia has bolstered its military ties with the Houthi group. Russian experts have arrived in Yemen to supervise naval operations against US forces alongside experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard present there. The sourc...
