Yemen’s National Defense Council has ordered an expansion of air and missile deterrence operations against Houthi sources of attack, alongside closer coordination among military commands and formations across the country. The decision coincided with an announ...
Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence indicates that the Houthis and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are restructuring their financial and commercial networks to sustain military funding amid mounting US pressure on Iranian banks and money-laundering cha...
Technical examinations of missile debris recovered after recent Houthi attacks on Mokha, its port and Yemen’s western coast identified the weapons as Iranian Fateh-110 ballistic missiles, according to National Resistance spokesman Maj. Gen. Sadiq Dowaid. Do...
Sheba Intelligence identifies the UAVs previously presented as “Aiban” and “Nuqm” as SKYWASP long-range attack drones supplied to government forces through coalition military support. Sheba Intelligence has identified a...
Sheba Intelligence has detected increased activity by the Houthis’ missile forces in Saada Governorate. Intelligence sources said the activity is linked to preparations for attacks likely targeting sensitive sites inside Saudi Arabia and targets in the Red Sea. &nb...
Mokha Port has been forced completely out of service following a series of Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks that caused an estimated $79 million in initial damage. In response to the wider escalation, government forces announced 181 operations against Houthi posit...
At least four military airlift missions have been tracked to Saudi Arabia since the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed with Türkiye and Pakistan on 7 August. Three Turkish A400M aircraft flew to Riyadh, while a Qatari C-17 transported an undisclosed load from Pakistan t...
The Houthis have intensified attacks on Marib and the port of Mokha, placing the government’s main energy hub and a strategic commercial gateway near Bab al-Mandab under sustained pressure. The escalation reinforces an earlier Sheba Intelligence assessment that the gr...
Yemeni customs authorities have intercepted Houthi-bound drone equipment at the Al-Wadiah border crossing in Hadramout and the Aden Free Zone, exposing a procurement effort involving heavy aerial platforms, fibre-optic control systems and components for local assembly. &n...
Intelligence sources told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthis have recently moved protective, detection, decontamination and containment equipment designed for chemical and biological hazards. The activity coincided with the stockpiling of large quantities of dual-use chemicals...
Six ballistic missiles struck Mokha port today, causing a fire and adding to a sustained Houthi campaign involving missiles, drones and explosive boats. The escalation suggests an attempt to weaken government forces on the western coast, disrupt the port and expand the Houthis’ lev...
A new class of combat drone has appeared in the Houthi arsenal, adding a tactical capability that could reshape fighting along Yemen’s active frontlines. On August 11, 2026, Yemeni government forces in Marib recovered an FPV drone reportedly operated by the H...
Drones and drone-directed artillery have become the principal battlefield tools used by Yemeni government forces to counter Houthi concentrations, reinforcements and attempted ground advances. The Houthis, meanwhile, are relying heavily on unmanned aircraft to maintain press...
Recent Houthi military movements around Marib point to an effort to strengthen the group’s position ahead of potential negotiations with Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Rather than an immediate attempt to seize Marib city, the curr...
The Houthis have targeted Mocha and its port for a fourth consecutive day, most recently firing two ballistic missiles at the port’s marine berth. The campaign began on August 9 with a large-scale missile and drone assault on military positions, civilian areas and infrast...
Editor’s Note: This investigation builds on Sheba Intelligence’s earlier investigation, “Drones Reshape Yemen’s Battlefield: Artillery Eyes and Strategic Firepower on the Saada Border,” which examined how government forces are using tactical drones fo...
Six people were killed and ten others wounded on Tuesday after the Houthis repeatedly attacked the commercial vessel Tehama (IMO: 1031329) while it was sailing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, according to the Yemeni Coast Guard. The maritime attack coincided with a wider H...
The Houthi group expects Sanaa to face a large-scale air attack amid unprecedented preparations at its air-defense positions, according to information obtained by Sheba Intelligence. The group has reportedly deployed air-defense missile systems on Jabal Nuqum, installed rece...
Sources told Sheba Intelligence that air defenses intercepted drones attempting to fly over the presidential palace in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden, amid a widening Houthi escalation across government-held territory. The incident follows an earlier Sheba Int...
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...
