At least 38 Africans died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen's Shabwah province, local officials said on Monday. Nearly 100 others are still missing. Rescuers indicated that the vessel, carrying around 250 people, sank because of strong winds. Local authorities in R...
Yemeni journalists mark June 9th every year as Yemen Press Day. It is a day on which they review the challenges and narrate the ordeals of those working in the media in such a hostile environment. The war on journalism in Yemen is a decade old, and it seems to linger as long as the m...
The Chief of Staff of the Marib-based Third Military Region, Brigadier General Abdul Raqeeb Dabwan, conducted a field visit to remove barriers and dunes from the road linking the Al Bayda-Marib provinces in preparation for the reopening of the main roads for passengers and civilians afte...
Tribal leaders refused the UAE-backed separatist forces to establish a camp in the Ad Dis district in Hadhramout province, east of Yemen, local sources said on Tuesday. Local sources indicated that the Al-Namuri tribe prevented the UAE forces and the elite forces fr...
Ahmed Al-Sahmi, a former Yemeni diplomat, was killed while fighting for Russian forces during a confrontation with Ukrainian soldiers. Al-Sahmi is the third Yemeni citizen to die on the battlefield of the ongoing between Russia and Ukraine. He is originally from the Khawlan distric...
Landmines and explosive devices continue to pose life-threatening risks to millions of civilians in several Yemeni provinces. Every week, deaths and injuries in landmine explosions are reported. Yemeni families have lost their loved ones, causing them to lead a miserable li...
The U.S.-Ansar Allah (Houthi) clash has grown bloodier as deaths and injuries resulting from airstrikes keep rising in Yemen. On Friday, the Houthi group admitted that over 50 people were killed and injured in ten U.S. air raids on sites in Al-Hudaydah, Taiz. This escalation of milit...
The Specialized Criminal Court in Aden in South Yemen issued on Tuesday a ruling to imprison journalist Ahmed Maher for four years, a move pointing to the continued repression and abuse against journalists and activists in Yemen. Governing Aden since 2019, the Southern Transitional C...
Community and tribal leaders have signed an agreement in the Al-Subaiha districts of Lahj province in South Yemen to end tribal violence, revenge and instability. Security and military officials in the Yemeni government have pushed for this agreement to consolidate security and...
Angry residents in Aden in South Yemen have protested repeatedly over the past few days, calling on authorities in the port city to find a solution to the repeated power outages. Power stations in Aden have stopped operating since Sunday, and the outages lasted several hours a day. This ...
Thousands of Yemenis register yearly to join the pilgrimage journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. In previous years, the number of applicants exceeded the quota given to Yemen, which means not all applicants were selected. That left many pilgrimage seekers sad and disappointed. This is n...
Hundreds of thousands of children flock every day to summer camps in North Yemen, where the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group dominates. The group organizes summer camps every year and exerts its utmost efforts to push the maximum number of children to participate in this annual activity. T...
The Secretary-General of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, Mohammed Shubaita, was exposed to gunfire in Sanaa today, causing him a serious injury. One of his relatives was killed, and another was injured in the attack. The Yemeni Journalist Syndicate issued a statement, saying the at...
One hundred eighty-eight humanitarian organizations, including several UN agencies, issued a joint statement today, warning that 18.2 million people require help after nine years of war Yemen has been seeing. The appeal came one day ahead of a meeting of high-ranking EU officials in ...
Eritrean authorities released 17 Yemeni fishermen after weeks of being detained in Eritrean prisons, local sources in Al-Hudydah said Saturday. The released fishermen arrived in The coastal area of Al-Khawkhah, where their families and friends gathered to receive them. The fish...
Tribal clashes in Yemen have been recurring, leaving deaths and injuries amidst the continued fragility of the state and the proliferation of militant groups in the country. The latest tribal clash happened late last month in the Al-Had district of Lahj province, leaving a numb...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group held a funeral yesterday for three officers and two soldiers in Sanaa, an event that revealed the renewal of hostilities on the frontlines in Yemen. The Houthi-run Saba News Agency said five officers and soldiers were killed on the frontlines. It did not...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) General Mobilization Authority announced its resumption of open military courses titled "Al-Aqsa Flood. Late yesterday, the Houthi General Mobilization issued a statement, calling on all Yemeni men and youth in Houthi-controlled provinces to communicate ...
The lax control on pesticide importation to Yemen has been in the dark over the past few years. Merchants and smugglers capitalized on the war-created chaos and brought millions of liters of unlicensed pesticides. This has put the health of millions of Yemenis in peril. Lately, a documen...
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) documented 17 cases of violations against journalists and media institutions over the last three months. The YJS said these violations indicate that journalists and media personnel continue working in a dangerous environment without protection. ...
