Al-Rayyan, a remote desert area in Yemen’s Al-Jawf governorate northeast of Marib, is emerging as a new pressure point against the Houthis after the release of Sheikh Hamad bin Rashid bin Fadgham al-Hazmi. The case is no longer only about the detention of a t...
A social media campaign led by Yemeni writer and activist Osama al-Jaser has moved beyond a personal online dispute. It has become part of a wider Yemeni debate over religion, memory, Houthi rule and the meaning of the state after more than a decade of war. The ca...
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...
The Houthi General Mobilization Forces issued a notable statement declaring “full and immediate readiness” to support the group’s military forces with fighters, “expel occupiers,” end the siege, and restore what it described as the rights of the Ye...
Sheba Intelligence has obtained exclusive information indicating that the Houthi group, through its external intelligence sector and a specialized intelligence station operating in Muscat, has sought to obtain Chinese satellite imagery, coordinates and related geospatial capabilities to ...
Sheba Intelligence has obtained information from intelligence sources indicating that the Houthi group, working with cross-border smuggling networks, has transferred low-cost Iranian military technology — particularly missiles and drones — to armed groups in Sud...
In late May, security authorities in Hadramout, eastern Yemen, announced the dismantling of four illegal gold mining and processing workshops in the city of Mukalla, only one week after a similar workshop had been seized. The Criminal Investigation Department of Hadr...
Sheba Intelligence has resumed publication after a pause of nearly two years, returning with a broader editorial focus on information-led journalism, investigations, and analytical coverage from Yemen, Sudan and Somalia. The relaunch marks a new chapt...
Sheba Intelligence is preparing to publish a special investigation tracing how gold may be moving out of Yemen through airports and official exit points in areas controlled by the internationally recognized government, based on documents and data reviewed by the platform. T...
Exclusive information obtained by Sheba Intelligence indicates that the Houthi group raised its military readiness along Yemen’s western coast and in Hajjah governorate hours before announcing missile attacks and threatening Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea. &...
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...
Heavy rains have caused catastrophic flooding across the western coastal areas of Tihama, Yemen, resulting in at least 50 fatalities or disappearances. The relentless floods have wreaked havoc, displacing hundreds, destroying numerous homes, killing livestock, and causing severe damage t...
Yemen is grappling with severe impacts from climate change, leading to substantial flooding and exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen, more than 158,000 people hav...
Recent popular protests in the provinces of Aden and Hadramout indicate escalating tensions in these critical southern and eastern regions, which are currently entangled in a political conflict over control of power and resources. Aden: Abduction of Officer Sparks Pot...
In mid-June 2018, Saudi Arabia launched a special program called "Masam" under the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center to remove war landmines in Yemen. This initiative came in response to increasing casualties from landmines planted by the Houthi group across the co...
Since the early 1990s, Yemen has been a safe haven for refugees from East African countries, particularly Ethiopia and Somalia. For these refugees, Yemen is not just a transit bridge to Saudi Arabia, as UN reports suggest, but a country where they can work freely or see...
The plight of Yemen's fishermen extends far beyond the nation's war-torn economy. Along the Red Sea coast, they face relentless challenges, including harassment by Eritrean authorities and the depletion of marine resources by foreign vessels. Fishing trips have trans...
In a significant development, sources have revealed that the United States authorized Israel to execute a strike on Hodeida Port. This decision came as a direct response to a Houthi drone attack that struck central Tel Aviv near the U.S. Embassy, resulting in the death of at least...
Confidential sources within the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council have disclosed a dramatic dispute with the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen. Sheba Intelligence has learned that this conflict arose before the recent reversal of the Central Bank’s controversi...
In response to ongoing threats from the Houthis targeting both the Yemeni government and Saudi Arabia, the internationally recognized Yemeni government has decided to reverse recent decisions made by the Central Bank of Yemen. These decisions, aimed at regaining control over the coun...