Sheba Intelligence | July 20, 2026 Hours before the Houthi movement announced a maritime blockade targeting Saudi Arabia, Sheba Intelligence published an exclusive assessment indicating that the group had moved beyond military preparations and was preparing to formally enter...
Sheba Intelligence | July 20, 2026 According to information obtained by Sheba Intelligence, a high-level meeting of the Houthi military intelligence leadership, chaired by Abu Ali al-Hakim, approved plans to launch a new phase of military escalation targeting ...
The anticipated move follows the Houthi declaration of a maritime blockade against Saudi shipping and growing threats to international navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Yemeni political and military sources expect the National Defense Council to...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Chairman, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, announced that the government will resume crude oil exports “by all available means” effective immediately, marking the clearest official commitment to restor...
The Coalition Joint Forces Command announced that it has begun implementing operational measures to protect commercial shipping transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, warning that it will respond “firmly and decisively” to threats targeting internati...
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the Houthi movement's announcement of a maritime blockade targeting Saudi shipping, rejecting the accusations made by the group's military spokesman and describing them as false claims inten...
A Mahan Air Airbus A340 returned to Tehran on Saturday after flying south toward Oman in what appeared to be a route toward Yemen, marking the latest development in the dispute over Iranian flights to Houthi-controlled areas. Flight tracking data showed the aircraft, ...
The Yemeni government has blocked an Iranian Mahan Air flight from continuing to Sana’a, marking the first official implementation of the new airspace control measures announced by the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) in Aden. According to Yemen’s Minister o...
Multiple explosions were heard Sunday around Al-Hazm, the capital of Yemen’s Al-Jawf Governorate, amid growing tensions following Houthi threats to retaliate over the interception of an Iranian aircraft. A military expert told Sheba Intelligence that ...
The Houthi Defense Council has approved a new Iranian flight to Sana’a International Airport in the coming hours, alongside a military plan to launch coordinated missile and drone attacks against Saudi and Yemeni targets if the aircraft is intercepted or prevented from land...
Armed men boarded the chemical and oil-products tanker Asana while it was sailing eastward through the Gulf of Aden on Friday, marking the latest escalation in maritime insecurity off Yemen’s southern coast. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations sa...
Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said the state, through all its institutions and armed forces, would continue carrying out its constitutional duty to protect Yemen’s sovereignty and safeguard the interests of its citizens, while keeping the door open to any serious peace initiativ...
Sources familiar with the matter told Sheba Intelligence that three training camps believed to be used by foreign fighters in Somaliland were recently targeted by unidentified aircraft during July, in what appears to have been a coordinated operation supported by p...
Yemeni government forces have begun reinforcing key frontlines with the Houthis as regional tensions continue to escalate following reports that the United States has reaffirmed its support for Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi attacks. According to Sheba Int...
The Yemeni government has announced that no foreign aircraft, including Iranian flights, will be permitted to land in Yemen without official authorization, marking its strongest assertion yet of state sovereignty over the country’s airspace. The declaration fol...
Somalia’s security campaign against Al-Shabaab escalated on Monday as intelligence-led operations killed 19 militants, including a senior logistics commander, while government forces expanded clearance operations in Lower Shabelle. The military gains were accomp...
Southern Giants Forces announced on Tuesday that they had intercepted a smuggling boat in the Bab al-Mandab Strait carrying specialized materials and equipment allegedly intended for Houthi-controlled areas in western Yemen. According to the forces, the shipment c...
Government says "patience has run out" as emergency UN Security Council session looms over Tehran's direct flight to Sana'a Yemen's internationally recognized government has sharply escalated its response to Iran's direct flight to Houthi-controlled Sana'...
Two explosions were reported near Sana’a International Airport on Sunday as flight-tracking platforms continued to monitor an Iranian Mahan Air aircraft heading toward the Houthi-controlled capital, amid a sharp escalation between Yemen’s inte...
Sheba Intelligence has obtained information indicating that the Iranian aircraft expected to fly to Yemen may divert to Hodeidah Airport or a Houthi-controlled military airstrip if it is unable to land at Sana’a International Airport. According to the information obtai...