A Yemeni government source told Sheba Intelligence that the government is considering suspending United Nations flights to Sana’a International Airport amid growing concerns that the Houthis are exploiting permits granted to UN aircraft for activities beyond...
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...
Field sources say the group is clearing residential areas near Al-Hawban as fighting intensifies along routes leading to Yemen’s western coast Houthi authorities have ordered loyalist families to leave homes near frontline areas in Al-Hawban and eastern Taiz, according to field ...
Tensions in Yemen’s northern Al-Jawf governorate have entered a more volatile phase after tribal leader Hamad bin Rashid bin Fadgham announced the relocation of the “Matarih Al-Karama” (Dignity Encampment) from Al-Rayyan t...
Al-Jawf has witnessed the first direct tribal confrontation between local tribes and Houthi forces since military tensions escalated across Yemen, following weeks of mounting friction after tribes established the Al-Rayyan Dignity Encampments. The violence unfol...
Sheba Intelligence | July 23, 2026 At least eight government soldiers were killed during a wave of Houthi military escalation across four Yemeni governorates since mid-July, coinciding with the group’s broader missile and maritime escalation against Saudi Arabia. The latest e...
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 latest speech by Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi reflects a broader regional confrontation rather than a purely Yemeni crisis. His threats against Saudi airports, ports, and oil facilities came as Yemen’s internationally recognized government, Saudi Arabia, the United State...
ADEN — Yemen’s internationally recognized Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) has ordered the immediate closure of all airports across the country, marking a dramatic escalation in the dispute over Iranian flights to Houthi-controlled territory and signaling ...
The long-hidden case has shifted from a humanitarian file into a political test that could deepen mistrust and harden positions ahead of any renewed peace track. The case of prominent Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan has become a critical ...
New information points to mortar deployments in Al-Khanjar and Jabal Al-Rayyan, alongside efforts to ignite tribal disputes ahead of a possible confrontation Sheba Intelligence has obtained new information indicating that the Houthi group has pushe...
Exclusive information points to an Iran-linked operations room, Houthi deployments in Al-Hazm, Al-Labnat and Raghwan, and a plan to dismantle the tribal mobilization around Al-Rayyan before it develops into a wider armed challenge. The Houthis are prepari...
Exclusive: information indicates a closed Houthi security meeting led by Abu Ali al-Hakim, amid fears that the Al-Rayyan tribal mobilization could widen beyond the group’s control as mediation efforts intensify. Exclusive information obtained by Sheba I...
A tribal source in Al-Jawf told Sheba Intelligence that an African migrant smuggling cell is allegedly attempting to move ancient inscriptions and bronze statues through routes close to the Yemeni-Saudi border. A tribal source in Yemen’s northern go...
A landmine in Yemen can close a road, empty a farm, delay aid, or kill a child years after the fighting has moved elsewhere. A sea mine can do something larger: threaten fishermen, contaminate coastal waters, disrupt ports, and turn parts of the Red Sea and Bab al-Man...
Exclusive intelligence points to a camouflaged missile shipment, more than ten missile and drone sites, and new reconnaissance drone platforms as the Houthis seek to contain a widening tribal crisis in Al-Rayyan. Sheba Intelligence has obtained private intelligence...
Targeted killings in Aden and Hadramawt expose a widening security vacuum after the STC rebellion and complicate Saudi-backed efforts to restore normality in government-held areas. The assassination of Mohammed Aidha, the Al Arabiya and Al Hadath correspondent ...
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...
A German media investigation into suspected fraud in GIZ-funded work in Yemen has reopened a wider question that has followed the country’s aid economy for years: how were billions of dollars in humanitarian and development funds monitored in one of the world’s most di...