Government reports militant surrenders and battlefield gains, but continued attacks and regional competition underscore unresolved security challenges The Somali government says it has entered the final phase of its campaign against Al-Shabaab, reporting new battlefield gain...
Yemeni government rejects a new Mahan Air flight and proposes returning the Houthi delegation aboard a Yemeni carrier as the battle over air sovereignty intensifies The Houthis have escalated their position over the Iranian aircraft dispute...
The Yemeni government and the Presidential Leadership Council have intensified political, diplomatic and military activity over the past 48 hours following the arrival of an Iranian flight at Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport and new field developments in Al-J...
Washington’s decision to end support for UNSOS after December 2026 raises fears over AUSSOM’s readiness, as Al-Shabaab activity near Mogadishu signals renewed pressure on the capital’s security belt The security threat posed by Al-Sh...
Sheba Intelligence: The visit coincided with controversial remarks by Socotra’s governor and Yemen’s UN push against STC unilateral moves A semi-official source close to the Yemeni government told Sheba Intelligence that S...
Flight-tracking screenshots reviewed by Sheba Intelligence show Mahan Air flight IRM1199/W51199, operated by an Airbus A340-300, approaching Sana’a before dawn Friday to transport a Houthi delegation to Tehran. A Mahan Air aircraft arr...
New information indicates that flight IRM1199 carried a medical evacuation team to transfer a senior figure at the top of the Houthi hierarchy to Tehran after he suffered angina linked to complications from chronic kidney failure. &nb...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council condemned the direct Iranian flight as a violation of sovereignty, while the Saudi-led coalition said Houthi threats against the Kingdom were an attempt to divert attention from the group’s internal pressures and violations in Yemen. ...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni says his administration will not accept any federal security interference, accusing Mogadishu of undermining Somalia’s federal system and using national forces for political purposes. &nb...
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 ...
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...
Yemen’s recent push to strengthen local authorities has reopened a sensitive debate over decentralization, federalism and the future shape of the state after years of war. The debate gained momentum after the National Conference on Partnership and Integration b...
A political controversy in Yemen over the status of Socotra has opened a wider debate about sovereignty, maritime security and the role of regional powers in shaping local authority along the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The dispute began after Socotra Governor Raafat Al...
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro” arrived in Israel on Sunday in the first visit of its kind by a Somaliland leader, marking a new phase in relations between Hargeisa and Tel Aviv after Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an ...
The regional rivalry reshaping the Red Sea is increasingly moving south into the Gulf of Aden, where Somalia’s fragile political landscape, armed networks and contested ports are becoming part of a broader struggle over maritime influence between Yeme...
Somalia’s 2025 was not defined by security challenges alone. It was a year in which the country’s fight against Al-Shabaab intersected with a sensitive security transition, deepening federal tensions, unresolved constitutional disputes, and growing...
Abaad Studies and Research Center has launched the Early Warning and Strategic Indicators Observatory as part of its research programs. The Observatory is designed as a platform for monitoring and analyzing daily information and tracking political, economic, milita...
The current Iran-Israel escalation has pushed the region into a more dangerous phase. On Monday, June 8, 2026, Israel said it had struck military targets in western and central Iran after Tehran launched missiles toward Israel in response to an earlier Israeli str...
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 crisis in 2025 was not shaped by a single battlefield, political dispute, or humanitarian emergency. It was a year in which the conflict expanded into a broader struggle over sovereignty, state authority, regional influence, maritime security, and econom...
