Iranian personnel who arrived in Sana’a aboard one of five aircraft this week brought technical equipment designed to detect drones, trace their signals and locate their operators or control sites, a source told Sheba Intelligence. According to the source, the ...
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...
Dr Abdulqader Al-Kharraz has disclosed new information about the five aircraft that arrived at Sana’a International Airport on Wednesday—the highest number recorded at the airport in a single day in nearly 11 months. Al-Kharraz, who monitors activity...
Houthi missile and drone activity has intensified across northern Yemen as government forces expand operations against launch sites, military positions and other threat sources along multiple fronts. Sources told Sheba Intelligence that recent movements in ...
At least 19 piracy-related incidents have been recorded across Somali waters and the Gulf of Aden since the beginning of 2026, including the hijacking of five commercial vessels since April. The latest seizure reinforces previous Sheba Intelligence reports warning that pirac...
Sheba Intelligence sources in Al-Jawf have detected the deployment of fixed launch platforms for one-way attack drones opposite Jabal Wa’ar in the Al-Yatmah area, where several drone launch specialists are also present. The sources said the Houthis are mak...
Yemen’s National Defense Council has ordered an expansion of air and missile deterrence operations against Houthi sources of attack, alongside closer coordination among military commands and formations across the country. The decision coincided with an announ...
Sheba Intelligence has detected increased activity by the Houthis’ missile forces in Saada Governorate. Intelligence sources said the activity is linked to preparations for attacks likely targeting sensitive sites inside Saudi Arabia and targets in the Red Sea. &nb...
Yemeni customs authorities have intercepted Houthi-bound drone equipment at the Al-Wadiah border crossing in Hadramout and the Aden Free Zone, exposing a procurement effort involving heavy aerial platforms, fibre-optic control systems and components for local assembly. &n...
Intelligence sources told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthis have recently moved protective, detection, decontamination and containment equipment designed for chemical and biological hazards. The activity coincided with the stockpiling of large quantities of dual-use chemicals...
Recent Houthi military movements around Marib point to an effort to strengthen the group’s position ahead of potential negotiations with Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Rather than an immediate attempt to seize Marib city, the curr...
The Houthi group expects Sanaa to face a large-scale air attack amid unprecedented preparations at its air-defense positions, according to information obtained by Sheba Intelligence. The group has reportedly deployed air-defense missile systems on Jabal Nuqum, installed rece...
Sources told Sheba Intelligence that air defenses intercepted drones attempting to fly over the presidential palace in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden, amid a widening Houthi escalation across government-held territory. The incident follows an earlier Sheba Int...
The Houthis launched a coordinated assault on Yemen’s western port city of Mocha on Sunday, using missiles, drones and explosive-laden boats to target the commercial port and civilian infrastructure near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. The attack caused deaths a...
Officials in Somaliland welcomed its representative to Yemen, Idris Adam Rage, upon his arrival in Hargeisa on Sunday, August 9, following his release and deportation from Yemen after 55 days in detention. Several cabinet members, government officials and local...
The UN Security Council expressed concern over heightened tensions in Yemen but avoided directly addressing recent Houthi attacks in Marib, Hadramawt and Hudaydah. In a press statement issued on August 7, the Council condemned unauthorised aircraft landings at Sana’...
The Houthis are preparing to escalate operations along Yemen’s western coast in an effort to project military power near Bab al-Mandab as fighting expands across several fronts. Sheba Intelligence has learned that the group has prepared ground forces for possible a...
The newly signed Makkah Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan could face an early test from an Iran-linked, multi-front threat involving the Houthis in Yemen and Iraqi militias operating under the supervision of Iran’s Islamic Revolut...
Intelligence sources have told Sheba Intelligence that several recent maritime attacks targeting vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden were conducted through operational coordination between Yemen’s Houthi movement and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab, indicating that...
Houthi forces launched a drone-and-missile attack on several Yemeni military positions, including camps belonging to the First Emergency Forces Division in the Ruwaik area of eastern Marib, causing casualties and material damage, according to Yemeni military and local s...
