The first Houthi ground assault near the anti-Houthi tribal gathering in Al-Rayyan, Al-Jawf, has confirmed weeks of intelligence warnings published by Sheba Intelligence, which documented the group’s preparations to dismantle the tribal mobilization through coordinated security and...
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 ...
Sheba Intelligence obtains new information on cruise missile deployments near Saudi Arabia, long-range ballistic missiles in Hodeidah, and expanded military preparations along Yemen's Red Sea coast Sheba Intelligence has obtained new information indicating...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Sheba Intelligence monitoring records around 18 undisclosed strikes in Sanaa over three months, including two incidents on Friday, June 26, amid limited international reporting and Houthi silence. A series of hidden and largely unreported strikes has targeted Houth...
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 ...
Piracy is gradually returning to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia and Yemen, raising concerns that an old maritime threat is reappearing at a time when international naval attention is heavily focused on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. Recent mari...
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...
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...
Port Sudan has resumed cargo transshipment operations after a long halt, in a development that carries significant economic and logistical importance for a country devastated by war since April 2023. The Red Sea city has become a key alternative hub for state institutions, i...
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 widening wave of defections from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces and its political umbrella, the “Tasis” alliance, is raising new questions about the cohesion of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s coalition as the war enters a more fragmented and dangerou...
The attacks, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday around Jabal al-Aqeedat, reportedly killed and wounded a number of traditional miners. The exact toll remains unclear due to the difficulty of reaching the targeted sites and the remote nature of the mining zones. Vid...
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...
Sudan’s war is entering a more dangerous phase, with new figures presented to the UN Human Rights Council showing a sharp deterioration in civilian protection, the expanding use of drones, mass displacement, acute hunger, sexual violence and enforced disappearance. ...
