Sustained airstrikes on Houthi military positions in Al-Bayda governorate have disrupted preparations for a planned two-front offensive toward Marib and Shabwa, sources told Sheba Intelligence. According to the sources, the strikes forced the Houthis to adjust part...
Flight-tracking analysis alleges suspicious overlaps between UN and humanitarian flights, an unusual diversion toward Yemen, and unexplained activity at Sanaa airport — raising questions over whether humanitarian air operations are being exploited to conceal sensitive movements int...
Ahmad Ghazi, director of Yaa Platform, has announced that an investigation into a sprawling online fraud network traced digital wallets with inflows exceeding $50 million. Estimates he shared indicate that more than 10,000 Yemenis, alongside tens of thousands of people in Gulf countries,...
Houthi forces have seized the coastal city of Mokha in western Taiz governorate, shifting the battle towards the defence of the approaches to Bab al-Mandab after successive government withdrawals from Hays, Al-Khokha a...
Saudi Arabia threatened to respond to Houthi attacks on its southern cities and energy infrastructure on Tuesday, September 8, after authorities reported 73 civilians wounded in strikes on four cities and fires that temporarily disrupted operations at several e...
Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence points to efforts to transfer missile and drone capabilities to Somalia and open a parallel maritime front along the African coast Sheba Intelligence has obtained information about a Houthi plan to expand maritime ...
Seven Yemeni sailors describe repeated voyages to Al-Salif and shipments concealed inside industrial equipment and refrigerated containers Videotaped statements by seven Yemeni sailors have revealed details of a multi-route smuggling network that alleg...
Yemeni-American researcher Nadwa Al-Dawsari has warned US lawmakers that the Houthis have evolved from a localized insurgency into an increasingly autonomous regional military actor, arguing that airstrikes, sanctions and diplomacy alone cannot contain the threat. ...
Security officials from Somalia, Yemen, Djibouti and Ethiopia met in Nairobi to strengthen maritime cooperation as Somalia announced the recovery of a Turkish-linked cargo ship from pirates—an account challenged by Puntland authorities. The two-day Mariti...
The activity could be linked to developments inside Al-Jawf or potential operations toward Marib and the Saudi border The Houthis are preparing drones for possible launch from Al-Saqiyah military camp in Yemen’s Al-Jawf governorate, amid a tribal mobilisa...
Sheba Intelligence exposed the emerging sanctions-evasion structure six days before Washington launched its new campaign against Iran Six days before the United States launched “Operation Economic Outcast,” Sheba Intelligence reported that ...
Amphetamine seizures nearly tripled in a year as Saudi authorities intercepted 3.6 million pills and 141 tonnes of drugs and qat. The figures also expose the growing intersection between narcotics, Yemen’s war economy and migrant-smuggling routes. Saudi Ar...
The suspension of flights follows growing scrutiny over unusually frequent arrivals, large cargo aircraft and flights operating without publicly available identification data Dr Abdulqader Al-Kharraz has confirmed to Sheba Intelligence earlier reports that foreign experts, s...
From the SIBU 1 hijacking to Houthi restrictions on Israeli-, US-, UK- and Saudi-linked shipping, Sheba Intelligence traces how overlapping threats are reshaping maritime security from the Somali coast to Bab al-Mandab. The hijacking of the tanker SIBU 1&...
Saudi Arabia is deepening maritime, diplomatic and defense ties from Egypt and Sudan to Yemen and the Horn of Africa, as Houthi pressure adds urgency to Riyadh’s broader regional security strategy. Saudi Arabia has stepped up diplomatic and security activity along ...
Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence indicates that the Houthis and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are restructuring their financial and commercial networks to sustain military funding amid mounting US pressure on Iranian banks and money-laundering cha...
Mokha Port has been forced completely out of service following a series of Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks that caused an estimated $79 million in initial damage. In response to the wider escalation, government forces announced 181 operations against Houthi posit...
The Houthis have intensified attacks on Marib and the port of Mokha, placing the government’s main energy hub and a strategic commercial gateway near Bab al-Mandab under sustained pressure. The escalation reinforces an earlier Sheba Intelligence assessment that the gr...
The Houthis have targeted Mocha and its port for a fourth consecutive day, most recently firing two ballistic missiles at the port’s marine berth. The campaign began on August 9 with a large-scale missile and drone assault on military positions, civilian areas and infrast...
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...