UNCOVERED: 10 - The Untold Story

Houthis Abuse Dozens of Detainees in Sanaa Prison

For the fourth day in a row, dozens of detainees in the central prison in Sanaa continued their hunger strike. They are protesting their detention, torture, and humiliation by Houthi militias. Houthis, according to the relatives of detainees, responded to the hunger strike by stepping up its exemplary punishment of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022

Houthis Block Main Roads in Sanaa for Photo Exhibition of Dead Fighters

The Houthi militia on Thursday closed one of Sanaa's main streets, allocating it for exhibitions of pictures of tens of thousands of their deceased on the occasion of the so-called "Martyr's Week," according to residents. Houthi-affiliated media announced the opening of more than 50 exhibitions, displaying pictures of thousands of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 15, 2022

Huge Revenues Push Houthis to Tighten Grip Over Yemeni Institutions

The huge revenues of several Yemeni institutions prompted the Houthi militia to implement new administrative and financial measures to control and manage the profit in their favor. The new measures introduced e-accounting systems and complex administrative control procedures, dismissed the head of these institutions, and replaced them with group members.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 3, 2022

Houthis Implement New Method to Monitor, Suppress Residents

Houthi leaders in Sanaa established a new security formation named "community committees" to monitor the population and repress personal freedoms. According to militia media sources, the group's leaders in Sanaa held several meetings with residential and neighborhood supervisors and officials in ten districts. They formed the so-called "community committees," which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 5, 2022

Houthis Target Private Sector Companies in 3 Governorates

Once again, Houthi militias in Yemen are targeting the private trade sector in three different governorates as the Iran-backed group continues with its efforts to impose control over businesses operating in areas under its rule. Around 3,000 Houthi militiamen have been deployed over the years to take over businesses and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

Houthi Insurgents Prevent Yemeni Women from Domestic, Int’l Travel

Houthi militias are banning women from traveling inside and outside Yemen without a mahram, or a male companion, accompanying them. Karima, a woman in her seventies, was stopped at a Houthi militia checkpoint in Sanaa and prevented from traveling because she did not have a mahram. Her son Fahmy told…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 30, 2022

‘Unidentified Corpses’ Raise Doubts about Houthi Killing of Detainees

Houthi militias in Yemen announced a few days ago that dozens of bodies were buried in mass graves in Sanaa.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 30, 2022

Yemeni Markets Flooded With Expired Food Items, Boost Houthi’s Profits

Markets in the Houthi-controlled governorates and the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, are flooded with expired food items. Regulatory bodies constantly announce the confiscation and destruction of large quantities of expired products from Yemeni stores and markets, and of referring those responsible to justice. However, Houthis have recently started confiscating the expired…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 29, 2022

Yemen: Houthi-Run Hospital Holds Bodies of 22 Newborns

A Houthi-run hospital in Sanaa is keeping the dead bodies of 22 newborns whose families could not pay the discharge costs due to deteriorating living conditions. In a precedent, the hospital published an ad in a Houthi-run newspaper calling on the bereaved families to come forth to pay their dues…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022

Houthis Escalate Oppression Against Tribes in Sanaa, Amran

Houthi militias have escalated their attacks against the tribesmen and their leaders near Sanaa and Amran governorates to seize their lands and real estate and undermine opponents. Local sources in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that only a few weeks after the militias’ raids, killings, sieges, assaults, and kidnappings in Saraf…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 22, 2022