Breaking News from Yemen Houthi Drone Warfare Architect Killed After Months of Secrecy CENTCOM is reported to have targeted the Houthi drone commander during strikes on sensitive sites in March 2025. substack.com/@bashareport...

Yemen’s Saudi-backed Vice Foreign Minister Ambassador Mustapha Noman, speaking from Riyadh, delivered his strongest warning yet regarding the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) substack.com/@bashareport...

Al Mahra residents are heading into the end of the year and the start of the new year with one word dominating local conversations: payday. substack.com/profile/2845...

A large-scale polling project is needed to clearly assess the visions of Hadramis, whether they favor remaining within a united Yemen, support an independent Hadramawt, or back the South Arabia project. substack.com/@bashareport...

Subscribe, share, and read exclusively on Basha Report's Substack: The Battle for Control Without a War. UAE and Saudi-Backed Forces Shape the Current Military Balance in Hadramawt. An analysis of force composition and disposition. #Yemen bashareport.substack.com/p/the-battle...

Confirmed by Basha Report: In a deeply troubling development, the Houthis have launched a new and ongoing wave of arrests targeting local Yemeni UN staff in Sana’a, with indications that the campaign may extend beyond the capital. substack.com/profile/2845...

From January 6 to Yemen: How American Right-Wing Provocateurs Became Tools for the Houthis A striking convergence emerged this week between a far-right American provocateur and the Houthi movement in Yemen, highlighting how extremist actions ... continue reading: substack.com/profile/2845...

While everybody is focusing on southern Yemen, eastern Yemen, and the latest tensions involving Saudi Arabia, the Houthis are quietly and steadily continuing to build what they openly describe as a one-million-man liberation force. substack.com/@bashareport...

Basha Report’s Substack just hit #37 on the new bestsellers list. To everyone who subscribed, supported, shared, liked, asked questions, and reached out, thank you. None of this happens without you. I promise to keep working even harder. bashareport.substack.com

We just conducted a field assessment in Sayoun, Hadramawt. Photo shows a Southern Transitional Council encampment with prominent displays of their leaders and South Yemen flags. Security is heavy and no recent incidents reported. Basha Report clients will receive a full brief with our findings.

“Only the UAE would be able to mobilise these southern [STC] factions,” said Mohammed Al-Basha Albasha, founder of Basha Report, a US-based risk advisory group. “This is part of the cold war between Saudi Arabia and the UAE.” www.ft.com/content/09a3...

The Ghost of Old Borders: Why Tensions in Yemen’s East Resemble a Forgotten War Exclusive for Basha Report's Substack subscribers: five scenarios and forecasts outlining the future of southeastern Yemen. #Hadramawt #Mahra #STC #SaudiArabia #UAE bashareport.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...

Read my press remarks published in Newsweek by Tom O'Connor: "The STC’s most powerful force, the Southern Giants Brigades, has achieved significant battlefield success, and with Saudi–UAE tensions widening, the STC has pushed to consolidate control across southern .. www.newsweek.com/southern-upr...

“The developments this week make clear that this latest deployment is aimed at consolidating STC authority across the South,” Mohammed al-Basha, Yemen expert and founder of risk advisory firm Basha Report, tells MEES. substack.com/profile/2845...

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the Doha Forum this year. Wishing all participants the best. I will be visiting Muscat, Oman in the near future, as well as Paris, France. If you would like to connect during those trips, my DMs are always open.

Stress of Houthi combat was a key factor in series of costly Navy mishaps, investigations show apnews.com/article/navy...

“The scramble to define Yemen’s future map has begun,” my press comments on Yemen, published in the New York Times by Vivian Nereim, Saeed Al Batati, and Ismaeel Naar, with comments from Southern Transnational Council’s Amr Al Bidh. substack.com/profile/2845...

Exclusive from Basha Report: Nine Filipino seafarers from the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C are scheduled to depart Sana’a today aboard a Royal Air Force of Oman... continue reading: substack.com/@bashareport...

The Hadramawt Standoff: Tribal Autonomy, External Patronage, and the Future of Yemen’s Oil Corridor Smuggling, Counterterrorism, or Expansion What Is Behind the Power Struggle in Hadramawt Read on Basha Report's Substack: open.substack.com/pub/basharep...

Hadramawt … Sudan 2.0? Videos of meetings with Hadrami tribes featuring Brigadier General Saleh bin Al-Sheikh Abu Bakr, known as Abu Ali Al-Hadrami and commander of the Security Support Brigade of the Hadrami Elite Forces, also show several Streit Group… substack.com/@bashareport...

Major Resumptions in Hudaydah Shipping Following Extended Lull in Hostilities #Yemen substack.com/@bashareport...

Not only has the Houthi Interior Minister been missing for more than 100 days, but the group’s Defense Minister, Mohammed al-Atifi, has also effectively vanished. substack.com/profile/2845...

De-Escalation Gains Momentum with Indian Naval Visit to Yemen, Maersk’s Return to the Suez, Rising Container Traffic, and a Sharp Drop in Attacks substack.com/profile/2845...

Exclusive for Basha Report Substack Subscribers | Saudi Arabia’s Quiet Build-Up Along the Yemen Border | As Houthi Threats Surge, Riyadh Expands Yemen-Based Auxiliary Brigades, Relies on Sudanese Fighters ... continue reading: bashareport.substack.com/p/saudi-arab...

Lebanon: Earlier today, Israel carried out an airstrike on a residential apartment believed to be hosting senior Hezbollah commander Haytham ‘Ali Tabataba’i, also known as Abu Ali Tabatabai. substack.com/@bashareport...

Houthis’ Drumbeat of War Against Saudi Arabia Grows Louder Sa'dah, which serves as the Houthis’ heartland and their primary base of support, has in recent weeks witnessed a series of armed tribal rallies... substack.com/profile/2845...

Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Announce Expansive Strategic Cooperation and Up to $1 Trillion in Future Investments Unprecedented pageantry greets Saudi Crown Prince as horse-mounted honor guard and F-35 flyover mark his first state visit to Trump’s White House bashareport.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

Watch my remarks from the Hudson Institute event with Princeton's Bernard Haykel, and Hudson’s Joshua Meservey, titled “The Houthis: Understanding a Key Node in Iran’s Axis of Resistance.” youtube.com/watch?v=7zFnD-9rTm8&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hudson.org%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

Widespread but unconfirmed reports claim that the Houthi-appointed Minister of Interior Major General Abdulkarim al-Houthi was either critically wounded or fatally killed continue reading: substack.com/profile/2845...

Al Fasher Beyond the Headlines: A Historic Deep Dive Into Sudan's Darfur’s Historic Center by Basha Report's Substack open.substack.com/pub/basharep...

The New Arab: The effects were deeply corrosive for the Assad regime. “Corruption is an invasive rot that slips into the backbone of a country and eats it hollow from within," Mohammed Al-Basha, the founder of the Basha Report, a US-based risk advisory. www.newarab.com/analysis/bat...

Houthis officially announced that they have paused maritime attacks on Israel and lifted their so-called naval blockade on Israeli ports. This announcement appeared at the end of a letter sent to Hamas’s military wing. substack.com/@bashareport...

As the Gaza front cools, the Houthis are refocusing aggressively on Saudi Arabia, at least rhetorically. @bashareport.bsky.social

Houthis Ramp Up Their Counterintelligence Crackdown The Houthis released a new set of confessional videos portraying nine detainees as members of a Saudi, Israeli, and American backed espionage network... Subscribe, follow, share, and keep reading: open.substack.com/pub/basharep...

If Houthi harassment pushes Riyadh to adopt faster intelligence fusion with any actor who can suppress launch sites and defeat drones, then practical cooperation could follow. @bashareport.bsky.social

The September mediation meetings demonstrated a cohesive Saudi-Emirati strategy, which is necessary for any durable stability. But from the Houthis’ vantage point, it is also another sign of encirclement that will agitate their leadership. @bashareport.bsky.social

From the Houthis’ perspective, Riyadh’s engagement with maritime forces and the wider anti-Houthi camp form the backbone of a strategy that squeezes supply chains at sea while rebuilding a rival security architecture on land. @bashareport.bsky.social

The anti-Houthi coalition remains fragmented, with divergent chains of command and competing sources of external support. Western partners who could change the balance quickly do not want a new Yemen war. @bashareport.bsky.social

My comments published by Bahrain News Agency reflecting on the Manama Dialogue #IISSMD25 hosted by International Institute for Strategic Studies: Mohammed Al-Basha, Founder of the Basha Report... www.bna.bh/en/news?cms=...

Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has established an armed training camp in the no-man’s-land between Houthi-controlled Sa’dah in northwest Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Houthi Myth of Israeli-Saudi Collusion May Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy @bashareport.bsky.social agsi.org/analysis/hou...

The Houthis appear to be following a North Korean playbook, using recurring cycles of provocation to extract concessions, forcing Saudi Arabia to carefully calculate its security ties. @bashareport.bsky.social

Arab Gulf States Institute: Houthi Myth of Israeli-Saudi Collusion May Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. agsi.org/analysis/hou...

I am honored to see Basha Report being referenced in the United Nations Yemen Panel of Experts report. The latest UNSC Panel of Experts report highlights the growing Houthi-African links, detailing extensive cooperation between the Houthis and Somalia-based Al Shabaab. substack.com/@bashareport...

Read my press comments published by The Wall Street Journal's Saleh Al Batati, Rory Jones, and Summer Said: “Abdulmalik al-Houthi sees himself as a divinely chosen leader,” said Mohammed al-Basha, a U.S.-based analyst focused on Yemen... continue reading: www.wsj.com/world/middle...

At the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue #IISSMD25, Cyprus’s Foreign Minister Dr. Constantinos Kombos warned that instability in Yemen and the Red Sea now poses one of the greatest threats to global maritime security. substack.com/@bashareport...

AQAP’s Latest Video Release: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a new video titled Sabeel al-Rashad [The Path of Guidance] that runs approximately one hour and 15 minutes. The production seeks to serve several purposes. Read more: substack.com/@bashareport...

The Houthis’ Drone Diplomacy: While the Houthis continue to cross every red line set by the international community, mounting financial pressures could push them toward a new conflict with Saudi Arabia and their Yemeni allies. Subscribe, read, and share. open.substack.com/pub/basharep...

Spike in Houthi recon near the Saudi border points to possible ground ops this week. Two ISR drones were downed in Al Jawf and Hajjah. Troop buildup near the Najran axis continues, with force likely if financial demands to Riyadh and Aden go unmet.

International Aid Work in Houthi-Controlled Areas: A Reminder of Yemen’s Humanitarian Dilemma substack.com/profile/2845...