Overview
- The Houthi-run Interior Ministry said it broke up an espionage ring linked to the CIA, Israel’s Mossad, and Saudi intelligence, alleging a central operations room operated inside Saudi Arabia.
- Officials reported arrests in Sanaa and aired videos of detainees delivering scripted confessions, while providing no tally of those detained.
- The ministry claimed recruits trained on Saudi soil with U.S., Israeli, and Saudi officers, received advanced surveillance gear, and gathered coordinates on military sites, leaders, and infrastructure.
- Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat publicly praised the security services, as a senior information official accused Riyadh of breaching a de-escalation understanding with Yemen.
- Independent verification of the claims is lacking, rights concerns persist over coerced confessions, and the UN envoy has said at least 53 Yemeni UN staff remain in Houthi custody following earlier releases of foreign aid workers.