Given the great historical importance of Shabwa Governorate, and the absence of a museum specializing in antiquities in that region, the government of the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen approved the establishment of a museum that would contribute to collecting scattered antiquities and activating excavation operations and searching for buried treasures in the governorate.

Irregular security forces affiliated with the Transitional Council detained a journalist today, Thursday, at a checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Ataq, the center of Shabwa Governorate (southeast Yemen), due to his writings.

A soldier from the Shabwa Defense Forces was killed today, Tuesday, by his colleague's gunfire at a site in the As-Sa'id Directorate in Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen.

Tribal mediation succeeded, on Saturday, in stopping armed clashes between two tribes in the Asilan district of Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen, after days of tension and intermittent clashes.

Clashes resumed on Thursday between tribal gunmen in the Asilan district of Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen, three days after they broke out, in the complete absence of the role of the security services.

Security forces raided a house on Wednesday and ransacked its contents before kidnapping two people from a town in Radhum District, Shabwa Governorate, southeast of Yemen.