Entity

Yemen

A state on the Arabian Peninsula; its Houthi movement's attacks on Red Sea shipping give its long civil war global reach.

As of 19 Oct 2026Last evidence 19 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Houthis deny targeting holy city of Medina after Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missile

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Houthis say no attacks against Saudi Arabia conducted today, after coalition forces report missile downed

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Houthis attack presidential palace complex in Yemen's Aden, PM unharmed, officials say

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Major International Sports Events Postponed in Saudi Arabia over Houthi Attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

  • Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh destroyed: Saudi-led Coalition says

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Yemen

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 107 mentions on 19 Oct 2026, against 57 on 28 Sept 2026 (+88%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 15 Oct 2026 (4 changes recorded since 9 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 18 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

3,064 documents · 189 publishers · 26% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 19 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.264: about 74% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Yemen

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

Saudi ArabiaIranOilRed SeaHormuzMiddle EastTrumpIsrael
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,392 shared documents
  • Iran · 2,150 shared documents
  • Oil · 1,535 shared documents
  • Red Sea · 1,214 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 1,192 shared documents
  • Middle East · 1,151 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,025 shared documents
  • Israel · 982 shared documents
  • UN · 704 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Iran-Backed Houthi · 546 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 107 mentions on 19 Oct 2026 with 57 on 28 Sept 2026 (+88%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +2040% from 4 Sept 2026 to 19 Oct 2026, between 5 and 232 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Yemen, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Yemen yet. Ask about Yemen

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Yemen

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Houthis deny targeting holy city of Medina after Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missile

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Houthis say no attacks against Saudi Arabia conducted today, after coalition forces report missile downed

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Houthis attack presidential palace complex in Yemen's Aden, PM unharmed, officials say

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Major International Sports Events Postponed in Saudi Arabia over Houthi Attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh destroyed: Saudi-led Coalition says

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Yemen's Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities after Aramco HQ hit

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Analysis-How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Saudi Arabia Shoots Down Houthi Missiles as Regional Conflict Escalates

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Houthi strikes mark the end of Saudi Arabia's Yemen 'containment strategy'

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Yemen's Houthis threaten Saudi Aramco sites after coalition strikes in Sanaa

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iraq’s Zaidi, Saudi crown prince discuss security as Houthi attacks escalate

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Saudi Arabia flights update: Over 15 airlines suspend, cancel services amid Houthi attacks; affected routes

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Yemen

Entity.

Evidence
3,064 documents · 189 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 30 May 2026, last seen 19 Oct 2026
Measured
26% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
19 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Yemen, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Markets materially about Yemen

Markets whose question is about Yemen or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Yemen and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

2 more open markets joined to Yemen but not about it
  • 4.6% Yes

    “Perim Island no longer under Houthi control by October 31?”

    Polymarket · priced 19 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 31 Oct 2026

  • 24% Yes

    “Saudi-Houthi ceasefire agreement announced by December 31?”

    Polymarket · priced 19 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 31 Dec 2026

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 15 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

  • 15 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 27 Sept 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Sept 2026

4 changes recorded since 9 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about YemenWatch Yemen

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 19 Oct 2026.