News - Middle East: The Security Media Center of Yemen’s Ministry of Interior has continued broadcasting new segments of confessions made by members of the espionage network linked to the joint operations room of the American-Israeli-Saudi coalition. The latest disclosures shed light on recruitment methods, assigned tasks, and the scope of activities carried out against Yemen’s national security.

The newly released footage includes part of the testimony of Anas Ahmed Saleh, who admitted to conducting surveillance, gathering intelligence, and relaying information to officers working inside the coalition’s joint intelligence room in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

According to his confession, Anas was recruited in Sha’ban 1446 (February 2025) by his cousin Badr, described as a collaborator working along the Saudi border. Badr connected him with Saudi intelligence through an officer known as Abu Khaled, after which Anas worked under two additional officers identified as Abu Saif and Abu Yasser.

Anas stated that Saudi intelligence instructed him to monitor houses, locations, and sensitive sites across the capital, providing precise descriptions for each target. He explained that he received detailed training on how to document buildings—identifying their location, number of floors, nearby streets, security cameras, guards, vehicles, and license plates where available. He was also taught how to determine routes and avoid detection by security forces in Sana’a.

Working with “high enthusiasm,” as he described, Anas carried out surveillance and photography of more than 25 residential buildings, submitting detailed reports to Saudi intelligence. He later expanded his activities to include photographing coordinates received from his handlers, mapping entire neighborhoods such as parts of Sawan, and documenting locations targeted by coalition airstrikes, including pinpointing strike sites and sending coordinates back to Saudi intelligence.

His role escalated further when he recruited three additional individuals—including women—linking them to Saudi intelligence for the purpose of carrying out acts described as sabotage against Yemen. Anas was eventually arrested on 7 September 2025, while working for Saudi intelligence for a monthly payment of 1,500 Saudi riyals.

The confessions highlight, according to authorities, the depth of Saudi involvement in hostile intelligence operations against Yemen and its alignment with the American-Israeli agenda. They also underline the vigilance and effectiveness of Yemeni security services in dismantling espionage networks and thwarting their plans despite the adversary’s advanced resources and methods.

The detailed confessions, which include specific dates, locations, and methods, are presented by Yemeni authorities as evidence of a coordinated foreign intelligence effort to monitor and undermine Yemen's military capabilities and economic infrastructure. The reports highlight the ongoing intelligence and proxy warfare layered atop the wider regional conflict.

The announcement comes amid the ongoing regional tensions and the military support of Yemeni forces in solidarity with Gaza. Yemeni authorities have repeatedly affirmed the involvement of the US-Saudi coalition of aggression of conducting intelligence operations and targeting its infrastructure.