Films commemorating the Oct. 8 raid and massacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRhYkssz50M
Massacre film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvpmfBHnVxA
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Klassifizierung / Classification
Zuerst: Verschleppte der Huthis / At first: Houthi detainees
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Cholera
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche/ UN and peace talks
cp7a Saudi-Arabien und Iran / saudi Arabia and Iran
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
cp13 Waffenhandel / Arms Trade
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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(Kein Stern / No star)
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
PH = Pro-Houthi
PS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
Zuerst: Verschleppte der Huthis / At first: Houthi detainees
(* A P)
Houthis execute family of teacher including woman in Taiz
Houthi-Saleh militias on Friday broke into the house of a teacher in Taiz, executing three of his relatives including a woman by firing squad.
Local sources told Alsahw Net that the militias broke into the house located in Saber al-Mawadem in the east of Taiz, shooting the three persons dead, pointing out that the killed persons are Etehad Qasem, Anas Fara'a and Mohammed Fara'a .
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11748
My comment: I thought this Houthi way of communication mostly was to be seen in Ibb governorate before?
(A P)
informal news that he [Hisham Al-Omeisy] will be released soon by and through Oman ....then the whole family to Canada....figures crossed!
https://twitter.com/KingSulimann/status/916243215195484161
Comment: Journalists outside of Yemen: Address @Moh_Alhouthi @YemenAfaash @tarikyemen to #FreeHisham Asap & avoid rumors and speculation
https://twitter.com/Moyenne1/status/916316196294856704
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Yemen’s Houthis planning mass arrests of Saleh loyalists
The Houthi armed group has prepared a long list of President Ali Abdullah Saleh loyalists to arrest, Sky News Arabia reported.
The names include military, security and political leaders loyal to Saleh who are to be arrested on various charges. It is unclear what the charges are, and why this has occurred at this time.
The Houthi armed group has a track record of arresting individuals for dissenting against their governance in Yemen. Prominent activist and journalist Hisham Al-Omeisy was arrested by the Houthis in August. Al-Omeisy’s location remains unknown and his family has still not heard from him.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171006-yemens-houthis-planning-mass-arrests-of-saleh-loyalists/
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A Yemeni Political Analyst Has Been Held By Houthi Rebels Since August, With No Explanation
Prominent Yemeni political analyst and writer Hisham Al-Omeisy has been held incommunicado since being detained in August.
According to Amnesty International, members of the Houthi-controlled National Security Bureau arrested Al-Omeisy in the capital Sana'a on 14 August 2017. Al-Omeisy's is a crucial voice in reporting the ongoing conflict in Yemen. He has been critical of both warring parties.
With more than 32 thousand Twitter followers, Al-Omeisy has been actively tweeting about the humanitarian crisis and violations committed by both warring parties. Prior to his arrest, he had analyzed and spoken about the conflict to international media including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, NPR and TRT World. Al-Omeisy is also a contributor to The Observers, a collaborative site by France 24 that covers international affairs by verifying and contextualizing eyewitness accounts shared by contributors. Earlier this year, he penned a story on the humanitarian impact of the war, describing how he has attempted to shield his children, two boys aged seven and 11, from the “ugly realities” of the conflict by censoring himself in their conversations.
It remains unclear why Al-Omeisy was arrested. But prior to his arrest, on 12 August, he tweeted in both Arabic and English about “corrupt officials” confiscating real estate by force in the capital Sana'a.
It remains unclear who these “armed goons” are, and whether this tweet has anything to do with his arbitrary detention, but since Sana'a is under the control of Houthi militias and Saleh forces, one can imagine that he may have been referring to these groups.
Iona Craig, a journalist covering Yemen and a friend of Al-Omeisy, told CBC Radio that “it could be those two events are connected.” She also added that Hisham was previously interrogated by the Houthi-Saleh forces for his outspokenness.
As Al-Omeisy remains in arbitrary detention and without charge, his friends and supporters continue to demand his release (with images)
(** B P)
AMA: Over 610 teachers abducted in Yemen
Abductees' Mothers Association has revealed that the Houthi Saleh militias have been prisoning 613 teaches, pointing out that they were abducted from their schools and homes without any justifications.
On the anniversary of World Teachers' Day,th AMA affirmed that the teachers are deprived from their rights guaranteed by the Yemeni constitution and laws, affirming that scores of them died inside prisons due to torture and mistreatment.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11699 and also http://almasdaronline.com/article/94503
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Houthis break into " mental hospital" turns it into prison
Houthi-Saleh militias on Thursday broke into a mental hospital in the city of Ibb, expelled its mental patients and turned it into a prison.
Local sources said that they turned it into a hospital under the pretext that the central prion of the city was no longer sufficient to receive more prisoners, pointing out that the militas imprisoned a lot of civilians during past months.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11698
and
(* A P)
Ibb : Houthis turn psychiatric clinic into prison
the Houthis turned the Psychiatric clinic near the central prison into an additional space as a prison after they have forced the patients to leave, justifying that the inmates numbers have increased into 1700 person while the prison capacity is only for about 800.
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94483
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Khoudani returned home with his brother Tariq Saleh
With bruises and scratches on his abdomen and chest (could be locked with cats)
https://twitter.com/HugairaRahma/status/915726610233483276
Remark: Reports on his detainment YPR 346.
(B P)
#EyesOnSanaa What's the logic here? Give a clear statement Sana'a & ICRC staff access to him. @omeisy is well known (image9
https://twitter.com/Moyenne1/status/915662168594567168
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
(** A K)
Drone shot down by Houthis suggests US support for Saudi coalition air strikes
One Yemeni citizen was very clear that the people can hear the sounds of drones every night in Sana’a, but were surprised to know that this was a US drone. “What,” asked Hussam Al-Sanabani, “was it doing?”
He was referring to the US drone shot down by the Iranian-backed Houthi group in the Yemeni capital last weekend. The presence of US drones over Houthi-controlled territory suggests that Washington is providing intelligence support to the Saudi-led coalition. War crime allegations have been levied against Saudi Arabia for targeting civilians indiscriminately in air strikes.
What role are the US drones playing in all of this, especially in providing intelligence for the coalition air strikes which have killed hundreds of civilians?
The absence of AQAP in Houthi-controlled areas is well-known, said Yemen-based journalist Hussain Albukhaiti. “The number of US drones over Sana’a has increased since the war started, which means that their job is to collect information and pictures as well as to coordinate for the Saudi led coalition,” he claimed.
My comment: Telling the obvious.
(** B K P)
One year after Yemen's deadly funeral hall bombing, there's still no accountability
No action whatsoever was taken to hold those responsible for the funeral hall 'double-tap' airstrike accountable
Marking the first anniversary of the funeral hall bombing raises the paramount issue of accountability, for those impacted directly by the violence, and passive violence. Until that happens, and for now, it's the first anniversary of the funeral hall bombing with no justice yet – by Afrah Nasser
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/10/6/remembering-yemens-deadly-funeral-hall-bombing
My comment: This case shows to the extreme how biased western politics (which dominates the UN Security Council) really is.
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Yemen's unpaid teachers strike as education crisis deepens
"I had to quit my job as a teacher to find a way to provide for my family," says Yousef, a former primary school teacher from Sanaa now working as a builder.
At least 166,443 teachers - approximately 73% of the national total - have also not received their salaries since October 2016, according to the Unicef mission in Yemen.
They are among 1.5 million civil servants only paid sporadically over the past year.
The Houthis announced that the academic year would start on 30 September, but a call by the teachers' union for a strike over pay has been widely heeded, with only a fraction turning up for work.
According to figures made available to the BBC by the Unicef mission, 12,240 of the 15,826 functioning schools in Yemen are affected by the strikes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41510350
(** A P)
U.N. blacklists Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen
The United Nations blacklisted a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition on Thursday for killing and injuring 683 children in Yemen and attacking dozens of schools and hospitals in 2016, even as it said the coalition had taken action to improve child protection.
The blacklist attached to the U.N. annual report on children in armed conflict also named the Iran-allied Houthi rebel group, Yemen government forces, pro-government militia and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for violations against children in 2016.
In an effort to dampen controversy surrounding the report, the blacklist this year is split into two categories. One lists parties that have put in place measures to protect children, which includes the Saudi-led military coalition, and the other includes parties that have not.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-un/u-n-blacklists-saudi-led-coalition-for-killing-children-in-yemen-idUSKBN1CA2NI and by AFP http://www.france24.com/en/20171006-un-blacklists-saudi-coalition-over-child-deaths-yemen and by CNN http://us.cnn.com/2017/10/05/middleeast/saudi-arabia-yemen/index.html and Fars News http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960713000913
and more
Comment: UN whitewashes Saudi while blacklisting them. What "measures" were in place when Buthaina & Sam lost all their siblings, @antonioguterres?
https://twitter.com/shireen818/status/916765303597649920
My comment to comment: This is the right question, hitting the spot.
My comment: This annex is a bad joke. The Saudis did nothing more than the other warring parties “to protect children”. On the contrary – the children killed by the consequences of the Saudi blockade – and they are even much more than those killed by the war – had not even been taken into consideration. – More reporting: cp7. And Saudi propaganda reports: cp 15.
and
(** A P)
War in Yemen: UN blacklists Saudi-led coalition for killing children
The UN has added the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to its annual list of shame for killing hundreds of children in 2016. But the world body noted that the coalition had put in place some measures to protect kids.
In a bid to dampen controversy, for the first time, the new list in the annual report on children in armed conflict has been split into two parts by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Both list parties that recruit, use, kill, maim, rape, sexually, abuse or abduct children in armed conflict or attack schools and hospitals.
However, one of the lists catalogs parties "that have put in place measures during the reporting period to improve the protection of children," which includes the Saudi-led coalition and the other includes parties that have not taken any action to ensure children are not violated.
Guterres said the blacklist was "not only to raise awareness" but also to "promote measures that can diminish the tragic plight of children in conflict."
http://www.dw.com/en/war-in-yemen-un-blacklists-saudi-led-coalition-for-killing-children/a-40827411
(* A P)
Saudi Killing ‘Not As Bad As Other States Doing It
Riyadh ‘taking steps to improve protection of children,’ says UN despite deaths
Those accused of taking no action to protect children include the forces resisting the Saudi invasion — the Yemeni military and the Houthi militia.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-c6a7-Saudi-killing-not-as-bad-as-other-states-doing-it
and
(** B K P)
Film: Will UN's Yemen war blacklist help protect children?
Saudi-led coalition and Houthis placed on draft UN blacklist over deaths of hundreds of children in conflict.
Guests: Hakim Al Masmari - Editor of the Yemen Post; Kate Kiver - Director of policy and advocacy at the Yemen Peace Project; Kristine Beckerle - Yemen researcher with Human Rights Watch
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/10/yemen-war-blacklist-protect-children-171005181430162.html = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8t8T9H6Gx8
(** B P)
How the Saudis are making it almost impossible to report on their war in Yemen
The conflict is not getting anything like the media attention it deserves.
The scant media coverage is not without reason, or wholly because the general public is too cold-hearted to care. It is very hard to get into Yemen. The risks for the few foreign journalists who gain access are significant. And the Saudi-led coalition waging war in the country is doing its best to make it difficult, if not impossible, to report from the area.
The new arrangement significantly increased the cost and time involved – two things that most media organisations are short of.
He said that blocking media access was part of the Saudi-led coalition’s strategy to “bring [Yemen] to its knees in an atmosphere of silence and indifference.”
Access is not the only problem. Reporting in Yemen carries great risks. The British Foreign Office warns of a “very high threat of kidnap and unlawful detention from militia groups, armed tribes, criminals and terrorists”. It specifically mentions journalists as a group that could be targeted – by Ahmed Baider and Lizzie Porter
Comment: A great article. They are terrified of people finding out the truth.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10155990958693641
(** B P)
Secret Prisons Run By Mohammed Bin Zayed’s Brigades In Taiz
Activists discover Mohammed bin Zayed’s Brigades manage secret prisons in the coastal directorates controlled by the terrorist brigades and the south-backed southern recruits militia in the western province of Taiz amid forced arrests and brutal tortures where the detainees live in inhuman conditions.
They confirmed that the UAE invasion brigades had arrested about 800 civilians from the districts of Mukha, Al-Awazia, Bab al-Mandab, and dozens of islanders who had been held in secret prisons in the areas under their control.
(** B K P)
Al Qaeda, ISIS are ‘Biggest Winners’ in Saudi Campaign
The Cipher Brief’s Bennett Seftel spoke with Arrabyee about the daily difficulties facing the Yemeni population as well as how the U.S. can help bring an end to the country’s three-year-old civil war.
Arrabyee: No, there will be no peace deal in the near or distant future without the will of the U.S. administration to reach such a deal. I said this about two years ago, here in The Cipher Brief, and nothing has changed.
Saudi Arabia wants to destroy Iran by destroying Yemen, this is a big mistake. Iran is happy to see the Saudis fight while Iran loses nothing.
If U.S., UK, and French leaders think that a peace deal will come about by supporting their beloved oil-rich, Wahabi Saudi regime in starving Yemenis to death or submission, then they are completely wrong.
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/al-qaeda-isis-biggest-winners-saudi-campaign
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Cholera / Most important: Cholera
(* B H)
Film: Yemen Crisis - War is making it hard to control Cholera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ieJo0MsGw
(* B H)
There Are Now 800,000+ Cases in Yemen’s Horrifying Cholera Epidemic
Every week unfortunately brings more news that Yemen’s cholera epidemic continues to spread and claim more lives:
Yemen’s cholera epidemic has shown itself to be much worse than anyone expected, and it continues to get worse more quickly than anyone thought it would.
Since the U.S. has been a chief enabler and author of this catastrophe, our government should play a significant role in funding the relief effort and in providing the logistical support to deliver aid. I have no confidence at all that the current administration will do any of this.
(* B H)
'Breaking Point': Unpaid salaries hinder Yemen's fight against cholera
Tens of thousands of health workers in Yemen have not received their salaries in over a year, overwhelming the health system and impeding the battle to contain cholera in the war-torn country.
A new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) highlights the urgency of the crisis affecting the health sector, where workers in the Ministry of Public Health and Population last received a salary in August 2016.
(* A H)
Yemen: Electronic Disease Early Warning System (eDEWS) Cholera Response Daily Epidemiological Update (2017-10-04)
791,551 cases, 2,142 deaths
(* A H)
Yemen: Cholera Suspected Cases (From 27 April - 04 October 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-cholera-suspected-cases-27-april-04-october-2017
(* A H)
Yemen: Cholera Attack Rate (%) Population (From 27 April - 04 October 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-cholera-attack-rate-population-27-april-04-october-2017
(** B H)
Yemen's cholera crisis laid bare in new hospital footage
New footage from inside several hospitals in Yemen reveals the crisis facing the war-torn country as it battles to contain one of the world's worst ever outbreaks of cholera.
The videos, provided to CNN by the International Rescue Committee, show children being treated for possible symptoms of the infectious disease in hospitals and mobile health units in the city of Aden and other areas in southern Yemen in late August.
"The cholera outbreak in Yemen is one of the worst I have ever seen in my 25 years of working in humanitarian aid," said Zvidzai Maburutse, the deputy director of the IRC's Yemen program. "What is left of the health system in Yemen today is at best inadequate and at worst nonexistent." (with film and photos)
http://us.cnn.com/2017/10/04/health/yemen-cholera-irc-footage/index.html
(* B H)
Meet the volunteers battling cholera in Yemen
Students and teachers go door to door to spread awareness about disease prevention
Al Mukalla: They move from house to house carrying pamphlets and hygiene materials.In war-torn Yemen, community volunteers are on the forefront in the battle against the spread of diseases in Yemen.
In the south-eastern province of Hadramout, health authorities reply on teachers and students to help spread awareness about cholera, dengue fever and malaria.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/meet-the-volunteers-battling-cholera-in-yemen-1.2101483
(* A H)
Yemen: Electronic Disease Early Warning System (eDEWS) Cholera Response Daily Epidemiological Update (2017-10-03)
786,633 cases, 2,139 deaths
(* A H)
Map: Yemen: Cholera Suspected Cases (From 27 April - 03 October 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-cholera-suspected-cases-27-april-03-october-2017
Oct. 2: https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-cholera-suspected-cases-27-april-02-october-2017
(* A H)
Map: Yemen: Cholera Attack Rate (%) Population (From 27 April - 03 October 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-cholera-attack-rate-population-27-april-03-october-2017
(* A H)
Cholera prevention fell short during Yemen outbreak, says UN
World Health Organisation says that world agencies could have acted faster in response to Yemen's deadly cholera epidemic, which has affected thousands.
cp2 Allgemein / General
(unrated B K P)
Film: Stop Saudi Genocidal War in Yemen: Interview with Fouad Alghaffari, chairman of the Yemeni Advisory Office for Coordination with the BRICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=kau_oi_g_jU
(* B K P)
Saudi propagates on Yemen war
The Saudi ambassador to the UN a platform to recite some propaganda
It is doubly unfortunate that Saudi officials are given high-profile Western platforms for spreading their self-serving lies about the war on Yemen.The view of Yemenis on the receiving end of the coalition’s devastating war is rarely given the same attention or prominence in Western media
http://iblagh.com/en/saudi-propagates-yemen-war/
(A K P)
Nobel laureate says human suffering must end in “forgotten land” of Yemen
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said the world is turning a blind eye to the plight of millions of people suffering in her war-torn nation plagued by hunger and disease.
“Simply put, the Arab coalition led by the Emirates and Saudi Arabia has broken its commitment towards the humanitarian situation in the country,” Karman said.
“Unfortunately, this coalition deals with this war just as a battle to fire bombs and throw missiles, ignoring the consequences,” she said.
https://news.trust.org/item/20171006175808-n1z70 = http://morungexpress.com/nobel-laureate-says-human-suffering-must-end-forgotten-land-yemen/
My comment: That’s a totally new tune by her – who had supported the Saudi bombing war by 100 % before.
(* B K)
Saudis tackle border spillover from Yemen war
The Huthi rebels, well-versed in the region's rugged topography, have mounted numerous cross-border raids in retaliation against Saudi airstrikes on their Yemeni strongholds.
The Iran-backed insurgents’ hit-and-run incursions and rocket barrages have not jeopardised Saudi control of the vast frontier, but they have underscored how the raging conflict in Yemen is spilling across the border, threatening scores of villages like Al Khubah.
The rebels have posted numerous propaganda videos purporting to show their incursions into Saudi territory, including one inside Al Khubah showing border guards beating a hasty retreat.
“The Huthis are liars, liars, liars,” Al-Hameed said, claiming there had only been a handful of Saudi casualties and no fatalities in rebel assaults at the site.
Saudi Arabia does not officially disclose military fatalities, but state media has frequent
Remark: By AFP, somewhat biased.
(* B K P)
Good morning. I need to share a few things. About a war. Many don't know about. That has killed a lot of people. That we the U.S. are helping fight. But Congress never voted on. YEMEN. (And next week Congress will finally vote.) Thread
https://twitter.com/SunjeevBery/status/916301810134061056
(B H P)
The U.S. helped create a massive humanitarian crisis, here’s how we can help fix it
Violence and cholera have left Yemen’s people desperate for help — Congress can start to change that with one vote
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/07/yemen-cholera-resolution-81/
Comment: The article refers to the parties involved in the war as 'morally questionable' forgetting Yemenis AT HOME are being bombed by a Coalition of countries supporting an expired President in exile.
Forgetting, in addition, the Coalition is invading #Yemen and that if the Coalition looks for 'Shiite Houthis' they might be disappointed as in Yemen people used to pray in the same mosque.
It is time for justice: starting from the narrative.
https://www.facebook.com/LivingInYemenOnTheEdge/posts/1517711254948566
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Yemen: West complicit in humanitarian catastrophe
The unfolding disaster in Yemen is entirely human-made, is worsening and is the result of policies pursued by the United States and Britain.
The corporate media in the West has obscured the responsibility of the US and Britain in facilitating the ongoing Saudi assault on Yemen.
There is no question that the Saudi offensive depends on the unstinting military and political support Saudi Arabia receives from its principal patrons; the US and Britain.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/yemen-west-complicit-humanitarian-catastrophe
(A P)
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss political solution to Yemen war [1]
(* B H K)
Saudi Arabia Coalition Does Not Allow Cranes to Yemen Port to Unload Ships with Humanitarian Aid
The coalition led by Saudi Arabia for nine months does not allow the UN to deliver cranes to the Yemeni port of Hodeidah to unload ships with humanitarian aid and commercial cargo.
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Crisis in Yemen deepens
Under the R2P doctrine, the community of nations has a duty to protect civilians from genocide, ethnic cleansing and/or mass civilian death. R2P, which was endorsed by world leaders at the UN summit in 2005, allows the community of nations to use diplomacy, humanitarian aid and even military intervention to prevent mass civilian death.
Should the United Nations Security Council apply the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine in Yemen?
"All sides in Yemen have failed to uphold their responsibility to protect," Adams said. "And the international community's response has been timid and slow.
From an R2P perspective, what does the community of nations need to do in Yemen?
http://www.thewhig.com/2017/10/05/crisis-in-yemen-deepens
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Countdown to the victory of Yemen … the differences destroy the alliance of aggression
The information indicates that Morocco withdrew from the alliance, and this country is participated with six F-16, as well as 1500 soldiers from Al-Safwah forces. Saudi Arabia and Morocco did not officially comment on the decision of Rabat to withdraw its military participation in the Arab alliance in the Yemeni war, Moroccan “Al-Osbo’o” and “Al-Sabah” newspapers discussed the news of the withdrawal, without relying on official sources in the army or the Moroccan government.
Some experts see that the withdrawal of Morocco from the alliance indicates the fragility of this alliance
My comment: The conclusions are not reasonable.
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Unprecedented UN resolution demands end to harassment of Baha'is in Yemen
A United Nations (UN) resolution regarding the situation in Yemen, introduced by Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group and supported by the entire membership of the UN Human Rights Council, called for the release of all Baha’i detainees in the country.
https://www.bic.org/news/unprecedented-un-resolution-demands-end-harassment-bahais-yemen
My comment: What about Bahais in other Arab countries like Saudi Arabia?
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The US is Backing Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Col. Larry Wilkerson says many Republicans are ready to cross the aisle to stop the war in Yemen as the Saudis are using US position-guided missiles to bomb port side cranes that offload food and water during a cholera epidemic
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20121
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War, plague and famine ride Yemen
Ultimately, however, the future of Yemen hangs on the will of the U.S. and the international community writ large to step in and help this beleaguered nation.
“The U.S., except for its Special Operations considerations and targeting terrorists, doesn’t really care about the situation in Yemen, particularly with this administration,” concludes Richer. “I don’t see reconciliation coming soon.”
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/war-plague-famine-ride-yemen
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U.S. Hegemony In The Arabian Peninsula And The Secret War Against Yemen
Media Blackout
U.S. Hegemony in the Gulf and their Imperial Lap Dogs
UAE-Saudi Rift
Saudis Are Losing and Know it
The Saudi Regime’s PR Overhaul
The World Sits in Silence
al-Qaeda as a Tool for Imperialism
UN Launches Sham Investigation – by Randi Nord
http://geopoliticsalert.com/u-s-hegemony-arabian-peninsula-secret-war-yemen
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
(A H)
My mate @fatikr with our young Yemeni Jewish brother in capital Sanaa. Please assist him & @monareliefye to aid them and others in need.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916990661609639937
Salam guys, @monareliefye's team has just finished delivering food packs to Jewish community's members in Sanaa 4 the 4th time (photos)
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/916975717480529920
Million thanks to all our donors for supporting @monareliefye's humanitarian work in #Yemen. Especiall thanks to our donors in Kuwait. (photos9
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/917042635575058433
(A H)
Here's another story of #Yemen @hope_relief delivered by @AhmadAlgohbary (thread, photos)
https://twitter.com/hope_relief/status/909167124123353089
(* B H)
Jemen: Über 1 Million Kinder im brutalen Kreislauf von Cholera und Hunger gefangen
(A H)
China's humanitarian aid supplies arrive in Yemen's Aden
Officials of Yemen's internationally-backed government received on Friday in the southern port city of Aden another batch of emergency aid supplies provided by the Chinese government.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/07/c_136663828.htm
(B H)
Film: Yemen - A Mine Ends The Dream Of A Girl Getting Married
Dalila al-Sharabi, a Yemeni girl getting married living in Taiz in southern Yemen, was forced to flee to the areas near Taiz, while the mother preferred to stay in their home, refusing to leave. Delilah was longing to see her mother, so she paid her a visit and during her stay at her mother's house, a fight broke out in the area near her family's home for three days. After relative calm, Dalila stepped in front of the house not knowing that this was her last step. A land mine exploded causing her to lose her two legs, turning her delight into a nightmare.
(* B H)
Poverty kills: The Yemenis defusing missiles for money
Yemen is littered with unexploded rockets and mortars - and people ready to risk their lives to extract precious metals
Mohammed al-Namer, in charge of clearing mines in Taiz, said desperate residents were pulling apart unexploded missiles fired by Saudi Arabia to extract sellable metals, including brass and copper.
"Five people were breaking up a missile after an air strike inside a camp in the Taiz' al-Ganad area in August," he said. "The missile exploded and killed all five of them.
"Most howitzer and Katyusha rockets and mortars did not explode when fired," he said. Instead, they lay on the ground, a fatal risk for returning residents.
There are no accurate figures on the quantity of armaments which have been dropped on
Children as well as adults are engaged in the recycling business, he said. "The dire need for money means that desperate people don't inform the authorities about missiles. Instead they sacrifice their lives trying to extract metals from explosive remnants of war. People need to be aware that scrap metals can kill them."
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Traffico d'organi tra Yemen ed Egitto
Una rete di trafficanti d'organi gestisce affari da migliaia di dollari tra i due Paesi mediorientali, sulla pelle degli yemeniti che la guerra ha lasciato senza altra scelta.
http://www.terrasanta.net/tsx/showPage.jsp?wi_number=10258&wi_codseq=%20%20%20%20%20%20&language=it
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Film: Yemen war: Millions face devastation, disease and famine
Two-and-a-half years of fighting has devastated many areas in Yemen, where millions of people are facing famine.
Cholera and other diseases are spreading because hospitals and clinics have been destroyed.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/yemen-war-millions-face-devastation-disease-famine-171006122823236.html = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJMrqo7OTmg
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Logistics Cluster - Yemen Operation - July - September 2017
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/logistics-cluster-yemen-operation-july-september-2017
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Audio: Yemen's Public Health Struggles Mount as Civil War Continues
Tankred Stoebeis the former president of Doctors Without Borders in Germany, and he’s currently on the organization’s international board of directors. Dr. Stoebe recently came back from Yemen, where he spent a month working as an ER doctor in hospitals and clinics around the country.
He tells The Takeaway that the horrific situation in Yemen is made worse by the fact that thousands of public sector health workers haven't been paid in about a year, leaving the country's hospitals and clinics crippled.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/yemens-struggles-mount-civil-war-continues/
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Yemen - Cholera outbreak, food insecurity and displacement - ECHO Daily map | 05/10/2017
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Film: Yemen: The Unseen Conflict
Yemeni women are among the most vulnerable caught in the crossfire of the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. A new video from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security gives viewers a glimpse into the tremendous hardships that are a daily reality in Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txLx7J9jik&t=31s
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Millions of children in Yemen are at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases that's why @UNICEF is rapidly flying vaccines to Sanaa this week
https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Yemen/status/915263981593481216
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Supported by UNICEF, the Local Water and Sanitation Cooperation in #Hodeidah has rehabilitated the water network at Al-Hali district. Over 4,500 families will have now access to clean and safe water due to the repairs which included lay of new pipes to support the flow of water (photos)
https://www.facebook.com/unicefyemen/posts/1546326672100037
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Yemen: Health Cluster Dashboard (as of 31 July, 2017)
Health Cluster partners identified 14.8 million people in need of health assistance in the 2017 HNO.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-health-cluster-dashboard-31-july-2017
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The team continue distributing food packs to the most vulnerable families in #Yemen, #Sanaa (photos)
https://twitter.com/HndOrgYE/status/915261206851735552
and
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SAVE A FAMILY IN YEMEN
Human Needs for Development-HND Organization is a non-profit Yemeni registered charity number: 275/2016. HND sole goal is to alleviate the starving and suffering faced by populations in Yemen
https://www.generosity.com/emergencies-fundraising/save-a-family-in-yemen
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Yemen Situation Update (September 2017)
On 18 September, the Logistics Cluster facilitated an airlift with an WFP-chartered aircraft, carrying 9 mt of relief items on behalf of five partners from Djibouti to Sana’a. The next airlift is scheduled for 2 October, for which 200 mt of cargo from four partners are already planned for transport.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-situation-update-september-2017
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Film: Islamic Relief USA - Our Work In Yemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BthbGfIPmCc
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Yemen | Nutrition Cluster Dashboard (January to August 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-nutrition-cluster-dashboard-january-august-2017
Yemen Nutrition Cluster: Operational Presence as of 3 September 2017
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-nutrition-cluster-operational-presence-3-september-2017
Nutrition Cluster: GAM Rate Classification (as of 3 September 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/nutrition-cluster-gam-rate-classification-3-september-2017
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Somali refugees head home as Yemen crisis bites: UN
Somali refugees are fleeing war, cholera and hunger in Yemen, the United Nations said Thursday, with 10,000 expected to return home to a country they escaped over conflict and poverty.
Somalis make up 91 percent of refugees and asylum seekers in Yemen, with the United Nations reporting some 256,000 Somalis based in camps in the war-torn country.
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Emirati-backed al Hizam security forces interdicted a truck smuggling 60 Ethiopian migrants near Shaqrah city, southern Abyan governorate [2]
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Yemen: Passengers Transport Overview - Djibouti – Aden - Djibouti, September 2017
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Infographic: UNHCR Somalia Registered Refugees and Asylum-seekers Statistical Report, 30-September-17
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Yemen: IDPs Hosting Sites (as of September 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-idps-hosting-sites-september-2017
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Yemen: Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster Dashboard for August 2017
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-shelternficccm-cluster-dashboard-august-2017
and more Shelter Cluster maps.
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-shelternficccm-cluster-sub-national-structure-september-2017
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-shelternficccm-cluster-planned-activities-october-2017-onward
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-shelternficccm-cluster-3ws-activities-implemented-august-2017
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-shelternficccm-cluster-3ws-who-does-what-where-august-2017
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Yemen: In-Country Contingency Stocks and Pipelines (as of September 2017)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-country-contingency-stocks-and-pipelines-september-2017
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UNHCR Yemen Situation: 2017 Funding Update (as of 26 September 2017)
79.8 M required for 2017
46.1 M contributions received, representing 58% of requirements
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unhcr-yemen-situation-2017-funding-update-26-september-2017
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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Criminal prosecution begins investigation into the issue of the girl Buthaina, the real humanity
The specialized criminal prosecution in the capital Sana’a, Saturday, 7-10-2017, investigated the crime of attacking the six-year-old girl Buthaina Mohammed Mansour Saad al-Raimi.
According to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), a judicial source said “The Criminal Prosecution received the file of the crime of kidnapping the girl Buthaina of the National Security Service.”
Remark: Earlier reporting: YPR 345, cp4a.
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Gunmen set 14 prisoners free from prison southern Sana'a
A security source said that gunmen attacked on Saturday a police station in the capital Sana'a, releasing a number of prisoners and destroying two police vehicles.
The ''News Agency'' website of Saleh party quoted the security source as saying that the gunmen led by Nasser al-Shotri stormed the police station (Suhail al-Jufi) in the 70th area, releasing 10 prisoners convicted of selling Alcoholic southern the capital.
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94552
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#Houthi gunmen stormed foreign ministry premises in Sana'a following disagreement with minister Hisham Sharaf from #Saleh party.
https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/916765544711376897
My comment: Another act in Houthis’ political suicide.
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Yemen army vows to carry out attacks in Saudi depth
Spokesman of Yemeni forces, Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman stressed that the allied forces of the Yemeni army and popular committees maintain high level of readiness to confront the Saudi-led aggression.
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Ibb : Houthis shoot relief team, turn psychiatric clinic into prison
A local source said on Wednesday that the Houthis gunmen shot on the International Medical Corps team in Qahza area western Ibb city, central Yemen, without giving reasons of the shooting.
the Houthis turned the Psychiatric clinic near the central prison into an additional space as a prison after they have forced the patients to leave, justifying that the inmates numbers have increased into 1700 person while the prison capacity is only for about 800.
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94483
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Meanwhile, in #Yemen capital Sanaa tonight, ex President Ali Abdullah Saleh is enjoying a night out on GPC party business.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916030831730163712 referring to https://twitter.com/al_afashi/status/915916788155781122
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The Yemeni navy is reviewing in the regional waters depths and announcing about surprises for the Alliance warships
The Yemeni naval forces announced on Wednesday that they were ready for any military confrontation in the West Coast facing the coalition after a maneuver showed the capabilities and skills of the members and announcing about surprises for the Alliance warships.
The navy said in a statement received by the correspondent that its forces “ready to repel to any threat targeting the Yemeni coasts.”
and
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Yemen navy forces carry out maneuver exercises in the Red Sea. Readying to fight US-backed Saudi invaders . Oct 4, 2017.
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/915830201141141505
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/915823322205769729
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/915822063583203328
and film: https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/915707819705405440
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Houthis organize military parade of new recruits in Hodeida
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94464 and also
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al Houthi forces stage military parade in al Hudaydah city, northern Yemen[5]
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Siehe / Look at cp1
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The capital of the south Aden is a theater of militias
The military formations and security apparatuses in Aden are the most visible manifestation of the determinants of the UAE’s policies in southern Yemen.
A highly complex, multi-faceted, multi-stakeholder and effective map under the patronage, support and funding of Abu Dhabi. This is not a monolithic entity whose members are fighting side by side with the “Arab alliance” as the Saudi and Emirati media may suggest, but with gangs and militias whose political, regional, regional and personal divisions vary.
Doaa Sweidan /Newspaper:
These forces advance the «security belt», the strike arm of the UAE and its large stick in Aden. The “Belt”, led by the Salafist Minister Hani Ben-Brik, is dominated by the regional and tough nature.
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Film: Yemen - A Security Campaign To Ban Carrying Arms In Shabwa Governorate.
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Gunmen assassinate Abu Abbas commander in Taiz city, central Yemen.[5]
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Minister of Endowment and Guidance Ahmed Atiyah removed his son from office on October 5 in response to significant criticism from Yemeni activists. Social media accounts reportedly advocated for the dismissal of a number of other Hadi government officials whom relatives appointed. [3]
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Former Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah accused the Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi government of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil revenue from Hadramawt governorate on October 3. [1]
Remark: Had already been reported; this is the Hadi government’s reply:
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A government source refutes Bahah's claims and reveals the hidden targets behind them
The source pointed out that the occasional blackmailing of Bahah against the legitimate government by false accusations is a miserable attempt to interfere with the work and mission of the legitimacy and its clear path towards realizing the aspirations of the Yemenis to save the republic.
He pointed out that the unfair accusations, falsification of facts and deliberate distortion of Bahah's actions, beyond mere show of concern, harm the interests of Yemen and the Yemenis and negatively affect the intensive efforts of the legitimate government and the Arab Alliance to uphold legitimacy under the leadership of Saudi Arabia.
http://sabanew.net/viewstory.php?id=23271 and in translation https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsabanew.net%2Fviewstory.php%3Fid%3D23271&edit-text=
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Four Yemeni soldiers killed in 'al-Qaeda' attack
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and seven others wounded on Friday in a suspected al-Qaeda suicide car bombing in the southern province of Abyan, a security source said.
The attack targeted a commander of the UAE-backed Yemeni government forces in Khanfar area, Abu Abdullah al-Shaneeni, who suffered wounds
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/10/6/four-yemeni-soldiers-killed-in-al-qaeda-attack
and
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Suspected #AQAP militants detonated a roadside IED targeting a Security Belt technical in #Mudiyah #Abyan wounding several soldiers.
#AQAP VBIED was parked on the side of the road and detonated as the Security Belt convoy passed. 5 soldiers wounded. #Mudiyah #Abyan #Yemen (photos)
https://twitter.com/demolinari/status/915883559763697665
https://twitter.com/demolinari/status/916034329611952128
and
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#AQAP #Yemen claims it exploded booby trapped car to hit Security Belt forces in Mudiya, Abyan at 13.15 today (8/17 ops past month in Abyan)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/916059133526335488 and https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/916599046139273217 and https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/916630229493403650
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An armed crowd in Shabwa, landmine explodes near military patrol in Sayoun
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94463
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Yemeni, GCC officials discuss membership of Yemeni in GCC institutions
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11662
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Emirati-backed forces secure road connecting eastern Yemen governorates[3]
https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/gulf-of-aden-security-review
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Yemen ex-prime minister says that Saudi puppet Hadi pillaged about 1billion&700 million US$ last year!
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/915258693586788352
Yemen Ex-Prime Minister says here that Saudi-puppet Hadi corrupted in months more than Saleh did in 33 years!
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/915256628596887552
and these are the tweets of former prime minister Khaled Bahah:
The legitimacy looted the value of seven hundred million dollars of oil Mseila Hadramout within a year, and still ..
In addition to four hundred billion Yemeni riyals (notarized).
https://twitter.com/KhaledBahah/status/915180184713809920
lists of the army of legitimacy, "four hundred and twenty-five thousand military!", You lost within months against the corruption of 33 years of power of your predecessor.
https://twitter.com/KhaledBahah/status/914468209000148993
and Bahah’s enemies try this:
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Psychiatrists analyze the health and psychological state of Khalid Bahah
http://www.hunaaden.com/news41298.html
My comment: This article boasts the “successes” of Bahah’s successor, what is really odd. Apart from fanciful propaganda, there simply are none.
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#Socotra: Departure of TWO giant Emirates containers to the UAE filled with stolen heritage goods from the island.
Video in the article (did not work)
https://www.facebook.com/SaveSocotra/posts/1529336130484232 referring to http://www.nthnews.net/201710/118670/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%82/
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Video of the Goldmoor tunnel checkpoint incident on Oct 1 between #Aden security forces manning point and Qasim Al-Johari's forces.
https://twitter.com/demolinari/status/915653693407502336
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe cp1 / Look at cp1
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Resolution 2216 stigma on the United Nations brow after the legitimacy was rejected by UAE
The Saudi regime is still committed to implementing the Resolution 2216, and withdrawing from Sanaa and handing over the weapons to legitimate institutions.
“The ceasefire without preconditions in Yemen is not a recipe for sustainable peace,” said Saudi diplomat Abdullah al-Moalemi, ambassador of the Sand Kingdom to the United Nations, stressing the need to implement UN resolution 2216 to prevent conflict and violence between Yemenis in the future.
This is a funny and contradictory statement with the previous statements
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Mehr als 15 500 Kinder Opfer von Kriegen
Allein in Afghanistan, Syrien und dem Jemen wurden im Jahr 2016 laut UN über 6100 Kinder durch Krieg und Gewalt getötet oder verletzt. UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres zeigte sich schockiert und appellierte an die Konfliktparteien.
http://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Mehr-als-15-500-Kinder-Opfer-von-Kriegen
Mein Kommentar: Das ist alles nichts Neues. Und es sind viel mehr: Allein ca. 56.000 im Jemen, die an vermeidbaren Krankheiten pro Jahr sterben – an denen die Blockade durch die saudische Koalition einen entscheidenden Anteil hat. – Die Schlagzeile oben nennt Afghanistan, Syrien, Jemen: Drei Länder, in denen die USA den Krieg zum großen Teil zu verantworten haben.
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UN report reveals shocking levels of grave violations against children affected by conflicts
More than 15,500 children became victims of widespread violations – including shocking levels of killing and maiming, recruitment and use, and denial of humanitarian access – a new United Nations report has revealed.
According to the Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict, presented today to the Security Council, children from countries such as Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, suffered an unacceptable level of violations by parties to conflict – both government forces as well as non-State armed groups.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=57823#.WdhJGmi0OUl
and
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Millions of Children Caught in Conflict, Victims and Targets of Despicable Harm
Boys and girls living in countries affected by armed conflict have been victims of widespread violations in 2016, as documented in the Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict released today and covering the period from January to December 2016.
The alarming scale and severity of violations against children in 2016 – including shocking levels of killing and maiming, recruitment and use and denial of humanitarian access – is a serious concern for the Secretary-General.
My comment: “is a serious concern for the Secretary-General.”: If it really would be, he would not have the Saudi coalition have slipped away again.
The link leads to the wrong report??: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=s/2016/360&referer=/english/&Lang=E
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Film: Presser on UN's " Good Kid Killers" list #Saudi #Yemen
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ynKOVDoDaVxR = https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/916297541280423936
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Saudi-Arabien will runter von Liste der Schande
Bemerkung: Wie fast immer, sollte man sich besser auf Englisch informieren:
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Saudi Arabia says U.N. report on Yemen 'inaccurate and misleading'
Saudi Arabia on Friday rejected a United Nations report blaming a Saudi-led military coalition for killing or injuring 683 children in Yemen and attacking dozens of schools and hospitals as “inaccurate and misleading.”
“We exercise the maximum degree of care and precaution to avoid civilian harm,” Saudi U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi told reporters at the United Nations.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-un/saudi-arabia-says-u-n-report-on-yemen-inaccurate-and-misleading-idUSKBN1CB2BL and http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/saudi-rejects-blacklisting-yemen-child-deaths-171006174349062.html
Comment: True. Add the '1 child dies every 10 minutes in #Yemen of preventable diseases', count those starved to death and, for once, agree with Saudis' statement
https://www.facebook.com/LivingInYemenOnTheEdge/posts/1516061921780166
Remark: The outflow of Saudi propaganda on this subject: cp15.
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Yemen Gov't comments on UN report
Yemen has expressed sorrow over a UN report on children of conflicts areas, saying that the United Nations was fed misleading materials provide by one side" the Houthi-Saleh militias".
In a press statement issued on Friday, the Yemeni government said it is striving to protect its people, and avoids recruitment of child soldiers, cooperates with the UN and implements its resolutions and international laws.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11749
My comment: “Yemen” is nothing more than the Hadi government – in a Saudi luxury hotel at Riyadh. It’s not “Yemen”.
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SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT ON THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT REPORT
Save the Children welcomes the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ decision to add the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition in Yemen to the annual list of parties that commit grave violations against children in conflict.
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Yemen: UN has 'caved in to pressure' in report on Saudi coalition child deaths
‘While we welcome the overdue listing of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the CAAC report, it is a shame that the UN caved in to pressure and included it in a new category specifically designed to limit condemnation of the coalition’ - Sherine Tadros
The international community has caved in to political pressure by watering down criticism of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s grave violations of international law in the UN Secretary-General’s annual Children and Armed Conflict report, said Amnesty International.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/yemen-un-has-caved-pressure-report-saudi-coalition-child-deaths and https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/un-downplays-saudi-arabia-led-coalitions-crimes-against-children-in-yemen/
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Amnesty slams UN for attempting to ‘underplay’ Saudi crimes in Yemen
Amnesty International has blasted the United Nations (UN) for attempting to downplay the crimes of the Saudi-led coalition against Yemeni children in a deadly war on the impoverished Yemen.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/07/537743/Amnesty-International-Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-UN
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On Yemen, Sources Quote Guterres That “Saudis Won't Talk To Me Anymore,” Feltman Ax?
General Antonio Guterres saying, "the Saudis won't even talk to me anymore," in connection with the current plan of including the Saudi-led Coalition in the Children and Armed Conflict annex
When a Yemen meeting during the UN General Assembly week was held at 8 am on September 22, new UN Relief Chief Mark Lowcock introduced as speakers the foreign ministers of Sweden and the Netherlands, representatives of Japan and the UAE
http://www.innercitypress.com/yemen1guterres100417.html and film https://www.pscp.tv/innercitypress/1ypJdlwpANNJW
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Verletzte Kinderrechte - Uno geißelt saudi-arabische Koalition
Die Uno beklagt schwere Verstöße gegen Kinderrechte im Jemen. Die Vorwürfe richten sich vor allem gegen das von Saudi-Arabien geführte Militärbündnis, das auch Schulen und Krankenhäuser angegriffen haben soll.
Die Vereinten Nationen (Uno) werfen der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Militärkoalition im Jemen vor, Kinderrechte zu verletzen. Deshalb soll das Bündnis auf die jährliche schwarze Liste der Uno aufgenommen werden.
Die Koalition sei allein im vergangenen Jahr für den Tod von 683 Kindern verantwortlich gewesen, hieß es in einem Entwurf des Berichts, der der Nachrichtenagentur AFP vorlag.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/jemen-uno-geisselt-saudi-arabische-koalition-wegen-verletzter-kinderrechte-a-1171300.html und auch http://www.epochtimes.de/politik/welt/uno-wirft-militaerkoalition-im-jemen-verletzungen-von-kinderrechten-vor-knapp-700-kinder-durch-saudi-arabien-getoetet-a2232808.html
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Draft U.N. blacklist names Saudi coalition for killing children in Yemen
A confidential draft United Nations blacklist seen by Reuters on Tuesday names a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for killing and maiming children in Yemen, though it notes that the alliance has put in place measures to improve child protection.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-un/draft-u-n-blacklist-names-saudi-coalition-for-killing-children-in-yemen-idUSKCN1C82P5?rpc=401& and also https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/10/4/un-puts-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen-back-on-blacklist and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4948956/UN-blacklist-Saudi-led-coalition-killing-Yemen-children.html
My comment: The annex is absurd: What ever the Saudis in Yemen had done “to improve child protection”???
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UN draft report blacklists Saudi coalition for violations against children in Yemen
Recognition of moves to improve child protection branded a sop by campaigners as Saudi-led coalition accused of recruiting child soldiers and bombing schools
It is the first time the annual study has distinguished between parties that have introduced measures to “improve the protection of children” during the reporting period and those that have not, a move campaigners have seen as an attempt to reduce controversy.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/04/un-draft-report-blacklists-saudi-coalition-violations-against-children-yemen and also http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-draft-report-child-killers-blacklist-saudi-arabia-war-yemen-a7984236.html
My comment: it seems this annex just had been added to comfort the Saudis. Why????????????
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Saudi-led coalition on draft UN blacklist for killing Yemeni kids: Report
The report is subject to change and needs to be approved by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It will then be referred to the UN Security Council to be discussed by the 15-member body on October 31.
The draft - produced by UN children and armed conflict envoy Virginia Gamba and issued in Guterres’ name - does not subject the blacklisted parties to any UN action.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/04/537428/Yemen-Saudi-UN
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SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT ON UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT REPORT
Save the Children today welcomes reports that the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to add the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition in Yemen to his annual list of parties that commit grave violations against children in conflict.
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Vereinte Nationen – Ergebnisse der 36. Sitzung des Menschenrechtsrats (2. Oktober 2017)
Frankreich bemühte sich mit seinen Partnern im Rat intensiv um eine Vermittlung, um einen Kompromiss zwischen den verschiedenen Ländergruppen zu erzielen, denn nur so können die Bestimmungen der Resolution von allen Parteien umgesetzt werden.
Mein Kommentar: LOL. Frankreich gehörte mit zu den Ländern, die eine ordentliche internationale Untersuchung blockiert haben. So wird das jetzt also dargestellt. Weitergehende Berichterstattung YPR 346, cp1b, und YPR 345, cp1 und 7.
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No commission on Yemen
Saudi Arabia has accepted an “examination”, not inquiry, into human rights abuses in the conduct of its military campaign in Yemen, an outcome not enough for some
The last-minute Dutch amendment came after France, not currently a member of the council, pushed for a compromise.
“We are working in particular to narrow positions on the international dimension of the investigation mechanism on the violation of human rights committed in Yemen,” French Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Agnes Romatet-Espagne told reporters.
The French statement appeared to echo Britain and the United States, which wanted to see consensus around a single resolution.
The Netherlands, after coming under intense pressure to soften its position, expressed confidence that it had preserved its main demand.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/22606.aspx
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Dr. Foad’s speech during the side event on Yemen organized by Khiam Rehabilitation Center on 13 Sep 2017
The lack of an effective role of the Security Council as well as international institutions including the international criminal court in Hague, at a time where no real efforts were exerted to bring this war to a complete end, would, unfortunately, cause more pain to the Yemeni women and children.
It should be said clearly and loudly, the war on Yemen debunked the immorality of the international order and institutions.
As we speak under the umbrella of Human Rights Council, it is our moral obligation to voice out our objection to Saudi kingdom being a member state in HRC, while it continues vehemently violating human rights principles and UN human rights declaration.
cp7a Saudi-Arabien und Iran / Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Saudi scandals too big to hush up: Ghasemi
In reaction to the latest remarks of Saudi FM al-Jubeir, the Spokesperson of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, referred to Saudis’ involvement in war crimes against women and children in Yemen.
http://en.mehrnews.com/news/128408/Saudi-scandals-too-big-to-hush-up-Ghasemi
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE are selling more international bonds to fill the budget deficit
Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry has raised $ 12.5 billion from an international bond issue as part of a program to cover its budget deficit.
A Bloomberg report said the demand for bonds in the Persian Gulf region had increased due to rising demand from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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Film: Adel Al-jubeir explained to the #Russian Parliament, #Saudi industry rockets as well as s800 and s1000
https://www.facebook.com/NotoWahabism/videos/1347136048748307/
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What drove Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban? It's not all about women.
Alleviating the burden on middle-class Saudi families is part of it. So is the boon to the economy from enabling women's employment. But it could also be a distraction as the crown prince consolidates power and cracks down on dissent.
One of the major factors that may have determined the timing of the royal decree is the man behind it.
“Under the crown prince, it has been more centralized than ever; he has accumulated unprecedented power,” says Frederic Wehrey, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “With centralized power, the crown prince can push through reform, whatever his motives are.”
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U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia cautions citizens after unconfirmed reports of foiled attack in Jeddah
The United States Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned U.S. citizens to exercise caution in the area around the Peace Palace in Jeddah on Saturday after reports on social media of an attack there.
There were several unconfirmed reports that security forces had foiled an attack near the king’s palace, leaving the attacker and several guards dead.
The Saudi government has not issued an official statement confirming the incident.
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Unconfirmed Reports Speak of Attack on Saudi Palace in Jeddah, US Issues Warning
Saudi social media activists reported an attack near the Peace Palace in Jeddah on Saturday, while the US embassy issued a warning to the country's citizens to keep distant from the area.
Several unconfirmed reports said security forces had foiled an attack near the king’s palace, adding that the assailant and several guards were killed in the incident.
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960715001349 and http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/reports-attack-foiled-saudi-palace-jeddah-171007113614609.html
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I told you that bigotry & hate of #Arabs behind @Olympics ignoring #Saudi monarchy ban on women sports. IOC suspended Brazil 4 corruption
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/916395896153055232
#Saudi Monarchy ban on women sport clearly violates #olympic charter but #IOC considers Arab women worthless to fight for.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/916441807805992960
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Joke of the day: #Saudi Monarchy powerless council @ShuraCouncil_SA which bans blacks from its membership debate anti-racism law
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/916331907293569024
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#Saudi govt daily says women cannot buy a car, call police, apply for a passport, or hospitalized without guardian
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/916283271721504768 referring to http://www.alriyadh.com/1591279
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IMF: Saudi unemployment up, economy stagnant despite reforms
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it is advising Saudi Arabia to slow down some of its sensitive cutbacks as economic growth remains stagnant this year and unemployment rises.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/imf-saudi-unemployment-up-economy-stagnant-despite-reforms/
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Saudi-Arabien zerschlägt IS-Terrorzelle in Riad
http://derstandard.at/2000065449982/Saudi-Arabien-zerschlaegt-IS-Terrorzelle-in-Riad
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Saudi Arabia says it dismantles Islamic State cell in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had dismantled an Islamic State cell in the capital Riyadh, in connection with a plot to launch a suicide attack on the defense ministry.
My comment: Reality or just propaganda to impress Putin during king Salman’s visit to Russia?
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Film: Am Rande des Besuchs des Hüters der zwei Heiligen Moscheen wird ein neuer gemeinsamer Investmentfonds gegründet
https://twitter.com/CICSaudi/status/915486925137616897
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Under #Saudi clansmen threats, leading national lawyer Ibrahim Almodaimegh deletes his twitter account
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/915940964216254464 referring to https://twitter.com/imodattorney/status/915933970008862721
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#Saudi clansmen severely beat a man who insulated @KingSalman & break his teethes
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/915752789845921792 referring to https://twitter.com/fahdalruqi/status/915703845912801280
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Saudi Arabia arrests 46 for 'stirring divisions'
22 people, including a Qatari national, were detained for using social media to spread dissent
Saudi authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested 22 people, including a Qatari national, for using social media to spread dissent.
Another 24 people were detained in the northern Hail region for "stirring tribal divisions," the state news agency SPA reported.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-arrests-46-stirring-divisions-1945343659
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Saudi Arabia arrests 46 people amid crackdown on dissent
Saudi Arabia has detained 46 people over their posts on social media amid a heavy-handed crackdown on dissent in the Arab kingdom.
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/05/537510/saudi-arabia-dissent-crackdown
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None of those who applauded #Saudi Monarchy lifting ban on women driving will comment on Saudi marriage of one-year old girl.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/915574073870217216
Saudi Monarchy has no age limit on marriage. A one day old baby can be married of.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/915574633138663425
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Saudi Arabia executes 100th person this year
Saudi Arabia has carried out its 100th execution this year, with almost 60 people killed in the last three months alone, marking a significant increase in the rate of executions during 2017. At current rates, the Kingdom could match the record rate of executions seen in 2015.
This total number of people executed since the start of 2014 stands at 499.
https://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/saudi-arabia-executes-100th-person-year/
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König Salman in Moskau: "Saudi-Arabien möchte sich modernisieren"
Der Besuch des saudischen Königs in Moskau deute eine diplomatisch-politische Kehrtwende an, so der Nahostexperte Michael Lüders im Dlf. Zum einen habe man akzeptiert, dass Russlands Einfluss in der Region gestärkt worden sei, zum anderen sei der saudische König dabei, sich und sein Land "neu zu erfinden".
Mein Kommentar: König Salman will sein Land „neu erfinden“? Sicher nicht. Der Wahabismus bleibt unangetastet, die Opposition wird noch härter verfolgt, die Außenpolitik bleibt aggressiv.
mehr:
http://www.euroherz.de/moskau-und-riad-wollen-kooperation-im-syrienkrieg-staerken-4045035/
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Saudi king arrives in Moscow: Russian state TV
https://www.facebook.com/NotoWahabism/videos/1344743802320865/
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Russia and Saudi Arabia 'sign $3bn arms deal' as King Salman visit shows how much relations have changed
Sergei Lavrov calls it ‘a real turning point’. For Saudi Arabia, King Salman says, Russia is ‘a friendly country’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-king-salman-visit-saudi-arabia-moscow-vladimir-putin-a7985161.html and also read the comments: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-king-salman-visit-saudi-arabia-moscow-vladimir-putin-a7985161.html#commentsDiv
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US influence wanes as King Salman visits Russia
With Saudi Arabia's reliance on an increasingly unreliable Washington at an all-time low, Riyadh is diversifying its allies to include Russia
Salman's visit represents another step in the enormous upheaval in Saudi domestic and international policy overseen by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who visited the Kremlin most recently in May.
It also represents a weakening of traditional American dominance in the Middle East, as Moscow reasserts itself on the world stage as a force with which to be reckoned.
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/10/4/us-influence-wanes-as-king-salman-visits-russia
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Arab Analyst: S. Arabia Seeking Moscow's Help to Come out of Yemen Quagmire
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm newspaper, referred to Saudi King Salman's visit to Moscow, and said the trip is aimed at attracting Russia's assistance to help Riyadh pull out of the war in Yemen.
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960715001445
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Kremlin says Russian-Saudi military cooperation not aimed at anyone
My comment: I did not know that Putin is a dreamer. The Saudis will not have this opinion. And the arms sold to the Saudis will be freely used in the Yemen war.
more:
and by Saudi propaganda:
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Saudi king leaves for Moscow, crown prince in charge
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Saudi king heads to Russia, with oil, investment and Syria on agenda
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King Salman goes to Russia
King Salman's unprecedented state visit to Russia signifies a new search for help in the kingdom's foreign policy, which is burdened with a quagmire in Yemen and a losing hand against its regional rival Iran. Riyadh has a long and tortuous relationship with Moscow that the king wants to reshape. However, Salman, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday night, is likely to get more sympathy than action – by Bruce Riedel
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1
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US cancels planned war games with Arab allies over Qatar
The United States military has cancelled a number of planned war games with its Persian Gulf Arab allies over their persisting dispute with another key Arab ally, Qatar, in an apparent attempt to press an end to the months-long row.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/10/06/537646/US-Persian-Gulf-allies-war-games-cancellation-Qatar
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Mr. Trump, Don’t Scrap the Iran Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/trump-obama-iran-deal.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
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Seeing the US through Buthaina’s eyes: Yemenis caught between US bombs and ban
Since the attack, an image of five-year-old Buthaina, the sole survivor of her family, attempting to pry open one of her bruised eyes in order to see has become a symbol of solidarity with Yemen plight. Many Yemenis and Arabs viewed Buthaina’s iconic image as a symbol of Yemeni children looking the international community in the eye to demand peace and justice.
With Amnesty International’s revelation about the source of the bomb, more people in Yemen and the region may come to see the U.S. role in the region through Buthaina’s eyes.
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From a Concert in Las Vegas to a Funeral in Yemen, We Must Stop Mass Murder
Just as we are trying to get Congress to take action to stem the domestic flood of guns that facilitated the murder of concert-goers in Las Vegas, so we must demand that Congress act to stop the US support for mass murder in Yemen – by Medea Benjamin
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Americans Can Stop U.S. Role in Yemen War
The Saudi-led war on Yemen is inflicting a slaughter by bombs, famine and disease, yet both Presidents Obama and Trump have insisted on supporting the Saudi “allies” in their war crimes.
But have we, the American people, turned our backs on our government’s involvement in Yemen’s destruction?
We can no longer stand by and watch as Yemeni children die of curable diseases like cholera
If we don’t act now, we may find ourselves looking back and wondering what could have been done to save millions of people from certain death.
Let’s email and call our representatives and urge them – by Shireen Al-Adeimi
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/americans-can-stop-americas-war-yemen/ = https://consortiumnews.com/2017/10/05/shielding-saudis-on-yemen-atrocities/
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Film: Urgent message from Yemen to US Congress to stop US-backed Saudi war crimes
https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/916338050824855553
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Republic of Yemen.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1.REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress has the sole power to declare war under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
(2) A state of war has not been declared to exist with respect to the conflict between forces led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against the Houthi-Saleh alliance in the Republic of Yemen.
https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hconres81/BILLS-115hconres81ih.xml
Remark: read the following articles. The vote will be next week.
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Tea Party-Aligned Group Helping Push Congress To Debate U.S. Role In Yemen War
Opposition to the war unites libertarians and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. But GOP leaders may try to block a vote.
The influential conservative political group FreedomWorks is courting congressional support for an effort to debate the U.S. military role in Yemen, boosting critics of the war who aim to hold a House vote next week on cutting off U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention there.
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Congress’s war powers must be made a reality
What does it take to get Congress to act on vital questions of war and peace? The catastrophe in Yemen may test whether Congress is finally prepared to exercise its constitutional responsibility. Four legislators — two House Democrats and two Republicans — have introduced a resolution under the War Powers Act demanding a vote in 15 days to end U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia’s devastation of Yemen – by Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Left-Right Alliance Against U.S.-Saudi War on Yemen
http://www.accuracy.org/release/left-right-alliance-against-u-s-saudi-war-on-yemen/
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Leaked e-mails show cosy ties between UAE, ex-CIA-head Michael Morell, DC firms and think tanks – by Ben Norton
https://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/michael-morell-yousef-al-otaiba-emails-uae-mei
A reminder:
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U S Plan- Destroy 7 countries in 5 years
4-star General Wesley Clark explaining how the Bush Administration planned on destroying 7 countries in 5 years.
"9/11 was the neoconservatives “new Pearl Harbor” that they wrote they needed in order to launch their wars in the Middle East. George W. Bush’s first Secretary of the Treasury said that the topic of Bush’s first cabinet meeting was the invasion of Iraq. This was prior to 9/11. In other words, Washington’s wars in the Middle East were planned prior to 9/11." ~Paul Craig Roberts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MqVY1-ncBI
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Bombenstimmung im Imperium
Fragen Sie mal im Freundeskreis: Welche Länder haben die USA im letzten Jahr bombardiert? Wenn ihre Gesprächspartnerin oder ihr Gesprächspartner die folgenden sieben Länder korrekt benennen kann, müssen sie davon ausgehen, dass diese Person sehr gut über Zeitgeschichte und internationale Politik informiert ist: Syrien, Irak, Afghanistan, Libyen, Jemen, Somalia und Pakistan.
https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/bombenstimmung-im-imperium
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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A jaw-dropping decision by the UN is about to turn the UK into an international disgrace
The UN has reportedly decided to include Saudi Arabia on its latest list of ‘child killers’, which it will release on 6 October. This is due to Saudi Arabia’s ongoing, brutal assault on Yemen.
The UN’s decision, however, reflects very badly on the UK government too. And it may make the government’s ‘open arms’ policy with the regime very uncomfortable indeed.
The Conservative government’s loyalty to the kingdom as yet appears unshakeable.
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2017/10/05/jaw-dropping-decision-un-turn-uk-international-disgrace/
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Rights Group Accuses UAE of Yemen War Crimes, Slavery, Terrorism Funding
The International Campaign for Freedom in the United Arab Emirates [ICFUAE] made the announcement in a statement this week.
The groups said the "International Campaign to Boycott UAE" has come in response to the oil-rich Gulf state's rampant abuses.
"UAE has been committing war crimes in Yemen in addition to being the hub of modern slavery and labor abuse; the country has grimly failed in respecting human rights," the ICFUAE said.
The group accused the UAE of being a leader in human trafficking, money laundering, and terrorism funding.
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UAE and Israel 'have history of secret arms deals', report says
Israeli and UAE businessmen have allegedly brokered secret arms agreements, an investigation in Israel has revealed.
Israeli businessman Metai Kokhafi was allegedly responsible for brokering arms deals with his Emirati counterparts, according to a report in Maariv newspaper.
He said Kokhafi hired a private plane to fly his assistants and generals into the UAE capital Abu Dhabi to agree on the terms of the deal.
An Israeli military visit to the capital was an essential part of each military sales, the jouralist alleged.
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/10/7/uae-and-israel-have-history-of-secret-arms-deals and also http://newnewss.net/?p=13284
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Saudi Arabia and Yemen Specialists Visit RIAC. TASS Press-Conference
The first half of the day was marked by the closed seminar organized by Russian International Affairs Council and King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (Saudi Arabia). The event focused on security challenges in the Gulf and the prospects for political resolution of the situation in Yemen.
In the afternoon TASS News Agency press-center hosted a press-conference on Russia-Saudi relations, organized by the agency and RIAC. Secretary General of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saud Al-Sarhan was the key speaker on Saudi side.
My comment: Russia now fully playing the Saudi tune. – Saudi money did it. For King Salman’s visit to Saudi Arabia: cp8. For the Saudi-Russian arms deals: cp13.
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#UAE "secular" Monarchy to send a #British man to 3 years in prison for incidentally touching a man's buttocks
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/916814688163332096
My comment: No country for vacation!!!!
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Israel takes threats by Yemen’s Ansarullah into consideration
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Female Inmates Go on Hunger Strike at Bahraini Jail over Restrictions on Visits
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Bahraini Regime Forces Detain 3 Minors with No Charge or Conviction
Bahraini forces have arrested a number of minors without offering any legal justification for their detention as the ruling Al Khalifah regime does not shy away from its repressive measures and heavy-handed crackdown in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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An Israeli general: Saudi Arabia and its allies control Bab al-Mandab for our benefit
"The most important positive change in the Red Sea region for Israel is that the Saudi-led Sunni Arab Alliance can regain control of the region," said Shaoul Shay, head of the research department at Israel's multi-directional Herzliya Center. The Strait of Bab al-Mandab and the expulsion of the Huthi militias from it.
In an analysis published by Israel Hayom newspaper, Al-Arabi wrote in the New Arab newspaper , "Tea", the waterways in the Red Sea are now under the control of the "moderate Sunni camp," referring to Egypt's control of the Suez Canal, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on the door Al Mandab.
"This development is an important shift as it has reduced Iran's ability to influence shipping traffic in the Red Sea," he said.
http://thenewkhalij.news/ar/سياسة/جنرال-إسرائيلي-سيطرة-السعودية-وحلفائها-على-باب-المندب-لصالحنا
My comment: LOL.
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Saudi regime begins joint drill with France amid war on Yemen
Saudi Arabia and France have begun a joint military exercise in the southwest of the kingdom. The drill takes place at a time that a deadly campaign led by the regime in Riyadh keeps claiming more lives in the impoverished Yemen.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/03/537365/Saudi-France-drills-Yemen-war and photos https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/915252385819369473
My comment: This really is hard to believe.
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Putin comments on Yemen crisis
The road to peace in Yemen lies through a wide national dialogue and Russia will be prepared to promote a settlement of the conflict in that country, if need be, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a credentials presentation ceremony attended by newly-appointed foreign ambassadors in Russia, including Yemen’s Ahmed Salem al-Wahishi.
http://tass.com/politics/968673
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Russia Confirms Its support the Political Settlement Efforts in Yemen
Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf met Charge d’Affaires of Russian Embassy in Sana’a,and discussed with him the latest developments in Yemeni arena and international moves towards peace in Yemen.
My comment: Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf: Sanaa government.
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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World Cup 2022: Increasing chance of Qatar losing the tournament because of 'political risks', report finds
The new report investigates the political crisis between Qatar and its neighbouring countries and concludes the nation is under 'increasing risk' of losing the tournament
cp13 Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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US approves $15bn sale of anti-missile THAAD system to Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved the possible sale of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile defence system to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $15bn, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The proposed sale "will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a friendly country" and will not alter the basic military balance in the region, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation agency said in a statement.
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are the principal contractors for THAAD.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-approves-15bn-sale-anti-missile-thaad-system-saudi-arabia-1598673705 and also http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-saudi-arabia-deal-thaad-missile-defence-system-billions-cost-latest-423-og-same-a7987501.html
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Saudi Arabia – Terminal High Altitude Area Defense and Related Support, Equipment and Services
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and related support, equipment and services for an estimated cost of $15 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a friendly country. This sale furthers U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian and other regional threats.
My comment: Iranian paranoia at its peak.
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After the failure of “Patriot” in front of Yemeni missiles, Washington agrees sell the Saudi system “Thad”
The deal comes after the failure of the US Patriot system to intercept ballistic missiles fired by the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees on military targets in the depth of Saudi in response to the aggression and massacres against the Yemeni people since March 2015.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia 'sign $3bn arms deal' as King Salman visit shows how much relations have changed
Sergei Lavrov calls it ‘a real turning point’. For Saudi Arabia, King Salman says, Russia is ‘a friendly country’
According to the Kommersant newspaper, agreement has already been reached on a $3bn (£2.2bn) deal to supply the Saudis with Russia’s most advanced air defence missile system, the S400 Triumph. According to the publication, the deal will be signed off at a WTO meeting at the end of October. There may be other deals forthcoming on aircraft and helicopters – that depending on the success of talks.
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Saudi Arabia to produce Russian Kalashnikovs under new deal
Russia and Saudi Arabia have reached a deal allowing the production of the iconic Kalashnikov assault rifle in the Gulf Kingdom.
The initial licensing agreement between the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) was signed in Moscow on Thursday.
According to Rosoboronexport, the deal allows “production of Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles and cartridges for various purposes.”
https://www.rt.com/business/405820-kalshnikov-russia-saudi-salman/
My comment: Shame on Russia.
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Saudi Arabia agrees to buy Russian S-400 air defense system: Arabiya TV
Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported on Thursday.
The countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to help the kingdom in its efforts to develop its own military industries, a statement from state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries said.
SAMI said the MoU with Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport came in the context of contracts signed to procure the S-400, the Kornet-EM system, the TOS-1A, the AGS-30 and the Kalashnikov AK-103.
My comment: Up to now, Russia had not sold arms to the Saudis. But when cash is showing up at the horizon… disgusting.
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Unregulated arms trade ruined 'every aspect of civilian life' in Yemen, says ICRC
ICRC head urges signatories of Arms Trade Treaty to 'turn words into deeds' and regulate the sale of weapons
The unfettered flow of arms into Yemen has fuelled the ongoing civil war and helped "erode almost every aspect of civilian life," according to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Speaking in Geneva, Peter Maurer, head of the ICRC, urged countries around the world to act on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which was adopted by the UN in 2013.
His comments come as countries from around the world meet in Geneva this week to discuss how best to implement the ATT as the civilian death toll continues to rise in Yemen and other civil wars around the world.
My comment: That’s ok, but what about the arms which are sold to warring parties as Saudi Arabia, the Emirates??
Comment: It is truly disgusting that arms companies put sales and profits above humanitarian need and suffering.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10155991550858641
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The gun lobby is global: From Yemen to Las Vegas
The Saudis, the Israelis, the Myanmar military and all-American shooters in the US use the same guns to kill innocents.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/gun-lobby-global-yemen-las-vegas-171003182927592.html
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
Siehe / Look at cp1
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#AlQaeda media issue infographic of #AQAP #Yemen ops over past 2.5 weeks (excl today's). Focus is Abyan & only 2 of 11 ops targeted Houthis (image)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/917052740072886272
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#AlQaeda #Yemen claims Security Belt forces killed by bomb 12.30 today in Abyan's Mudiya area = 5th such #AQAP attack in Abyan inside a week
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/917032606759309312
(* A T)
Five suspected al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen by drone strike
Five suspected al Qaeda militants were killed by a drone strike in Yemen’s Marib province early on Sunday, residents said.
The men were hit while traveling in a car in Raghwan district, residents said, adding that their bodies were charred beyond recognition.
My comment: Always the same: “suspected al Qaeda militants” means: “suspected”.
And how the NYT turns upside down:
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 5 Al-Qaida Fighters in Yemen - The ...
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/.../ap-ml-yemen.html
(B T)
Who is #AlQaeda targeting in #Yemen? #AQAP ops in 2017 so far 70% vs Houthis 30% vs UAE-supported military. Past month, almost exact reverse
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/916277341944537089
(A T)
US drone strike kills al-Qaeda 'commander' in Yemen
Shroum al-Sanaani was travelling on motorbike with unidentified man when strike killed them both
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-drone-strike-kills-qaeda-commander-yemen-1784411925
(A T)
#AlQaeda is positioning itself to take over from #IslamicState: NEW 30min video of AQ head, Zawahiri, vows its #jihad is global & expanding (photo)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915616941854937088
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915619653669572609
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915622892817338368
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915669629841952770
(A T)
#AQAP #Yemen claims a 2nd op in Hadramawt y'day: soldiers of 1st Military Region killed & injured by IED vs their vehicle in Say'un city
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915597563537055744
(A T)
Sermon 20 in #AlQaeda #Yemen's Batarfi series is out, offering yet more dire warnings for unbelievers, via Prophet Musa/Moses story (images)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915484878942195712
(A T)
al Houthi-Saleh forces prevent suspected AQAP suicide attack in al Dhaleh governorate, central Yemen [2]
(A T)
AQAP militants ambush Emirati-backed security forces in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen [3]
(A T)
AQAP militants target Hadi government entities in Hadramawt governorate, eastern Yemen .[4]
and
(A T)
#AlQaeda #Yemen claims it attempted to assassinate a Criminal Investigations officer in Mukalla Hadramawt by bombing his car 2pm today
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/915250543890706432
cp15 Propaganda
(A P)
Film: How does Iran support the houthi militias to destabilize the security of Yemen and The Gulf
https://twitter.com/ERYANIM/status/916444609454202880
My comment: This is Hadi government anti-Iranian propaganda. Directly by the Minister of Disinformation. LOL.
(A P)
SA is building Yemen and Al-huthi is destroying by Iranian support (see image!!)
https://twitter.com/fares83847976/status/916726896297152512
My comment: is it still possible to enlarge the absurdity of Saudi propaganda? Yes, it is. Look.
(A P)
Iran's shadow is spreading, bringing a dark day for US interests
There is emerging in the Middle East, not a Shia Crescent, but actually an Iranian Shia encirclement from Iraq in the north to both the Persian Gulf and Red Sea waterways and Yemeni land area to the south, east and west.
The objective? To control the oil and gas resources of the Saudi peninsula, giving Iran enormous effectively blackmail leverage over the industrialized economies of the Western world, access to hundreds of billions in revenue, and consequently help establish Iran as the leading hegemonic power in the region.
Three strategies have been adopted by Iran to achieve this goal.
My comment: The well-known US anti-Iranian paranoia propaganda – which is taken to justify US-supported slaughter in Yemen.
Comments: Saudi-paid idiocy posing as analysis on @thehill: #Yemen Houthis are Iran/Qatar-paid terrorists, allies of Al Qaeda.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916736451529920512
To @thehill : I'm curious – Does this sort of manifestly incompetent writing actually work to convince policy makers in Washington DC?
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916737802905276416
The Hill is nothing but a puppet of Hillary Clinton owned Podesta PR who works for serving Saudi and UAE needs!
https://twitter.com/carmelotweet/status/916742100560912384
I love Twitter : I learn new things every day.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916745207814684672
Comment: Counter-narrative.
One by one, the US is instigating fear of Iran with an endless number of inaccuracies and lies.
Scary. Scary that Yemenis' lost lives serve the cause of 'US interests'
https://www.facebook.com/LivingInYemenOnTheEdge/posts/1517824571603901
(A P)
UN report on Yemen recognizes Houthi violations of children rights
The Saudi envoy to the United Nations, Abdullah al-Muallimi, commended the positive aspects of a UN report on child victims in Yemen.
The annual UN report on children in armed conflict named the Iran-allied Houthi militias and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for violations against children in 2016.
My comment: That’s what Saudi propaganda is telling about the UN report (look cp1; cp7); the Saudi coalition: Nothing, nada, niente. LOL.
and
(A P)
Saudi Expresses Strong Reservations over Misleading UN Report on Yemen
Saudi Arabia rejected on Friday information and numbers listed in a UN report that blames the Saudi-led coalition for killing or injuring 683 children in Yemen, describing the report as “inaccurate and misleading.”
Saudi UN Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said in a statement that his country exercises the maximum degree of care and precaution to avoid civilian harm.
Also on Friday, sources close to the situation in Yemen said there is evidence provided by the Yemeni National Committee for Investigation proving that Houthi militias falsified the death certificates of children who were claimed dead in the Coalition air strikes.
My comment: LOL. At a site where Saudis had dropped bombs the Houthis “falsified the death certificates of children”. LOL.
and
(A P)
Saudi and UAE reject UN report, reaffirm commitment to protect Yemeni civilians
Saudi Ambassador to the UN Abdallah Al Mouallimi said that the kingdom rejects “the inaccurate and misleading information and figures” contained in the UN annual report on Children and Armed Conflict
The UAE also rejected the report, saying that it stands “firmly” by Saudi Arabia and the statements of Mr Al Mouallimi.
and
(A P)
Arab coalition condemns UN report on Children and Armed Conflict
The coalition stated that the release of such claims impacts the credibility of the UN report and condemned the misinformation that was delivered to the UN, which the coalition says deflects attention away from the crimes committed by the Houthis and those loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh. The coalition stressed its wish to abide by international laws and standards to protect civilians and keep them safe by ensuring precaution and vigilance.
The coalition ascertained that the unfortunate consequences of this conflict are a result of the actions of Houthis and Saleh loyalists and their apparent decision to use children as human shields and militants
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1173851/saudi-arabia
and in the next hours, Saudi / UAE propaganda starts to run:
(A P)
UN delegates in Yemen.. In the side of Houthi militias
Several signs of confusion in the decisions of the United Nations, deviating from the facts and it began to take the reports from the Media.
The most recently, Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has included the Arab alliance in the blacklist that was contrary to human rights assessment in Yemen.
The decision was not based on law foundations and international standards. This will not only contribute to the collapse of UN ethics, but will also lead to a situation of splits within it, because of its decisions, which are inconsistent with the most basic rules of international legitimacy and principles.
http://www.almadaen.com.sa/273428/un-delegates-yemen-side-houthi-militias/
Comment: #Saudi media in apoplectic rage: UN Sec-Gen Guttierez "weak & shaky personality", UN is Yemen Houthi mouthpiece.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916749836745166850
(A P)
Pakistan scholars condemn UN report on armed conflict in Yemen
Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, head of the All Pakistan Ulema Council (council of Islamic clerics and scholars), condemned the UN annual report on the armed conflict in Yemen, terming it as “misleading and lacking credibility.”
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1174181/saudi-arabia
(A P)
UN’s ‘credibility at risk’ with one-sided Yemen reports
The UN is rapidly losing its credibility because of what experts say are its one-sided and questionable reports on the situation in Yemen.
“The problem is simple: The Houthis form only 2 to 3 percent of the Yemeni population, and yet these Iranian-supported militias are holding the entire country hostage at the point of a gun,” Dr. Hamdan Al-Shehri, a Riyadh-based Saudi political analyst and international relations scholar, told Arab News.
“The UN and the world community have become silent spectators to the crimes being committed by the Houthis and the mercenaries of (ousted President) Ali Abdullah Saleh,” he said.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1174201/saudi-arabia
(A P)
Yemeni civilians’ life is key
As a member of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations has expressed its support for the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as stated by Ambassador Abdullah Al-Muallami at a press conference at the United Nations on Saturday, and confirmed its strong reservations about the content of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict.
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/b6947a6c-e855-4bdb-9c7c-12bc80dcda85.aspx
(A P)
GCC commends efforts of Coalition for Legitimacy in Yemen to avoid harming civilians and children in Yemen
Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, has said that the Saudi-led military Coalition Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen is doing all it can to avoid harming civilians and children in Yemen, reiterating the coalition's commitment to follow international humanitarian laws in military operations.
The GCC Secretary-General expressed his rejection of statistics recently released by a UN report, saying they were taken from unreliable sources loyal to the Houthi-Saleh group, highlighting another UN report which commended the coalition's efforts on protecting children in armed conflict.
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302637077 and http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/coalition-praised-for-avoiding-civilian-casualties-in-yemen-1.2102261
My comment: Just the headline: LOL.
(A H P)
UAE, UNICEF sign agreement to support UN humanitarian plan in Yemen
http://dubaieye1038.com/uae-unicef-sign-agreement-to-support-un-humanitarian-plan-in-yemen/
My comment: UNICEF taking whitewash money from child killers. (Ca. US$ 2 million) and https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171006-uae-donates-2m-to-unicef-in-yemen/
(A P)
Why has Qatar chosen the option of defiance?
Qatar has adopted one concept for its approach while responding to the four Arab countries that have decided to boycott it: do whatever it can to fail their plan and force them to reconcile with it.
Comment: Saudi Arabia's Alzheimer's strikes again. Iran forgotten. | @AlArabiya_Eng: Qatar finances Houthi militias in Yemen.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916307920991805441
(A P)
Saudischer König warnt Iran vor Einmischung im Nahen Osten
Die Führung in Teheran dürfe die Lage etwa im Bürgerkriegsland Jemen nicht destabilisieren, sagte Salman bei einem historischen Staatsbesuch in Russland am Donnerstag.
http://derstandard.at/2000065398846/Saudischer-Koenig-warnt-Iran-vor-Einmischung-im-Nahen-Osten
Mein Kommentar: Niemand hat die Lage im Jemen auch nur annähernd derart destabilisiert wie die Saudis.
(B K P)
Yemen: Murky With A Chance of Treachery
Iran has had a number of notable failures in Yemen. Arab air defenses (especially against ballistic missiles) have been particularly effective and that is discouraging to Iran. So has the competence of the Gulf Arab Air Forces in carrying out a sustained aerial campaign using modern aircraft. The coalition had over 200 combat (mostly) and support aircraft, including several dozen helicopters (most of them armed). That proved to be untrue because crew killed when aircraft (20 so far) were lost were named, hailed as heroes and their careers were described in detail. Most of the aircraft lost were Saudi (12) followed by the UAE (5) with Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain losing one each. That was roughly in proportion to how many aircraft each coalition member contributed.
https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/yemen/articles/20171005.aspx
My comment: Iran, Iran, Iran…
(A P)
Iran Regime's Malign Influence in Yemen
The Iranian regime’s lobbyists in the United States have led a campaign (with an international reach) portraying Saudi Arabia as carrying out countless and regular airstrikes on civilians, including children. They are trying to ensure that the US stops backing Saudi Arabia, but it must be noted that the United Nations human rights office has said that there have been indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations by both sides of the conflict.
Saudi Arabia has been the biggest donor of humanitarian aid to Yemen which is especially important now that the country is about to enter a famine crisis.
My comment: “campaign (with an international reach) portraying Saudi Arabia as carrying out countless and regular airstrikes on civilians”: insinuates they really are not doing so. LOL.
(A P)
FM: Iran attempts to blackmail Yemen and neighboring states
Al-Mekhlafi affirmed that Iran's attempts will fail, pointing out that international community is still united regarding the Yemeni file, stressing that all world countries supports Yemen's legitimate government.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11660
(A P)
VP: Houthis are preparing sectarian army
Vice President Ali Muhsin Saleh has affirmed that the Houthis are preparing a sectarian army through military colleges and promoting their followers.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-11661
My comment: The majority of the Yemen national Army was loyal to ex-president Saleh and is allied to the Houthis, thus this statement is odd propaganda. Again: the most extreme sectarians possible are Saudi Wahabites.
(A P)
KSRelief distributes snacks to displaced students, refugees in Yemen
The Kingdom on Tuesday distributed snacks to thousands of displaced schoolchildren and refugees in various parts of Yemen (photo)
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1172536/saudi-arabia
My comment: Kill, injure, destroy their homes and life, and then give them a bottle of water, a bottle of juice, and a Snickers each.
(A P)
Setting the record straight on the Yemeni civil war
The Saudi coalition is fighting to thwart Iran’s encirclement scheme
Iran, which is backing the Shiite Houthi rebels with direct material and personnel support. Such control would directly challenge U.S. core interests in the Middle East and, therefore, justifies our involvement in the Yemeni crisis. Our interests in Yemen reflect our overall strategic concerns throughout the Middle East, which are: – By James A. Lyons
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/4/yemen-civil-war-pits-iran-versus-saudis/
My comment: The standard US propaganda. And look who is the author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lyons_(admiral) . LOL.
(A P)
Epitome of absurdity: saudi official representing AlSaud Dynastie that say they own KSA land condemning houthis. He should think b4 speaking (text in image)
https://twitter.com/2flamesburning1/status/915484005721571328
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
(* A K PH)
The Violations and Crimes that are committed by #Saudi_Arabia and its alliance in #Yemen 3 - 7 Oct 2017
(A K PS)
Coalition aircrafts killed and injured 20 Houthis in al Jouf
A tribal source in al Jouf province, northeastern Yemen, told Almasderonline that the Saudi-led Arab Coalition aircrafts launched on Saturday two air raids on the Houthis-Saleh forces sites, targeted directly their gathering in Barikat Mojali area southern Bin Sa'ad Fort in al Matama'a district western al Jouf, killing and wounding 20 elements of them.
http://almasdaronline.com/article/94551
(A K PH)
Two Injured Children in a Bomb Explosion
Two children were injured on Friday by a cluster bomb from the remnants of the Saudi-led alliance in Burat al-Marashi district in Al-Jouf province.
(* A K PH)
Dozen civilians killed as Saudi jets target residential building in SW Yemen
A dozen civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its southern neighbor.
Local sources told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the military aircraft bombarded a house in the al-Zahari area of the port city of Mukha, situated 346kilometers south of the capital Sana'a, on Saturday afternoon.
The sources added that there were women and children among the victims, noting that people were desperately searching for loved ones trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building.
and reporting less victims, and showing photos:
(* A K PH)
New Fresh Saudi Air Raid Kill Eight Yemeni People in Yemen’s Taiz
the coalition warplanes launched air strike and kill eight civilians including women and children while injured two others in Almukha district .
The aggression fighter jets targeted a house in Azahari area od Almukha district, western Taiz province.
Local source clarified for NewNews that rescuers are still looking for survivors so that the statistics are still initial.
More photos:
https://www.facebook.com/SaudiArabia.war.crimes.against.Yemen/posts/1731766543785999 and also https://twitter.com/HussainBukhaiti/status/917461935402180611
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ki8ygAqV6Y = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/917868154143084544
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7qdv1xxVXM
(* A K PH)
6 civilians martyred in Saudi aggression airstrikes
Six citizens were killed in Saudi aggression airstrikes and border artillery shells on Saada province, a security official said.
The airstrikes targeted a citizen's vehicle in Al Makna area in Munabih district, killing three citizens including a child on Friday.
The aggression border guards' artillery, meanwhile, killed three other citizens in Rako in Munabih.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news476013.htm
and
(A K PH)
Film: Aggression targeting the car of a citizen in the Directorate Munabih Saada
For the target of the car of a citizen in the alarm in Saada 07-10-2017
The death toll of the targeting of the Saudi American air force targeted a car carrying citizens in the Al-Muqnah district of the Directorate of Menaba in the province of Saada to 3 martyrs, including a child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxB5BMKKjbQ = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/916767945589653505
and screenshots:
https://twitter.com/maddllock/status/916407135751286784
https://twitter.com/maddllock/status/916768280370733056
(A K PH)
Film: A continuous flight of the Aggression of all types ends with the targeting of citizens' properties in various areas of Baqam Directorate in Sa'ada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2TGJ89ujFk = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DoJ3e527w = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/916399574532673536
(* A K PH)
Saudi Air Adnan targets medical clinic in Abes district, Hajjah Governorate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsYlSwyNu5Y and photo here: http://newnewss.net/?p=13278
(A K PH)
Child killed in Saudi airstrike hits Saada
A Child was killed and five citizens were injured, including three children when the US-backed Saudi warplanes waged on Thursday a strike on a citizen's car in Baqim district of Saada province
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475911.htm
and
(A K PH)
Death and wounding of six citizens in a raid targeted a car in Saada (corrected
the air aggression targeted the car of a citizen in the area of Suda in the Directorate of Baqem border, which led to the death of a girl and her father and wounding three other children and a man.
http://saba.ye/ar/news475914.htm
and
(A K PH)
The names of the martyrs and wounded by the bombing of the aircraft today on a car in the area of # Sudwa Directorate # Baqam resulted in the martyrdom and wounding of a whole family .. (photos)
https://www.facebook.com/SaudiArabia.war.crimes.against.Yemen/posts/1730416963920957
and
(A K PH)
Names of the martyrs and wounded of the massacre committed by the Air Force aggression against the family of the child Haila today in the area of Souda Directorate Baqam in Saada resulted in the death of the girl Haila and her father and the injury of three children from her relatives and uncle
film by Yemen TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=s3PF0ptr9ZI
films by Almasirah TV:
https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/916056779485794304
https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/916044298059214848 (first part; end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucoF_jO7Ank (from 0:13)
(* A K PH)
12 citizens killed in Saudi aggression air strikes hit Saada
12 citizens, including women and children, were killed in an initial death toll when the US-backed Saudi warplanes hit their house on Wednesday in [Souda area], Baqim district of Saada province
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475814.htm and also http://almotamar.net/news/139785.htm
and
(* A K PH)
Aggression destroys a whole family of children and women in Saada
The Saudi-led alliance of the Aggression Coalition, on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, committed a new crime of genocide against a whole family of more than 12 people, including women and children, in a raid on their house in Baqem Directorate, local sources said.
The sources added that the air force targeted the house of Hasan Hassan al-Muayadh in the district of Baqem and Daqah
http://www.alwatanyemen.net/85538.htm
and photos:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1488723824548326&set=pcb.1488724134548295&type=3&theater
https://twitter.com/maddllock/status/915679811045138433
https://twitter.com/maddllock/status/915685270191734784
and films by Almasirah TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2AzC1IX1-w = https://www.facebook.com/Hona.Almasirah/videos/vb.1127621230602273/1663560777008313/?type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/Hona.Almasirah/videos/vb.1127621230602273/1663483887016002/?type=2&theater = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/915659307907153920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SzPrFqjLPY = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/915682120529477640
and
(A K PH)
An air strike killed at least seven people, including four children, on Wednesday in a rebel-held district of northern Yemen, the Huthi rebels and a medical source said.
a medical source in Baqem said seven people -- four children, two women and a man -- had been killed in the raid on Saada, which borders Saudi Arabia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4948754/North-Yemen-air-raid-kills-seven.html
(A K PH)
Hostile airstrike kills two civilians in Baqem, Sa'ada
Two civilians were killed on Wednesday in a hostile airstrike on an agricultural farm in the district of Baqem in Sa'ada province.
A Security official told Saba that the aggression coalition warplanes targeted the fram of al-Zamah in the district, killing the two civilians.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475862.htm
(* A K PH)
Five Saudi air raids hit Saada
The US Saudi warplanes waged five strikes on Baqim district of Saada province over night.
The strikes hit two cars of the citizens, killing and wounding among the civilians.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475794.htm
(A K PH)
US-Saudi aggression kills three civilians in Hajjah
The US-Saudi aggression coalition warplanes waged on Wednesday an air raid in Medi district in Hajjah province, killing three civilians.
A security official told Saba that the hostile coalition warplanes targeted al-Ja'ada area in Medi, also left an injured civilian
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475861.htm and http://newnewss.net/?p=13093
and
(A K PH)
Photos of the crime today, October 4, 2017: # Alliance of aggression_ Saudi Arabia Which targeted the house of Ahmed Taher In the Jedda district of Medi, leaving three martyrs, Hajjah province (photos)
https://www.facebook.com/SaudiArabia.war.crimes.against.Yemen/posts/1730066250622695
and film by Almasirah TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF6mnThNcJc = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/915699179091103744
(A K PH)
More air raids recorded:
Recorded on:
Oct. 7
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news476006.htm
Oct. 4
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475865.htm
(C K PH)
Film: See targeting the aggression of Saudi Arabia during the two - year markets in the city of Baqam in Saada 03 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D9OxN4rVLY
(B K)
The Great Hall Massacre - 8th October 2017 (photos)
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/916941106784329728
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
(A K PS)
Gradation of 500 soldiers of special forces soldiers n Taiz is important development towards establishing security n the governorate. They r well trained, they have a plan, they have experience. This is an effort that deserves support (photo)
https://twitter.com/Ndawsari/status/916299362921263104
My comment: Did you fall down with the head first?
Comment: #Saudi-paid #Yemen "government" continues disguising Al Qaeda militants as govt troops : Protection from US drones.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/916560104954236928
(* A K PH)
The aggression border guards' artillery, meanwhile, killed three other citizens in Rako in Munabih district, Saada pr.
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news476013.htm
(A K PH)
Film: Bombardment of mercenaries aggression on the homes of citizens in the Directorate # Nehm # Sanaa province
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSVFoN9_c0g = https://twitter.com/Hona_Almasirah/status/916409504992059392
(A K PH)
Mercenaries target civilians' farms in Serwah, Mareb
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news475863.htm
(A K PH)
Severe defeat for UAE in its biggest battle in Yemen
The United Arab Emirates suffered from a severe defeat on Monday in its first and largest battle on the eastern front of Yemen when an offensive by its forces on Mount Helan was fail in Sarawah Directorate of Marib province.
(A K PH)
Film: Yemeni army threatens to target Saudi, Emirati airbases
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/04/537484/Saudi-Arabia-warplanes-Yemen
Remark: From Iran.
(A K PH)
Col. Rashid: major development of Yemeni Air Force will change the military equation
The Deputy Spokesman for the Armed Forces, Colonel Aziz Rashed, said that the drop of air defenses of the army and the popular committees of the American spy plane “MQ 9” in the capital Sana’a yesterday morning was the result of ongoing military scientific research.
Remark: Earlier reporting YPR 346, cp17.
cp18 Sonstiges / Other
( B )
Film: Separated from my family for 60 years
Mohamed Bubaker came to Sheffield from Yemen in the 1960s to work in the steel industry.
He always hoped that his family would be able to join him one day, but it's never been possible and he's lived alone for nearly 60 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-41512731/separated-from-my-family-for-60-years
(* B E H)
Auf der Flucht Teil 2: Die Völkerwanderung
In den Ländern der Mena-Region von Marokko bis Iran leben derzeit rd. 370 Millionen Menschen. 2030 werden es um 110 Millionen mehr sein. Allein Ägypten wird in fünfzehn Jahren um 28 Millionen Einwohner wachsen, Algerien um 10 Millionen, der Jemen um 9. Schon heute findet nur eine Minderheit von rd. 40% einen Arbeitsplatz.
Im „Pulverfass vor den Toren Europas“, wie die Studienautoren die politisch instabile Mena-Region bezeichnen, wächst die Bevölkerung sehr viel schneller als die Wirtschaft:
http://www.mena-watch.com/mena-analysen-beitraege/auf-der-flucht-teil-2-die-voelkerwanderung/
(D)
Film: Yemen's ceremonial daggers stand the test of time
Ceremonial daggers have been a part of Yemeni heritage for centuries, symbolising the pride of Yemeni men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xby0j1RObuE
(* B)
Friends of Hadhramaut
The idea of forming “Friends of Hadhramaut” came as a result of a visit to the area by Sultana al-Qu’aiti MBE and Brian Fyfield-Shayler, as part of an expedition organised in 1996 by Jim Ellis OBE, who became our second Patron.
The trust is registered with the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales. Though based in the United Kingdom it has been an international effort from the start, drawing on the goodwill of over 600 well-wishers around the world. Our work is purely humanitarian and strictly non-political.
The trust promotes philanthropic, educational and medical links between the people of Hadhramaut and overseas, bringing their needs to the attention of those who may be in the best position to help. We aim to raise living standards, individually and collectively, relieving poverty wherever we can.
http://hadhramaut.co.uk/about-hadhramaut/
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Yemeni climbs Mount Everest for peace in his war-torn homeland
He raised the Yemeni flag and with rocks wrote the word “Yemen” on one of the Himalayan foothills, using large enough rocks to be seen from an airplane
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-346-yemen-war-mosaic-346
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-346 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-346:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose oder / or
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
Der saudische Luftkrieg im Bild / Saudi aerial war images:
(18 +, Nichts für Sensible!) / (18 +; Graphic!)
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm und / and http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
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