Wegen des großen Umfangs an Material geteilt. Alle unten kursiv gesetzten Kapitel im Yemen Mosaik 380:
Because of the great mass of reports, divided. All chapters in italics below at Yemen Mosaic 380:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-380-yemen-war-mosaic-380
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Klassifizierung / Classification
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Seuchen / Most important: Epidemics
cp1b Provinz Mahrah / mahrah province
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
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
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
cp12b Libanon / Lebanon
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms Trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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)
? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
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
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
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U.S. seeks to boost case against Iran with U.N. Washington visit
The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Tehran gave to Yemen’s Houthi group.
Haley and her 14 council colleagues will also lunch with President Donald Trump, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Friday.
The Trump administration has for months been lobbying for Iran to be held accountable at the United Nations, while at the same time threatening to quit a 2015 deal among world powers to curb Iran’s nuclear program if “disastrous flaws” are not fixed.
The U.N. ambassadors will visit a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling near Washington, where Haley, the U.S envoy to the United Nations, last month presented remnants of what the Pentagon said was an Iranian-made ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Nov. 4 at Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, as well as other weapons.
My comment: Nikki Haley’s propaganda show, second part.
Comment: Another report that is very worrying for people who believe in a free and fairer world. Iran is far from perfect. But it is far from being the most repressive state on the planet.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10156332670203641
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Yemen: UN chief welcomes measures by Saudi-led coalition to ease access for humanitarian aid
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed news that five tankers carrying 180,000 litres of fuel reached Yemen’s northern province of Marib on Wednesday as part of the Saudi-led coalition’s wider plan to facilitate humanitarian action in the war-ravaged country.
“The coalition has committed to increase humanitarian fuel deliveries to one million litres per week over the coming weeks,” Mr. Guterres said in a statement on Thursday.
He noted that in light of the dire, unrelenting humanitarian crisis, the fuel will be delivered, based on need, to health facilities and water stations to keep life-saving services running for local communities.
“I also welcome the generous $1 billion pledge by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to support humanitarian action in Yemen, as well as their commitment to raise an additional $500 million from other donors in the region,” he stated.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58483#.WmrH4qjiY2w
My comment: The UN adulatling the Saudis – what for, be honest?
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UK’s Johnson asks Oman to broker deal with Iran
According to regional media, UK Foreign Secretary Johnson has asked the Omani Sultan Qaboos to mediate between KSA and Iran to speed up efforts to end Saudi war against Yemen.
British foreign secretary Boris Johnson discussed ways to end Yemen's war and to save the Iran nuclear deal during talks with Oman's ruler on Thursday, according to The National.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/131621/UK-s-Johnson-asks-Oman-to-broker-deal-with-Iran
Comment: Iran media report on UK BoJo's proposed deal to end the Saudi war on Yemen: "Oman would be expected to get Iran to agree to control the Houthis in Yemen."
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/956933833915535360
Rather bizarre, this UK concept. I suggest BoJo first of all get the Houthis to agree that Iran CAN control the Houthis of Yemen. Best to be sure, you know.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/956936126438281216
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Oman is offering new mediation to revive political negotiations.
Ansar Allah's spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam headed to Muscat.
The sources told the Yemeni Press Agency that "Abdulsalam, left on an Omani plane, accompanied by Omani figures" heading to Muscat.
The sources said that "Abdel Salam will return to Sanaa, today evening."
The visit comes hours after the visit of British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson to Oman
and by Saudi media:
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Exclusive- Houthis in Muscat Soon to Discuss Int’l Proposal
A Houthi delegation is expected to move from Sana’a to Muscat aboard a UN airplane in the next few days to attend talks led by international and regional parties aimed at achieving peace in Yemen, informed Yemeni sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.
The sources spoke on Thursday about talks that kicked off with Omani officials concerning proposals made by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson regarding the Yemeni file.
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UN aid coordinator for war-torn Yemen steps down
The UN aid coordinator in Yemen announced Wednesday he was leaving his post just days after the UN envoy for the war-torn country also said he was stepping down.
Jamie McGoldrick, who has served as the Yemen humanitarian coordinator for two years, said he would be leaving the country for a position in New York.
"This is my last day here in Sanaa," McGoldrick told reporters in the Yemeni capital.
"I leave Yemen with a great deal of mixed emotion... sadness because of the suffering that is taking place, frustration because we haven't been able to do more for the people in this country."
"And at the same time, more and more people have become vulnerable because of this crisis".
https://www.geo.tv/latest/178533-un-aid-coordinator-for-war-torn-yemen-steps-down
My comment: Regrettable for Yemen. He did a good job.
And his last press conference at sanaa:
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Film: UN coordinator says many dying in Yemen due to shortage of medicine
The United Nations (UN) humanitarian coordinator for Yemen on Sunday said that the fighting is estimated to have killed some 10,000 people, but that many more are thought to have died "silent deaths" from preventable diseases, while millions were pushed to the brink of famine. Jamie McGoldrick told reporters in Sanaa that children were particularly vulnerable.
He said he hoped that in the future the port would be open for all humanitarian and commercial deliveries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lusl7JhV_00
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UN-Generalsekretär schlägt Briten als neuen Sondergesandten für den Jemen vor
UN-Generalsekretär Antonio Guterres hat den Unterhändler und Berater Martin Griffiths als neuen Sondergesandten für den Jemen vorgeschlagen. Wie Diplomaten am Mittwoch berichteten, soll der Brite Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed ersetzen, der in dieser Woche seinen Abschied von dem Posten angekündigt hatte. Am Mittwoch verkündete außerdem der UN-Hilfskoordinator im Jemen, Jamie McGoldrick, dass er seine Ämter aufgeben werde.
Guterres habe die fünf ständigen Mitgliedern des UN-Sicherheitsrats über seine Entscheidung unterrichtet und spreche sich mit Golfstaaten wegen der Nominierung ab, berichteten Diplomaten. Offiziell hat der UN-Generalsekretär dem vollständigen Sicherheitsrat die Ernennung allerdings noch nicht mitgeteilt.
Der Mauretanier Ahmed hatte in seinen zwei Jahren als Sondergesandter keine Fortschritte bei der Beendigung des Konflikts im Jemen gemacht.
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UN taps British mediator as new Yemen envoy: diplomats
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped mediator and former aid official Martin Griffiths of Britain to be the next peace negotiator for Yemen.
Diplomats said Guterres had told permanent Security Council members -- Britain, France, China, the United States and Russia -- that Griffiths was his choice and was also consulting with Gulf countries among others.
Griffiths is the executive director of the Brussels-based European Institute of Peace and also helped create the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva which specializes in political dialogue.
A former British diplomat, Griffiths was a mediation adviser to Kofi Annan during his Syria mission and also served as humanitarian coordinator for the Great Lakes region in the 1990s.
In 1994, he was appointed director of UN humanitarian affairs in Geneva and later became deputy to the UN emergency relief coordinator in New York in 1998.
and what Southern Yemeni separatists think:
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Political Analyst: Appointing Martin Griffith as a Delegate to Yemen Quickens the Solution According to the South’s and Yemen’s De Facto
The Southern political analyst Ali Noman Al-Musfery, indicated that the world talks only with powerful entities and the interference of an international power like UK, with Martin Griffith as a new UN delegate to Yemen, will quicken the solution according to the south’s and Yemen’s de facto
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Outgoing Yemen Envoy, How Did He Perform in Three Years?
The UN during Saudi regime’s three-year-aggression on Yemen has failed to produce a tenable record. The UN’s ignorance of Saudi-led Arab coalition’s crimes against Yemeni nation and even approving a resolution against Yemeni revolutionaries in the United Nations Security Council pushed many analysts to label the international organization the accomplice to the Saudis' crimes against neighboring Yemen.
The Yemenis recognize Cheikh Ahmed as a one who betrayed the trust they put in him to accomplish a pro-peace mission. There is a consensus that he during his tenure did his best to hide from the world the realities of Yemen and the conflict. He, for example, proposed a settlement to the crisis in November 2016 that downgraded the Yemeni crisis to a domestic dispute and declined to name Saudi Arabia as one of the causes of the tension or a hostile party. The roadmap, furthermore, did not call for immediate cessation of the Saudi regime’s brutal pounding of Yemen, where thousands of civilians were killed and injured and millions were displaced. In fact, the UN silence and procrastination in dealing with the Saudi-led barbarity have had a hand in encouraging Saudis to massacre more civilians.
The Yemen conflict originates from the Saudi military campaign, but the envoy downplayed the significance of that, arguing that it was simply a dispute between the opposition and the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
http://alwaght.com/en/News/122544/Outgoing-Yemen-Envoy-How-Did-He-Perform-in-Three-Years? = http://en.abna24.com/news/report/report-outgoing-yemen-envoy-how-did-he-perform-in-three-years_879388.html
Comment: This is a widely held view in Yemen although I think it is somewhat unfair. Ahmed Sheikh was appointed because he was a mild man who was not likely to stand up to anyone and it was certainly not his fault that the UK, USA dominate the security council that slavishly stood by Saudi Arabia, despite considerable evidence of war crimes in Yemen. I do think he had a very narrow line to walk and he really tried hard but his remit was so limited and powers were aligned against him. In the end, all the negotiators in the Yemen war had a vested interest in the war continuing and very little interest in Yemeni people. So anyone who came along to try to persuade them to talk peace was going to be sidelined. I doubt that the next envoy will do any better.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10156332690958641
cp7a Saudi-Arabien und Iran / Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Saudi and UAE policies are full of mistakes, claims Iranian official
Iran: Saudi's have "for three years of criminality, ethnic cleansing and killing of children, as well as the continuous bombardment with banned weapons and attacks on markets and weddings"
The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has criticised the policies of countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, saying that they are full of strategic and tactical mistakes, Quds Press has reported. Such mistakes, he said, are not limited to Yemen, but also include their policies on Qatar.
In a statement published by the Tasnim News Agency, which is close to the Iranian government, Shamkhani pointed out that the people of Yemen are under a severe siege imposed by some countries, where even humanitarian aid and food cannot be delivered.
The Iranian official described as “foolish” the accusations that his country is delivering missiles to Yemen, adding:
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Shaalan: There is no legal basis for separating men from women in municipal councils
The Shura Council session on Tuesday witnessed a heated debate during the presentation of the recommendations of the Hajj, Housing and Services Committee, and a recommendation regarding the executive regulations of the municipal councils system received considerable attention, although it did not win the majority.
The three members of the council, Noura al-Aamid, Lina al-Maina and Aley al-Dahlawi, made a recommendation to cancel the first paragraph of article 107 of the municipal councils' regulation, which states that the meeting between members and members of the municipal councils is in separate halls through the television station.
The three members were in the process of formulating their recommendation that the paragraph should be repealed while rejecting the wording adopted by the committee, which called on the ministry to reconsider the paragraph. Al-Khalaf intervened to support the recommendation of drafting the three pillars, noting that the existence of this paragraph in the list «does not keep pace with the vision of the current Kingdom and does not equal between the elected and elected members in the representation of citizens».
http://www.alhayat.com/m/story/26914582
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The Information Minister directs Okaz newspaper to stop the writer Ahmad Adnan for violating the publishing regulations.
https://twitter.com/saudinews50/status/956984141861531650
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Saudi corruption purge winds down but scars will linger
Saudi Arabia’s stock market celebrated the release of some of the kingdom’s top businessmen from detention on Sunday but the after-effects of a purge of the business elite may last for years, deterring private investment.
Their release signaled a massive anti-corruption drive, in which authorities detained over 200 people and said they aimed to seize $100 billion of illicit assets, was drawing to a close. The Ritz-Carlton is to reopen to the public in mid-February.
Shares in Kingdom Holding soared to their 10 percent daily limit on Sunday, adding about $850 million to Prince Alwaleed’s fortune. A plunge of Kingdom shares in the initial days after his detention cost Prince Alwaleed about $2.2 billion on paper.
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Saudi Arabia Is Handing Out Cash Recovered From Detainees to Ease Austerity
Saudi Arabia is using cash recovered from officials and princes arrested in the latest purge to ease the pain of austerity.
The Saudi kingdom claims it has lost at least $100 billion to corruption, and some of that is now being handed back to the government as part of settlements agreed with suspects.
"We have received some money in the bank," Saudi finance minister Mohammed Al Jadaan told CNNMoney's Richard Quest on Thursday. "But most of the assets are unlikely to be in cash. As you can imagine it is in assets, real estate -- it is going to take some time to be liquidated."
Speaking earlier at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the minister claimed some of the cash recovered will be used to fund handouts for the 70% of Saudi nationals who are state employees.
http://english.alahednews.com.lb/essaydetails.php?eid=41860&cid=525#.WmyBGojOWUl
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Top Saudi broadcaster caught up in Riyadh’s corruption shakedown
Founder of MBC thought to have handed over control of media group to secure release
Saudi Arabian authorities plan to take control of the Middle East’s largest media company as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s extraordinary anti-corruption crackdown. Officials have ordered Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, the founder of the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), to hand over his controlling stake in the company to secure his release, according to people briefed on the matter. His case illustrates how the crackdown, lauded by many Saudis as an overdue attack on corruption, appears in part to be a shakedown of coveted assets and is leading to the nationalisation of private sector powerhouses. It also hints at a desire by Prince Mohammed to tighten the government’s grip on the media as he pushes ahead with ambitious reform plans and an increasingly assertive foreign policy.
https://www.ft.com/content/a50075d2-0069-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5
Comment: Anti-corruption? This is robbery & racketeering. Completely lawless.
https://twitter.com/BaFana3/status/956952211778654210
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Prominent businessmen reach settlements in Saudi corruption probe: source
Several prominent businessmen have reached financial settlements with Saudi Arabian authorities in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, an official source told Reuters on Friday.
They include Waleed al-Ibrahim, owner of regional television network MBC; Fawaz Alhokair, a major shareholder in fashion retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co 4240.SE; Khalid al-Tuwaijri, a former chief of the Royal Court; and Turki bin Nasser, a former head of the country’s meteorology and environmental protection agency, the source said.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity under briefing rules, did not reveal the terms of the settlements
Comment: #Saudi CP #MBS mass release of jailed clansman @Alwaleed_Talal & other cousins appears to be to avoid negative media coverage in his upcoming visit to #UK & #Washington
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/957237003724173312
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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was released from detention on Saturday, family sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption.
His release came hours after he told Reuters in an interview at Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton hotel that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be freed within days.
The terms of his release were not immediately clear, and Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
But the decision to free him, and the release of several other well-known tycoons on Friday, suggested the main part of the corruption probe was winding down after it sent shockwaves through Saudi Arabia’s business and political establishment.
“He has arrived home,” one source in Prince Alwaleed’s family told Reuters.
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Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed confident his troubles will end soon
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released from custody within days.
Prince Alwaleed was speaking in an exclusive interview with Reuters at his suite in Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton hotel, where he has been confined for over two months along with dozens of other suspects.
It was the first time the prince, one of the nation’s most prominent businessmen, has spoken publicly since his detention.
Prince Alwaleed said he was continuing to maintain his innocence of any corruption in talks with authorities. He said he expected to keep full control of his global investment firm Kingdom Holding Co 4280.SE without being required to give up assets to the government.
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Transcript of Reuters interview with Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Following are excerpts of a Reuters interview with Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping corruption probe.
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Kuwait protests after Saudi ‘Insults’ Minister on Twitter
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/388367-kuwait-protests-after-saudi-insults-minister-on-twitter = http://www.newnewss.net/kuwait-protests-saudi-insults-minister-twitter/
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#Saudi Monarchy bans importation of chess and playing cards
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/956579232360132609 referring to http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/26887954
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Saudi Arabia: First human rights defenders sentenced under leadership of ‘reformer’ Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
Responding to the sentencing today of two prominent human rights activists Mohammad al-Otaibi and Abdullah al-Attawi by the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh to 14 and seven years in prison respectively, Samah Hadid, Director of Campaigns for the Middle-East at Amnesty International said:
“The harsh sentencing of Mohammad al-Otaibi and Abdullah al-Attawi, who should never have been prosecuted in the first place, confirms our fears that the new leadership of Mohamed Bin Salman is determined to silence civil society and human rights defenders in the Kingdom.
“The crackdown on members of the human rights community has continued unabated, with almost all the country’s most prominent human rights defenders now behind bars.
and
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This morning, Saudi Arabia sentenced human rights activist Mohamed al-Oteibi to 14 years in prison. 14. Charges include: Activism, contacting human rights organizations, forming a human rights organization, Tweeting. But of course msm, Mohamad bin Salman is a great "reformer" (images)
https://twitter.com/RanaHarbi/status/956535427355340802
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Forget oil, 'human capital is the new currency' for Saudi Arabia
Reema bint Bandar Al Saud said: "Please just don't look at us as oil… Human capital is the new currency and I really would encourage you to look at us that way."
While the shifting social dynamics would be "necessary" to improve the Saudi economy, it was also the "right thing to do" she said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/forget-oil-human-capital-is-the-new-currency-for-saudi-arabia.html
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Testing Prince Mohammed’s pledge to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to return his kingdom to a moderate interpretation of Islam could be put to the test by a draft bill in the US Congress that would require the secretary of State to submit yearly reports about whether Saudi Arabia is living up to its promise to remove intolerant content from its educational materials.
The bill would also increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to introduce freedom of religion in a country that bans all worship except for those that adhere to its long-standing strand of ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam.
To be sure, Saudi Arabia has for more than a decade pledged to revise its educational materials and has made significant progress in doing so. The progress falls, however, short of a 2006 US-Saudi understanding that the kingdom would “within one to two years… ‘remove remaining intolerant references that disparage Muslims or non-Muslims or that promote hatred toward other religions or religious groups.’”
Among objectionable texts in schoolbooks, according to Human Rights Watch researcher Adam Coogle, are markers by which one can recognize the approach of the Day of Resurrection, that include the assertion that “the Hour will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews, and Muslims will kill the Jews.”
Ironically, the model for an upgraded, more friendly form of Wahhabism, is Prince Mohammed’s nemesis, Qatar, the world’s only other Wahhabi state. – By James M. Dorsey
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.@Davos speech #Saudi FM @AdelAljubeir who bans 5 million Shia Arab citizens from working @KSAMOFA condemns Iranian govt sectarianism. There is not a single Shia diplomat #Saudi Arabia. AlJubair ran a sectarian campaign in #US against Shia Muslims
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/956204217336762368
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#Saudi Monarchy releases one of its clansmen Mashoor bin Talal, half brother of @Alwaleed_Talal who was arrested in November for shooting an AK47 outside a school. If an average person did it, he will spend years in prison. (photos)
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/956159149305458688
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#Saudi Monarchy police tracks & fines elderly village woman seen on social media driving. They ignored males driving opposite traffic in same pic (photo)
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/956373868440182784 referring to https://twitter.com/emoroor/status/955918838364803075
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Saudi may Pocket $100bn in Cash-for-Freedom Settlements with Detained Royals
Saudi may pocket $100bn in cash-for-freedom settlements with detained royals
Saudi Arabia is likely to bag over $100 billion in monetary settlement deals with princes and businessmen detained as part of its so-called anti-graft purge, a senior government official says.
The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, told Bloomberg on Monday that the settlement payments were a combination of cash, real estate, stocks and other asset classes.
He also noted that only a handful of those held at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, would likely reach an agreement with the authorities, warning that the individuals who fail to come to a compromise would be referred to prosecutors.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/01/23/549858/Saudi-Arabia-Riyadh
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Saudi corruption cash settlements will help finance royal handouts: finance minister
Cash settlements obtained from people detained in Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on corruption will help to finance a 50 billion riyal ($13.3 billion) package to help citizens cope with the rising cost of living, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Wednesday.
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Saudi still holding 95 people as it aims to wind down corruption probe
Saudi Arabian authorities are still holding 95 people in an anti-corruption campaign launched by the crown prince in November, according to the kingdom’s attorney general.
In an info graphic cited by Saudi-owned Al Arabiya on Wednesday, the attorney general said 90 detainees had been released after having their charges dropped while others had traded cash, real estate and other assets for their freedom.
“Only a couple of days till cases of corruption-related settlements are closed in preparation for referring remaining defendants to the Public Prosecution,” the graphic said.
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There Is a Brutal Life Facing Millions of Immigrants Who Seek Opportunity Abroad
Ethiopians and Bangladeshis endure sexual violence and beatings by police in the countries they seek work in.
What was the reason for their expulsion? The Saudi authorities said that these were migrants who came into the country without papers. They had crossed the dangerous Gulf of Aden in rickety boats. Saudi Arabia welcomes these migrants, even those without documents, largely because they – under duress – offer their services at very low rates of pay. At punctual intervals, the Saudi government goes after these undocumented workers, arresting them in public, throwing them in deportation camps in Riyadh and then shipping them home.
That was in 2013. Between June of 2017 and the end of the year, the Saudi authorities detained 250,000 foreigners and sent home 96,000 Ethiopians. When the Saudi government feels particularly vicious, it carts the Ethiopians to the Saudi-Yemen border and merely leaves them on the Yemeni side. Yemen, still bombed almost daily by Saudi Arabia, is hardly the place to welcome desperate Ethiopians.
The periodic cycle of allowing undocumented workers into the country and then humiliating them by this kind of public ejection maintains the workers in fear and allows the human traffickers and the employers to keep wages as low as possible. There is no one to complain to.
https://www.alternet.org/world/ethiopians-and-bangladeshis-saudi-arabia-and-malaysia
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1
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#YemenCantWait Rally: 28 Orgs Rallied Today at Schumer & Gillibrand's Office to End US-Backed Blockade & Bombing
On Friday, January 26th at 11:00 AM, activists from anti-war, Yemeni, human rights and interfaith communities gathered for a rally in front of the NYC offices of U.S. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, 780 Third Avenue, in solidarity with the Yemeni people to oppose all U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. Representatives from the offices of both senators were present at the rally.
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Mapping the Blind Spots: Developer Unearths Secret U.S. Military Bases
If you look closely enough on Google or Bing Maps, some places are blanked out, hidden from public view. Many of those places disguise secret or sensitive American military facilities.
The United States military has a foothold in every corner of the world, with military bases on every continent. It's not even clear how many there are out there. The Pentagon says there are around 5,000 in total, and 598 in foreign countries, but those numbers are disputed by the media.
But how do these facilities look from above? To answer that question, you first need to locate the bases. Which, as it turns out, is relatively easy.
That's what Josh Begley, a data artist, found out when he embarked on a project to map all known U.S. military bases around the world, collect satellite pictures of them using Google Maps and Bing Maps, and display them all online.
The project, which he warns is ongoing, was inspired by Trevor Paglen's book "Blank Spots on the Map" which goes inside the world of secret military bases that are sometimes censored on maps.
https://mashable.com/2013/12/13/data-artist-satellite-pictures-military-bases/#Fvks1m8sAiqi and also https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases?CMP=share_btn_tw
and
Especially effective (as in dangerous?) in the Sahel. In Niger, you can instantly spot the French base in Madama, the U.S. base in Agadez... I even found a base I didn't know about, just outside of Arlit—and Nigerien troops aren't jogging around with Fitbits. (more in thread; images)
https://twitter.com/bentaub91/status/957642510922342400
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How the Saudis Drag the US into Perpetual War in the Mideast
With ISIS essentially gone from Syria, it's time to bug out, no matter what the Kingdom thinks.
[Trump] one year into his administration, it is increasingly evident that when it comes to southwest Asia, Americans can expect more of the same. Look for U.S. policy to trudge along aimlessly in a treacherous region, carried along only by inertia — and, well, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
These days, however, American and Saudi security interests rarely align, and the United States is slowly approaching energy independence. But the partnership has seemingly taken on a life of its own as administration after administration allows Saudi princes to tug Uncle Sam into counterproductive quagmires.
Saudi behavior, of course, is driven by the country’s intense antipathy to Iran. And, while it is certainly in U.S. interests to check any regional hegemon or the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Iran is simply not the military powerhouse the Saudis make it out to be.
Backing the Saudis, in fact, undermines U.S. progress toward narrow diplomatic goals and broader ones of popular persuasion. In Yemen, as elsewhere, once Washington takes sides, it becomes increasingly difficult to negotiate political end-states that work to America’s advantage. And as Saudi bombing inflicts tens of thousands of civilian casualties and a brutal blockade contributes to Yemeni starvation, the perception – and reality – of U.S. backing bolsters the Iranian narrative and places the U.S. on the wrong side of the global information war.
It is long past time to distance ourselves from Saudi actions inconsistent with American values and interests – by Danny Sjursen
http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/01/how-saudis-drag-us-perpetual-war-mideast/145516/
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US air wars under Trump: increasingly indiscriminate, increasingly opaque
Lack of transparency over looser rules of engagement is hallmark of administration
The increased reliance on drones, the spread of the counter-terror battle to remote new areas, where reporting is minimal or non-existent, combined with looser rules of engagement and a gung-ho command tone, threaten to combine to create an increasingly indiscriminate, increasingly opaque, global war in which civilians are likely to account for an ever larger share of the victims.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/23/us-air-wars-trump
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Attorneys Demand Clarity as Hundreds Seeking Refuge from War in Yemen Stranded, Unable to Rejoin Families in U.S.
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Muslim Advocates (MA) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding documents from federal agencies related to visa denials to dozens of Yemeni families seeking entry to the U.S., stemming from President Trump’s Muslim Ban. The FOIA request seeks information on the process by which the federal government has purportedly agreed to grant case-by-case waivers from the Muslim Ban to certain individuals from countries whose citizens are otherwise denied entry to the United States. Despite the administration’s claim that the waiver process would be “robust,” the organizations have received reports of en masse denials to people who should, according to the administration’s guidelines, be eligible for a waiver, casting doubt on whether a meaningful process exists at all. The request is directed at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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UK Involvement in the War in Yemen
UK involvement with the brutal bombing of Yemen in favour of the deeply repressive Saudi dictatorship exposes British foreign policy
Britain has been providing important political, military, technical and logistical support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign. Britain’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia increased by 11,000 per cent in the three months following the start of its bombing campaign against Yemen in March 2015. Close to £3.8 billion worth of UK arms have been sold to the Saudi regime since the beginning of the war.
The UK’s technical and logistical assistance to the Saudi military includes assisting with target selection, allegedly just in a training capacity but possibly also in concrete military operations. In January 2017 an ITV news report revealed that UK ‘liaison officers’ sit at the back of the Saudi Arabian Air Operation Centre from where the bombing raids on Yemen are directed. This highly intimate level of cooperation indicates that the UK’s role in the war in Yemen is probably much more substantial than the government is leading the public to believe.
http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/2878-the-uk-s-bloody-role-in-the-war-in-yemen
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Film: #SaudiPrinceNotWelcome in the #UK. People from @CAATuk & #Yemen explain why Mohammed bin Salam not welcome in London as he is a war criminal.
https://twitter.com/SamWalton/status/956653467665354753
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Well done everyone who made it to Downing Street to hand in a letter demanding that #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salam is not invited to London. This man is so much worse than Trump. He is the Butcher of #Yemen. (ptos9
https://twitter.com/SamWalton/status/956654344274890752
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Boris Johnson holds Yemen talks with Oman and Saudi Arabia
The British foreign secretary Boris Johnson hopes to deepen his involvement in the Yemen conflict with a trip to the region that started Wednesday where he will meet with a number of high-ranking officials.
Officials said the first stop on the two-country tour is Oman and Mr Johnson will the travel on to Saudi Arabia on Thursday where he will meet with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. The conflict in Yemen will be a major focus of the talks, which will also range across foreign policy challenges and Riyadh’s Vision 2030 programme.
Britain and Saudi Arabia’s countering of what the British foreign office described as “Iran’s destablising activity in the region” will also form part of the talks, as will a joint-confirmation of the importance of the Iranian nuclear deal.
Mr Johnson will also use the trip to suggest ways for the UK to be a leading partner for Saudi Arabia’s ambitious socio-economic reform programme, Vision 2030.
“In tandem, we must continue to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. There has been progress in recent weeks with the reopening of the Hodeidah and Saleef ports, allowing vital access for food and fuel.”
My comment: This is really odd as Britain is warring party in the Yemen war, as it is a close ally to Saudi Arabia in every aspect. The arsonist playing fire fighter.
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Boris Johnson and Sultan Qaboos explore paths to peace in Yemen
British foreign secretary Boris Johnson discussed ways end Yemen's war and to save the Iran nuclear deal during talks with Oman's ruler on Thursday.
and
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Boris Johnson underlines Oman’s ‘crucial’ role in resolving Yemen conflict during Muscat visit
My comment: Britain has helped to keep this war alive for almost 3 years now – Johnson should not play the role of peace broker – it does not fit to him.
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Strategische Rüstungsexporte
Die Bundesregierung weitet die Rüstungsexporte in Krisen- und Kriegsgebiete langfristig aus. Dies geht aus aktuellen Angaben des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums hervor. Demnach ist der Anteil der Rüstungsexporte in Staaten außerhalb von NATO und EU – darunter kriegführende arabische Staaten – im vergangenen Jahr auf rund 60 Prozent der deutschen Gesamtausfuhr von Kriegsgerät gestiegen und übertrifft entsprechende Ausfuhren in der Zeit der CDU/’CSU-FDP-Koalition um 45 Prozent. Dabei steuert die Bundesregierung die Ausfuhren strikt entsprechend den strategischen Interessen der Bundesrepublik: Hochgerüstet werden zum Beispiel arabische Verbündete, die den Einfluss Irans so weit als möglich begrenzen sollen, darüber hinaus Länder wie Algerien, die Transportpanzer und weitere Militärfahrzeuge zur Abschottung von Wüstengrenzen gegen Flüchtlinge erhalten. Schließlich nimmt Berlin auch die künftigen Konflikte mit China in den Blick – und beliefert dessen potenzielle Rivalen in der Asien-Pazifik-Region.
Laut den Ergebnissen der Sondierungsgespräche von CDU/CSU und FDP sollen künftig am Jemen-Krieg beteiligte Länder keine Genehmigungen für Waffenkäufe mehr erhalten. Allerdings bestehen Zweifel, ob dieser Beschluss in der Praxis tatsächlich umgesetzt werden wird.[4]
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/7511/
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Kidnapping and ant-Shiite rhetoric stirs Malaysian debate about Saudi-inspired ultra-conservatism
Allegedly kidnapped, forty-three-year old Malaysian activist Amri Che Mat, a foreign exchange trader and mountain climber, has not been heard of since he went missing in November 2016.
The disappearance and Mr. Asri’s remarks follow a string of events and government measures that have sparked renewed debate about what critics have dubbed the country’s Arabization. Malaysia has long been a target of a long-standing, well-funded Saudi public diplomacy campaign that propagates Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism as an anti-dote to Iranian revolutionary zeal and Shiite ideology.
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, in perhaps Malaysia’s starkest confrontation of Saudi-inspired ultra-conservatism last year denounced practices of Wahhabism and Salafism by calling on Malaysians to uphold their country’s culture and not imitate Arabs. The sultan decried what he described as creeping Arabization of the Malay language by insisting on using Malay language references to religious practices and Muslim holidays rather than Arabic ones – by James M. Dorsey
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Sudan and the Gulf
Gripped by a deep economic crisis, Khartoum appears to be using its international relations to curry favours
Relations between Sudan and the Gulf have been strained during the past year despite the fact that Khartoum has been an active member of the Saudi-led Arab coalition that has been fighting a nearly three-year-old war in Yemen. This may have been what led Khartoum to lean towards the Doha-Ankara axis and agree to the establishment of Turkish facilities, of an officially undefined nature so far, in Suakin on the Red Sea, setting off alarm bells in Cairo, Riyadh and even Abu Dhabi.
Last week, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed flew to Khartoum on an unannounced visit, during which he met with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and a number of other Sudanese political and security officials. At the same time, the Saudi Ambassador to Khartoum Hassan bin Ali, addressing a society at the Sudanese parliament, said that certain parties were trying to undermine relations between his country and Sudan.
The two moves were significant against the backdrop of the tensions in the Gulf with Qatar, which have reached a level unprecedented since the 1990s.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/23606.aspx
Remark: from Egyptian Al-Ahram. The relationship between Egypt and Sudan had worsened, almost was like short before war.
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Top Bahraini Court Confirms Ruling to Deport 14 Dissidents
The top court in Bahrain has confirmed a ruling to deport 14 activists, including a woman, who had been stripped of their nationalities in 2012 for political reasons.
http://www.newnewss.net/top-bahraini-court-confirms-ruling-deport-14-dissidents/
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#Bahrain has subjected Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace to #torture, #arbitrarydetention, and life imprisonment, merely for peacefully exercising his right to #FreeExpression. Help @ADHRB and @Roots_Action call for his release:
https://twitter.com/ADHRB/status/956255286779498496 referring to petition https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/release-imprisoned-bahraini-human-rights-defender-dr-abduljalil-al-singace
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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Qatar Preparing to Buy Russia’s S-400 Systems
Qatar is in talks with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile air defense systems, Tass news agency quoted the Qatari ambassador to Russia Fahad bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah on Thursday as saying.
http://www.newnewss.net/qatar-preparing-buy-russias-s-400-systems/
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UAE Air Force Ordered to Avoid Escalating Airspace Dispute with Qatar: Official
The air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been instructed “not to escalate” a growing civil aviation row with regional rival Qatar, an Emirati military official says.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/241249 = https://www.english.almanar.com.lb/432056
cp12b Libanon / Lebanon
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British government under pressure to impose total ban on Hezbollah
The British government is under renewed pressure to outlaw Hezbollah in the UK by making no distinction between its military and political wings.
In the House of Commons, Labour chair of the friends of Israel Joan Ryan moved a motion on Thursday that called for Hezbollah to be designated a terrorist organisation and for Britain to impose a complete ban to bring it into line with Canada, the US, the Arab League and the Netherlands.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1233151/world
Remark: This is by Saudi media.
Comment by Judith Brown: Hmm. When I worked in South Lebanon I met many Hezbollah supporters and I found they ran very efficient health and social care networks. They were also very disciplined - for example Christians who had been working with Israeli troops returned to their homes after the end of the Israeli occupation and Hezbollah leaders gave a directive that they were Lebanese and should not be harmed - and they weren't. Hezbollah do have an alternative view to many Western governments and Israel but that is their political position. I don't personally approve of independent militias - nor the use of mercenaries - but they are a feature of today's wars and I don't know that they do worse things than conventional armies - including Western armies. And in Lebanon Hezbollah are politically active and helping to maintain stability there. So I'm not quite sure what a terrorist is - there is no international definition and it is a meaningless word - but it generally is taken to describe someone who fights on the other side to the one our elites support.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10156332658088641
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Egyptian AT-802 acquisition confirmed
Satellite imagery has confirmed that Egypt is operating the Iomax AT-802 counter-insurgency aircraft, after recei
It is understood that the type has been used operationally in Libya, Egypt and Yemen in the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and light attack roles.
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Finland looks set to stop arms sales to UAE over Yemen war
All eight candidates looking to become Finland's next president next month vow to halt arms sales to the Gulf country
Finland looks set to halt all arms sales to the United Arab Emirates after images have emerged showing the UAE using Finnish-made weapons in Yemen's civil war.
All eight candidates in Finland's presidential elections vowed this week to halt arms sales to the UAE if elected into office in February.
The announcement came after a public outcry over images published earlier this month that showed the Emiratis using a Finnish made armoured vehicle in Yemen's civil war.
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Canada: Federal government hits ‘pause button’ on approving permits for arms exports to Saudi Arabia
The Trudeau government stopped approving permits for arms exports to Saudi Arabia after it began an investigation last summer into Riyadh's deployment of Canadian-made armoured vehicles against Saudi residents.
Adam Austen, press secretary for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, likened the move to "hitting the pause button on approval of new permits" to Saudi Arabia.
"Over the course of the investigation no new permits were issued for arms shipments to Saudi Arabia," Mr. Austen said. "No new shipments were added."
cp15 Propaganda
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Yemeni government welcomes Command's statement of Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen
The Yemeni government has welcomed the statement issued by the Command of Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen which called on all Yemeni political and social components for calm, restraint, adherence to the language of calm dialogue and directing the joint action with the coalition to complete the liberation of all Yemeni lands from the control of pro-Iranian Houthis.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1714179
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Coalition Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen calls people to unite
The Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen called on all Yemeni political and social components for calm, restraint, and adhere to the language of calm dialogue, and avoid anything that brings in division and separation.
In a statement on Saturday, the coalition command said, all Yemenis should support legitimacy and work jointly with the coalition to complete Yemen’s liberation.
The statement added, “The Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen is following up the events and developments in the Yemeni temporary capital (Aden) and the media debate in this regard about some popular demands to rectify some imbalances in the government sector.” The coalition’s command also called the Yemenis’ various orientations and affiliations to take into account national responsibility and defeat the Iranian Huthi militia, and put an end to its control over the country’s resources and people lives.
https://nationalyemen.com/2018/01/28/coalition-supporting-legitimacy-in-yemen-calls-people-to-unite/
My comment: This sounds like a joke. – It’s the day the great crash at Aden could happen (look at cp6)
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Comment: This seems like a very nasty organisation. I'd like to know why the aren't banned for false news - and extremism.
https://www.facebook.com/judith.brown.794628/posts/10156332665658641
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Ending the war in Yemen
Saudi Arabia continues to deliver humanitarian aid to Yemen, and works to reach a political solution to the crisis and support the legitimate authority. Meanwhile, Iran continues to provide weapons to Houthi militias and prolong Yemeni suffering. This is clear to Yemenis and all stakeholders following developments in Yemen with concern. Yet those observing from afar, listening to sources that provide misleading and inaccurate information, insist on presenting things from a slanted perspective.
The Houthis pose a threat not only to Yemen but also Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region, as well as the waterways of international trade. The Houthis have fired around 300 ballistic missiles, 90 of them at Saudi Arabia. They have also targeted ships in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemeni ports under their control, and blocked humanitarian aid from reaching people.
As for the cholera outbreak, Al-Jetaily said the numbers are exaggerated
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1234256
My comment: A full Saudi propaganda roundup, warming up even the greatest old bullshit.
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KSRelief aid reaches 43 families on Yemeni islands dotted with mines
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/ksrelief-aid-reaches-43-families-yemeni-islands-dotted-mines
My comment: More of Saudi “We are benefactors” propaganda.
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#RSAF C-130s already made 11 airlift flights to Ma'rib to provide life-sustaining support for the people of #Yemen. More flights on the way (photos)
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/957345906596118529
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/957027234996420608
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/956882737981517825
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Houthis counterfeit the Yemeni Riyal in Iranian presses
The Houthi militias are continuing to loot and systematically destroy the national economy, counterfeiting the local currency by printing presses machines they obtained from Iran, local sources to al-Bayan newspaper on Thursday.
In recent months, Iran has been able to smuggle printing presses for the Houthi militias, with the aim of destroying the national economy and confusing the Yemeni government, Al-Bayan reported.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-14955
My comment: This is odd propaganda. 1. The legal central bank of Yemen still is at Sanaa, in Houthi-controlled territory. If they order new banknotes to be printed, that’s no “counterfeiting”. Whether these banknotes would be printed in Yemen, in Iran, or at Fiji Islands. – Some weeks go, Hadi government propaganda claimed the Houthis would have got “counterfeit” banknotes printed in Iran. – Now, they clam the Iranians would have smuggled peinting machines to Yemen. Any proof? No. As the banknotes are claimed to be circulating now, the smuggling of the printing machines o yemen should have taken place already sometimes ago. Any reports? No.
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Saudi Arabia is the light and Iran is darkness, says foreign minister
Adel al-Jubeir says Iran must renounce terrorism and extremism if region is to prosper, and defends Riyadh's new aggressive foreign policy
Saudi Arabia and its allies on Wednesday reiterated that Iran is the preeminent threat to the Middle East and said only by Tehran becoming a "normal state" can the region hope to step out of the "darkness" into a prosperous and peaceful future.
At a session at the 2018 Davos World Economic Forum, the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, said the Islamic Republic must end its commitment to sectarian conflict and its attempts to "restore an empire that was destroyed thousands of years ago", and that a rapidly changing Saudi Arabia was a beacon of light compared to the darkness emanating from Iran.
"In the Middle East we have a vision of light and a vision of darkness," he said of Saudi Arabia and Iran. "Light prevails over darkness."
In his opening comments, Jubeir said the region must counter Iran to find a peaceful future, and defended Saudi Arabia's aggressive foreign policy in Yemen, Syria and beyond.
"The 1979 revolution [in Iran] launched a sectarian wave that provoked a Sunni reaction. Khomenei exported that revolution, it is enshrined in their constitution. They believe every Shia belongs to Iran, and this is not acceptable.
"They had no problem setting up terror groups, like Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah. They have no problem committing terrorist acts in Europe and South America.
My comment: LOL. “only by Tehran becoming a "normal state"“: Iran, with elections, and a parliamnt is much more a „normal state“ than Saudi Arabia which is run like a family business of the Saudi clan. – Objecting a „sectarian wave“ to Iran is odd looking at Saudi Arabia’s Wahabism, which is sectarianism tot he extreme. – It’s odd to claim that Wahabism is a „Sunni reaction“ to Iran – with all ist hate speech against Christians, Jews and Shia, with ist world-wide propaganda campaigns which have changed the Muslim world to ideological darkness, with the promotion of (Sunni) terrorism like Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, IS. – Neither Houthis not hezbollah had been set up“ by Iran but aredue to local developments. – Iran had never been „committing terrorist acts in Europe and South America“, the Islamist terrorism outside the Middle East is 100 % Sunni, or better: Salafist, based on the ideology of Saudi Wahabism, made possible by the Saudi promotion of Wahabism and the Saudi support and financing of salafist terrorist groups.
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$5m road will link north and south of Yemen
A new humanitarian grant was signed Wednesday to build critical road infrastructure that will link the north and south of Yemen.
The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al-Jaber, and Maeen Abdul Malik, Yemeni minister of Public Works, signed the grant with the Yemen Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations (YCHO).
“The cost of this YCHO project will be $5 million and is expected to be completed in 60 days,” said Al-Jaber.
“The project will start in a few weeks; the road will be of high quality, as it is the first infrastructure project in Yemen commissioned by the YCHO.
“This initiative will create 15,000 new job opportunities for the people of Yemen and it will link comprehensive humanitarian relief efforts from north to south,” said the ambassador.
“The importance of the road lies in its linkage from Aden to Dhamar, Dali, Lahj, Taaz, Ibb and Al-Bayda. Transportation and connectivity will flourish once constructed,” Malik said.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1232546/saudi-arabia
My comment: More of Saudi “We are benefactors” propaganda. US $ 5 million hardly will be enough to build all these streets. And it’s a great part relating to Houthi-held territory.
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In a statement seen by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, Amin Ahmed Mahmoud, Governor of Taiz said, "the religious terrorism represented by Houthis is on its way into the trash of history, and a new dawn and bright future made by your sacrifices and ambitions is starting to unfold itself."
"The Yemeni Army decided to begin its military operation, supported by the Arab Coalition Forces, to liberate our governorate and expel the Houthi militias, who oppressed you over the past three tragic years," he added.
"In this glorious moment, I call on you all to support your brothers and sons in the Armed Forces, who will now write the most glorious chapters of sacrifice. And I direct one last call to our brothers and sons in the areas under the control of the Houthi militias to stand by their brothers in the Yemeni Army and the Popular Resistance and to rise and take vengeance, for their dignity and freedom," he further added.
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302662609
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Saudi Arabia to offer more than $2.5 billion in aid to Yemen
After nearly three years of a Saudi-led military operation, Saudi Arabia announced it will send more than $2.5 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance to war-torn Yemen. Meanwhile, the Kingdom is facing rapid social change, as women gain more rights. Judy Woodruff sits down with Fatimah Baeshen, spokesperson of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, to discuss what’s next for Saudi Arabia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7IEMGcJgwY
My comment: Saudi propaganda in US TV.
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Rescue drama of Saudi jet pilots stranded on hostile land
It is hard to know what the pilot and co-pilot would have been thinking as they drifted down toward the ground in Saada province, a remote and mountainous part of Yemen controlled by Houthi militants.
Back at King Khalid Air Base, the ground controller who had received the signals immediately informed his colleagues that something was wrong.
The atmosphere inside the control room was tense and the staff anxious about the crew’s fate.
The information that one of their jets had gone missing was passed up the chain to the relevant authorities and a detailed rescue plan was immediately drawn up based on the worst-case scenario — that the two men had been captured by hostile forces.
What unfolded thereafter was a test of the professionalism, experience and training of the RSAF personnel that will be written into Saudi military history.
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1232601/saudi-arabia
Remark: About the crash (or downing) of a Saudi fighter jet in Saada province.
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Al-Houthi Militias Recruiting Campaigns Fail in Yemen
Iranian Al-Houthi militias have failed miserably in their recruiting campaigns after youths, tribes' elders, and towns mayors rejected their threats recently, as they paid 200,000 Yemeni Riyals to towns mayors to force them to call for joining the Militias, in addition the threats to bombard their houses.
Reports by Yemeni media said that the mayors have ended all communications with the Militias as a sign of rejection of the Iranian-backed Al-Houthi Militias.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1713056
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Saudi Arabia Supports Yemen with Oil Derivatives
Saudi Arabia will provide oil derivatives to Yemen and the Arab Coalition will provide the Central Bank of Yemen with a deposit, officials confirmed during a meeting held at the headquarters of the Saudi Foreign Ministry in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by a number of ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps. It was chaired by Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al Jaber, who also serves as director of Comprehensive Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, and spokesman for the Coalition Forces to Support Legitimacy in Yemen Col. Turki Al-Malki.
It dealt with aspects of the humanitarian operations in Yemen, which are aimed at meeting the needs of the Yemeni people in all regions and delivering commercial shipments and oil derivatives to all Yemeni areas, including Sanaa and Hodeidah.
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1153371/saudi-arabia-supports-yemen-oil-derivatives
My comment: The “We are benefactors” story is continued.
Comment: 'Saudi Arabia will'. It is a constant refrain with never a date. #Yemen continues to die under bombs and siege.
https://www.facebook.com/SaudiArabia.war.crimes.against.Yemen/posts/1770361336593186
cp18 Sonstiges / Other
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MAIMONIDES AND THE JEWS OF YEMEN – HAND IN HAND FOR EIGHT CENTURIES
The middle of the 12th century was quite a dramatic era for the Jews of Yemen.
The Muslim regime in Yemen began enforcing the Jews to convert to Islam, while also issuing discriminating laws and prohibiting to study and practice Judaism.
https://www.bh.org.il/blog-items/maimonides-jews-yemen-hand-hand-eight-centuries/
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The American Dream in Yemen
In “The Monk of Mokha,” Eggers does it again. It’s the tale of a young Yemeni-American, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, who grew up in San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district with his immigrant parents. Then, in his early 20s, he became obsessed with reviving the coffee trade in his ancestral homeland just as it was sliding into civil war. While “The Monk of Mokha” reads like an outlandish piece of fiction, it’s actually a fact-based saga “ about the American Dream, which is very much alive and very much under threat,” Eggers writes. And, of course, it’s coffee-obsessed
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-380-yemen-war-mosaic-380
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-380 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-380:
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
http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
und alle Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
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