Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 667, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 667, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-667-yemen-war-mosaic-667
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms Trade
cp13b Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 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
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
Siehe / Look at cp1
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COVID-19 RESPONSE UPDATE
IOM Yemen’s Displacement Tracking Matrix has recorded 138 new displacements (households) between 01 and 11 July 2020, bringing the number of households displaced since the start of 2020 to 16,913 households (or 101,478 Individuals). While a majority of recent displacements caused by conflict activities in areas like Al Hudaydah and Taizz, IOM has also recorded incidents of people moving as a result of COVID-19 fears. Between 05 and 11 July, 25 households moved within Aden, bringing the total number of people who have cited COVID-19 as a reason for displacement to 665 households (within Aden and Lahj and to Abyan governorate). Across governorates where IOM supports IDP populations, formal movement restrictions continue to vary, with restrictions on new arrivals and visitors to IDP camps in the north, while sites in the south remain open with limited restrictions on both visitors and humanitarian staff entering those sites. Markets remain open in many areas, though curfews are being implemented at varying levels nationwide. Restrictions on access to medical facilities and employment opportunities in relation to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions remain the key concerns for IDP populations.
The situation for migrants in Yemen continues to be dire. Movement restrictions have meant that a majority of migrants who intended to pass through Yemen to reach the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are trapped in areas impacted by conflict and lacking access to basic services, shelter or livelihood opportunities. The COVID-19 outbreak has also led to an erosion of coping mechanisms that migrants traditionally would rely on, such as support from local community members for food, water and employment, etc. At the same time, migrants are being turned away from health facilities, due to increased stigmatization of migrants as carriers of COVID-19 and the already overwhelmed health capacities. Several incidents of harassment, forced relocations, arbitrary arrests and detention of migrants continue to be recorded at unprecedented levels. While an estimated 7,000 migrants remain stranded at the border between Yemen and KSA under dire conditions, migrants have also reportedly been rounded up and held in detention centres across northern governorates, before being transferred to southern governorates. As a result, there is a growing number of migrants stranded in Aden and in need to humanitarian assistance. With the mounting migration challenges, it is clear that the situation of migrants is perilous. Where IOM has access, such as in Aden and Marib, activities are ongoing to support vulnerable migrants. In Aden, a cash-for-work cleaning campaign will be carried out to provide migrants with the means to cope with the crisis, and efforts are ongoing to increase migrants access to health services and shelter solutions. With a majority of stranded migrants being Ethiopian, IOM continues to advocate at the regional level for the resumption of IOM’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) Programme.
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IOM Yemen - Marib Response (15 July 2020)
While few new displacements have been recorded in recent weeks, the situation remains volatile as clashes continue in south-western Marib. IOM and partners, while continuing multi-sectoral support for vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs) and migrants, are engaged in preparedness activities to ensure there is capacity to rapidly respond to needs as they arise.
Alongside multi-sectoral activities, COVID-19 prevention and response efforts, focused on risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), infection prevention and control (IPC) and case management and continuity, are ongoing in IDP and migrant hosting sites as well as for host community members in Marib City, Al Wadi and Sirwah districts.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/iom-yemen-marib-response-15-july-2020
(B H)
UNHCR Yemen Situation: 2020 Funding Update (as of 9 July 2020)
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unhcr-yemen-situation-2020-funding-update-9-july-2020
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In Yemen, thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded, COVID-19 likely widespread
Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
“For nearly six years, Yemen has been an extremely unsafe place to be a migrant,” said IOM spokesperson Paul Dillon. “COVID-19 has made this situation worse; migrants are scapegoated as carriers of the virus and as a result, suffer exclusion and violence. In addition to the forced removals, fears about COVID-19 have led to migrants in Yemen experiencing verbal and physical harassment, increased detention and movement restrictions.”
COVID-19 restrictions have reduced the number of migrant arrivals in Yemen by 90 per cent in recent months, while also leaving tens of thousands of Ethiopians in limbo, according to IOM.
“Transportation through the country has been blocked and at least 14,500 migrants have been forcibly transferred between governorates,” it said in a statement, with at least 4,000 people stranded in Aden, 2,500 in Marib, 1,000 in Lahj and 7,000 in Sa’ada governorates.
In 2019, an average of 11,500 per month arrived in Yemen from the East African ports, according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix, in search of work in Saudi Arabia.
In May 2019, 18,904 people made the crossing, while this year, only 1,725 arrivals were recorded.
With “most” migrants sleeping outdoors “or in unsafe abandoned buildings”, they are at greater risk of exposure to COVID-19, Mr. Dillon continued.
“They have little access to basic services like food, clean water or health care, a worrying situation given how pervasive the virus is believed to be in Yemen.”
In an appeal for continued access for humanitarians throughout the country, the IOM official highlighted grave concerns about virus transmission in places where migrants are being held.
“Prior to the emergence of COVID-19 in Yemen and elsewhere, we know that many of these - many of these detention centres - are not particularly sanitary”, Mr. Dillon said. “There’s no access to some of the basics that one would need to address public health concerns such as COVID-19.”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068301
and Aljazeera report: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/migrants-yemen-stranded-abused-coronavirus-fears-200715052701434.html
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African Migrants Attacked by Houthi Group and Led to Unknown Destination
A human rights source reported that a number of African migrants were attacked and beaten by Houthis in Al-Jawf governorate. “The migrants were beaten with sticks, including women, in Al-Matoon district and then they were transferred to an unknown place in a military truck,” said Ashwaq Al-Maqtari, a member of the National Commission of Investigations into Allegations of Human Rights Violations.
The director of the Human Rights Office in Al-Jawf, Abdel-Hadi Al-Assar, said in a statement to Belqees that the Houthi group held thousands of African migrants in the governorate.
Al-Assar stated that the Houthis committed grave violations against the migrants who come from the Horn of Africa, forcing them to join the fighting and trenching on the fronts.
(B H)
IOM Yemen | Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) - Reporting Period: 05 - 11 Jul 2020
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
(A P)
Houthis intimidate clothing stores again
The Houthis launched in the past few days a new intimidation campaign targeting clothing stores in the capital Sana’a.
The Houthis militants say that targeted stores sell western fashion -women’s wear which violates instructions of the Houthis leaders on women's dress, according to their narratives.
Sources quoted by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily Newspaper said that the campaign targeted clothing souqs and stores of the old Sana’a city, Sa’wan, Hayel street and Jamal street of the capital Sana’a.
The Houthis inspection militants confiscated the on-sale items, set them on fire and fined owners of the stores.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40859
My comment: The “wahabization” of Houthis is proceeding.
(A P)
140 prisoners for debt and fines cases were released from the central prison in Sana'a after the Zakat Authority paid their fines worth 330 million riyals(550,000 dollars)
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1283845164927258630
https://twitter.com/krar_almoayed3/status/1283828544314003464 (photos)
(A P)
Head of National Delegation: Amid Unlimited UN Blessing, Saudi-led Aggression Continue its War Crimes in Yemen
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=13982
(A P)
Al Houthi militants clashed among themselves in Yemen’s capital, Sana'a, on July 14. The clashes reportedly occurred over a territorial dispute. Al Houthi militants previously clashed among themselves over disputed land near Sana’a in early July.[6]
(A P)
Houthis’ intimidation force shutdown of Sana’a bakeries
Houthis illegal tax on small businesses, have forced several entrepreneurs in Sana’a particularly owners of bakeries to shut down.
Dozens of the commercial shops and bakeries have recently closed following mounting collection rounds of illegal taxes, the Al-Asima news website has reported.
It quoted local sources as saying that the business environment has been volatile amid the Houthis’ collection of illegal taxes.”
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40808
(A P)
Heavy clashes involving gunfire erupted between Houthi warlords competing over state-owned plots of land in Saref, an area east of the capital Sana'a on Tuesday. Five people including a civilian man in his house were shot injured. Gunmen in large numbers are now deployed in the streets.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40813
(A P)
Houthi militia destroyed four houses in Taiz after forcing its occupants, women and children, out.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40813
(A P)
Houthi militant shoots dead 20-year-old girl in Dhamar
A Houthi militant shot dead a 20 year old girl in Al-Hada district in the central Yemen province of Dhamar for no known motives, Al-Mashehad Al-Yemeni news website reported quoting local sources.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40814
(A P)
Excess of daily Houthi crimes overwhelms local press
As a constant follower of the country's flagship news portals and news TV channels, Abdullah Nafe'a is shocked that the Houthi bombing of "three houses " in a village neighboring his, in central Yemen, was not reported by any platform.
Nafe'a, a resident of Dimnat Khadeer district in the province of Taiz, is however convinced that "the plate of the local Yemeni press is full." For all the multitude of news websites there are in Yemen, it is "hard for them to catch up with everything the Houthi extremists do," he says.
"On Sunday the extremists killed two separate men in north Yemen's Amran province and central Yemen's Ibb province right before the eyes of their relatives; gunned down a child in Taiz city; fired ballistic missiles and drones towards Saudi Arabia; and set a man ablaze in Dhamar city. Each one of these stories was dealt with by a media outlet or another in the same day."
Nafe'a says that although the extremists "lacing of houses of oppositionists with bombs and blowing them up is so provocative, so humiliating and so newsworthy, the Yemeni press is overwhelmed with too many abuses a day and is therefore forgiven for missing out on some stories."
"How much can they catch up with Houthi crimes?
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40816
My remark. By an anti-Houthi, pro-Islah Party news site.
(A P)
Man dies three days after Houthi militants set him ablaze in central Yemen
A man whom Houthi militants set him ablaze three days ago in the central Yemen province of Dhamar has succumbed to his wounds dying in the hospital, local sources anonymously said.
Yemeni websites reported on Saturday that Houti militants Bassam Al-Madaqqah, 33, was supervising a house under construction in Jahran district of Dhamar, when three Houthi gunmen stormed the place, doused him with kerosene, set him ablaze and disallowed other people from intervening to put out the fire.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40817
(A E H P)
Agriculture Minister: We seek wheat Self-sufficiency
The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Abdulmalik al-Thawr has revealed practical directions to reach self-sufficiency in wheat harvests.
The Minister affirmed to Saba that the ministry has begun preparing a national vision for agricultural self-sufficiency and is currently preparing the first five-year plan to achieve the goal and general orientation of the Salvation government with regard to the wheat self-sufficiency, and obtain the food security.
"We have been able to achieve self-sufficiency in potato and maize production and are currently working to reach the great challenge of self-sufficiency in wheat," he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102780.htm
(A P)
Supreme Political Council sets out plans for coming year
President Mahdi al-Mashat confirmed to continue term of one more year
https://uprising.today/supreme-political-council-sets-out-plans-for-coming-year/
(A P)
Yemeni forces reopen strategic road for public use after five years of enemy blockade
Historic event means liberation of Ma'rib is only "matter of time," intelligence commander claims
Yemen’s army forces affirmed on Tuesday that the international road linking Sana’a and Ma’rib province has safely reopened to passengers and commercial goods.
The sources said that an initiative to open the road made by Sana’a authorities to facilitate the passage of travelers to and from Sana’a, Ma’rib, Jawf and other eastern provinces was concluded successfully.
and also https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200715-yemens-houthis-open-sanaa-marib-road-to-civilians/
(A P)
Houthi militiamen killed a man before the eyes of his family in Amran north of Yemen. Source of the story. Tribal tensions resulted amongst Hashed tribe to which the victim belongs: Multiple news websites
Houthi militiamen killed a man before the eyes of his family in in the central Yemen province of Ibb. Source: Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40795
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Rights group says Houthis arrested 157 women in 2 years
The Houthis have arrested 157 Yemeni mothers over the past two years on a number of charges including demonstrating to demand better living conditions and as a result of their political affiliation, the Abductees Mothers Association in Yemen said yesterday.
The group said in a statement that 18 of the women have been subjected to verbal violence, the threat of sexual abuse, physical violence and denied contact with their relatives. They have also been refused release unless they pay large fines and pledge never to participate in future protests.
According to the association, in some cases the Houthis arrested the women’s relatives, instead of them.
The Houthis also fabricated charges of prostitution against some of the women with the aim of isolating them from society and prolonging their detention, it added.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200714-rights-group-says-houthis-arrested-157-women-in-2-years/
(B P)
Houthi warlord's villa triggers debate on enrichment in Yemen
The villa that Houthi warlord Ammar Al-Hadi bought in Sana'a recently has triggered wide debate on the corruption of the dynastical militia ruling the capital Sana'a.
Popular Yemeni journalist Nabeel Subei'a unveiled on his Facebook page on Sunday the story and picture (attached) of a magnificent village that Al-Hadi, an official in the militia's self-styled Defense Ministry, had recently bought at a cost of YR 700 million (roughly one million US dollars) at a time when the Yemeni people have edged too close to famine thanks to the militia's coup and war since September 2014.
http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40796
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Jemen: Houthi-Milizen vertreiben die letzten Juden
Die Houthi-Miliz im Jemen treibt Berichten zufolge die wenigen verbliebenen Juden des Landes zusammen, schrieb die ägyptische Zeitung Al Mesryoon kürzlich in einem Artikel. Dem Bericht zufolge, der im israelischen Nachrichtenmagazin Arutz7 zitiert wird, sollen die Houthis die jüdischen Bewohner des Distrikts Kharif gezwungen haben, ihre „Häuser, ihr Land und ihren gesamten Besitz an die Führer der Houthi zu verkaufen“. Es gab weitere Berichte, dass die Houthis auch Druck auf die Juden ausübten, den Jemen zu verlassen.
Al Mesryoon erklärte ferner, dass die winzige jüdische Bevölkerung des Jemen – von der angenommen wird, dass sie nicht mehr als ungefähr 100 Personen zählt – andauernder „systematischer Diskriminierung und Menschenrechtsverletzungen“ durch die Houthis ausgesetzt sei. Zu den Maßnahmen gehören die Unterbrechung der Wasser- und Stromversorgung von jüdischen Häusern sowie Verbote für Juden, auch nur ihr Haus zu verlassen, um Vorräte kaufen zu können.
https://www.mena-watch.com/jemen-houthi-milizen-vertreiben-die-letzten-juden/
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Yemen spreads false reports on Jews to harm enemies
Controversy erupted after Egyptian reports claimed that Yemen’s Houthis arrested Jews in the Kharif District of the Amran Governorate northwest of Sana’a as part of “ethnic cleansing” efforts.
The embassy of Yemen in Washington quoted incorrect reports in various news outlets on Wednesday with tweets about false accusations about Jews in order to harm their Iranian-backed enemies, the Houthis.
Controversy erupted after Egyptian reports circulated on social media on Tuesday, claiming that Yemen’s Houthis arrested Jews in the Kharif District of the Amran Governorate northwest of Sana’a as part of “ethnic cleansing” efforts. The report, published in a number of Yemeni media outlets and then the Egyptian newspaper Al-Mesryoon, stated that local sources from Kharif had reported that the Houthis had rounded up the Jews and imprisoned them due to their religion and were pressuring them to leave Yemen.
When asked by The Jerusalem Post about the matter, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had been queried about the report many times and it appears to be false. Another international organization with ties to Yemen’s Jewish community said it had probed the reports and found them to be far from true and that there were no Jews in the region.
But the Yemeni embassy in Washington still quoted the reports.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/yemen-spreads-false-reports-on-jews-to-harm-enemies-635326
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1282905761832669184
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Aden verbleibt in der Hand der Separatisten im Süden. Ihre medien verbreiten eine große Menge von parteiischen Berichten, die das Narrativ der Separatisten überihren Hauptgegner, die Islah Partei (genannt "Muslim-Bruderschaft"), über die Kämpfe in Abyan und Shabwa, ihre Herrschaft in Aden und den von ihnen kontrollierten Gebieten verbreiten.
Aden remains in the hands of southern separatists. Their media are spreading a bulk of biased reports, showing their narrative of their foes from Islah Party (labeled “Muslim Brotherhood”), the fighting at Abyan and Shabwa, their self-rule at Aden and the areas under their control.
(A P)
General Secretariat of Transitional Council reviews developments of economic scene in the South
(A P)
Militias of the Brotherhood kidnap citizens in #Shabwa
https://en.smanews.org/militias-of-the-brotherhood-kidnap-citizens-in-shabwa
(A P)
Protest demonstrations in #Lawdar due to the collapse of basic services
https://en.smanews.org/protest-demonstrations-in-lawdar-due-to-the-collapse-of-basic-services
(A K P)
Southern resistance targets military convoy of Brotherhood’s militia in #Al-Muhafid
(A K P)
Violent clashes resume in Abyan
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23578
(A P)
Disbanding Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan a step on right direction, says STC leader
Vice president of the UAE-backed southern transitional council in Yemen, Hani bin Breik, on Thursday praised a decision by the Jordanian judiciary disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18534.html
(A P)
Haitham: STC to hand over confiscated cash to Coalition
The Southern Transitional Council declared its readiness to hand over the confiscated containers of cash to the Coalition forces in Aden, said in a statement the spokesperson for the STC, Nazar Haitham on Thursday.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23573
My comment: The separatists had looted the bank notes, and now?
(A P)
Lahj displays full support for STC
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23572
My comment: As claimed by the separatists. Reality: separatist supporters in Lahj, not “Lahj”.
(A P)
Dozens of fishermen in Hadhramaut governorate staged a protest,demanding local and foreign ships to stop tampering with fishery resources. The fishermen consider the use of such ships illegal, causing the destruction of fish habitat,which is criminalized under fishing regulations
https://twitter.com/BelqeesRights/status/1283470637101715461
(A P)
Taiz Police vows no tolerance to riots
The Police of Taiz said on Tuesday that it will not tolerate riot groups and it will pursue rioters and bring them to justice.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40832
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Foreign powers seek to replace Hadi with consensual president for Yemen
Some Yemeni political forces allied with the internationally recognised government have recently started to talk about a foreign plan to overthrow President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and replace him with a consensual president backed by regional and international powers. The plan reportedly comes within international efforts to end the war in the country after recent military escalation.
The UAE plan aims to establish a political settlement and to keep the status quo, diplomatic sources revealed, adding that the new president will be installed under an international resolution, according to Aljazeera website.
The UAE and the supporters of its plan have already started working on serious arrangements to translate the plan into reality, including building anti-government alliances, media escalation and indirect diplomatic action against the government and its troops and the national parties.
One of the anti-government alliances includes the Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation, the Yemeni Socialist Party, the Southern Transitional Council and a wing of the divided General People's Congress, the sources said, according to Aljazeera.
"This unannounced alliance, which the UAE is forming, is against the national interest. If it overtakes the government, the door will be open to foreign schemes," a government source told Aljazeera.
"Hadi is not aware of this danger. The legitimate government is being undermined. Moreover, some factions are eager to see Marib province fall to the Houthis in order that they finish their project and negotiate for three regions, the north, the south and the middle," elaborated the source, who asked not to be named.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18504.html
and
(A P)
Islah's media official: Plot underway to oust Hadi
Chief of the Islah’s Media Department, Ali Al-Jaradi stated on Sunday that attempts by some regional and international powers are underway to oust the President Abd Rabo Mansour Hadi using any political deal.
Al-Jaradi wrote on his Twitter account that the plot does not target the president himself, but his legitimacy that is enacted by the UN resolutions on Yemen.
He indicated that this plot seeks establishment of a new sectarian -based map for Yemen away from the federal Yemen.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40789
and also https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200714-yemen-plots-being-prepared-to-oust-president/
My comment: Islah’s influence is connected to Hadi.
(A P)
UAE-Backed STC Launches Arrest Campaign Against Government Officials In Socotra
The so-called Southern Transitional Council STC, backed by the Emirates, launched on Tuesday a massive campaign of arrests against officials in the offices of government institutions in Socotra Island.
Al-Jazeera channel, quoting local sources, said that the STC forces arrested several government officials in Socotra.
https://adennews.net/en/114079
(A P)
Government Officials In Socotra Return To The Island After Visit To Riyadh
Military and security leaders of the legitimate government in the archipelago of Socotra arrived in the island on Tuesday, a week after an official visit to the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
https://adennews.net/en/114077
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Yemenis urge government, separatists to implement Riyadh Agreement
Residents complained that the protracted conflict had ravaged vital services and undermined peace and security.
“The situation is so miserable. The electricity lines have been destroyed due to fighting and water services have been completely unavailable since May,” Hussein Al-Hathel, a fisherman, told Arab News.
Residents in the contested areas in Abyan told Arab News that thunderous explosions and shelling had ruined businesses and jobs, and destroyed already poor infrastructure. “Many people get stuck in Shouqra every day, as fighting cuts the main road that links Abyan with eastern provinces such as Hadramout and Mahra,” Al-Hathel said.
“We are victims of this conflict. Warring factions trade blame and accusations at each other over who is responsible for the problems,” Mustafa, a young man who has recently lost his job, told Arab News.
The government argues that it cannot fix services or pay salaries in Aden since the STC prevents it from resuming its duties and has seized control of billions of riyals from the central bank. The STC said that the government was responsible for paying public servants.
Residents say the city has been plagued by long power cuts and severe water shortages as roads and the sewage system, damaged by heavy rainstorms, have not been repaired.
Government employees have complained that their salaries are paid late.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1704806/middle-east
My remark: From a Saudi news site; the Saudis try to implement the Riyadh Agreement.
(A P)
Money exchange shops remain closed in Aden
The exchange firms in Aden continue shutting down for the second week in a row protesting actions by the central bank of Yemen (CBY) against unlicensed money exchange services.
Correspondent of the Alsahwa Net said that concerned authorities failed so far to convince money exchange services end the strike.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40791
(A K P)
The southern military camp expanded in front of the Arab Coalition headquarters and many unions join it
and
(A K P)
Southern Yemeni separatists protests against lack of payment by Hadi
UAE-backed STC demands immediate financial recompensation from Saudis
The UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) has threatened to take new measures against the Saudi-backed exiled Hadi government in the case of “failure to pay the salaries of the STC’s recruits.”
The move came during an expanded meeting of the STC together with a number of military leaders, who called on the Hadi puppet government to quickly pay the salaries of the recruits, whom had not been paid for five months.
Dozens of STC recruits erected tents in a protest rally in front of Saudi-led military camps in Aden, calling on them to pay their salaries.
https://uprising.today/southern-yemeni-separatists-protests-against-lack-of-payment-by-hadi/
and
(A K P)
STC Demands Yemen Government He Overthrown To Pay Salaries Of Separatist Forces
The so-called UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council STC demanded on Monday that the legitimate government pay the salaries of its forces that overthrown the same government, accusing it of refraining from paying the salaries of those forces.
The transitional said in a statement that the government represented by the Central Bank in Aden insisted that the salaries of southern forces for five months should not be paid.
It is striking that the forces that the transitional demands to pay their salaries are the forces that led the coup against legitimacy and drove it out of Aden last August.
The statement added that “this intransigence is a disgraceful and inhuman behavior.”
https://adennews.net/en/114081
My comment: Fighters who fight against the Hadi government ask this very government to pay them. This really is an ingenious idea you must get first.
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STC forces blockade Central Bank in Aden
Separatists express clear rejection of Saudi plan to form new puppet government
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council militias have on Monday cordoned off the Central Bank of Aden, in a clear indication of their rejection of Saudi Arabia’s vision for the formation of a new puppet government.
According to the Yemen News Portal, the UAE-backed troops and armoured vehicles were deployed in the vicinity of the bank from Al-Habishi Square.
Sources in the STC said that the move to surround the bank comes as part of an attempt to control the rest of the state institutions in Aden and the southern provinces, as a clear showcase to the fact that the STC rejects the Saudi plan. Riyadh had earlier suggested a new puppet government be formed under Saudi-UAE auspices, but offered only four portfolios out of 24 to the separatists.
The bank’s siege is part of an escalation of the STC against Saudi Arabia, which began in recent days with demonstrations in front of the gate of the Saudi camp in Aden, followed by a military parade of separatist forces.
https://uprising.today/stc-forces-blockade-central-bank-in-aden/
(* A K pH)
Turkish military drone expert killed in Yemen
Explosion kills Turkish military advisor near Ma'rib
On Sunday, tribal sources in Ma’rib province have confirmed the death of a Turkish expert who was in Yemen to train mercenaries in the use of drones.
According to Yemen News Portal, a Turkish expert was killed in an explosion during a training flight of drones in a desert area, along with several number of al-Qaeda leaders.
The Turkish expert was allegedly accompanied by the son and brother of the Saudi-led governor of Ma’rib, as well as the resigned former Minister of Transport in the Hadi puppet government, Saleh al-Jabwani, along with dozens of military personnel.
International media had earlier revealed that Turkish experts had arrived in Yemen with drones at the invitation of al-Jabwani, after the former minister’s recent return from Qatar. Saleh al-Jabwani reportedly went to the Gulf state in order to seek support from the wider Muslim Brotherhood in the conflict against UAE-backed Southern Yemeni separatists.
https://uprising.today/turkish-military-drone-expert-killed-in-yemen/
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Yemeni tribesmen abduct 9 UAE-backed soldiers
The abduction came in response to arrest of two tribesmen by NRF soldiers
Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped nine members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed forces in the country’s western coast, according to a local military source on Tuesday.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said soldiers from the so-called National Resistance Forces (NRF), a faction backed by the UAE, were held by gunmen from the Sabiha tribes in western Yemen.
The NRF is led by Tariq Saleh, a nephew of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The source said the abduction was in response to the arrest of two tribesmen by NRF forces on allegations of espionage.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemeni-tribesmen-abduct-9-uae-backed-soldiers/1909838
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-18473.html
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Hadramaut Coast and Plateau Alliance supports Hadrami components outcomes and praises Sheikh Bin Habrish’s self-suspension of his work as first undersecretary of Hadramout
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Southern resistance bombs locations of Muslim Brotherhood militia in Al-Aram at #Habban of Shabwa
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Brotherhood militia burns oil tanker in Arqoob region in Abyan
https://en.smanews.org/brotherhood-militia-burns-oil-tanker-in-arqoob-region-in-abyan
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Spokesman of the Transitional Council reveals the shape of the next government
The spokesman for the Southern Transitional Council, Nizar Haitham, said that negotiations are still ongoing between the Transitional Council and the Saudi side, which is sponsoring the Riyadh agreement, in order to reach a consensus that satisfies the aspirations of the southern people.
The Spokesman of the Transitional Council added to “Sputnik”, that it is not possible to talk about every part of the agreement, which is a complete package that will be announced upon the agreement of all parties
Haitham indicated that there are various agendas within the legitimacy that serve external goals that work against the Arab coalition, and those agendas that have stalled the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement during the past period and are trying to block it in the current periodOn the shape of the next government, Haitham said, negotiations are taking place to completely end the current government and select elements with experience and efficiency in all areas, and there is no specific date for announcing the new government as a result of the conflict within the legitimacy camp, yet Saudi Arabia is pressing for a speedy formation of the government to end the suffering of the Yemenis.
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Major General Al-Socotri heads from the capital #Aden to Riyadh at invitation of the Saudi leadership
The departure of Major General Al-Socotri to Riyadh, which was on a special Saudi aircraft, came in response to the request of the President of the Southern Transitional Council, President Aidaroos Qassem Al-Zubaidi, and in response to the call by the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the context of the efforts made by the Kingdom’s leadership to implement the Riyadh agreement
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Islah abducts five SEF soldiers in Shabwa
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23550
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STC resumes southern flag raising campaign in Aden
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23549
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Separatists raise South Yemen flag across Aden
https://uprising.today/separatists-raise-south-yemen-flag-across-aden/
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Brotherhood's military convoy targeted in Abyan
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23544
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Chairman of Supreme Economic Committee of Transitional Council clarifies about faltered salaries of military and security personnel
The Chairman of the Supreme Economic Committee of the Southern Transitional Council, member of the Southern Self-Administration, Dr. Abdel Salam Saleh Homaid, said that the government, represented by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, are responsible for paying the salaries of the armed forces and security, and the offices of ministries, the faltered institutions, and the retirees.
Homaid pointed out in a press statement that this is at the core of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank responsibilities and obligations, indicating that the Supreme Economic Committee had confirmed in a statement at the announcement of the self-administration, that the self-administration will work hard to organize the resources and use them to improve public services in the capital Aden and the liberated governorates in the south, despite the fact that the resources collected from customs and taxes in the capital Aden cover only a fraction of the services expenses.
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Bin Farid warns against using staff salaries to pressure STC
Head of the Southern Transitional Council Office for Foreign Relations in Europe, Ahmed Omer Bin Farid warned the Yemeni government against the serious consequences of delaying the payment of wages and salaries in the South.
Bin Farid wrote in his tweet on Monday that "paying salaries of civil servants and other civil and military employees of the State has nothing to do with political issues."
He made it clear that "delaying the payment of wages and salaries should not be used as a means of pressure on the Southern Transitional Council,
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23543
My comment: LOL. The separatists seize power, loot money and ask the government to pay. This is up to you, folks.
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Socotra senior sheikh calls Yemeni presidency to stop leniency with STC
Socotra senior tribal sheikh has called the Yemeni presidency to stop leniency with "occupation forces" and practices that portend a serious disaster in the Yemeni southern island.
"The Emirati-Saudi occupation's goals, through the so-called Southern Transitional Council [STC], undoubtedly appear obvious in the brutal assault against Socotra people and natural resources listed by the UN as environmental preserve," Isa Salem bin Yaqout added.
The STC "has, for the first time in the archipelago's history, erected new military sites on the most important mountainous places overlooking the island's gates," he added, accusing the Emirati-backed body of carrying out "plots of the occupation's forces and wreaks havoc in Socotra."
The tribal leader called on Yemenis and international rights groups to "urgently intervene and stop the occupation's subversive practices."
Socotra senior tribal sheikh has called the Yemeni presidency to stop leniency with "occupation forces" and practices that portend a serious disaster in the Yemeni southern island.
"The Emirati-Saudi occupation's goals, through the so-called Southern Transitional Council [STC], undoubtedly appear obvious in the brutal assault against Socotra people and natural resources listed by the UN as environmental preserve," Isa Salem bin Yaqout added.
The STC "has, for the first time in the archipelago's history, erected new military sites on the most important mountainous places overlooking the island's gates," he added, accusing the Emirati-backed body of carrying out "plots of the occupation's forces and wreaks havoc in Socotra."
The tribal leader called on Yemenis and international rights groups to "urgently intervene and stop the occupation's subversive practices."
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Abyan's Lowdar protests lack of basic services
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23542
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
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The UNSC: From Participant to Passive Observer in Yemen
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been the gatekeeper for UN efforts in Yemen for almost a decade.[1] With a tortuous process where progress seems to come and go, some diplomats from member states of the UNSC have privately expressed disappointment that the Council is always “reacting” rather than “acting” when it comes to Yemen.[2] The Security Council’s ability to be effective has been called into question by diplomats and analysts.[3] As the past six years show, the UNSC has taken the backseat in Yemen, worried that tangible action would interfere with the UN Special Envoy’s efforts to broker a peace accord, and negatively impact the UN’s humanitarian offices working on the ground in Yemen.[4]
Five years later, not much has come out of the Sanctions Committee, with the list of sanctioned individuals remaining the same since 2015. While the efforts of the UN’s Special Envoy have increased in prominence, the Security Council’s role, and that of the Sanctions Committee, diminished over time. As Sana’a Center Non-Resident Fellow Gregory Johnsen pointed out earlier this year, the Panel of Experts highlighted several perpetrators who would fall within the Sanction Committee’s designation criteria, with no reaction from the Security Council.[6]
When faced with Houthi transgressions and unwillingness to take part in the special envoy’s initiatives, including the ongoing ceasefire negotiations, the UNSC should consider whether a tougher approach, and examining the original intent behind the Yemen Sanctions Committee, might reactivate the Council’s role in pushing for a political solution.
Seeking a More Engaging UNSC Debate
Another way to re-engage the Security Council would be to involve more voices, which would allow for a more nuanced and dynamic discussion at the council’s monthly meetings on Yemen.
Although not a frequent occurrence, there is precedent for broader participation from a range of stakeholders in the monthly meetings on Yemen.
There are a plethora of Yemeni voices that could contribute to a more useful discussion surrounding the conflict, and the Security Council should make it a priority to include diverse speakers more than once a year – by Nickolas Ask
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/10355
My comment: The main point is omitted: A pro-Saudi bias, due to US predominance, as is fixed in UNSC 2216 from 2015.
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Arab League Chief Welcomes UN Report on Iran's Involvement in Attacks on Saudi Arabia
The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, welcomed the report that has been recently issued by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which unequivocally proved Iran's direct responsibility for the terrorist attacks targeting oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, as well as Abha International Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2019.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110365
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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SAUDI REGIME IS BALANCING ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE AMID ECONOMIC CRISIS AND SETBACKS IN YEMENI WAR
Saudi Arabia has become a hostage of its own military campaign in Yemen. The Kingdom suffers from both its own inability to achieve a military victory in the conflict and regular losses from the retaliatory actions of the Houthis. At the same time, the Saudi leadership has no opportunity to withdraw from the conflict and abandon its proxies there because this will undermine its already shaky position in the region and cause a wide-scale political crisis inside Saudi Arabia itself. The impact from such a crisis will be especially devastating.
Over the past years, the Kingdom has been passing through turbulent times due to the economy slowing down and the acute struggle for power within the Saudi elites. In 2020, with the global economic crisis and the COVID-19 outbreak, the situation inside Saudi Arabia became even more complicated.
https://southfront.org/saudi-regime-is-balancing-on-brink-of-collapse/
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a
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Why US Lawmakers Want Troops in Yemen
US lawmakers from the Senate and the House are using legislation to prevent the White House from pulling troops from Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, South Korea, and Germany - unless the Trump administration certifies that a withdrawal will not harm US or allied interests.
They claim they are increasingly concerned about the decision-making behind President Trump’s withdrawal efforts — described as erratic, impulsive outbursts driven by domestic politics.
This clearly means American officials are still not ready for International Law and International Humanitarian Law. This is while most Americans agree that more needs to be done to protect international protocols, especially those related to the ongoing wars on Yemen and Syria.
After all, if most Americans are in favor of adhering to International Law, why are they supporting the Saudi-led war on Yemen? Obviously, peace is not a priority for Washington, and ending the war on the poorest country in the Arab world is not important to the US officials, including their impulsive and erratic president.
The United States continues to fuel Saudi-led coalition jets, according to figures obtained from the US military. This underlines the fact that US support for the regime-change campaign has continued and even increased despite growing condemnation of civilian casualties and war crimes by Saudis.
All this and more reflects a US policy shift at Congress favoring a permanent war on Yemen. Meaning, even if all Yemeni warring factions come together and end the war, the Saudis and the Americans won’t. They will continue to refuel jets and target civilian objects with great impunity and no accountability. Just like in Afghanistan, the Yemeni soil will also continue to be a trying ground for American-made Saudi war planes and guns.
As is, America is always seeking to increase its influence and is waiting for such opportunities to rule under any circumstances, even if at the expense of starvation, disease or displacement of people on whose territory it creates illegal bases.
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990426000742
My remark: From Iran.
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How can we get home? Americans left stranded in Yemen amid war and pandemic
Thousands of US citizens are stranded in Yemen almost four months after country closed its borders to stem spread of coronavirus
The Trump administration has come under heavy criticism from Yemeni-Americans after many said they were abandoned in the war-ravaged country by Washington during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of Yemeni-Americans have found themselves trapped in the country since 18 March, when the internationally recognised government shut its airspace to commercial flights because of the virus.
The US State Department launched repatriation flights to several countries, including Argentina, Peru and Saudi Arabia, earlier this year. So far, it has coordinated the repatriation of 101,386 Americans from 136 countries and territories - but Yemen was not included in the charter scheme.
"These are our people, American citizens," Mohamed Atia, the secretary of the Yemeni American Association, told MEE.
"If there were US citizens stranded in Germany or France, the American government would have sent an airplane to get them back.
"What's the difference between those Americans in Yemen, and those in any other country?"
Atia told MEE that his organisation and the Council on American-Islamic Relations were working to bring back more than 560 individuals and families from Yemen.
Most of the stranded Americans are individuals who travelled to Yemen see their wives, children and family that have been prevented from entering the US as a result of Trump's immigration ban, widely seen as a "Muslim ban".
While the State Department repatriated about 300 US citizens from the war-torn country on 29 June and 1 July, Ammad Rafiqi, a staff attorney with CAIR-San Francisco Bay Area, told MEE that his organisation was in consultation with far greater numbers.
"There are about 5,000 or so individuals stuck in Yemen," Rafiqi said.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-americans-stuck-yemen-war-pandemic
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Americans Trapped In Yemen Amid War And Rising COVID-19 Cases Plead For Help
People including a newborn baby and a toddler with breathing problems are stranded in a country with no U.S. Embassy.
Advocates say that thousands of U.S. citizens and permanent residents are trapped in Yemen, where the coronavirus has been particularly catastrophic due to an already-collapsed health care system and what’s been dubbed the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
“The American government needs to speed the process and evacuate them as soon as they can,” said Mohamed Atia, the secretary for the Yemeni American Association. Atia said he receives dozens of calls every day from Americans in Yemen who are running out of medicine and money. Advocates said the U.S. government response to U.S. citizens in Yemen has been notably slower than its response to citizens stuck in other countries.
A State Department spokesperson told HuffPost that the “conditions on the ground in Yemen severely limit our ability to operate,” and that the U.S. has arranged limited repatriation flights from Yemen through Saudi Arabia to the United States in coordination with Yemeni and Saudi authorities.
“We continue to closely monitor conditions in Yemen – just as we’re doing in every country around the world – and are working around the clock to identify transportation options for U.S. citizens seeking to return to the United States,” the spokesperson added.
The nearly 2,000 cases of stranded Americans in Yemen are being tracked by the Yemeni American Association of California, Yemeni American Merchants Association, and the offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/americans-trapped-yemen-help_n_5f0dca09c5b63b8fc10ef561
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
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Iran’s president urges end to US unilateralism in talks with Russian counterpart
Iran’s president says measures must be taken to oppose US unilateralism, while emphasizing the necessity for preserving the landmark nuclear deal clinched by the Islamic Republic and world powers in 2015.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/07/16/629747/www.presstv.tv
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Analysis: Risks grow after blast hits Iran’s nuclear program
A mysterious explosion and fire at Iran’s main nuclear facility may have stopped Tehran from building advanced centrifuges, but it likely has not slowed the Islamic Republic in growing its ever-increasing stockpile of low-enriched uranium.
Limiting that stockpile represented one of the main tenets of the nuclear deal that world powers reached with Iran five years ago this week — an accord which now lies in tatters after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from it two years ago.
https://apnews.com/870f38ddd144bb79e70cf5280a90abda
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Seafarers group: Tanker off UAE sought by US was ‘hijacked’
An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organization said Wednesday.
Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the Iranian capital.
It wasn’t immediately clear what happened aboard the Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky, though its reported hijacking comes after months of tensions between Iran and the U.S.
David Hammond, the CEO of the United Kingdom-based group Human Rights at Sea, said he took a witness statement from the captain of the MT Gulf Sky, confirming the ship had been hijacked.
Hammond said that 26 of the Indian sailors on board had made it back to India, while two remained in Tehran, without elaborating.
https://apnews.com/8c0317d66db96b8c4487b7eaff91354a
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President Rouhani: Iran to emerge victorious in economic war with US
https://en.irna.ir/news/83854666/President-Rouhani-Iran-to-emerge-victorious-in-economic-war
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Iran-China deal to ditch dollar, bypass US sanctions: Leader’s advisor
An advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a pending roadmap for strategic partnership between Iran and China is to help ditch the dollar in bilateral trade and bypass illegal and unilateral US sanctions.
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Russian envoy: US seeks to extend Iran arms embargo while selling weapons to region
A senior Russian diplomat has taken the United States to task for making increasing efforts to extend an arms embargo on Iran while it is itself selling huge amounts of weapons to countries in West Asia, thus destabilizing the region.
"The #US attempts to make arms #embargo against #Iran indefinite and comprehensive look extremely questionable in the light of US enormous arms supplies to the region," Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov made the remarks in a tweet on Monday.
According to Press TV, the remarks come amid US efforts to exert pressure on the United Nations Security Council to extend the arms embargo against Iran as part of Washington’s so-called “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran in violation of the 2015 international nuclear deal
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China: World must stop US push to reimpose illegal sanctions on Iran, kill JCPOA
China has reaffirmed its firm support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and five other world states, calling on the international community to put pressure on the US — which left the deal in 2018 — to abandon a hostile push to reimpose illegal sanctions on Tehran and deal even more blows to the multilateral accord.
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
Siehe / Look at cp1
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London: Protest gegen Waffenexporte nach Saudi Arabien
Laut dem Nachrichtenportal Anadolu haben sich in London Hunderte Menschen am Sonntag, 12. Juli 2020, an einer Demonstration beteiligt, um gegen Waffenexporte nach Saudi Arabien zu protestieren.
https://iqna.ir/de/news/3002812/london-protest-gegen-waffenexporte-nach-saudi-arabien
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Michael Aron, British ambassador to Yemen: Deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties from missile & air attacks in Marib, Jawf & Hajja. Welcome Saudi decision to investigate Jawf and Hajja incidents. We support UN efforts to end this conflict - in meantime civilian casualties must be avoided.
https://twitter.com/HMAMichaelAron/status/1283831864294346755
My comment: British hypocrisy in a nutshell.
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The UK Is Greenlighting Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Again. That’s a Travesty.
Neither the law nor the facts support a conclusion that Saudi war crimes in Yemen are “isolated.”
The government is moving forward despite eloquent pleas from Yemenis who say that continued sales greenlight continued abuses by the Saudi led coalition. It’s moving forward despite the UK’s own foreign secretary’s recent appeal on behalf of the people of Yemen for “international help to escape tragedy,” recognizing they are living through the world’s worst humanitarian crisis while trying to battle a global pandemic.
Moving forward at this moment ignores the realities on the ground in Yemen and also evidences a willingness to twist the facts and the law. In doing so, the UK is undermining the rules that govern the international order at a time when multilateralism is more important than ever.
After a landmark court ruling, the UK government was forced to pause sales until it could show that it had properly evaluated the risk that weapons sold to Saudi Arabia could be used in laws of war violations. Although UK suppliers have continued to fulfill existing contracts and the government “inadvertently” issued some new licenses, the court ruling undoubtedly had a chilling effect on transfers over the past year. That’s a good thing.
But now, the UK laughably claims it has “developed a revised methodology” that supports further sales based on the specious conclusion that the Saudis’ violations are “isolated” incidents.
Human Rights Watch made a 172-page submission to the UK last year that indicates the exact opposite. Despite their arsenal of top-of-the-line weapons with precision guidance, Saudi-led coalition aircraft keep hitting Yemeni civilians while they’re shopping for groceries, celebrating weddings, riding in school buses, mourning their dead at funerals, and seeking treatment for cholera.
The timing of the UK move, one day after it launched sanctions on 20 individual Saudis for their role in Khashoggi’s murder, underscores the incoherence of this approach. Governments like the UK shouldn’t need their courts to tie their hands — they should simply stop their sales to the Saudis. Instead of engaging in legal gymnastics to justify weapons sales, they should take a stance that definitively ends their role in fueling war crimes abroad.
By propagating the fiction that years of repeated Saudi violations of the laws of war are “isolated” incidents, the UK is either denying the facts on the ground or undermining mainstream understanding of the laws governing war. Most likely, it’s doing both.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/15/uk-greenlighting-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-again-thats-travesty
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Film: What’s the impact in Yemen of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia? - BBC Newsnight
Britain will resume the sales of arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the Yemeni civil war, just over a year after the Court of Appeal ruled it unlawful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTXHW76zyK0
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Minister refuses to publish details of decision to resume Saudi arms sales
Trade Minister Greg Hands said it was 'not appropriate' to give details of "isolated incidents" which could have been breaches of human rights laws
The government has refused to publish details of its decision to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia, as a minister claimed it included confidential intelligence.
Mr Hands replied: "She asked for a full analysis of each incident. Clearly those different incidents that took place in Yemen will be informed often by confidential information that comes to the Government not necessarily from Saudi Arabia.
"It would not be appropriate for us to publish those assessments.
"What we have published however is the consolidated criteria and also the quarterly lists of each licence that has been granted."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/minister-refuses-publish-details-decision-22349467
My comment: LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL.
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Ministers questioned on decision to resume arms sales used for war in Yemen
Emily Thornberry asked an urgent question on why the UK Government has decided to once again sell arms to the Saudi-led coalition for use in the war in Yemen.
Answering the urgent question on behalf of Secretary of State, Minister for Trade Policy Greg Hands told the House that, in line with the Court of Appeal's request, the Secretary of State had "retaken the licensing decisions".
Mr Hands said that all new and existing applications for Saudi Arabia would be assessed against the revised methodology, which considers whether the weapons would be used for a "serious violation of international humanitarian law".
However, he said that it was "extremely difficult to reach firm conclusions" about whether specific incidents did contradict international humanitarian law and therefore if a possible breach occurred it is be regarded as if it were a definite breach.
The Minister said that any such breaches were "isolated incidents" and that Saudi Arabia had a "genuine intent and the capacity to comply with international humanitarian law"
Ms Thornberry said she welcomed the Secretary of State's assessment of possible violations of international law, but asked why, over the past five years, ministers had said an assessment "was impossible for Britain to make" and "could only be made by Saudi Arabia". She asked if those ministers were "simply wrong".
The Shadow Minister questioned how many "isolated incidents" were identified, "so that we can understand how they define the word "isolated'". She also asked why the Government reported finding "no patterns of civilian infrastructure being targeted", when for 17 months Saudi planes "systematically destroyed" Yemen's means of food production.
She stated that "indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas is in itself a war crime"
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2020/july/uq-arms-sales-saudi-led-coalition/
Film, Emily Thornberry: https://twitter.com/EmilyThornberry/status/1282719555115192321
Film, Zarah Sultana: https://twitter.com/zarahsultana/status/1282720237876654080
My comment: The government almost word by word repeats its odd narrative. And the government contradicts itself:
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Alleged breaches of international law by Saudi forces in Yemen exceed 500
UK government figures revealed days after it justified resuming arms sales because incidents were isolated
The Ministry of Defence has revealed it has logged more than 500 Saudi air raids in possible breach of international law in Yemen, even though last week it justified resuming arms sales to Riyadh on the basis that only isolated incidents without any pattern have occurred.
The trade minister, Greg Hands, answering an urgent question in the Commons on last week’s resumption of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, refused to say how many bombing incidents had been reviewed by the UK before it agreed to grant UK arms export licences again.
He also said he would not publish any UK government reports on individual Saudi strikes saying he was not at liberty to do so since the information may come from confidential sources.
Yet following a written question from the Labour MP Zarah Sultana asking for the number of violations or breaches of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since 2015, the defence minister, James Heappey, replied: “As at 4 July, the number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen listed on the ‘Tracker’ database maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is 535.”
The written answer says that of the 535 instances, 19 are duplicate entries, meaning that some incidents will have been recorded on more than one occasion likely because of the incomplete nature of reporting, and the number of known instances is at least 516.
The last time a comparable number was published by the UK government was in December 2017 when 318 were recorded, representing an increase of 200 incidents in just over two-and-a-half years.
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UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia: immoral, illegal and deadly
This afternoon parliament scrutinised the government's decision to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen. The decision was announced last week in a written statement by the Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss. The government concluded that any violations of International Humanitarian Law committed by the Saudi coalition were 'isolated incidents', despite the fact that hundreds of attacks on residential areas, schools, hospitals, civilian gatherings, and agricultural land and facilities have been documented.
Since the bombing of Yemen began in March 2015, the UK has licensed £5.3 billion worth of arms to the Saudi regime, including:
£2.7 billion worth of ML10 licences (Aircraft, helicopters, drones)
£2.5 billion worth of ML4 licences (Grenades, bombs, missiles, countermeasures)
In reality the figures are likely to be a great deal higher, with most bombs and missiles being licensed via the opaque and secretive Open Licence system. The UK's biggest arms company, BAE Systems, has made £15 billion in revenue from services and sales to Saudi Arabia since 2015.
CAAT is considering all legal options to challenge the government's decision.
https://www.caat.org.uk/media/press-releases/2020-07-13
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UK selling spyware and wiretaps to 17 repressive regimes including Saudi Arabia and China
The British government is providing more than a dozen repressive regimes around the world with wiretaps, spyware and other telecommunications interception equipment they could use to spy on dissidents, public records show.
Despite rules saying the UK should not export security goods to countries that might use them for internal repression, ministers have signed off more than £75m in such exports over the past five years to states rated “not free” by the NGO Freedom House.
The 17 countries include China, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as well as the United Arab Emirates, which was the biggest recipient of licences totalling £11.5m alone since 2015.
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Britain's fingerprints are all over Saudi Arabia's murderous war
Beyond the criminal complicity of our government in this war is the hypocrisy which finds any excuse to clothe imperial ambition in the guise of “humanitarian” intervention when the local regime is out of favour – Syria, Iraq and Libya spring to mind – but when the crimes are committed by a favoured ally, no sanctions can be applied.
Labour under Jeremy Corbyn established a base line of opposition to the unsavoury alliance of Britain and Saudi Arabia, an alliance sanctified by intimate ties between the two royal families, cemented by massive flows of capital and lubricated with the exchange of oil and armaments.
Keir Starmer won office by promising Labour members that he would continue the party’s progressive policies and if there is a critical starting point for an ethical foreign policy in the Middle East, it is in ending the supply of aircraft, parts, training and logistic support for this inhuman war.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Eritrea is an open base for managing Saudi-led aggression against Yemen
As usual in buying everything he can pay for, the aggression coalition of Dar al-Nadwa on Yemen, opened the appetite of the devil Abu Dhabi to practice his favorite game, based on the activation of the strategy of purchasing, renting and managing ports and airports of diverse military and economic importance, and just one month after the start of the storm of sin, Abu Dhabi advanced the ranks of the contestants on the pilgrimage to the Kaaba in the Eritrean Red Sea, to enter the club to listen to what is going on in Bab al-Mandab from its widest doors.
The sudden shift towards the Eritrean Kaaba comes according to the website "Stratford" because: "The UAE began to lose confidence in its Egyptian ally, after Sisi refused to participate in military operations in Yemen, except for a large financial reward," and correct what Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed said: "The UAE is using Eritrea because it is able to provide logistical facilities in the war in Yemen."
In the oppressive, money-hungry Eritrean regime, the UAE found the best way to realize its diabolical dreams, carry out its conspiratorial and subversive designs in Yemen and the region, and the so-called "Arab Alliance" for the War in Yemen, located just 40 kilometers from Eritrea across the Red Sea, was caught on a regime of " Isaias Afwerki" different from the rest of its neighbor's, representing an irreplaceable opportunity for him and his regime to stimulate his preferred trade, especially with the presence of potential oil-fighting oil customers there.
Political positions and diplomatic moves over the past years have shown that Eritrea has become a puppet in the hands of the UAE, having opened its territory to establish military bases, prisons and detention facilities run by the Government of Abu Dhabi in the darkness in full, despite the disastrous repercussions that have not been spared from its destructive fragments until Eritrea itself.
Behind its military expansion in Eritrea, the UAE aims to achieve a package of objectives
The UAE believes that the construction of a major military base in Eritrea spanning several decades will give it a leading role in protecting the sea lanes of Suez and Bab al-Mandab, dominating navigation, securing good access to the Red Sea coast, strengthening control over the Gulf of Aden, Bab al-Mandab and East Africa — of course, serving its destructive role — and emerging as a strong player in the Horn of Africa, East Africa and the West Indian Ocean.
Grant the UAE strategic depth in any future conflict with Iran, particularly since the location and depth of the port of Assab allows reserve forces including Emirati warships, aircraft and even submarines to remain active and capable of intercepting Iranian shipping and shipping along the coastline during a long-term war, and Israel is preparing the Gulf Zionists for their acting administration.
The uae's most important objective, according to the intelligence website Techtyal Report, is to play the role of "kingmaker" throughout this strategic region, and to be a difficult figure, harnessing all legitimate and illegitimate possibilities to reach its desired diabolical goal.
Managing the aggression against Yemen, including military operations, naval blockade, training of mercenaries and securing occupied Yemeni cities and islands.
Managing its conspiratorial plots in East Africa, Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea all the way to Libya.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102831.htm
My remark: A Houthi viewpoint.
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
(A P)
World Court hands Qatar legal win in air blockade row with Gulf states
The U.N.’s highest court for disputes between countries sided with Qatar on Tuesday in its legal fight with several Gulf states that imposed an air blockade against Doha.
The International Court of Justice’s 16-judge panel ruled that appeals filed by Qatar’s neighbours against several decisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) should be dismissed. The court also confirmed that it was the ICAO that has jurisdiction in the airspace row.
Qatar objected to the closing of the airspace in a complaint to the ICAO, and that case continues. Qatar has limited airspace and has had to rely on that of Iran.
cp12b Sudan
(A K P)
Sudanese demand UAE apology over recruitment for Haftar
Sudanese protesters accuse UAE company of deceiving them to fight for Haftar’s militia in Libya
Hundreds of Sudanese staged a rally outside the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday to protest their recruitment to fight for Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militia.
Protesters demanded “apology and compensation” from the UAE authorities for being deceived by Emirati company “Black Shield Security Services” to fight for Haftar instead of employment.
“We demand an apology from the UAE to the Sudanese people because we are not mercenaries,” Abu Alma'ali Hamza Taha, a protester, told Anadolu Agency.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudanese-demand-uae-apology-over-recruitment-for-haftar/1910253
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Sudan: Armed groups attack protest camp in Darfur, kill 13
Sudanese armed groups on Monday attacked a protest camp in the war-scarred Darfur region, killing more than a dozen people, activists said, a day after security forces violently broke up another sit-in in the region.
Both protest camps in North Darfur province called for better security conditions and an end to attacks by government-sanctioned armed groups, according to a local organization that helps run displacement camps in the Darfur region.
https://apnews.com/9540387adde681b5c9170ca77b0dba39
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp10
cp13b Wirtschaft / Economy
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USAID: Generating Business and Job Growth in Yemen through COVID-19 Response
The YESS program engages with small and medium-sized businesses working in high-growth sectors as part of USAID’s focus on high impact enterprise-driven development. It embraces market-based approaches as a way of taking business and economic growth to scale for more sustainable outcomes. The team collaborates with growth-oriented companies to provide technical assistance, and to identify the main constraints hindering their ability to expand and seize new market opportunities. With tailored action plans, USAID helps them put into place modern management strategies and systems for increasing their competitiveness and generating sustainable job creation.
For the Umm Al Banat Association, YESS experts analyzed conditions impeding the changeover to the manufacturing of medical-grade and other protective gear. They worked with the company to standardize production processes, increase production capacity, and improve production quality. They facilitated upgrading controls to ensure that Umm Al Banat would be in compliance with international standards for medical protective suits, staff scrubs, patient gowns, and non-medical face masks.
Likewise, USAID is supporting the Al Hariri Medicine and Medical Supplies Company in Aden to scale up its production of medical equipment, disinfectants, and hand sanitizer in response to high demand.
USAID’s Yemen Economic Stabilization and Success (YESS) activity supports self-reliance and resilience by facilitating trade, increasing employment, supporting sustainable livelihoods, and stabilizing crucial macroeconomic policy issues. YESS is part of the USAID Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices Project (MEG), which provides knowledge and tools to support economic growth and reform across the Middle East and North Africa.
https://www.usaid.gov/yemen/program-updates/july-2020-enterprising-prevention
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
(A P T)
In cooperation with 6 Member States in TFTC, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Designates Six Prominent Names Who Provided Facilities, Financial Support for ISIL
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC)'s six members jointly designated six targets provide facilitation and financial support to the (ISIL). These targets are (al Haram Exchange, Tawasul Company, and al-Khalidi Exchange, Abd-al-Rahman ‘Ali Husayn al-Ahmad al-Rawi, Nejaat Social Welfare Organization (Nejaat) and its director, Sayed Habib Ahmad Khan).The three money services businesses located in Turkey and Syria have played a vital role in transferring funds to support ISIL leadership and Syria-based ISIS fighters.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110374
My comment: As claimed by the Saudi Press Agency. While Saudi Arabia boosted Al Qaeda in Syria with arms and billions.
(A T)
Video from #ISIS #Amaq documents #Daesh attack on #Houthis in #Bahran village in Qayfa, district of Qurashia in #albayda #Yemen on 06 July 2020 (photos)
https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1282729854551699462
https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1282751617452908548
(A T)
#ISIS #Yemen new 16-image photoset:
Looks like the sniper with the distinctive woolly hat who popped up in April is still hanging in there...
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1283369307012042753
(A T)
Photo: #ISIS in #Yemen issues new photoset of "everyday life" on the front-lines in Bayda'. 16 stylized images show camaraderie, belonging & purpose. Several images foreground food - This is smart when you're recruiting from a population close to #famine where 24million (80%) need aid
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1283138816644186115
The dining theme is a regular feature in photo sets from all ISIS “provinces” during the past 5 years or so. It’s a wider signal of strength, stability—not an appeal to locals who may be starving.
https://twitter.com/MichaelSSmithII/status/1283201471534727168
cp15 Propaganda
(A P)
The UN knows these intuitive steps could save Yemen but ignores them
The western media outlets and think-tanks covering the Yemeni war and some international officials speaking through them recommend the wrong solution to the conflict. Most news articles blame the misery on the government and Arab Coalition-led war that sought to subdue the theocratic militia's coup, stating and implying that the war from the Coalition and government's side should be stopped; the Houthi gains should be retained; and the current de facto partition of the country should be consolidated. The core demand of Houthis!
The terrorist militia has been the only warring party who import arms from outside Yemen, while the legitimate army has been the only warring party against whom the UN arms embargo is enforced!!
Furthermore, year after year, the UN avoided holding the militia responsible for defying its resolutions and perpetuating the war. With this the militia became the upper hand and government shrank too much.
Now that the government is left with only little territories, a cessation of the Coalition's air bombings and Yemeni army's defense means the bigoted militia may overrun the remaining government cities, and commit genocides against hundreds of thousands of refugees. That is, defeating the people and putting the militia in power.
In fact, this is what perspective of western media and think-tanks will lead to!
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40867
My comment: LOL. The Houthis “the only warring party who import arms from outside Yemen”??? This must be from another planet.
(A P)
Like its war on Yemen, attempts by the UAE to influence public opinion through bots are laughably inept. Shouldn't @TwitterSupport be eliminating bots anyway?
https://twitter.com/shireen818/status/1283797206273753089 (images9
(A P)
Cartoon: #Iran-controlled #Houthis
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1283734143843606529
(A P)
Al-Shabhi: STC continues its positivity with peace efforts amid complexities
Despite all the complexities imposed by those who hijacked the decision of Yemen's legitimacy, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) continues its positive engagement with the efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the representative of STC Department of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Shabhi said in a statement to Alghad Almushreq Tv.
He also explained that the presence of southerners in the previous Yemeni governments was due to the fact that Sana'a regime used Southern officials of geographic origin who do not represent the aspirations of the southern social fabric.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23569
(A P)
Vice-President of Yemen: Houthi Attacks Against Civilians in Kingdom Confirm Their Subjection to Iranian Regime
Vice-President of the Republic of Yemen, General Ali Mohsen, condemned the continuation of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia's firing of ballistic missiles and booby-trapped drones toward civilian objects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110549
My comment: LOL. This is quite odd looking at the last few days’ figures: Saudi civilians killed by Houthi missiles: 0; Yemeni civilians killed by two Saudi air raids: Ca. 37.
(A P)
Die Rückkehr des Holocaust-Leugners
Irans Ex-Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad will bei den Parlamentswahlen im Frühjahr 2021 kandidieren und als „Chef eines internationalen Vermittlerteams“ den Krieg im Jemen beenden.
https://www.wort.lu/de/international/die-rueckkehr-des-holocaust-leugners-5f0f1162da2cc1784e361a9a
Mein Kommentar: Man wird Ahmadinedschad wirklich nicht mögen. Aber das hier ist aus der Propagandaabteilung.
(A P)
Iran Shifts Attention from its Crises by Escalating Houthi Attacks against Saudi Arabia
The Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen have upped their attacks against Saudi Arabia in the past two weeks. These failed attacks have coincided with a series of mysterious explosions that have rocked various facilities in Iran.
The latest Houthi escalation took place this week when they fired seven booby-trapped drones and four ballistic missiles at the Kingdom. They were all intercepted and downed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition.
Observers said it was not unusual for Tehran to seek such an escalation, especially ahead of the American presidential elections in November, and given the numerous local crises it is grappling with. They noted that it resorts to escalation in order to pressure the international community and save its regime.
Senior research fellow at the Gulf Research Center, Dr. Hesham Alghannam said that every time Iran endures a setback, it carries out a flagrant attack in an attempt to divert attention away from the pressure it is coming under.
The pressure is aimed at altering its hostile behavior against its neighbors and the world.
(A P)
Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah?
Iranian Proxy Development in Yemen and the Future of the Houthi Movement
In recent years Iran has dramatically increased its investment in the Houthi movement, raising speculation that the Houthis will evolve into another regional proxy that serves to protect and promote Iranian interests. Iran has frequently turned to sponsor-proxy relationships to expand its reach in the Middle East and antagonize its adversaries while minimizing the risk of inviting direct conflict. The Houthis represent an attractive opportunity on both of these counts — giving Iran reach into Yemen and the adjacent Red Sea and providing Iran a means to harass its rival, Saudi Arabia. The authors document the results of a project analyzing the prospect that Iran will further invest in the Houthis and develop them into an enduring proxy group in Yemen. The authors focus on the history of the Houthi movement, its current relations with Iran, and possibilities for the future. To inform this analysis and better capture Iran's strategic calculus vis-à-vis the Houthis, the project also explores Iran's history of proxy development in three distinct contexts: Lebanon, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf. Lessons from these cases have informed the analysis of the trajectory of the Houthi-Iran relationship, and the authors pose scenarios for the future.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2551.html
(A P)
[Hadi gov.] Yemeni Information Minister: Houthi Attacks on KSA Territory Is An Implementation of Iranian Dictates
Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani has condemned strongly the terrorist attacks carried out by the terrorist Iranian-backed Houthi militia, targeting civilians and civilian objects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, by launching ballistic missiles and drones.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109697
My comment: This is ridiculous propaganda.AS if there would be no Saudi air raids, as if Iran should need the Houthis to fight. And Khamis Musait air base, the Saudi Ministry of War are “civilian”.
(A P)
More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110751
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302855471 (English) / https://wam.ae/de/details/1395302855555 (Deutsch)
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Siehe / Look at cp1
(* A K pH)
Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
July 11–12: https://twitter.com/YemenEdge/status/1282695802134159361
July 7–10: https://twitter.com/YemenEdge/status/1282695645653073920
July 6: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725210820962609/
July 5: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725210537629304/
July 4: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725210014296023/
July 3: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725209590962732/
July 2: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725209344296090/
July 1: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1725207950962896/
(A K pH)
More air raids:
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14004 July 15, several provinces
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102886.htm Hajjah
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102851.htm Bayda
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102756.htm Marib
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102754.htm 3 provinces
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102667.htm Hajjah
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102664.htm 4 provinces
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102567.htm Amran
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102557.htm Marib, Jawf
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102567.htm several provinces
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe / Look at cp18
Im Jemen herrscht ein militärisches Patt. Eine größere offensive mit größeren Erfolgen und Geländegewinnen für eine Seite bleiben seit der Offensive der saudischen Koalition gegen Hodeidah im Jahr 2018 aus. Kleinere Offensiven, ständige gegenseitige Angriffe und Gefechte mit Toten auf beiden Seiten und Opfern unter der Zivilbevölkerung gibt es aber ständig. Besonders betroffen sind die Provinzen Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, der Bezirk Nehm in der Provinz Sanaa, die Provinzen Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah und Saada.
There is a military stalemate in Yemen. A larger offensive with greater successes and territorial gains for one side has been absent since the Saudi coalition's offensive against Hodeidah in 2018. Smaller offensives, constant mutual attacks and skirmishes killing fighters of both sides and causing victims among the civilian population are constant. The provinces of Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, the district of Nehm in the province of Sanaa, the provinces of Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah and Saada are particularly affected.
(* A K)
Houthi shelling kills 3 women in southern Yemen
At least three women were killed on Thursday in an indiscriminate shelling launched by the Houthi rebels in the country's southern province of Lahj, a government official told Xinhua.
According to the local government source, who asked to remain anonymous, "shells fired randomly by the Houthi rebels landed on a number of residential houses in Lahj province."
He said that "the shells struck one of the residential houses located in the northern parts of Lahj, killing three women at the scene."
"A number of houses located nearby were partially damaged by the random shelling carried from Houthi sites in the border areas between Lahj and Taiz province," the source said.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/17/c_139218245.htm
(B K pS)
Official Figures: Houthis targeted Marib with 244 missiles, 689 civilians killed or wounded
The official website of Marib Governorate has published shocking figures with regard to the number of Houthis missiles launched on the oil-rich Marib province and the death toll resulted from such missiles.
Since 2015, Houthis have targeted Marib province with 244 missiles, including 112 ballistic missiles, 131 Katusha missiles, and one Urgan missile.
According to the site, the death toll resulted from the missile attacks reached 251, 92 of which were women and children.
The missiles left 438 people wounded, including 47 children and 8 women.
MIM-104 Patriot, which is a surface-to-air missile system provided by the Saudi-led coalition, has intercepted 85 ballistic missiles, the site said.
https://republicanyemen.net/archives/24924
(A K pS)
Houthis escalate attacks on Marib
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1705236/middle-east
(B K)
Ray Al-Youm: Ansarullah’s Missile Strikes on Tel Aviv Likely
A leading Arab newspaper stressed the importance of recent threats by Yemen to attack different targets in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Israel, noting that Ansarullah’s offensive against Tel Aviv is possible fact.
The Arabic-language al-Ray al-Youm newspaper underlined that the recent comments by Yemeni official General Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim to attack targets in Saudi Arabia are not nothing new but his threats to target Tel Aviv are even more important.
“Ansarullah is moving along the same path already taken by the Lebanese Hezbollah and it materializes most of its threats,” it added.
The Arab paper noted that Yemen’s offensives against Israel could come through air raids on the Port of Eilat on the Red Sea as Yemeni missiles and drones can now reach the Saudi port of Yanba’a whose distance from Eilat is less than tens of kilometers.
A second possibility is targeting the Israeli ships at the entrance of Bab al-Mandab by using marine missiles or speed boats, it added.
General Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim had warned earlier this week that “the Yemeni Armed Forces are in possession of extensive intelligence on a large number of vital and key points in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Tel Aviv and farther areas”.
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990425000321 = https://en.abna24.com/news//yemen%e2%80%99s-missile-strikes-against-zionist-regime-through-air-raids-on-port-of-eilat_1055520.html
My comment: if they really would do that, the Houthis would be totally crazy.
(A K pS)
Houthi ballistic missile kills 2 people, injures 6 others in Marib
A ballistic missile fired by the Shia terror organization of Houthis killed two civilians and injured six others in the government stronghold of Marib in eastern Yemen on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said the missile, whose heavy explosion was heard across the city at around 6:40 pm, hit a neighborhood in the city's center causing the said casualties and widespread panic. Ambulances were heard shortly after.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40815
(A K pS)
KSrelief Project "Masam" Dismantles 1,014 Mines, in Yemen
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) project for clearing mines (Masam) in Yemen, dismantled 1,014 mines, during the second week of July, including 62 antipersonnel mines, 266 anti-tanks and 686 unexploded ordnance.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110011
(A K pS)
The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Terrorist Houthi Militia Launches Ballistic Missile Targeting Civilians in (Ma’rib) Governorate
Statement by the Official Spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen COL Turki Al-Malki
“The terrorist Iran-backed Houthi militia launched this evening (Tuesday 14 July 2020) a ballistic missile from Yemen, the missile fell in the middle of civilians and civilian objects in (Ma’rib) city.
The Houthi militia continues to violate the international humanitarian law by indiscriminately launching ballistic missiles that fall on civilians and residential areas, threatening the lives of hundreds of civilians in the process.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2110097
My comment: The Saudis evidently are the wrong ones to blame anyone for “terrorist” missile launches.
(A K P)
Yemeni official belittles Houthi statements on overthrowing Marib
The Yemeni internationally-recognized government information minister on Tuesday dismissed statements released by some Houthi leaders on Marib city as "desperate attempt".
"What the Houthi group failed to obtain in its best times, it won't achieve now after it has run out of its human and ordnance reserves and all its plots and attempts to conciliate or neutralize Marib tribes," Moammar al-Eryani added on Twitter.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18475.html
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Saudi Patriot batteries, weaponry reportedly withdrawn from Marib
The Saudi troops positioned in the Yemeni northeastern city of Marib have withdrawn a lot of their ordnance to the al-Wadea crossing at border with the kingdom, Houthi military sources said Tuesday.
The pullout of Saudi weaponry, Patriot batteries and heavy weapons in particular, has begun about one week ago, Houthi media correspondingly reported, after the Houthi group had "tightened grip on Marib."
On Monday, the group's spokesman, Yahiya Sarie, said their forces targeted the Marib-based Tadawin camp during a meeting for Saudi and Yemeni military leaders, "tens of whom were killed or injured."
Head of Houthi military intelligence on Sunday said the group's forces at Marib's fringes and would enter the city soon.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18469.html
and also https://southfront.org/saudi-arabia-withdraws-patriot-battery-and-heavy-weapons-from-marib/
(A K pH)
Yemen [Sanaa side] to unveil new ballistic missile: Military official
A Yemeni military official said his country is going to unveil a new type of ballistic missiles in the near future.
Deputy Director of Yemen’s Department of Moral Guidance for Media Affairs, Brigadier Abdullah bin Amer, said the Yemeni military forces will unveil a new type of ballistic missiles in the near future at the appropriate time, according to Yemen's al-Masirah news network.
On a recent large-scale military operation that Yemen launched against Saudi military bases in the kingdom’s Abha, Jizan and Najran with ballistic missiles and drones, the official said the Yemeni defending forces used to fire only a single type of ballistic missile in the past, while they have used everal different missiles and drones in the most recent attack.
Bin Amer underlined that Yemenis have hit only military targets inside Saudi Arabia in response to the enemy’s continuous acts of aggression.
https://en.abna24.com/news//yemen-to-unveil-new-ballistic-missile-military-official_1054996.html
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Yemen’s Houthis: We bombed military installations in Saudi
Houthi drones have been used to bomb Saudi military installations in Jizan, Najran, Asir, Khamis Mushayt and Abha, the group’s spokesperson said yesterday.
Yahya Sarea said the bombs came in response to the crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; the latest of which has been the massacre committed in Hajjah governorate and the ongoing blockade.
“The group also bombed the Tadawin camp in Maarib governorate during a meeting of Saudi and Yemeni military leaders, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens,” he added.
“The operation was carried out using high-precision ballistic missiles by a large number of drones,” he continued, adding that “the operation targeted the airplanes, the pilots’ housing and patriot systems in Khamis Mushait.”
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200714-yemens-houthis-we-bombed-military-installations-in-saudi/
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Yemeni Houthis say they hit Saudi oil facility in drone, missile attack
Yemeni Houthi forces hit a large oil facility in the southern Saudi Arabian city of Jizan in drone and missile attacks overnight, a Houthi military spokesman said on Monday.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said earlier it had intercepted and destroyed four missiles and six explosive drones fired by the Houthis over the border towards Saudi Arabia.
“With many drones our armed forces targeted military aircraft, pilot accommodation and Patriot systems in Khamis Mushait, and other military targets at Abha, Jizan and Najran airports,” said Yahya Sarea, a Houthi military spokesman.
“Additionally, the giant oil facility in the Jizan industrial zone. The strike was accurate.”
Khamis Mushait, Abha, Jizan and Najran are all in southwest Saudi Arabia near the Yemen border.
and
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Yemen's armed forces carry out massive military operation inside Saudi enemy territory
The armed forces of Yemen on Monday carried out a large-scale military operation as a number of Saudi enemy military bases and facilities were destroyed in Jizan, Najran, and Asir regions, including airports and military bases.
In a statement, the Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sarie said that the armed forces targeted military aircraft, pilots' facilities, Patriot systems in Khamis Mushait area, and other military targets at the airports of Abha, Jizan, and Najran with high-precision ballistic missiles, 'have not yet been announced', and a large number of drones.
The giant oil facility in the Industrial Zone of Jizan has been targeted by the Yemeni Army, the armed forces spokesman Sarie said, adding the missiles and the drones hit their targets accurately.
The armed forces also hit Tadaween military camp in Marib province during a meeting gathered traitors and mercenaries with Saudi military leaders, noting that the operation resulted in the death and injury of dozens, he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3102585.htm
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18439.html
and all the Saudi vassals / puppets 7 allies condemn the Houthi attack, while not mentioning the Saudi air raid which killed a family of 10:
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109695
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109687
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109611
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109499
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109478
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2109435
(A K pH)
Houthis say have evidence Saudi warplanes, not them, bombed car parking in Abha
The Ansar Allah Group, also known as the Houthis, said on Monday it has evidence that Saudi warplanes, not it, bombed a car parking at Abha airport in the Saudi province of Aseer on 23rd June 2019.
"Our operations are not random. We never target civilians. The confused Saudi air force has been responsible for civilian losses inside the Saudi territory," Almasirah TV reported, quoting director of the Houthi military moral guidance department, Abdullah bin Amer.
Last year, Saudi Arabia accused the group of carrying out the attack which killed a civilian and injured seven others.
"We are striking military targets in response to the Saudi-led aggression on our country," he said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18456.html
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are ongoing and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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Griffiths says Houthis appropriated funds allotted for civil servants
The Houthi group has withdrawn funds collected from Hodeida port's revenues to pay Yemeni civil servant salaries, the UN special envoy to Yemen said Wednesday.
In 2019, the UN brokered arrangements for allocating the customs and oil revenues collected from Hodeida to the payment of civil servants through a special account at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) in the western port city.
But "unfortunately these arrangements have currently stopped, after Ansar Allah unilaterally withdrew the collected funds," Envoy Martin Griffiths added in an interview with United Nations News.
Obstruction of the arrangements has led oil tankers' entry to Hodeida port to stop, he added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18527.html
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-40860
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Daily Violations
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14004 July 15 (In Hodeidah, a civilian was killed with US-Saudi mercenaries' random targeting on residential areas.)
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=13971 July 14
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Film: Houthi militias continue to target Hays in Hodeidah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzzzpQidN1M
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Film: The tragedy of the displaced family, Ahmed .. Two children lose their lives to fetch water as a result of the Houthi mines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEi7jUocjaQ
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Houthis killed 59 civilians in Taiz in 1st half of 2020, says NGO
Houthi militants killed 59 civilians including 14 women and 16 children in Taiz during the first half of 2020, a local NGO based in the central Yemen province said Tuesday.
The Human Rights Information and Training Center said in a periodical report members of the theocratic militia committed 311 various abuses including the killings by heavy shelling, sniper shootings and landmines.
Some of the abuses, the NGO's report says, amount to "bloody massacres" and involved the killing of 27 civilians and injury of 33 others including women and children.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/07/14/houthis-killed-59-civilians-in-taiz-in-first-half-of-2020-says-ngo/ = http://en.adenpress.news/news/23556
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Security Council Extends Mandate of Political Mission Overseeing Yemen Peace Agreement for One Year, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2534 (2020)
The Security Council today extended the mandate of a United Nations political mission overseeing a peace agreement between the Government of Yemen and the Houthi militia in the port city of Hudaydah.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2534 (2020), the Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) until 15 July 2021, continuing the tasks set out when it was established on 16 January 2019 through resolution 2452 (2019). (For information, see Press Release SC/13664.)
The Mission — which monitors the city and port of Hudaydah, as well as the ports of Salif and Ra’s Issa — will continue to lead and support the Redeployment Coordination Committee to oversee the redeployment of forces, mine action operations and the governate-wide ceasefire agreement reached in Stockholm in December 2018.
https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sc14250.doc.htm
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Young man Sulaiman Obaid Salem was killed due to a shell launched by #Houthi militias in Al Tuhayta district, south the port city of Hodeidah. The shell turned the house --- which he recently built for his married life --- into rubbles.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1283147716667867136
and
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New house totally destroyed by Houthi shelling in Hodeidah
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23555
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9z4jTLejJM
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Yemeni joint forces, Houthis fiercely clash at Hodeida fringes
https://debriefer.net/en/news-18471.html
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24 Houthi rebels killed in clashes: Yemeni army
Rebels killed trying to infiltrate areas in east of Al Hudaydah province, says military
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/24-houthi-rebels-killed-in-clashes-yemeni-army-/1910692
My remark: „Yemeni army“ = mainly UAE-funded militia.
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Films: A terrorist operation by the Houthi militia ends with the death of its perpetrators in Hodeidah
4 Houthis killed, after the joint forces foiled an infiltration attempt by militias in the city of Hodeidah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5d-OlQNhmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQopEeak7qA
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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1st flight takes off from Aden to Cairo after 3 months
http://en.adenpress.news/news/23564
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Back in 1979, a kawkabani dance performed by a dance band managed by ministry of Media & Culture. That was when we had a life free of religion political recruitment!
https://twitter.com/HanaalShowafi/status/1283048065264427009
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqw-M2W6Ctg
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Yesterday, my friend the artist Abdullah Alathwari suggested that to go to his neighborhood to visit an uninhabited house that was already demolished to stick some of my paintings in the house walls to take some photos. Because the house was uninhabited, some children go to play there. When we started sticking the paintings, the children came to watch them and continued climbing walls and playing beside our painting, our activity has changed dramatically to an exhibition.
Art is a spontaneous activity. Society needs it, (photos)
https://twitter.com/thiyazen9/status/1282741235971751938
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Film: In Marib.. paintbrush can be the strongest weapon to deliver a message of #peace
https://twitter.com/BelqeesRights/status/1282745609452044289
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Irrigation canals of Marib Dam become leisure destination (photos)
http://marib-gov.com/news_details.php?sid=2458
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Photos: Citadel of Haddah/Abu Yabs in Ans, #Yemen's Dhamar.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1283963507407454212
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-666-yemen-war-mosaic-666
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-666 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-666:
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/
Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
http://yemendataproject.org/data/
Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:
Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:
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