Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 678, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 678, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-678-yemen-war-mosaic-678
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
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms Trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 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
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Houthis use mosques to recruit new militants
The terrorist Houthi militia has transformed most of the mosques in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, from places of worship into places to mobilize and recruit new armed elements for the Iranian-backed group, said a report published by The Reference on Wednesday.
Yemeni news website Almashhad reported on Sunday, September 6 that the Houthi terrorist militia delivered a number of pre-prepared sermons from emergency vehicles on Friday, September 4 in Dhamar, Sanaa and a number of areas under the militia’s control.
The preachers spoke about the urgent need to recruit youth, claiming that whoever refrains from fighting amid the ranks of the militia is a mercenary.
Worshipers said that Houthi gunmen cordoned off and raided a mosque in a neighborhood in the center of Sanaa after its imam refused to deliver a sectarian sermon that the militia attempted to spread by force.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26047
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Houthi gunman massacres own family after return from war
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41867
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A Yemeni man by the name Ismaeel Quraya’ah has shot dead seven Houthi gunmen in the rebel militia’s stronghold of Saadah taking revenge for his younger brother whom the rebel militiamen had lured into the warfronts against the government where he was killed.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41863
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Deputy FM: Yemen is willing to reconcile with anyone except al-Qaeda, ISIS and Israel
Hussein al-Ezzi clarifies Yemeni willingness to achieve peace and reconciliation
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the National Salvation Government of Yemen, Hussein al-Ezzi, has on Tuesday confirmed Yemen’s readiness to achieve peace and reconciliation with all foreigners, whether they are individuals, organisations or states.
“Our readines for reconciliation and peace with any Yemeni, Arab, non-Arab, Muslim or non-Muslim, whether a person, an organisation, a regime, a state, or any party is high, except for Al-Qaeda and Daesh until they return to the tolerance taught by Islam,” al-Ezzi said in a message.
He also excluded the occupying Zionist enemy from future deals with Yemen, and demanded they leave Palestine
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Houthi leader criticises UK Yemen envoy over Marib statement
A senior Houthi leader on Wednesday slammed a statement by the British ambassador to Yemen about clashes between government and Houthi forces in Marib province.
Ambassador Michael Aron tweeted that he and speaker of the Yemeni parliament Sultan Al-Barakani have agreed on the importance of implementing the Riyadh Agreement as soon as possible and to end the Houthi assault on Marib which has led to unjustified human losses and support the efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen.
Member of the Houthi supreme political council, Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, said the British ambassador is talking like he is the ruler of Yemen.
We will discipline all world tyrants and put them under our feet and liberate Yemen from all invaders, Al-Bukhaiti tweeted.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19738.html
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New UN report says rebels in Yemen recruited teenage girls
U.N.-backed experts have found evidence that rebels in Yemen recruited nearly three dozen teenage girls — some said to be survivors of sexual violence — as spies, medics, guards and members of an all-female force, according to a report released Wednesday.
The findings came in the third and latest report by the “group of eminent experts” commissioned by the Human Rights Council to investigate alleged rights violations by all sides in the war since September 2014. The devastating conflict in the Arab world’s poorest country has spawned what the United Nations calls the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis.
The group also received credible reports regarding Houthi recruitment of 34 girls (ages 13-17), between June 2015 and June 2020, for use as spies, recruiters of other children, guards, medics, and members of the Zainabiyat,” the report said, referring to the female force created by the rebels — an unusual phenomenon in an ultra-conservative society such as Yemen.
“Twelve of these girls allegedly survived sexual violence and/or a forced and early marriage directly linked to their recruitment,” the report said.
https://apnews.com/8915b9968caa6b4367069f556ecad5b3
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FM to Resident Representative of World Health Organization: Sana’a Committed to Facilitate Aid Distribution
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14853
(A P)
Houthis arrest 50 civilians in Sana’a
The Houthis carried out this week massive arbitrary arrests in the capital Sana’a and detained 50 citizens claiming that the detainees “cooperate with the Saudi-led coalition.”
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41823
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Houthis vow strong response to coalition's illegal erections in Socotra
The Houthi authorities in Sana'a have vowed to militarily respond to "illegal" new erections made by the Arab coalition countries in Yemeni government-held areas.
The group plans to brief the UN Security Council on breaches committed by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in Yemeni southern and eastern provinces.
The Arab coalition backing the official government has "erected new structures, misappropriated Yemeni lands and changed the identity" of areas under its troops' control, the Houthi foreign minister said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19689.html
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Houthi rebels impose new restrictions on private schools
The Iran-aligned Houthi militias have imposed new restrictions on private schools in areas under their control, forcing them to change their foreign names and suspend all the school-related activities.
Signed by Secretary-Deputy of the Houthi-run ministry of education, a circular was issued ordering private schools to comply with the newly imposed restrictions that include banning school trips and schools’ ceremonies as well as enforcing sex segregation.
The Houthi group has been intensifying efforts in changing the educational process in areas under their control in a way that serves their ideology.
https://republicanyemen.net/archives/25387
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According to @Reuters correspondent, #Houthis are changing the names of private schools and suspending all the school-related activities such as school trips and schools’ ceremonies as well as enforcing sex segregation. Instead, they are replacing these activities
https://twitter.com/RiyadhAldubai/status/1303026714839310336
referring to
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The Houthis order changing the names of private schools bearing the names of foreigners, banning student trips outside the city in which the school is located, and parties outside the school, preventing mixing, and converting school activities into “anti-aggression activities” and fixing teachers ’salary at 30,000 riyals !! (document)
https://twitter.com/MohammedGhobari/status/1302986558690205696
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Military Court approves precautionary seizure of funds, property of traitors
The Central Military Court in the capital Sanaa held its public session to prosecute 75 traitors accused in Case No. 10 of 1441 AH regarding the facts of joining and facilitating the entry of enemies into the territory of Republic of Yemen.
The court endorsed the precautionary seizure of all movable and immovable funds and property of defendants in whatever hands and under any name inside or outside the country.
The court instructed the prosecution to carry out the detention and follow up the arrest warrants issued by it and to address the relevant authorities in this regard.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108210.htm
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Houthis confiscate possessions of 75 Yemen [Hadi] government military members
A Houthi court in Yemen’s capital Sanaa ruled on Sunday that the possessions of 75 prominent military personnel be confiscated.
The central military court in Sanaa held a public hearing to prosecute 75 military personnel accused of joining and helping enemies, referring to the Arab coalition which has been supporting the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, enter the country, Houthi sources told Saba News Agency.
The court ruled a “precautionary seizure of all movable and immovable funds and property of the defendants inside or outside the country.”
Many responsible figures and military commanders in the government own real estates and other possessions in areas under Houthi control, especially in Sanaa.
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Let's Talk Supremacy in Yemen
Let's Talk Supremacy in #Yemen - #Houthi militia's latest 20% Racial Taxation and Supremacist Religiopolitical Ideology
In 2012, the Houthis published their manifesto wherein they declared that God has chosen descendants of Prophet Muhammed, Hashemis, to rule the people not on merit but on blood lineage; not for some time, but until the end of time.
The Houthis and their Zaidi scholars backed the argument for racial taxation with religious interpretations that grant descendants of the Prophet a higher human status over the rest of the society. However, we should refuse any engagement with the debate over the religiosity and validity of the source of the claimed Hashemi superiority as such engagement gives the concept of supremacy in and of itself some form of legitimacy to begin with.
Hashemi Supremacy in Yemen is “an historically based, religiously and culturally institutionalized system of exploitation, oppression, and inferior classification of non-Hashemis by descendants of the Hashemi tribe and the Ahl al Bayt clan (matrilineal descendants of the Prophet Muhammed), who claim genealogical superiority and divine entitlement for the purposes of gaining and maintaining political, economic, social, and doctrinal privileges, and defending a system of status and power”.
https://karmanysa.com/lets-talk-supremacy-in-yemen/
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaMssUNuizY
Snippet: https://twitter.com/Karmanysa/status/1302665869210906625
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Fiscal performance controlled with prevention of new banknotes circulation, Houthis
The Sanaa-based salvation government has said that the decision to prevent the circulation of the newly printed banknotes in Houthi-run regions has worked and exposed fiscal mismanagement of the internationally recognised government and a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.
Houthi finance minister, Rashid Abu Lohoum, said: "The fiscal performance has been controlled at banks and exchange companies in cooperation with the society"," according to a statement carried by Almasirah TV.
The salvation government will authorize the central bank in Sanaa to manage all banks, he said, adding that they have plans to reduce the national debt and end colonial economic policies.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19664.html
(A P)
Film: Militants belonging to the #Houthi group beat a student at the Community College in Sana'a.
https://twitter.com/BelqeesRights/status/1302641446558806016
(A P)
House of Representatives Welcomes Victories, Rejects All Forms of Normalization with Zionist Entity
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14807
(B P)
Four ministers in the Houthi militia’s self-styled government have been missing for two years with no relative or Houthi official willing to tell where they are. Save the “Minister of State” and veteran arms dealer Fares Mannaa who is reportedly in Africa to smuggle arms to the militia, the rest are not known about: whether they were killed by airstrikes, disappeared by the Houthi militia itself or if they had fled the country. Source: Almostakbalonline website.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41772
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A first-of-kind popular uprising against Houthis in Damt city of the north-south border province of Dhaleha is still continuing in the form of civil disobedience despite the illegitimate governing authority’s heavy-handed response. Shops and business stores in Damt have closed to protest at the Houthi ban against the use of government-printed banknotes of the Riyal. The militia have been trying to suppress the disobedience and protests with violence and shot injured nine protesters yesterday, but to no avail. Source: Multiple media platforms including Belqees TV channel.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41772
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Blasting houses : Another form of Houthi terrorism in Yemen
Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen is carrying out different forms of terrorism like blowing up houses of its opponents.
Experiencing tough military pressure on the fighting fronts Houthi militia resort to detonating civilian homes as they inflict heavy human and material losses during the cashes with Yemeni army forces.
Three civilian homes were destroyed to rubble by the militia three days ago in the central province of Al-Bayda.
The militia justified their terrorist act that the home owner works in Saudi Arabia. They kicked out the families to the street, didn’t allow them to take anything before they blew it up.
As usual the militia was chanting “Death to America, death Israel…. although the demolished home owned by a Yemeni citizen.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/06/blasting-houses-another-form-of-houthi-terrorism-in-yemen/
(A K P)
Houthis attack Marib to pressurize government to abandon fuel import mechanism, report
The Houthi Group is attacking Marib province to pressurize the internationally recognised government to abandon a UN-backed mechanism for importing oil derivatives into Houthi-run Yemen.
The mechanism calls for depositing all tax and customs returns into a special account in the central bank of Yemen and using them to pay public servants. The Houthis also want the government to stop demanding them give back 40 billion Yemeni rials confiscated from the account.
The group handed its demands to the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, before its latest assault on Marib but the envoy did not discuss them with the government, military sources told the Alsharq Al-Awsat Newspaper. Instead, Griffiths has continued to discuss his draft proposal to cease hostilities and take economic and humanitarian measures.
The Houthis believe the assault on oil-and gas-rich Marib will help them get at least one of their demands met and that is to allow them to import fuels and take the revenues, the sources said.
The Houthi demands also included that Marib power station should supply electric power to regions under their control, reopening Marib-Sanaa road and resumption of oil exports through the Ras Isa terminal and sharing the revenues with the government, according to the paper.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19642.html
My remark: This connection sounds somewhat phantastic. A report like this one will have been written by a pro-Hadi government supporter.
(A P)
Parliament sessions resumed in Capital Sanaa
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107963.htm
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Foreign Ministry condemns re-publishing offensive photos of Prophet Mohammed in French magazine Charlie Hebdo
Yemen's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the re-publishing offensive pictures of the Great Prophet Mohammed, may God's peace and blessings be upon him", in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
In a statement, Saba got a copy of it, the ministry confirmed that this disgraceful act is a blatant challenge to the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107947.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14787
https://uprising.today/yemen-condemns-republication-of-cartoons-mocking-prophet-muhammad/
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(A P)
Ansarullah Political Office: Western Press Insists Insulting Islam
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14817
(B K P)
Houthis Upscale Exploitation of Illegal African Migrants
Houthi militias in Yemen held a funeral service for a number of illegal African migrants that have died on battlefronts alongside their ranks.
The Yemeni internationally recognized government and rights groups condemned Houthis exploiting those who arrived in Yemen illegally and considered the recruitment of migrants a war crime and a violation of humanitarian conventions.
Houthi coupists have recently amped their recruitment of illegal migrants, well-informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat, explaining that the group also uses them to collect funds in exchange for helping them cross into neighboring Saudi Arabia.
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41802
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(B K P)
Houthis Kidnap, Forcibly Recruit Yemeni Minors
M. A., a 13-year-old Yemeni boy, was not aware that his Houthi-run neighborhood was no longer a safe place for a minor his age. On September 1, Houthi militiamen specialized in kidnapping and recruiting children had nabbed him off the streets of Yirim city, north of Ibb governorate.
According to family members of the minor who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat under the conditions of anonymity, R.M.A had left his house in Yirim seeking public transportation to reach his father’s village but was abducted by gunmen before he even made it to his ride.
The Houthi gunmen had blindfolded the boy and threatened to kill him if he yells or screams at military and police checkpoints. He then was thrown onto a bus heading towards Sanaa.
A few kilometers into his journey, the kidnapped boy mustered the courage to yell for help when he felt the bus stop at a checkpoint where police under Houthi control where at the checkpoint. They answered the boy’s call for help and released him after hearing his story.
The culprits, however, were also freed after having successfully identified themselves as Houthi militants.
Two other accounts of child abductions were simultaneously recorded in Sanaa.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2489301/houthis-kidnap-forcibly-recruit-yemeni-minors
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Anti-Houthi Protests Rise Across Yemeni Governorates
Yemenis from different walks of life in Houthi-run areas have banded together and organized rallies to protest the militias’ policies of looting, oppression and corruption.
Demonstrators protested the continued meddling in the decisions of the judiciary and accused Houthis of manipulating rulings issued against citizens to the favor of their Iran-backed agenda.
Well-informed sources based in Sanaa confirmed that anti-Houthi protests had been increasing and expanding across several areas.
In August, according to sources, Sanaa and the governorates of Ibb, Dhamar, Sanaa, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Bayda, and Rayma witnessed a wave of widespread demonstrations triggered by deteriorating living conditions, spreading corruption, and rising crime levels.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2489291/anti-houthi-protests-rise-across-yemeni-governorates
My comment: Three anti-Houthi reports at the same time by this Saudi-affiliated news site. This look slike a new propganda effort – what does not mean that these stories are untrue.
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Siehe / Look at cp1
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.
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Human rights organization calls for release of detainees in Aden
Sam Organization for Rights and Liberties expressed on Wednesday its deep concern to increasing human rights violations in Aden being committed by militants of Southern Transitional Council (STC).
In a statement, the organization said it reported over 120 human rights violations during the past three months in the STC-held city.
It indicated that the human rights situation deteriorated significantly in Aden with mounting number of violations.
Reported violations in Aden included arbitrary arrests of over 50 civilians in Aden, death of a 20-year detainee; Hussein Al-Arashi in prison under torture, return of assassinations and forcible displacement of northern citizens.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41864
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Wikipedia: Südübergangsrat
Der Südübergangsrat ist ein politisches Organ, das die Unabhängigkeit des Südjemen in seinen Grenzen von vor 1990 (Demokratische Volksrepublik Jemen) anstrebt und nicht von der internationalen Gemeinschaft anerkannt wird. Der Rat wurde am 11. Mai 2017 während des Krieges im Jemen von Aidarus al-Zubaidi gegründet.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCd%C3%BCbergangsrat
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Wikipedia: Southern Transitional Council
The Southern Transitional Council (STC; Arabic al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy) is a secessionist organization in Yemen. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was formed by a faction of the Southern Movement, also known as al-Hirak al-Janoubi. The Southern Movement was established in 2007, during the term of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and it has called for and worked toward the separation of southern Yemen from the rest of the nation (as it previously was until 1990).
Declared on 11 May 2017, the council is headed by the former Governor of Aden, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, as president, with former-minister of state Hani Bin Breik as vice-president.[3] The formation of the council was authorized a week earlier by the Historic Aden Declaration announced at a rally protesting the dismissal of al-Zoubaidi from his post as governor.[4] The STC claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council
(A K P)
Brotherhood's militias breaches ceasefire in Abyan
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26043
My remark: As claimed by the separatists.
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Independence in Southern Yemen: An STC Perspective
For the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and many southern Yemeni people, the human costs of years of war are only the most recent chapter in a long and painful history that our people have endured. This painful history has confirmed the belief that we must establish an independent southern Yemen and return to the process of building a southern state with a democratic foundation, capable of serving the people of the South after decades of marginalization and oppression.
Since the beginning of the war and the destabilizing Houthi attacks in Yemen, the crux of our struggle against the Houthis in the South has been to achieve independence and reestablish the state of southern Yemen. Since 2013, this goal has brought scores of southern Yemenis into the streets of the South in protests. We were once a sovereign independent nation, and although we have tried unity, the past two decades have demonstrated that integration into a unified government means despotism, murder, corruption, and the unjust theft of the rights and resources of the people of southern Yemen. Though the international community has only recently started paying attention to the human suffering in Yemen, the South has faced these challenges for a long time.
The lack of action from the Hadi government after we signed the Riyadh agreement in November 2019 recalls what happened decades ago with the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the early 1990s after unification. Although we took one step forward in achieving our people’s dreams of independence and our right to sovereignty over our land through the Riyadh agreement, the Hadi government has avoided implementing key portions of the agreement.
In fact, deliberate neglect of the South has grown recently. The Hadi government has held control over the land and resources belonging to the South during this war while we have endured hunger, floods, and the rampant spread of disease—including a new struggle with coronavirus on top of our region’s ongoing malaria epidemic. Meanwhile, we have been unable to achieve our rights not only with regard to political representation and decision-making, but also regarding international aid, oil revenues, and access to waterways that would improve living conditions in our cities.
When the STC initially declared self-administration in April in an effort to take steps towards rectifying the matters that the Riyadh agreement did not successfully address, the Yemeni government adopted behavior reminiscent of the northern Saleh government’s actions after unification, namely threatening the people of the South with force. However, what is different today is that the STC, which is committed to achieving independence for the southern Yemeni people, now has the power to stand up to regime forces that have long oppressed the South while the Riyadh agreement continues to go unimplemented – by Abdulsalem Mused, Director of Foreign Relations at the Washington Office of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/independence-in-southern-yemen-stc-perspective
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Saudi forces withdraw all heavy weapons from Rawaik camp in Yemen's Marib
The Saudi forces withdrew on Monday all heavy weapons from Rawaik camp in the city of Marib, according to sources.
The sources affirmed that the Saudi move came days after they withdrew their forces from Tadawain camp in the same province towards Al-Wadiah border crossing in Hadramout governorate, as a result of approaching the coalition camp by the Yemeni army forces.
The sources confirmed that the coalition recruits from Abaida tribes expressed their grave concern about being left alone to fight against the Yemeni army and to stop the advance of the forces of the Sana’a government.
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Three doctors abducted by Islah militia in Shabwa
The Islah militias (Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood) abducted on Monday, three doctors from Afiya hospital in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa governorate.
Well-informed sources told the press on condition of anonymity that the three doctors were forcibly arrested by the Brotherhood militias in the province without any legal justification or official inquiry summon.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26027
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VAE und Israel errichten Militärstützpunkte im Jemen
Berichten zufolge versuchen das israelische Besatzerregime und die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, Militärstützpunkte auf der jemenitischen Insel Sokotra zu errichten. Die Basen werden für das Sammeln von Informationen verwendet. Die VAE haben ihre Beziehungen zu Israel bereits normalisiert.
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'UAE building military camps on Yemen's Socotra island'
Yemeni political party also claims Gulf state is trying to build military base on strategic island
A Yemeni political party claimed Monday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has begun building two military camps on Yemen’s Socotra island.
Lawmakers of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, commonly known as Al-Islah, and some independent lawmakers sent a letter to Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed warning him of the UAE’s actions in the region.
They said the UAE is also trying to build a military base on the strategic island.
The lawmakers also claimed that some army officers of the UAE had traveled to the island without passports or visas and the Gulf country built eight transmitter towers there.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/uae-building-military-camps-on-yemens-socotra-island/1966056
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-19711.html
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STC arrests Yemenis opposing Emirati presence in Socotra
Gunmen of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) late on Wednesday launched wide arrest campaign against Socotra people opposing the Emirati presence in the Yemeni southern archipelago, local sources told Debriefer.
On Monday, Yemeni campaigners took to Socotra streets calling for the Yemeni official authorities to return to the island currently held by the Emirati-backed STC.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19749.html
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Socotra rally calls for Yemen's official government return
Yemeni campaigners on Monday took to Socotra streets calling for the Yemeni official authorities to return to the southern island currently held by the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
The protestors, from Qlinswa and AbdulKawri, deplored the STC "coup" and the absence of services and development projects, and lifted Yemen's flag, portraits of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, and signs calling for the return of their Governor Ramzi Mahroos.
STC forces fired live ammunition to disperse protesters, who expressed rejection to the Emirati-Israel normalization deal paving the way for joint military bases' erection in the Yemeni archipelago.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19694.html
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41822
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Yemeni MP says Saudi Arabia ignores Emirati crimes
A member of the Yemeni Parliament on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of ignoring the Emirati abuse and crimes costing Yemen billions of dollars amid the economic crisis experienced by the war-torn country.
"Among its crimes in Yemen is that the Emirates in 2017 seized Balhaf gas facility in [the southern governorate of] Shabwa, transformed it into military barracks and prevented its gas exports," MP for Islah Party, Shouqi al-Qadhi added on Facebook.
"This has deprived Yemen's economy from key revenues, at time the Yemeni rial suffers deterioration and economy suffers collapse.
"Where is the stance of the legitimate presidency, government and Parliament? Where is the stance of the coalition's leader, Saudi Arabia that called the Emirates and now keeps silent at its abuse and crimes?" the parliamentarian said.
Located in the oil-rich governorate of Shabwa, Balhaf facility is the Mideastern second greatest project to export oil via main pipeline travelling from Marib to the Arabian Sea
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19693.html
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Military Court in Marib issues death sentences against Houthi militia cell, refers 180 accused to the Military Prosecution
A military court in Marib province has issued a death sentence against a terrorist cell belongs to the Houthi militia engaged in several crimes, including murdering and planting of explosive devices targeting army’s officers, vehicles and equipments.
Headed by the Chief of the Military Court in 3rd Military Zone, Judge Akeel Taj Aldeen, in the presence of the Military Prosecutor, accusing the defendant Taher Ali Dawood al-Rheabi and others involved in crimes of training gangs and armed cells for murdering, bombing and torturing.
The final death sentence was handed down to five defendants and the sixth was acquitted.
The military prosecution ordered also, to investigate with 180 suspects belong to the Houthi militia, including militia’s leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi and military, political and judicial leaders, on charges topped by forming terrorist cells, spying with Iran and committing assassination crimes.
and also https://www.arabnews.com/node/1731166/middle-east
My remark: For the Houthi leadership, a trial in absentia.
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The Southern Transitional Council killed and injured several government soldiers in Abyan today, in an indication that the rebel militia has obtained unmanned drones
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41772
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Four children killed by roadside bomb in Shabwa
At least four children were killed and two women were seriously injured on Saturday night in a powerful explosion that rocked the district of Baihan in the northwest of Shabwa governorate.
Local sources told the press that the blast was caused by a bomb planted on a road in al-Kara area of Baihan district, adding that all the the victims were taken to the nearest hospital.
No claim of responsibility has yet been made for the roadside bomb
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26013
and also https://republicanyemen.net/archives/25331
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STC is supporting Iranian project in Yemen, says former minister
Former transport minister in the internationally recognised government, Saleh Al-Jabwani, on Saturday accused the UAE-backed southern transitional council of supporting the Houthi Group.
"The council's continued breaches of the Riyadh Agreement and use of drones in the war is real support to the Houthi assault on Marib province and the Iranian project in Yemen," he wrote on Twitter.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19643.html
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Jemenitische Demonstranten im besetzten Sokotra lehnen Präsenz von Israel und VAE ab
Am Freitag veranstalteten wütende Inselbewohner mit Transparenten und jemenitischen Flaggen eine Demonstration im westlichen Teil der Insel, die seit einigen Jahren von emiratischen Streitkräften besetzt ist, und forderten den Rückzug der Besatzer.
Sie verurteilten auch jede Anwesenheit der Zionisten und ihrer Anhänger in Sokotra
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Yemeni Socotra hosts protest rejecting any Israeli presence
Tens of Yemeni on Friday staged a protest in Socotra to reject any Israeli presence in the Yemeni southern island strategically located in the Indian Ocean.
The campaigners chose Qabhatin, in the western part of the archipelago, to rally and raise Yemen's flag, portraits of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, and signs reading 'We strongly condemn any presence of Zionists or their supporters in Socotra', 'We call for return of local authority', and 'We reject militarization'.
The protesters fully blamed any party helping the Israeli presence in Socotra, a statement by the campaigners said, hinting at the United Arab Emirates.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19647.html
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14799
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41780
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Islah official renews support to acceleration mechanism to Al-Riyadh agreement
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41779
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Explosive blast leaves injuries in Taiz Yemen
An explosive exploded on Saturday at a public market in the Yemeni southwestern city of Taiz, leaving 6 civilians wounded.
"A hand grenade blasted at the entrance of Qoba market, in the western part of the city," local sources told Debriefer.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19649.html
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Yemen’s Brotherhood ignites clashes in Abyan to block changes by Hadi
The Qatar-supported strategy also paves the way for the transfer of the conflict to southern Yemen.
The renewed military confrontations coincided with the return of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi from the United States where he underwent medical treatment. Developments reinforced the hypothesis that the pro-Qatar current in the government wants to dissuade President Hadi from undertaking any changes in the structure of the “legitimacy camp” as such changes could undermine the influence of this powerful current.
Yemeni observers point out that the escalation of military confrontations in Abyan, while consultations are underway to form the new government in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, is an attempt to thwart the Riyadh Agreement and carry out the Muslim Brotherhood plan supported by Qatar aimed at imposing a de-facto policy in southern Yemen and tighten the screws on the temporary capital, Aden, by igniting confrontations on two axes, in Abyan and Tor Al-Baha in Taiz, while the Houthis attack Al-Dhalea.
The strategy effectively catches the areas of STC’s influence in a geopolitical pressure triangle and paves the way for the implementation of the project to transfer the conflict to southern Yemen.
https://thearabweekly.com/yemens-brotherhood-ignites-clashes-abyan-block-changes-hadi
My comment: By a pro-separatist website. This sounds like conspiracy theory, especially as it’s claimed Qatar is playing an active role here.
and
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Brotherhood's militias launch drone attacks in Abyan
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26016
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[Separatist] SEF soldier assassinated by al-Qaeda in Shabwa
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26017
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Southern activist [separatist supporter] abducted by Islah militia in Shabwa
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26023
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STC files complaint on Brotherhood's human right violations in Shabwa
Head of the Southern Transitional Council Office for Foreign Relations in Europe, Ahmed Omer Bin Farid accused on Saturday, the Islah party, Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood wing within the legitimate government, of arresting 66 people in Shabwa over their participation in Thursday's rally in support for the STC leadership.
Bin Farid wrote on his official Twitter account that the STC's Human Rights Department documented the arrest of 66 individuals for their participation in pro-STC rallies that took place in al-Mawsina'a of Shabwa province last Thursday.
He made it clear that the local authority under the control of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked governor Mohammed Saleh Bin Adyo arrested 66 participants and more than two dozen people reported as disappeared.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26003
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UAE fully controls Socotra amid Yemeni govt ignorance
The Yemeni southern archipelago of Socotra has been fully controlled by the United Arab Emirates, a government official said Friday.
The Yemeni legitimate government is completely isolated of what happens in the island, the Yemeni official added in remarks to Al-Jazeera, as the governorate received an Emirati vessel the Yemeni government knows nothing about its cargo.
This comes three days after Socotra grand sheikh warned that the island could be lost and separated from Yemeni sovereignty.
Saudi Arabia and UAE have brought Israel into Socotra as part of an abuse to detach the island from Yemen, Sheikh Isa Bin Yaquot added in remarks to Al-Jazeera. "They made demographic changes in Socotra, damaged its environment landmarks and erected their own camps."
While the UAE and Kingdom suppress Socotra people, the archipelago is about to leave Yemen amid deep silence, he said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19638.html
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Muslim Brotherhood's violations continue in Abyan
The terrorist militias of Islah party, the Yemeni arm of Muslim Brotherhood organization within Yemen's legitimacy continue their escalation in Abyan province by targeting the locations under the control of the southern forces.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/25997
My remark: As claimed by the separatists.
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Separatist militias hold Aden surrounded
STC forces impose cordon on Aden in preparation for battle against Islah Party
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias have on Thursday imposed a military cordon on the port city of Aden and the western outskirts of Lahj province, in preparation for a battle against Islah Party militants at the entrances to the city.
Militia of the so-called Asifah, which is affiliated with the STC, have established a number of military points in the city’s streets, reaching Al-Hadid Point and Ras Omran area.
The militias reinforced their points with dozens of militants and a number of modern Emirati military vehicles, declaring a state of emergency in the city.
This comes after the disclosure of alliances between the Islah Party militants and the so-called “17th Brigade” in order to attack the STC in Lahj and then advance on the city of Aden through the axes of Lahj and Abyan.
https://uprising.today/separatist-militias-hold-aden-surrounded/
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12 government troops injured in drone attacks in south Yemen
At least 12 government troops, including a senior officer, were injured in drone attacks in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday, a military source said.
The attacks occurred in the area of Shaqra in the district of Khanfar east of the province's capital Zinjibar and are believed to be carried out by the forces of the UAE-backed southern transitional council, according to the source.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19625.html
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
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[Hadi] Gov’t slams Griffiths’ silence towards Houthis’ blowing up of civilians’ houses
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41800
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Äthiopische Geflüchtete: "Sie behandeln uns wie Ameisen"
In Saudi-Arabien sind möglicherweise Tausende Geflüchtete aus Äthiopien in Lagern eingesperrt, die Menschenrechtler als Folterzentren bezeichnen. Die Behörden fürchten, dass die Migranten das Coronavirus verbreiten.
Ein Video, das durch geflieste, dunkle Räume voller Müll führt. Männer, die durch Wasser stapfen, das aus überlaufenden Toiletten kommen. Und eine Männerstimme, die sagt: "So leben wir hier. Und dann werden wir auch noch mit Knüppeln verprügelt. Sie behandeln uns wie Ameisen. Unser Tod bedeutet ihnen nichts."
Es sind Bilder wie diese, die in den vergangenen Tagen international Bestürzung ausgelöst haben. Es geht um Lager, in die Saudi-Arabien Hunderte, wenn nicht Tausende Migranten sperrt, um die Ausbreitung von Covid einzudämmen. Tatsächlich aber ähnelten die Einrichtungen eher Folterzentren, klagen Menschenrechtler.
Die Migranten in den Lagern vegetieren vor sich hin, seit Monaten. Weil das Königreich nicht viel von Öffentlichkeit hält, fiel das bislang kaum jemandem auf. Ein Bericht der Menschenrechtsorganisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) blieb weitgehend unbeachtet, ein Artikel des britischen "Telegraph" löste nun aber einen internationalen Proteststurm aus, Amnesty International bereitet einen eigenen Bericht über die Menschenrechtsverletzungen vor.
Der äthiopische Journalist Zecharias Zelalem und sein "Telegraph"-Kollege Will Brown kommunizierten mit den Gefangenen über Mobiltelefone, die in zwei der Lager eingeschmuggelt waren. "In einem großen Raum des ersten Lagers sind etwa 200 Personen", so Zelalem gegenüber der ARD. "Wenn die anderen zwölf Räume genauso voll sind, leben hier Tausende – aber das wissen wir nicht."
Die heimlich erlangten Zeugenaussagen belegten, dass es nicht genug zu essen gebe und, trotz der Hitze, auch kaum etwas zu trinken. Die sanitäre Situation sei katastrophal, es entwickelten sich Hautausschläge und Krankheiten. Einen Augenzeugen zitiert Zelalem mit den Worten: "Ein Junge, etwa 16 Jahre alt, hat sich im vergangenen Monat erhängt. Die Wachen schmeißen die Körper einfach raus, wie Müll."
Vieles deckt sich mit den Erkenntnissen von Human Rights Watch. Demnach werden Familien getrennt. Frauen stehen in einem Raum in knöchelhohem Wasser. Und wieder: Bilder von Entzündungen und offenen Wunden, alles unbehandelt.
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/saudiarabien-aethiopien-101.html
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQQcNPPvY4
In English, a report had been linked earlier: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/investigation-african-migrants-left-die-saudi-arabias-hellish/ = https://hallmarknews.com/shocking-how-african-migrants-were-tortured-left-to-die-in-saudi-arabias-hellish-covid-detention-centres/
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Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian issue
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative
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Saudi oil shipments to America plunge to 35-year low
Saudi Arabia drew the wrath of Republicans in Washington this spring by sending an armada of tankers to America to drown US oil makers with cheap crude. Now, the kingdom has reversed course, steering the fewest barrels here since the Reagan era.
The United States imported just 264,000 barrels per day of Saudi crude during August, according to estimates from ClipperData, a commodity research firm. That's down nearly 50% from 2019's average.
If confirmed by official government statistics, that would mark the lowest amount of Saudi oil exports to the United States since 1985.
"Saudi crude flows bound for the US have basically dried up," Matt Smith, director of commodity research at ClipperData, told CNN Business in an email.
The course-reversal by Saudi Arabia -- from intentionally flooding the United States with excess crude to holding back barrels -- underscores the kingdom's dramatic efforts to revive depressed energy markets during the pandemic.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/01/business/saudi-arabia-oil-prices/index.html
and the same for China: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/world-top-oil-importer-turning-230000486.html
Comment: Reiterating the puzzle of why the US continues to provide unconditional support to Saudi Arabia. It's not just that the US is no longer dependent on Saudi oil: we're barely purchasing Saudi oil at all. It's time for the US to rethink our relationship to Saudi Arabia.
https://twitter.com/AnnelleSheline/status/1301949078012669953
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Saudi Arabia sentences six human rights advocates to prison
The men were swept up in a wave of arrests that targeted judges, clerics and activists in Mohammed bin Salman's first months of power
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced to prison six men - mainly writers, academics and journalists - arbitrarily detained in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2017 crackdown on dissent, activists said.
The men were handed down sentences ranging from three to seven years by the special criminal court. Activists say the harsh sentences show the emptiness of the kingdom’s much-touted social reforms.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-human-rights-advocates-sentenced
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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Film: Will the truth about Jamal Khashoggi's murder ever be revealed? | Inside Story
Presenter: Imran Khan; Guests: Ali Al-Ahmed - Director, Institute for Gulf Affairs; Sherif Mansour - Middle East and North Africa Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists; Khalil Jahshan - Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2020/09/truth-jamal-khashoggi-murder-revealed-200908165901641.html = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMTBh7bsmBI
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The Khashoggi verdict is meant to provide a fig leaf. Democratic leaders shouldn’t take it.
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Saudi-arabisches Gericht hebt Todesstrafe für Mord an Jamal Khashoggi auf
Ein saudi-arabisches Gericht hat die Todesstrafe für die fünf Hauptangeklagten aufgehoben, die für den Mord am Journalisten Jamal Khashoggi verurteilt wurden. Stattdessen wurde das Urteil zu einer 20-jährigen Haftstrafe umgewandelt. Nach Angaben der Tagesschau reagierte das Gericht damit auf eine öffentliche Erklärung der Familie Khashoggis, den Tätern zu vergeben. Damit werde die Voraussetzung für eine Umwandlung der Todesstrafe erfüllt. Die Verlobte Khashoggis sprach nach dem Urteil von einer Farce. Der Fall sei ohne eine Aufklärung der Hintergründe geschlossen worden.
https://rdl.de/beitrag/saudi-arabisches-gericht-hebt-todesstrafe-f-r-mord-jamal-khashoggi-auf
und auch https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/khashoggi-urteile-saudiarabien-101.html = https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/internationale-politik/id_88530878/todesstrafe-fuer-moerder-von-jamal-khashoggi-aufgehoben.html
und etwas ausführlicher: https://rsw.beck.de/aktuell/daily/meldung/detail/saudisches-gericht-verhaengt-lange-haftstrafen-im-mordfall-khashoggi = https://de.qantara.de/content/saudisches-gericht-verhaengt-lange-haftstrafen-im-mordfall-khashoggi
Mein Kommentar: Es ist auffällig, wie knapp in deutschen Medien hierzu berichtet wird. was für ein Kontrast zum Fall Nawalny, in dem bisher überhaupt nichts sicher ist und eine verstrickung der russischen Führung doch sehr unwahrscheinlich ist. Ach so, die Saudis samt Kronprinz gehören ja doch zu „uns“. – Immerhin, die „taz“ und die „NZZ“ belassen es nicht dabei:
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Der Westen darf den Mord an Khashoggi nicht vergessen
In Saudiarabien ist der Prozess gegen die Mörder von Jamal Khashoggi zu Ende gegangen. Aufklärung gebracht hat er nicht. Die USA und Europa wären gut beraten, Kronprinz Mohammed bin Salman damit nicht davonkommen zu lassen.
Wenn fünf Menschen der Enthauptung durch das Schwert entgehen, ist dies erst einmal zu begrüssen. Die Todesstrafe ist eine unmenschliche Strafe, die abgeschafft gehört. Insofern ist es grundsätzlich eine gute Nachricht, dass ein Gericht in Saudiarabien am Montag die Todesurteile gegen fünf Verdächtige im Mordfall Jamal Khashoggi in langjährige Haftstrafen umgewandelt hat. Das Urteil als Schritt zur Gerechtigkeit für den ermordeten Journalisten zu werten, wäre dennoch falsch. Denn der Prozess hat weniger zur Aufklärung des Verbrechens beigetragen als die wahren Verantwortlichkeiten verschleiert. (Bezahlschranke)
und
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„Verspottung von Gerechtigkeit“
Nach den Urteilen eines saudischen Gerichts im Mordfall Khashoggi hagelt es Kritik. Eine wirkliche Aufklärung der grausamen Tat stehe noch aus.
Khashoggis einstige Verlobte, die Türkin Hatice Cengiz, sprach nach dem Urteil von einer „Verspottung von Gerechtigkeit“. „Die saudischen Behörden schließen den Fall, ohne dass die Welt weiß, wer für die Ermordung Jamals verantwortlich ist“, teilte sie mit. Und fragte: Wer hat den Mord in Auftrag gegeben? Wer hat ihn geplant? Und wo ist die Leiche geblieben?
Aufgeklärt ist der Fall mit den Urteilen vom Montag aber nicht. Sie „haben keine rechtliche oder moralische Legitimität“, kritisierte die UN-Sonderberichterstatterin Agnès Callamard, die den Fall monatelang untersucht hatte, aber keine Schuldigen benannte. Die Urteile kämen „am Ende eines Prozesses, der weder fair noch gerecht oder transparent war“. Callamard kritisierte, dass die Verantwortung des Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) gar nicht erst geprüft worden sei. Von den US-Geheimdiensten forderte sie, ihre Informationen zu veröffentlichen.
Politisch dürften die Urteile wenig ändern. Schon im Dezember hatte die saudische Staatsanwaltschaft betont, dass die Entscheidung, Khashoggi zu töten, erst im Konsulat in Istanbul gefallen sei. Dieser Erklärung folgend kann niemand, auch nicht die Führungsebene in Riad, vorher von der Tat gewusst haben.
KritikerInnen zweifeln allerdings an dieser Darstellung. Beweise, dass MBS die Tat angeordnet oder von ihr gewusst hat, konnte aber niemand vorlegen. Derzeit läuft noch ein Prozess in der Türkei gegen zwanzig saudische Staatsbürger. Das Gericht in Istanbul verhandelt gegen sie jedoch in Abwesenheit.
https://taz.de/Ermordung-von-saudischem-Journalisten/!5712784/
Die Kritik an den Urteilen auch hier: https://www.bluewin.ch/de/news/international/endgueltige-urteile-kashoggis-moerder-entgehen-der-todesstrafe-435682.html
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Saudi-Arabien soll im Fall Khashoggi mit der Türkei kooperieren
Die Türkei forderte am 7. September die saudischen Behörden auf, "mit den türkischen Ermittlern im Fall Khashoggi" zusammenzuarbeiten.
Der Kommunikationsdirektor der Türkei, Fahrettin Altun, sagte, dass die Erwartungen der Türkei und der internationalen Gemeinschaft "bezüglich des Urteils" nicht erfüllt wurden.
"Wir wissen immer noch nicht, was mit Khashoggis Leiche passiert ist oder ob es lokale Mittäter gab. Wir zweifeln an der Glaubwürdigkeit des Gerichtsverfahrens", fügte er hinzu.
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Saudi Arabia jails eight over Khashoggi murder, fiancee decries trial
A Saudi Arabian court jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years on Monday for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, four months after his family forgave his killers and enabled death sentences to be set aside.
The trial was criticised by a U.N. official and human rights campaigners who said the masterminds of the murder remained free.
State media reported that five people were handed 20-year prison sentences, one person was sentenced to 10 years and two people were handed seven-year sentences for the killing.
None of the defendants was named.
After the ruling, Khashoggi’s fiancee said the eight jailed were not the only ones responsible for the murder.
“The Saudi authorities are closing the case without the world knowing the truth of who is responsible for Jamal’s murder,” Hatice Cengiz wrote in a statement. “Who planned it, who ordered it, where is his body?”
In December, the court sentenced five people to death and three to jail, saying the killing was not premeditated but carried out on “the spur of the moment.
Some Western governments, as well as the CIA, had said previously they believed Prince Mohammed had ordered the killing.
But Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions accused Saudi Arabia of making a “mockery of justice” by not punishing more senior officials who, she said, were behind the murder.
and
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Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur who investigated Khashoggi’s killing, told The Associated Press in a statement that the crown prince has remained “well protected against any kind of meaningful scrutiny in his country” and the high-level officials who organized the killing have walked free from the start.
“These verdicts cannot be allowed to whitewash what happened,” she said, calling on U.S. intelligence services to publicly release their assessments of the crown prince’s responsibility. “While formal justice in Saudi Arabia cannot be achieved, truth telling can.”
A small number of diplomats, including from Turkey, as well as members of Khashoggi’s family, were allowed to attend the initial trial. Independent media and the public were barred.
Yasin Aktay, a senior member of Turkey’s ruling party and a friend of Khashoggi, criticized the final court rulings, saying those who ordered the killing remain free while several questions concerning the journalist’s death remain unanswered.
He also said there were questions as to whether those convicted in the killing are imprisoned.
“According to what we have heard, those who were convicted are roaming freely and living in luxury,” he said. “The truth of the matter is this case should be tried in Turkey, not in Saudi Arabia.”
https://apnews.com/7c6e35f99ba2861e242ac607e20dac40
and
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Saudi's Khashoggi verdict 'parody of justice':UN expert
UN investigator says Saudi prosecutor allowed high-level officials behind Khashoggi killing to walk free
"The Saudi Prosecutor performed one more act today in this parody of justice. But these verdicts carry no legal or moral legitimacy," tweeted Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions.
"They came at the end of a process which was neither fair nor just, or transparent," she said.
"The five hitmen are sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, but the high-level officials who organized and embraced the execution of Jamal Khashoggi have walked free from the start -- barely touched by the investigation and trial," Callamard tweeted.
"As for the individual responsibility of the person on top of the State, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he has remained well protected against any kind of meaningful scrutiny in his country," said Callamard.
She said the verdicts could not be allowed to whitewash what happened and they should not any pressure on governments.
Callamard stressed that Monday’s decision should not relieve the pressure on governments to bring true criminals to light, and she cited especially the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Callamard said she welcomed the death penalty being commuted.
"Had such sentences been carried out, they would have amounted to yet more arbitrary killings by the State of Saudi Arabia, and permanent silencing of key witnesses to the execution," she said.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/saudis-khashoggi-verdict-parody-of-justiceun-expert/1965913
and also https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/09/07/633553/Saudi-court-parody-Khashoggi
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Records shed light on online harassment of Jamal Khashoggi before his killing
A few months before he was killed, dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi witnessed an ominous change in the kind of attention he was getting from his estranged homeland – by Joby Warrick
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a
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Trump accuses military leaders of exactly what his administration is doing — helping US weapons companies profit off of wars
President Trump on Monday accused military leadership of wanting to "fight wars" to help arms makers boost profits, but ignored his own record of doing just that.
The Trump administration has consistently sought to expand arms sales around the world, including to countries with well-documented records of bombing civilians like Saudi Arabia.
Trump's foreign policy, and prioritization of arms sales, has helped exacerbate conflicts like the devastating war in Yemen.
Arms sales have increased dramatically under Trump's watch, with Saudi Arabia as a top customer. Exports of major arms from the US grew by 23% in comparing the periods 2010–14 and 2015–19.
(A H)
Angelina Jolie spendete für Limonadenstand von Londoner Buben
(A H)
Angelina Jolie Donates to Yemen Crisis Appeal Organized by Two Young Boys in the U.K.
Ayaan Moosa and Mikaeel Ishaaq received a personal letter from Jolie after they set up "Lemonade for Yemen-Aid."
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
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Another US logistic convoy hit by explosion north of Baghdad: Reports
It also said the explosion has had no casualties and just damaged one of the vehicles.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/09/07/633565/Iraq-US-convoy-explosion-baghdad
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Film: Karin Leukefeld zum Iran-Atom-Deal: Verhalten der USA destabilisiert ganze Region
In Wien fand am Dienstag ein Treffen der Kommission zur Umsetzung des JCPOA statt. Obwohl die USA die UN-Sanktionen gegen den Iran wieder in Kraft setzen wollen, halten die am Atom-Deal mit Teheran beteiligten Staaten an dem Abkommen fest. Das bekräftigten Diplomaten nach einem Treffen der verbliebenen Partner des Deals – Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, China, Russland und Iran – unter EU-Vorsitz am Dienstag in Wien. Die Vertreter seien sich einig, dass die USA nach ihrem Rückzug aus dem Abkommen nicht das Recht hätten, die darin als Notbremse vorgesehene Rückkehr zu den UN-Sanktionen auszulösen, sagte der chinesische Diplomat Fu Cong.
Im Ringen um das Schicksal des Atomabkommens hatten die USA angekündigt, die Wiedereinsetzung aller UN-Sanktionen aus Zeiten vor dem Deal erzwingen zu wollen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv7QOL8whgU
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Iran’s nuclear deal and the US presidential election
The deal’s fate depends on the outcome of US elections, not the UN (registered only)
my comment: The world no more should accept to be fooled by the US all the time.
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US clearly engaged in acts of war against Iran
These are clearly acts of war on the part of the United States. This is abundantly clear that this is what's going on. The US withdraws from this JCPOA agreement two years ago, withdraws unilaterally, breaks this word on a deal that was being adhered to by all of the parties involved.
And now insists that it has the right to impose all kinds of economic sanctions on Iran basically with Iran having abided by the terms of the JCPOA deal. This is yet another instance of regime change attempt on the part of Washington. It's accelerating and it accentuates what Washington has been doing in Syria, what it did in Libya, what it's trying to do in Iraq, what it continues to try to do in Belarus continues to accelerate with what it's doing with these flyovers in these NATO countries, 30 NATO countries. It was clearly something aimed at Russia with the suggestion that even those two countries might eventually go to war.
This stuff is ridiculous. I'm tired of it. It's criminal and in a country where you have a $26 trillion national debt, where you have an overextended military, where we have a COVID-19 entered the economy, and with all the social unrest in the United States, it's about time that we started stop fooling around with other people's countries, on behalf of bankers and on behalf of Israel.
It is about time that we pulled away from these terrible things that we've been doing and start concentrating on rebuilding our economy and our political structures in the confidence of our own people at home and have fair deals and fair trade with all and stop this empire-building while we can still do it before there's a global tragedy – by Mark Dankof
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/09/05/633381/US-clearly-engaged-in-acts-of-war-against-Iran
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IAEA: Iran continues to expand stockpile of enriched uranium
Iran continues to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium in violation of limitations set in a landmark deal with world powers, but has begun providing access to sites where it was suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material and possibly conducted nuclear-related activities, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said Friday.
https://apnews.com/072c7e1f7dff978cc468b22c4542ca67
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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Council of Europe issues press freedom alert after UK blacklists site over Yemen coverage
UK Ministry of Defence under fire for blacklisting Declassified UK over its criticism of Yemen war
Censorship concerns are mounting in Britain after the Council of Europe issued a level two press freedom alert over a UK Ministry of Defence decision to blacklist Declassified UK, a military and foreign policy news website.
Declassified UK discovered it was blacklisted by the MOD because of its coverage of the war in Yemen after it submitted on 25 August a request for comment on the arrest the day before of British-Yemeni soldier Ahmed al-Batati for his protest in London against UK arm sales to Saudi Arabia.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-ministry-defence-declassified-uk-blacklist-yemen-war-coverage
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Saudi Arabia King Salman and German Chancellor Merkel discuss G20 over the phone: state news agency
and also https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132007
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Remembering heroes: five-year anniversary of UAE’s 45 martyrs
On September 4 2015, 45 Emirati soldiers were killed serving in Yemen
Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the day when 45 Emirati soldiers were martyred as part of an operation in Yemen.
The UAE Armed Forces servicemen died after a rocket attack in Yemen during a Saudi-led operation to drive out Houthi rebels.
Despite the loss, the UAE remained committed to restoring peace and security in Yemen.
At the time, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, said: “The UAE has lost a group of its purest men."
cp12b Sudan
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Sudan declares state of emergency over deadly floods
https://apnews.com/92300bb372b1c845ad1f49cbfa6f3191
Photos, film: https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1302599551178735616
https://twitter.com/faizahsulimani/status/1302947209152000001
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1303293575380295684
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1303295292784209920
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Possible war crimes in Yemen fueled by arms flows from West, Iran: U.N.
Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition air strikes and Houthi shelling, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday.
My comment: Please do not forget the relations: From all arms which flow into the Yemen theater of war, an estimated 99,9 % are coming from the West, hardly 0,1 % from Iran. In this way, responsibility should be divided. And here, they even more put upside down and name Iran first. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/09/yemen-eminent-experts-un-investigators-saudi-arabia-houthis.html
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Canada is fuelling war in Yemen with arms sales, UN report says
Ardi Imseis, a professor of law at Queen’s University and a member of the panel, said at a news conference on the report that Canada was added to the list of named countries because of an increase in arms sales in 2019.
“We therefore reiterate our call for states to stop transferring arms to the parties to the conflict,” he said.
Canadian shipments of military goods to Saudi Arabia hit a record high in 2019, almost entirely owing to a $14-billion contract brokered by a federal Crown corporation to sell light armoured vehicles (LAVs) to the kingdom. Canada exported nearly $2.9-billion worth of military equipment to Saudi Arabia last year, nearly all of it LAVs made in London, Ont., by a subsidiary of U.S. defence contractor General Dynamics Corp.
Prof. Imseis urged the Canadian government to reconsider arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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In pictures: Artists against the arms trade
The London-based Art The Arms Fair is an artistic movement against the arms trade, timed to coincide with the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) military conference in London.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/pictures-art-arms-trade-fair-dsei-kapoor-fairey
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Middle East Shocker: Israel May Sell Weapons To Arab Nations
Israel wants to sell weapons to the United Arab Emirates, according to Israeli media.
But the idea has split the Israeli government between those who see arms sales as a tool to solidify relations with a former adversary, and those who fear that this could damage Israel’s security.
“The Mossad, encouraged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is pushing to sell the UAE advanced weapon systems and highly classified information, while the Defense Ministry adamantly objects to giving away some of Israel's more advanced warfare capabilities, for fear of classified information leaking to enemy states,” reports Israel’s Ynet news site.
For now, Netanyahu’s government denies that it is contemplating weapons sales to the UAE
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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Discover the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen
The Old City of Sanaa is one the oldest cities in the world. Meaning ‘fortified place’, it remains one of the greatest treasures of Arabia.
Defined by distinct rammed earth and burnt brick tower-houses, the walled city has been inhabited for over 2,500 years and is home to the ancient pre-Islamic fortress of Ghumdan, a 20-story palace believed to be the world’s first ever ‘skyscraper’.
As you step through the iconic ‘Yemen Gate’, the only one of the city’s seven historic gates left standing, you will feel as though you have taken a step back in time.
Like an elaborate work of art in an expansive open-air museum, more than 6,000 houses built before the eleventh century lie within the old city walls, tucked close together and connected by a comprehensive network of narrow streets and alleyways.
The city has remarkably retained its historical ambience and splendor over the centuries and remained unspoiled by modern architecture, maintaining a comfortable rhythm between its traditional architectural fabric and the requirements of modern life.
Charming in their simplicity and homogeneity, the various fired-clay buildings adorned with intricate geometric patterns and striking white detailing reverberate the city’s vast religious and cultural tradition influenced by its Arab, Islamic as well as Jewish heritage.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200905-discover-the-old-city-of-sanaa-yemen/
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLto2IN6fLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSXxTCv8ngg&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oa2Y3DHmqI&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9QEv2rVi58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGEiKGUVjo&t=61s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrU8shVSScw&t=30s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6_jxNcDhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T766TRhWYOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSFomUrqMn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmMjac05SE&t=1s
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
Siehe / Look at cp1
(A E P)
CBY pauses money exchange at private firms to stop Yemeni rial decline
The Yemeni rial kept on declining against foreign moneys in Aden and other areas under the official government control, where one US dollar is exchanged for 810 rials, recording the lowest rate since 2018.
In an attempt to halt the national currency depreciation, the Aden-based Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) on Wednesday instructed all exchanging firms to temporarily pause purchasing and selling foreign moneys, banking sources told Debriefer.
"Halting the speculations and limiting the big sales to the CBY would help boost foreign cash's availability at the bank, stabilize exchange market and control the Yemeni rial's free fall," the sources added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19747.html
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Taiz protest blames Arab coalition for Yemeni rial collapse
Tens of Yemeni protesters in Taiz on Saturday blamed the Saudi-led Arab coalition for the national currency's collapse, ports' inactivity, seizure of government's decision and preventing it from exporting oil and gas.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19663.html
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement threatening UAE and Israeli nationals following rumored local reports of a joint UAE-Israeli “spy” base in southern Yemen’s Socotra archipelago. A senior AQAP official condemned the recent normalization of UAE-Israeli relations in late August.[1
and
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#AQAP #Yemen releases furious statement on #Israel's alleged plan for base & #spy facilities on #Socotra. Blames #UAE & STC for selling out Yemen like recent UAE-Israel deal sold out #Palestine. Calls on Yemenis to rise up & promises a bloodbath. 8 verses of #poetry nail it home
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1302704757711294466
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Tribal sheikh assassinated in Yemen Dhalea province
Unidentified armed men on Friday assassinated a tribal leader in the Yemeni southern governorate of Dhalea.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19635.html
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[Sanaa] Yemeni Govt.: Al-Qaeda Joining Saudi-Led Forces in Ma'rib Province
The deputy foreign minister of Yemen's National Salvation Government based in Sana'a warned that al-Qaeda forces are joining Saudi-led mercenaries in the strategic central Ma'rib province.
“The redeployment of al-Qaeda forces in Ma’rib is a major mistake that will serve no one and will cause a catastrophe that no side can avoid,” Hussein al-Ezzi warned in a tweet on Friday, presstv reported.
“[Former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur] Hadi and the [affiliated] Islah Party have to abandon such coward policies and malicious type of thinking,” he added.
According to Yemeni media reports, a large number of al-Qaeda affiliated forces have joined Saudi-led and pro-Hadi forces in Ma’rib from various provinces as the Saudi coalition braces for a looming Yemeni operation that seeks to liberate the strategic region.
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990614000413
cp15 Propaganda
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Egypt FM: Regional parties disrupt Yemen to harm Arab national security
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19745.html
My comment: he obviously means Iran, while Saudi, UAE, US, UK interference are much more severe.
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Yemen: Iran with its military agents seriously threaten Arab national security
The Republic of Yemen has made it clear that Iran and its military arms pose a serious threat to Arab national security as Iran proved to be a rogue state disrespects the International Law, doesn’t honor its obligation as a member state of the United Nations.
Addressing the 154 session of Arab League Council held virtually Wednesday at Foreign Ministers level, [Hadi gov.] Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadrami said” Iran had caused Yemen and the region great damage since the Iranian regime devoted the Iranian peoples’ resources to fund militias outside its territories in flagrant interventions in the Arab countries internal affairs including Houthi militia which raises the Iranian revolution slogan and embraces its oppressive policy”.
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-19746.html
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132019
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Saudi FM emphasizes support to political settlement in Yemen
Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, renewed Saudi Arabia’s support for a political solution in Yemen based on the three basic references represented by the Gulf Initiative, its implementation mechanisms, the outcomes of the Yemen National Dialogue, and the UN Security Council Resolution, especially resolution no. 2216.
In an address at a virtual Arab League session today, he said that the Kingdom is making every effort to preserve the sovereignty of Yemen and achieve security and stability in it.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/09/saudi-fm-emphasizes-support-to-political-settlement-in-yemen/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-19744.html
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Saudi Press: Saudi Arabia Seeks to Strengthen Security and Peace around the World
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2131146
(A P)
Biden’s Promise To Restore The Iran Deal Would Be A Disaster In Waiting
Five years ago, the Obama administration made a gamble on a diplomatic experiment with Iran — a gamble that failed miserably. Unfortunately, the United States and its allies still live with the consequences of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Since the deal, Iran has ramped up its nuclear ambitions and used the billions of dollars of sanctions relief it received to bankroll its terrorist proxies and fuel regional instability. Now, Joe Biden promises to repeat the same mistakes by re-entering the nuclear deal if he is elected.
(A P)
Houthis uses Hodeida truce to escalate elsewhere: Yemeni [Hadi] gov't
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19667.html
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41801
(A P)
Al Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia must stop now
Yemen talks will fail unless arms shipments to militia through Hodeida port are stopped
The Arab coalition has been exercising utmost restraint in the face of continuing terror attacks on the kingdom by Al Houthis to give the international efforts, aimed at ending the war, a chance. However, the Al Houthis seem to insist, most probably under instructions from their masters in Tehran, on prolonging the conflict that has ravaged the impoverished Arab country and killed thousands of people. The recent attacks on Saudi civilian areas is also a desperate attempt by the Al Houthis to stop the coalition’s vital logistical support to the Yemeni army, which has been making important advances recently, especially in the central provinces of Marib and Al Bayda.
https://gulfnews.com/opinion/editorials/al-houthi--attacks-on-saudi-arabia-must-stop-now-1.73648528
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Yemen president orders troops to foil Houthi attacks on Marib
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has repeated accusations about the Houthis serving Iran’s agendas by fueling a "futile" war in Yemen, the official Saba news agency reported.
In a telephone conversation with the governor of Marib, Sultan Al-Arada, and the defense minister, Mohammed Al-Maqdishi, Hadi hailed army troops and allied tribesmen who have pushed back Houthi attacks on the central city of Marib and other areas in Yemen — and vowed to foil Iran’s plots against the country.
The Yemeni president said that the Houthis had dispatched thousands of "deceived" fighters to Marib and other contested areas, fueling a war that only served the agendas of their masters in Tehran.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1730081/middle-east
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26042
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2131823
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26036
https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/mediahub/news/2020/9/9/09-09-2020-uae-hadramaut
https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/mediahub/news/2020/9/5/05-09-2020-uae-aid
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130489
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130226
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130210
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130167
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130038
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130006
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130004
http://en.adenpress.news/news/25996
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/uae-launches-2nd-phase-food-aid-villages-yemens-red-sea-coast
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
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Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Sep. 6: https://twitter.com/m_almoayed/status/1303350585614311430
Sep. 5: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1783586758458348/
Sep. 4: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1783583645125326/
Sep. 3: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1783581655125525/
Sep. 2: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/1783580305125660/
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Saudi fighter jets bomb Sa'dah in Yemen
According to the report, in the past 24 hours, various areas of Yemen, including parts of Sa'dah province, have been targeted by Saudi fighter jets.
As Arab media reported, residential areas in Sa'dah province were bombed by Saudi fighters and a number of Yemeni civilians were wounded.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/163145/Saudi-fighter-jets-bomb-Sa-dah-in-Yemen
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Civilians killed, wounded by Saudi air raid in Yemen's Marib
Number of civilians were killed and wounded, Tuesday, by US-Saudi air raid in Yemen's Marib Governorate.
The aerial aggression targeted a truck that is loaded with foodstuffs in Al-Farasis of Mahliah district, Almasirah correspondent in Marib reported.
https://en.abna24.com/news//civilians-killed-wounded-by-saudi-air-raid-in-yemens-marib_1069011.html
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14850
(A K pS)
Coalition Fighters bomb Houthi militia sites in Al-Jawf and Marib
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Saudi-led warplanes "mistakenly" kill 4 gov't soldiers in Yemen: military source
Four members of Yemen's government forces were killed Friday when Saudi Arabia-led coalition "mistakenly" bombed their vehicle in Yemen's northeastern province of al-Jawf, a military official told Xinhua.
According to the local military source who asked to remain anonymous, "an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition mistakenly struck a military vehicle east of Al Hazm area in al-Jawf."
He said that the eastern part of Al Hazm has been witnessing non-stop fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters during the past 24 hours.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/05/c_139343680.htm
(A K pS)
Coalition airstrikes hit Houthi targets in Marib
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26004
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4 Children and A Man Injured by US-Saudi Air Strikes in Marib
The US-Saudi aggression targeted commercial stores in Al-Ardiya village in Marib, indicating that two of the wounded children are critically injured.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14778
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107956.htm
(A K pH)
More Saudi coalition air raids:
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108451.htm / https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108512.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108330.htm Jawf, Marib, Najran provv.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14833 Several prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108212.html Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108141.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108087.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108079.htm 5 prov.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14805 Bayda p., Jawf p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107955.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107957.htm Hodeidah city
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107959.htm Bayda p.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14780 3 prov.
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 pS)
Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception, Destruction of Bomb-Laden (UAV) in Launched by Terrorist, Iran-Backed Houthi Militia Toward the Kingdom
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132039
(A K pS)
[Hadi gov.] Army retakes strategic positions, hunts militia eastern Al-Jawf desert
and
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Houthis suffered a new setback today in al-Jawf where govt forces backed by tribes of #Marib's Abidah and al-Jawf's Dahm retook control of large swathes, notably al-Nadhud, eastern al-Hazm, the provincial capital Al-Jawf (map)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1303738414869741569
Large quantity of Houthi military equipment seized by pro #Yemeni govt forces in al-Jawf, including 8 military vehicles, 2 howitzers, machine guns, and amu depots, a military source said. The fighting still raging in all #Marib's northwest and southern fronts (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1303745505705549826
(A K)
Yemen reporter admits fall of Marib is imminent
A correspondent of the Islah Party-affiliated Suhail TV, which is considered to be supportive of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, has warned that the fall of Marib to the Houthi-backed Yemeni armed forces is imminent.
“The battles have become very close to the city, and Marib’s residents are hearing the sounds of clashes that are getting closer every day,” said Abdul-Ilah Al-Bouri in a series of tweets on Monday evening.
Al-Bouri explained that the situation is very dangerous. He fears that what happened to Al-Jawf province will also be repeated in Marib. In another tweet the day before he said that, “The sounds of bullets are now being heard from hotel rooms.”
According to the reporter, the Houthi forces are now closer to the city than the coalition forces. He called on pro-coalition media to stop claiming false victories and to be vigilant instead of spreading fake news.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-yemen-reporter-admits-fall-of-marib-is-imminent/
(A K)
The #Houthis allege the Murad are on their side. As the battle for Marib heats up, this kind of messaging may become more common
https://twitter.com/ElanaGulf/status/1303701528461611008
Untrue. Murad tribe spearheading the fighting against Houthis. Here is clarification from sheikh Ali al-Qabli Nimran, one of most prominent sheikhs in Murad & #Marib. His son injured fighting Houthis ystrday. Just Hussein Hazb & afew minor tribal leaders who are loyal to Houthis.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1303799466315657218
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Saudi forces reported withdrawing from Ma’rib
Yemeni advance has Saudi-led occupation troops running scared
The Saudi-led coalition forces have on Monday withdrawn all heavy weapons from Rawaik camp in the city of Ma’rib, according to sources.
The sources affirmed that the Saudi move came mere days after they already withdrew their forces from Tadawain camp in the same province, as a result of the Yemeni army’s advances.
The sources confirmed that the mercenary recruits from Abaida tribes expressed their grave concern about being left alone.
They described the Saudi move as “treason”, as they cannot stand alone and fight against the Yemeni army to stop its the advance towards the city of Ma’rib
https://uprising.today/saudi-forces-reported-withdrawing-from-marib/
(A K pS)
Houthi militia commits genocide in Al-Zub Village in Al-Bayda
Residents of the Al-Zub village in al-Quraishia district of Al-Bayda province, have called on the international community to intervene immediately to save women and children, who have been subjected to a genocide at the hands of the Houthi militia.
Since Tuesday morning, the Houthi militia continues shelling the village using all types of heavy and medium weapons.
The militia continues to retaliate against the villagers as collective punishment against the innocent who rejected the presence of militiamen in the area.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/08/houthi-militia-commits-genocide-in-al-zub-village-in-al-bayda/
(A K pS)
Non-stop Houthi crimes in Al-Jawf & Al-Bayda
In Al-Jouf province, northern the country, the militia has carried out various kinds of brutal violations targeting civilians and everything alive in the city.
Just two days ago, a displacement site full of women and children displaced from their homes, were targeted with an explosive drone launched by the Houthi terrorist militia.
The IDPs in the Al Qashal camp said they were awaken by huge explosion that rendered women and children in great terror and panic.
The blast was ”bomb-laden drone fired by the Houthis”, they told September Net.
The attack on the IDPs in the camp wasn’t the first of its kind .”Houthis always target us with Katyusha rockets, mortar shells and booby-trapped drones, “they added.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/08/non-stop-houthi-crimes-in-al-jawf-al-bayda/
(A K pH)
Jemenitische Luftwaffe greift erneut Flughafen Abha in Saudi-Arabien an
Die jemenitische Armee hat eine Reihe von Vergeltungsangriffen auf den internationalen Flughafen Abha in der südwestlichen Region Asir in Saudi-Arabien mit einheimisch hergestellten Samad-3-Kampfdrohnen unternommen.
(A K pH)
Air force drones target Saudi Abha International Airport
Yemen's air force drones on Tuesday Morning targeted Abha International Airport, armed forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare'i said.
The armed force spokesman added that Abha airport was hit by a number of Sammad's-3 drones.
Sare'i said, in a statement, the targeting of the Saudi Airport of Abha came under the frame of the natural response to the continuous escalation of the forces of aggression and their continued siege of the Yemeni people.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108326.htm and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108449.htm
and
(A K pS)
Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception, Destruction of Bomb-Laden (UAV) in Launched by Terrorist, Iran-Backed Houthi Militia Toward the Kingdom
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2131620
(A K pS)
Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception, Destruction of Bomb-Laden UAV Launched by Terrorist, Iran-Backed Houthi Militia Toward the Kingdom
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2131573
(* A K)
Maps reflecting the military situation in Marib
https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1303384160724230145
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The last road which was connecting Marib and #Sanaa has been cut now due to fighting in Mahyliah southern #Marib, so thousands of travelers would be stuck. This also might affect the supply of domestic gas to northern areas as Houthis escalating militarily along all roads to.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1303077830780166145
In Pics. Hundreds of gas ,commercial and transport trucks heading to Houthi-held northern governorates are stuck in #Marib's Rahaba district due to the Houthi escalation and fighting south and northwest the governorate. New humanitarian crisis looming on the horizon.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1303393132072099840
and also https://twitter.com/AlqadhiYasmin/status/1303770563714912258
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KSrelief Masam Project Dismantles 1,353 Mines, in Yemen
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Masam project for clearing mines, in Yemen, demined 1,353 mines during the first week of September 2020, including 18 antipersonnel mines, 277 anti-tank mines and 1,049 unexploded ordnance.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 183,581 mines, planted by the Houthi militias, have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130935
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Yemen: Ongoing conflict and risks due to lack of fuel (DG ECHO, UN, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 07 September 2020)
Fighting continues at high intensity on the main frontlines, especially in Marib, Bayda and Hodeida. Pro-Houthis advances to Marib were slowed down by heavy airstrike counter offensive and huge losses. Civilians and civilian assets continue to be targeted as frontlines move: 18 civilian casualties across 10 governorates and 1,500 families displaced in Marib alone
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Bokhaiti confirms Houthi military advance towards Marib
Humanitarian calls for cessation of battles near Marib clearly indicate that Houthi forces have made advance and close in on the Yemeni northeastern city, Mohamed al-Bokhaiti tweeted on Sunday.
The group knows how the "deceived newcomers to Marib, particularly those living with their families in the city, are worried," the Houthi official added.
"We tell them: Don't worry. You're our brothers and relatives, and we won't harm you. You know our and Marib people's noble morals," he said, hinting at their alleged advance.
Previously, Yemeni activists have called for halt of violent battles in many fronts near Marib to avoid harm to populated areas and civilians, including tens of thousands of IDPs who fled war in other places in quest of new life opportunity.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19687.html
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33 Houthi militants killed, injured during failed infiltration attempt in Al-Dhale
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Hadi's forces announce ‘major victories’ over Houthis in Yemen
The internationally recognised Yemeni government announced that its forces had pushed back fighters associated with the Houthi group in a number of governorates.
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Yemeni Army Hits Saudi Airport in Retaliatory Drone Attack
The Yemeni army said it has launched a massive drone attack against Abha International Airport in Southern Saudi Arabia.
General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, said the army's drones on Sunday struck military positions and sensitive targets at Abha Airport with high precision.
According to Yemen's Al Masirah TV, the attacks were launched in response to the Saudi-led coalition's increased airstrikes against the Yemeni nation and the continued siege on the country, the army spokesman said.
The attack came one week after a similar drone attack on the same airport, which Riyadh claims was intercepted.
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990617000708
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108215.htm
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14835
https://uprising.today/yemeni-air-force-carries-out-new-drone-strikes-on-saudi-targets/
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/163195/Yemen-hits-Saudi-airport-in-retaliatory-drone-attack
https://www.rt.com/news/500118-saudi-airport-attack-houthi-retaliation/
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Fighting intensified in NE Yemen, killing 28
The ongoing fighting left nearly 18 Houthis and 10 members of the government forces killed with score of injuries among both factions, the source said.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/07/c_139349304.htm
and
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24 killed in clashes in northern Yemen
A [Hadi] government military source said 16 Houthis and eight loyalists were killed in clashes Sunday night
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1730746/middle-east
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#Yemen-i govt forces and tribes have made new progress today eastern al-Jawf's Hazm near the border with #Marib, capturing over 40 Houthis in al-Saba'agh front, a tribal leader said (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1302667187031805955
Majority of Houthi fighters are children and adolescents like these who were captured yesterday by pro govt forces in al-Jawf (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1302771063949058048
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Houthi Group said on Sunday it carried out a massive attack on Saudi Abha international airport, targeting sensitive sites with drones, in response to continued Saudi-led airstrikes against its forces and capabilities.
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1302695720223420420
and
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Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception, Destruction of Bomb-Laden UAV Launched by Terrorist, Iran-Backed Houthi Militia Toward the Kingdom
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130677
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In Sa'adah, a civilian was injured with Saudi missiles and artillery shells on Razih district.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14805
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Saudi-led coalition forces withdraw some military equipment from Marib towards Saudi Arabia. The reason is unknown (photos9
https://english.iswnews.com/15098/latest-updates-on-yemen-5-september-2020/
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Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception and Destruction of a Bomb-Laden (UAV) in Yemeni Airspace Launched by Terrorist, Iran-Backed Houthi Militia
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2130083
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 going on and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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Daily violations
Sep. 8: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14850
Sep. 7: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14833
Sep. 5: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14805
Sep. 4: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14782
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Film: A Houthi shell kills a woman and deprives her of her husband and seven children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuMGx0Ww48
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A 23-year man and a child were killed and two others wounded in #Houthi indiscriminate shelling on a residential area in Hays district, south the port city of #Hodeidah. (photos)
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1303390363038744578
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gWAlD81Ec4
My remark: One man, a child were killed, a man was hurt. This is not the same incident as the following:
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Two children killed in Yemen in Houthi bombardment
Mortar attack targeted residential area in Al Maghal
Two children have been killed and two others injured in a mortar attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The bombardment took place in a residential area in the Haiys district of Hodeidah on Tuesday.
“One of the many mortars fired by the Houthi rebels fell over a house belonging to Majid Amer in the Al Maghal area killing his four-year-old son Abdullah Majid and injuring two of his daughters, Huda Majid, seven, and Jana Majid, five. Meanwhile another child, Mohammed Abdulrahman, age 10, who lives in the same neighborhood, was killed during the Houthi bombardment."
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/two-children-killed-in-yemen-in-houthi-bombardment-1.1074824
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[Hadi] Yemeni gov't pauses Hodeida talks with UN until Gen Guha changed
The Yemeni UN-recognized government on Tuesday announced pausing of any next meetings with the UN Mission to Support the Hodeida Agreement (UNMHA) until its head, General Abhijit Guha who "abides by the Houthi group", is replaced.
The UNMHA is now working to achieve its interests only, a government negotiator at the UN-supervised Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) said in remarks carried by Asharq Al-awsat.
The UNMHA "acts by itself but not within the agreed framework," Gen Khalid al-Kokabani added. Its members "have not observed our demands regarding the murder of Colonel Solaihi in an area the UN is responsible to secure.., as well as their failure to cooperate in relocating the mission's headquarters.
"Its presence inside Hodeida city makes the mission 100% subordinate to Houthi control.
"General Guha and aides don't think as much of helping the task succeed as of obeying and pleasing the Houthis to sustain their jobs and salaries. For the sake of their salaries, they have unfortunately lost the pact and Hodeida.
"We won't hold a meeting with this general before our demands are met," the government negotiator warned. "We've borne over our tolerance, sailing long distances to help meetings succeed, but no corridor has been opened, though the deal came mainly to open humanitarian corridors.
"Unimaginably awful violations persist – not only violations but attempts to occupy new lands – and the UNMHA reports what the Houthis want to say to the envoy.
"Gen Guha absolutely applies their [the Houthi] agenda, so the Yemeni foreign ministry called for his replacement."
On Sunday, the Yemeni official government accused the Houthis of restricting the movement of UNMHA, "whose work is unfeasible to continue under these conditions."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19715.html
and
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[Hadi] Yemeni Govt Links Hodeidah Cooperation to Guha’s Removal
The Yemeni internationally recognized government has officially suspended meetings with the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), saying it will resume attending talks only when the head of the mission is changed.
Retired Lieutenant General Abhijit Guha is the chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and the head of UNMHA. He succeeded Lt. Gen Michael Anker Lollesgaard in 2019.
UNMHA is focused on working to achieve its personal interests, member of the government’s RCC team, Col. Khaled al-Kawkabani, told Asharq Al-Awsat.
“The UN mission in Hodeidah is working for itself and does not work within the agreed framework, and its members did not comply with what we requested regarding the killing of Colonel al-Sulayhi in an area supposedly secured by UNMHA,” al-Kawkabani said.
He also noted that UNMHA did not cooperate with the request to relocate the mission’s headquarters.
My comment: Again the Hadi government tries to blackmail the UN, in case UN officials are not fully biased in it’s favor. – It seems this could be a part of a greater campaign, as the Hadi government seems to try to kill the 2018 Stockholm agreement which had prevented greater fighting at Hudayda:
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Yemeni Speaker: Gov't under pressures to freeze Stockholm deal
Yemeni UN-recognized government is under pressures pushing it towards a decision to halt the UN-brokered Stockholm Agreement signed with the Houthis in December 2018, the Yemeni Parliament speaker tweeted on Tuesday.
There are strong pressures to freeze application of this deal, since the Houthis determinedly choose war and reject peace, Sultan al-Barakani added.
In many occasions, the official government said the pact had yielded no positive impacts, as it has not protected civilians from Houthi shelling or snipers that claimed more innocent lives than the pre-deal casualties.
The Agreement has proven to be a problem but not a solution, as it has provided the Houthis with the cover to keep on their military operations, the Yemeni FM and government spokesman said in different statements.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19717.html
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41866
My comment: It seems that this government not is “under pressure” (from whom?) but itself pressures others.
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[Hadi] Government: UN Hodeidah mission under mercy of Houthis
The internationally recognised government on Monday accused the Houthi Group of restricting the movement and freedom of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement in western Yemen.
The group is undermining the Hodeidah agreement through preventing the mission from doing its job and moving freely in Hodeidah city, and through refusing to remove landmines and to open humanitarian passages, foreign ministry said on Twitter.
The UN mission has been unable to investigate the assassination of a liaison officer from the government's team in the redeployment coordination committee, the ministry said.
The Houthis have refused to investigate the assassination and blew up the monitoring post where the officer was killed to prevent the mission from investigating, it said.
On the other hand, the ministry said that the Houthis breached the ceasefire in Hodeidah 7.378 times in July, killing 14 people and wounding 83 others, including 3 civilians.
They are using Hodeidah to launch attacks with remotely controlled boats and drones and to mobilise fighters for battles in Jawf and Marib provinces, it added.
From their side, the Houthis accused the pro-government joint forces of breaching the ceasefire more than 3.000 times in August.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19692.html
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US-Saudi aggression warplanes launch 6 raids on Hodeidah
The US-Saudi aggression warplanes have launched six raids on the city of Hodeidah.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107957.htm
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Woman injured in aggression forces' artillery shell in Hodeidah
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3107975.htm
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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Film: 'Each photo a story': The Yemeni archivist bringing his country's history to life
Yemeni archivist Fahd Al-Durafi has spent 12 years documenting his country’s rich heritage and culture through photographs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8MEcGIG5g
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Photo: Living above the clouds in Haraz, Yemen
https://twitter.com/its_yemen/status/1302155538810142720
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New genetic group of arabica coffee discovered in Yemen
After several years of research into Yemen’s coffee genetics, Qima Coffee in partnership with Dr Christophe Montagnon from RD2 Vision has announced the discovery of an entirely new genetic group of arabica coffee in Yemen.
As part of Qima Coffee’s R&D programme, the company undertook an unprecedented and ambitious project to investigate and map out Yemen’s genetic coffee landscape, driven by Yemen’s historic role in shaping the spread of arabica coffee.
https://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/25356/new-genetic-group-of-arabica-coffee-discovered-in-yemen/
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-677-yemen-war-mosaic-677
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-677 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-677:
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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