Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 679, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 679, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-679-yemen-war-mosaic-679
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms Trade
cp13b Mercenaries / Söldner
cp13c Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13d 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
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.
(A P)
STC separatist militants kidnapped the owner of a new tourist restaurant in Aden today
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41993
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UAE brought foreigners, telecom equipment to Socotra: Yemeni minister
The United Arab Emirates has unofficially brought advanced telecom equipment and foreign elements to the Yemeni southern island of Socotra without coordination with the Yemeni government, official minister for fisheries tweeted on Sunday.
"It's verified that foreigners with different nationalities arrived in Socotra archipelago last August," Fahd Kafaien added. "They entered without obtaining official visas or undergoing normal procedures under law.
"Advanced telecom and other equipment were among the cargo recently brought by the Emirati vessel to Socotra.
"It's concerning and unacceptable to suspend the application of visas [issuance] and other procedures applicable at airports for arrivals in Socotra.
"The government looks forward to enhanced work and coordination with Saudi Arabia to control Socotra's crossings by help of the 808 Duty Force and enable the State's officials to perform their work in the airport and seaport in accordance with regulations and law, for the sake of Socotra security," the Yemeni minister said.
It was agreed with Saudis to end the abnormal situation in Socotra.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19832.html
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Dozens Demonstrate in Aden City Rejecting Normalization with Zionist Entity
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14921
(A P)
Twenty eight Yemeni MPs have demanded the President and the government to return home from exile. Source: Multiple media outlets.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41938
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Protesters condemn abductions in Socotra
Several men held a sit-in in Socotra demanding an end the separatists’ coup and the return of the legitimate authority to the Island.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41934
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Terrorist fighters arrived to support Brotherhood in Abyan
Suspicious movements of the pro-government Muslim Brotherhood's militias (Islah Party) have been detected by the southern army on the fronts of Abyan governorate on Saturday, said a military official.
The spokesman for the Abyan axis, Captain Muhammad al-Naqib revealed that the Brotherhood's militias brought in new batches of al-Qaeda and Daesh militants to their positions in the central sector.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26072
My remark: As claimed by the separatist militia.
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STC agreed to UAE-Israeli base on Socotra under UAE pressure, report
The southern transitional council has come under pressure by Abu Dhabi to agree to the establishment of a UAE-Israeli spy base on Yemen's Socotra archipelago, a US news website has reported.
The arrival of a UAE-Israeli military delegation in Socotra in August angered leaders of the council, including senior leader Salim Abdullah Al-Socotri who officially condemned the visit of the Israeli officers, the Intelligence website said.
Late last month, the South Front Website quoted Arab and French sources as saying that the UAE and Israel were planning to build intelligence facilities in Socotra, the largest island in the archipelago.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19806.html
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Opinion – Civil War’s Splinters Indicate a Fractured Future for Yemen
This is the third time since the signing of the Riyadh Agreement in November 2019, the STC has reneged from cooperating to implement the provisions of the Agreement framed to mend the crack in the Saudi-led coalition forces.
Over time, as a result of unaligned interests and unkept promises, the STC and President Hadi’s government forces found themselves locking horns, fighting a “civil war within a civil war”. Through the months, the STC took control of Aden, rising the tensions between the government forces and the predominantly-UAE-backed STC.
Anti-Emirati sentiment running in the Yemen government ranks might probably lead UAE to be intransigent about including those officials in the new government that is to be formed under the Agreement’s guidelines. Moreover, the Agreement calls for Saudi Arabia’s overwhelming presence in UAE-strongholds in southern Yemen.
The implementation of the Riyadh Agreement has been Saudi Arabia’s top agenda in Yemen as it lies in its best interests to unify the two major anti-Houthi camps to solidify the Saudi-led coalition.
Qatar has seemingly been funding the Al Islah Party, a close affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood, that has its considerably destructive presence in the Shabwa governorate. The militiamen supported by the Al Islah Party were instrumental in sowing seeds of confrontation between the STC and government forces in the southern provinces of Yemen. Qatar’s largesse has made the Al Islah party wield influence enough to cause instability.
The success of the proceedings of the Riyadh Agreement will mostly depend on the conviction of the local parties to resolve the civil war in Yemen by eliminating destructive agents. At the same time, it also depends on whether Saudi Arabia and UAE will be able to work on their difference and meet each other half the way, the probability of which seems to be currently dicey. The fog that presents a vague picture of the Saudi-led coalition forces is likely to further complicate Yemen’s geopolitical disposition. Adding to the civil war and its splinters, the revival of the Islamic State and AQAP, compounded by natural disasters such as floods will push Yemen deep into the mare’s nest.
https://www.e-ir.info/2020/09/12/opinion-civil-wars-splinters-indicate-a-fractured-future-for-yemen/
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Yemen will not normalize ties with Israel without Palestinian state
Yemen’s foreign minister said his country will not normalize relations with Israel until the Palestinians get their own sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital, as envisaged under the Saudi-proposed Arab Peace Initiative.
Yemen “will always stand by” the Palestinian people “until they achieve their inalienable rights,”
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1733556/middle-east
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STC kidnaps Socotra officials opposed to UAE, Israel occupation
Militia affiliated to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have kidnapped three Yemeni officials opposed to the UAE, Israel presence on the island of Socotra, according to reports.
Local news source, the Socotra Post, disclosed the names of at least ten officials who had been arbitrarily detained following a campaign to repress anti-occupation activists.
The Post also reported that Muhammad Abdullah, the media secretary to the official governor of Socotra, saying that he was pursued by STC militia in an attempt to arrest him. He explained in a post on Facebook that he had escaped being detained following the STC’s crackdown on activists on the island.
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STC forces give Saudis 3-day time limit for salary payment
The Southern Transitional Council's (STC's) forces on Thursday gave Saudi Arabia a 3-day time limit to pay their 6-month due salaries, threatening of escalation steps including closure of Yemeni north-south borders.
The Emirati-backed STC's support and Security Belt forces will take escalation steps in the next 72 hours if salaries of their personnel are kept unpaid, the forces added in a statement.
At a meeting, STC's forces senior commanders discussed the "crisis of unpaid salaries, parties behind nonpayment, and persistent failed attempts to make personnel kneel by sopping their living source," the statement read.
The separatist forces threatened to close borders between southern and northern governorates and to deny arrivals access to Aden.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19791.html
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The Yemeni Parliament has addressed a letter to the Prime Minister to inquire why the country’s biggest industrial project, a liquefied natural gas plant, in the eastern province of Shabwah is closed for years and not operated to help generate desperately needed revenues for Yemen? In this respect, the governor of Shabwa has called on the UAE forces occupying the facility to evacuate and allow Yemen to use the resource.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41897
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The Yemeni Parliament has addressed a letter to the government to inquire on what the government has done to end the UAE violation of the Yemeni sovereignty in Socotra and restore the archipelago back from the UAE affiliated militias
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41897
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STC gunmen on Wednesday assassinated Khaled Mamoon, one of the members of the Popular Resistance Force that fought back the Houthi invaders in Aden in 2015. Mamoon had just been released from three year arbitrary detention in the UAE-run jails in the city.
The STC militia continue to seize the salaries of Taiz pensioners they intercepted in the road early this week.
The STC militias continue to round up northern Yemenis in Aden and deport them northward. Source: Multiple websites.
The STC militia arrested three social dignities in Socotra archipelago Thursday on account of their participation in last week’s demonstrations in support of the government and rejection of the occupation of Socotra by the UAE.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41897
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STC force accuse Gov't forces of military escalation in Abyan
Clashes between the government and STC forces have renewed in Yemen's southern province of Abyan amid a fragile ceasefire.
Spokesperson for the STC fourth military command and Abyan warfront, Mohammed Al-Naqib, on Thursday accused the government forces of breaching the ceasefire and escalating hostile actions.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19762.html
and
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STC, Houthis harass Yemeni gov't troops in Marib and Abyan
Fierce artillery shelling is persistently exchanged by the Yemeni official army and the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces in the southern governorate of Abyan.
A government army officer and a soldier were killed and others injured on Thursday, local sources in Abyan said, following STC artillery shelling on sites held by the official troops in Shoqra.
"Battles have not paused since last night until Thursday noon," the sources told Debriefer, despite the fragile truce declared early last month.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19769.html
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Medical workers protest over Islah's arbitrary campaigns
Medical and health workers staged a protest in front of the local authority office in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa on Thursday, over the arbitrary campaigns conducted by the pro-legitimacy terrorist Brotherhoods militias against medical and paramedical staff.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26051
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New reports state Israeli naval forces sighted on Yemeni island
Report also claims UAE occupation forces attempt to rename island in Socotra archipelago
The Saudi-led aggression coalition against Yemen has recently moved to change the name of a Yemeni island in aerial maps.
Aerial images of Google Maps showed that the UAE occupation changed the name of the Island of Abd al Kuri, located within the Socotra archipelago, to “Kilmia”.
According to information published by the Yemeni Press Agency in mid-August, the UAE has established a joint operations room with the Israeli navy underground in the camp, which was recently created in the area of Ras Qatinan, southwest of Socotra, towards the islands of Samaha and Abd al Kuri, and the Horn of Africa.
It noted Israeli Navy has been able to install multi-tasking systems for modern surveillance systems and radars,on small-scale spy submarines, similar to drones, which will be used for the first time outside the waters of the Zionist entity.
https://uprising.today/new-reports-state-israeli-naval-forces-sighted-on-yemeni-island/
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Saudi forces set up new military posts on Yemen border with Oman
Saudi forces have set up new military posts at the Shahin crossing on the border with Oman, chairman of the peaceful demonstration committee in the district of Shahin in Yemen's eastern province of Mahrah said on Thursday.
The posts have been set up by the Saudi occupation forces and Saudi-backed militias with instructions and political cover from deputy Mahrah governor for technical affairs, Salim Al-Aboudi, Hamid bin Zabanout wrote on Twitter. "The sons of Shahin and Mahrah will not stay silent. We have no option but to face such provocative actions," he said.
Shahin is one of only two land crossings open in Yemen at the moment.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19761.html
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Two Provisions Left Before Implementing ‘Riyadh Agreement’
Anees al-Shurfi, member of the Yemeni Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) Negotiations Affairs Unit, confirmed that the STC is holding numerous talks with Saudi representatives, with the latest meeting joining the Unit’s head with Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber.
Al-Shurfi said that the meeting discussed a host of topics that relate to Yemen’s national interests in addition to the mechanism to accelerate the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement.
In a phone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, al-Shurfi clarified that there are six terms stipulated by the accelerating mechanism, four of which have been fulfilled.
The two unfulfilled terms are the formation of a government and moving military units and equipment from Abyan to other battlefronts.
Al-Shurfi reaffirmed that as soon as the two remaining items are fulfilled, the two sides, the Yemeni government and the STC, will move to establish the remaining terms of the Riyadh Agreement.
He added that the accelerating mechanism focus on applying the terms in Aden and Abyan and that the rest of the Riyadh Agreement covers other governorates such as Shabwah, Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah.
Al-Shurfi deemed government formation as the greatest challenge facing the mechanism.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26050
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
(A P)
Twenty countries press for political solution in Yemen: Houthi FM
Some twenty countries press for a political solution in Yemen to end Yemeni people's suffering and lift blockade, the Houthi foreign minister said Sunday.
The foreign ministry's consulate department is perfectly in contact with Yemeni consulates abroad, Hisham Sharaf added in briefing to the Houthi house of representatives.
FM Sharaf did not name the 20 countries that he said pressing for a political solution for Yemen's crisis.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19853.html
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Yemeni govt expected to meet Houthis in Switzerland
Delegations from the Yemeni internationally-recognized government and Houthi group will meet soon in Switzerland to discuss arrangements for political inclusive solution in the war-torn country, diplomatic sources said Sunday.
The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has headed to Riyadh to meet with the official government's representatives and discuss the latest draft of ceasefire joint declaration and the start of political talks, Asharq al-Awsat quoted sources with close knowledge of Yemen's issue as saying.
Asking anonymity, the sources talked about progress in Griffiths' efforts in bridging the gap between the Yemeni rivals, as the UN envoy "wants to solve all the disputes before the latest draft is declared."
"A meeting between the two parties at experts level will be held soon in Switzerland to discuss many arrangements," the sources added, without further details on the meeting.
"The two parties say they want a ceasefire and to start inclusive political talks, and have some ideas for the economic and humanitarian measures," according to the sources.
The draft joint declaration focuses on how to reach a nationwide ceasefire in Yemen, to agree on economic and humanitarian measures, and resume the peace process.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19829.html
but
(A P)
Houthis deny reports about resumption of Yemen peace talks
Member of the Houthi negotiation team, Abdulmalik Al-Ajri, on Tuesday denied reports that peace talks between the Houthi group and the internationally recognised government would be held in Switzerland in the coming period.
"There is no progress on the peace process, cessation of hostilities or humanitarian arrangements. Only talks on exchanging prisoners are expected to be held in Switzerland," he said in a press release.
He accused the government and a Saudi-led coalition supporting it of rejecting political consultations and proposals for a comprehensive political solution that have been put forward by the UN envoy Martin Griffiths.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19851.html
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Separation new leverage as Saudis seek to subjugate Yemen government
The latest appearance of president of the southern transitional council, Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, in the Saudi capital Riyadh has raised questions about the message Saudis wanted to send to Yemen's internationally recognised president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
At a meeting with members of the southern communities in a number of Gulf states, Al-Zubaidi appeared surrounded by Saudi bodyguards and the flags of the former south Yemen republic and Saudi Arabia behind him.
The UAE-backed STC is calling for separating south Yemen from the north, taking advantage of a six-year civil war between the internationally recognised government and the Houthi Group and the Houthi takeover of the north.
The meeting was his first official activity since he arrived in Riyadh two months ago.
And it was the first time Saudi Arabia allowed raising the south flag by an official of the council, in a self-contradictory position towards the national unity of Yemen.
Observers argued the move was a serious escalation reflecting the size of the Saudi-UAE pressure on president Hadi and his government to make more concessions and accept the formation of a new government before implementing the military and security part in the Riyadh Agreement.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19835.html
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Situation in Yemen needs no more international silence, Al-Barakani says
Speaker of [Hadi gov.] Parliament Sultan Al-Barakani on Sunday said Yemen's internationally recognised government is supporting all UN efforts aimed at reaching a real vision of lasting peace and ending the suffering of the people and bloodshed in Yemen.
At a meeting with the UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, Al-Barakani called on the United Nations to take a strict position towards Houthi arrogance and military escalation that are threatening and undermining available peace chances.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19833.html
and also https://republicanyemen.net/archives/25433
My comment: Blaming the ebnemy is just repeating the old game and is no way to peace.
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Yemen President [Hadi] advisor tells Griffiths dialogue needed to resume
There is an urgent need to resume Yemeni dialogue preceded by cessation of violence and observed ceasefire to save lives, advisor to the Yemeni President said Saturday.
Ceasefire should be nationwide, Ahmed Obaid Bin Daghr added at meeting with the UN special envoy for Yemen. "It's illogic to cease fire in Hodeida while fighting persists in Marib. This seems to be in contrast with the logic of peace."
At their meeting in Riyadh, Bin Daghr and Martin Griffiths discuss Yemen's peace process
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19822.html
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[from 2018] Yemen Conflict Analyzing the Requirement of a Potential Solution
https://www.academia.edu/36631966/Yemen_Conflict_Analyzing_the_Requirement_of_a_Potential_Solution
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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IAEA in wide-ranging talks with Saudi Arabia on tougher nuclear checks
The U.N. nuclear watchdog is in wide-ranging talks with Saudi Arabia about tougher supervision of the kingdom’s nuclear activities, the agency said on Monday, part of a wider effort to eliminate a “weakness” in the global inspections regime.
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Saudi Presidency of State Security Forces Storm Awamiya in Al-Qatif with Armored Vehicles
Saudi Local sources said that the “Presidency of State Security” forces stormed, on Friday, the town of Awamiya in Al-Qatif with armored vehicles.
On Thursday, the same forces stormed the “Al-Amara neighborhood” in the north of Al-Awamiya, and arrested a citizen -Muhannad Abu Fur- after storming his home, according to “Activist Qatifi” on “Twitter”.
The violations of the "Presidency of State Security" against the people of Al-Qatif come as part of the continued targeting against the peaceful movement calling for reforms in the government system that started in 2011.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14922 = https://vistabuzz.com/the-saudi-system-targets-awamiya-for-the-second-day-in-a-row/
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'Living hell': Ethiopians detained in Saudi call for help
Using a smuggled-in mobile phone, a detained Ethiopian migrant pleaded for help as he described harrowing conditions in a Saudi detention centre -- overcrowded and disease-ridden cells, food scarcity and rising suicides.
Campaigners have called on Saudi Arabia to investigate allegations of the abusive and unsanitary conditions confronting migrants after some began talking to activists and international media using contraband cell phones.
"It's a living hell," a 23-year-old Ethiopian migrant told AFP from a detention centre in southern Jizan province along the Yemen border.
Images published recently by Human Rights Watch showed shirtless and scrawny men huddled together in windowless cells.
Although the exact numbers of detainees is unknown, the pictures triggered global shock, shining a rare spotlight on tightly guarded Saudi detention centres that have long remained out of public view.
Last week, Saudi officials launched a crackdown to seize the cellphones in a bid to prevent further leaks. And visiting Ethiopian diplomats warned detainees to stop speaking out, three migrants locked up in two facilities in the kingdom told AFP.
Held for more than five months, the impoverished migrants who originally escaped Ethiopia for a better life in Saudi Arabia are scraping by with barely enough food and water, the three said.
Clogged toilets are overflowing, and many migrants have developed skin infections and other diseases.
"There's no medical care in prison and they don't go out," Ethiopian activist Lema Zelalem Birhane told AFP, speaking from Addis Ababa.
"People have been staying in that prison for more than five months, they didn't see any sunlight for five months."
https://news.yahoo.com/living-hell-ethiopians-detained-saudi-105153125.html
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Saudi Arabia: How Yemen War Weighs on South’s Economy
In the Kingdom’s Southern regions, signs and statues bearing the mark of “Vision 2030” are everywhere, but local developments still bear the imprimatur of earlier state spending during the 2003-2014 commodities boom under the late King Abdullah. On the face of it, recent policy changes hold economic and even civic promise for the country’s Southern regions. However, these changes have yet to translate into concrete economic gains that can offset the retrenchment in state spending that sustained the Kingdom’s peripheral economies in the past.
Accounting for around 17% of the Saudi population, the three Southern regions of ‘Asir, Najran and Jazan cover a wide range of terrain: from Saudi Arabia’s highest mountains (Jebel Al Soudah, 3,133m) to its largest islands (Farasan Islands) to around half of the Kingdom’s rain-fed agriculture (50,000 hectares).[2] While the majority of Saudi citizens are Sunni Muslims, anywhere from a sizeable minority to an outright majority of residents in Najran are Isma‘ili Shia Muslims, many of whom have faced periodic discrimination in access to government jobs and services.[3]
Generally, though, these areas have not faced active discrimination so mush as neglect from state authorities and development schemes. While the Saudi state expanded basic services across the Kingdom over the course of the first oil boom (1973-1986), peripheral development often depended on local officials’ connections to the royal family and personal interest in governing effectively.
At first glance, the Vision 2030 reforms would seem to offer new opportunities for the Southern regions through tourism, as government officials have sought to encourage both visits from foreign tourists and domestic vacations by Saudi citizens. Where the Southern regions were once marginalized in national narratives that emphasized the tribal culture of the central Najd region or a uniform Islamic identity, images from the green Al Soudah mountains of ‘Asir as well to the crystal-blue waters of the Farasan Islands (off the coast of Jazan) easily lent themselves to colorful imaginary for a “new” Saudi Arabia on display in promotional images for Saudi tourism advertisements.[7] These areas also received considerable attention as a potential sites for state and foreign investment into tourism mega-projects.
A redoubled emphasis on incorporating new forms of “authentic” Saudi heritage into a national narrative has also brought considerable official attention to local offerings, such as the long-running yet small-scale coffee industry in Jazan’s mountainous areas, along the border with Yemen.[8] While patronizing or demeaning depictions of Southerners in Saudi television dramas continue to draw occasional complaints, these have been criticized more forcefully in the public sphere. The present Governor of the ‘Asir region, Prince Turki bin Talal, issued an official rebuke this past April to broadcaster MBC over a television show that depicted the region as mired in factional fighting and drug trafficking.
https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/saudi-arabia-how-yemen-war-weighs-souths-economy-27325
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a
(A P)
Ask your Senators to support Senator Gillibrand’s lifesaving call to restore aid?
Senator Gillibrand wrote a letter to Secretary Pompeo and acting administrator Barsa about restoring $73 million in life saving aid to Yemen. This comes at a critical time. A hospital in Hajjah, Yemen just closed due to fuel shortages. The region is battling coronavirus, dengue fever, cholera, polio, and malaria. How is Yemen supposed to fight these diseases without functioning hospitals?
The more senators that sign onto this letter, the better! Yemen needs aid, not bombs and blockade.
https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=9673
(A K P)
Photos: Royal #Saudi Air Force 29th Sqn F-15SAs fly in formation with #US Air Force F-15s and KC-135 Stratotanker over the Kingdom during a large formation exercise, Sept. 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/1305596261106581504
My comment: Killer complicity.
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'I saved his a--': Trump boasted that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Jamal Khashoggi's brutal murder, Woodward's new book says
President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018.
"I saved his ass," Trump had said amid the US outcry over Khashoggi's killing, according to Bob Woodward's new book. "I was able to get Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop."
The president told Woodward he didn't believe that MBS ordered Khashoggi's murder, though the US and other foreign intelligence services concluded that he did order the attack.
After Khashoggi's murder, Trump bypassed Congress to sell roughly $8 billion in arms to the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates. He vetoed a trio of resolutions blocking the sale, as well as a resolution to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-woodward-i-saved-his-ass-mbs-khashoggi-rage-2020-9?r=DE&IR=T
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The United States in a World Without Friends
If the aspirational ideology of US foreign policy in the 20th century was “speak softly and carry a big stick,” the reality of the Trump administration has been “mock endlessly and tweet in all caps.” That approach may win a domestic election (though hopefully not two), but only serves to undermine the very international order the US helped to create in the wake of World War II, and which has benefited the US ever since.
Perhaps nowhere is this more obvious than at the UN Security Council, where the US is casting about for participants in its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. On August 14, the United States put forward a resolution that sought to indefinitely extend a conventional arms embargo on Iran that is set to expire on October 18.
What this means is that the US is about to attempt something that will have serious and potentially long-term implications for the authority of the UN Security Council as well as for the ability of the United States to shape and lead the world.
As with so much of foreign policy under the Trump administration, the US is attempting to have it both ways. It wants to be both out of the JCPOA – which Trump frequently calls that “terrible Obama plan” – and it wants to use aspects of JCPOA as part of its “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran.
In order to accomplish the two, the US is making a shaky legal argument that it is both not a participant of the JCPOA for the purposes of the agreement itself but, simultaneously, a participant of the JCPOA for the purposes of UN Security Resolution 2231
And this is where the Trump administration’s behavior will come back to haunt both it and future US administrations.
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/11546
(A P)
The U.S. Embassy to Yemen thanks all 204 applicants for their submissions to the Humphrey Fellowship for Yemen this year. We have been in touch with the finalists and wish them the best of luck as the process moves forward (photos)
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyYemen/status/1304094533043408897
My comment: How the US creates “influencers” and US-affiliated elites around the world, people who will push forward US interests and US regime change attempts in their home countries: https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/.
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
(A P)
Iran summons German envoy over tweet on executed wrestler
https://apnews.com/a67f856b5be0f4810ae83d5bc5744bd6
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UN atomic watchdog: Hopeful of greater trust with Iran
The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency told board members on Monday he is hopeful Iran’s decision to let inspectors in to two disputed sites could lead to greater trust with Tehran.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in late August secured an agreement with Iran to inspect the two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material and possibly having conducted nuclear-related activities.
https://apnews.com/1a83c5ad1d1b40a289eebeeae043df0d
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Officials: Iran weighs plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa
The Islamic Republic is still looking to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, officials said.
The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
News of the plot comes as Iran continues to seek ways to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, the officials said. If carried out, it could dramatically ratchet up already serious tensions between the U.S. and Iran and create enormous pressure on Trump to strike back — possibly in the middle of a tense election season.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/13/iran-south-africa-ambassador-assassination-plot-413831
My comment: “US officials say” normally is a sign of state-spread propaganda.
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Iran military drone chases away intruding US spy plane, combat drones during naval drills
Iran’s military says it has intercepted three US aircraft that had intruded into the country’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in violation of rules that regulate large-scale naval exercises.
In a statement on Friday, the military said the aircraft, including P-8 Poseidon and MQ-9 and RQ-4 drones, were intercepted by a domestically-manufactured Karrar turbojet-powered drone.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/09/11/633872/Iran-Army-intruding-aircraft
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US spends $100bn on ICBMs while opposing Iran’s defensive missiles: Zarif
Iran’s foreign minister has blasted the US for its “hypocritical” opposition to Tehran’s peaceful nuclear energy and defensive missile programs while spending 100 billion dollars on developing new nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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US, Israel building a ring of fire around Iran: Former American diplomat
The real issue is to ring Iran with a group of hostile Arab States under the flag of Israel, with United States and Saudi Arabia support. Certainly the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council, set up by the Saudis back, I think, in the 1980s, comprises some of the most repressive, repulsive and medieval governments in the world. And they oppress their own people. They object to any kind of democracy. They object to giving any kind of aid and comfort to their Shia populations. And they all detest and despise Iran and will do anything to harm Iran. And Trump and Israel are working hard to present a United Front against Iran throughout the Arabian Peninsula. You've got American bases, of course, in Kuwait, and in Bahrain - the home of the Fifth Fleet, which has no business being in the Persian Gulf. So, I think you're going to see American bases or Arab bases all along the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, and they're all going to be aimed at Iran. Certainly, at Al Udeid Air Base, there's some 10,000 American servicemen and it has runways long enough for the largest American bombers like the antiquated B52. So the whole purpose, then , is to ring Iran with fire, either American fire or Israeli and Arab fire. I can't see how any Arab states can do this but then these are not Arab states. They're statelets. They are leftover from the British occupation of the region in the 19th century, and they are basically lines drawn on the map rather than real countries. Prior to discovering oil, the primary basis for their economies was pearl diving.
So, I think that you're forging alliances with countries that are divorced from their own people – by J. Michael Springman.
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXdHYIRtdc
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Iran begins expansive annual war games amid tensions with US
Iran’s military Thursday began an expansive annual three-day exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported, with the maneuvers taking place amid heightened tensions between the Islamic Republic and the U.S.
https://apnews.com/fc65f9a2ec68eca73dc92ca4c9421cfe
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[from 2017] Saudi Arabia – Iran's Foreign Policy Crisis: A Case Study of Execution of Saudi Shia Cleric Shaikh Nimr al-Nimr
Saudi Arabia and Iran have been in conflict since the Iran revolution in 1979. Three factors shape their relationship: 1) Sunni-Shia disagreement, 2) the rivalry to be the regional power in the Middle East, and 3) the politics in the OPEC. The execution of Saudi's Shia cleric, Shaikh Nimr al-Nimr, is a continuing phenomenon of the protracted conflict between the two countries. The study found that the root cause of their foreign policy crisis is their rivalries for hegemonic ambition in the Middle East and a quest for leadership in the Muslim world. The sectarian divide between Sunni and Shia plays the most important role to ignite the hatred throughout the region. The impact of the execution was tense, whereby Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States cut diplomatic ties with Iran as a response to the burning of Saudi's diplomatic places by a group of Iranians. However, the tendency toward a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is unlikely because the highest-level of policymakers of the two countries are rational. They fully realize that if they waged war against each other, the result would be a catastrophe, not only in the region but to the entire world.
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Philip Hammond sent letter in final days as Chancellor to Saudi minister who later hired him
Mr Hammond is a paid adviser to finance minister Mohammed Al Jadaan on matters relating to Saudi Arabia's presidency of the G20
As Chancellor he was better known for a penchant for spreadsheets than for his charm. But in his final days at the Treasury, Philip Hammond took the time to pen a flattering letter to the Saudi minister to whom he has since taken up a role as a paid adviser
Document: https://twitter.com/edwardmalnick/status/1305406794320228352
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Abdulsalam Criticizes Interference of British Ambassador in Yemen’s Affairs
“The British ambassador, as usual, issues directives and draws up policies on an independent country called the Republic of Yemen, unaware that the mercenaries and traitors that he meets do not even represent themselves, as they follow the money and sell the country, its capabilities and bounties,” Abdulsalam said in a statement on Thursday.
He stressed that the Yemeni people do not accept tutelage and blatant interference in their affairs from any party, considering the US-British squawking an explicit expression of the failure of aggression and siege.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14871
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-19764.html
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Jan van Aken: Deutschland darf im Jemen-Krieg kein Verbündeter Saudi-Arabiens und der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate sein
Der erfahrene deutsche Politiker Jan van Aken erneuerte seine Ablehnung des Krieges gegen den Jemen durch die VAE und die KSA. Er forderte die deutsche Regierung auf, wegen des Krieges gegen den Jemen nicht mit Saudi-Arabien zusammenzuarbeiten.
Als Antwort auf die arabischen Gemeinschaftsorganisationen und Experten in Deutschland forderte Aken auch die deutsche Regierung auf, den Waffenhandel mit diesen Ländern einzustellen. Er wiederholte auch die Position seiner Partei Die Linke, die sich dem Krieg gegen den Jemen widersetzt.
Er antwortete auf einige Fragen der arabischen Gemeinschaft in Deutschland.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
Siehe / Look at cp1 (Israel)
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Trump’s Mideast deals tout ‘peace’ where there was never war
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a U.S. president will host a signing ceremony between Israelis and Arabs at the White House, billing it as an “historic breakthrough” in a region long known for its stubborn conflicts.
But while the optics of Tuesday’s event will evoke the groundbreaking agreements that ended decades of war between Israel and neighboring Egypt and Jordan, and that launched the peace process with the Palestinians, the reality is quite different.
The United Arab Emirates will establish diplomatic relations with Israel, a fellow U.S. ally it has never gone to war with, formalizing ties that go back several years. The agreement cements an informal alliance against Iran and could pave the way for the UAE to acquire advanced U.S. weapons, while leaving the far more contentious Israeli-Palestinian conflict as intractable as ever.
https://apnews.com/c87ca011c2cd4321d587e9684dfb84e1
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Egypt Affirms its Support for Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen's Actions Regarding Houthi Terrorist Militia's Practices
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133285
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Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognize Israel
Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Jewish state’s relative isolation in the Middle East and find common ground with nations that share U.S. wariness of Iran.
https://apnews.com/e21e371f1b406b209f93df5973d1fa46
Joint Statement of the United States, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the State of Israel: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1304464848831631361
and as a reminder: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/25/nine-years-after-bahrains-uprising-its-human-rights-crisis-has-only-worsened
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Will UAE-Israel deal draw Tel Aviv into Yemen's war?
In Yemen, key political factions in the country's conflict remain deeply divided over the sensitive issue. The internationally recognised government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and backed by Saudi Arabia opposed the deal, repeating that they will continue to support the Palestinian cause.
However, members of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) - Hadi's nominal allies but fierce political rivals from the south - praised the deal, while their common arch enemies from the north, the Houthis, denounced the agreement.
Despite mixed reactions, Susanne Dahlgren, a scholar at the Middle East Institute and lecturer at Finland-based Tampere University, told The New Arab that "Yemenis, in general, stand alongside the Palestinians and take the news with a critical attitude."
Houthi anger
This is especially true for the Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthi movement, who many believe will try to garner additional support at home as well as abroad for opposing the deal.
Yossi Melman, an Israeli writer and intelligence and strategic affairs correspondent for the Haaretz newspaper, told The New Arab that the long-range missiles which might be installed by Iran in Yemen are of concern to Israel, but it doesn't seem an imminent threat.
While a direct military conflict between Israel and the Houthis is not a plausible scenario, both parties have made it clear that they would not hesitate to respond to hostile moves taken by the other side.
According to Melman, Israel is not involved in the civil war in Yemen nor has any intentions to be part of it. Israel only monitors the events there because the area has geostrategic importance for Israeli national and security interests, especially maritime interests and the Horn of Africa.
However, Israel certainly has motives to play a proactive role in the region, including in Yemen, and to secure safe passage of its ships to and from its only Red Sea port of Eilat through the Bab Al-Mandab Strait and minimise the foothold of pro-Iranian elements in the region.
Aden welcomes the deal
Much friendlier tones came from the southern capital of Aden. Unlike Yemen's government and the Houthi movement, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council has made several positive comments regarding the normalisation agreement.
But the extent to which Israel may support the STC remains unclear. While it is likely that Israel will from now on support its new UAE allies over some regional issues, it would be premature to conclude that Tel Aviv would back every single move by Abu Dhabi, including their policy in Yemen.
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Iran dementiert Waffenlieferungen nach Jemen
Damit reagierte Teheran auf den jüngsten Bericht des UNO-Menschenrechtsrats, der den Iran neben Saudi-Arabien auf der Liste der Waffenlieferanten an Jemen aufführte.
Said Khatibzadeh, Sprecher des Außenministeriums der Islamischen Republik Iran, teilte am Donnerstagabend dazu mit, der Bericht des UN-Menschenrechtsrates ignoriere die zentrale Rolle und nachhaltige Unterstützung der Islamischen Republik Iran bei der politischen Lösung der jemenitischen Krise.
https://parstoday.com/de/news/iran-i53583-iran_dementiert_waffenlieferungen_nach_jemen
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Iran reacts to Human Rights Council report on Yemen situation
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh reacted to a report by the United Nations Human Rights Council on situation in Yemen and said putting Iran’s name along with the providers of weapons for the Saudi Coalition is an absolutely incorrect act.
Though Iran has been named only once in the report, it neglects Iran’s pivotal role and unconditional help to politically solve the crisis in Yemen, Khatibzadeh said on Thursday evening.
https://en.irna.ir/news/84034667/Iran-reacts-to-Human-Rights-Council-report-on-Yemen-situation
and also https://ifpnews.com/iran-denies-uns-claim-about-transferring-arms-to-yemen
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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Pompeo says Trump administration eager for end to Gulf rift
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the three-year rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved.
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[from 2014]: Wahhabism vs. Wahhabism: Qatar's Challenge to Saudi Arabia
https://www.academia.edu/7620585/Wahhabism_vs_Wahhabism_Qatars_Challenge_to_Saudi_Arabia
cp12b Sudan
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Sudan floods kill over 100, threaten archaeological site
Flash floods in Sudan have killed more than 100 people this summer and inundated over 100,000 houses, threatening even a famous archaeological site near the capital of Khartoum and compounding the country’s already dire economic situation, officials said.
https://apnews.com/e121a5ce0151ff4989fea73bd19b837b
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Chinesische Drohnen für Separatisten im Jemen
Aus einem Dossier des ehemaligen Geheimdienstlers Jason G. (Pseudonym) geht nun hervor, dass ein führendes Mitglied dieser Separatisten von den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten Geld erhält. Und gleichzeitig paktiert er heimlich direkt mit ihrem Kontrahenten Katar. Das ermöglicht es dieser speziellen Gruppe, über Tarnfirmen hochentwickelte chinesische Drohnen zu kaufen, die weiter fliegen und mehr Bombenlast tragen können.
https://www.diepresse.com/5865435/chinesische-drohnen-fur-separatisten-im-jemen = https://www.msn.com/de-at/news/other/chinesische-drohnen-f%C3%BCr-separatisten-im-jemen/ar-BB18TWYc
Mein Kommentar: Von diesem Jason G. war schon die Rede, er scheint kein besonders glaubwürdiger Zeuge zu sein.
cp13b Mercenaries / Söldner
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On Facebook, #Aden’s Adel al-Hasani says several hundred #Yemeni mercenaries have been sent to E #Libya by the #UAE via #Assab What makes these allegations noteworthy is the fact that Hasani is a pro-Hadi, pro-KSA unionist Salafi voice. He is neither pro-Houthi nor pro-Islah.
https://twitter.com/JMJalel_H/status/1303735618023952387
cp13c Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
Siehe / Look at cp1
cp13d Wirtschaft / Economy
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Yemen turns to solar in adversity
As its oil sector remains effectively paralysed by conflict, Yemenis are exploiting renewables out of necessity
But with just 40pc pre-war electricity connectivity, and oil and gas production decimated in the fighting, Yemenis have had little choice but to turn to solar PV.
The conflict saw oil production drop from around 150,000bl/d in 2014 to 42,000bl/d in 2015 and to just 18-20,000bl/d 12 months later, according to Yemeni data. Flows were largely restricted to the Marib-Jawf concession and fields operated by state-owned PetroMasila.
The drop in domestic hydrocarbon availability has had one surprisingly positive result—a notable shift towards solar PV that has the potential to generate the reliable connectivity that the country has previously sorely missed.
“The shift towards renewable energy in Yemen since the beginning of the conflict in 2015 has been remarkable,” says Alia Eshaq, managing partner at MEA-focused consultancy Mashora Group.
The war turned already dire electricity coverage into an even more severe shortage. “The main source of power was gas from [the] Marib [field]. After 2015, major governorates with millions of inhabitants, including the capital, were completely cut off from the grid,” says Eshaq.
“Residents therefore naturally shifted towards solar energy,” she continues. While it is difficult to obtain accurate data on the ground given the situation, “estimates have suggested that the growth in the use of solar energy is around 2,500pc”. “It only takes a walk around the streets of Sanaa to realise that almost every household has installed solar panels,” Eshaq notes.
The country also has significant potential for wind and geothermal energy, and building these out could provide decentralised generation, numerous job opportunities and stimulus for economic development. But Eshaq warns that any shift could be reversed if and when oil and gas production resumes post-conflict.
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Yemen: 2000 days of war. The economy collapsed, not the coup d’état
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Yemen’s central city of Taiz on Saturday to condemn “an insane” collapse of the national currency and rise of prices
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41937
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Islah Party responsible for currency depreciation, Houthis say
The Houthi supreme economic committee has warned of further depreciation of the Yemeni currency in regions run by the internationally recognised government.
The Islah Party is fully responsible for the fall of the rial through pumping large amounts of newly printed banknotes to finance wars against its foes, the committee said.
"The party has pumped 200 billion Yemeni rials of new banknotes in the market. The money arrived in Mukallah and was held by the UAE forces. Days ago, it was given to the party through the Saudi ambassador and agreement with the UAE forces," a source at the committee said in a statement carried by the Houthi-run Saba news agency.
One US dollar is now buying 1.000 Yemeni rials because of what the party has done, the source said, accusing Islah of using inflation as a tool in wars against its foes and planning to print more illegal banknotes.
What is happening in southern and southeastern regions confirms that the decision of the Sanaa-based salvation government to prevent the circulation of the new banknotes was completely right, the source continue
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19785.html
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Yemen Economic Bulletin: Widening Exchange Rate Disparity Between New and Old Banknotes
Exchange rate divergence between Sana’a and Aden reached a record high by the end of August, with a Yemeni rial worth 33 percent less in Aden than in Sana’a. The rial was trading at YR805 per US$1 in the Aden parallel exchange market, compared to YR605 per US$1 in Sana’a.
The difference in value of the rial between government- and Houthi-controlled areas is a consequence of the split in the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) into rival institutions in Sana’a and Aden affiliated with the warring parties, leading to fractured monetary policy. The divergence started to widen following the Houthi authorities’ decision in December 2019 to ban the use in areas they control of newer rial banknotes issued by CBY-Aden. In July and August, the rial depreciated around 7 percent in Aden relative to the Sana’a exchange rate, which has remained stable at around YR600 per US dollar since the beginning of the year.
The limited supply of old banknotes in Houthi-controlled territories compared to the large size of economic activity, along with the Houthi authorities adopting strict measures to enforce a fixed exchange-rate system through the suspension of foreign-exchange trade in areas they control, have contributed to the stabilization of the rial’s value in northern Yemen.
In areas outside of Houthi control, the government’s general lack of revenues has led it to regularly print new banknotes in order to meet expenses, with this expansionary monetary policy being one of the key drivers of the Yemeni rial’s devaluation. By the end of 2019, the total rial liquidity in circulation in the country was estimated at YR3.4 trillion, meaning that CBY-Aden had printed YR1.7 trillion worth of new banknotes since its relocation decree in September 2016.
Yemen’s fractured monetary policy and dual rial banknote systems has negatively affected market sentiment and confidence in using the domestic currency in financial transfers across the country’s frontlines. In order to avoid the value fluctuations between new and old rials, exchange outlets and money transfer networks have taken to pricing their transfers in an intermediated foreign currency, generally the Saudi riyal or US dollar.
Financial service providers, including commercial banks, have reacted by charging 30 percent or more as a processing fee for cash transfers from areas held by the anti-Houthi coalition to Houthi-held areas.
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/11562
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) published a report in its “Inspire” magazine on September 13 on the aftermath of 9/11. It remarked that the US has been a “loser” since the 9/11 attacks, citing the growth of the Salafi-jihadi movement following US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. AQAP urged supporters to carry out “lone-wolf” attacks on US interests. The group previously urged attacks on staff members of the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, on September 10 for republishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.[i]
and also https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1305500026723078144
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Audio: Who were al-Qa’ida "really" in Yemen?
Who exactly is the “enemy” in “war”, particularly when they are a terrorist group?
What happens if what you see is a bit messy?
Sarah G. Phillips spent time in qat chews in Yemen and what she was hearing about al-Qa’ida was quite different to what the foreign policy experts were saying in Washington, London and Canberra.
In this interview, she discusses how recognising the “messy” brought her clarity — and more.
https://www.clearspotclub.com/war/2020/9/13/alqaidainyemen
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US judge: Saudi royals must answer questions in 9/11 lawsuit
Two members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family will have to answer questions about the Sept. 11 attacks in what lawyers for victims call a turning point in a long-running lawsuit, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in a written ruling unsealed late Thursday ordered Saudi Arabia to make the royals — and other Saudi witnesses, including current and former government official — available for depositions.
It was unclear how and when the witnesses will be deposed, but the decision means “we can start uncovering what they know,” plaintiff’s attorney Jim Kreindler said Friday.
The members of the royal family include Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who is a former intelligence chief in Saudi Arabia and was the kingdom’s U.S. ambassador from 1983 to 2005, court papers said.
https://apnews.com/ac77fbfb343c5133019153eb864a820d
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a statement on September 10 urging its supporters to attack staff members of the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, for republishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The cartoons had triggered an attack supported by AQAP on the magazine’s office in the French capital, Paris, in January 2015. A French court began a trial for 14 people accused of involvement in the attack in early September.[i]
and
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Exceptionally savage response from #AQAP in #Yemen to #CharlieHebo republishing Muhammad #cartoons. Tells #France it's "top of the target list". Urges all Muslims to take revenge. "Let France be eliminated completely" in suicide ops. (Also mentions Dutch, Swedish, Danish targets)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1304162999289163777
cp15 Propaganda
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Shatara: STC's openness will have positive impact on the South
Member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), Vice-President of the National Assembly for Control and Inspection, Mr. Lufti Shatara confirmed in a tweet on Monday that the confidence being built by the president of the STC, Aidroos al-Zubaidi with the Saudi leadership along with the STC's openness to the politically influential countries in the world will have gradually (important) implications for the South.
Shatara concluded his tweet by saying that "the lies of Yemen's legitimacy have come to an end."
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26085
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US State Dep., Sec. Pompeo: International Day of Democracy
In recognition of the International Day of Democracy on September 15, we reaffirm the right of every citizen to take part in the processes of democratic self-governance. Democracies are accountable to their citizens. They respect the Rule of Law, protect lives and property, and respect the freedoms, dignity, and equality of every person.
Democracy remains the aspiration of people all over the world because each of us yearns to be free. From the time we are children, we instinctively assert our ability to self-govern, to make decisions that shape our lives. As citizens, we understand that we must be free to engage others in debates over the wisdom of the decisions of leaders to whom we entrust the power to protect our lives, our property, and our freedoms. And, as human beings, we know we cannot go it alone. Democracies are inclusive communities of individuals who are free to work together to accomplish goals they have freely chosen, and they flourish because freedom unlocks the talents and creativity of all.
Because of freedom of expression and the equality of all persons before the law, citizens of democratic societies are able to confront public health problems together. Individuals in democratic nations demand access to information so that they can protect themselves and others. And societies that embrace equality before the law live out that belief by taking active steps to promote the full participation and protection of all people.
Democratic governance is far from perfect, but it certainly beats the alternatives. Democratic societies respect human rights and are more peaceful, prosperous, and secure. We stand with people everywhere who seek to live freely, safely, and with dignity under democratic governments.
https://www.state.gov/international-day-of-democracy-3/
My comment: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
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UAE Condemns Continued Houthi Targeting of Civilian Installation in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strongly condemned the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia's launching of missiles and drones at civilian and economic installation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Yemeni cities.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133694
and also http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302869937
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Houthi militia deprives locals of healthcare in Sana’a
Healthcare sources based in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, which is overrun by coup militia, revealed that Houthis have deprived locals from primary and secondary healthcare.
Sources added that the Iran-backed Houthi militia loots state assets and employ them to their war effort.
The Houthi rebels have marginalized and banished cadres and employees who do not believe in their adopted Khomeinist ideals. Those expelled were replaced by Houthi followers from Sa’ada.
The replacements were found to be devoted to looting properties of citizens and merchants, unrightfully imposing royalties and taxes and shuttering projects and companies that refuse to donate to the militia’s war effort.
Houthi rebels, according to sources, worked to collapse the health system, staging armed attacks against hospitals, where they seized medical equipment and drugs.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/01/13/houthi-militia-deprives-locals-of-healthcare-in-sanaa/
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Houthi militias transform civilian lands to cemeteries
Iran-backed Houthi militias are creating dozens of graveyards designated for the dozens killed in the battle waged against the internationally-recognized government and state institutions in Yemen. Most these cemeteries are marked land plots in coup-held areas.
Local sources in the capital Sana’a, Ibb, Dhamar, Amran, Mahweet and Sa’ada, speaking under the condition of anonymity, revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthi militias have recently created scores of new graves in these governorates due to the increasing number of deaths caused in clashes with the national army.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2019/11/16/houthi-militias-transform-civilian-lands-to-cemeteries/
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Tehran tested US mettle over the Aramco attacks
The Houthi-claimed attack demonstrated how far Iran can go in responding to pressure from the Trump administration
The missile and drone attack on Saudi oil production on September 14 last year left Iran sensing it had received a return on the investment it had made in Yemen’s Houthis.
Jordanian professor Hasan Al Momani told The National that the Abqaiq-Khurais attack demonstrated Iran’s lack of interest in a solution to the conflict in Yemen because it “would neutralise an important Iranian card that makes Iran a difficult player to respond to”.
“Iran’s influence stems from its sub-agents, whether in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq or Yemen. They give Iran ambiguity,” said Mr Momani, who teaches International Studies at the University of Jordan.
“Any settlement in any of these countries would rob Iran of its cards. It is only interested in a settlement advantageous to its proxies,” he said.
A report by UN officials monitoring sanctions on Yemen said in January that the Houthis did not carry out the attack on the Saudi oil plants. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also told the Security Council that some of the weapons used in the attack were of Iranian origin.
But the United Nations did not, as Washington and Riyadh did, blame the attack on Tehran.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/tehran-tested-us-mettle-over-the-aramco-attacks-1.1077204
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#Cartoon depicting how #Houthis send their fighters to die in the frontlines of #Marib.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1304901126052085761
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[Hadi] Yemeni government requests international support to face Iranian, Houthi terror
Yemen's internationally recognised government has requested international support its fateful battle against Iranian terrorism and threats to the international maritime navigation in the Red Sea.
Information minister, Muammar Al-Eryani, said late on Friday: "The anniversary of the 9/11 attack comes this year as a reminder to the world about the dangers of inaction over the Iranian threat which is represented by extremist ideologies and terrorist groups and the importance of unifying counterterrorism efforts and protecting international peace and security".
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19801.html
My comment: 9/11 and “Iranian terror”: This really is propaganda BS.
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Houthi Aggression Drives Thousands of Yemenis Out of their Homes
Houthi militia violence in Yemen’s Marib, Jawf, and Hodeidah governorates has driven thousands of civilians out of their homes, local and international reports revealed.
Yemenis, over the course of years, have been forced to flee to areas where they can find shelter and security.
Other than creating an internal displacement catastrophe in the war-torn country, Houthis also did not spare refugees from their attacks.
A human rights source based in Sanaa, speaking under the conditions of anonymity, said that crimes committed by the militias and their military escalation on several battlefronts have aggravated Yemen’s displacement crisis.
My comment: Yes, the Houthis did. But if emphasized by a Saudi source, this is propaganda.
(A P)
U.S. strongly condemns Houthi militia's attempts to target civilians in Saudi Arabia
The United States strongly condemned the Houthi militia’s attempts to target civilians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom John Abizaid said, " We call again on the international community to extend the Iranian arms embargo in order to stop the flow of weapons to the Houthis and to stop these egregious Houthi attacks against the Yemeni people and Yemen’s neighbors.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132445
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-19792.html
(A P)
Iran fuels humanitarian crisis in Yemen, says [Hadi gov.] foreign minister
The internationally recognized government of Yemen has once again accused Iran of undermining security in Yemen and other countries by supplying arms and funds to its allied militias.
Speaking at a virtual Arab League session on Wednesday, Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hadrami said the Iranian regime poses a grave threat to stability and security in the Arab world and that the Iran-backed Houthi militia fuels his country’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
“Iran has caused great harm to Yemen and the region, as it uses the wealth of its people to arm and finance a militia outside its territory to blatantly interfere in the internal affairs of Arab countries,” the Yemeni minister said
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1732646/middle-east
(A P)
More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133589
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133583
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/15-million-beneficiaries-saudi-water-project-aden-yemen
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133156 and http://en.adenpress.news/news/26079
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133136
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132861
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132842
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132815
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132775
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302869194
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132641
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132569
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132555
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132548
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132543
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132356 and http://en.adenpress.news/news/26052
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132340
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132289
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
(* A K pH)
Six civilians killed, wounded in Saudi-led aggression warplane raid on Marib
Four civilians, including two African immigrants, were killed in a Saudi-led aggression warplane raid on Mahliyah district in Marib province.
Two others were injured when the US-Saudi aggression coalition warplane waged the raid on a truck on a main road in the district, a security official said to Saba on Sunday.
The aggression coalition warplanes have destroyed a number of bridges in Rahba road, a petrol station and shops in Mahliyah district, the official said.
Ahmed Taleb Saleh al-Talebi, 45, Ahmed Taleb Ahmed al-Talebi, 14, and two African immigrants whose identities are unknown have been martyred by the aggression coalition airstrike in Marib
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3109000.htm
The official confirmed that four civilians have been killed, including two African immigrants in the aggression coalition warplane' raid on a petroleum station, trade shops, and a truck stopped nearby on the main road in Mahliyah district in Marib province.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3109002.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14931
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990624000361
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19859.html
(A K pH)
#Mareb The aviation of the American-Saudi aggression targets a locomotive loaded with gas under the transport of Najd, which is collected between the departments of # Rahba and # Al-Jawba, and the martyrdom of its driver and a number of citizens traveling on the road. Two thousand days of aggression (photo)
https://twitter.com/yahiasham/status/1305501073642319874
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPHtw13_-VA
(A K pH)
Saudi-led aggression coalition warplanes launch ten raids on Capital, Sanaa
A security official said to Saba that the aggression coalition's warplanes targeted the facility of Hygiene fund project in Attan area and launched a raid on Sanaa International Airport in the capital Sanaa.
The official stated that the enemy warplanes launched five raids on Raymat Humaid area in Sanhan district in Sanaa province and two raids on al-Samma area in Arhab district in the same province.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3109003.htm
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6wNmJeCXs
Photos: Sanaa, photos of the hangars of the central workshop in the cleansing project of the capital in the southern 60th, as a result of yesterday's air raid and the exit of dozens of fires for removing garbage from service permanently, in addition to offices and departments of labor and electricity. 14/9/2020
https://www.facebook.com/SaudiArabia.war.crimes.against.Yemen/posts/2386815194947794
and
(A K)
Again Saudi jets hovering now over the sky of the capital Sana'a. It is 1:54 AM #Yemen Time. It is the third night of terrifying our children, women and souls.
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1305279066258518020
Powerful Saudi-led airstrikes are shocking Yemen's capital Sanaa for a third successive day. Saudi-led coalition which has failed to restore internationally recognized Gov't in six years wants to tell us that more air strikes in most densely populated city can make a difference!
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1305217789641318404
(A K pH)
Two workers wounded in US-Saudi aggression airstrikes on Sanaa
Two workers were injured in the US-Saudi aggression warplanes' raids on Arhab district in Sanaa province, a security official said to Saba on Sunday.
The official added that the aggression warplanes launched four raids on al-Samma' area in Arhab district, two of which targeted a poultry farm hangar in Bait al-Dhib area, injuring two workers in the farm.
He indicated that the warplanes launched three raids on Hazyaz area in Sanhan district in Sanaa.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108883.htm
(A K pH)
Aggression coalition warplanes wage 11 airstrikes on Capital
The US-Saudi aggression coalition warplanes waged 11 raids on the Capital Sanaa, a security official said on Sunday.
A security official added that the aggression warplanes launched five raids in the vicinity of Sanaa International Airport, and three raids on al-Arouq neighborhood in Bani al-Harith district.
He stated that the enemy warplanes hit al-Seyanah camp in al-Nahda neighborhood in al-Thawra district.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108890.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14919
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19826.html
and
(A K)
Saudi led coalition air strikes hit the capital Sanaa with 9 sorties in less than 35 minutes. It seems an ugly night for us tonight.
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1304920610951385090
The capital Sana'a is raining rackets now firing by Saudi led coalition air strikes. Massive explosions are being heard everywhere as Saudi jets continue firing over the sky of the capital Sana'a.
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1304910272881143814
A second night of A wave of #Saudi #UAE coalition strikes on the #Yemen-i Capital #Sanaa Dozen of strikes hit areas in Maintenance camp in Alhasabah district central Sanaa and Sanaa airport Several strikes targeted the surrounding areas of the city
Film: https://twitter.com/HussainBukhaiti/status/1304924480595259392
(A K)
Arabische Koalition im Jemen greift Militäreinrichtungen von Huthi-Rebellen in Sanaa an
Die saudisch geführte Koalition im Jemen hat am frühen Samstagmorgen Luftangriffe auf zwei Standorte in der Hauptstadt Sanaa geflogen, die von der Huthi-Bewegung kontrolliert wird. Dies berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters unter Verweis auf einen Sprecher der von der Koalition unterstützten jemenitischen Streitkräfte sowie auf Anwohner.
Die Koalition unternahm demnach neun Luftangriffe auf ein militärisches Ingenieurcamp und das Hauptquartier des nationalen Sicherheitsapparats.
Laut dem Sprecher der jemenitischen Armee in Hodeidah, Waddah Al-Debeish, hatte die Koalition ein Treffen hochrangiger Huthi-Anführer im Lager ins Visier genommen.
(A K)
Saudi coalition in Yemen launches air strikes in Sanaa: coalition-backed Yemeni forces, residents
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched air strikes early on Saturday on two sites in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthi movement, residents and a spokesman for the coalition-backed Yemeni forces told Reuters.
The coalition launched nine air strikes on a military engineering camp and the headquarters of the national security apparatus, they said.
The spokesman for the coalition-backed Yemeni forces in Hodeidah, Waddah Al-Debeish, said the coalition had targeted a meeting of high-level Houthi leaders at the camp.
There was no immediate official confirmation from the Saudi-led coalition.
Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said six strikes were aimed at a military engineering camp on Saturday.
Films: https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1304578719663693830
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1304600233586962437
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1304593915916488711
Photos: https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1304582665014833154
And
(A K pH)
US-Saudi aggression warplanes wage six raids on Capital
The US-Saudi aggression coalition warplanes on Saturday launched six raids on Shoub district in the capital Sanaa, a security source said to Saba.
The official added the aggression coalition warplanes targeted the Military Engineering Department in the district of Sa'awan. No casualties have been reported so far.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108740.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14904
(A K pS)
Arab Coalition targets Houthi centers in Yemen used to build drones, missiles
Arab Coalition forces carried out airstrikes at dawn Saturday, targeting Houthi militia centers near the Yemeni capital used to manufacture ballistic missiles and drones, eyewitnesses said.
Fighter jets from the coalition launched several missiles at a military center in Sawan’s outskirts, east of Sanaa.
Al Arabiya reported that the strikes targeted and hit centers where the Iran-backed Houthi militia builds and puts together ballistic missiles and drones to target Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
and
(A K)
The capital Sana'a is under heavy bombardment by Saudi led coalition now. Massive explosions are being heard loudly in many places within the capital.
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1304566138504966150
(A K pH)
Citizen killed in coalition airstrike on Marib
The official said that the strike hit a civilian car in al-Rahbah district, killing the citizens and injuring his father.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108680.htm
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DArL5hPg-0
(A K pS)
Coalition bombs Houthi militia in Nihm
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/10/coalition-bombs-houthi-militia-in-nihm/
(A K pH)
the aggression targeted a truck of foodstuffs, last Tuesday, by ai air raid in Mahliya district in Marib, killing and injuring a number of citizens.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14888
(A K pH)
More Saudi coalition air raids:
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108998.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14930 Several prov., Sanaa
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108868.htm Saada p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108865.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108877.htm / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14913 Several prov.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14884 4 prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108563.htm / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14864 4 prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108561.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
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)
The tribes of Murad in Marib have signed “an Honor Charter” makes any treasons or facilitation of Houthi militant advances a crime penalized by death.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41993
(A K pS)
The manager of the military hospital in #Marib governorate: most of the attacks launched by the #Houthi group are targeted at civilians, including women and children.
https://twitter.com/BelqeesRights/status/1305523700423364614
(A K pH)
Two citizens killed by Saudi missiles in Sa’adah
Two citizens were killed, Monday, by Saudi missiles that targeted the border areas in Yemen's Sa'adah Governorate.
Almasirah correspondent reported that Saudi missile and artillery shelling targeted Shida border district.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14935 = https://en.abna24.com/news//two-yemeni-citizens-killed-by-saudi-missiles-in-sa%e2%80%99adah_1070682.html
(A K pS)
KSrelief Masam Project Dismantles 1,500 Mines in Yemen
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Masam project for clearing mines, in Yemen, demined 1,500 mines during the second week of September 2020, including 11 antipersonnel mines, 234 anti-tank mines, 1,233 unexploded ordnance 22 explosive devices.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 185,081 mines planted by the Houthi militias have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2133497
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1734686/saudi-arabia
(A K)
[Hadi gov.] Yemeni Military Officers Killed in Clashes With Houthi Rebels in Marib, Source Says
(A K pS)
[Hadi gov.] Army spokesman calls on UN to condemn Houthi ballistic missile attacks on cities
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41964
(A K pH)
In Sa’adah, a citizen was wounded by by Saudi border guards in Ar-Raqou area of Munabbih district
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14910
(B K pS)
Yemen: Houthi Landmines continue to harvest lives of civilians
Landmines and explosive devices planted by Iran-backed Houthi militia along the six past years have killed hundreds of innocent civilians in several Yemeni Governorates.
The militia have laid more than one million and half of landmines of various disguised shapes and size on main roads, populated areas, schools and agricultural farms across the country.
Just in the last two months, more than 25 civilians killed and 23 other were injured or maimed, including women and children.
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/12/yemen-houthi-landmines-continue-to-harvest-lives-of-civilians/
(A K pS)
Scores of civilians injured as several Houthi ballistic missiles hit Marib city this Saturday evening. Source of the story: Multiple media outlets.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41938
(A K pS)
MASAM destroys 1155 landmines, UXOs, explosive devices
KSrelief Demining Project in Yemen "MASAM" reported to have destroyed 1155 of landmines, Unexploded ordinances (UXO) and explosive devices in the western coast of Yemen. It is the 80th operation of its kind in Yemen and 28th one in the western coast to be carried out by MASAM.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26069
(A K pS)
[Hadi gov.] Yemeni official army says 35 Houthis killed in Nihm
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19811.html
and by Hadi army website: http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/12/35-houthi-militants-killed-including-top-leaders/
(A K)
Al Houthi militants launched a ballistic missile targeting Ma’rib city, the capital of Ma’rib governorate, on September 12. The attack injured seven civilians. A spokesman for the Yemeni Army said that the military intercepted two al Houthi explosive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched toward Ma’rib on the same day. Al Houthi militants launched a ballistic missile and explosive UAVs toward Saudi Arabia on September 10.[iv]
(A K pS)
[Hadi gov.] Yemeni army takes control of Houthi command center in Al-Jawf
Army reports casualties suffered by Houthi militias during operation in northern Al-Jawf province
The Yemeni army announced Saturday it took control of the Houthi command center in the northern province of Al-Jawf.
Army units took control of command and communication centers in the Nudud front, according to a report published on the military website, September Net.
It said casualties were suffered by Houthi militias during the operation and armored military vehicles were destroyed.
The operation continues on the Nudud front and efforts to clear the region of Iran-backed Houthi militias is also ongoing.
and also https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132749
(A K pH)
Another Citizen Killed by US-Saudi Aggression Bombing of Sa’adah Governorate
A citizen was killed by Saudi border guards fire Friday in Sa'adah Governorate, hours after killing a citizen and wounding two others.
Almasirah Net correspondent reported that the citizen was killed in Munabih border district.
A citizen was killed and two others were wounded earlier by Saudi missile shelling in Shida border district, in the same governorate.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14890
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14888
(A K)
[Hadi] Yemeni gov't troops retake Houthi-held areas in Jawf
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19766.html
and by Hadi gov. army news site: http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/10/army-advances-in-al-jawf-shells-militias-sites-in-sanaa-and-al-dhale/
http://en.26sepnews.net/2020/09/10/dozens-of-houthi-militants-killed-and-wounded-southwest-of-marib/
(A K pH)
Jemen startet Drohnen- und Raketenangriffe gegen saudische Hauptstadt
Der Sprecher des Brigadegenerals der jemenitischen Streitkräfte, Yahya Sarea, sagte am Donnerstag zu der Operation, dass im Inland entwickelte Zolfaqar-Raketen und vier Samad-3-Drohnen eingesetzt wurden, um die saudische Hauptstadt zu treffen, berichtete das jemenitische al-Masirah-Fernsehen.
Er sagte, die jemenitischen Streitkräfte - angeführt von der Houthi-Ansarullah-Bewegung - würden ihre Vergeltungsmaßnahmen gegen sensible und strategische Ziele auf saudischem Boden fortsetzen, solange Riad und seine Verbündeten ihren Feldzug und die Belagerung des Jemen nicht beenden.
and
(A K pH)
Yemeni Army hits capital of Saudi enemy
The Yemeni Air Force on Thursday targeted the capital of the Saudi enemy, Riyadh, armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari'e told Saba.
The spokesman Sari'e added that the Yemeni air force drones and missile force carried out a joint military operation targeting an important targets in the capital of the Saudi enemy.
He indicated that the military operation was carried out with a Thi-al-Fiqar ballistic missile and four Samad-3 drones by the Yemeni army and popular committees.
The spokesman indicated that this targeting came in retaliation to the continuous escalation by the Saudi enemy and its continuous siege on Yemen.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3108570.htm
and https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14874
and
(A K pS)
Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception, destruction of a number of ballistic missiles and bomb-laden UAVs launched by terrorist, Iran-backed Houthi militia toward the Kingdom to target civilians and civilia
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2132302
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4 Yemen tribes sign no aggression deal with Houthis in Marib
Four major Yemeni tribes in the city of Marib, northeast of the capital Sanaa, signed an agreement with Houthi military leaders in Sanaa on Saturday, to spare their areas from fighting while talks continue with other tribes in the region to sign similar deals, Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.
Until recently, the region’s tribes have supported the Saudi-led coalition which backs the internationally recognised Yemeni government.
According to reports from Yemen, with the new development, the Houthis will be able to control the city of Marib, after they seized ten of the governorate’s 14 directorates.
but
(A K pS)
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
Major General Mufereh Bahaibah, a prominent tribal and military leader from Murad tribe, is leading the battles now against #Houthis southern #Marib. He lost 4 sons while fighting them over the last few years.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1304132833007595521
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.
(A K P)
[Hadi] Government hints at withdrawal from Stockholm agreement amid Houthi escalation
The Yemeni government on Tuesday hinted at withdrawing from the Stockholm agreement which it signed with the Houthi group in Sweden in late 2018.
Foreign minister, Mohammed Al-Hadhrami, said the government will not continue to be committed to the agreement if the Houthis continue to prevent the UN mission in Hodeidah province from doing its job and exploit the agreement for military escalation.
The UN mission supporting the Hodeidah agreement is unable to do its job because of Houthi restrictions, he said, adding that the mission can't move freely and has not achieved anything since its mandate was extended.
On the other hand, Al-Hadhrami called on the international community to put an end to continued violations of the group which is taking advantage of a UN-backed ceasefire to mobilise fighters including children and send them to death in Marib and Jawf provinces.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19848.html
My comment: it seems whether the hadi government threatens to open a new frontline at Hodeidah.
(A K pH)
Injuring Civilian with Artillery Shells, Hodeidah
A civilian was injured, on Saturday, with an artillery shelling of the US-Saudi forces in Ad-durayhimi district.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14909
(A K P)
MPs call on [Hadi] Gov't to withdraw from Stockholm Agreement with Houthis
A group of members of Parliament has called on the internationally recognised president and government to withdraw from the Stockholm Agreement with the Houthi Group and to come back to Yemen to continue the battle against the group.
The agreement was signed at the end of UN-sponsored talks in Sweden in December 2018.
The government is facing mounting pressure to withdraw from it as officials say it has become useless and turned into a cover for Houthi escalation.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-19787.html
(A K P)
[Hadi] Gov’t threatens end of Hodeida ceasefire agreement amidst Houthis’ attack on Marib
The government of Yemen affirmed on Thursday that will not allow the Houthis’ use of the ceasefire agreement on Hodeida for military mobilization in other fighting fronts particularly Marib.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Al-Hadhrami pronounced this during a meeting with ambassador of Belgium to Yemen.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-41894
(A K pH)
Daily violations
Sep. 13: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14930
Sep. 12: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14910
Sep. 11: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14900
Sep. 10: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14882
Sep. 9: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=14864
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
(B H)
As war rages, Yemeni girls find strength in kickboxing
At the center of Yemen’s capital Sanaa, a city battered by years of war and months of pandemic, a row of young girls in red, white and black white uniforms pummel punching bags and practice self defense
(B H)
FAO: Gefahr der Heuschreckenplage noch nicht gebannt
Besonders besorgt ist Burgeon um den Jemen: Wegen des Konflikts sei die Bekämpfung der Insekten dort sehr schwer. "Und Heuschrecken, die sich dort entwickeln, können sich zum Horn von Afrika und nach Südwest-Asien ausbreiten."
Seit Ende letzten Jahres fallen Millionen von Wüstenheuschrecken über ganze Landstriche her und zerstören Äcker und Weiden.
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Beautiful photos of Shahek Dam in Sana'a. #Yemen. Taken by @alialsonidar
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1304121939670298626
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Photos: Living on the edge | Kahil, Haraz : village above the clouds.
https://twitter.com/its_yemen/status/1304799639510675456
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-678-yemen-war-mosaic-678
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-678 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-678:
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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