Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 682, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 682, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-682-yemen-war-mosaic-682
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 Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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(Kein Stern / No star)
? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
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Yemen - UN General Assembly, High level side-event (DG ECHO, Sweden) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 September)
On 23 September, on the margins of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic and Swedish Minister for International Cooperation Peter Eriksson co-hosted a virtual High-level event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.
The ministerial level event convened Member States, the UN and INGOs. Participants reinstated calls to all parties to the conflict to abide by their obligations under International Humanitarian Law, most notably facilitating unhindered humanitarian access to populations in need and allowing sufficient imports of food and basic commodities into the country.
Recognizing the root causes of the degrading humanitarian crisis in Yemen, representatives urged all parties to agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities as a first step towards a political solution to the conflict. In the meantime measures to stabilize the economy are urgently required to reduce the rampant food insecurity.
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The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: Averting an Outbreak of Famine
[Norwegian] Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide's statement at a high-level virtual side event at the UN General Assembly.
https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/yemen_famine/id2765705/
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Houthi fighters to be tried in Yemen court
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi and 174 of his affiliates will today be tried in absentia for toppling former Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, among other crimes.
Ahead of today’s trial, the defendants have been accused of killing civilians, violating Yemen’s arms embargo and disrupting the UN-brokered peace talks.
Although these allegations against the Houthis are true, the officially recognised government and its Saudi allies are guilty of similar crimes. The Saudi coalition is responsible for bombing medical facilities and schools and providing jihadi groups with US-manufactured weapons.
Thus, today’s trial appears an attempt by the Yemeni government to create a distraction from the country’s dire health emergency and crippling economy. The verdict of this trial—certain to declare the Houthi rebels guilty of their crimes—is unlikely to alter the political trajectory of the protracted conflict.
https://foreignbrief.com/daily-news/houthi-fighters-to-be-tried-in-yemen-court/
and
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Film: The Criminal Court Holds Its Third Session To Try The Accused In The Coup Case.
The Special Criminal Court held its third session today in the temporary capital of Aden, southern Yemen, to try 32 people who are accused in the case of the coup against the constitutional institutions in Case No. 165 of serious crimes. The court approved a directive to solve the problem of lawyers suspending their work, and assigned a defense committee to defend the defendants who fled from justice. The court decided to postpone the session to October 15th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN06ByrxtIU
My comment: Another “trial” against Houthi leadership in absentia. There is another such “trial” at marib. And the Houthis staged an equal show against the Hadi government and its military.
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Name of former defence minister removed from prisoner swap lists, secretary says
Secretary of former defence minister, Maj. Sharaf Al-Subaihi, on Friday called on the Yemeni government to provide clarification over leaks that the name of the minister has been removed from the lists of prisoners to be swapped with the Houthi group.
Minister Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi was captured in the area of Al-Anad in Lahj province in March 2015 during battles over south Yemen following the Houthi takeover.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20093.html
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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The Saudis’ Heads Are in the Clouds of Peace, Their Feet in the Yemeni Mud
The crown prince is interested in a normalization with Israel and his father likes the Arab Peace Initiative, but the war in Yemen and threats to Prince Mohammed at home are keeping them busy
Don’t hold your breath for a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia. Both Arab and Western pundits attribute the delay to a dispute between King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (paywalled)
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Saudi dissidents form pro-democracy political group
A group of Saudi dissidents, most of them in exile, on Wednesday announced the formation of a party to push for political reform in Saudi Arabia in defiance of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has moved to crush any dissent.
The National Assembly Party (NAAS) declaration called for an elected parliament and constitutional safeguards to ensure separation of the legislative, judicial and executive branches.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-politics-dissidents-idUSKCN26E2ZI
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King: Houthis launch 700 missiles, drones into Saudi Arabia
Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday revealed that the Houthi group has targeted Saudi cities and regions with more than 300 missiles and 400 explosive drones in the past period.
The attacks which bore the hallmarks of Iran represented a flagrant violation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, especially the resolutions 2216 and 2231, he said in a speech to the 75th session of the UN general assembly
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20063.html
My comment: Compared to about 20,000 Saudi air raids this is … almost nothing (3.5 %).
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In U.N. debut, Saudi king calls for comprehensive solution on Iran
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday called for a comprehensive solution on Iran and disarming its affiliate Hezbollah in Lebanon, and expressed support for U.S. efforts to start talks between Israel and the Palestinians during his first address to the United Nations General Assembly.
and
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Iran Dismisses S. Arabia's Allegations as Blame Game
Iran rejected allegations raised by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz against the country, saying that the Saudis are engaged in a blame game to divert attentions from their crimes against civilians in Yemen.
The Saudis are engaging in such a blame game to “escape responsibility for their own war crimes against Yemeni women and children”, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Wednesday.
“The continuous military and political defeats in Yemen have sent Saudi Arabia into a state of delirium.”
https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990703000512
and also https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452876/Foreign-Ministry-Riyadh-has-become-delirious
and
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Saudi king’s rare address to UN showcases monarch in charge
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman made a rare address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, using the moment to highlight the foundational notions of his regime — his steadfast commitment to the Palestinians, his stature as custodian of Islam’s holiest sites and his assertion that Iran is responsible for much of the region’s instability.
The prerecorded speech to world leaders suggested that the 84-year-old king, who delivers only a handful of public remarks each year, retains oversight of high-level policies despite the immense powers amassed by his son, the crown prince.
“We in the kingdom, due to our position in the Muslim world, bear a special and historic responsibility to protect our tolerant Islamic faith from attempts by terrorist organizations and extremist groups to pervert it,” Salman said.
He emphasized at the top of his speech that he was speaking from “the birthplace of Islam, the home of its revelation” — a reference to the Muslim belief that the word of God was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad some 1,400 years ago in the mountainous caves of Mecca.
Those words carry political undertones as well. Saudi rivals Turkey and Iran also profess to champion Muslim causes worldwide as part of a broader struggle for leadership of Muslims globally.
https://apnews.com/60a47fc7d252cbf807f43d18be930156
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a
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U.S. launches new terrorism review of Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen (subscribers only)
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It’s Time for Congress to Put an End to U.S. Complicity in the Saudi-Led War on Yemen
With the spotlight back on Yemen, it’s critical that Congress use this opportunity to reassert its constitutional war authority and end U.S. complicity in Yemen’s humanitarian tragedy. FCNL applauded the passage of a War Powers Resolution last year, which directed the president to end U.S. participation in the war. But although this vote was historic, President Trump’s veto and Congress’s failure to override means more must be done.
The Constitution is clear. Congress has the sole power to make decisions over war and peace. By forcing more votes to end U.S. participation and weapons sales for the war in Yemen, lawmakers can both end our involvement in this brutal war and reclaim their constitutional powers. The time for Congress to act
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Senator Chris Murphy asks if anything has been done about the UAE transferring U.S. weapons to “very dangerous Salafist militias” in Yemen. Undersecetary of State David Hale says the UAE understands that “it is jeopardizing our ability to meet their legitimate security needs"
https://twitter.com/matthew_petti/status/1309135447621357568
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Senator Todd Young, film: Today I had the opportunity to question leaders from the @StateDept on the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen and how the Administration is dealing with the emerging challenge emanating from Erdogan’s regime in Turkey.
https://twitter.com/SenToddYoung/status/1309228614806896642
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BRAVO TO MY #NEWYORKCITY MAYOR! De Blasio pulls out of upcoming summit in #Saudi, urges mayors around the world to pull out of this shoddy attempt to cosmo-wash its abuses.
https://twitter.com/sarahleah1/status/1309167899358171137
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US State Department: Saudi Arabia is a key ally
Saudi Arabia is a key ally and cooperation with the Kingdom protects forces from the Houthis, the US State Department said on Thursday.
The international community must stand up to the Iran-backed militia, which continues to obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people, the department said during a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1739516/saudi-arabia
My comment: LOL LOL LOL.
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The story of how Trump chose children over country — and the men who tried to stop him
Counterintelligence officials had concerns about the attempts by foreign countries to buy influence with President Donald Trump's children dating back to his transition. Before Trump was inaugurated, intercepted communications revealed evidence of foreign officials from more than one country discussing how they wanted to do business deals with the children in order to gain closer access to the administration. A wiretap picked up the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to the United States, Yousef Otaiba, discussing how he wanted to help Jared and Ivanka find a home in Washington, where they planned to move from New York before the president took office.
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U.S. Rationale for Military Aid to Saudis in Yemen War Is Fraying
When challenged over why the United States has continued to assist Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab nations in a bombing campaign that has killed thousands of civilians in Yemen, Trump administration officials have often responded that American involvement is helping to hold down unnecessary casualties by advising the Saudis and their allies on targeting and rules of engagement.
But with infants, mothers, the elderly and other noncombatants continuing to die under a rain of American-made bombs, the administration’s rationale is fraying and becoming a new election-season political flash point.
A growing group of lawmakers from both parties and current and former administration officials, as well as former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, say American involvement must end.
They assert that rather than helping halt the killing of civilians, the United States is getting its hands bloodier in the quagmire.
The rationalization offered by Trump administration officials is one that has occurred throughout the history of American foreign policy: When a partner or an ally is found to be committing horrific acts, U.S. officials say they must continue the relationship in order to curtail the damage. This was one justification past administrations put forward for supporting the South Vietnamese government and Latin American dictatorships.
But the Yemen war has again shown the limits of that thinking.
And as the failures of so-called mitigation efforts to reduce civilian casualties in Yemen become more evident, the risk is growing that American officials could be charged with war crimes by a foreign court or an international tribunal.
Over five years, efforts by the Obama and Trump administrations to work more closely with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to reduce civilian casualties have lashed the United States tighter to the war effort.
The Saudis, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, did comply with some demands in the mitigation strategy. After much cajoling, the U.S. military got Saudi officials to allow American and British officers to be present in a command-and-control center where airstrike targets in Yemen are selected. And the Saudis began taking part in a $750 million training program run by the American military.
But critics say the program has fallen short.
The officials argue that the Houthi rebels whom the Saudis oppose are a proxy force of Iran, bent on spreading violence across the Arabian Peninsula on behalf of Tehran’s ayatollahs.
Yet Middle East experts, including former American officials, say the Houthis are not like Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has intimate ties to Tehran. Although the Houthis get military aid from Iran, they are not motivated by acting on behalf of the ayatollahs, but rather by the desire to hold power in Yemen.
Mr. Trump has offered a more transactional rationale: that the United States should continue selling weapons for the money.
“They have nothing but money, nothing but cash, and they pay us now for services and protection and other things,” he said of the Saudis in a February interview with Geraldo Rivera.
But most federal officials and American politicians, whether Republican or Democratic, seek less mercenary reasons to rationalize American foreign policy.
And for some, the moral weight of outcomes appears to matter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/politics/yemen-us-weapons-saudi-arabia.html = https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15078
and (part only) https://lenexweb.com/u-s-rationale-for-military-aid-to-saudis-in-yemen-war-is-fraying/ = https://24newsorder.com/u-s-rationale-for-military-aid-to-saudis-in-yemen-war-is-fraying/
My comment: The US never cared for civilian lifes that were erased by its wars. All claims (as taken for granted here by the NYT) the US would care for civilians or mitigate its allies’ warfare are a propaganda scam. The NYT simply denies this.
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
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After snapback sanctions on Iran: A European perspective
US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018 made his vision for the nuclear accord crystal clear: he wants it dead. On September 20, the United States re-imposed United Nations sanctions on Iran through the snapback mechanism—at least according to the Trump administration.
For the time being, the course chosen by the Trump administration is leading to an unprecedented isolation of the United States.
This is not the first time the Trump administration has allowed itself the luxury of challenging the rest of the world in such a way. Nevertheless, we are witnessing a peculiar situation in which the US has created a parallel reality while the international community stands by an opposite legal reality. The “real reality” is, in fact, a whole other matter; in practice, extraordinarily little trade is possible with Iran due to re-imposed US sanctions. As a result, the US decision is largely symbolic.
The key question now is how Iran responds. Until a few months ago, one could anticipate that Iran would react by withdrawing from the JCPOA. Indeed, this seems to have been the US rationale for snapback—provoke Iran to go too far and destroy the nuclear agreement by its own hand.
This scenario now appears unlikely.
As seen from Europe, which has its own continuing embargo on arms transfers to Iran through 2023, the Trump administration will likely not insist on imposing its parallel reality on reluctant allies. That is partly because the Americans are aware that such an endeavor would fail and partly because they have more pressing matters to deal with.
If Donald Trump is re-elected, it is clear that there will be little room left for transatlantic cooperation on Iran.
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UAE: Iran’s aggressive policies made Arabs look at Israel
The United Arab Emirates didn’t need peace with Israel to counter Iran, a top UAE official said Friday, but he said Iran’s aggressive policies over three decades alarmed many Arab countries and made them look at their relationship with Israel “with fresh eyes.”
Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, acknowledged at a virtual briefing on the sidelines of the equally virtual U.N. General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders that this may not have been Iran’s intention. But its actions had an impact in the region, he said, though he wouldn’t speculate on whether other Arab countries would follow the UAE and Bahrain in establishing relations with Israel.
“The only thing I want to say is the more strategic the Israelis look at these relationships, the more doors will open to them,” Gargash said. “If they look at it very `transactionally’, I think that it is not going to send a very good omen for normalizing relations with many of the Arab countries.”
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In sign of frustration, US shortens sanctions waiver to Iraq
The United States has extended a sanctions waiver that enables Iraq to continue importing gas from Iran but this time granting a significantly shorter waiver period, Iraqi officials and the U.S. State Department said Thursday.
The development is a sign of unease in U.S.-Iraq relations amid near-daily attacks targeting American presence in the Mideast country and underscores the standing U.S. demand that Baghdad wean itself off dependence on Iranian oil.
Washington informed Iraq’s leadership this week of its decision to grant a 60-day sanctions waiver, instead of the 120-day waiver issued over the summer, three Iraqi officials told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. The State Department confirmed the development.
https://apnews.com/article/baghdad-iraq-iran-archive-united-states-7cfcc2df88c37d679d38a24baa5fb94a
My comment: US „granting“ “waivers” claiming it’s US right to decide whether state B might import gas from state C: the US claiming to be master of the universe. And anotrher bizarre example of this:
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US hits Iran court, judges with sanctions over wrestler
The Trump administration on Thursday hit an Iranian revolutionary court and several judges with sanctions in part for their role in the conviction and execution of a young wrestler.
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US repeated Saddam miscalculations by waging economic war on Iran: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the United States unleashed an economic war on Iran after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal based on the same “miscalculations” made by former Iraqi dictator Saddam in 1980, when he led Iraq into an invasion of Iran.
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Iran dismisses US allegation, says Trump's UN speech 'hackneyed, meant for domestic consumption'
Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations rejects as "hackneyed" US President Donald Trump's allegations made against Tehran during his speech at the UN General Assembly, saying the comments were meant "for domestic consumption".
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IRGC's second-in-command warns US against any adventurism
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A new explosion targets the US-Coalition convoys
An official security source said on Wednesday that an explosion targeted a convoy carrying logistical support for the international coalition in Saladin governorate, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
https://www.shafaaq.com/en/Iraq-News/A-new-explosion-targets-the-US-Coalition-convoys
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Report: Iran’s Guard flew surveillance drone over USS Nimitz
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard force has managed to fly a surveillance drone over the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier which last week transited through the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian news agency said Wednesday.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is considered close to the paramilitary Guard, published images of the Nimitz, saying they were taken by Iranian-made drones, and showing fighter planes parked on the carrier’s deck.
The Nimitz, and several other warships, passed last Friday through the Strait of Hormuz,
https://apnews.com/6ffa7a5f4e1760d56f2af5d4c159014d
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US-Rowdy im Last Chance Saloon
Unbeeindruckt von dem Debakel im Sicherheitsrat besteht Washington nun darauf, dass in dieser Woche eine selbst erklärte Frist für Strafmaßnahmen aufgrund des "Snapback" gegen den Iran erreicht wurde.
Der Iran hat die USA verhöhnt, indem er sagte, dass die Kampagne der Trump-Administration, die sich zu "maximalem Druck" bekannt habe, nach hinten losgegangen sei und nur zu einer "maximalen Isolation" der Vereinigten Staaten geführt habe. Es ist schwer, die iranische Sichtweise anzufechten, wenn man sich die überwiegende Unterstützung für das Abkommen unter den Unterzeichnern ansieht.
Russland, China und die Europäer haben alle darauf bestanden, dass die USA keinen Rechtsanspruch auf die im Gemeinsamen Umfassenden Aktionsplan, wie der Nuklearpakt formell bekannt ist, enthaltenen Mechanismen haben. Präsident Trump hat die USA mit einer Regierungsverordnung aus dem Abkommen herausgenommen. Es ist wirklich ein wahnhaftes Denken im Stil eines Paralleluniversums, wenn seine Regierung zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt irgendwie behauptet, sie sei immer noch ein Teilnehmer mit rückwirkenden Rechten.
Bezeichnend ist, über wie wenig Macht die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika verfügen, andere einzuschüchtern. Die USA haben damit gedroht, sekundäre Sanktionen gegen jede Nation zu verhängen, die sich nicht an ihr Ultimatum für Rückzugsmaßnahmen hält.
Es ist die europäische Missachtung der Forderungen Washingtons, die eher auf die amerikanische Ohnmacht hindeutet. Ihre frühere gewohnheitsmäßige Bereitschaft, dem Machtmissbrauch der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika nachzugeben, ist verachtenswert. Wir müssen uns nur ansehen, wie die europäischen Mitglieder des Sicherheitsrates lange Zeit in schändlicher Weise bei der illegalen Kriegstreiberei Washingtons mitgemacht haben.
Sind wir in der Geschichte an einem Punkt angelangt, an dem selbst europäische Lakaien Washingtons schurkisches Verhalten jetzt als inakzeptabel ansehen? Die dreiste Missachtung des Atomdeals durch die Trump-Administration war ein Frontalangriff auf ein auf internationalen Regeln basierendes System. Das anschließende Diktat Washingtons, dass sich jeder unter Androhung von Sanktionen an seinen diplomatischen Vandalismus halten müsse, ist ein sicheres Zeichen dafür, dass der Verrückte die Anstalt übernommen hat.
So rückgratlos die transatlantischen Europäer auch sind, selbst sie müssen wissen, dass ein weiteres Nachgeben zugunsten des amerikanischen Soziopathen ihren eigenen Untergang bedeuten würde.
http://www.antikrieg.com/aktuell/2020_09_23_usrowdy.htm
and English version:
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US Bully in Last Chance Saloon
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced this week the reimposition of international sanctions against Iran. Trouble is nobody is listening to Washington's remonstrations any longer. Not only has the emperor no clothes, he's lost bullying power too.
Iran has scorned the US, saying that the Trump administration avowed "maximum pressure" campaign has backfired and has only resulted in "maximum isolation" for the United States. It's hard to contest the Iranian view when you look at the predominant support for the accord among signatories.
Russia, China and the Europeans have all insisted the US has no legal right to avail of mechanisms contained in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the nuclear pact is formally known. President Trump took the US out of the accord with an executive order. It really is parallel-universe-style delusional thinking for his administration to somehow claim at a later stage that it is still a participant with rights of redress.
But what is significant is how little bullying power the US is able to apply. The US has been threatening to wield secondary sanctions on any nation not complying with its ultimatum for snapback measures.
It is the European defiance of Washington's demands that seems more indicative of American impotency. Their past habitual willingness to comply with US abuse of power is contemptible. We only have to look at how the European members of the Security Council have long been sheepishly complicit in Washington's illegal warmongering.
However, have we reached a point in history where even European minions are now viewing Washington's rogue conduct as unacceptable? The brazen trashing of the nuclear deal by the Trump administration was a full-frontal assault on an international rules-based system. The subsequent diktat by Washington for everyone to abide by its diplomatic vandalism under pain of sanctions is a sure sign that the lunatic has taken over the asylum.
Supine though the transatlantic Europeans are, even they must know that further indulgence of the American sociopath would mean their own eventual doom.
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202009221080538113-us-bully-in-last-chance-saloon/
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US-Iran-Sanktionen: Pompeo warnt Deutschland
Vor der Präsidentschaftswahl verschärft die US-Regierung im Alleingang Maßnahmen gegen Iran. Die Entsendung eines US-Flugzeugträgers samt Begleitschiffen in den Persischen Golf nährt Spekulationen über eine “Oktober-Überraschung”
Auch Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien sollten sich angesprochen fühlen: Wenn es um Sanktionen gegen Iran geht, so seien auch diese drei Länder eingeschlossen, warnte US-Außenminister Pompeo. Gemeint sind die neuen Sanktionen, die die USA gestern erlassen haben – und nach Vorstellung der US-Regierung sind auch UN-Sanktionen mitgemeint, die durch die Nuklearvereinbarung von 2015 (JCPOA) ausgesetzt wurden.
Die Ratlosigkeit der europäischen Länder bündelt der Tagesschau-Bericht in einem Satz: “Unklar bleibt, mit welchen Sanktionen ihnen die US-Regierung nun droht.”…
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/US-Iran-Sanktionen-Pompeo-warnt-Deutschland-4909276.html
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Is Mike Pompeo preparing an October Surprise?
With less than seven weeks left until the U.S. presidential elections, the faction within the Trump administration aligned with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seems to be preparing the ground for an October Surprise — a confrontation with Iran that will be cast as both defensive and lawful. The first direct clash may take place as early as this coming Monday.
Second, and perhaps more problematic, Pompeo appeared to signal that he intends to enforce the non-existent U.N. sanctions at “midnight GMT on September 20.” Enforcement would entail U.S. warships attacking and confiscating Iranian cargo ships in international waters — as well as non-Iranian vessels suspected of carrying Iranian goods. Pompeo will contend that these measures are not only lawful but also necessary to uphold the (again, non-existent) ruling of the U.N. Security Council.
The vast majority of the international community, as well as the other states in the U.N. Security Council, will forcefully reject the notion that the United States is acting on behalf of the Council and will regard U.S. conduct as unlawful acts of aggression.
But that won’t stop Pompeo. The U.S. has already seized four oil tankers, allegedly carrying Iranian gasoline from the Persian Gulf to Caracas. Julian Lee of Bloomberg News aptly called it “state-sponsored piracy.”
However, these ships were seized in the Atlantic Ocean and the Arabian Sea, in order to minimize the risk of a military clash. If the Trump administration starts targeting Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf or near the Strait of Hormuz, the risk of a confrontation with Iranian naval forces will not be insignificant. And even if the United States, at Pompeo’s direction, decides to stay clear of the waters near Iran, Tehran may still retaliate against U.S. ships or those of its Arab security partners in the Persian Gulf.
If or when Iran retaliates, Pompeo will get his October Surprise. Iran’s actions will be cast as an act of aggression that necessitates a firm and decisive response.
The conditioning of the American public that Iran is the aggressor that the U.S. needs to “fight back” against may already have begun. That may have been the intent of the bizarre leak about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for the Trump’s assassination of General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year – by Trita Parsi
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/09/16/is-mike-pompeo-preparing-an-october-surprise/
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Yemen: UK government accused of 'turning a blind eye' to war crimes by failing to halt Saudi arms sales
The government has faced fresh calls to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia as ministers were accused of "turning a blind eye" to war crimes in Yemen.
In a House of Commons debate, MPs urged the government to immediately suspend the sales of arms in order to "restrict Saudi Arabia's ability to carry out air strikes on Yemenis and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis".
The UK is one of the biggest arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia and has sold in excess of £5bn of weapons to the kingdom since 2015.
In the Commons debate on Thursday, Labour MP Sam Tarry told MPs that many of his constituents believed the government "should hang its head in shame at its central role in helping to create the world's worst humanitarian crisis by training, equipping and enabling the Saudi regime to bomb innocent Yemeni civilians".
"After suspending new arms sales to the Saudi regime last year, the government has resumed its deadly support in July," he added.
"Once again turning a blind eye to the war crimes that it is enabling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to commit.
"Saudi Arabia is being allowed to bomb Yemen without any form of accountability or investigation, which is completely unacceptable."
SNP MP Kirsten Oswald said it was "beyond my comprehension" why the UK had resumed arms sales to Saudi Arabia. However, Conservative MP John Howell argued that "unless we can stop the Iranian funding of the Houthi rebels, it is useless to put all the blame, and an arms embargo, on Saudi Arabia".
"That simply takes one side out of the equation, but leaves the other side fully funded," he said.
and also https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/yemen-tories-brokers
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-complicit-saudi-war-crimes-yemen
My comment: The Tory and government explanations are odd. And as a reminder: https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1102621791288287238
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UK’s £1bn in aid to Yemen is worthless when it’s sold £6.5bn of weapons to the countries bombing it
Campaigners have accused the UK government of having “dangerous and immoral priorities” ahead of a House of Commons debate on Yemen.
Giving aid while providing the bombs
On 17 September, the government showed its blatant hypocrisy by announcing that it was giving:
£5.8 million of new UK aid to help avert a famine in Yemen, taking the UK’s total contribution since the conflict began to over £1 billion.
But according to Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT):
The most recent government statistics show that the UK has licensed at least £6.5 billion worth of arms to the Saudi-led Coalition since the start of its ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen. The figure covers the period from March 26 2015, when the bombing began, until March 26 2020.
By providing aid to Yemen, the UK is attempting to cover up its role in supporting war crimes.
Putting arms company profits first
The UK is one of the biggest arms exporters in the world. And key companies in the UK continue to pocket billions in weapons deals, arming the Saudi-led coalition.
The government continues to act unlawfully
In 2019, the Court of Appeal ruled that the government acted unlawfully by licensing the sale of UK-made weapons to Saudi-led forces for use in Yemen. Despite this, in July 2020, the government announced that it was resuming arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The government’s blatant disregard for the lives of the people of Yemen is disgusting.
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British training of Saudi pilots continues amid bombing of Yemen
UK defence minister admits that training of Saudi Typhoon pilots is continuing despite Riyadh using these British-made jets to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, a country on the brink of famine.
Up to nine Saudi pilots currently training in UK.
Most recent Saudi aircrew graduated in April this year.
Saudi pilots practise dropping missiles in a simulator.
News comes after Declassified revealed Saudi pilots are allowed to use 25 civilian airports for practice.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is training pilots from Saudi Arabia in the UK while the Gulf dictatorship continues airstrikes in Yemen, the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster where 20 million people need urgent assistance.
UK Defence Minister James Heappey made the admission to parliament on Monday, a day after the RAF celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain fought against Germany’s Nazi dictatorship.
Heappey told Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle: “Training for Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircrew has continued and is ongoing, with the most recent RSAF aircrew graduating from flying training in April 2020.”
Heappey added that the number of Saudi pilots currently training at RAF bases in the UK “is less than 10” and that “the Hawk T2 and Typhoon aircraft are used for this training”.
The Hawk T2 and the more powerful Typhoon are British-made planes that were sold to Saudi Arabia as part of a lucrative arms deal that includes flying training. Saudi pilots are using its fleet of up to 72 Typhoons to launch airstrikes in Yemen.
Bombs away
Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials have sought to defend arms exports to Saudi Arabia by highlighting the training it has provided to the Saudi air force, claiming this should prevent attacks on civilians.
However, when asked by Russell-Moyle if specific Saudi pilots trained in the UK have gone on to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, Heappey responded: “The utilisation of trained Royal Saudi Air Force aircrew is not monitored by or otherwise confirmed to the UK.”
The MOD says it maintains a “tracker” of controversial airstrikes in Yemen which may have killed civilians and breached international humanitarian law (IHL).
In his witness statement to the high court in 2016, for the case examining the legality of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the MOD’s then director-general of security policy, Peter Watkins, said:
“The MOD has been monitoring and analysing allegations of IHL violations brought to its attention, predominantly arising from fast jet airstrikes in Yemen conducted by the coalition.”
Watkins added that British officials, including members of the UK military’s Defence Intelligence agency, then determine whether “the strike was carried out using an item that was licensed under a UK export licence”.
However, this process is shrouded in secrecy. When Declassified asked the MOD how many of these airstrikes it believed were “carried out using an item that was licensed under a UK export licence”, the department refused to answer our freedom of information request – by Phil Miller
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Medienausgrenzung in Großbritannien
Das britische Verteidigungsministerium will nicht mehr mit der regierungskritischen Onlinepublikation „Declassified UK“ reden. Zuvor hatten deren Investigativjournalist*innen zahlreiche Skandale rund um dieses Ministerium aufgedeckt. Die britische Journalist*innengewerkschaft NUJ ist „not amused“ und zeigt sich in einer Stellungnahme gegenüber „Declassified UK“ „sehr besorgt“. Es dürfe keine Liste „verbotener Medien“ seitens britischer Behörden oder Ministerien für eine „selektive Beantwortung“ von Medienanfragen geben, so der stellvertretende NUJ-Generalsekretär Seamus Dooley.
Es begann mit einer Protestaktion vor der Einfahrt zum Amtssitz des britischen Premierministers Boris Johnson in der Nr. 10 Downing Street. Der Soldat Ahmed al Babati führte dort eine ein-Mann-Kundgebung durch um gegen die Beteiligung Großbritanniens am saudi-arabischen Luftkrieg in Jemen zu protestieren. Nach kurzer Zeit wurde der Soldat von Militärpolizisten abgeführt.
Am 25. August fragte ein „Declassified UK“ Journalist beim Verteidigungsministerium um eine Stellungnahme zu dem Fall nach. Was dann passierte ist inzwischen nicht nur auf der Homepage von „Declassified UK“, sondern auch bei zahlreichen Menschenrechtsorganisationen nachzulesen.
https://mmm.verdi.de/internationales/medienausgrenzung-in-grossbritannien-68673
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
Siehe / Look at cp13a
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Gericht stoppt Abschiebung
Das Bayerische Verwaltungsgericht München hat in einem Eilverfahren die bevorstehende Abschiebung eines 34-jährigen Asylsuchenden nach Griechenland gestoppt. Diese Entscheidung sei "unanfechtbar", ließ das Gericht in seinem Beschluss wissen (Aktenzeichen M 17 E 20.32546). Der 34-Jährige aus Jemen, der im oberbayerischen Eichstätt in Abschiebungshaft saß, ist mittlerweile wieder auf freiem Fuß
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/jemenit-in-eichstaett-gericht-stoppt-abschiebung-1.5043155
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Kremlin seriously concerned over situation in Yemen — Putin’s spokesman
Moscow is seriously concerned over the development of the situation in Yemen, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday while commenting on today’s phone conversation between Russian and Iranian presidents Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani.
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Iran fordert die Weltgemeinschaft nachdrücklich auf, anhaltende militärische Angriffe auf Jemen zu verhindern
Der oberste Assistent des iranischen Außenministers für besondere politische Angelegenheiten Ali Asghar Khaji bezeichnete die Bombenanschläge und militärischen Angriffe auf das unterdrückte jemenitische Volk und dessen fortgesetzte Belagerung als unmenschlichen Akt. Er forderte die internationale Gemeinschaft auf, die Aggression zu beenden.
https://de.irna.ir/news/84052222/Iran-fordert-die-Weltgemeinschaft-nachdrücklich-auf-anhaltende
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Saudi-Arabien ist die Quelle der Instabilität in der Region
Der ständige iranische Botschafter bei den Vereinten Nationen bezeichnete Saudi-Arabien als Ursache für die Instabilität in der Region sowie als Hauptsponsor des ehemaligen irakischen Diktators Saddam Hussein und der anhaltenden Aggression gegen den Jemen.
Majid Takht-e Ravanchi äußerte sich in seiner Rede vor der 75. Sitzung der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen zu den anti-iranischen Anschuldigungen des saudischen Königs Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
https://de.irna.ir/news/84053810/Saudi-Arabien-ist-die-Quelle-der-Instabilität-in-der-Region
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Iran: S. Arabia source of instability in region
Iran’s Permanent Representative in the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi described Saudi Arabia as the main source of instability in the region, saying that it is a well-established fact that it was the main financial supporter of the Iraqi dictator, Saddam, and aggression against Yemen.
https://en.irna.ir/news/84053364/Iran-S-Arabia-source-of-instability-in-region
and also https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990704000223
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Renewed Calls for Ottawa to End Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
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SPAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE 'FRIENDLY' COUNTRIES. But this is a friendships that kills
Between 2015 and 2019, Spain authorized the sale of arms to the coalition led by the Saudis and the Emiratis worth more than 2.6 billion euros and exported weapons, especially ammunition and aircraft, for almost 2 billion euros. Most of those exports went to Saudi Arabia (1,202 million) and the United Arab Emirates (276 million).
In the second half of 2018, the current government did not authorize any arms export license to Saudi Arabia and denied one of bombs to the UAE. However, it did not revoke the prior authorizations. In 2019 this arms sale continued.
In June 2020, the Government declared in Congress that "the main objective of controlling foreign trade in defense material is the protection of human rights." It is your turn to move from words to deeds.
https://www.es.amnesty.org/actua/acciones/espana-armas-yemen-abr18
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UNGA: EU and Sweden join forces to avoid famine in Yemen
Today, in the margins of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Janez Lenarčič, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, and Peter Eriksson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, co-hosted a virtual High-Level event on “The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: Averting an Outbreak of Famine.”
Yemen cannot wait. Restrictions of humanitarian access, obstructions to humanitarian aid, insufficient vital imports, worsening economic crisis, compounded by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, are putting millions of Yemenis at risk of famine.
The EU, Sweden and international partners wish to ensure that adequate levels of funding are reached, the drivers of the crisis are addressed and humanitarian access is facilitated.
https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/unga-eu-and-sweden-join-forces-avoid-famine-yemen_en
My comment: “the drivers of the crisis are addressed”: adress yourself, and your overlord at Washington DC.
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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Anti-Qatar lobby erodes US press freedom with AJ+ ruling
The decision by the Department of Justice that AJ+, a Washington DC-based online news and current affairs channel operated by the Al Jazeera Media Network, must register as a foreign agent in the United States, represents a blow to free speech in the run up to the US presidential election on November 3.
In addition, the ruling, under the 1930s-era Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has raised eyebrows among analysts as it is consistent with the pressure placed on Al Jazeera and other Qatari-owned or linked media organisations throughout the 40-month blockade of Qatar by four regional states.
Ever since the start of the attempt to isolate Qatar in June 2017, the desire to silence Al Jazeera has been a key demand of the so-called "Anti-Terror Quartet" of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt.
The demand to close Al Jazeera, its affiliated stations, and other Qatari media outlets was one of the 13 demands made of Qatar by the blockading states in a list hastily drawn-up 18 days into the blockade in response to frustration from the US government as to what lay behind the blockade.
Indeed, the FARA designation followed months of lobbying by Akin Gump, a law firm that has registered in the US to lobby on behalf of the UAE and which, along with other lobbyists has reportedly earned $56 million doing so.
cp12b Sudan
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Intel: US push to get Sudan to recognize Israel faces setback
A delegation of top Sudanese officials returned to Khartoum from Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, but there were no clear signs of progress toward the White House’s goal of getting Sudan to normalize ties with Israel.
During a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Khartoum last month, Burhan floated a request of some $3 billion per year over the next three years in economic aid for Sudan, which is laden with massive debt and facing an internal economic crisis.
Pompeo last month had requested Sudan’s leaders normalize ties with Israel and said the United States could quickly remove Sudan from the US state sponsors of terror list as a result, though that had not previously been among the conditions agreed upon by US and Sudanese officials for removing Khartoum from the blacklist.
What’s next: It’s not clear the Trump administration has a plan to come up with the emergency cash that Sudan’s leaders are requesting.
Recognizing Israel is politically risky for Sudan's post-revolution transitional government.
Comment: How US foreign policy now works: Pompeo asked Sudan to recognize Israel & offered to take Sudan off the terror-supporting list if it agreed--shows how fake that list is. Sudan leaders understood that all is transactional and said OK but give us $3 billion
https://twitter.com/stephenkinzer/status/1309280030908911617
and
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Removal from US terrorism list unrelated to normalizing ties with Israel, says Sudan
Sudan does not want to link its removal from a US terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the country’s economy with a normalization of relations with Israel, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday.
Sources said this week that US officials indicated in talks with a Sudanese delegation they wanted Khartoum to follow the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and open ties with Israel.
Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism dates back to its toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir and makes it difficult for its new transitional government to access urgently needed debt relief and foreign financing.
Hamdok said Sudan had told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit last month it was necessary to separate the removal from the US list from the normalization of relations with Israel.
“This topic (ties to Israel) needs a deep discussion of the society,” he told a conference in Khartoum to discuss economic reforms
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Sudan aims to leave US terror list through peace with Israel
Sudan is ready to follow the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain if Washington removes Khartoum from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism and provides significant economic aid.
Khalil Abdul Jabbar, an Istanbul-based Sudanese journalist and political analyst, told The Media Line that with the US election approaching, the administration wanted to send the message that President Donald Trump was making peace in the Middle East. He was eager to use the fact that Sudan was in a terrible economic situation and wanted sanctions lifted to make a deal, Abdul Jabbar added.
“He’s targeting Sudan and Oman now; however, it’s not as simple as he would like it to be,” the journalist said.
Removing Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list may not be easy, because Congress has the power the block it, Abdul Jabbar said.
“In fact, some people in Congress are not keen on doing anything for Sudan until Khartoum has paid more than $300 million to victims of terror attacks that took place when [Omar] al-Bashir was president, although one of those attacks had nothing to do with Sudan,” he said. (Bashir was ousted in a coup d’état in April 2019.)
US courts ordered Khartoum to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, because in the 1990s, Khartoum hosted the terrorists who carried out the attacks.
My comment: Please, ICC, let the US pay for acout 2 to 4 million victims of US “war on terror” since 2001.
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
Siehe / Look at cp10
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Western arms exports fuel conflict in Middle East, North Africa
The US and its European allies make up nearly three-quarters of all arms transfers to the Middle East and North Africa, a new report found. Experts say arms exports to the region fuel conflict and human rights abuses
Over the past five years, Western countries' exports made up the bulk of weapons delivered to the Middle East and North Africa, according to a report published this week by the Washington-based Center for International Policy (CIP).
The US leads the way, with a share of nearly 50% of all arms transfers to the region, while France, the UK, Germany and Italy constitute 24%. Russia was the second-largest single arms supplier to the region, trailing behind the US with 17% of the global arms export market to the region.
The CIP, a think thank that advocates for peaceful international engagement, reports that arms exports are often described "as a force for stability, a way to cement alliances, a way to counter Iran, or, more generally, as a tool for creating a balance of power that makes conflict less likely."
Fueling conflict
Small arms and other military aid have played a role in perpetuating conflict but major weapons systems have visited massive destruction on the region, said William Hartung, the report's author and director of CIP's Arms and Security Project.
"Aerial bombardment and the use of long-range artillery have been instrumental in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians directly, and are indirectly responsible for hundreds of thousands" when the bombing of infrastructure is taken into account, Hartung said.
In Yemen, US and British aircraft, bombs, missiles and armored vehicles delivered to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have contributed to a war that has cost more than 100,000 lives.
US weapons have also ended up in the hands of opposing sides of conflicts in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Libya
"The question is: How much strategic security thinking is being used to make decisions about whether to supply weapons to countries in the Middle East?" said Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a global arms monitor. "Or is it primarily straightforward economic motives of export revenue and jobs that drives the export of arms to these countries."
Ahead of the presidential election on November 3, the CIP report makes a number of recommendations for US lawmakers to limit arms flows and establish oversight of weapons sales. But what can European powers do to end their part in fueling conflicts while upholding strategic partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa?
"It is so important for Western countries to make their arms exports to any region, but particularly the Middle East, truly part of a holistic security policy and make sure that it's not driven by economic interests," Wezeman said. "Otherwise it will backfire in the end."
https://www.dw.com/en/us-european-weapons-exports-middle-east-north-africa/a-55039271
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Krieg im Jemen: Drohnen mit deutschen Modellflugzeugmotoren
Die Huthi-Rebellen setzen bei Luftangriffen im Jemen Drohnen ein, die mit Motoren für Modellflugzeuge aus Deutschland betrieben werden. SWR-Recherchen zeigen, wie die Motoren über Athen nach Teheran kamen.
3W-110i B2 - ein Kürzel, das für einen Zwei-Zylinder-Propellermotor für anspruchsvolle Modellflugzeuge steht. Für Modellflugzeuge, die zwei Meter lang und knapp 20 Kilo schwer sein können, die ferngesteuert Kunstflugfiguren drehen. Nun hat ein UN-Expertenteam herausgefunden, dass just diese Motoren in Jemen in todbringenden Waffen zum Einsatz kamen
2018 setzten die Huthis erstmals einen neuen Typ Drohne mit einem V-förmigen Leitwerk ein, genannt UAV-X (uncrewed aerial vehicle). Dieser Drohnentyp trägt eine Kamera zur Luftaufklärung - oder eine Bombenlast von 18 Kilo. Durch vorzeitig abgestürzte Modelle fanden die Experten heraus, dass der Propellermotor aus Deutschland stammt. Gebaut wurden sie von der 3W-Modellmotoren Weinhold GmbH, einem kleinen Unternehmen in Hanau, das schon seit den 1980er-Jahren vor allem Modellflugzeugmotoren baut. Fast 1300 Euro kostet der Motor, der knapp 12 PS Leistung bringt.
Zwar waren die Seriennummern der Motoren abgeschliffen, doch die Experten konnten sie rekonstruieren. Demnach stammten die Teile aus einer Bestellung, die 2015 beim Unternehmen 3W-International, dem Händler vom Hersteller 3W, eingegangen war. Im Juni 2015 orderte die griechische Firma Eurowings Aviation 42 Motoren mit einer Reichweite von 1200 bis 1500 Kilometern bei einer Geschwindigkeit von 200- 250 Km/h. Genug, um vom Huthi-Gebiet im Jemen die saudische Hauptstadt Riad oder die VAR-Kapitalen Abu Dhabi und Dubai zu erreichen.
Den vorliegenden Unterlagen zufolge gehört Eurowings drei Teilhabern, die seit Jahren Geschäfte rund um die Hobby-Fliegerei abwickeln, die von Flugstunden bis zu Flugkarten alles anbieten.
Den Dokumenten zufolge lieferte 3W die Motoren am 22. Juni 2015 nach Athen an die Firma Eurowings Aviation, die sie zehn Tage später mit einem Flug von Turkish Airlines weiterbeförderte: An eine Firma in Teheran. Vom Iran aus, vermuten die Experten, gingen die Motoren nach Jemen, wo die UAV-X Drohnen von Hand zusammengebaut werden.
Damit verstieß der griechische Händler klar gegen die deutschen Bestimmungen für den Weiterverkauf solcher Dual-Use-Güter ins außereuropäische Ausland.
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/swr/drohnen-iran-motoren-101.html
Anmerkung André Tautenhahn: In diesem Bericht geht es ja gar nicht um den Krieg im Jemen, sondern um eine Gelegenheit, Iran anzuklagen und vom eigentlichen Skandal abzulenken. Denn die Bundesregierung hat seit Anfang 2019 Rüstungsexporte für mehr als eine Milliarde Euro an Länder genehmigt, die am Jemen-Krieg beteiligt sind. Iran zählt da aber gar nicht dazu. Seltsam auch, dass den Außenpolitiker der Grünen nicht die humanitäre Katastrophe im Jemen besorgt, sondern zerstörte Ölraffinerien in dem Land, das als Aggressor den Konflikt verursacht hat und weiter anheizt. Zitat: „Im Fall der Aramco-Anlagen haben wir gesehen, dass ein gezielter Schlag fünf Prozent der weltweiten Ölförderung außer Kraft setzen kann.“ Durch solche Drohnen sei die kritische Infrastruktur sehr gefährdet, sagt Omid Nouripour. Was ist aber mit der Relaisstation Ramstein, über die Kampfdrohnen der Amerikaner gesteuert werden, die ihre tödliche Fracht über dem Jemen und Afghanistan abladen? Was ist mit der „Königin der Killerdrohnen“ oder dem „fliegende Sensenmann“, dem Modell MQ-9 Reaper, das im Irak den iranischen General Soleimani sowie weitere Menschen tötete? Der Fortgang des Krieges im Jemen hängt wohl eher weniger vom Export deutscher Modellflugzeugmotoren ab.
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=65143#h12
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How Germany was drawn to Iran 'dual-use' drone motors for Yemen Houthis
This kind of dual-use technology, engines that could be used for civilian needs, shipped through a third country, easily hides the end user.
According to an article at The National, in the United Arab Emirates German officials “imposed a ban on the same of model aircraft engines to Iran after a shipment ended up on drones used by Houthis in Yemen.” Iran then moved to acquire similar parts from China.
“It emerged that a small maker of engines for miniature versions of well-known aircraft was approached by Germany’s domestic intelligence service, which had been monitoring sales of units later found on the battlefield.” The report claims the parts were moved from Xiaman to Mombasa.
At the heart of the German portion of this story are 42 twin-cylinder propeller motors that were sent to Athens in 2015. The motors were then moved to Iran.
This kind of dual-use technology, engines that could be used for civilian needs, shipped through a third country, easily hides the end user.
Conflict Armament Research has produced several reports on Iranian technology transfers to Yemen. A report in March 2017 traced the components of a Qasef-1 drone that had been recovered near Aden in 2016.
It include an DLE-111 two-cylinder engine that was “manufactured by the Chinese company Mile Haoxiang Technology,” the article claimed. It was identical to other engines found in attacks near Marib.
According to the report, the Government of Germany helped support the CAR report. This shows that Germany took seriously the export concerns of these engines. The company was quoted in The National as saying there was “no indication that the engines would be delivered to Iran.”
Another report at Tagesshau in German also looks at the export of the motors. It notes that this 3W-110i B2 two-cylinder engine can be used in model airplanes that weigh around 20 kilos.
Later, the engines would find their way onto drones in Yemen that can carry surveillance equipment or munitions. The German report notes that the “Federal Republic of Germany imposes special precautionary measures on goods that can be for both civilian and military uses.”
Tracing the drone components is only part of the story. Forty-two engines is not a large number and can’t change the course of a conflict.
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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„Sanaa schmilzt buchstäblich weg“
In Jemens Hauptstadt Sanaa bedrohen Überschwemmungen ein einmaliges Ensemble tausender Häuser, das die UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe zählt. Sie wurden vor Jahrhunderten aus gestampftem Lehm gebaut. Erst zerstörte der Bürgerkrieg etliche von ihnen, jetzt lösen sich hunderte Häuser im Regen auf.
Die UNESCO zählt Teile der Altstadt zum Weltkulturerbe. Der greise Ali al-Ward besitzt eines der bedrohten Häuser:
„Der Regen hat bei etlichen Gebäuden die Dächer zerstört, andere sind einsturzgefährdet. Wir haben versucht, dafür zu sorgen, dass das Wasser abfließt – aber ohne Erfolg. Inzwischen haben wir Angst davor, in unseren Häusern zu schlafen.“
Mehr als 6000 dieser Häuser soll es in Sanaa geben. Viele von ihnen wurden vor eintausend Jahren aus gestampftem Lehm erbaut. Wenn ‒ so wie jetzt ‒ das Wasser von oben und von unten kommt, sacken sie in sich zusammen wie Sandburgen am Strand, wenn eine Welle sie wegspült. Mehrere Dutzend dieser Häuser sind bereits teilweise oder komplett eingestürzt. Hunderten droht dasselbe Schicksal.
„Sanaa zerfällt, es schmilzt buchstäblich weg. Viele Dächer wurden bereits bei Luftangriffen zerstört. Die Explosionen der Bomben haben Risse in den Fundamenten der Häuser verursacht. Und jetzt auch noch der Regen, der alles nur noch schlimmer macht“, sagt Doaa al-Wassiei von der Organisation für die Erhaltung der historischen Städte des Jemen.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/bedrohtes-weltkulturerbe-sanaa-schmilzt-buchstaeblich-weg.691.de.html
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Film: Souq Alhandhal, in #Seyoun, was about to be ruined by frequent rain floods. The #SFDHeritage partnering @WorldBankMENA & @UNDPYemen has rescued it preserving the original shape and restoring it as a key touristic, #Economic_Recovery magnate in #Hadramout.
https://twitter.com/SFDYemen/status/1308488938546397190
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A Trip To Jibla--The Home Of Yemen's Second Legendary Queen
A Trip To Jibla–The Home Of Yemen’s Second Legendary Queen, it is a rare person who has not heard of the famous Biblical Queen of Sheba, known to the Arabs as Queen Balqis. An almost mythical person, she ruled in Yemen over the mighty Sabaean trading kingdom and left her mark in literature, history, and religion. Perhaps, to a lesser extent was Queen Arwa, the second of Yemen’s legendary women. For the Yemenis, however, she is the most famous. In the 12th century, she was appointed and given the respected title of Hujja of Yemen.
https://www.arabamerica.com/a-trip-to-jibla-the-home-of-yemens-second-legendary-queen-2/
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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One man's coffee vision in war-torn Yemen
Sheibani believed his technical and professional skills could help him to deliver both macro and microeconomic benefits to Yemen and its farmers — but with what product?
Then it hit him! He had an epiphany! Coffee!
“I know Yemeni coffee has a long and rich history and, the more I researched, the more I became fascinated about coffee’s role in Yemen’s history and culture,” the father-of-two said.
It was at this point Sheibani decided to return to Yemen.
“My (previous) boss was shocked at this idea because at that point I had a very comfortable salary and had excellent career prospects with the company,” he said. “But I explained that my life and career goal is to find a way to support Yemen and Yemenis, and people understood that is a deeply held drive.”
Helping and supporting Yemeni people is easier said than done but that did not deter Sheibani.
Sheibani established Qima Coffee in 2016, with an eye on sustainably helping to improve the lives and livelihoods of Yemen’s rural communities.
“We can work on it (coffee) as a big industry, where it can impact the macroeconomy of the country through improving export revenues. And because of how coffee works, we can also improve farmers’ incomes on a micro level, so coffee can genuinely impact people’s lives on a daily basis,” he said.
But there are challenges.
First of all, running a company in a war-torn country is far from easy.
https://www.shine.cn/feature/taste/2009256778/
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WFP: Yemeni Rial lost 25 percent of its value in 2020
The World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday that the Yemeni national currency lost 25 percent of its value in 2020 alone.
“As the country’s foreign currency reserves tick towards zero Yemen’s ability to import food could also disappear, threatening more hunger for millions,” the WFP statement said.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42199
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Yemeni mobile network provider Y-Telecom has left the Houthi militant-controlled Sana’a to the southern port of Aden a couple of days after the departure of GSM operator Sabafon. In Sana’a, telecom companies a constitute a huge source of finance for Houthis and are forced to allow tapping of the phones of oppositionist Yemenis, which has always facilitated the assassinations and rocket attacks on army members. Source: Multiple news websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42217
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Major mobile operator in Yemen leaves Houthi-controlled Sanaa
A major Yemeni mobile operator is relocating its main offices and operations from Houthi-held Sanaa to Aden, citing harassment and blackmail by the rebels.
Sabafon, Yemen’s oldest and largest mobile operator, has almost four million subscribers. It said it was moving its headquarters and servers to the port city of Aden, which is controlled by the internationally recognized government.
“The company has recently faced many difficulties and obstacles as a result of the Houthi militia seizure of the company’s headquarters in Sanaa,” the company said.
The Iran-backed Houthis had seized control of Sabafon’s headquarters, dismissed its manager, replaced him with an allied military officer and looted the company’s revenues, it added.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1739026/middle-east
My comment: No, Aden is not “controlled by the internationally recognized government”, but by the STC separatists.
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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Is #AQAP #Yemen getting sloppy? The above op claim seems to conflate 2 separate incidents, both in Tafah district: -Houthi bombing of home of Resistance Commander 'Ali al-Siba'i (PT) -Houthi raid on home of Naji 'Alawi in Musawa'ah village (see link)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1309055373186301954
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed on September 21 killing an al Houthi commander in central Yemen’s al Bayda governorate on September 20. AQAP also claimed targeting al Houthi positions with mortar in al Bayda governorate’s Sawma’ah district that same day. The al Houthi movement claimed clearing AQAP militants from al Bayda governorate in mid-August.[1]
cp15 Propaganda
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This NYT article by @hkbeech selected quite the euphemism for US-backed genocide in Indonesia.
https://twitter.com/DanielDenvir/status/1309861704482856961
My comment: Whow. According to NYT, the killing of about 500,000 people is an "application of democratic ideals" which "was imperfect". Still 55 years later, the NYT is a rogue state mouthpiece. Whow. Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366. and https://fair.org/home/no-us-didnt-stand-by-indonesian-genocide-it-actively-participated/.
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Biased to Houthis … Human rights activists criticize unprofessional reporting on Yemen
On24 September, Yemeni human rights activists criticized what they called fraud and double standard practices of the group of eminent experts in Yemen.
During a press conference held at Geneva Press Club, titled “Analytical Review of the Report of the Group of Eminent Experts in Yemen,” advocates criticized the way the team of experts are dealing with the crimes of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, confirming that the reports lack any human rights monitoring and documentation.
In this regard, Al-Gharati said at the symposium organized by the Yemeni Coalition for Independent Women, European Allied Organizations for Peace in Yemen, and the International Association of Founders of the Future of Youth“The third report has been politicized and militarized, particularly the military attachments for the work of the UN envoy to Yemen, the political track and the peace process, ”
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[Hadi gov.] Info Minister condemns school attack, says UN silence gives Houthi terrorism green-light
Yemen’s Information Minister condemned a missile attack by Houthi militia against a school in the government-held Marib city on Friday night and said the silence of the UN “gives green light to the militia to continue their terrorist activity.”
In a statement to Yemeni News Agency “Saba”, Al-Eryani said the theocratic rebel militia wanted “to incur the largest possible number of casualties among civilians.”
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Marib will remain a starting point for Revolution and Republic, Marib’s Governor says
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September 26 Revolution: Here is why Yemenis detest Houthis
Some might wonder why Houthis are being abhorred by Yemenis.
It all started on September 21, 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents stormed Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and ousted the internationally recognised government under the pretext of fighting corruption. Since then Yemenis, especially in Houthi-controlled areas, have been greatly struggling to provide the very basic needs for their families and Yemen has become the world’s humanitarian crisis in recent history.
The corruption that the militia claimed to fight was the decision of the government to raise the price of 20 liters of oil to 3,500 Yemeni rials. Ironically, it is now sold in Houthi-controlled black markets at 20,000 Yemeni rials.
What is worse, Yemenis working in the public sector in areas under the control of Houthis have been deprived of their salaries. It is not unclear that Houthi militia aims to purposely make Yemenis needy so that they could lure them into joining frontlines as they have no other income to feed their families. Besides depriving the working people in the public sector from their salaries, the militia also prevented international agencies from delivering aid to the needy people.
Not only do Houthis intentionally starve people in Yemen, but they also have no shame in imposing a religious tax law called Khums in which Hashemites, mainly Houthis, get a fifth of state’s resources.
https://republicanyemen.net/archives/25593
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[Hadi gov.] Defense Minister: Yemenis will defeat Iran’s Houthi project & Marib impossible for enemies
Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi says that the Yemeni people and the armed forces are determined to restore the state, moving towards ending the rebellion and coup, preserving the objectives of the 26th of September and 14 October revolutions, and Yemenis today are more committed to those great values and gains.
Al-Maqdashi said in a statement to Yemen satellite channel that the sacrifices of the national army and resistance men in various fronts are aimed at defeating the remnants of the imamate, restoring the glory of the Revolution and the Republic.
Al-Maqdashi said that what the Houthi militia did on September 21st is a shame and “shame will only be erased by removing it, and its tools, roots, and Yemenis who uprooted the forts of the Imamate yesterday are able to bury its remnants and illusions.”
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Turkey Escalates Destabilizing Activities in Yemen
In recent years, Turkey has expanded its regional role, first in Syria on its border, then in Libya at the beginning of the year, an intervention affecting the security of the whole Mediterranean region from Israel to Europe, and increasingly in northern Iraq. In fact, Turkey has military positions in nine countries, from Bosnia in Europe to Qatar on the Gulf to Afghanistan. The end result of this activity is the establishment of what some scholars call a “mini empire”.
In accomplishing this goal, the Turkish government has relied significantly on Islamist proxies and mercenaries, and there are indications of the pattern repeating in war-torn Yemen. If Turkey gains a foothold in Yemen, it will have bases either side of the Gulf of Aden, since it already has a presence in Somalia, and will be positioned to threaten the crucial Bab al-Mandeb waterway with a pincer using its port holdings in Djibouti.
Back in April, it became clear that Ankara was establishing tighter relations with the Reform (Al-Islah) Party in Yemen, the local manifestation of the Muslim Brotherhood. Islah “is instrumental in giving Turkish institutions and the Turkish government — all masquerading as charity organisations — access to Yemeni cities,” said political analyst Mahmud al-Tahir at that time.
It was also notable that Islah officials had been visiting Turkey, more openly and more frequently, consorting with members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Erdogan’s government has long hosted and supported the Muslim Brotherhood and this has been especially obvious since the downfall of the Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt in 2013. Much of the Egyptian Brotherhood moved to Turkey, where it was allowed — in a media landscape dominated by conspiracy theories and extremist discourse — free access to incite against the new government in Egypt.
There are strong indications of a flow of Turkish proxies from Yemen to Libya. Reports in June indicated that Turkey had moved several hundred Islah militants from Yemen to Libya to fight on behalf of the Fayez al-Sarraj so-called Government of National Accord (GNA). Interestingly, there are hints that this transfer of Islah forces occurred under a deal, perhaps tacit rather than explicit, between Turkey and Iran’s proxy in Yemen, Ansarallah (better known as “the Houthis”), an extremist Zaidi-Shi’a militia that started the war in Yemen in 2014 with a coup against the legitimate government.
https://eeradicalization.com/turkey-escalates-destabilizing-activities-in-yemen/ = http://en.adenpress.news/news/27168
My comment: Connect facts and rumour to construct a perfect conspiracy theory.
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Shatara: STC capable to carry out State's responsibilities
Member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), Vice-President of the National Assembly for Control and Inspection, Mr. Lufti Shatara affirmed that the STC has many officials who are capable of efficiently conducting the State administration.
On his Friday's tweet, Shatara said that the STC has a number of top officials equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary in running the southern economy and security files; Lamlas is a model.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/27167
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King Salman: Kingdom won’t abandon the Yemeni people struggling with Iranian hegemony
Custodian of the two Holly Mosques King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, monarch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arab (KSA) said” the Iranian regime’s inferences in Yemen through its affiliated Houthi militia’s coup against the legitimate authority resulted in a political, economic and humanitarian crisis which the Yemeni peoples have been suffering, and it constitutes a threat to the region’s countries and vitally important water passageways for world’s economy”.
Addressing the 75th session of the UN General Assembly which held virtually in New York on Wednesday the Custodian of the two Holly Mosques added ” Houthi militias disrupt the delivery of the humanitarian aids to the Yemeni people and blocked all good offices and efforts aimed to reach political solution in Yemen”
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A ray of hope in the land of Yemen!
However, there are some hopeful developments there from time to time, and chief among them is Saudi Arabia’s decision, this week, to allocate $46 million to make distance education available to students in twenty Yemeni governorates!
This money has been allotted under the direction of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and it will be disbursed according to an agreement between the Saudi government and the UNICEF. This initiative will not only facilitate access to e-learning, an essential requirement in the age of Covid-19, which deprived countless students around the world of their right to education, it will also extend to equipping schools in the twenty governorates with educational supplies, and qualifying educational cadres, without which students remain captives of the Houthi ideology, unable to leave their stifling prison out into the freedom of their vast homeland!
While the Kingdom is rebuilding what has been destroyed in Yemen, and while Riyadh wants Yemen to be for all Yemenis without exception, including the Houthis themselves if they lay down their arms, halt all violence, and believe that they are partners in the homeland and not its guardians, the Houthis are launching their stray missiles and directing their misguided drones at southern Saudi Arabia!
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/in-translation/2020/09/24/A-ray-of-hope-in-the-land-of-Yemen-
My comment: Winning the medal for the week’s oddest propaganda article.
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The Red Sea time bomb
Yemen represents the most dire consequences of state failure. The Houthi militia and the Hadi-led government are embroiled in a long-running civil war while 24 million people — or 80 percent of the population — are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. The Houthis have also lit the fuse of an environmental time bomb five miles off Yemen’s Red Sea coast that will not only have a devastating effect on the Yemeni people but far reaching consequences across the Middle East and the world.
For more than five years, a stranded and disabled rusting oil tanker, the FSO Safer, has been at risk of sinking or exploding.
The solution is simple, in theory.
The oil must be siphoned out and the tanker moved to a scrapping facility. The problem, however, is that the Houthi rebels have yet to honor their previous promises to allow the United Nations to implement this logistical and technical solution. In fact, the Houthis are using this floating bomb as a bargaining chip to demand a broader agreement that would include assurances on the distribution of the oil proceeds.
An oil spill from the FSO Safer would upend the lives of millions of Yemenis and certainly worsen the country’s humanitarian crisis.
The FSO Safer also poses a novel foreign policy question. What should the international community do when a rebel militia fails to mitigate an imminent environmental disaster in their territorial waters that will lead to catastrophic results for millions of innocent people, inflict massive marine damage, destroy the primary port for food imports, and threaten global trade?
The United States and the international community must act to find a solution to this impending crisis — and yet no nation is leading.
The best hope for a solution may rest with a Biden administration — if he wins in November and if the FSO Safer can remain intact for another six months.
hird, if the Houthis do not consent to immediate mitigation measures to safeguard the FSO Safer, then their leadership and their families must be held responsible for any subsequent damage from a spill or blast.
Fourth, the United States should lean on the Saudis and Emirates to develop contingency plans, including the use of force, to safeguard and transport the FSO Safer to safety if the Houthis delay or refuse to assist in mitigating the risks of a spill or explosion – by R. David Harden. He is managing director of the Georgetown Strategy Group and former assistant administrator at USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, where he oversaw U.S. assistance to all global crises.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/513266-the-red-sea-time-bomb#.X20RVjMLT-8.twitter
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Saudi Arabia stresses commitment to improving Yemeni lives
Saudi Arabia remains committed to improving the lives of Yemenis through UN mechanisms and agencies, said the Kingdom’s deputy permanent representative to the organization.
“Saudi Arabia has always supported the needy around the world, and therefore it reconfirms its commitment to stand by the Yemeni people (who are) currently living a major humanitarian crisis,” Dr. Khaled Manzlawiy said during a virtual UN ministerial meeting, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
The Kingdom is the primary financial supporter of humanitarian response plans in Yemen. The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) recently signed three joint executive programs with the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
KSRelief has also signed a cooperation agreement with the UN Children’s Fund to implement various projects throughout the country, as an integral part of the UN 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen.
“To address the Yemeni crisis, the international community must acknowledge the roots of the problem that lie in the Houthis’ overthrow of the legitimate government in Yemen and prevention of access of humanitarian assistance to the country,” said Manzlawiy.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1739671/saudi-arabia
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Al-Hadrami holds Houthi militia accountable for humanitarian crisis Yemen struggling with
[Hadi gov.] Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadrami said” the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the world’s worst, is a result of the theocratic Houthi militia’s coup, the militia is seeking for power, disregarding Yemenis’ suffering”.
Contributing to discussions themed” Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: avert famine outbreak” organized by Sweden and the EU on the sideline of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, al-Hadrami added” Houthi militia has further increased obstructions to humanitarian response efforts over 2019-2020 more than ever before
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42200
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20086.html
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Jemens Präsident Hadi fordert freien Weg für Hilfslieferungen
Jemens Präsident Hadi hat die Huthi-Rebellen aufgefordert, humanitäre Hilfslieferungen nicht mehr zu blockieren.
Hadi warf dem Iran vor, die Huthis zu unterstützen.
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Yemen’s president urges Houthis to allow humanitarian aid
Yemen’s embattled and exiled president on Thursday urged his government’s rival, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, to stop impeding the flow of urgently needed humanitarian aid.
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s plea aired more than a week after an international watchdog organization warned that all sides in Yemen’s conflict were interfering with the arrival of food, health care supplies, water and sanitation support.
His remarks came in a prerecorded speech to the U.N. General Assembly, whose annual gathering of world leaders was being held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his speech, the Yemeni president also asked that the Houthis allow a U.N. team immediate access to an abandoned oil tanker that risks causing massive environmental damage to the Red Sea.
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Yemen's Hadi calls for end to Safer risk Houthi offensive at Marib
Yemen's President on Thursday called for international thoughtful actions to put an end to the FSO facility Safer risk and to the Houthi escalation in the northeastern governorate of Marib and missile and drone attacks on Saudi lands.
The Yemeni people needs support from the international community in the face of all the tragedies and hard living conditions stemmed from a war raged by the Iranian-backed Houthi group, President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi told the UN General Assembly's 75th virtual meeting.
He called on the international community to mobilize support for the Yemeni UN-recognized government's efforts to tackle economic trials and its policies to prop the depreciating national currency.
The Houthis should not be allowed to use humanitarian issues for blackmail purposes by "obstinately looting funds" allocated to pay civil servant salaries and hindering the UN efforts, Hadi added.
He urged the international community to pressure the Houthis into allowing UN repair teams access to Safer and prevent a looming disaster posed by the derelict supertanker.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20079.html
and speech in film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEzLKIMtgw
and also https://www.arabnews.com/node/1739546/middle-east
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemeni-leader-calls-for-urgent-int-l-economic-support/1984804
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1073592
My comment: Nice try.
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On philosophy, renaissance and Saudi Arabia: Civilization in six points
Six points illustrate how the Arab world was central to civilization and renaissance throughout its history.
First, the Arabs, even before Islam, always held the Greeks —forefathers of Western civilization—in high respect.
What the Arabians gave to the West and Israel, Saudi Arabia should now reclaim and revive at home and abroad again. The neo-Renaissance is rooted in this deep history of open-minded Arabians from Mecca that rekindled what Spinoza called the ‘natural light of reason,’ to strengthen our faith in God with use of our intellect—not sheepish adherence to fatwas of clerics and ayatollahs who forbid Aristotelian philosophy of critical thinking. Adam Smith wrote his “Wealth of Nations” with observations of human behaviour and rational choices in the markets that are identical to the Arabian sociologist Ibn Khaldun.
For Saudi Arabia to promote the ‘natural light of reason’ in its neo-Renaissance is to fulfil what its ancestors did for humanity previously for many centuries. Prosperity comes from philosophy: the harmony between reason and religion. Doubt me? Read Ibn Rushd and then Adam Smith. Where Saudi Arabia leads, 1.8 billion Muslims will follow.
Comment: The author, @Ed_Husain, made a string of errors and specious arguments in this piece. The analysis of medieval Islamic history and philosophy on display is not only outdated, but quite amateurish. A quick thread and list of errata (thread)
https://twitter.com/bdaiwi_historia/status/1308907662021713920
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[Hadi] Gov’t: Iran confesses its flagrant meddling in Yemen
In a statement quoted by the state-run Saba News Agency, Yemeni Minister of Information, Muamar Al-Eryani said that Iran’s interference in Yemen and the war triggered by Houthis coup which resulted into death of thousands of Yemenis and inflicted heavy losses on economy that turned Yemen into the world's worst humanitarian crisis , “is flagrant violation of sovereignty, international law, and a defiance to the will of international community.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42177
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[Hadi gov.] Gov’t official: Its time the world pays attention to misery of Yemeni journalists
Undersecretary of Information for Press Affairs, Ahmed Rabee, said that its time the world pays attention to the suffering of Yemeni journalists that has been continuing since the Houthis toppled the government in September 2014.
“Journalists in Yemen were killed, detained, displaced or being pursued for doing their press profession,” Rabee said.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42176
My comment: It’s all parties in Yemen, the hadi government included. Therefore: cp15!
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2138470
http://en.adenpress.news/news/27164
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2138348
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2138321
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2138285
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2138046
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Arab Coalition destroys Houthi air defense system in Yemen’s Sanaa
The Arab Coalition destroyed an air defense system that belonged to the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen’s Sanaa, the coalition announced on Saturday.
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While the coalition claimed that an “air-defense” system was destroyed, footage of the airstrike showed what appeared to be a P-18 radar.
https://southfront.org/in-video-saudi-led-coalition-air-force-destroyed-houthis-air-defense-system/
Film: https://twitter.com/Alhadath_Ymn/status/1309864742123720704
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More Saudi coalition air raids
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3110320.htm / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15090 Several prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3110302.htm Marib p., Jawf p.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15082 / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15082 Several prov.
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1309219449250222081 5 prov. / regions
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15064 / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15067 Several prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3110010.htm / https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15056 Marib p.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15052 Several prov.
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe / Look at cp1
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.
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Scores Killed in Yemen Army's Attack on Military Parade in Ma’rib
An explosion rocked the city of Ma’rib in northern Yemen after Ansarallah forces targeted a military parade held by pro-Hadi forces with missiles.
According to Yemeni media, Houthi Ansarullah forces fired a ballistic missile at the headquarters of the 3rd Military Region in the capital of the Ma’rib Governorate.
Dozens of Saudi-backed mercenaries were killed and injured following the attack.
My remark: I think this report from Iran must refer to the attack mentioned in the following report. Obviously, a) nobody was killed; b) No military parade had been attacked, but the Sep. 26 revolution ceremony:
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Houthis launch ballistic missile at revolution anniversary ceremony in Marib, Gov't
The Yemeni caretaker government on Saturday accused the Ansarullah group, known as the Houthis, of launching a ballistic missile at the torch-lighting ceremony on the 26th September revolution anniversary in Marib province.
Information minister, Muammar Al-Eryani, wrote on Twitter: "The ballistic missile landed on the Al-Mithaq school which is located in a residential area, minutes after hundreds of students left the school and headed to the ceremony".
"The attack was an attempted revenge against Marib and reflected the moral bankruptcy of the group amid its failure to make military advances on the ground," he said (photo)
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20109.html
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Several people injured in Houthi missile attack on Marib
several people were injured and houses were damaged in downtown Marib as a result.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/27174
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#Houthi militia fired a missile on #Mareb early tonight. The missile landed in Al-Methaq School's yard where 300 student scouts were preparing to celebrate the 58th anniversary of 26 September revolution that overthrew the Immamate regime in 1962.
https://twitter.com/Yemen24/status/1309654317918453760
and also https://twitter.com/Ibrahim4Yemen/status/1309664256456101888
Film: Only minutes separate between the fall of a ballistic missile in the middle of the yard of Al-Mithaq School # Marib, launched by the Houthi criminal militia, and the departure of the scouts and guides teams to the parade at the ceremony commemorating the 26th of September revolution Accurate, systematic and premeditated targeting and monitoring of these blood bands If it were not for the kindness of God there would have been a terrible massacre of male and female students
https://twitter.com/Abo_Saad_aa/status/1309627614907322368
Photos: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1309606941057003527
Film / Photos from festivities: https://twitter.com/Yemen24/status/1309654317918453760
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1309589702337593346
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7 civilians killed, injured in Saudi attacks in far north Yemen
One civilian was killed and four others were injured in a Saudi artillery bombardment on the district of Monabbih in Yemen's northern province of Saada on Friday, Houthi media outlets said.
Two other civilians were injured in a Saudi rocket attack on the district of Shada'a on the border between the two countries, the reports said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20095.html
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3110320.htm
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15086
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15090
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15102
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More than 4,000 civilians killed, injured in Taiz by fire of aggression, mercenaries
[Sanaa gov.] Ministry of Human Rights' office in Taiz province has confirmed the killing and wounding of 4,576 civilians by the aggression coalition fire and its mercenaries since March 2015.
In a report issued to mark the passage of 2,000 days of the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, Saba got a copy of it, the Human Rights Office stated that 2,152 civilians have been martyred by the aggression fire and its mercenaries, including 474 children, 352 women, and 1,326 men.
The report noted that the aggression coalition and its mercenaries caused the injury of 2,424 civilians, including 424 children, 253 women, and 1,747 men.
It stated that the aggression coalition destroyed 950 facilities in the infrastructure sector, 551 service facilities, and 3,893 economic facilities while the number of civilian homes destroyed and damaged reached 95,790.
In the infrastructure sector, the aggression destroyed Taiz International airport, two seaports, 239 government facilities, 34 petroleum stations, a generator, 90 a communications networks, 58 tanks, a water system, 516 roads and bridges, and 10 cemeteries.
The report pointed out that the destroyed service facilities included 10 universities, 45 hospitals and health facilities, 152 schools and institutes, 100 mosques, 14 sports facilities, 20 historical Sites, six media facilities, and 204 agricultural fields.
It showed that the destroyed and damaged economic facilities due to the aggression in the province included 55 factories, 96 commercial markets, 2,167 commercial institutions, 33 tourist establishments, 450 food stores, 80 food trucks, 52 fuel stations, 41 fuel tankers, 780 means of transportation, 46 chicken and livestock farms and 93 fishing boats.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3110151.htm
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Jemenitische Armee greift saudische Basis an
Der Raketenangriff am Mittwochabend traf eine Militärbasis im Gouvernement Saada im Jemen an der Grenze zu Dhahran im Süden Saudi-Arabiens.
Berichten zufolge hat die Rakete eine Ansammlung der von Saudi-Arabien unterstützten Kräfte ins Visier genommen, die dem flüchtigen jemenitischen Präsidenten treu sind. Einem Bericht von Al Jazeera zufolge wurden bei dem jemenitischen Angriff 10 Menschen getötet und mehrere weitere verletzt.
https://parstoday.com/de/news/middle_east-i53763-jemenitischen_armee_greift_saudische_basis_an
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Houthi missile attack kills ten Yemeni troops in Sa'ada
Ten Yemeni troops were killed and others wounded on Wednesday, when a Houthi missile hit a military base of the official army in the northern governorate of Sa'ada at borders with Saudi Arabia.
The attack targeted the first brigade's camp supervised by Saudi army backing the Yemeni UN-recognized President Hadi in a bid to reinstate his government.
No immediate comment has been released by the Houthi group on the attack.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-20077.html
and
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[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni forces launch missile attacks on Saudi military base, over 10 killed
The Yemeni army backed by popular committees has launched a retaliatory missile attack against a military base near the Saudi border, killing at least ten.
The Wednesday night's missile attack struck a military base located in Yemen's Saada governorate on the border with Dhahran in southern Saudi Arabia.
It has reportedly targeted a concentration of Saudi-backed forces loyal to the fugitive Yemeni president Riyadh is trying to get back into power through its five-year war on Yemen.
A report by Al Jazeera says 10 were killed and several others wounded in the Yemeni attack.
and also https://iranpress.com/content/26853 (mentioning “80 killed and injured”).
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Yemen: Houthi-laid Landmines pose big dangers to Yemenis
Othman M. Abdullah did not know his return home would cost him his daughter.
After the Houthi militia were evacuated this week from his home near Alsaleh neighborhood in Hodeidah city, he returned happy that the misery of displacement for five months is finally over.
But he did not the Houthis had left him landmines under the surface of the earth in his backyard.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42180
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‘I would that the bullets hit me, not my grandfather,’ Taiz girl screams as Houthis kill her granddad
Going viral among social media users today is a story from Taiz where a Houthi sniper on Tuesday night shot dead 70-year-old Ali Sayf in his home.
Sayf was preparing his bed in the yard of his house in Almadina Asakaniya neighborhood in east of the city with his granddaughter Donya besides him when the sniper shot him.
A video on wide circulation shows Donya crying her eyes out near after her grandad was pronounced dead
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42182
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A woman who was injured in Houthi shelling in Taiz on Tuesday has succumbed to her wounds and passed away, local sources and relatives said. The woman (name not available) was pregnant in her ninth month and to remove the shrapnel from her body, the hospital first got the baby (pictured) delivered by a caesarian. But as doctors were removing shrapnel, she died, according to her nephew Nashwan Al-Hada. Out of sympathy, the hospital had granted the woman and her baby free medical insurance. Source of the story: Multiple news websites including Almoshahed
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42207
1 day old: His mother was wounded in her stomach by shrapnel from a shell as a result of the Houthi shelling in Taiz yesterday as per the local witnesses He was miraculously rescued by C section His mother had 3 abdominal operations and a broken leg (photo)
https://twitter.com/munaluqman/status/1308664278828953605
referring to https://twitter.com/taha_saleh_taiz/status/1308484026689351685
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Houthi snipers target women in al-Dhale
Two women shot and severely injured by Houthi snipers on Wednesday in the north of al-Dhale, local news websites reported.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/26162
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are going on and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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The [Hadi gov.] Yemeni army announced on Friday that 62 civilians were killed and 143 injured by Houthi fighters over a period of nine months, in the western governorate of Al-Hudaydah.
This came in a statement by the media centre of the Giants Brigades, affiliated with the Yemeni army.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200926-yemen-army-houthis-kill-62-civilians-in-al-hudaydah/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-20112.html
and claims all victims had been “killed”: https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-42217
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Film: a child was seriously injured by Houthi bullets in Hays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVjZ4p5Pdlg
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Child injured in Houthi attack in Hodeidah (Video)
http://en.adenpress.news/news/27170
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On2T7aa984o
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House Burned, Several Other Houses Damaged by US-Saudi Air Strikes in Hodeidah Governorate
A house was burned and several other houses were damaged, at dawn Thursday, by US-Saudi air strikes on the besieged city of Ad-Durayhimi in Hodeidah governorate, in a continued violation of the ceasefire in light of the international silence.
A local source in Hodeidah told "Almasirah Net" that: "Ad-Durayhimi was targeted by 4 missiles by the aggression's spy drones and intense targeting by various machine guns.
https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15076
My remark: Air raids? By spy drones? Or machine gun fire?
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Clashes intensify in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah: sources
Clashes between the Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels intensified in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, military sources from both sides told Xinhua.
The clashes took place in the village of al-Shab in the district of Hays in the south of the port city.
Local residents said tanks, artillery and heavy machine guns were used in the ongoing battle, forcing many families to flee the village.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/24/c_139391679.htm
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Film: A tragedy story: a Houthi sniper bullet kills (Muhammad Talha) and doubles the suffering of his family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsXdNvG3XMY
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Daily violations
Sep. 25: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15090
Sep. 24: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15082
Sep. 23: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15067
Sep. 22: https://english.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=15052
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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Photos from Yemen
https://ro.pinterest.com/andreialexandru3112/yemen/
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Photos: Shahara bridge in Yemen was constructed in 17th century to connect towns at the tops of mountains. The local residents still cross it often as a part of their daily routine. The manufacturing genius of this bridge spans a sheer 300 foot deep canyon.
https://twitter.com/its_yemen/status/1308839718667325440
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Very beautiful photos of Haraz area, Sana'a
https://twitter.com/marwanalmarsh/status/1309940639828766725
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Beautiful Photo from Manakhah area, Sana'a. #Yemen. By the amazing photographer Bassam.
https://twitter.com/Bassam_photo/status/1309200261924229120
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Film: Street Art: Live production of a large mural in #Sanaa by Yemeni artists Khawla ALMEKHLAFI, Thiyazen AL-ALAWI,
Rawiya AL-ATWANI, Nadeen DADA
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1118996078519632&ref=watch_permalink
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Film: Female graduates singing the song of (Our souls, our blood) in the Faculty of Languages, Sana'a University
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1309812658493968385 = https://twitter.com/RashadAlsamei/status/1309453867604742146
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Photos: Daily life in Sanaa, Yemen
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/26/c_139399433_4.htm
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-681-yemen-war-mosaic-681
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-681 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-681:
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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