Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 763, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 763, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-763-yemen-war-mosaic-763
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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
Siehe / Look at cp1
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New UN envoy to Yemen urged to broaden talks to end civil war
Hans Grundberg must recognise more than two factions involved in conflict, says pro-independence group
The new UN special envoy to Yemen has been urged to broaden negotiations to end the country’s seven-year civil war and include the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council and other factions.
Speaking to the Guardian from Aden, the head of the STC foreign affairs directorate, Mohammed al-Ghaithi, said the UN must recognise that outdated security council resolutions were restricting their efforts.
The current mandate of the UN envoy Hans Grundberg – based on a resolution passed in 2015 – focuses on the internationally recognised Yemen government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the leadership of the northern-based Houthi leadership.
Many observers say the conflict has long stopped being a battle confined to two forces within Yemen but involves a variety of actors, making a single national solution harder to achieve.
Al-Ghaithi said: “It is crucial that the negotiations need to reflect the realities on the ground. Without southern representation there can be no practical peace plan in Yemen …
“The problem with UN resolution 2216 is that it presumes there are only two warring parties on the ground when the reality is otherwise. When the UN is seriously thinking about ceasefire, safe passage of humanitarian workers and the country’s economic future, it is imperative that it takes into consideration all the parties on the ground and amongst them is the STC.”
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UN accused of turning a blind eye to Yemen abuses
Yemen activists denounce the United Nations and its former envoy Martin Griffiths for ignoring rights breaches and putting ‘politics before humanity’.
UN envoy criticised
The deteriorating human rights situation in Shabwah is also the result of a flawed approach to the peace process by the UN and its envoys, which have ignored the instances of the southern regions, Alnoud said.
“The former envoy has allowed the two parties (government and Houthis) to manoeuvre and dominate the agenda as much as they wanted, especially the Houthis,” said Alnoud.
“The government of President Hadi has no legitimacy in the south of Yemen … The new UN envoy (Hans Grundberg) should acknowledge the realities on the ground head-on. There has to be a different approach.”
The UN approach to the conflict acknowledges only two belligerent sides: the Houthis who occupy the capital Sanaa and the north of the country; and the internationally recognised government. Some experts argue this two-party framework is ignoring the realities on the ground in Yemen, including the complexity of its tribal set-up as well as the longstanding southern struggle for independence.
A solution would be to replace Security Council Resolution 2216 and widen the spectrum of political, ethnic, and gender representation at the negotiating table, analysts have said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/6/southern-yemenis-warn-against-government-human-right-abuses
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OHCHR Representative in #Yemen Renaud Detalle arrived #Marib city today and inspected places targeted recently by Iran-backed Houthi missiles. (photos)
https://twitter.com/TheYemenMirror/status/1445404557375324165
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Promoting Inclusive Access to Justice in Yemen (PIAJ)
Project Summary
Yemen has experienced protracted conflict since 2015 and is considered to be the worst humanitarian and development crisis in world. Public institutions including Rule of Law related institutions are dysfunctional, lacking infrastructure, equipment and human resource capacities. Lack of inclusiveness in decision making at all levels, spread of corruption, injustice, and insecurity collectively undermine the ability of the Yemeni population to live in safety and security and to have access to effective justice.
The project is framed by a structured ongoing consultative process and bottom-up approach for building-in local ownership, developing local priorities and proposed solutions. The project also supports a strategic approach to Rule of Law coordination and sharing of good practices, through the annual RoL workshop and Steering Group.
This Project Document (PRODOC) represents the cornerstone of UNDP’s second phase of RoL programming and contributes to a larger Draft RoL Programme Vision Strategy that the Embassy of Netherlands for Yemen has already sighted and fed into its design. As the initiation of a larger vision, this project document sets out the three main governorates (plus one additional governorate if required) to be included within this project over a three-year period.
https://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/projects/PIAJ.html
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Saudi lobbying jeopardising UN Yemen war crimes probe, rights groups say
Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of UN investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led coalition, Reuters reported activists saying today.
The Saudi mission to the United Nations in Geneva did not immediately respond to a Reuters query about the allegations. The motion, brought by countries including the Netherlands and Canada, is due to be debated tomorrow in a session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Activists said the vote would be close and might depend on the number of abstentions at the 47-member state forum.
The Group of Eminent Experts, set up by the council in 2017, has found repeatedly that coalition air strikes and shelling as well as killings by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement during the seven-year conflict may amount to war crimes.
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UN Rights Body Should Stand with Yemeni People
Renewing Vital Mandate Essential to Support Victims, Stem Abuse
The latest report by the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts (GEE) on Yemen details “over six years of unnecessary suffering” by people in the country. First established by the UN Human Rights Council in 2017, the group is the only international, impartial, and independent body reporting on rights violations and abuses in Yemen.
Now, despite the gravity of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy in Yemen and violations and abuses by all parties to the conflict, the mandate of this essential body is under threat.
Saudi Arabia, a leading party to the conflict in Yemen accused of serious violations including likely war crimes, together with its coalition allies, is engaging in a tireless lobbying campaign to deter states at the Human Rights Council from renewing the GEE’s mandate. Member states bowing to pressure to end the mandate when it is still urgently needed would be a stain on the credibility of the Council and a slap in the face to victims.
The GEE titled their latest report “A nation abandoned: a call to end Yemen’s suffering.” Rather than allowing allow a party to the conflict to evade scrutiny for its own abuses, HRC member states should stand with the people of Yemen by renewing the GEE’s mandate at this critical time.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/05/un-rights-body-should-stand-yemeni-people
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Yemen: Renew mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts
Human Rights Council member states face a key test later this week as they are set to vote on the renewal of the Group of Eminent Experts (GEE) on Yemen, the only international mechanism mandated since 2017 to investigate violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict, Amnesty International said today. Over the past week, Saudi Arabia and other coalition partners have increased their pressure on members of the Human Rights Council to end the GEE’s mandate later this week.
“The Group of Eminent Experts for Yemen has been a solitary and stalwart platform bringing vital international scrutiny to the violations and abuses committed during the conflict in Yemen. Over the past four years, the GEE has issued extensive reports documenting an appalling litany of human rights abuses and violations committed by all parties to the conflict –including arbitrary deprivation of life, recruitment of child soldiers, enforced disappearances, torture, indiscriminate attacks and acute impunity. Failure to renew the GEE’s mandate would signal a bitter abandonment -even betrayal – of the people of Yemen by the international community,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.
“We urge all states at the Human Rights Council to stand steadfast against pressure, vote with their conscience and ensure the work of the Group of Eminent Experts is not only sustained, but its recommendations on pathways to accountability are heeded.”
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Call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to ensure the renewal of the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen in the face of heightened pressure
On Thursday, October 7, 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on a resolution under agenda item 2 to renew the mandate of the UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE) for two-years in the context of the ongoing 48th HRC session.
What is at stake?
Some delegations, who are involved in the conflict in Yemen, want to undermine the GEE by calling on states to vote against its mandate. The GEE is the only international, independent and impartial avenue to examine human rights violations in Yemen and is essential in supporting accountability efforts for millions of victims in Yemen.
The work of the GEE has been instrumental in monitoring and addressing human rights violations by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. It plays a vital role in gathering information, publicly reporting recent patterns of violations and abuses, and providing timely recommendations to the international community concerning the situation in Yemen. In this year’s report to the Human Rights Council entitled “A nation abandoned: A call to end Yemen’s suffering” the GEE exposed again violations by all parties to the conflict and the lack of political will to put an end to the “pandemic of impunity” in Yemen.
https://mwatana.org/en/call-on-the-united-nations-human-rights-council/
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UN Human Rights Council must not abandon the people of Yemen: UN investigation into war crimes in Yemen under pressure from Saudi coalition
The United Nations Human Rights Council (The Council) will vote on Thursday, 7 October on a resolution to renew the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE), the only international mechanism to examine human rights abuses and other atrocities being committed in Yemen. There are indications that Saudi Arabia and its allies—whose actions in Yemen are also under scrutiny by the Group of Experts —have increased lobbying efforts in state capitals around the world in a bid to undermine support for the resolution and to do away with the GEE.
Civil society, including Yemeni human rights defenders, have warned that failing to support and strengthen the UN investigation could have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of Yemeni citizens. Impunity for war crimes and other violations of international law have fuelled the conflict in Yemen, creating the world’s “largest man-made humanitarian catastrophe.”
According to Radhya Almutawakel, Chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights, a prominent Yemeni human rights organization, “The GEE is the only independent and impartial mechanism working to deter war crimes and other violations by all parties to the conflict. Allowing this body to be done away with would be a green light to continue such violations, and, in effect, condemn millions in Yemen to ‘unremitting violence, death and constant fear.’”
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Renewal and Strengthening of Group of Eminent Experts Mandate Would Be A Victory for Peace in Yemen
Women4Yemen Network urges the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution during the current session of the Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, given the Group’s crucial role in efforts towards accountability.
“Calling for accountability, including supporting the role of the Group of Eminent Experts, is a call for peace that we, as a women’s group working for peace, always demand. The endemic impunity present in Yemen must end if we hope to achieve reconciliation in the future and rebuild the social fabric required for a peace that lasts,” says Kawkab Al-Thaibani, Director of Women4Yemen Network.
As a network that aspires for lasting peace, Women4Yemen Network sees the work of the Group of Eminent Experts as crucial, particularly as it shows the amount of abuse Yemeni women and women opponents have endured. The report mentioned violations and abuses meant to intimidate women from political participation. Highlighting the challenges women peacemakers and activists face aligns with our call that Yemeni women working in peace need additional support and protection, especially those working at a grassroots level.
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National Salvation [Sanaa] Government calls on UN to continue work of Group of Experts on Yemen
The National Salvation Government of Yemen has on Wednesday called on the Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Group of Experts as the only UN mechanism that investigates human rights violations in Yemen.
This came during a press conference held by the national team concerned with dealing with the United Nations Committee of Experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the capital, Sana’a. The meeting had as aim to clarify the position of the National Salvation Government on the fourth report of the international experts’ group on Yemen, which was submitted to the Human Rights Council on September 14.
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'Inclusive settlement' to end Yemen war: UN envoy
UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg called on Wednesday for an "inclusive political settlement" to end the conflict, as he wrapped up his first visit to the war-torn country.
"The humanitarian and economic impact of the war becomes more difficult to reverse with every passing day. The war has turned daily life into a struggle in Yemen," Grundberg said, according to a statement.
"There is an urgent need to change course and work toward an inclusive political settlement that comprehensively ends the conflict and allows Yemen to recover and develop."
Grundberg met with a number of Yemeni officials, including Prime Minister Moeen Abdulmalik Saeed, in the interim capital Aden
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/inclusive-settlement-end-yemen-war-un-envoy
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UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg concludes his first visit to Yemen
The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded his first visit to Yemen today, Wednesday, after conducting extensive meetings in Aden.
Mr. Grundberg met with the Yemeni Prime Minister, Maeen Abdulmalik, and the governor of Aden, Ahmed Lamlas. He also met with the Chairman of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidarous Zubaidi, the governor of Taiz Nabil Shamsan, and a diverse group of political actors including Al Hirak components and the Inclusive Hadramout Conference. Mr. Grundberg also consulted with representatives of civil society organizations and women’s rights activists.
In his meetings, Mr. Grundberg also emphasized his commitment to inclusivity as a necessity for the sustainability of peace. “Yemen has a rich history of political and social diversity. A durable solution is one that reflects the interests of diverse and broad segments of Yemeni society,” Mr. Grundberg said.
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/un-special-envoy-hans-grundberg-concludes-his-first-visit-yemen
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UN Envoy in Aden in an attempt to salvage the Riyadh agreement
The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, is in Aden where he met with the prime minister, Maeen Abdulmalik, to discuss ways to salvage the Riyadh agreement between the recognised Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC). Grundburg stressed the need to implement the Riyadh agreement noting its economic, social and political benefits.
The discussion covered the security aspects of the Riyadh agreement which the government says that the STC is failing to adhere to.
https://www.commonspace.eu/news/un-envoy-aden-attempt-salvage-riyadh-agreement
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UN envoy visits Yemen for talks with PM, separatists
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen met Tuesday with the prime minister of the country’s internationally recognized government in the port city of Aden, officials said.
Hans Grundberg landed in Aden in his first visit to the war-scarred country since taking up his post last month, according to the U.N. mission in Yemen.
He met with Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed in Mashiq Palace
Photos: https://twitter.com/OSE_Yemen/status/1445359201446989833
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[Separatist] president-al-zubaidi-receives-the-un-envoy-in-aden
https://en.smanews.org/south-arabia/president-al-zubaidi-receives-the-un-envoy-in-aden/
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxz0d3hitUw
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UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR YEMEN HANS GRUNDBERG CONCLUDES VISIT TO RIYADH
Mr. Grundberg met with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi ambassador to Yemen Mohamed Al Jaber and other senior Saudi officials. He also met with Yemeni Vice President Ali Mohsen and senior Yemeni officials.
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/un-special-envoy-yemen-hans-grundberg-concludes-visit-riyadh
Photos: https://twitter.com/OSE_Yemen/status/1445304641244303362
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Enhancing ethical peace reporting in Yemen: Peace Journalism Initiative
a platform and recently registered NGO led by young Yemeni journalists, aiming to enhance credible and ethical peace reporting according to high journalism standards. Part of their efforts to empower journalists, youth, women and minorities, the initiative regularly organizes workshops that discuss a range of topics related to peacebuilding and achieving social cohesion. The Peace Journalism initiative perceived their participation in “My Solution” as an opportunity to reach a large number of youth and enhance their awareness on peacebuilding matters such as the role of the United Nations Special Envoy in peace mediation, and the United Nations Resolutions 1325 and 2250 related to the role of women and youth in peace and security.
The project entitled “Peace Lounge”, included discussion sessions, attended by 24 young women and men activists, during which peacebuilding experts presented their experiences and knowledge on peace related matters emphasizing on the importance of including the youth and women in the upcoming peace negotiations.
https://www.miragenews.com/enhancing-ethical-peace-reporting-in-yemen-644725/
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2021 Nansen Refugee Award celebrates ‘bravery and dedication’ of Yemeni aid group
The Jeel Albena aid organization stayed on the ground during the worst of Yemen’s six-year conflict to provide shelter and hope to thousands of internally displaced people.
The co-founder of a Yemeni humanitarian organization whose team stayed on the ground during the worst of the country’s fighting to help their displaced compatriots tonight accepted the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award in a special virtual ceremony, calling it “a moment of great pride and joy” for the organization.
The Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development is based in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, which has experienced some of the most intense clashes of the six-year conflict. It is being honoured for its role in providing emergency shelters and other vital services to more than 18,000 internally displaced people (IDPs).
Speaking via video link from the Yemeni capital Sana’a, Jeel Albena’s head and co-founder Ameen Jubran described the award as welcome recognition for the work he and his colleagues have done, despite the often “arduous journey” they have faced.
The Nansen Refugee Award is usually presented in a glittering ceremony in Geneva, where the UN Refugee Agency has its headquarters, but for the second year running this year’s event was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, with participants in several continents interacting via videoconference.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi applauded the “bravery and dedication” of Jeel Albena’s staff and volunteers, noting that some 40 per cent of them had themselves been forced to flee during the fighting.
“I could not be more honoured to present this award to Ameen and to his colleagues,” Grandi said.
During his acceptance speech, Jubran described how his organization was drawing on traditional skills and materials to provide displaced families with shelters made from mats of woven palm fronds known as khazaf – a process that also provides vital employment.
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Tomorrow, the Houthi Al-Binaa Generation Society will be honored by the High Commission and the Norwegian Council, the association is run by Amin Al-Razhi, cousin of Jaber Al-Razhi, director of the Supreme Council for the Administration of Humanitarian Affairs of the Houthis, the association of fictitious disclosures and looting of displaced persons’ allocations
https://twitter.com/baseem_aljenani/status/1444711926303498245
@Refugees has picked a newly formed Houthis-run organization called Jeel Albena as a winner for its 2021 #NansenAward. Jeel Albena is run by the cousin of SCMCHA’s boss and is known for funneling the aids to the group
https://twitter.com/alkhatabyemen/status/1444916270152011779
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Oman's Speech in 76th Session of UN General Assembly
Oman’s foreign policy advocates good neighbourliness, non-interference in the internal affairs of others, respect for international laws and charters, support for cooperation among countries and the enhancement of opportunities for internal dialogue.
The Sultanate also stressed its conviction on the need to resolve differences in a spirit of harmony and tolerance that has always been the mainstay of the country’s human civilization. Oman believes that harmony and tolerance lead to better and more lasting results than could be achieved by conflict and strife.
As for the Yemeni crisis, my country will go ahead with its persistent efforts and will continue to work with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Nations (UN) envoy, the United States envoy for Yemen and the Yemeni parties concerned, with the aim of ending the war by reaching a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire respected by all sides, as well as full resumption of humanitarian efforts to provide the needs of the brethren in Yemen, especially medicine, healthcare, food, fuel and housing.
We add our voice to all who believe in the need to reach a comprehensive political settlement to crisis in Yemen in a manner that restores to its people a return to security, stability and normal life, while at the same time safeguarding the security and interests of the countries of the region.
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The Unlikely Diplomat
Hadi Jumaan, a former boy scout and an ordinary tribesman has carried a unique type of diplomacy. He evacuated over 1000 corpses of dead fighters and mediated the exchange of over 200 prisoners of war between the Yemeni government and the Houthis in war torn-Yemen.
What Hadi does is at the core of Peacebuilding. He as he succeeds in getting conflicting parties to agree to respect human dignity in such a hostile conflict environment and also bring comfort and peace to thousands of families mourning their loved ones.
To continue his volunteer work, Hadi needs a car, basic equipment, and a satellite phone to facilitate his work as most frontlines are out of the cellphone coverage area in Yemen. We need your help to make that happen
Read more about his powerful story here https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2019/02/13/unlikely-diplomat-bringing-yemen-s-war-dead-home
https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-unlikely-diplomat
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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There is currently a #disinformation campaign attacking the human rights organization @ALQST_ORG - most accusing it of 'attacking' Saudi and being a Muslim Brotherhood entity.The campaign would suggest it was state-backed, and involves dozens of fake accounts.
Curious about this network, approximately 50 Twitter accounts, almost all featuring profile pictures of attractive young women, are spreading a collection of tweets and infographics condemning ALQST. I collected some of them below to give you an idea
https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1445662031151910914
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Saudi Aramco closes near $2T valuation as oil prices rally
Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco closed on Wednesday just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom’s crown prince has long sought, buoyed by high oil prices and increased demand for energy as economies recover from last year’s pandemic lockdowns.
Aramco touched the $2 trillion market cap moment during the day, but ultimately closed at $1.99 trillion
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Film: Why the continuing #HumanRightsViolations against my brother and others in #SaudiArabia
https://twitter.com/AreejASadhan/status/1445554963095031808
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This is protester Muslim AlMohisn from #Awamya #Qatif who was executed today by the #Saudi Clan regime today days after @JakeSullivan46 visited #MBS. Protesters are the greatest threat to the #Saudi Clan.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1445379973020323845
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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Top U.S. envoy brought up Khashoggi in talks with Saudis -US official
A U.S. delegation led by White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan brought up the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in talks with leading Saudi Arabian officials last week, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
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In diesem Fall hat der Staat Google quasi zur zuständigen Stelle gemacht. Outsourcing. Zensur wird auf private Konzerne verlagert. Das ist gespenstisch. Ebenso gespenstisch wie der Applaus, den diese Zensur auch in meinem Fall von Kollegen bekommt. Von ausbleibender Solidarität ganz zu schweigen. Ich bin gespannt, ob sich der Vorstand der Bundespressekonferenz im vorliegenden Fall dafür einsetzen wird, dass ich als ihr Mitglied meinen 330.000 Abonnenten wieder aus der Veranstaltung berichten kann. Bisher tat er das nie. Merkel-Sprecher Seibert hat mit seiner Reaktion auf die Löschung von RT Youtube geradezu ermutigt zur Zensur. Auch mit ihrem Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz hat die Regierung Betreiber sozialer Medien dazu angestiftet.
Die faktische Konsequenz der Zensur ist Zermürbung. Als Journalist kann man nicht mehr frei berichten, wegen des Damoklesschwerts der Kanal-Sperrung. Das färbt sowohl inhaltlich ab – weil man ständig Pirouetten drehen muss mit Warnhinweisen in den Videos, und auch bei der Entscheidung, worüber man berichtet – wie soll man noch einen Livestream machen, wenn der jedes Mal massive Folgen haben kann?
PS: Bitte abonnieren Sie meinen Rumble-Account, auf dem ich meine Videos künftig parallel hochladen werde wegen der Zensur bei Youtube (hier der Link).
PS: Es geht inzwischen soweit, dass Youtube das Video eines Gesprächs von Floridas Gouverneur DeSantis mit Wissenschaftlern entfernt (siehe hier).
Drei Jahre nach dem Khashoggi-MordDer Prinz ist zurück
Vor drei Jahren wurde der Regimekritiker Jamal Khashoggi ermordet. Danach mieden ausländische Politiker den saudischen Thronfolger. Das ändert sich
Experte Sebastian Sons verweist darauf, dass der Kronprinz nach dem Mord an Khashoggi versucht habe, seine Außenpolitik neu auszurichten.
Dazu gehörte das Bestreben, sich von den USA und dem Westen unabhängiger zu machen. „Deshalb hat Mohammed bin Salman sich Richtung Russland, China und anderen asiatischen Staaten orientiert“, sagt der wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter des Bonner Centers for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (Carpo).
Auch in Europa und Amerika hätten zwar die Verantwortlichen zur Kenntnis genommen, dass die Macht des saudischen Thronfolgers unangefochten ist. „Dennoch halte ich es für sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass bin Salman zum Beispiel zu einem Staatsbesuch nach Deutschland oder in die USA reist. Der Khashoggi-Skandal ist noch tief im Bewusstsein verankert.“
Die Front der Ablehnung gegen MBS bröckelt trotzdem. Die US-Regierung genehmigte vor zwei Wochen einen 500-Millionen-Dollar-Vertrag zur Wartung saudischer Kampfhubschrauber aus amerikanischer Herstellung. Es war der erste Rüstungsdeal mit Riad seit Bidens Amtsantritt. Im Juli empfing Washington einen Bruder von MBS, den saudischen Vize-Verteidigungsminister Prinz Khalid bin Salman. Der Krieg im Jemen hängt dem Thronfolger wie ein Klotz am Bein
Wenige Tage vor dem dritten Jahrestag des Khashoggi-Mordes flog Bidens Sicherheitsberater Jake Sullivan nach Saudi-Arabien, um mit dem Kronprinzen zu sprechen. Die Türkei bemüht sich um bessere Beziehungen zum Königreich und den VAE, um die eigene Isolation zu durchbrechen. Freunde von Khashoggi sind entsetzt.
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp2, cp9a
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Think Tankers Are Skirting Congress’s New Conflict of Interest Rules
House Democrats recently strengthened the “truth in testimony” rule for witnesses at committee hearings, but many are still exploiting loopholes to avoid revealing their affiliations and funding sources.
As The American Prospect’s Jonathan Guyer reported, when Kirsten Fontenrose—the director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and a former director of Gulf affairs at the National Security Council during the Trump administration—testified at a March 18 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Assessing the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia,” she did not disclose any of the funding from Bahrain or the UAE. Alex Kisling, a spokesman for the Atlantic Council, said that since the think tank has not received funding from Saudi Arabia, it did not have to disclose funding from the UAE or Bahrain, because they were not the direct subject of the hearing. Both countries are known for being close allies of Saudi Arabia. Fontenrose did not respond to a request for comment.
https://newrepublic.com/article/163805/think-tanks-congress-conflict-interest-truth-testimony-rule
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Audio: Bad Friends: America’s Middle East Allies
President Joe Biden claimed he would defend human rights around the world, but his track record paints a different picture, especially in the Middle East. Quincy Institute senior fellow Annelle Sheline discusses how U.S. policies in the region have protected oppressive leaders while undermining American interests.
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/bad-friends-americas-middle-east-allies
Snippet: https://twitter.com/CatoFP/status/1445419656269938690
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Condemning the October 3 Houthi Missile Attack
The United States condemns the October 3 Houthi missile attack on the densely populated neighborhood of al-Rawdha in Marib, Yemen, which killed two children and injured an estimated 33 civilians, including women and children, according to UN agencies. Civilians will suffer as long as the brutal Houthi military offensives continue. There is an international consensus that now is the time to end the conflict
https://www.state.gov/condemning-the-october-3-houthi-missile-attack/
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Top UAE officials named in illegal US influence operation
The Emiratis continue their illicit campaigns undermining American democracy without consequence.
What was not clear from the indictment was who were the senior UAE officials directing this illicit influence operation. That changed on Tuesday when Bloomberg revealed that those “UAE officials” are actually the very pinnacle of the UAE government, including the UAE’s Ambassador to the United States, Yousef al Otaiba, and even the UAE’s de facto leader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, or MBZ.
While its extraordinary to learn that the head of a foreign autocracy was directing an illicit influence operation, this is far from the first time the UAE has been caught illegally meddling in America.
Just two weeks ago, three former U.S. intelligence operatives admitted to working as cyber spies for the UAE
While MBZ was directing Barrack and his co-defendants’ influence operation, he was also personally guiding another operation to gain influence in Washington. At MBZ’s direction George Nader — an adviser to MBZ and Donald Trump, who is now in prison on child pornography charges — ran what the DOJ called a “conduit campaign” to conceal the true source of more than $3.5 million in illegal campaign donations. The campaign was initially focused on gaining access and influence within the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. But, after Trump’s victory in the 2016 election, the UAE’s focus quickly shifted to Trump, beginning with a $1 million illegal donation to his inauguration.
In addition to this illicit campaign contribution scheme, Nader also orchestrated a covert campaign, to vilify the UAE’s rival Qatar in Washington.
What has all this money bought? Silence. As my colleague and I previously documented in Responsible Statecraft, in the weeks after the Tom Barrack indictment was released, the think tanks that receive funding from the UAE said nothing about a foreign power running an illicit operation to influence major U.S. foreign policy decisions. Similarly, no Biden administration official has condemned the UAE for any of these transgressions.
This silence is a threat to U.S. national security, as it invites more interference in American democracy.
The United States, and especially President Biden, must send a clear message to the UAE that meddling in American democracy is unacceptable.
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Biden Administration disappoints on Khashoggi anniversary
All signals point to no real arm twisting during the first high level meeting with MBS, who has been linked to the journalist’s murder.
Far from treating the Saudi government as a “pariah,” as Biden pledged to do when he was a candidate, the Biden administration has been slowly and quietly strengthening ties with Riyadh, as well as giving a pass to other U.S. client governments in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates for their own abuses. Apart from some early lip service about ending U.S. support for Saudi “offensive operations” in Yemen, Biden has made remarkably few changes to the U.S.-Saudi relationship and has done nothing to make good on his repeated claims to put human rights at the center of his foreign policy. This about-face is not all that surprising, but it should be identified as the unacceptable hypocrisy that it is.
The administration might argue that it is necessary to meet the crown prince to make progress on certain issues, but the timing of Sullivan’s meeting shortly before the anniversary of Khashoggi’s assassination could hardly have been worse.
These governments have assumed that they can act with impunity because Washington refuses to penalize them no matter what they do.
Until these states face tangible costs in their relationships with the United States, they have little incentive to provide the cooperation the U.S. wants in curtailing domestic abuses, ending the war on Yemen, and de-escalating regional tensions. Pressuring clients is not a cure-all, and it won’t always get the U.S. what it seeks, but we know that U.S. enabling and “reassurance” have encouraged them in their worst behavior and implicated our government in it.
If Biden wants to extricate the U.S. from the region’s conflicts and follow through on his human rights rhetoric, he will need to take a firmer line with reckless, despotic client states.
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Yemeni American groups scorch Senate’s War Powers gang
A bipartisan trio of senators who introduced legislation to enhance Congress’ role in war authorizations has some unlikely new opponents: Yemeni American groups and antiwar activists.
In a letter to Sens. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.), CHRIS MURPHY (D-Conn.) and MIKE LEE (R-Utah) obtained exclusively by NatSec Daily, the 12 organizations — including the Yemeni Alliance Committee, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Yemeni Liberation Movement, CODEPINK and Just Foreign Policy — say they have four main objections to the “National Security Powers Act.”
First, they write that Yemeni Americans and other marginalized groups “were excluded from the overwhelmingly white American group that advised in the drafting process.” On Murphy’s website, the majority of the experts expressing support for the NSPA aren’t people of color, the activists note.
Second, the new bill states the president must seek congressional authorization to enter a war zone if the United States plans to be “party” to a conflict. The activists argue that’s a “deeply troubling loophole,” since any administration can say they’re not a party in hostilities, as America is claiming now — even though U.S.-authorized contractors help keep the Saudi air force in the skies.
Third, the activists say the NSPA has “no provision for a concurrent war powers resolution to end an unauthorized war.
Finally, the organizations assert that all the energy being put into passing this bill is taking away from the effort to end the war in Yemen right now. They note that an amendment spearheaded by Rep. RO KHANNA (D-Calif.) to prohibit any U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war passed the House and could make it in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act. However, multiple congressional and activist sources say the odds of its inclusion are slim.
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Curbing Dangerous US Arms Sales: House NDAA Is A Win For Oversight, Accountability
The House version of the NDAA represents the largest package of legislation that restrict weapons transfers since the 1990s — a good first step.
Legislators must take the opportunity to support an unprecedented flurry of amendments aimed at stopping American weapons and training from ending up in the wrong hands abroad.
American arms sales and security assistance have been in national news for all the wrong reasons. In the past six months, Saudi Arabia has used US aid and weapons to worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, Guinean soldiers trained by the United States conducted a coup, and the Taliban gained access to caches of US weapons previously used by the Afghan National Army.
Unfortunately, these recent incidents are not aberrations. The United States is the world’s largest arms exporter and it has frequently sold weapons to corrupt, undemocratic, and otherwise risky clients.
This worrying pattern might be changing, however, if several amendments to FY22 NDAA passed in the House of Representatives last week make it into the final version of the legislation. The House version of the NDAA represents the largest package of legislation that restrict weapons transfers since the 1990s when Congress passed a series of laws on end-use monitoring of security assistance. A total of 21 amendments in the House version of the FY22 NDAA work to reduce risky arms transfers, which will protect US reputation and security by reducing American culpability for human rights abuses.
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As a Yemeni-American fighting to end this war, I have grave concerns about the Senate version of the war powers reform bill, the "National Security Powers Act". I urge all who seek to end the Yemen war & protect Congress's war powers to hold off on endorsing NSPA. THREAD 1/10
https://twitter.com/Jehan_Hakim/status/1443988902222594048
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9
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The Struggle For Influence Around The Arabian Peninsula
The continued uncertainty surrounding the Arabian Peninsula is of immense importance for the rest of the world. The Gulf remains the largest energy-producing region on the planet while the Gulf of Aden-Red Sea (GARS) is irreplaceable in terms of the role that it plays in facilitating maritime trade between both sides of the supercontinent. For all intents and purposes, this part of the Eastern Hemisphere can thus be described as one of the pillars of the global economy. There are several trends that influence stability in the Arabian Peninsula. The most significant is the Iranian-Saudi rivalry, which Riyadh regards as bilateral whereas Tehran suspects that the Kingdom and its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) allies are acting as proxies of Tel Aviv.
This leads to the next regional trend which is those two earlier mentioned GCC members' recognition of Israel. Iran interpreted this move as being aimed against it and warned that'll be regionally destabilizing. It's unclear whether Tehran fears that Tel Aviv might exploit those countries to intensify what the Islamic Republic suspects is Israel's proxy war against it or if Iran will asymmetrically respond to these fears by scaling up its own proxy wars, particularly in Yemen. In any case, regardless of the reasons behind that recognition, it contributed to worsening tensions between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula countries. The US' recent pressure on Saudi Arabia is the next most important regional trend since this complicated the Kingdom's national security even more.
The last trend of significance is that the UAE is behaving more independently of Saudi Arabia.
https://south24.net/news/newse.php?nid=2127
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US efforts to broaden sanctions on Iran won’t work
The recent push to get China to cut its Iranian oil imports belies President Biden’s so-called ‘relentless diplomacy.’
The United States is at a crossroads with Iran as diplomatic talks to revive the nuclear deal stall. President Joe Biden stated recently that the administration is looking at “other options” beyond diplomacy with Iran, even as he promised “relentless diplomacy” in his first address to the United Nations. Amidst a report the Biden administration is reaching out to China to cut its imports of Iranian oil, it appears the United States is prematurely abandoning the diplomacy-first approach. But a return to sanctions wouldn’t serve U.S. interests.
As a means of pressuring Iran to cut a deal, this is likely counterproductive. Iran views U.S. diplomacy as a Trojan horse as it is. After all, the United States reneged on the nuclear deal first, and it wasn’t very long ago that Washington openly assassinated Iran’s top military leader. Iran’s wariness is hard to overstate. Trying to target one of its few trade lifelines is likely to confirm Iran’s suspicions of a two-faced U.S. policy and disincentivize returning to nuclear negotiations.
China, which depends on importing crude oil, is also unlikely to burn an economic and diplomatic bridge with Iran to curry favor with its biggest geopolitical rival.
The United States doesn’t need to stay locked in a policy which doesn’t suit its interests and invites conflict with Iran and its proxies. Rather than reversing course on diplomacy and doubling down on the same sanctions which have proven ineffective, Washington should make the first overture: end a portion of the most onerous sanctions to provide a lifeline to the Vienna talks. President Biden called for “relentless diplomacy.” That means we shouldn’t relent.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/10/06/us-efforts-to-broaden-sanctions-on-iran-wont-work/
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Sensations-Meldung über saudisch-iranische Annäherung
Angeblich steht eine Beilegung des Jemen-Konfliktes, sowie ein generelles Tauwetter in Aussicht.
Auch amerikanische Experten haben seit einigen Monaten Gespräche zwischen Vertretern Irans und Saudi Arabiens in beider Nachbarland Irak beobachtet. Diese sind seit dem Regierungswechsel im Iran und über die Pilger-Saison in Mekka zu Erliegen gekommen, sollen nun aber mit neuem Elan wieder aufgenommen worden sein. Als Gastgeber sollen der irakische Premier Mustafa Al Kadhimi und dessen Stab dabei auch eine aktive Vermittlerrolle spielen. Dies vermeldet nun die auf die Region spezialisierte Nachrichten-Plattform «Amwaj Media».
Laut einem Exklusiv-Bericht vom Montag fand letzte Woche eine vierte Gesprächsrunde am Flughafen von Baghdad statt, die laut irakischen Quellen sehr positiv verlaufen sei. Teilnehmer seien der Sekretär des Nationalen Sicherheitsrates in Teheran, Ali Shamkhani, und der saudische Aussenminister Adel Al-Jubeir gewesen, also sehr hochrangige Vertreter beider Seiten.
Der Bericht beruft sich auf mehrere Quellen aus dem Irak. Demnach sei die Annäherung zwischen Teheran und Riad inzwischen so weit gediehen, dass konkret und in Details über eine Beilegung des Bürgerkrieges im Jemen, die Wiederaufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen und den Bau einer Landverbindung – sprich Autobahn – zwischen den «heiligen Städten» Mashhad im Iran über das irakische Karbala nach Mekka gesprochen worden sei (Link).
https://www.tachles.ch/artikel/news/sensations-meldung-ueber-saudisch-iranische-annaeherung
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Saudi confirms first round of talks with new Iranian government
Saudi Arabia confirmed on Sunday it had held its first round of direct talks with Iran's new government last month, part of a process begun earlier this year to reduce tension between the Gulf's rival Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim powers.
Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the latest round had taken place on Sept. 21. He did not give the location of the meeting. The date coincides with a speech by Raisi at the UN General Assembly in New York.
"These discussions are still in the exploratory phase. We hope they will provide a basis to address unresolved issues between the two sides and we will strive and work to realise that," he told a joint news conference.
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#Iranian media reporting a #Saudi delegation has arrived #Tehran to make preparations to reopen Embassy after years of severing relations. Look for a #Qatari mediation here.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1444393696447934465
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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RAF intelligence base linked to US drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
Research concludes it ‘was probable’ that Menwith Hill was used to assist in the controversial assassination
Campaigners have called on ministers to explain whether the secretive Menwith Hill intelligence base in Yorkshire is involved in recent drone strike assassinations, after the publication of a report that raises questions about UK involvement in US attacks.
A foreword to the research, written by the Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign, concludes it “was probable” that Iranian general Qassem Suleimani was killed in January last year using information obtained from the British site, essentially an outpost of the US National Security Agency (NSA).
The full report also raises questions about whether British personnel on the site are involved in assisting deadly US drone strikes – in particular in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia, all conflict zones where the UK is not formally at war.
Barnaby Pace, an investigative journalist, complains in the report that the US and UK forces at Menwith Hill “operate beyond public scrutiny and accountability” – and that, unless there were change, “Orwellian surveillance systems and extrajudicial executions exposed in recent years will likely continue”.
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UK ministers deny Britain is a "party" to the Yemen war, presumably to avoid legal action for complicity in war crimes. You can now view all our articles on Yemen here -- an emerging resource on the extensive UK role in the conflict.
https://declassifieduk.org/tag/yemen/
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Wikipedia: Ali Abass Yahya Al-Dailami (* 27. Dezember 1981 in Sanaa, Jemen) ist ein jemenitisch-deutscher Politiker (Die Linke) und seit 2021 Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Al-Dailami
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45 geschleuste Personen in Gewahrsam - zwei Schleuser festgenommen, zwei Schleuser flüchtig
Die Bundespolizeiinspektion Ludwigsdorf nahm am gestrigen Tag 45 geschleuste Personen in Gewahrsam. Die Personen stammen größtenteils aus dem Irak, Syrien und Jemen.
vier Männer aus dem Jemen, hatten zwar ihre Reisedokumente mit dabei, waren aber nicht im Besitz gültiger Aufenthaltstitel oder Visa
https://aktuell.meinestadt.de/goerlitz/polizeimeldungen/195009 = https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/74160/5039311
und auch https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/migration-goerlitz-bundespolizei-spuert-zunahme-illegaler-migration-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-211006-99-502670 = https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bundespolizei-spuert-zunahme-illegaler-migration-artikel11755495
https://www.gdp.de/gdp/gdp.nsf/id/DE_GdP-Bundespolizei-Erfahrungen-aus-2015-werden-zu-wenig-genutzt
Film: https://www.mdr.de/video/mdr-videos/a/video-561110.html
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Aus Belarus nach Deutschland – Polizei greift mehr Flüchtlinge aus Krisenländern auf
Belarus-Autokrat Lukaschenko schickt Flüchtlinge aus Irak, Iran, Syrien und Jemen gezielt in die EU. Auch in Deutschland werden nun mehr Migranten registriert.
Samstag, 2. Oktober: Im Landessüden entdeckt eine Streife der Reiterstaffel der Bundespolizei am Vormittag an der Neiße in der Nähe von Groß Gastrose bei Guben fünf Personen. Die fünf Männer kommen aus dem Jemen.
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17 Geschleuste in Gewahrsam genommen
Am Montag, den 4. Oktober 2021, nahmen Bundespolizisten zwölf Iraker und 5 Jemeniten in Gewahrsam.
https://news.feed-reader.net/ots/5038435/bpoli-lud-17-geschleuste-in-gewahrsam/
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Bundespolizei nimmt 67 Flüchtlinge und zwei Schleuser in Gewahrsam
Am vergangenen Wochenende nahm die Bundespolizei und die Gemeinsame Fahndungsgruppe Bautzen zwischen Bautzen und Kodersdorf entlang der Autobahn 4 sowie am Görlitzer und am Bautzener Bahnhof insgesamt 67 Flüchtlinge aus dem Irak, aus dem Jemen und aus Afghanistan in Gewahrsam.
https://news.feed-reader.net/ots/5037224/bpoli-ebb-bundespolizei-nimmt-67/
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Film: Krieg im Jemen: Warum die deutsche Politik sich mitschuldig macht!
Deutschlands Beihilfe zu Kriegsverbrechen und Völkermord im Jemen! Die Rüstungsexporte der Bundespolitik sind offiziell streng geregelt: Eigentlich dürfen Kriegswaffen nicht an Länder geliefert werden, die sich im Krieg befinden. Wie wenig davon in der Realität umgesetzt wird, zeigt der Studio Talk mit dem Journalisten und Friedensaktivisten Matthias Tretschog: So wurde erst Anfang Oktober 2019 bekannt, dass der Bundessicherheitsrat, der von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel geleitet wird, grünes Licht für den Export von Stromaggregaten in die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate gegeben hat. Die von der Firma Jenoptik Power Systems hergestellten Produkte werden für „Patriot“-Batterien des US-Rüstungsriesen Raytheon gefertigt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSaCHy52mmw
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Bahrain authorities jailed hundreds of children: Report
Some 607 children endured various forms of physical abuse while held in Bahraini prisons over the past decade, new investigation reveals.
At least 607 children were subjected to various forms of torture by Bahraini authorities while in detention over the past decade, a new Al Jazeera investigation reveals.
The findings of the programme were based on leaked judicial reports as well as testimonies from children who described being threatened and, in some cases, physically abused during interrogations.
These interrogation sessions were often carried out without the children’s parents or their lawyers present, according to documents from the Bahraini public prosecution that were obtained by the programme.
Sources in the prosecution’s office, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Al Jazeera there are more than 150 children currently detained in Bahraini prison facilities.
The investigation found that a handful of statements provided by children were changed to accept charges brought against them after initially denying any wrongdoing, supporting claims of having been verbally and physically abused by authorities to forcibly extract confessions.
In one recorded statement obtained by Al Jazeera, a young man who has been held inside a prison facility since he was 16 years old spoke about solitary confinement. He said those who are taken into solitary are often chained to the bed or have both their hands and feet cuffed.
“They often cannot shower or change their clothes,” the detainee said in the recording.
The programme also reported at least 193 children received prison sentences between 2011 and 2021. Some were given life terms, according to the findings.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/27/bahraini-authorities-tortured-hundreds-of-children-report
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UK High Court finds that Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife’s phone
The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, hacked the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya and her attorneys during the legal battle over custody of their two children, Britain’s High Court found Wednesday.
Sheikh Mohammed, who is also vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, gave his “express or implied authority” to hack the phones of the princess and her attorneys using Pegasus spyware produced by NSO Group of Israel, the court said. The software is licensed exclusively to nation states for use by their security services.
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Emirati court sentences 5 foreigners to death for murder
An Emirati court has sentenced five people to death who had been convicted in the first-degree murder and robbery of a businessman whose body was discovered in a refrigerator, state-run media reported.
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#UAE: Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken has spent almost 10 years in prison. He is human rights lawyer and not criminal. I urge @MohamedBinZayed and @HHShkMohd to #FreeAlRoken immediately and unconditionally
https://twitter.com/CiLuna27/status/1445119413448069123
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26 fishermen freed from Eritrean prisons arrive in Hodeida
A total of 26 Yemeni fishermen, who were detained in Eritrean prisons, arrived on Sunday evening at the Fish landing Center in Al-Khouba area of, Al-Luhiya District, in Hodeida province.
Director of the Fish Landing Centers at the General Authority for Fisheries, Abdulmalik Sabra, and the director of the landing center in Al-Khouba, Mohammed Al-Mahdali, said that these fishermen had been arrested from Yemeni territorial waters and detained in Eritrean prisons for 40 days.
The fishermen explained that the Eritrean forces confiscated their seven boats they were on along with their fishing equipment and means, and denounced the continued assaults and piracy against the fishermen.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158387.htm
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27228.html
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Film (Arabic): Eritrea's repeated attacks on Yemeni fishermen in the Red Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAbzHzLm_0o
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#RSAF F-15SA Advanced Eagles will be conducting a non-stop long range strike using live ammunition off the coast of Karachi, #Pakistan for first time as part of the #Saudi-Pakistani Joint Naval Ex (Naseem Al-Bahr-13) (photos)
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/1444589927111536645
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Iranisches Atomabkommen: Ranghohe Politiker Amerikas und Europas zu Besuch in Saudi-Arabien
Der EU-Außen- und Sicherheitsbeauftragte Josep Borrell ist am Sonntag zu einem Besuch in Saudi-Arabiens Hauptstadt Riad eingetroffen.
Der saudi-arabischen staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur zufolge standen im Mittelpunkt der Diskussionen zwischen Borrell und ranghohen saudi-arabischen Regierungsvertretern Themen wie Afghanistan, Jemen und das iranische Atomabkommen.
http://german.cri.cn/aktuell/alle/3250/20211004/705974.html
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EU Applying Pressure For Yemen Ceasefire
The European Union is applying pressure for a ceasefire in Yemen and to stop the attacks on Saudi Arabia, an EU official said Sunday, adding that Houthi assaults on the Kingdom violated international law.
“The EU countries are Saudi Arabia’s largest strategic partner,” EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles said during a press conference in Riyadh with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. “We fully support a peaceful settlement in Yemen. The European Union supports Saudi Arabia’s efforts to end the crisis in Yemen.”
https://www.eurasiareview.com/04102021-eu-applying-pressure-for-yemen-ceasefire/
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cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis
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Qatar’s top diplomat in Abu Dhabi as relations with UAE ease
Qatar’s foreign minister arrived in Abu Dhabi and met Wednesday with its crown prince, the clearest sign so far that relations between the two Gulf Arab states are easing following a lengthy embargo that strained ties and echoed across the region.
The United Arab Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at al-Bahr Palace in Abu Dhabi. The brief report said only that the two “discussed the strong ties between their countries and ways to enhance them to serve the interests of their nations.”
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The Red Sea Meeting and Emerging Efforts for Gulf Reconciliation
Following 43 months of the blockade of Qatar, the Saudis, Emiratis, and Bahrainis agreed to lift the siege in January. Indeed, the Gulf monarchies have taken important steps this year to better manage, rather than escalate, their tensions. This does not mean that major differences between GCC members have been resolved. To the contrary, although regional states have done much throughout 2021 to minimize friction, deep ideological tensions and various forms of competition continue to shape intra-Gulf relations.
Turning the Page on the 2017 Gulf Crisis?
Experts maintain that now the Gulf monarchies are keener to address differences in more private, and less public, ways.
Dr. Annelle Sheline, a research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, said that the Red Sea meeting and the sharing of the photo on social media speak to the desire in Riyadh and other Arab capitals to make the most of a new chapter in relations with Doha.
Whether the UAE is truly on board with regional reconciliation is subject to skepticism. Experts agreed that at the beginning of 2021, shortly after the al-Ula accord resulted in the blockade of Qatar being lifted, the UAE was far less enthusiastic about GCC reconciliation than its neighbors.
TbZ’s visit late last month to Doha, where he met with the Qatari emir, may signal a shift in Emirati willingness to join Riyadh in pursuing rapprochement with Doha. Considering how UAE government officials and media pundits spent years accusing Qatar of sponsoring terrorist organizations and threatening the region’s security, this shift would be remarkable.
https://gulfif.org/the-red-sea-meeting-and-emerging-efforts-for-gulf-reconciliation/
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Photos: #RSAF RJ or R-3 aircraft from the 19th Sqn at #PSAB on its way to the U.S. for an upgrade. The 35-yr old ‘1901’ was the stepping stone upon which the #Saudi Recce Sqn was built.
https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/1443855795737841674
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Film: Jemen - Shibam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJeETYkufA
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Brave Yemen: Restoring faith in business
The Business Resilience Assistance for Value-adding Enterprises (BRAVE) project aimed to enhance the resilience of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Yemen in vital sectors against the impacts of the ongoing conflict. Some positive results of the project include: the creation of new jobs, the sustaining of existing ones and the restoration of trust links across various value chains.
The traditional response to rebuilding businesses affected by conflict is to enter the arena in the aftermath – a delayed response. Post-conflict reconstruction programmes tend to follow immediate responses that are, rather than supporting the private sector earlier on, purely humanitarian. International programmes such as these may distribute direct cash, medical supplies, and so on. The BRAVE Yemen project, conversely, found a new way of working through conflict: supporting local businesses in the community through conflict rather than after it.
Arman Kulchmanov was the Lead Project Manager of BRAVE Yemen. Principal of the Industrial Business Environment Support (IBES) programme at the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), Arman said: “We don’t argue that it’s important to provide humanitarian help. What we are saying is that our project actually had an alternative opportunity.” This project was “absolutely innovative,” he added. “It is very rare, if not the unique case, among all the development financial institutions, for the international organizations to deal with fragile settings in the context of ongoing conflict.”
This sort of intervention, Arman explained, provided the difference between opportunities for employment, or people and businesses simply leaving the country. Without such opportunities, he said, “the population can feel lost,” and in a setting where there are a lot of internally displaced people and immigrants, they may simply exit. “
The priority sectors targeted by BRAVE Yemen were healthcare, agriculture, fishing, food processing and clothing. The project was implemented across the country, with a focus on Aden, Hadramout, Hodeida, Sana’a and Taiz.
https://icd-ps.org/uploads/files/BRAVE%20Yemen_Report_20211611551554_9726.pdf
and if link does not work, try via: https://icd-ps.org/en/reports
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Yemeni riyal makes new frightening slide against foreign currencies this Sunday. Now is traded at 1180 for the US dollar./Newsline
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51337
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Yemen to participate at Expo 2022
The Hayel Saeed Anam Group is sponsoring Yemen's pavilion at the Expo 2022 Dubai which will be organised during the period from 1st October 2021 and 31st March 2022.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27194.html
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp2
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#AQAP in #Yemen announces a forthcoming video: "Message to the American People: You Still Haven't Understood the Lesson"
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1445766162864766980
#AlQaeda in #Yemen’s new video message to #AmericaCheers #Taliban victory Gloats at extracts from #Biden’s #Afghanistan pullout speech Says biggest loss was reputation Tells US it will never be safe while it supports #IsraelSuggests new attacks on US are planned
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1445815654850785286
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Audio: Yemen, Al-Qaida, And The Jihadi Threat
Elisabeth Kendall, a scholar of Arabic and jihadism at Oxford University, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the jihadi threat in Yemen, a country she knows well. The local franchises of al-Qaida and the Islamic State are weakened but continue to pose a significant threat. As Kendall argues, conditions in Yemen favor an al-Qaida resurgence. How have these groups changed over time and where are they headed? How do the jihadis fit on the political map of the ongoing Yemeni civil war? Would a ceasefire in the war diminish the jihadi threat or, perversely, fuel it?
https://www.hoover.org/research/yemen-al-qaida-and-jihadi-threat
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Wikipedia: Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)
Jama'at Ansar al-Shari'a (Arabic: Jamāʿat Anṣār aš-Šharīʿa), also known as Ansar al-Shari'a, is a Yemen-based umbrella organization which includes units from several militant Islamic groups of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).[11] In 2011, AQAP created Ansar Al-Sharia as a Yemen-based affiliate focused on waging an insurgency rather than international attacks on the West.[12] In the view of the International Crisis Group, AQAP is "an internally diverse organisation with varying layers of support among the local population" and many AAS members and allies are not committed to AQAP's international agenda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)
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Von Saudi-Arabien gekaufte Waffen erreichten den IS im Jemen
Neue Dokumente aus “Pandora’s Papers” zeigen, dass vor Jahren von Saudi-Arabien aus Serbien gekaufte Waffen im Besitz von IS-Kämpfern im Jemen aufgetaucht sind.
Der vom Netzwerk veröffentlichte BerichtGeruchInvestigative Investigations – eine der Parteien, die an der Veröffentlichung der Pandora-Dokumente beteiligt waren – nennt die Namen, die an dem Waffenkaufgeschäft mit Serbien beteiligt waren.
https://akalazia.com/von-saudi-arabien-gekaufte-waffen-erreichten-den-is-im-jemen/
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Serbia supplies Saudi Arabia with "white phosphorous"
Saudi officers were involved in arms deals that reached ISIS in Yeme
Documents indicate that Al-Hassan was registered as a manager of Larkmont Holdings Limited in the British Virgin Islands on December 13, 2016, less than one year after the Arab coalition launched "Decisive Storm" against the Ansar Allah group in Yemen.
One of the company’s activities was the purchase of weapons from the Serbian “GIM” company, owned by the father of the Serbian Defense Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, but a group of these weapons reached the hands of the terrorist organization “ISIS” in Yemen.
The documents indicate that Al-Hassan, when he was registered as a director of Larkmont Holdings Limited, registered an address for him, which, upon verification, turned out to be the address of a Saudi military company called "Rinad Al Jazeera LLC" , headquartered in Riyadh. The company's website was suspended during the investigation period.
The documents reveal that the Saudi Ministry of Defense assigned contractors, the documents indicate that their addresses are in the United Arab Emirates, but their nationalities were distributed between Romania, America, Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria, to purchase and transfer the Serbian weapons that it had purchased.
The deal included the delivery of more than 7,000 pieces of 82 mm mortar shells M74 (white phosphorous) from the Serbian Krusik factory, destined for Saudi Arabia, with a value exceeding $217 million.
In a report published by the "Washington Post" and other media outlets, Saudi Arabia used white phosphorous in its operations in Yemen, whether against targets on the border near the city of Jizan or in the capital, Sanaa. Those reports indicated that the United States was the one who supplied Saudi Arabia with white phosphorous. Accordingly, Saudi Arabia may use Serbia to supply it with phosphorous, in anticipation of media criticism targeting the United States' supply of internationally prohibited weapons to Saudi Arabia.
https://arij.net/investigations/panadora-papers/Serbia-Saudi/
cp15 Propaganda
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Irans Drohnen werden zur strategischen Gefahr im Mittleren Osten
Ein neuer Bericht der iranischen Oppositionsgruppe Volksmudschaheddin, der WELT exklusiv vorliegt, zeigt: Iran ist zur Drohnen-Supermacht aufgestiegen, die auch Milizen im Irak, in Syrien, im Libanon und im Jemen beliefert. Eine perfekte Waffe des Regimes in Teheran (gebührenpflichtig)
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Instead of Houthis, Yemeni condemnations now focus on international silence
After every Houthi war crime, Yemeni NGOs in general often find themselves compelled to focus condemnation on the weird "international silence" more than the crimes of the Shia militia themselves.
Yemeni officials including Information Minister, the government's de facto spokesman, makes no condemnation of any Houthi terror attack without deploring the international silence.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51385
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Houthi war crimes eclipse one another
The Houthi militia are committing war crimes in Yemen in such a large number and so consecutively that each new atrocity eclipses the last from the spotlight.
The chain reaction has thus continued for years: When people start to reflect on of their crime, the Shia militants perpetrate a next to distract the public from the previous.
It is a Houthi strategy and only the smart will notice this pattern.
The international community notices it well.
Determined to gloss over the ugliness of the Shia militants' cause and make them appear as victims, the UN human rights reports from the first to the latest are bogged down in highly selected - or perhaps made-up - stories on some coalition strikes that allegedly hit school buses in Saada some year ago, and are refusing to move an inch from there toward the truth: That Houthi terrorism is bigger, more permanent and claims incomparably more lives than the airstrikes.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51388
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Photo: "#Yemenis are fighting for Freedom, Equality and Democracy, while Houthis fighting for Dynasty rule, subjugation of people and setting Yemen back to the ages of slavery, tyranny and oppression", a banner at the entrance into #Marib city said.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444370961927708674
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Cartoon: Resurrecting the Imamate Rule in #Yemen.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1444314628528410629
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The chance for peace in Yemen
Through its determination for achieving peace, the government aims to protect all Yemenis, including the Houthis. However, the Houthi coup against the legitimate authority and its control of certain provinces caused a civil war and afterwards the world's worse humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations.
Regrettably, the Houthis have interpreted in a wrong way the positive messages from the Yemeni government, our quest for peace and also the international community's eagerness to help restore security and stability.
Additionally, the more the government calls for peace, the more the Houthi militia become intransigent and insistent on continuing its war against the people of Yemen — even quite appalling, recruiting children and placing them in frontlines, exposing them to injury, trauma or death.
The Houthis were not only mistaken in reading the political messages, but also in their reading of history and changes in Yemen – by Dr Ahmed BinMubarak, [Hadi gov.] Yemen minister of foreign and expatriates affairs
https://euobserver.com/opinion/152435
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The Dispute over Yemen
On the ground, there have been no military air operations for over a year. The restrictions on Saudi military capabilities will also lead to a change in directions toward European and eastern markets. The withdrawal of US Patriot antimissile batteries from the region, including the Kingdom, has already pushed the Kingdom to purchase similar ones from Greece.
For Saudi Arabia, the war in Yemen is not something that is happening on the other side of the world, but right across its border. Nearly every day, the Kingdom goes into a defensive war against the Houthi ballistic missiles and explosive drones that target its cities and facilities.
The dimensions of the Yemen war stretch beyond the dispute over power in Sanaa. In fact, there are three reasons for the reluctance to leave Yemen under Iranian-Houthi hegemony. Firstly, Saudi Arabia is also targeted by the war, not only the helpless Yemeni people. After all, Iran chose Yemen as a base from which to threaten the security of the Kingdom and East Africa.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3221676/abdulrahman-al-rashed/dispute-over-yemen
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Yemeni PM: political confusion, Houthi war behind economic collapse
The Yemeni prime minister on Wednesday attributed the economic collapse seen by southern provinces to political confusion and economic war fought by the Iranian-backed Houthi group.
The economic reality painfully affecting the people is stemmed from many causes, including the Houthi economic war, and political disorder, Maeen Abdulmalek said
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27182.html
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Yemen's occupied regions... Revolution Will not stop
Observers said that what is happening in the occupied areas of Yemen is a truly popular uprising, which will only stop with the departure of the forces of aggression.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158143.htm
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2293214
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2293014
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2293012
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2293008
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2292720
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2291992
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2291700
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2291699
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
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Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Oct. 4: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2144072869076400/
Oct. 3: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2144072302409790/
Oct. 2: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2141974832619537/
Oct. 1: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2141973872619633/
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Coalition destroys Houthi drone's launching site
The Arab Coalition has destroyed a Houthi militia site in Yemen’s al-Jawf used to launch booby-trapped drones.
“The coalition has destroyed two drones in al-Jawf that were prepared to carry out an imminent hostile act towards Saudi Arabia,” a statement added
http://en.adenpress.news/news/33856
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Aggression kills woman, injures three childeren in Marib
A woman was killed and three children were injured in a raid launched by the US-Saudi aggression warplanes on Harib district of Marib province, a local official has said.
The official added the aggression aircraft targeted the house of Ali al-Madidi in al-Jinnah area, killing the woman and injuring his three children.
The house was completely destroyed, he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158139.htm
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More Saudi coalition air raids
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158700.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158572.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158432.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158284.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158125.htm Marib p.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/10/02/at-least-32-saudi-airstrikes-hit-across-yemen/ Marib p., Jawf p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3157970.htm Marib p.
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp2, cp18
Im Jemen herrscht ein militärisches Patt. Eine größere Offensive mit größeren Erfolgen und Geländegewinnen für eine Seite bleiben seit der Offensive der saudischen Koalition gegen Hodeidah im Jahr 2018 aus. Kleinere Offensiven, ständige gegenseitige Angriffe und Gefechte mit Toten auf beiden Seiten und Opfern unter der Zivilbevölkerung gibt es aber ständig. Besonders betroffen sind die Provinzen Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, der Bezirk Nehm in der Provinz Sanaa, die Provinzen Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah und Saada.
There is a military stalemate in Yemen. A larger offensive with greater successes and territorial gains for one side has been absent since the Saudi coalition's offensive against Hodeidah in 2018. Smaller offensives, constant mutual attacks and skirmishes killing fighters of both sides and causing victims among the civilian population are constant. The provinces of Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, the district of Nehm in the province of Sanaa, the provinces of Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah and Saada are particularly affected.
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Since 2018, 1424 civilians in #Yemen have fallen victim to #landmines and explosive remnants of war, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1445859641376788485
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Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone attack on Abha airport -state TV
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it intercepted an explosives-laden drone targeting Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport, Saudi state TV reported.
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/33857
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Four employees of airport in Saudi Arabia's Abha injured by Houthi drone attack
Four employees of the airport of Saudi Arabia's southwestern city of Abha have been injured as a result of an attack carried out by an explosive-laden drone launched by the Yemeni Shia Houthi rebels, media reported.
The drone was downed by the Saudi forces but four people were injured by debris of the destroyed drone, Saudi Arabia's state-run Al-Ekhbariya broadcaster reported, citing the Arab coalition.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/four-employees-airport-saudi-arabias-021114524.html
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At least three civilians killed in Saudi bombing of Saada
At least three citizens were killed and seven others were wounded on Wednesday due to Saudi army bombing on the border district of Shada in Saada province, a security source said.
The source explained that the Saudi artillery shelling targeted a citizen’s car on the highway of Shada directorate, which led to the killing of three citizens and the injury of seven others.
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-27264.html
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[Sanaa gov.] Yemen air defences shoot down CH-4 drone in Ma'rib
Yemeni air defenؤes on Wednesday shot down a reconnaissance fighter plane belonging to Saudi-led coalition forces over Ma’rib province.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/10/06/yemen-air-defences-shoot-down-ch-4-drone-in-marib/
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158788.htm
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Humanitarian catastrophe looms as Houthis tighten blockade on Marib
More than 35.000 residents of Al-Abdiyah district in Yemen's Marib province are facing a looming catastrophe due to a tight blockade imposed on the district by the Iran-allied Houthi group, a government report said on Tuesday.
The group has been blocking the entry of food and medical supplies to the district for two weeks, the report which was prepared by the human rights ministry said.
There is no food, water or medical storage in the area and the locals are now drinking unclean water, it said, adding that the people are dying slowly amid suspicious international silence over Houthi crimes.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27238.html
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Houthis maintain siege on thousands of people dishonoring their end of a bargain with Marib tribes
Houthis maintained a fortnight long siege around nearly 40 thousand people in Abdiya region south of Yemen's Marib province on Tuesday, dishonoring the terrorist militia's end of a bargain with the tribe and supporting government forces, local sources have said.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51386
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In September alone, Houthis mourned 408 militants: Reports
The Houthi militia mourned 408 militants killed in Yemen's different warfronts last month, exceeding the militia's losses from the month before (August), the Yemeni Voice of Freedom website reported today.
The Houthi militia have been attacking government-held cities especially the eastern Marib with waves of several hundreds of fighters mostly hastily and forcibly recruited children every month since the beginning of 2020.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51387
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Mindestens 100 Tote bei Kämpfen im Jemen
Bei Kämpfen rund um die jemenitische Stadt Marib sind binnen 48 Stunden mindestens einhundert Menschen getötet worden. Dabei handle es sich um 68 Kämpfer der Houthi-Rebellen und 32 regierungstreue Kräfte. Ärzte in der Region bestätigten die Angaben.
https://www.dailyadvent.com/de/news/f73315a6f5d6fa6a69d88cbf7ad7d5da
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Over 80 killed in clash between army, Houthis in Yemen
A total of 74 Houthi rebels and eight Yemeni army soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a battle between the two sides in Yemen's central province of Marib, Xinhua reported citing a government military source.
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Photo: A civilian named Malek Mohammed Saleh Bishi, 28, was killed and another one wounded today in an explosion of a #landmine laid by #Houthis in Hajja province, northeast #Yemen.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1445465623740383235
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Yemen: Three children killed among 56 casualties in 72 hours as conflict escalates
Save the Children’s Country Director for Yemen, Xavier Joubert, said:
“In just 72 hours 56 casualties have been recorded, including 11 fatalities. Devastatingly, three innocent children are among the dead. Almost every day we hear of children and families caught up in the fighting, often paying with their lives. Yemen’s children risk death or injury by venturing outside and get caught up in the frequent shelling and bombing of places where they should feel safe – homes, schools, hospitals, and marketplaces.
“Many have seen loved ones die before their eyes. This is the tragic reality for millions of children who are trying to survive the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Over the last few months we have seen a significant increase in fighting coupled with heightened levels of civil unrest, which is exacerbating the humanitarian needs of civilians.”
Save the Children calls on warring parties to respect International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law and take all adequate measures to protect civilians and civilian structures in times of conflict.
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Yemen official: Rebel missiles hit key city, kill 2 children
Yemen’s rebels fired three ballistic missiles Sunday at a government-held central city, killing two children and wounding more than 30 people, officials said.
Yemen’s rebels fired three ballistic missiles Sunday at a government-held central city, killing two children and wounding more than 30 people, officials said.
The missiles landed in the residential Rawdha neighborhood, according to Ali al-Ghulisi, the provincial governor’s press secretary.
He said dead include Ghozlan Feisal, 4, and her Radad, 2. At least 32 others were wounded, including five children and four women, he said. Among the wounded were a mother and her seven-month-old child, both were in serious condition, al-Ghulisi said.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on the attack.
The missiles destroyed two houses, damaged 10 others in the neighborhood and burned eight vehicles, he said.
Qasem Buhaibeh, the health minister of the internationally recognized government, said in a tweet that the attack was part of Houthi’s “continuous war crimes with silent world.”
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-yemen-sanaa-houthis-92eb8b0c80aa2946253975c78452331e
Photos: https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1444766801016021000
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444696098933723144
https://twitter.com/TheYemenMirror/status/1445177675828637702
https://twitter.com/almasdaronline/status/1444716678651293704
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444770827224985604
https://twitter.com/AliOwidha/status/1445105787299323908
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444909566517555201
https://twitter.com/maldhabyani/status/1444676110957043713
https://twitter.com/Yemen_YF/status/1445409569895849986
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1445379723815792644
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYe2Y3WmzM8
https://twitter.com/Tareq_Althabtie/status/1444771315467046915
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The death of the child, Ryan Radwan Al-Saadani, "seven months", succumbed to his injury in the missile shelling launched by the Houthis yesterday on the city of Marib, bringing the number of victims of the deadly attack to five dead
https://twitter.com/Yemen_YF/status/1445409569895849986
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Death toll rises 4, 3 children and a woman, from the Houthi missile attacks on al-Rawdha residential area in #Marib city yesterday, a medical source said.
https://twitter.com/TheYemenMirror/status/1445177675828637702
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Toll from Houthi missile attack rises to 35 in Yemen's Marib
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27216.html
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Three dead and 30 injured in strikes on Yemen's Marib city
Houthi missile strikes on the Yemeni city of Marib on Sunday killed a woman and two children and wounded at least 30 other people, military sources said.
Two missile launched by the Iran-backed rebels hit a residential area, military sources told AFP, adding that six women and five children were among the wounded.
The tolls were confirmed by medical sources.
One of the missiles was aimed at the home of army Chief of Staff Gen Saghir bin Aziz, while the second hit civilian homes near by, military sources said.
"The targeting of women and children is the work of cowards," Gen Aziz said on his Facebook page after the attack.
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MSF teams treated 14 people including women and children amidst a new wave of conflict in the area
Multiple civilians have been injured and at least four killed, including two young children, in missile attacks in the residential area of Rawdah Jadidah in Marib governorate on Sunday 3 October, said Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). MSF staff working in the emergency department of Marib General Hospital, in conjunction with other hospital staff, treated 14 people including women and children; eight of whom were in a critical condition, while four arrived at the hospital deceased.
MSF teams received two children who died of their injuries. Among the injured, MSF treated a pregnant woman with blast injures to her chest, a child with multiple shrapnel wounds, and a two-month-old baby with a traumatic brain injury. The pregnant woman and baby were later transferred to another hospital that specialises in maternity and paediatric care for further treatment.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-msf-receives-patients-following-missile-attacks-marib
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Houthi Attacks on Marib Draw Yemeni Outrage, UN, US Condemnation
and
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Amidst int'l silence, Shia extremists move from suicidal ground war to ballistic missiles option
Political analyst Hamoud Al-Rifa'ee told Al-Sahwa said the "Houthi militia have failed to capture Marib despite a never-stopping war since the beginning of 2020 and despite increasing the rate of violence of the attempts higher and higher every time." "They intensify it upon international gestures they interpret as a green light for them to continue, like last February's US announcement of intent to reverse their terror designation. They step up offensives in the lead-up to important occasions, religious or national, hoping to celebrate victory by the day."
He said despite pumping hundreds of fighters including children and causing them to be killed "and of course leaving a significant toll of casualties on the other side and successfully besieging tens of thousand
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51339
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Three civilians killed and wounded by Houthi landmine in central Yemen
in the central Yemen province of Al-Beidha on Saturday.
Two young brothers Mohammed Aljaamali and Bashar Aljaamali were killed and a third relative, Abd-Rabbu Aljaamali, was wounded in the landmine's explosion in Aljureibat area of Naaman district to the east of the province.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-51338
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-27215.html
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KSrelief Masam Project Dismantles more than 1,500 Mines in Yemen During One Week
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's (KSrelief) project for clearing mines in Yemen (Masam) demined 1,541 mines in different Yemeni regions during the period from 25 September to 1 October 2021, including 5 antipersonnel mines, 1,008 anti-tank mines, 526 unexploded ordnance and 2 explosive devices.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 278,601 mines, planted by the Houthi militias, have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2291961
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Video footage: [Sanaa gov.] Yemeni forces beat back Saudi attack in Jawf
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Vormarsch mit Deals und schweren Kämpfen
Die Zeichen stehen im Jemen auf Eskalation: Die Huthi-Rebellen scheinen derzeit nicht aufzuhalten zu sein. Immer weiter nähern sie sich ihrem Ziel: Marib, der Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz. An anderen Fronten des Jemen-Krieges ist es ruhiger geworden. Marib, auf das sich die Kämpfe jetzt konzentrieren, ist die letzte Bastion der Huthi-Gegner im Norden, eine wirtschaftsstarke und strategisch enorm wichtige Stadt. Die Huthi hätten im Fall eines Erfolges die Hoheit über wichtige Öleinnahmen – und sie hätten sich außerdem einen Brückenkopf für weitere Eroberungszüge gesichert.
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Roads to Jubah District in Marib closed amid intensified Houthi assault
The security authorities closed all roads leading to the district of Al-Jubah in Yemen's Marib province amid an intensive assault on the district by the Houthi group.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27196.html
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#Yemeni [Hadi] govt forces attacked Iran-backed #Houthis nearby Labnat base eastern al-Jawf governorate, destroying a number of vehicles, according to a military source.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444022522534563846
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#Yemeni [Hadi] govt forces regained positions lost to Iran-backed #Houthis west of al-Juba district south of #Marib two days ago amid ongoing bloody battles, a local source said.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1444019622945099777
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2 citizens killed, 5 wounded in Saudi shelling on Saada
At least two citizens were killed and five others injured on Saturday as a result of Saudi artillery shelling on Saada province, northern Yemen, a security source told Saba.
The source explained that the Saudi enemy artillery bombed Al-Raqu area in the border district of Munabeh, which led to the killing of two citizens and the injuring of five others.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158048.htm
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-27249.html
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16 citizens killed, injured by Saudi army's fire in Sa'ada
5 citizens were killed and 11 were injured on Friday by the Saudi army's fire in Munabeh district in Sa'ada province.
A military official said the Saudi army forces targeted Al-Raqo area in Munabeh district, killing 5 citizens and wounding 11 others.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3158023.htm
and also https://en.mehrnews.com/news/179256/5-civilians-killed-11-wounded-in-Saudis-attack-on-Saada
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[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni forces score new victories south of Ma'rib
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/10/01/yemeni-forces-score-new-victories-south-of-marib/
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Saudi-led coalition destroys explosives-laden drone fired at direction of Jazan -state media
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Friday it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden drone fired at the direction of Jazan, which was launched by the Houthis in Yemen, state media reported.
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Jazan Civil Defense: Shrapnel Fall on Residential Neighborhood in Uhud Al-Masarha Governorate Due to Interception of Drone Launched by Terrorist Houthi Militia
Media spokesperson for the Civil Defense Directorate in Jazan region, Colonel Mohammad Al-Ghamdi, stated that on Friday 01/10/2021, the Civil Defense received a number of reports of the fall and scattering of shrapnel in a residential neighborhood in Uhud Al-Masarha governorate of Jazan region.
He further said this happened due to the interception of a booby-trapped drone launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the Kingdom
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2291627
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Flucht von mit Riad verbundenen Führern aus dem Jemen
Jemenitische Quellen berichteten, dass Führer der zurückgetretenen Regierung und der saudisch geführten Angreiferkoalition aus Marib flohen, während sich jemenitische Streitkräfte und Kräfte der Volkskomitees näherten.
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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Saudi-led coalition says it foiled boat attacks in Yemen's Hodeidah province
The Saudi-Led coalition destroyed three explosives-laden boats in the Yemeni province of Hodeidah that had been readied for imminent attacks, the Saudi state-news agency said on Wednesday.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/saudi-led-coalition-foiled-boat-attacks-yemen-report
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85-year-old Salama Ibrahim, when #Houthi expelled her from her farm in Wadi Al-Jah, south of Hodeidah, and the Houthi militia turned palm farms in Wadi Al-Jah after the displacement of their owners, into minefields and military areas, including her farm, which contained 500 palm trees, which was her only source of livelihood before it was destroyed by the Houthis. (photo)
https://twitter.com/AbdullahHlpy/status/1445417970155589641
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Film: According to Yemeni Landmine Record, a pregnant woman was seriously injured and had her legs amputated due to falling victim to a Houthi-laid landmine south the port city of Hodeidah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=909ErzlwQbA = https://twitter.com/abduhothifi/status/1445511399405326338 = https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1445468169259212809
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Film: A citizen was injured by a Houthi sniper's bullet in Tuhayta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4uRNaW5Bo
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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Control Of Yemeni Coffee Trade In The 20th Century
By the advent of the 19th century, and for multiple reasons, Yemen lost its control on coffee export, from its clay ports to the countries worldwide; nevertheless, the Yemeni coffee trade -at that time- did not disappear or decline.
Based on documents from the American National Archive, one of the studies, (Holm Akhdar obtained copy of it), documents an important aspect of the untold story about the Yemeni coffee trade and export during the first half of the 20th century.
This article, traces the story of the international competition to dominate Yemeni coffee in the 20th century, and how American, Italian and French merchants sought to control the export of Yemeni coffee, which is considered the finest in the world.
https://holmakhdar.org/reports/3936/
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Congratulations to #Mahra, east #Yemen, for Mahri Language Day! Mahri is not an Arabic dialect. It is the most widely-spoken surviving South Arabian language and pre-dates #Arabic in the region. Here's a cheerful article on how children celebrated
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1445390888151171072
referring to (Arabic): https://almahriah.net/local/13898
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Film: Vom Roten Meer (HHSB) in den Jemen (OYSN)
Ein kurzer Ko-op Flug über das Rote Meer in das Haraz gebirge im Jemen. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/toragorn137
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g1tVUQjbcM
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Shaheen tropical cyclone on Wednesday slammed into the eastern province of #Hadhramaut, bringing torrential rains and gusty wind. Floods have washed away cars and closed roads.
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1445862109082836997
Film: https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1445848519747772422
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-762-yemen-war-mosaic-762
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-762 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-762:
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:
