Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 771, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 771, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-771-yemen-war-mosaic-771
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp12c Libanonkrise / Lebanon 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
Klassifizierung / Classification
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? = 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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UN, Film: Preventive diplomacy, Yemen, West Africa & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (16 November 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHPCFo6GM4 v
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UN SPECIAL ENVOY HANS GRUNDBERG VISITS KUWAIT
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg visited today Kuwait where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/un-special-envoy-hans-grundberg-visits-kuwait
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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#Saudi Clansman #MBS is bringing one of the largest environmental damaging projects in the entire #Arab world. He is destroying ancient eco systems & replacing it with glass & metal.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1460697058491473929
referring to film: https://twitter.com/NEOMOXAGON/status/1460684343748272141
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Saudi Arabia's race to attract investment dogged by scepticism
Saudi Arabia could have a credibility problem if it keeps shifting the goal posts for the amount of foreign investment it wants to turn its vision of a future beyond oil into a reality, financial sources and analysts said.
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Saudi Arabia's race to attract investment dogged by scepticism
Saudi Arabia could have a credibility problem if it keeps shifting the goal posts for the amount of foreign investment it wants to turn its vision of a future beyond oil into a reality, financial sources and analysts said.
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Saudi PIF nearly triples U.S. stock holdings; adds Walmart, Pinterest
The Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, nearly tripled its holdings of U.S.-listed stocks to $43.45 billion in the third quarter, adding shares of Alibaba Group, Walmart and Pinterest.
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Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to group of "talented" expats
Saudi Arabia has granted citizenship to a group of expatriates including doctors, clerics and academics, becoming the second Gulf Arab state to introduce a formal naturalization programme for foreigners with exceptional skills this year.
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#Human rights lawyer confirms the release of one of the youngest protesters jailed #Saudi Clan prisons. Protester Abdullah AlZahir was released after 10 years #Saudi torture, prison & a death sentence that was reduced to 10 years
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1459971030634614784
referring to https://twitter.com/tahaalhajji/status/1459776513314889728
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Film: #Saudi Clansmen govt is razing another #Jeddah neighborhood with days notice. Owners are now homeless. This is #MBSWay
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1459678629370249225
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#Saudi intellegence chief, #American trained, meet with #Syrian intel chief Husam Louqa over cigarettes #Cairo. #MBS is growing his own wings (photo)
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1459629884918095878
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Saudi Football Association announces launch of first Women’s Football League - which will kick off on November 22 (photo)
https://twitter.com/sebusher/status/1459496077401509891
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a
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Film: “It’s not acceptable to continue to put Saudi preferences—and the preferences of weapons manufacturers—over the lives of the people of Yemen." - @AnnelleSheline
https://twitter.com/QuincyInst/status/1460706111644962816
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An American, European, and Gulf axis to confront Iran.. an official reveals to Al-Hurra the details
The US official touched on many issues, including the Iranian file and US-Gulf relations
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Daniel Benaim, revealed that a new US-Gulf European arrangement has been established to address global concerns about Iran's nuclear program and its regional activities. Benaim confirmed, in an exclusive interview with Al-Hurra on Monday, that this arrangement will be discussed during the tour conducted by the American delegation headed by Robert Malley, who is in the region, and who will join him himself in a few days. Benayem described Qatar as an exceptional partner, stressing that the United States will take into account its requests for F-35 drones and planes. He pointed out that the Emirates sale of F-35 aircraft is moving forward, while an understanding is being reached about guarantees related to this deal.
The US official said: "Our message will be that we are in the region to stay, and we have strong and stable partnerships built over decades, and we are keen to continue them for decades to come." Benaim saw that these partnerships were clearly demonstrated during the crisis in Afghanistan, and said, "It was the countries in the Gulf region that stood and helped the United States in dealing with this problem. It was an essential part of our operational system in the world."
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Never Mind Yemen, Biden OKs $1 Billion in Weapons Sales To Saudis
Once upon a time, an administration told a story about how it was going to end a war. Then it erased the distinction between peace and a Saudi victory.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED more than $1 billion worth of weapons purchases to Saudi Arabia in two months, despite President Biden promising in February that he was “ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.”
It started with a $500 million maintenance/support deal to keep a suite of Saudi helicopters flying
This is exactly what it looks like. Several senior Biden administration officials, many of them also Obama appointees, had called on Donald Trump to end the U.S.-Saudi-United Arab Emirates war when they were out of power. But the Biden administration’s overriding prerogative when it comes to Riyadh is to preserve the U.S.-Saudi relationship, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s whole chopping-people-up-and-also-starving-entire-populations thing. Biden has now made that preservation material, to the tune of $1.15 billion.
The new weapons sale is consistent with a broader pattern over the past year in the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Biden’s envoy for “ending” the Yemen war, Tim Lenderking, conducts diplomacy that conspicuously aligns with the Saudi position far more than it diverges. You can read this reported piece of mine from April going into that in detail, but the U.S. position, consistent from Obama to Trump to Biden, is that the Houthis—the Iranian client movement whose overthrow of a Saudi/U.S. client prompted an horrific Saudi reprisal that has lasted six years—are the obstacle to peace.
The longer the administration operates along that position, the more it removes the distinction between peace and Saudi victory.
https://foreverwars.substack.com/p/never-mind-yemen-biden-oks-1-billion
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US Yemen envoy visiting regional allies to discuss Iran
Tim Lenderking to meet officials in Saudi Arabi, Bahrain to discuss 'broad range of concerns with Iran'
US President Joe Biden's special envoy for Yemen is traveling to meet allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to discuss Iran's activities in the region, the State Department announced Tuesday.
Tim Lenderking will join "an interagency team to coordinate approaches to regional security and a broad range of concerns with Iran," the agency said in a statement.
"Special Envoy Lenderking will also meet with senior officials on efforts to advance an inclusive, UN-led peace process in Yemen and to bring immediate relief to the people of Yemen," it said. "He also will discuss the Houthis’ continued detention of some Yemeni staff of the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a and the Houthis’ breach of the U.S. Embassy compound in Sana’a."
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-yemen-envoy-visiting-regional-allies-to-discuss-iran/2422732
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Saudi Arabia Makes Fool of President Biden: Continues Yemen War and Domestic Repression
Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden gave Americans hope of a major change in US policy toward human rights in general and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular.
Demonstrating that, like its predecessor, it could be bought, the Biden administration proposed a new weapons sale, which would fuel the conflict. The $650 million worth of air-to-air missiles were labeled defensive weapons but will be used to protect the Saudis as they continue nearly seven years of airstrikes against civilians.
One might expect MbS to show some gratitude for the president’s retreat. After all, that was a very public acknowledgment by Washington that the KSA – a cruel, antediluvian system of absolute monarchy – is considered too important to discipline even for the most grotesque crimes. Such as turning the regime’s Istanbul consulate into an abattoir for use against American resident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
However, MbS obviously assessed the character of Biden & Co. and found it lacking.
Despite the administration’s decision to go easy on the Kingdom in Yemen, last week the Saudi military announced that it was sticking around, presumably ready to commit more war crimes.
The Kingdom poses a special embarrassment to the president’s democracy agenda. Despite the Biden administration’s close relationship to Riyadh, Washington could not invite the Saudis to the upcoming Summit for Democracy and retain a shred of credibility.
The U.S. also should treat the KSA like a normal nation, ending past deference that suggested the Kingdom, rather than America, was the superpower. Washington should no longer excuse and shield the Saudi leaders from the consequences of their crimes.
Candidate Biden got Saudi Arabia right when he promised to end its preferential treatment. Unfortunately, his precipitous kowtow has emboldened Riyadh to continue business-as-usual. For reasons both principled and practical, the president should both highlight the importance of human rights generally and insist that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia meet the same standards as other nations.
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American official: US ‘fully committed’ to F-35 sale to UAE
The U.S. remains “fully committed” to a proposed sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Biden administration slowing down the deal, a senior American official overseeing arms exports said Tuesday.
Mira Resnick, a deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state in the Biden administration, also told The Associated Press at the Dubai Air Show that Gulf Arab partners are not looking to purchase weapons from Russia as a hedge over American concerns about human rights in the region.
“The F-35 is already in this region, whether it’s Israelis flying the F-35, whether it’s American F-35,” Resnick said. “We would like the UAE to be able to operate the F-35 in a way that (they) can be our security partners and to deter threats, including from Iran.”
The proposed sale of 50 F-35s came at the end of President Donald Trump’s administration, rising out of a deal that saw the UAE recognize Israel. The $23 billion sale also included armed drones and other defense equipment sought by the Emirates, a hereditarily ruled federation of seven sheikhdoms also home to Dubai.
Only Israel flies the F-35 in the region, part of its so-called “qualitative edge” granted by America after Israel fought several wars against its Arab neighbors since its founding.
Resnick said she’d heard no concerns from Israel or other allies over the F-35 sale to the Emirates.
“We are fully committed to the F-35 and transferring the F-35, which is a game changer for the Emiratis,” she said. “We are working with them as we speak to make sure that there are clarifications to the various assurances that were made to the previous administration.”
Resnick declined to describe what clarifications America sought, nor what assurances the Emiratis had offered. The UAE similarly has not discussed sale terms.
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-russia-israel-dubai-e4269667292859a16d84e119e718138b
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Airbus strikes 2nd major aircraft deal of Dubai Air Show
Airbus clinched a major deal on Monday valued into the billions of dollars to sell 111 new aircraft to the Air Lease Corporation, its second blockbuster order at the Dubai Air Show.
Air Lease, the Los Angeles-based jet financing and leasing company, added to its expanding fleet with 25 A220-300s, 55 A321neos, 20 A321 XLRs, four A330neos and seven A350Fs. At Airbus’ pre-pandemic list prices, the order would exceed $15 billion, although major deals typically see manufacturers offer significant discounts to buyers. The company did not provide any details on the sale price.
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“I’ve been in the Bronx for 20 years — I never expected that this would happen.”
The local businesses now include multiple restaurants, coffee shops, and sweets stores; the supermarkets Dar Al Hajar and Al-Quds (named for the famous stone palace in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a); several hookah lounges; barbershops; and Yemeni-owned travel agencies. Hungry visitors will find saltah, the lamb stew topped with whipped fenugreek, or they can pair Yemeni-style coffee with bint al-sahn, a layered, flaky bread drizzled with honey and garnished with nigella seeds.
“I’ve been in the Bronx for 20 years,” says Fadhel Alesayi, who was born in Yemen and moved to the United States as a child. “I never expected that this would happen.” Alesayi is now the owner of the restaurant Shawati Aden — where one speciality is mandi, lamb that’s traditionally pit-roasted but here is prepared in a specialized pressure cooker — which he opened this past January, making it the ninth Middle Eastern food business in the neighborhood, seven of which are Yemeni (not counting Yemeni-owned delis and markets).
The area’s first Yemeni restaurant was opened in 2008, when Aziz Albaydani and Younis Alnaqeeb took over a corner space that had been home to a pizzeria and named it Arth Aljanatain.
https://www.grubstreet.com/2021/11/little-yemen-the-bronx.html
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US-Abgeordnete Omar will geplanten Raketenverkauf an Saudis blockieren
Die US-Regierung hatte kürzlich den Verkauf von Luft-Luft-Raketen an Saudi-Arabien genehmigt. Die US-Kongressabgeordnete Ilhan Omar legte nun eine gemeinsame Resolution vor, um den von der Biden-Regierung geplanten Raketenverkauf an die Saudis zu blockieren.
Die US-Kongressabgeordnete Ilhan Omar legte eine gemeinsame Resolution vor, um einen von der Biden-Regierung geplanten Verkauf von Luft-Luft-Raketen im Wert von 650 Millionen US-Dollar an Saudi-Arabien zu blockieren. Das Pentagon hatte vor Kurzem den Verkauf von Luft-Luft-Raketen im Wert von 650 Millionen Dollar an Saudi-Arabien genehmigt. Eine entsprechende Mitteilung wurde mittlerweile an den US-Kongress übermittelt.
Der Verkauf erfolgte Monate, nachdem Präsident Joe Biden angekündigt hatte, die USA wollten den von Saudi-Arabien angeführten Krieg im Jemen nicht länger unterstützen. Die Regierung erklärte letzte Woche, der geplante Verkauf von 280 Raketen vom Typ AIM-120C mit mittlerer Reichweite werde der Royal Saudi Air Force helfen, das Golfstaat weiterhin gegen Drohnenangriffe der jemenitischen "Huthi-Rebellen" (der eigentliche Name der Gruppe ist Ansarollah) zu verteidigen.
Die progressive Demokratin Omar nannte das vorgeschlagene Waffengeschäft mit den Saudis in einer Erklärung am Freitag "skrupellos".
Omar, die im Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten des Repräsentantenhauses sitzt, brachte letzte Woche mit den Abgeordneten Ted Lieu und Sara Jacobs einen Gesetzentwurf erneut ein, der die Genehmigungsverfahren für Waffenverkäufe des Repräsentantenhauses reformieren soll.
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Congress Moves To Strong-Arm Biden, Impose Houthi Sanctions Removed by Admin
Following assault on US embassy, Congress seeks sanctions on Iran-backed militants
Republicans in Congress are laying the groundwork to reapply sanctions on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels that were dismantled by the Biden administration, just days after the militant group raided the U.S. embassy compound in Yemen, where they stole equipment and kidnapped local staff.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) distributed a sanctions measure to other Senate offices on Friday afternoon and will formally introduce the sanctions language on Monday as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is expected to take up this week, according to a copy of the measure exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The amendment comes following months of back-and-forth between Cruz and the Biden administration on the issue, including an effort by the senator to pressure the State Department into explaining its decision to reduce sanctions on the Houthis.
In the House, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R., Ga.) is pushing similar legislation to re-designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization in response to their siege last week of the U.S. embassy compound in Sana’a, Yemen. The measures are likely to garner widespread GOP support in light of the embassy raid, which generated outrage from Republican foreign policy leaders in both chambers. It is unclear how Democrats will vote, but Republican and Democratic foreign policy leaders both promised consequences for the embassy strike soon after it took place last week.
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No more loopholes: ban all US assistance in Yemen war now
Sens. Sanders and Markey and Rep. Khanna want to cut off all aid to Saudi Arabia. But will their efforts survive NDAA vote?
The current debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offers Congress a critical opportunity to end U.S. complicity in this war. Decisive Congressional action now through a clear ban on support for Saudi war efforts — specifically the amendment proposed by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) in the Senate, and the similar language added to the House version of the bill by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — is the step needed towards ending America’s role in Yemen’s crisis.
The Saudi assault on Yemen could not be effectively sustained today without U.S. support, which has been central to the war effort from the start.
In light of the administration’s failure to address the issue, only decisive legislative action to cut off U.S. support for Saudi military operations will be effective. Previous Congressional attempts to pressure the Biden administration have failed.
The current NDAA includes several potential provisions that purport to address the Yemen issue, but only the amendment advanced by Senators Markey and Sanders in the Senate (and mirrored by the Khanna amendment in the House) will decisively end U.S. complicity in the war. Other Yemen-related language incorporated into the NDAA includes loopholes and does not clearly require an end to U.S. support for Saudi operations in Yemen.
Ending U.S. complicity in the Saudi war in Yemen will likely force Saudi Arabia to end its devastating military campaign entirely.
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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Gulf: Unpredictability is not Policy
The U.S. needs a thoughtful development of a coherent strategy in the Gulf and then, after careful vetting, articulating it in clear terms to allies, friends, and adversaries.
The buzz in Washington, DC Middle East think tanks and in Gulf capitals revolves, as usual, around speculation regarding U.S. intentions and actions in the Gulf. Does the calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, a murky agreement on the drawdown in Iraq, and the less spectacular withdrawal of air defense units from Saudi Arabia presage a new Gulf environment without the United States? What does America mean in terms of discernible intentions and actions as it once again announces a “pivot to Asia?” The debate in Washington covers the gamut from “the United States no longer has any real interests in the Gulf and should pull out entirely” to “après moi, le déluge” if the status quo shifts in any way. The United States sends constantly conflicting signals. If the U.S. is leaving, why does it double down on the confrontation with Iran by imposing new sanctions, all while telling the Israelis what they want to hear about Tehran and dragging its feet on restoring the JCPOA? If these actions point towards confrontation, why has America withdrawn air defense assets from Saudi Arabia and reduced its forces in Iraq? No matter what our policy, we need to explain it so others can adjust.
For the umpteenth time since the end of the Cold War, the Gulf states struggle with American unpredictability so they can figure out what they need to do to adapt to US policy. The fact is that for at least the last three decades, the U.S. has not articulated a policy in the Gulf that explained what U.S. foreign policy actually does. Recently, I engaged in a tongue-in-cheek exchange with fellow retired colleagues during which I quipped that “I spent a career in the Gulf without ever being told in a coherent way what U.S. policy I had been sent to implement. Instead, Washington either sent us reams of internally incoherent instructions or, often, nothing at all to deal with exploding crises. Usually, I just made it up as I went along.” I tossed in a couple of examples. To my delight, a half-dozen or more of my old diplomatic buddies chimed in citing examples of their own.
I fear that the U.S. have not learned that policy opaqueness or lack thereof has costs as both Gulf leaders and American diplomats in the field try to make rhyme or reason out of the buzz in DC. This makes the United States the most institutionally unpredictable superpower in history. Unpredictability in a superpower creates unnecessary risks for its adversaries, its allies, various innocent bystanders and, not least, for the United States. Unpredictability is not policy, despite the mythology surrounding President Richard Nixon’s frequently misquoted comments during the Vietnam War negotiations and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War about the virtues of unpredictability. Nixon’s comments referred to the tactical unpredictability of a poker game, i.e., how other players would react to the cards dealt. Nixon insisted, however, that the US must always maintain its credibility, its strategic predictability, in defining its interests, and the lengths it would go to protect them. Nixon would have agreed with my late father who once told me: “Never make a threat or promise you do not intend to keep.”
https://gulfif.org/u-s-foreign-policy-in-the-gulf-unpredictability-is-not-policy/
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US Air Force Commander in the Middle East: our forces will stay in the region
Lt. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, commander of 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central) said US pilots would continue to be stationed in the region, despite what military planners see as the biggest challenge for Washington in the coming period.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the Dubai international air show scheduled to be held on Sunday, he acknowledged that the presence in the region “may change” after the US exit from Afghanistan.
According to ABC News, “The cooperative defense of many countries in the region will serve as our guide to monitoring any attacks that occur, and will enable us to stand one step away from the threat as it develops,” he said.
Guillot expressed the hope that his country’s allies and partners would use equipment that would be “operationally compatible” with the US military.
https://en.ypagency.net/243728/
My comment: LOL. Give your money to US arms dealers!
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp9
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UN atomic watchdog: Iran further raising nuclear stockpile
The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach of a 2015 accord with world powers.
The International Atomic Energy Agency told member nations in its confidential quarterly report Wednesday that Iran has an estimated stock of 17.7 kilograms (39 pounds) of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity, an increase of almost 8 kilograms since August.
Such highly enriched uranium can be easily refined to make atomic weapons, which is why world powers have sought to contain Tehran’s nuclear program.
The Vienna-based agency told members that it is still not able to verify Iran’s exact stockpile of enriched uranium due to the limitations Tehran imposed on U.N. inspectors earlier this year.
The IAEA has been unable to access surveillance footage of Iranian nuclear sites or of online enrichment monitors and electronic seals since February. The agency’s chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, told The Associated Press this month that the situation was like “flying in a heavily clouded sky.”
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Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking but bad blood remains between bitter rivals
Skepticism runs high despite series of direct discussions in Baghdad
Bitter rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have engaged in a growing number of back channel and public diplomatic meetings during recent months, but U.S. sources and regional experts say tension continues to soar between them.
But even as debate swirls around the nuclear talks, there has been an unexpected thaw in Saudi-Iranian relations, with Iranian officials even contending that discussions with the Saudis were “on the right track” following a September meeting in Baghdad. For Iran, the talks are a way to ease a near-united hostile front among Gulf Arab powers over its regional ambitions. For the Saudis, the talks are a way to hedge some bets as Mr. Biden brings into question U.S. commitment to the region and Syrian President Bashar Assad, an Iranian ally, appears to be consolidating power once again in Damascus.
To date, Saudi and Iranian officials have held four rounds of talks in Iraq, which with sizable Shiite and Sunni populations has been especially anxious to bring the two regional powers together, in addition to a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York in September.
But details remain scarce and the talks have not kept bilateral tensions from soaring on repeated occasions.
“The Saudis and the Iranians are having back channel diplomatic meetings, but this has not changed the current situation of tension and competition,” says Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a Middle East expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “These meetings are not connected to any structural position or policy developments. They are more maneuvers that each side is using in different ways.”
Mr. Abdul-Hussain said in an interview that Iranian leaders are trying to characterize the talks as a sign that Saudi Arabia is seeking to accommodate a rising Iran, effectively accepting Tehran as a regional power whose influence is growing despite U.S. and Israeli attempts to contain it. Iran has been far more willing to acknowledge the talks have taken place than have the Saudis.
“Whenever the Iranians say they’re hanging out with the Saudis, their tone is one of, ‘Hear ye, hear ye, the Saudis have conceded to us. Anyone who still thinks it’s wise to stand up to Iran better change their mind because even the Saudis have come crawling,’” he said.
Chance for detente?
Abdulaziz Sager, who heads the Gulf Research Center, and former senior Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian have argued that both Iran and Saudi Arabia perceive the other to be keen on dominating the region.
“Riyadh views Iran as intent on encircling the kingdom with its allied non-state actors; Tehran views Riyadh as a key facilitator of U.S. efforts to contain and undermine the Islamic Republic,” Mr. Sager and Mr. Mousavian wrote in a commentary published early this year by British newspaper The Guardian.
“Riyadh considers Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal to be a threat to its national security, especially its critical infrastructure. Tehran regards the kingdom’s purchase of large quantities of sophisticated Western arms as exacerbating the conventional weapons asymmetry in the region,” they wrote, adding that “Riyadh charges Iran with interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states such as Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and Iraq,” while “Tehran sees Saudi Arabia doing the same in these very countries.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/13/tehran-and-riyadh-are-talking-bad-blood-remains-be/
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Sharp relief: Automatic benefits and the Iran nuclear deal
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal should focus on how to normalize their economic relationship in the long term.
Later this month, negotiators from Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany (P5+1) will resume talks intended to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Much analysis of the prospective discussions has centred on the Iranian demand for guarantees on sanctions relief. For the Raisi administration, a return to full compliance with the JCPOA will involve a leap of faith. Major commercial deals involving Iranian firms, such as long-term investment projects, will take months to complete. In the interim, the success of those deals will remain in doubt. As became clear in the months that followed the initial implementation of the JCPOA, commercial deals that become legal after the removal of US secondary sanctions can still collapse due to shortcomings in sanctions relief. To avoid this problem, the P5+1 will need to provide Iran with guarantees that they will implement sanctions relief not only on paper but also in practice.
The long-term future of the JCPOA will depend on the credibility of these commitments. But, in the short term, Iran will gain a range of automatic benefits – so called because they are not contingent on significant policy interventions from the P5+1 (other than the removal of US secondary sanctions).
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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International demands to prevent Saudi Arabia from executing academic
A group of British Members of Parliament called on the UK government – in a letter – to intervene urgently to prevent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from executing the prominent opposition academic Hassan Farhan Al-Maliki. He is being tried on charges related to his political views and his demand for societal and political reform.
http://en.ypagency.net/243877/
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Warton's war on Yemen
Declassified UK investigates an arms factory in Warton, Lancashire making warplanes to bomb Yemen - the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Interviewing local residents and a former Foreign Office lawyer, our team tracks down a secretive supply flight that Britain's largest arms company BAE Systems sends every week from Warton to Saudi Arabia, and questions whether the air war could continue without UK support.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhsPkdFusJI&t=132s
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Film: British Foreign Office lawyer Exposes BORIS JOHNSON over YEMEM and Saudi
The Tw*t that happens to be the British prime minister was the Foreign secretary. His cavalier attitude greatly increased the risk to the lives of the people in Yemen.. Britain is too comfortable with a regime that is known for torture murder and war crimes that even ch*pped up the journalist Khashoggi in it’s embassy…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vthh4yVbb8o
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UK MPs urge govt. to pressure Saudis to drop jailed scholar’s death penalty
More than a dozen British legislators have called on the London government to pressure ally Saudi Arabia into cancelling the death sentence handed down to an imprisoned Muslim scholar and academic.
The sixteen lawmakers urged Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to submit “urgent protests”
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Für konsequenten Waffenexportstopp
40 Organisationen fordern dauerhaftes Ausfuhrverbot für gesamte Jemen-Militärkoalition
Vor diesem Hintergrund haben 40 Friedensinitiativen sowie Umwelt- und Entwicklungsorganisationen in einem Schreiben an Kanzlerin Angela Merkel, amtierende Minister und die Vorsitzenden von FDP und Grünen ein »umfassendes Rüstungsexportverbot für die Jemen-Militärkoalition« verlangt.
Dafür müssten geltende Restriktionen bei Ausfuhren von Waffen und Militärgerät ausgeweitet und auf Dauer gestellt werden, fordern die Verbände, unter ihnen die Ärzte für die Verhinderung eines Atomkriegs, IPPNW, das katholische Hilfswerk Caritas und die »Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel!«, in einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Appell.
»Verhängen Sie ein umfassendes und zeitlich nicht befristetes Rüstungsexportverbot gegenüber allen Mitgliedern der von Saudi-Arabien angeführten Militärkoalition im Jemen«, solange diese an dem Konflikt beteiligt seien oder die Gefahr bestehe, »dass auch deutsche Rüstungsgüter zu Menschen- und Völkerrechtsverletzungen im Jemen beitragen«, heißt es darin. Dabei dürfe es keinerlei Ausnahmen, etwa für Reexporte, europäische Kooperationen oder Lieferungen für europäische Gemeinschaftsprojekte geben.
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1158681.jemen-fuer-konsequenten-waffenexportstopp.html
und auch https://www.friedenskooperative.de/aktuelles/keine-ruestungsexporte-fuer-gesamte-jemen-militaerkoalition = https://www.naturfreunde-berlin.de/40-organisationen-fordern-keine-ruestungsexporte-gesamte-jemen-militaerkoalition = https://www.ohne-ruestung-leben.de/nachrichten/article/organisationen-fordern-keine-ruestungsexporte-fuer-saudi-arabien-jemen-krieg-471.html
der Brief im Wortlaut: https://www.ohne-ruestung-leben.de/fileadmin/user_upload/startseite/2021/2021-11-16-Offener-Brief-Jemen.pdf
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Illegale Migration aus Belarus über Polen nach Brandenburg
Die Bundespolizeidirektion Berlin verzeichnete im brandenburgischen Grenzabschnitt zu Polen für den aktuell laufenden Monat bis einschließlich 15. November 2021 1.018 unerlaubte Einreisen mit einem Bezug zu Belarus. Im laufenden Jahr 2021 nahm die Bundespolizeidirektion Berlin somit bereits 5.313 unerlaubt eingereiste Personen mit Belarus-Bezug in Gewahrsam. Die Personen stammen vorrangig aus dem Irak sowie aus Syrien, dem Jemen und Iran.
https://news.feed-reader.net/ots/5074505/bpold-b-illegale-migration-aus-belarus/
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Ankerzentrum: Mehr Geflüchtete aus Afghanistan und Jemen
Zu zwei Dritteln ist derzeit das Ankerzentrum für Geflüchtete auf dem ehemaligen Conn-Kasernengelände belegt. Die Zahlen steigen. Was das mit Belarus zu tun hat.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
Emirates: Siehe / Look at cp1
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Sanaa: Israel launched attacks in Yemen
Yemeni Defense Ministry official Brigadier General Abdullah bin Amer reveals that the Israelis have increased their activities in Yemen over the past few decades.
Deputy Director of the Yemeni Defense Ministry's Moral Guidance Department, Brigadier General Abdullah bin Amer, revealed that "Israel" has launched attacks against Yemen and regional waters, the details of which have yet to be revealed.
On Tuesday, Yemen's SABA news agency reported bin Amer as saying that Tel Aviv sees in Yemen a great danger to its hegemony over the Red Sea region, adding that the Israelis have increased their activity in Yemen throughout the past decades, before mentioning that some documents reveal clandestine communications between Sanaa and Tel Aviv in 2004.
He stated that the Israeli enemy does not want a free and independent Yemen, and sees the existence of a strong Yemeni state as a great threat to its hegemony over the south Red Sea region.
Israeli concern of development in Yemen
Regarding the status quo, ben Amer revealed that "Israel" is concerned over the recent developments in Yemen, which confirms that the Yemeni people are close to achieving victory, independence, and freedom.
He also asserted that the Yemeni people have the right to know many of the developments and happenings it was kept in the dark about, allowing them to understand the truth behind the current events.
Sanaa believes that "Israel's" growing concern of Marib's liberation is indicative of the "decay party" (in a jab to the al-Islah party, Islah meaning reform) fighting this battle in their stead.
Marib could turn the tide of the region
Israeli media has also reported on the developments in Yemen, with the Jerusalem Post writing that Iran and Saudi Arabia are looking closely at the battle of Marib as it comes to a turning and decisive point, stressing that "Israel" sees the arc of threats that would stretch from Yemen to Iran, Syria and Lebanon as a cause for "serious concern."
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/sanaa:-israel-launched-attacks-in-yemen-details-yet-to-be-re = https://en.abna24.com/news//sanaa-israel-launched-attacks-in-yemen_1199307.html
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UAE Crown Prince MBZ expected to visit Turkey for diplomatic talks
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) is expected to visit Turkey next week for the first time in 10 years, two Turkish officials told Middle East Eye.
The visit is expected to take place on Nov. 24 and will be a symbolic turning point after the UAE and Turkey agreed to improve relations last summer.
Turkish officials described MBZ's visit as the "beginning of a new era" following years of hostility
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Schlechte Nachrichten für Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall hat vor Gericht verloren – das ist ein „großartiges Ergebnis dank der Mobilisierung von Bürger*innen, Verbänden und Gewerkschaften“. Der italienische Staatsrat, in etwa zu vergleichen mit dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht, hat am 10. November 2021 die Baugenehmigungen, die Rheinmetall Waffe Munition für den Ausbau ihrer berüchtigten Bombenfabrik auf Sardinien erhalten hat, als ungültig erklärt und aufgehoben.
https://www.imi-online.de/2021/11/14/schlechte-nachrichten-fuer-rheinmetall/
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Dubai Air Show opens to industry on the mend amid COVID-19
Dubai’s biennial Air Show opened Sunday to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hard-hit by the coronavirus, but on the mend.
Boeing and Airbus have traditionally been the stars of the aviation trade show, competing for multibillion-dollar Gulf-based airline purchases and hammering out final details minutes before back-to-back press conferences. This year, however, the five-day exhibition is expected to be more muted than in the past due to the subdued state of flying and travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rather, the air show’s first day drew eyes toward defense and military hardware from countries like Russia and Israel.
cp12b Sudan
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Film: https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1460982576001302530
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Sudan minister: Return to pre-coup arrangement ‘unrealistic’
Pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in a military-led government after top generals seized power last month.
Security forces, meanwhile, opened fire on anti-coup protesters in the capital, Khartoum, killing at least two people, according to doctors.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is currently under house arrest in the capital of Khartoum. He and more than 100 other government officials were detained during the coup. Many have been kept in undisclosed locations.
“The country cannot wait forever, so if he didn’t take the job, then someone else will definitely take it,” Gibreil Ibrahim, the finance minister of the deposed government, told The Associated Press late Tuesday.
Speaking from his office in Khartoum, Ibrahim said calls by some pro-democracy groups, the United States and its western allies to return the pre-coup transitional government are “unrealistic.” Negotiations have focused on convincing Hamdok to lead a technocratic Cabinet that runs day-to-day affairs, he said.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-khartoum-f8a95bbcb24c4d015ba27a25544021e5
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Sudanese migrants in Israel fear deportation after coup
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Sudan doctors say 2 more protesters die from gunshot wounds
Two more Sudanese protesters died in the hospital from wounds after being shot during mass protests against last month’s military coup, a doctors union said Monday.
That raises the death toll from Saturday’s protests to seven, all but one from gunshots, the Sudan Doctors Committee said. More than 200 others were wounded when security forces used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital city of Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, the committee said.
Sudanese police denied using live ammunition, saying its forces only resorted to tear gas to disperse demonstrators allegedly attacking police stations and vehicles. They said at least 39 policemen were wounded in Saturday’s clashes protests.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets across Sudan Saturday to rally against the military’s takeover last month.
https://apnews.com/article/khartoum-middle-east-africa-sudan-d8383b174e704e452d5fdddc08099f1a
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Sudan: 5 killed and dozens wounded during demonstrations against ‘military coup’
http://en.ypagency.net/243771/
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Al-Jazeera says bureau chief detained by Sudanese forces
The Qatar-based satellite news network Al-Jazeera said Sunday its bureau chief in Sudan was detained by security forces, a day after mass protests against last month’s military coup.
The network said on Twitter that Sudanese forces raided the home of El Musalmi El Kabbashi and detained him.
and
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Al-Jazeera says Sudan releases bureau chief
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Sudan coup: Could sanctions turn country into the next Yemen or Libya?
Opposition split over international and regional pressure amid concerns country could fracture into rival spheres
Sudanese political parties, syndicates and activists are split over the punitive measures imposed by the international community on Sudan following the 25 October coup, in particular whether more sanctions should be brought against the military leaders who led it.
Following the overthrow of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's government by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the US froze $700m in aid and demanded a return to a civilian-led transitional government.
The African Union also suspended Sudan from the bloc and the World Bank stopped $2bn in development grants to the country.
Earlier this month, a resolution was tabled in the US Congress condemning the coup and calling on the US Secretary of State to "immediately identify coup leaders, their accomplices, and enablers for consideration for targeted sanctions".
Some of those opposed to the coup see such moves as pressure that can help defeat the generals, while others are prepared to accept them with some provisos. A final section have looked upon the sanctions with suspicion, citing them as external interference in the country's affairs.
Some analysts have warned that such moves by the international community could create instability in the country akin to Iraq, Libya, Yemen and others, and leave Sudan at the mercy of competing regional and international players.
Many fear that it is not the military leaders, but ordinary Sudanese people, who will be hit by sanctions.
'Split the country'
Among those welcoming western intervention are the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), which helped lead the protests that led to the overthrow of longtime president Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
El-Wathig al-Berair, a leading member in the FFC, stressed that the group strongly supports external pressure on the military as one of the main tools to end the coup.
“The FFC will use different kinds of escalation on the ground, and cooperation with the international community, to put pressure on the military to backdown from the coup," said Berair. "We won't accept any kind of talks with the coup leaders until the situation is back to that on 24 October.”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-coup-sanctions-fears-turn-next-yemen-libya
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Sudanese rally against army tightening grip on power; 5 dead
Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least five and wounding several, activists said.
The violence came as thousands of pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to rally against the military’s takeover last month. The coup has drawn international criticism and massive protests in the streets of the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
The killings on Saturday took place in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, and the dead included four killed by gunshots and one who died from a tear gas canister, according to the Sudan Doctors Committee. Several other protesters were wounded, including from gunshots, it said.
The rallies, called by the pro-democracy movement, came two days after coup leader Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan reappointed himself head of the Sovereign Council, Sudan’s interim governing body.
cp12c Libanonkrise / Lebanon crisis
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Lebanon is subjected to economic terrorism, military analyst says
A senior Lebanese political and military analyst says Lebanon is besieged by Persian Gulf Arab states through an economic terrorism.
“Lebanon is indeed subjected to an economic war and economic terrorism in which more than one country are participating,” Amine Mohammad Hoteit tells the Tehran Times.
“The reason for this is due to the Saudi claim that Hezbollah is the major side who organized, planned and led the military operations in Yemen and caused the defeat of the Saudi-led aggression,” the retired general argues.
After the Saudi move in cutting ties with Lebanon following the Lebanese communication minister’s remarks about the Saudi futile war on Yemen, many political observers raised questions about the real reasons of such surprising decision.
It is unexpected that the Riyadh rulers cut relations with a country over unofficial remarks. The irony is that these remarks were made before George Kordahi was appointed as minister.
Hoteit says the Saudi authorities, after their failure in excluding Hezbollah from the government, started pressuring the Lebanese people and Hezbollah as a retaliation.
Following is the text of the interview:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467154/Lebanon-is-subjected-to-economic-terrorism-military-analyst
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Kordahi: Open to any solution for Lebanon's sake
Lebanese Information Minister, George Kordahi, said he's open to any solution that benefits the country and restores its relations with Gulf states.
"I don't want my resignation to be a shot in the air that does not lead to any result," Kordahi told local MTV.
He stressed that he was not "stubbornly clinging to the ministry," in reference to his post, adding that he was hoping for Lebanon "to restore its relations with the Gulf states."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211116-kordahi-open-to-any-solution-for-lebanons-sake/
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Turkey offers to help Lebanon with crisis with Gulf nations
Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday his country is ready to offer whatever support it can to help mend relations between Lebanon and Gulf Arab nations, embroiled in an unprecedented diplomatic rift.
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The "Worst Director" Award Goes to MBS for His "I Blame My Failure in Yemen on Hezbollah"
Saudi Arabia that has ignited unfounded irrational crisis with Lebanon, continues to exercise its mounting pressure on the country to dictate its political will, avenge its humiliating defeat in Yemen, and invest in tension to yield electoral gains in the next parliamentary elections early next year.
Riyadh has used a feeble pretext to escalate the situation; a statement by the Lebanese minister of information that he pronounced prior to assuming his office depicting the war in Yemen as absurd and aimless.
Saudi Arabia launched a fierce campaign against Lebanon threatening to severe the relations; announced Lebanese ambassador to Riyadh persona non grata and summoned its ambassador to Lebanon back to Riyadh.
Not only that, Saudi Arabia dictated on other Gulf countries especially Bahrain, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates to follow its path and impose similar stern measures against Lebanon.
Digging into the reasons as why Riyadh is punishing Lebanon and the Lebanese, we could simply find the following:
First, Riyadh is outraged with the futility of its allies in Lebanon that yielded no gains whatsoever in their antagonistic relation with Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia had supplied them with all kinds of support and spent billions of dollars to fight the party through its allies, and the whole issue ended with Hezbollah accumulating gains and successes on every level.
Riyadh has never treated Lebanon as a sovereign independent state, but as an another arena for its political influence where it could dictate its will as it likes. This was clearly dramatized when it imprisoned former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and forced him to resign back in 2017.
Second, Riyadh wants Lebanon to hold the brunt and responsibility of its humiliating defeat in Yemen, it accuses Hezbollah of helping Ansarullah and supplying them with military expertise.
Hezbollah has clearly announced its condemnation for the Saudi criminal war against the Yemenis
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Saudi Arabia’s main objective is to weaken resistance, subjugate Lebanon: Hezbollah official
A high-ranking Hezbollah official has blasted a weeks-long diplomatic dispute between Lebanon and Persian Gulf countries in the wake of a Lebanese minister’s condemnation of the devastating Saudi war on Yemen, stating that Saudi Arabia’s main objective out of the crisis is to undermine the Lebanese resistance group and subdue the Arab country.
“We do not seek a conflict at all, neither with Saudi Arabia nor with any other [Persian] Gulf country. We hope Lebanon’s relations with its Arab brethren stay close and intimate, but not at the expense of our sovereignty and dignity,” vice president of the executive council of Hezbollah, Sheikh Ali Da’moush, said at a ceremony in the southern Lebanese village of Aaitit on Sunday.
https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14000824000537/Hezbllah-Sadi-Arabia%E2%80%99s-Main-Objecive-Is-Weaken-Resisance-Sbjgae ?= https://en.abna24.com/news//saudi-arabia%e2%80%99s-main-objective-is-to-weaken-resistance-subjugate-lebanon-hezbollah-official_1198569.html
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Saudi Arabia sees no purpose in engaging Lebanon at this time, says foreign minister
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said the kingdom does not plan to engage with the Lebanese government at this time in a deepening rift, reiterating a call on the political class to end the "domination" of the Iran-allied Hezbollah movement, reports Reuters.
Lebanon is facing its worst diplomatic crisis yet with Gulf states, spurred by a minister's critical comments about the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen that prompted Riyadh to expel Lebanon's ambassador, recall its own envoy and ban all imports from Lebanon.
"We see no useful purpose of engaging with the Lebanese government at this point in time," Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud told France 24 television in an interview aired on Saturday
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
Siehe / Look at cp9
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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Yemen asks UNESCO help to restore looted antiques
The Yemeni UN-recognized government calls on the UNESCO and all other international partners to lend hand in order to restore Yemen's antiques and cultural properties smuggled abroad, minister of education said on Saturday.
Hundreds of Yemeni archeological items and historical manuscripts, which date back from thousands of years, have recently suffered systemic theft and smuggling, Tariq al-Aokbori added in Yemen's speech to the UNESCO 41st conference in Paris.
Yemen is in urgent need for help to restore these valuable antiques and manuscripts many of which ended up in some Arab and western capitals and cities, the Yemeni official said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27750.html
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Cash Consortium of Yemen - Flash Update 33: YER Exchange Rate Volatility October Week 4 & November Week 1
Key findings:
The IRG vs DFA exchange rate variation currently stands at a 851 YER difference.
The exchange rate in IRG areas continues to depreciate and has exceeded the 1500 YER threshold. This potentially contributing to the wide fluctuation in prices.
The range between the maximum and minimum value of the exchange rate from Oct W4 to Nov W1 expanded in the South from 130 to 176 YER, indicating continued variance across exchange shops in IRG areas, while the exchange rate in the North shrank from 3 to 1 YER, indicating an appreciation in areas of interests.
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Priorities for the Recovery and Reform of the Electricity Sector in Yemen
Executive Summary
Electricity is the backbone of any economy and one of the necessities of modern life. Since even before the current war, poor electricity services in Yemen have been one of the key barriers to sustainable economic development and basic service provisions, such as water supply, health care, and education.
This policy brief presents an overview of the electricity sector and its relevant indicators prior to the conflict. It then outlines the impact of the conflict on the sector, and concludes with a set of priorities for restoring the pre-war capacity of the electricity sector, then further reforming it to improve its performance.
Immediate- to short-term recommendations include: adopting a realistic and practical recovery plan; securing funds for rehabilitating the infrastructure; reviewing the electricity tariff; reducing technical and non-technical electricity losses; purchasing electricity when needed through a competitive process and via least-cost options, such as gas and renewable energy; securing the fuel supply and the salaries of sector staff; resuming all suspended projects; finding sustainable and feasible solutions for the electricity supply in each governorate to avoid the challenges associated with the centralized grid; and installing sustainable stand-alone solar systems, compatible for connection to the national grid (when restored).
The medium- to long-term priorities include specific recommendations under five categories, relating to: the legal and regulatory framework; institutional arrangements; capacity and performance; private sector participation; and technical issues.
This policy brief was developed based on a more detailed research paper published under the same title by Rethinking Yemen’s Economy project in May 25, 2021. The full research paper can be viewed on this the Development Champions Forum website or by clicking on this link: https://sanaacenter.org/publications/main-publications/14292
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/main-publications/15733
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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#AQAP releases bizarre eulogy for Abu Wa'il (Turki al-Aklabi), a #Saudi soldier & tribal #poet turned jihadi who led 9 motley martyrs on a suicide rampage in #Yemen's Defence Ministry (in fact a hospital) in 2013. Why raise this now? Why claim it at all? AQ distanced itself
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1460314825301581828
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#AlQaeda in #Yemen's preferred operation these days (officially, at least) is to bomb Houthi vehicles in Bayda'. This accounts for 6 of #AQAP's 7 official ops since early Oct. Here's the latest: IED on Houthi vehicle in Rasd on 12 Nov. (This time they remembered to praise Allah)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1460299387549143042
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#AlQaeda in #Yemen issues #martyr eulogy for Rasas al-Khubzi, (allegedly) killed whilst repelling a Houthi attack on al-Sawma'a in Bayda'. New format. Includes poetic-style text by Abdallah Azzam, assuring that steadfastness will lead to victory despite many hardships on the way (image)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1459554418702143499
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AQAP denies responsibility for Aden recent blasts
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday denied responsibility for the blasts and assassinations recently witnessed by the Yemeni southern port city of Aden.
"We watched the blast that took place in Aden airport on Saturday 30 October, 2021, leaving scores of fatalities among the public," the extremist group said in a statement carried by websites.
AQAP expresses condemnation of the explosion, in which "suspected parties are involved as part of mutual score settlement," the statement read.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27739.html
cp15 Propaganda
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Mehr als 20 Millionen Jemeniten leiden unter Hunger
Während sich die humanitäre Lage im Jemen weiter kontinuierlich verschlechtert, Corona wütet und Millionen von Menschen als Binnenvertriebenen in Lagern im eigenen Land ihr Leben fristeten, haben die vom Iran unterstützten Houthis eine neue Offensive auf die strategisch wichtige Hafenstadt Hodeidah begonnen, über die ein Großteil der internationalen Hilfe abgewickelt wird.
Die Folge: Noch mehr Flüchtlinge, noch mehr Elend.
https://www.mena-watch.com/mehr-als-20-millionen-jemeniten-leiden-unter-hunger/
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The 10 months since US terror unlisting of Houthis are the worst in Yemeni people's life, says Eryani
The ten months since the US administration decided to remove Houthis from the terror list are the worst in the life of the Yemeni people, Yemen's Information Minister has said.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52148
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Gaining more territories does not mean gaining more power
The Houthi capture of vast Hodeidah lands after the Combined Forces' recent withdrawal does not necessarily mean they will gain more might and resources than they have.
They have been importing the smuggled rockets and ammunition they want already through Hodeidah seaport.
What they gained the other day in Hodeidah was only more vast expanses of land. Everyone knows the disadvantage a military force gets from becoming overstretched.
Houthis have bitten more they can chew and want to bite more from our large country.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52126
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Cartoon: #Stockholm Agreement
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1459917477052354569
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Der Iran sieht sich im Jemen als Sieger
Der Jemen steht also im Rampenlicht. Wieder einmal scheint der Iran zu glauben, er sei der Sieger. Ein Rückschlag für Saudi-Arabien an einer der Fronten im Jemen wäre in Riad keine willkommene Nachricht, denn es würde den Anschein erwecken, dass der Iran gestärkt ist. Wenn Saudi-Arabien in dieser Situation Gespräche mit dem Iran aufnimmt, wird es einen schweren Stand haben, weil der Iran glaubt, er sei der Sieger.
https://www.mena-watch.com/der-iran-erklaert-sich-im-jemen-zum-sieger/
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Yemen in the spotlight as US, Iran, Saudi maneuver - analysis
Yemen is now in the spotlight. Once again Iran believes to think it is winning. A setback for Saudi Arabia on any of the frontlines in Yemen will not be welcome news in Riyadh.
Yemen is now in the spotlight. Once again Iran believes to think it is winning. A setback for Saudi Arabia on any of the frontlines in Yemen will not be welcome news in Riyadh and it will appear as if Iran is empowered. If Saudi Arabia can open discussions with Iran it will face an uphill struggle because Iran thinks it is winning.
Meanwhile the UAE has been increasing an opening with the Assad regime in Damascus. It’s not clear how that might tie in to Iran seeking gain in Yemen, but the whole region generally is connected in terms of how these policies play out.
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304116
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304115
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304064
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304046
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
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Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Nov. 9: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2177884742361879/
Nov. 8: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2177884222361931/
Nov. 7: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2177883629028657/
Nov. 6: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2177882495695437/
Nov. 5: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2177882099028810/
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Over 130 Yemen rebels killed in battle for Marib: coalition
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Tuesday it has killed over 130 Huthi rebels in the past 24 hours in strikes in and near the northern pro-government bastion of Marib.
The Saudi-led coalition has been reporting high death tolls in almost daily strikes since October aimed at repelling a rebel offensive on the city of Marib, the government's last stronghold in the north.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211116-over-130-yemen-rebels-killed-in-battle-for-marib-coalition = https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20211116-over-130-yemen-rebels-killed-in-battle-for-marib-coalition
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Coalition launches 26 operations against Houthis
Saudi-led Coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen affirmed Monday the launch of 26 targeted operations against Houthi militia in Yemini Marib and Al-Bayda' during the past 24 hours.
The Coalition forces destroyed 18 military vehicles, arms depots and "eliminated more than 140 terrorists", Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted the Coalition command via Twitter as saying
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34072
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Several Islah leaders killed in coalition airstrikes in Hodeida
A number of leaders and recruits affiliated with Saudi-backed Islah Party were killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Al-Khokha district, south of Hodeida.
According to Islah media sources, the fighter jets of the coalition hit sites of the leaders and the recruits of the “Transport Brigade near Al-Hayma port of the district.
The sources stated that the “Transport Brigade” withdrew last Thursday from Al-Khoukha under the directives of the coalition, to return to its military positions under the orders of Al-Islah military leaders.
The coalition aircraft targeted the brigade’s militants before they reached the port of Al-Hayma, killing dozens, most of them from Dar Saad district in the city of Aden, south of Yemen.
This came hours after the killing and wounding of dozens of the so-called “Tahami resistance” affiliated with Islah, one dead and 7 wounded in air strikes in Tuhayta, amid accusations of “Tariq Afash” of being behind the sudden withdrawal.
http://en.ypagency.net/243934/
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3 civilians are killed, 7wounded by aggression raid on Hays in Hodeida
3 citizens are killed and 7 are wounded by a US-Saudi aggression air raid on Hays district in Hodeida province, a military official said.
A security official explained that the aggression launched a raid east of Hays, which led to the killing of 3 citizens and their charred bodies were found.
He reported that 7 civilians are wounded, some of them are seriously injured, as a result of the raid.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163942.htm
and also http://en.ypagency.net/243865/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/15/at-least-three-dead-and-seven-wounded-in-new-saudi-violations-of-hodeidah-ceasefire/
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27780.html
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The war enters a new phase..US drones launch a series of raids in Shabwa, Marib and Al-Bayda in the areas of legitimacy, leaving dead and wounded Saturday, November 13, 2021
Sources told Herut News that the US drones launched a series of raids in the governorates of Ma'rib, Shabwa and Al-Bayda, today, Saturday. The sources indicated that the raids targeted a person in the Al-Hadba area - Al-Wadi district in Marib this afternoon, which led to his death on the spot. The warplanes also targeted a village inhabited by the al-Rasas al-Dawla family on the fenced border with Shabwa, resulting in two wounded.
The sources also reported that a US drone had targeted the car of Ali bin Alawi Al-Rasas in the “Amquh” obstacle in the Markha district in Shabwa governorate. The sources confirmed that the son of the owner of the car, Ahmed bin Ali, was hit by bullets, while the fate of the rest of the passengers with him is still unknown According to observers, the recent and recent series of US raids heralds the war in Yemen entering a new phase, as US drones have never launched so many raids in one day.
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4 killed, 2 wounded in Saudi airstrike on Shabwah
At least four citizens were killed and two others were wounded on Saturday, when Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched an airstrike on Yemen’s oil-rich province of Shabwah, a security official said.
The official explained that the coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike targeting a citizen’s car at Aqabat Merkhah Al Ulya district, killing four civilians and wounding two others.
https://en.ypagency.net/243749/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/14/at-least-four-civilians-killed-by-series-of-saudi-air-raids/
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US 'kills three suspected Al-Qaeda members, injure woman', in southern Yemen airstrike: report
Three Yemenis suspected of being members of AQAP were killed in southern Yemen in a US airstrike that also injured a woman.
The US killed three Yemenis who were suspected of being members of the country's Al-Qaeda branch in an airstrike in southern Yemen on Sunday, according to reports.
The alleged strike took place as a suspected vehicle was moving between two southern provinces that have an Al-Qaeda presence but injured a woman in the process, an anonymous Yemeni military official told Chinese Xinhua news agency.
There has been no comment from the US about the alleged drone strike.
"Missiles fired by a US drone struck a travelling vehicle passing on the road between the provinces of al-Bayda and Shabwa in the country's southern part," the source said on the condition of anonymity.
Three of the dead allegedly belonged to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) with two others, including a woman, injured, he added.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/us-kills-three-suspected-al-qaeda-members-yemen-report
and also https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/two-qaeda-suspects-among-three-dead-yemen-strike = https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2021/11/14/Two-al-Qaeda-suspects-among-three-killed-in-Yemen-drone-strike
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220 bodies of Houthi fighters pulled from Yemen's Marib frontlines: sources
The Yemeni Houthi militia fighting the government forces pulled 220 bodies of their fighters from three frontlines in Marib province on Saturday morning, sources from both sides said.
"The Houthis this morning pulled 167 bodies of their fighters from the frontline of Al-Jubah district in southern Marib and 53 others from the frontlines of Al-Kasarah and Al-Mashjah in the western Sirwah district," a government military source in Marib told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
This has been confirmed by a high-ranking Houthi security source at the military hospital in the capital Sanaa.
"The 220 bodies who had been killed in the past three weeks were pulled from Marib frontlines this morning with the help and coordination of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)," said the Houthi source.
"The bodies were on their way to Sanaa," he added.
http://www.news.cn/english/2021-11/13/c_1310309126.htm
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Yemen strikes: 186 Houthi rebels killed by Saudi-led coalition
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen have killed 186 Houthi fighters in the past 24 hours.
The strikes took place on Saturday in the provinces of Marib and Al Bayda. Loyalist military officials said 32 rebels and nine loyalist soldiers had been killed in fighting south of the key Red Sea port city of Hodeidah later on Saturday.
In Marib, the coalition has been reporting high death tolls in almost daily strikes since October, aimed at repelling a rebel offensive on the city, which is the government's last stronghold in the north.
My comment: Fancy figures.
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More Saudi coalition air raids
http://en.ypagency.net/244065/ Marib p., Hodeidah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164224.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164213.htm Hodeidah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164211.htm Hajjah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164209.htm Hodeidah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164084.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164074.htm Hajjah p.
http://en.ypagency.net/243954/ Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164074.htm Hajjah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3164055.htm Hodeidah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163895.htm / https://en.ypagency.net/243841/ / https://en.mehrnews.com/news/180679/Saudi-led-coalition-fighter-jets-bomb-Yemen-s-Ma-rib-19-times Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163806.htm / https://en.ypagency.net/243805/ Hodeidah p.
https://en.ypagency.net/243721/ Saada p., Marib p.
https://en.ypagency.net/243763/ Hodeidah p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163756.htm Marib p.
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
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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Yemen Human Rights Center Documents 70 Abuses Against Civilians in Taiz Last Month
In its latest report, the Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) has documented 70 violations committed by Iran-backed Houthi militia against civilians in Taiz in the country’s south, during the month of October.
The center said that its field team was able to document the killing of 20 civilians, including two women and 6 children. The Houthi militia alone caused the deaths of 12 civilians, including two women and 5 children, it noted.
Also, six civilians were killed by the militia’s artillery shells. One civilian was killed by direct fire, another civilian was killed by a landmine explosion, and two civilians were killed by an explosive device explosion.
HRITC added that one woman was killed by a sniper’s bullets, while a child was executed by members of the Houthi militia.
The report said two civilians were killed by direct fire, and two others, one of whom was a child, were killed in the explosion of an explosive device planted by gunmen outside the framework of the state. Four civilians were killed by direct bullets by unknown gunmen.
The field center team was able to monitor the injury of 15 civilians
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2 citizens wounded by Saudi fire on Saada
The Saudi army targeted Al-Raqu area in the border district of Munabeh, which led to the injuring of two citizens, the source said.
http://en.ypagency.net/244008/
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Coalition claims foiling Houthi attack on Khamis Mushait
The Arab coalition on Monday said its forces foiled a Houthi attempted attack on the Saudi southern city of Khamis Mushait using a booby-trapped drone.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27777.html
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Geolocation thread for NOV 15 Houthi videos showing Houthi ops in Juba, Marib, #Yemen. 1st pic shows a Houthi cameraman recording footage near Al-Jayf. (photos)
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1460294619422502922
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Civilian injured in Saudi bombing on Saada
The Saudi army launched missile and artillery bombardment on areas in the border district of Sheda, which resulted in the injury of a citizen and damage to citizens’ property.
http://en.ypagency.net/243922/
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Video: New Yemeni advances near Ma'rib, Saudi losses at over 140 troops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SsB_OZ75Q&t=1s
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one killed and 8 wounded in Sa'ada
a citizen was killed and 8 others were wounded in Sa'ada, during the past 24 hours, a military official said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163959.htm
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Yemeni Forces 4km Away from Southern Ma’rib
The Yemeni forces “are stationed about three to four kilometers away from the Al-Falaj checkpoint, the Southern entrance to the capital of Ma’rib province”, according to a report.
Al-Mayadeen television network reported that Fierce clashes erupted between the warring parties between the districts of Al-Jubah and Wadi Abidah in Ma’rib Province, and that Saudi jets intensified their airstrikes on the strategic province in a bid to hinder the progress of the Yemeni troops towards Ma’rib City.
Al-Mayadeen cited sources as saying that the Yemeni forces “are stationed about three to four kilometers away from the Al-Falaj checkpoint, the Southern entrance to the capital of Ma’rib Province”
https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14000824000744/Yemeni-Frces-4km-Away-frm-Shern-Ma%E2%80%99rib
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A citizen was killed by a Houthi militia sniper, east of Taiz
A man in his thirties was killed by Houthi militia snipers, this evening, Sunday, east of the city of Taiz, southwest of Yemen. A local source told Al-Masdar Online that the 35-year-old citizen, "Sinan Ahmed Ali Al-Ariqi," was killed by a Houthi sniper, while he was in front of his house in the Kalabah neighborhood, east of Taiz (photo)
https://almasdaronline-dotcom.gateway.web.tr/articles/240716
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A Houthi sniper shot dead a woman near her house in Taiz on Saturday/Crater Sky
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52124
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Houthi militants blow up four houses in Taiz
Houthi militants blew up four houses in Jabal Habashi district in the central Yemeni governorate of Taiz on Friday, local sources have said.
Ten houses were partly damaged and otherwise affected near the bombed houses of oppositionists to the militia in Tebayshia village.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52125
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4 citizens injured by Saudi artillery shelling on Sa'ada
4 citizens were seriously wounded on Sunday by a Saudi artillery shelling on Shada border district in Sa'ada province, a security official said.
The official added this crime came hours after another one committed by the Saudi enemy army in Munabeh district, which resulted in the killing of a citizen and wounding three others.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163914.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/243850/
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Saudi enemy army kills citizen in Sa'ada
one citizen was killed on Sunday by the fire of the Saudi enemy army in Sa'ada province, a security official told Saba.
The Saudi enemy army targeted Al-Raqwa area in the border district of Munabeh, which led to the killing of the citizen and the injury of three others, he explained.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163825.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/243850/
http://en.ypagency.net/243790/
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4 citizens injured in Saudi artillery shelling on Sa'ada
At least four citizens were injured on Saturday by Saudi artillery shelling targeted Munabeh and Sheda districts of Sa'ada province, a security official told Saba.
The Saudi enemy targeted Al-Sheikh area in the border district of Munabeh, which led to the injury of the three citizens, while the fourth citizen was wounded by an artillery shelling on the border district of Sheda, the official explained.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3163736.htm
and also http://en.ypagency.net/243700/ and https://en.ypagency.net/243850/
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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 1,565 mines during the second week of November 2021, including 4 antipersonnel mines, 541 anti-tank mines and 1,020 unexploded ordnance.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 287,645 mines, planted by the Houthi militias, have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304042
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34060
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Yemen rebels claim to intercept US-made spy drone in Marib
Houthis say plane was carrying out ‘hostile actions’ in Marib
Houthi rebels in Yemen on Saturday claimed to have shot down a US-made spy drone in the central province of Marib.
In a statement, rebel spokesman Yahya Saree said an American-made ScanEagle spy plane was brought down in al-Jubah district in Marib, adding that the aircraft was carrying out “hostile actions” in the area.
The spokesman said the drone was downed with a “suitable weapon” without specifying it.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/13/once-again-yemeni-defences-shoot-down-saudi-spy-plane-in-marib/ = http://en.ypagency.net/243667/
and film: https://twitter.com/HussainBukhaiti/status/1459523544212193287
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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Houthis destroy the wireless telecommunication tower of GSM operator Sabafon in Marib for the second time in a month. Sabafon is the only telecommunication company in Yemen operating outside the Houthi militia's areas of control, which affords safe communication from Houthi spying./Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52170
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The Tihama Resistance Force in [western Yemen's] Hodeidah are arranging to form a military council to continue the struggle against the Houthi militia independently from the UAE-controlled Combined Forces umbrella that has just surrendered most the Red Sea port governorate to Houthis in a sudden and disasterous withdrawal./Multiple media outlets.
The Tihama Forces say in a statement the withdrawal of their fellow factions in the Combined Forces is part of long standing "conspiracies that have always targeted us.". The UAE has masterminded the fall of Beidha, Bayhan, Osaylan, Harib and other regions in eastern Yemen last month and Hodeidah in the country's west this month./ Multiple media outlets.
The UAE reiterates its threat to the Tihami Forces it will hit them with airstrikes if they try to retake territories surrendered to Houthis/Yeni Yemen website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52168
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Film: The satellite imagery analyst said that the work on the runway, which serves as an airstrip south of the port of Mocha, was not affected by the withdrawal carried out by the mercenaries of the Al-Abra brothels state a few days ago, and considered this as further evidence of their continued involvement in Yemen.
https://twitter.com/B4Zaman/status/1460638769594445826
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Situation tense in Hudaydah as factions mobilise for new round of fighting
The situation is tense in Yemen's western province of Hudaydah, days after fierce battles between pro-government forces and the Houthi fighters.
The violnce erupted after some units of the joint forces withdrew into positions outside the province. These forces were built by the Saudi-led coalition to support the government against the Iran-allied Houthi group.
Local sources said the Tihamah resistance backed by the Giant Bridges and the Houthis are mobilising for a new round of fighting.
The Houthis have seized the positions from where the joint forces withdrew
The situation is tense in Yemen's western province of Hudaydah, days after fierce battles between pro-government forces and the Houthi fighters.
The violnce erupted after some units of the joint forces withdrew into positions outside the province. These forces were built by the Saudi-led coalition to support the government against the Iran-allied Houthi group.
Local sources said the Tihamah resistance backed by the Giant Bridges and the Houthis are mobilising for a new round of fighting.
The Houthis have seized the positions from where the joint forces withdrew, including Kilo 16, the Ikhwan Thabit Commercial and Industrial Complex and Hudaydah Airport, and are seeking to control the entire province.
But the Tihamah resistance is fighting back and preventing them from advancing towards key regions, including the district of Al-Tuhayta, according to the sources.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27782.html
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Dina and Umniah: Two Victims of a Military Truck
A Heart-Burning Death
Dina Hayel Majlis (7 years), the youngest daughter in her family, lives in a in Al-Khokha, Al-Hodeidah Governorate, with her parents. At the beginning of the school year, she left the village and went to the city of Khokha to settle in her sister’s house. She and her niece, Umniah Fakhri Rassem (7 years old), joined the first grade in the May 22 Complex Primary School.
On the morning of Monday, February 17, 2020, the two girls – as usual – went to school with other girls from the neighborhood, carrying school bags on their backs with passion for learning.
At 11 a.m. the school day ended, and about 40 meters away from the school, while the girls were flocking back to their homes, a military squad vehicle affiliated to the 9th Giants Brigade (following UAE- backed Joint Forces in the West Coast) came rushing as usual, and did not wait or slow down, since it was in the vicinity of a school. It hit the two girls and then rammed them under the tires.
Dina, the little girl whose head was smashed and crushed, died instantly. As for the little girl, Amina, she was also hit in the head, but she died seven minutes later. The smiles painted on the bags they carried on their backs did not guard these two little schoolgirls from death.
The driver of the vehicle looked at the two girls after he ran over them, and fled, leaving them to fight death. The two girls were rushed to the Field Hospital in Al-Khokha, but to no avail. They were dead bodies and their school uniforms were replaced with grave shrouds.
https://mwatana.org/en/heart-burning-death/
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UN ruft zu neuen Gesprächen über Hodeidah im Jemen auf, da sich die Frontlinien verschieben
Huthi-Kämpfer rückten nach dem Rückzug der regierungsnahen Kräfte in Schlüsselpositionen in der strategischen Hafenstadt vor.
Eine Beobachtungsmission der Vereinten Nationen hat die Kriegsparteien im Jemen aufgefordert, neue Gespräche über die Hodeidah zu führen, als die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalition Gebiete südlich der Hafenstadt angriff, wo Huthi-Kämpfer nach dem Rückzug der Koalitionstruppen vorrückten.
Der Anruf kam am Montag, einen Tag nach Beginn der Luftangriffe. Sie waren die ersten seit Ende 2018, als die von Saudi-Arabien unterstützte Regierung und die Huthis einem von den Vereinten Nationen unterstützten Pakt für einen Waffenstillstand in Hodeidah und eine Truppenumschichtung beider Seiten zustimmten, die nie zustande kam.
Der von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalitionssprecher General Turki al-Malki sagte in der ersten Klärung des abrupten Rückzugs aus der Umgebung von Hodeidah, die Verlegung sei angeordnet worden, um andere Fronten zu unterstützen und im Einklang mit den „Zukunftsplänen“ der Koalition.
Die UN-Mission, die das Abkommen von Hodeidah beaufsichtigt, UNMHA, und das daran beteiligte jemenitische Regierungsteam hatten erklärt, sie hätten keine Vorankündigung erhalten, während einige jemenitische Koalitionseinheiten den Rückzug kritisierten, darunter Kämpfer der Küste des Roten Meeres.
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UN urges Yemeni government, rebels to hold talks on Hudaydah
Joint forces withdrew suddenly from areas in Hudaydah, sparking anger in Yemen
The United Nations on Monday called for talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels regarding developments in the coastal province of Hudaydah.
This came in a statement issued by the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA).
The mission said it is aware of the withdrawal of the joint forces from the districts of Al-Durayhimi and Bait Al-Faqih and parts of the Al-Tuhayta district in Hudaydah and the control of Houthis, a move that it said resulted in significant changes in the lines of contact in the province.
The mission said the current developments need to be discussed between both sides, adding that it stands ready to facilitate the talks in accordance with the framework of the Hudaydah Agreement.
Last week, the joint forces withdrew suddenly from areas in Hudaydah, sparking anger in Yemen, with the legitimate government denying any knowledge of the withdrawal.
Although these forces fight alongside the government, they are not under the control of the Ministry of Defense and receive financial and military support from the UAE, according to local media.
and also https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security/un-calls-for-new-talks-on-yemens-hodeidah-port-as-frontlines-shift-idUSKBN2I01I3 = https://uk.news.yahoo.com/un-calls-talks-yemens-hodeidah-151745246.html
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Yemen: UAE-Backed Militants in ‘Severe Disputes’
As the [Sanaa gov.] Yemeni forces continue to advance towards Ma’rib City, UAE-backed militants have withdrew from dozens of areas in Hudaydah, which would reportedly be the next target of the Yemeni troops’ liberating operations after Ma’rib.
Al-Mayadeen on Sunday cited sources as saying that the “sudden” withdrawal of UAE-backed militants, led by Haitham Taher, from the Southern areas of Hudaydah was followed by “undeclared, severe disputes between the UAE-backed factions” in Western Yemen.
According to the report, the withdrawal was a “stab in the back” of Tareq Saleh’s forces, which are stationed in Al-Mukha District, and left the armed groups affiliated with the so-called Southern Transitional Council in a state of “shock and confusion".
The report also added that Tareq Saleh-led forces are concerned that the withdrawal had taken place upon an agreement between Haitham Taher’s forces and loyalists to Mansour Hadi.
According to Al-Mayadeen, the entire Hudaydah Province has been liberated, except for Al-Khukha District.
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Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen: Repositioning and Redeployment of the Joint Forces in the West Coast Is a Military Decision Taken by The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to be Aligned with its Military Strategy in Yemen
Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki issued the following statement:
“The redeployment and repositioning of Coalition military forces and Yemeni government forces in the area of operations falls under military strategies carried out by the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to be aligned with its military strategy to support the Yemeni government in its national battle on all fronts.
The Joint Forces in the West Coast carried out the military redeployment and repositioning of its military forces under commands of the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition. The repositioning and redeployment operation was carried out with discipline and flexibility as planned, which falls in line with future plans of the Coalition forces.
We commend the discipline of all Coalition Countries’ military forces, as well as the Yemeni National Army and the Joint Forces in the West Coast during their military redeployment and repositioning operation.
The Joint Forces in the West Coast has achieved numerous victories, which culminated in the (Stockholm) Agreement following the terrorist, Iran-backed Houthi militia’s intransigence towards sitting at the negotiating table.
Following almost (3) years of holding defensive positions, and the disruption of the implementation of the (Stockholm) Agreement by the terrorist, Iran-backed Houthi militia, whose violations have exceeded (30,000) breaches of the Agreement’s provisions, the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition deemed it important that these forces be redeployed and repositioned in order to become more effective and operationally flexible to contribute in the national battle of the Yemeni Army in a manner that guarantees its maneuverability and security in the area of operations; in a time where the Houthi militia still controls the three main ports on the Red Sea (Hodeida Port, Saleef Port and Ras Isa Port), and their disruption of the United Nations’ supervision for the implementation of the Agreement.
We conclude by calling on the UN and UNMHA to play its part in implementing the (Stockholm) Agreement, as well as the international community to pressure the terrorist Houthi militia into full commitment and implementation of the Agreement’s provisions.”
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2304419 = http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/88c3432cdbac45c6aec20a8cde1b2f6f
My comment: What a silly story to explain a great retreat!
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The Tihami Forces, part of the Combined Forces, are still resisting the Houthi militia's advance in Al-Haymah after the rest of the CF made the ambiguous withdrawal. /Multiple websites
The commander of the Tihami Forces says the CF's withdrawal was a painful deception and it teaches the Tihama people a lesson that no one willliberate their land from but themselves./Multiple websites
The Tihami Forces forcibly evict the Houthi militants from villages south of Hodeidah/Yemeni Sport website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52124
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Houthi naval mine destroyed in Red Sea
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34066
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Saudi-led forces execute ten prisoners of war in western Yemen
The National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs in Sana’a has condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s execution of 10 war captives in the west coast front.
The Committee said in a news statement that the aggression coalition forces in the West Coast executed 10 prisoners of the [Sanaa gov.] Yemeni army by firing squad, “in a barbaric and aggressive behavior that contradicts the most basic rights, morals, and religious and humanitarian law and values.”
The statement stressed that this crime is “evidence of the brutality and criminality of the mercenaries of the coalition, and represents a resounding scandal for all of their American, Saudi and Emirati supporters.”
and protests by the Sanaa side: http://en.ypagency.net/243941/
http://en.ypagency.net/243889/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/15/ansarullah-condemns-saudi-execution-of-prisoners-of-war/
https://en.ypagency.net/243807/
https://en.ypagency.net/243860/
https://en.ypagency.net/243853/
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1459882507843907589
Photos: https://twitter.com/karimshami1/status/1459985923530182658
https://twitter.com/JamalCheaib/status/1459998571407855622 = https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1459979969514377216
and
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Yemeni JF deny executing ten Houthis in Hodeida
The Yemeni Joint Forces (JF) have brutally executed ten Houthi captives detained at fighting seen by Hodeida in the last 48 hours, the Iranian-backed group said Sunday.
Later, spokesman for the Emirati-backed JF denied the Houthi "alleged accusations".
"We absolutely deny this charge," Wadhah al-Dobaish said in press remarks, as "everyone knows well the party that tortures and executes war prisoners, but also kills civilians at their houses in front of the very eyes of their relatives."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-27762.html
and this sounds like a propaganda retour:
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The pro-government Tihama Forces fighting the Houthi militia said on Monday the Houthis executed and mutilated a number of government soldiers in the militia's captivity./Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52170
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#Yemeni analyst says that #UAE proxy #Affashi militia sudden withdrawal from #Hudaydah came after #Yemeni forces threatened #UAE with drone attacks in @expo2020dubai. Seems reasonable
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1459887833070645253
referring to https://twitter.com/AhmedAlmoaiad/status/1459604735363854338
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Yemen: Situation Update - Humanitarian Impact in Al Hodeidah and Red Sea Coast, 14 November 2021
According to field reports, on 12 November, forces aligned with the Government of Yemen (GoY) vacated their positions around Hodeidah City, including the Red Sea Mills, Kilo 16 area, the Thabet Brothers Industrial Complex and Hodeidah International Airport.
GoY forces also withdrew from Ad Durayhimi and Bayt Al Faqih districts, and most of the areas under their control in At Tuhayta District, reportedly redeploying to Al Khukhah City, some 90 kilometers south of Hodeidah City.
Field reports indicate that Ansarullah forces took control of the vacated areas up to and including most of At Tuhayta District. The situation remains extremely volatile, with reports of ongoing intense clashes between GoY and Ansarullah forces along the new areas of control lines.
HUMANITARIAN IMPACT
According to the GoY Executive Unit for Internally Displaced Persons, following these developments, some 700 families (approximately 4,900 people) were displaced to Al Khukhah City, while 184 other families (about 1,300 people) were displaced further south to Al Makha District. As of today, no displacement has been reported within the areas that came under control of the de facto authorities.
Aid partners on the ground report that a new IDP site, comprising 300 tents, has been established to receive the newly displaced families in Al Khukhah District. The Executive Unit for IDPs is reportedly looking to establish another IDP site to provide shelter to the increasing number of IDPs in the district.
It is expected that this new alignment of areas of control will result in the improved movement for civilians between Al Hodeidah and Sana’a governorates and with Al Hodeidah itself – as both the Kilo 16 road, which connects Al Hodeidah and Sana’a, and the coastal road, connecting Hodeidah City with Ad Durayhimi, Bayt Al Faqih and At Tuhayta districts, came under Ansarullah control.
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Jemens Huthis kehren nach dem Abzug der mit der Regierung verbündeten Truppen in Hodeidah ein
Die regierungsnahen Kräfte haben sich aus der Hafenstadt zurückgezogen und erklärten, sie würden gemäß einem Waffenstillstandsabkommen von 2018 neu stationiert.
Truppen, die der international anerkannten Regierung des Jemen treu ergeben sind, haben sich aus der strategischen Hafenstadt Hodeidah zurückgezogen, was es Huthi-Rebellen ermöglicht, dort Schlüsselpositionen zurückzuerobern, sagten jemenitische Beamte und die Vereinten Nationen.
Die von den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten gegründeten und finanzierten regierungsnahen Kämpfer der Joint Forces gaben am späten Freitag bekannt, dass sie Truppen aus Hodeidah verlegt haben, weil dort seit 2018 ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen besteht.
„Die gemeinsamen Streitkräfte haben den Fehler erkannt, in Verteidigungsbarrikaden zu bleiben und nicht im Rahmen eines internationalen Paktes zu kämpfen, während verschiedene Frontlinien Unterstützung benötigen“, heißt es in einer Erklärung.
Eine UN-Mission, die den Waffenstillstand beobachtete, sagte, sie sei vor dem Abzug nicht benachrichtigt worden und dass regierungsnahe Kräfte sich von ihren Positionen in Hodeidah, dem Haupteinfuhrpunkt des Jemen für Importe und Hilfe, und südlich der Stadt zurückgezogen haben, damit die Rebellen die Macht übernehmen können .
Am Samstag sagten Sicherheitsbeamte und Anwohner, die Huthis hätten Dutzende von Menschen zusammengetrieben, die sie der Unterstützung der Regierung beschuldigen.
Unterdessen wiesen andere regierungsnahe Kräfte, die im Gouvernement Hodeidah verbleiben, einen Angriff der Huthi südlich der Stadt zurück, sagten die Beamten. Mindestens drei regierungstreue Offiziere, darunter ein Feldkommandant, wurden getötet, fügten sie hinzu.
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Yemen’s Houthis re-enter Hodeidah after gov’t-allied forces leave
Pro-government forces have withdrawn from the port city, saying they were redeploying in accordance with a 2018 ceasefire deal.
Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government have withdrawn from the strategic port city of Hodeidah, allowing Houthi rebels to retake key positions there, Yemeni officials and the United Nations said.
The pro-government Joint Forces fighters, founded and bankrolled by the United Arab Emirates, said late on Friday they had redeployed troops away from Hodeidah be
“The joint forces recognised the mistake of remaining in defensive barricades, unable to fight under an international pact, while various front lines require support,” they said in a statement.
A UN mission observing the ceasefire said it had not been notified before the withdrawal and that pro-government forces pulled back from their positions in Hodeidah, Yemen’s main entry point for imports and aid, and south of the city, allowing the rebels to take over.
On Saturday, security officials and residents said the Houthis rounded up dozens of people they accuse of supporting the government.
Meanwhile, other pro-government forces that remain in the Hodeidah governorate repelled a Houthi attack south of the city, the officials said. At least three pro-government officers, including a field commander, were killed, they added.
The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media, and the residents did so for fear of reprisals.
The deal – seen as an important first step towards ending a conflict that has devastated Yemen – was never fully implemented and the Joint Forces have accused the Houthis of repeatedly violating the 2018 deal.
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Clashes erupt in Yemen's Hodeidah as pro-coalition forces cede ground to Houthis
Coalition warplanes launched airstrikes on Al Faza area south of Hodeidah as Houthi fighters battled UAE-backed forces until midnight, two military sources and residents said.
Yemen's warring sides clashed south of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah late on Saturday after Iranian-backed Houthi fighters moved into territory ceded by forces allied to a Saudi-led coalition, military sources and witnesses said.
Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates had on Friday announced they were redeploying from around Yemen's main port in the west, a move which a UN monitoring mission and the government said they had no advance notice of.
The Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis, who hold Hodeidah city, had in 2018 agreed a United Nations-sponsored pact for a truce in Hodeidah that largely held and a troop withdrawal by both sides, stalled since 2019.
Coalition warplanes launched airstrikes on Al Faza area south of Hodeidah as Houthi fighters battled UAE-backed forces until midnight, two military sources and residents said.
Al Faza lies 15 km (9 miles) from coalition-held Al-Khokha, to which hundreds of Yemenis have fled after the Houthi advance.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/clashes-erupt-in-yemens-hodeidah-as-pro-coalition-forces-cede-ground-to-houthis-idUSKBN2HZ06I = https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/clashes-erupt-in-yemens-hodeidah-as-pro-coalition-forces-cede-ground-to-houthis-684945 = https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/pro-coalition-forces-cede-ground-houthis-yemen-clashes
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Hudaydah: #Ansarallah took control of Al Buqa & Al Buţayḩ. Clashes with #YNA continue in Al Ḩaymah town & Al Haymah port. (map)
https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps/status/1459622516968800256
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Photos: Part of the destruction left by the battles and booby-trapped buildings on the 50th Street in the city of #Hodeidah
https://twitter.com/baseem_aljenani/status/1459461268243427328
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Civilians leaving their homes in al-Khawkha district, #Hudeidah, yesterday bc of the Houthi new advance in neighboring areas. Pictures by journalist Ali Jabur.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1459301802139127820
and
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The wave of displacement continues until the moment towards the city of Al-Khoukha, after the battles waged by the Houthis to control the port of Al-Hayma in the district of #Al-Tahita. (photos9
https://twitter.com/baseem_aljenani/status/1459529894820524033
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[Sanaa gov.] Hodeida governor inspects several areas in liberated Tuhita district
http://en.ypagency.net/243672/
Film: https://twitter.com/hafeed000/status/1459621006402801673
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Sanaa forces close to take control over al-Hayma port south of Hodeidah
The National Salvation government Forces (Sanaa forces) get close to take control over the strategic port of Al-Hayma in al-Khokha district, south of Hodeidah province, well informed sources reported on Saturday.
According to the sources, units of the army forces and popular committees advanced this morning towards the northern outskirts of al-Khokha district, a few kilometers from its center.
The sources said that the advances of Sana’a forces in Al-Khokha come after the complete withdrawal of the UAE-backed forces .
This morning, the port of Al-Hayma witnessed violent clashes that resulted in the death of the commander of the “4th Tihama Brigade”, Brig. Gen. Haitham Barri. The 4th Brigade is a military faction of the Islah Party, Yemeni branch of the Muslims brotherhood
Local sources confirmed the withdrawal of Islah militants to the back fronts after they refused to withdraw in the past two days.
https://en.ypagency.net/243733/
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[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni forces reopen Kilo 16 road between Sana'a and Hodeidah as three years of Emirati blockade ends
Yemeni army forces and Popular Committees have on Friday morning the reopened the road at Kilo 16, which links the cities of Sana’a and Hodeidah, following the withdrawal of UAE-backed aggression forces and mercenaries stationed in the vicinity.
The Kilo 16 area is the second main gateway in and out of Hodeidah province. It is also a main corridor for citizens travelling and returning to Hodeidah from various governorates of the Republic. The road had been closed for the past three years by the aggression forces.
Hodeidah Governor Mohammed Ayyash Quhim has officially welcomed visitors to Hodeidah city after the entrance was opened and secured.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/13/yemeni-forces-reopen-kilo-16-road-between-sanaa-and-hodeidah-as-three-years-of-emirati-blockade-ends/ = http://en.ypagency.net/243678/
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-770-yemen-war-mosaic-770
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-770 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-770:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose oder / or http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
Der saudische Luftkrieg im Bild / Saudi aerial war images:
(18 +, Nichts für Sensible!) / (18 +; Graphic!)
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
http://yemendataproject.org/data/
Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:
Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:
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