Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 774 - Yemen War Mosaic 774

Yemen Press Reader 774: 3. Dez. 2021: Fotos aus dem Jemen – Militärische Unterstützung der USA für Saudi-Arabien von Trump bis Biden – Die Saudis haben mit Anreizen und Drohungen die Einstellung der UN-Untersuchungen erreicht – Entlassungen von Jemeniten ...

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Dec. 3, 2021: Photos from Yemen – US military support for Saudia Arabia from Trump to Biden – Saudis used incentives and threats to shut down UN investigation – Layoffs of Yemenis in Saudi Arabia: Implications for peace and stability – The challenge of women’s inclusion in Yemen – Corruption and instability in Hadhramaut are fuelling protest and fragmentation – and more

Schwerpunkte / Key aspects

Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-774b-yemen-war-mosaic-774b

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

cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation

cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees

cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis

cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen

cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks

cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia

cp9 USA

cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf

cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain

cp11 Deutschland / Germany

cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries

cp12a Katar-Krise / Qatar crisis

cp12b Sudan

cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade

cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage

cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy

cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism

cp15 Propaganda

cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids

cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War

cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle

cp19 Sonstiges / Other

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(Kein Stern / No star)

? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating

A = Aktuell / Current news

B = Hintergrund / Background

C = Chronik / Chronicle

D = Details

E = Wirtschaft / Economy

H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions

K = Krieg / War

P = Politik / Politics

pH = Pro-Houthi

pS = Pro-Saudi

T = Terrorismus / Terrorism

Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject

Ältere einführende Artikel u. Überblicke für alle, die mit den Ereignissen im Jemen noch nicht vertraut sind, hier:

Yemen War: Older introductory articles, overviews, for those who are still unfamiliar with the Yemen war here:

https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-einfuehrende-artikel-u-ueberblicke

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Pics from several trips in Yemen, thru the streets of Sanaa old town,Mareb (not kidnapped, still alive, you can go), Shibam,Zebid,Shahara, the red sea coast, and the mountains...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/albums/72057594063205816

cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important

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New Report Urges Biden to Stop Arms Sales Fueling Saudi 'Devastation' of Yemen

"It's time for the Biden administration to cut off this support as a way to change Saudi conduct and relieve the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by Saudi actions."

As the ongoing Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen's civil war continues to kill, maim, and displace civilians—over 300,000 of whom have died during more than seven years of fighting—a report published Thursday urges the Biden administration to end critical U.S. support for the atrocity-laden campaign by blocking pending arms sales and stopping future weapons transfers.

"During the Trump administration, the United States doubled down on its support of the regime in Saudi Arabia, regardless of how harshly the kingdom cracked down on human rights or how much devastation it caused through its war in Yemen," the Center for International Policy (CIP) report states.

Its author, CIP Arms and Security Program director William D. Hartung, writes he was initially hopeful that President Joe Biden would eschew the "cynical, transactional approach to U.S.-Saudi relations," but instead "the Biden administration's record so far has been mixed at best."

"The administration has halted two bomb sales to the Saudi regime, but it has offered $500 million in crucial maintenance and support for Saudi aircraft and continued the flow of U.S. arms offers already in the pipeline," he notes. "The administration has also made a

"Most importantly," the report adds, "the Biden administration has refused to use U.S. leverage—in the form of a threat to cut off crucial U.S. spare parts and sustainment for the Saudi military—to force Riyadh to end its devastating blockade on Yemen and move towards an inclusive peace agreement to end the war."

Hartung notes that "the bulk of the weapons transferred to Saudi Arabia since 2009" are the result of deals made during the administration of Barack Obama, one of a long line of U.S. presidents who have courted the repressive Saudi monarchy since the discovery of oil in the desert kingdom in the 1930s.

"Arms sales offers to the kingdom totaled over $118 billion during the eight years of the Obama administration," he writes, "compared with $25 billion during the four years of the Trump administration and $1.1 billion so far in the first year of the Biden term."

While the losers of the war are clear—the United Nations Development Program says that 377,000 Yemeni civilians will have died by the end of this year—the report argues that the winners are "major contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics."

"All of the largest sales since 2009, including a $29 billion deal for Boeing F-15 aircraft, a $25 billion deal for Boeing Apache helicopters, a $15 billion deal for a Lockheed Martin THAAD missile defense system, [a] $10 billion deal for Lockheed Martin Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships, a $5.4 billion deal for Raytheon PAC-3 missile defense interceptors, and a $1.57 billion deal for Raytheon Paveway bombs involved one of the four firms mentioned above as the primary supplier," notes Hartung.

The report calls on the Biden administration to "suspend all U.S. arms sales and military support to the Saudi regime—both new offers and systems still in the pipeline and yet to be delivered—as leverage to get Riyadh to end its blockade on humanitarian aid and commercial goods into Yemen, open Sana'a airport, and engage in good faith efforts to end the war." – by Brett Wilkins

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/new-report-urges-biden-stop-arms-sales-fueling-saudi-devastation-yemen

presenting this report:

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Arming repression: U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia, from Trump to Biden

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

During the Trump administration, the United States doubled down on its support of the regime in Saudi Arabia, regardless of how harshly the Kingdom cracked down on human rights or how much devastation it caused through its war in Yemen. Early on, it appeared that President Biden would depart from the Trump administration’s cynical, transactional approach to U.S.-Saudi relations, but the Biden administration’s record so far has been mixed at best. The administration has halted two bomb sales to the Saudi regime, but it has offered $500 million in crucial maintenance and support for Saudi aircraft and continued the flow of U.S. arms offers already in the pipeline. The administration has also made a $650 million offer of air-to-air missiles to the Saudi Royal Air Force. Most importantly, the Biden administration has refused to use U.S. leverage – in the form of a threat to cut off crucial U.S. spare parts and sustainment for the Saudi military – to force Riyadh to end its devastating blockade on Yemen and move towards an inclusive peace agreement to end the war.

The bulk of the weapons transferred to Saudi Arabia since 2009 date back to deals made during the Obama administration. Arms sales offers to the Kingdom totaled over $118 billion during the eight years of the Obama administration, compared with $25 billion during the four years of the Trump administration and $1.1 billion so far in first year of the Biden term.

The most damaging deals of the Trump years involved transfers of tens of thousands of precision-guided bombs that were pushed through despite opposition from a majority of the members of Congress. Saudi Arabia has used U.S. bombs to target and kill thousands of civilians in Yemen, and to enforce its blockade there by carrying out actions like bombing the runway of Yemen’s main airport in Sana’a. Two offers of bombs made late in Trump’s term, in December 2020, were halted by the Biden administration.

It’s hard to overstate the degree to which the Saudi military relies on U.S. weapons and related support. The bulk of the Saudi arsenal is made in the U.S., including nearly two-thirds of its combat aircraft, nearly four dozen attack helicopters, and over 2,300 heavy armored vehicles.

Without U.S. maintenance and spare parts, the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) would be grounded in short order, as noted by Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution. Since 2018, the United States has entered into contracts worth more than $10 billion to supply spare parts, maintenance, and other support for Saudi aircraft.

The U.S. has trained over 21,000 Saudi military personnel since 2009, including a $4 billion contract to arm and equip the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG), which is responsible for internal security but has also been involved in the war in Yemen. These figures do not include training purchased by Saudi Arabia through direct commercial arrangements with U.S. companies. Such was the case with the Tier 1 group, which trained four Saudi operatives who went on to play a role in the 2018 murder of U.S.-resident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

The greatest beneficiaries of U.S. arms offers to Saudi Arabia over the past decade have been major contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics. All of the largest sales since 2009, including a $29 billion deal for Boeing F-15 aircraft, a $25 billion deal for Boeing Apache helicopters, a $15 billion deal for a Lockheed Martin THAAD missile defense system, $10 billion deal for Lockheed Martin Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships, a $5.4 billion deal for Raytheon PAC-3 missile defense interceptors, and a $1.57 billion deal for Raytheon Paveway bombs involved one of the four firms mentioned above as the primary supplier.

RECOMMENDATIONS

In the interests of ending U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen, the Biden administration should do the following:

  1. Suspend all U.S. arms sales and military support to the Saudi regime – both new offers and systems still in the pipeline and yet to be delivered – as leverage to get Riyadh to end its blockade on humanitarian aid and commercial goods into Yemen, open Sana’a airport, and engage in good faith efforts to end the war.
  2. Absent an immediate halt to arms flows, the administration should provide timely data on pending arms deliveries to the Saudi military

For its part, Congress should do the following:

  1. Force an end to all U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia by passing a War Powers Resolution in both houses of Congress.
  2. Pass legislation to end all U.S. arms, maintenance and spare parts to the Saudi regime.
  3. Make it easier to block future sales to Saudi Arabia and other human rights abusers by requiring affirmative Congressional approval of key arms sales, as opposed to the current approach which calls for veto-proof, joint resolutions of disapproval in both houses of Congress – by William D. Hartung

https://3ba8a190-62da-4c98-86d2-893079d87083.usrfiles.com/ugd/3ba8a1_aea25cfed2454ee1ad62f272334a105e.pdf

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Saudis starteten Tarnkappen-Kampagne um UN-Untersuchung im Jemen zu beenden

Ein neuer Bericht besagt, dass Saudi-Arabien eine heimliche Kampagne gestartet hat, um mit "Anreizen und Drohungen" eine UN-Untersuchung von Kriegsverbrechen im Jemen zu beenden.

Die Saudis hätten eine heimliche Kampagne gestartet, in der sie anscheinend Verantwortliche beeinflusst hätten, um das Ende der Ermittlungen zu garantieren, zitierte der Guardian politische Amtsträger sowie diplomatische und aktivistische Quellen, die sich mit dem Thema genau auskennen.

Eine der Quellen sagte, Saudi-Arabien habe „Drohungen und Anreize“ genutzt, um Mitglieder des UN-Menschenrechtsrats (HRC) davon abzuhalten, im Oktober für eine Resolution zu stimmen, die das Mandat unabhängiger Ermittler um weitere zwei Jahre verlängern würde.

Laut dem Guardian drohte Riad Indonesien angeblich damit, dass seine Bevölkerung auf Hindernisse stoßen würde, nach Mekka zu reisen, falls die Verantwortlichen nicht gegen die Resolution stimmen würden, während es dem Königreich Togo finanzielle Unterstützung anbot, um die afrikanische Nation davon zu überzeugen, gegen eine Verlängerung des Mandats zu stimmen.

Zum Zeitpunkt der Abstimmung erklärte Togo, es werde eine neue Botschaft in Saudi-Arabien eröffnen und von Riad Finanzhilfen zur Unterstützung von Anti-Terror-Aktivitäten erhalten.

Indonesien und Togo, die in diesem Jahr gegen die Maßnahme gestimmt hatten, hatten sich 2020 der Jemen-Resolution enthalten.

Ein Beobachter sagte, die angebliche Drohung Jakartas, Indonesiern von Reisen nach Mekka zu verbieten, zeige, dass die Saudis bereit seien, ihren Zugang zu einem heiligen Ort zu „instrumentalisieren“.

Die Maßnahme, die im Jahr 2020 mit 22 zu 12 Stimmen bei 12 Enthaltungen verabschiedet wurde, wurde im vergangenen Monat mit einer Mehrheit von 21 zu 18 abgelehnt, wobei sich sieben Mitgliedstaaten der Stimme enthielten.

„Diese Art von Umschwung – von 12 Nein zu 21 – passiert nicht so einfach“, sagte ein Amtsträger.

Zu den vier Ratsmitgliedern, die sowohl 2020 als auch 2021 im Amt waren und ihre Stimmen von Enthaltung auf Ablehnung der Resolution umstellten, gehören auch Bangladesch und Senegal.

Nach Angaben des Guardian haben die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, ein Verbündeter Riads und Mitglied der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Koalition, die im Jemen kämpfen, Senegal aufgefordert, eine Woche nach der Abstimmung eine Absichtserklärung zur Gründung eines gemeinsamen emiratisch-senegalesischen Wirtschaftsrats zu unterzeichnen.

https://parstoday.com/de/news/middle_east-i63952-saudis_starteten_tarnkappen_kampagne_um_un_untersuchung_im_jemen_zu_beenden

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Saudis used ‘incentives and threats’ to shut down UN investigation in Yemen

Political officials and diplomatic and activist sources describe stealth campaign

Saudi Arabia used “incentives and threats” as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down a UN investigation of human right violations committed by all sides in the Yemen conflict, according to sources with close knowledge of the matter.

The Saudi effort ultimately succeeded when the UN human rights council (HRC) voted in October against extending the independent war crimes investigation. The vote marked the first defeat of a resolution in the Geneva body’s 15-year history.

Speaking to the Guardian, political officials and diplomatic and activist sources with inside knowledge of the lobbying push described a stealth campaign in which the Saudis appear to have influenced officials in order to guarantee defeat of the measure.

In one case, Riyadh is alleged to have warned Indonesia – the most populous Muslim country in the world – that it would create obstacles for Indonesians to travel to Mecca if officials did not vote against the 7 October resolution.

In another case, the African nation of Togo announced at the time of the vote that it would open a new embassy in Riyadh, and receive financial support from the kingdom to support anti-terrorism activities.

Both Indonesia and Togo had abstained from the Yemen resolution in 2020. This year, both voted against the measure.

The resolution was defeated by a simple majority of 21-18, with seven countries abstaining. In 2020, the resolution passed by a vote of 22-12, with 12 members abstaining.

“That kind of swing – from 12 no’s to 21 – does not just happen,” said one official.

John Fisher, the Geneva director of Human Rights Watch, said: “It was a very tight vote. We understand that Saudi Arabia and their coalition allies and Yemen were working at a high level for some time to persuade states in capitals through a mixture of threats and incentives, to back their bids to terminate the mandate of this international monitoring mechanism.”

Sources said it was not until about a week before vote that “alarm bells” began to ring for proponents of the measure. when they grasped that the Saudi campaign “was very different from previous years” – in part because Saudi had engaged with policy makers in individual capitals around the world.

“You could see the whole thing shift, and that was a shock,” said one person familiar with the matter.

The vote came when the foreign minister of Togo was on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, and coincided with the announcement of the new embassy in Riyadh.Togo also announced that it would be receiving counter-terrorism funding from the Saudi-based International Center for the Fight against Extremist Ideology.

In the case of Indonesia, it is understood that a Saudi Arabia communicated that Indonesian Covid vaccination certificates might not be recognised for Indonesians traveling to Mecca if the country did not reject the measure. One observer said the alleged threat showed Saudis were willing to “instrumentalise” their access to a holy place.

One week after the vote, the UAE, an ally of Saudi Arabia in the Yemen conflict, invited Senegal to sign a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint Emirati-Senegalese business council. The aim of the council was for the UAE chamber of commerce to “boost cooperation” between the “two friendly countries” – by Stephanie Kirchgaesser

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/01/saudi-arabia-yemen-un-human-rights-investigation-incentives-and-therats

and also https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-war-saudi-arabia-lobbying-shut-down-investigation

https://www.rt.com/news/542013-saudi-arabia-covert-campaign-un-yemen/

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Layoffs of Yemenis in Saudi Arabia: Implications for Peace and Stability

In July 2021, Saudi Arabia announced new regulations prescribing the intended percentage of foreign workers in private sector establishments in the kingdom, capping Yemenis at only 25 percent. This came as a shock to the Yemeni community in the country, among whom a wave of discontent erupted last August. The decision is expected to have profound political, economic, and humanitarian effects on Yemenis living in Saudi Arabia, as well as their extended families back home.

The Saudi Vision 2030 framework announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aims to reduce the unemployment rate among Saudis to 11 percent by the end of 2021, and to 7 percent by 2030.

Although this may seem like internal policy, the fact that it specifically targets 1.5 million Yemeni expatriates working in Saudi Arabia – the smallest community of migrant workers in the kingdom – calls into question the motives of the country that alleges its support for Yemenis in their current crisis.

“Saudi authorities are effectively laying off and threatening to forcibly return hundreds, possibly thousands, of Yemeni professionals to an ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen,” said Human Rights Watch. Saudi Arabia justified this move by claiming its goal is to free up jobs for citizens in the south as part of its efforts to tackle the 11.7 percent unemployment rate. It was also driven by security considerations in southern areas near active warzones, where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Yemen's Houthi group. Although the decision has been retracted in some academic and medical institutions, it will affect tens of thousands of Yemenis working in Saudi Arabia and will have serious implications on the future of peace in Yemen, as well as on humanitarian, military, security, economic, and political dynamics, including Saudi-Yemeni relations.

On a political level, the decision puts the internationally recognized Yemeni government at a terrible disadvantage vis-à-vis its people.

The security and military implications of the Saudi decision are also alarming. Yemeni workers, who are now returning to Yemen by the planeload, will be looking for an alternative source of income and are likely to be very attractive recruits for Houthi rebels and al-Qaeda, repeating a previous catastrophic scenario.

To relieve this pressure, the Yemeni government called on the Saudi government to exclude Yemenis from the new regulations and warned Riyadh that the Houthi movement across the border will take advantage of the situation, which could ultimately prove detrimental to Saudi national security. However, Riyadh refused to alter its policy.

Remittances sent from Saudi Arabia constitute the largest source of foreign exchange in Yemen, providing a lifeline for millions of people in a country where the poverty rate is between 71 percent and 78 percent. Reduced remittances will markedly affect Yemen’s deteriorating economy and the already suffering national currency.

Helping Yemen out of its current crisis should be a priority for its closest neighbor, Saudi Arabia, and for the international community as a whole – by Adel Dashela

https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/85885

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‘One Hand Does Not Clap’: Partisanship and the Dual Challenge of Women’s Inclusion in Yemen

Executive Summary

Because Yemen’s political parties are important to both Track I and Track II diplomatic negotiations and dialogue, it is possible to advance gender-inclusive approaches to peacebuilding by expanding their roles in decision-making and agenda-setting within their parties. This policy brief reviews the recent history of women’s partisanship and changes in the nature and function of Yemen’s political parties since 2011, and draws on data collected in conjunction with a recent Sana’a Center training workshop for partisan women. Data show that partisan women are eager to participate in decision-making within their parties and ready to help represent their parties in Track I and II work but experience some systemic roadblocks. On the basis of this research, we offer a range of recommendations for various stakeholders that include:

Approaching inclusion as more than consultation by affording women opportunities to participate in decision-making and to shape party agendas and practices.

Encouraging opportunities for women to represent their parties, including both men and women, in Track I and II work.

Recognizing intersectional identities by engaging partisan women on issues not explicitly tied to gender.

Steps to enhance women’s roles within their parties offer a dual benefit for parties and for peacebuilding. Women’s participation in partisan decision-making can not only help to shape more gender-sensitive party agendas but may also strengthen the role of parties as representative institutions after years of internal decline.

Introduction

Can practices of political inclusion inadvertently deepen gender exclusion? This policy brief addresses this question by exploring the relationship between women, partisanship and the peace process in Yemen. Political parties – as constitutive members of the internationally recognized government – have a dedicated place in Track I diplomacy and are deeply engaged in Track II dialogue as well. A decade of instability and war, however, has produced important changes in Yemen’s political parties, leaving them more exclusive and organizationally brittle. Expanding the role of women in Yemeni political parties could yield a double benefit, as it could help to ensure that women’s priorities are reflected in their parties’ agendas, but also could help to reinvigorate party institutions themselves and reposition them for a post-conflict future.

Based on recent interviews and a two-week training conducted with partisan women in 2021 by the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, this policy brief reflects on the way changes in the partisan sector over the past 15 years have sapped the potential of the political parties as effective peacebuilders capable of reflecting the interests of Yemeni society comprehensively. One woman active in governorate-level leadership summarized a view expressed by many participants when she said, “We feel we are forgotten and excluded, and this a patriarchal world. Women in political parties are very marginalized, and we need awareness in the parties themselves to empower women politically and raise awareness in the field of gender within the parties.”[1] Women spoke of the need to develop expertise to “prove their worth” to their political parties, yet their responses also highlight an under-recognized asset: the networks that partisan women share with women in civil society.

As party leadership and institutions have ossified, many women have found meaningful work in the associational sector. Reframing experience in civil society as relevant political experience could help to open doors to women’s leadership and build bridges between work that occurs on different peace tracks. Partisan women continue to face forms of marginalization that affect Yemeni women broadly – often a reason that women were attracted to partisan activism in the first place – but they also find that conflict dynamics have left their parties increasingly undemocratic and gender exclusive on an internal level. Without attending to this, there is some risk that greater inclusion of political parties in the peace process could inadvertently deepen women’s exclusion if steps are not taken to promote women’s participation in the internal decision-making practices of their parties – by Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Rim Mugaded

https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/15809

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CORRUPTION AND INSTABILITY IN HADHRAMAUT ARE FUELING PROTEST AND FRAGMENTATION

While international observers often hold up Hadhramaut as Yemen’s beacon of security and stability, recent protests indicate that this stability may only be skin deep. Shaima Bin Othman argues that widespread corruption has turned people against the local authority, with the current instability fueling local desire for Hadhrami independence. This increases the number of regions wanting self-determination, further undermining Yemen’s unity.

Widespread local authority corruption in Hadhramaut has led to protests as communities have removed support for the local government, especially for Governor Major General Faraj Salmeen Al-Bahsani. The provincial government claims that the Houthis are stirring up protests in order to facilitate a violent takeover of the governorate. In reality, recent events are a consequence of widespread evidence of corruption and the local authority’s willful ignorance of people’s needs: the collapse of government services amidst widespread poverty. What is also frustrating for the public is the awareness that Hadhramaut is the primary source of the Internationally Recognized Government’s (IRG) resources, while the people do not receive essentials, such as electricity, accessible health care, and the fulfilment of basic daily living needs.

Although perceived as Yemen’s beacon of stability and good governance, Hadhramaut faces internal struggles amongst political leaders over resources and government funds that threaten to destabilize the governorate. Widespread corruption drives the population to the streets, as they call for the prosecution of the local authority and demand that the wealth of Hadhramaut goes to its people. This context fuels demands for Hadhrami independence. The governorate was formerly part of the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, the southern Yemeni state that was until 1990 independent from the north. It is home to a heterogeneous population, with some supporting southern secession, some reinforcing the idea of an independent Hadhrami state, and yet others preferring the continued unity of Yemen within a federal system.

SHARP FOOD AND FUEL PRICE INCREASES

Even though Hadhramaut is the wealthiest of Yemen’s governorates, people in the capital, Mukalla, are growing desperate. In March 2021, mothers marched through the streets, calling for the end of corruption and the high cost of living, in what they have coined ‘The revolution of the hungry’. Um Ahmed, a housewife and mother of four, was the first Hadhrami woman to set foot on the streets of Mukalla city with her children during the recent protests, motivated by hunger and poverty, raising the question of where Hadhramaut’s wealth resides. Um Ahmed’s experiences resemble the situation of many families in Hadhramaut with a single breadwinner, in her case, her husband. Like many, he receives a government salary that has not changed for years, despite the 500–700 percent increase in the cost of living since 2014.

Despite Hadhramaut’s coast being known for its plentiful fish, currently, due to alleged uncontrolled random exports by private traders, most people cannot buy fish because the price exceeds local people’s purchase power. The cost of one meal for a family of five costs about 5 percent of the value of the breadwinner’s salary. T

MISMANAGEMENT AND NEPOTISM

And while its people are facing increasing poverty, its leaders are living lives of luxury. For Hadhramis, it is a stark contrast: their deteriorating standard of living compared to the luxurious lifestyles of those who became officials for the local authority. Perhaps one of the most provocative situations for locals is when their homes sink into darkness due to electricity supply cuts, while the governor and his allies have their lights switched on 24 hours a day.

CORRUPTION FUELS LOCAL INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

Since September 2021, there has been an increase in street protests in Hadhramaut, building on sporadic marches and demonstrations over the past three years, leading to violent responses by local authority forces. Young men have been injured or killed at the hands of security forces during protests. But the mood on the streets is different when compared to past experiences; now people are calling for the withdrawal of all conflict parties, the removal of Al-Bahsani, and for government accountability. Protest chants were addressed to the local authority, the Arab coalition under Saudi leadership, and the Southern Transition Council (STC). To some, the idealist dream of southern independence has become distorted by the corruption and mismanagement of those claiming to represent those who call for independence, including the STC. Protesters see that the situation in Aden, under the STC, is not much different from Mukalla, if not even worse, in terms of service provision, and therefore reject its authority.

It is worrying that in some areas protesters are stating that they would prefer Houthi authority.

Only transparency and accountability can stop this downward spiral – by Shaima Bin Othman

https://www.yemenpolicy.org/corruption-and-instability-in-hadhramaut-are-fueling-vulnerability-and-fragmentation/

cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics

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Eight new COVID-19 cases reported in two governorates

The committee also reported in its statement the recovery of 28 coronavirus patients in six governorates, in addition to the death of three others in Aden, Taiz and Hadramout.

http://en.adenpress.news/news/34142

(A H)

COVID-19 Impfungen Jemen: vollständig geimpft (%) | 29.11.2021

https://www.proplanta.de/karten/jemen-covid-19_corona-impfungen_weltweit-landkarte7102021_YE_20211129.html

(A H)

COVID-19 Infektionen Jemen, 28.11.2021

https://www.proplanta.de/karten/jemen-neue_infektionen-covid-19_inzidenzen_infektionen_todesf%C3%A4lle_weltweit_-datum--einzellandkarte5082021_YE_3.html

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COVID-9 vaccines to be compulsory for [Hadi] govt employees

High Emergency Committee tasked with handling coronavirus pandemic has approved to make ant-coronavirus vaccines a compulsory for every government's employee, the state news agency, Saba reported.
The decision was made in a meeting held in Aden on Sunday, presided over by the Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik.
The committee urged all the ministries and government's institutions to take necessary measures to put the decision in place.

http://en.adenpress.news/news/34137

(A H)

Six new COVID-19 cases reported, 9,987 in total

The committee also reported in its statement the recovery of 16 coronavirus patients, in addition to the death of one patient.

http://en.adenpress.news/news/34132

and also https://en.smanews.org/south-arabia/1-death-and-6-cases-of-infection-with-corona-virus/

cp2 Allgemein / General

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Interactive Map of Yemen War

https://yemen.liveuamap.com/

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Yemen War Daily Map Updates

https://southfront.org/military-siuation-in-yemen-on-december-2-2021-map-update/

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-december-1-2021-map-update/

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-november-30-2021-map-update/

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-november-29-2021-map-update/

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-november-28-2021-map-update/

https://english.iswnews.com/21515/latest-updates-on-yemen-27-november-2021/

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Film (in Italian): Yemen: La guerra dimenticata

http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/media/ContentItem-8d998d45-7776-4048-ab64-31412cd51122.html

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Audio: Die zwiespältige Rolle der Vereinten Arabischen Emirate im Jemen

Wer Geld hat, hat Recht. Zumindest in einem Land wie dem Jemen: bettelarm, seit Jahren zerrieben in einem fürchterlichen Krieg. Einer der Akteure dort, der sehr viel Geld hat, aber lieber etwas im Hintergrund bleibt, sind die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Wie sie Profit aus der jemenitischen Misere ziehen – darum geht’s in SWR Aktuell Kontext.

https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/radio/die-zwiespaeltige-rolle-der-vereinten-arabischen-emirate-im-jemen-100.html

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The Beginning of the End for the Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen

UAE, Saudi, and affiliated local forces have begun withdrawing from locations across southern and western Yemen; while couched as “redeployments,” together the moves suggest the Saudi-led coalition is actively looking for an exit strategy.

Indeed, what makes all these military moves on the ground in Yemen so intriguing is their timing. For instance, Saudi Arabia’s drawdown in Shabwa, Mahra, and Aden came in the wake of an October 3 announcement from Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan that the kingdom had held its first round of direct talks with Iran’s new government. The talks, which were held September 21, were part of a process that began in April and is still ongoing.

Similarly, following the UAE’s ordered withdrawal from areas south of Hodeidah, the UAE and Iran announced that the two countries were “opening a new chapter” in their relationship during a visit to Dubai by Iran’s deputy foreign minister. Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic advisor to the UAE’s president, had previously stated that: “The UAE is taking steps to de-escalate tension with Iran as part of a political option that supports diplomacy and avoids confrontation.”

The military drawdowns and withdrawals in Yemen are less about a quid pro quo than they are about confidence building measures. These are very likely the opening moves by Saudi Arabia and the UAE as they prepare to fully exit Yemen. Both countries have wanted to leave Yemen for some time, but both also need reassurances before they do. Neither the United States nor the U.N. has been able to broker anything resembling a comprehensive peace in Yemen, nor are they likely to in the near future, so both Saudi Arabia and the UAE are taking the first tentative steps toward a deal of their own.

For Saudi Arabia, this also means repairing strained relationships within the Gulf Cooperation Council with countries like Oman and Qatar. If the kingdom is going to engage directly with Iran, it wants to make sure its flank is protected, which explains the Saudi olive branch to Oman in Mahra as well as the recent overture by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the emir of Qatar.

In their own ways, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are hoping that Iran can be both a credible partner in Yemen and keep the Houthis in check, ensuring that the insurgent group abides by whatever deal is eventually made. A full Saudi and UAE military withdrawal is still a long way off, but both have shown in the last month that they preparing to leave Yemen.

https://agsiw.org/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen/

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Fitzcarraldo signs 'unvarnished chronicle' of Yemeni civil war

Fitzcarraldo Editions has landed What Have You Left Behind? a "powerful and devastating exposition" of the Yemeni civil war by writer and journalist Bushra al-Maqtari, translated by Sawad Hussain.

Associate publisher Tamara Sampey-Jawad acquired world English rights to the book from Nina Sillem. Publication is scheduled for September 2022.

In 2015, a year after it started, al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians in the Yemeni civil war, which has killed more than 200,000 people according to the UN. Inspired by the work of Svetlana Alexievich, she spent two years visiting different parts of the country, putting her life at risk by speaking with her compatriots, and gathered over 400 testimonies, a selection of which appear in the book.

"Purposefully alternating between accounts from the victims of the Houthi rebels and those of the Saudi-led coalition, al-Maqtari highlights the disillusionment and anguish felt by civilians trapped in a war outside of their own making," the synopsis explains. "This desire for objectivity – to tell the stories of the civilians, unencumbered by political motivations – made it difficult for her to find a publisher for her book". It was eventually published by Riad El-Rayyes Books, a press based in Beirut.

Sampey-Jawad said: "From children who pop to the shops never to return, to the loss of entire families whose houses are razed to the ground, What Have You Have Left Behind? is a powerful and devastating exposition of the cruel randomness of war.

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fitzcarraldo-editions-signs-unvarnished-chronicle-yemeni-civil-war-1292589

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Film: Report Launch of Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways for Recovery

A recording of the high-level event Recovery in Yemen: Addressing the development crisis. Co-hosted by UNDP and the Government of Sweden on November 25th 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG88aKHwqb8

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Iran bestreitet jegliche militärische Verbindung zum Jemen

Der Sprecher des Außenministeriums bestritt jede militärische Verbindung zwischen der Islamischen Republik Iran und dem Jemen.

Saeed Khatibzadeh dementierte die Nachricht vom Angriff der saudisch geführten Koalition auf den Jemen.

Er bestreitet Vorwürfe, ein sogenanntes geheimes Hauptquartier von Experten der Revolutionsgarden in Sanaa anzugreifen.

Ihm zufolge hat die Islamische Republik Iran keine militärischen Verbindungen zum Jemen.

'Solche unbegründeten Anschuldigungen werden erhoben, um die öffentliche Meinung der Nationen der Region und der Welt von den Verbrechen der Aggressorländer abzulenken.', so er.

https://de.irna.ir/news/84562548/Iran-bestreitet-jegliche-milit%C3%A4rische-Verbindung-zum-Jemen

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Khatibzadeh: Iran having no military presence in Yemen

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman has denied as unfounded the media reports about an attack on an IRGC position in Yemen. Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran has no military links with Yemen whatsoever.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman added that such baseless claims are aimed at distracting the public opinion of regional and world nations from the crimes committed by the invading countries.

Khatibzadeh said the Islamic Republic of Iran has never had any military presence in Yemen to be hit by the invaders.

Some media reports claim that the self-styled Saudi-led military coalition has targeted a covert position belonging to the experts of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the Yemeni capital Sana’a.

https://ifpnews.com/khatibzadeh-iran-having-no-military-presence-in-yemen = http://en.ypagency.net/245636/

and also https://irangov.ir/detail/375138

https://en.irna.ir/news/84562511/Iran-dismisses-any-military-ties-with-Yemen

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Yemen's Marib: The city at the heart of a dirty war

Marib is full. At a time when rich countries in Europe are in political crisis about hundreds of new refugees, one city in the poorest Arab country has had to deal with the arrival of something approaching one million people fleeing for their lives since Yemen's war started in 2015. Another 45,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have arrived at the city in the desert since September.

The pressure of the war pervades every part of life in Marib.

The bustling city centre should not deceive anyone, as wars generate business opportunities.

The city has two 11-bed units for treating seriously malnourished babies. It used to have two others, but they are in areas captured by the Houthi rebel fighters as they push forward with their offensive.

The surgical hospital is desperately overstretched. It is full of war wounded, some children and civilians but mostly soldiers from the government army.

A team of British surgeons from the charity Action for Humanity who have also worked in Syria and Gaza spent a week in Marib at the end of November, bringing specialised techniques for war injuries.

"There is a lack of doctors, and the local doctors are exhausted," said Mounir Hakimi, a surgeon from Salford. "They're doing long shifts and the injuries they're getting are quite complex. So they're providing the minimum treatment with the basic equipment they have."

Fierce fighting

A war of attrition over Marib that started two years ago has turned into an offensive by the Houthis,

The current count of camps in and around Marib, according to the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is 137. The number fluctuates as more exhausted, traumatised, and hungry people arrive - and as Houthi forces overrun camps on the edge of territory controlled by the government.

At al-Samya camp, hundreds of families have congregated on the dunes looking for shelter, food and protection in the last few weeks.

The IOM is working hard in the camps, but it has only received half of the funding that it requested. Sharon Wanga, one of the organisers of its efforts to help the displaced, said that lack of money made it impossible to help all the people who were arriving in Marib.

"We would request the international community, as well as the donors to be able to come in, so that we can offer the assistance that is required because it's a very big challenge.

"When you have over 45,000 in less than two months, then definitely you need to be worried. And that's where we are right now."

Regional rivalries

Marib is isolated. It is on a single highway to Saudi Arabia, about a five-hour drive away, which the Houthis would like to cut. The area around Marib is the centre of Yemen's oil industry and the site of the only refinery in the north.

Yemenis will not decide when the war in their country will end. Big powers, who are playing power games across the Middle East of which Yemen is only a part, have intervened.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59459750

Film: https://twitter.com/BowenBBC/status/1465819754783035397

Photos from camps: https://twitter.com/cswift2/status/1466019912695099399 (thread)

Geolocation: https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1466175670598475777

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Dutch prime time TV news @NOS reported about the threat of a major oil spill by the FSO Safer off the coast in #Yemen affecting millions of Yemeni, the Red Sea ecosystem, fisheries and humanitarian aid provision. Thanks @daisymohr. Watch (in Dutch) Bron: NOS Journaal

https://twitter.com/pd_hof/status/1465631136248381440

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Yemen’s Brothers brace for expulsion from Turkey

The regime of Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has started following a new approach to the Muslim Brotherhood whose members used Turkey as a refuge in the past years.

However, Ankara is mending fences with regional states, especially Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

This is raising concern among Brotherhood members and leaders who shudder at the prospect of improved relations between the two sides, one that opens up the possibility of their expulsion from Turkey.

Improved relations between Turkey and these countries also open the door for the repatriation of Muslim Brotherhood members and consequently their imprisonment because most of these members are wanted in their countries against the background of crimes they had committed in them.

Yemen’s Brothers

Yemeni members of the Muslim Brotherhood will likely be the first to be trampled on because of the new Turkish policy direction.

This is especially true after Yemen’s Islah Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen, expressed fears that the Turkish government would expel its leaders and members from Turkey.

The party expected this to happen after Turkey gave these leaders and members 30 days to leave.

The Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party’s government informed Yemeni Brothers that they are no longer welcome inside Turkey.

The members unwelcomed in Turkey include, of course, Yemeni Nobel Laureate and Brotherhood affiliate, Tawakkol Karman.

https://en.ledialogue.fr/2021/11/29/yemens-brothers-brace-for-expulsion-from-turkey/

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Yemen to Improve Border Security Through Electronic Visa System

Yemen [Hadi gov.], in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been examining the use of the electronic visa system at all its ports with an aim to enhance border security.

The Interior Ministry's Undersecretary for Police Services, Major General Mohammed al-Amir, said the project will represent a paradigm shift in the ministry’s work and will contribute to the improvement of security at the country’s entry points and borders.

During a meeting on Saturday with IOM representatives in the city of Seiyun, al-Amir said the project will help save time and effort to complete the required work for security measures, and entry and exit controls implemented at the ports.

https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3330906/yemen-improve-border-security-through-electronic-visa-system

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Shocking statement made by head of international campaign to lift the siege on Sanaa airport regarding UN

Hamid Abdel Kader Antar, head of the International Campaign to lift the siege on Sana’a International Airport has said Saudi-led coalition has an embarrassing stance to world public opinion as a result of the continued closure of the airport to civilian flights.

“The coalition claimed that Sanaa airport used for military purposes. This is not true and it is misleading and deceiving in order to escape from international pressure to lift the blockade and open the airport,” he said in a statement to 26 September newspaper.

The international campaign is moving towards the path of political and media escalation in all countries of the world to stage and organize protests that call for opening Sana’a International Airport to save patients, travelers, expatriates and students, stressing that Saudi money cannot triumph over morality, customs and international legal humanitarian conventions, according to the 26 September newspaper.

Antar conformed that the United Nations’ dealing with the demands of the Yemeni people to open Sana’a airport to civilian flights is not clear.

http://en.ypagency.net/245314/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/30/campaign-to-end-saudi-blockade-on-sanaa-airport-to-hold-worldwide-rallies/

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Film: FSO safer is a looming disaster in the Red Sea. There is no time to lose. Act now to save the Red Sea and beyond!

https://twitter.com/EUinYemen/status/1464918827708428289

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The story of a Yemeni who is on a mission to retrieve the bodies of the war dead

While fierce battles are raging on the fighting fronts in the governorates of Marib and Al-Jawf, north-eastern Yemen, Hadi Jamaan and his comrades are fighting another battle on these fronts, armed with their white flags and body bags, to work to retrieve, preserve and transport the bodies of the victims of the conflict parties and deliver them to their families.

It began Jamaan, a mediator and a local head of the organization "humanitarian mediators", his arduous and dangerous in 2015 when he worked as a team scout continued to scout the Yemeni, and asked a friend to cooperate with him to bring his brothers who have fallen victims in one of the fronts near al - Jawf province , and the then Communicating with social and military figures to obtain their consent to exhume the bodies.

He adds: "At that moment, we felt our humanitarian and moral duty, and we formed a team to communicate and collect information about the bodies, and to coordinate with all parties to the conflict and the concerned leaders." The mission of Jamaan and his companions was not an easy matter, especially in light of the continuous and intermittent fighting that the Jawf and Marib fronts have been witnessing since 2015.

Jamaan and his team were exposed to many dangers during their work, and some of them were injured as a result of the continuation of the fighting.

https://www-alaraby-co-uk.translate.goog/society/%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AC%D8%AB%D8%AB-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8

cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation

Siehe / Look at cp1

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Second scientific conference on ‘obstetrics and gynecology’ held in Sanaa

The Al-Sabeen Hospital for Maternity and Childhood in Sanaa, organized, Wednesday, the second scientific conference on obstetrics and gynecology.

During the conference, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakel, [Sanaa gov.] Health minister explained that 8,000 women die annually due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth and as a result of the effects of the blockade, and that between 80,000 and 100,000 newborns die annually in Yemen under siege.

He pointed out that more than 70% of obstetric medicines are not available in Yemen, and the coalition is preventing their entry at a time when organizations are threatening to withdraw drug support.

“We are observing a rise in deformities and birth defects among children as a result of the intensive bombing by the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen, including the use of internationally prohibited weapons” The Minister of Health said.

http://en.ypagency.net/245648/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/02/yemeni-gynecology-conference-laments-death-of-tens-of-thousands-of-mothers-and-newborns-because-of-saudi-led-siege/

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Film from 2019: Women in Yemen have long suffered oppression in the country's highly patriarchal society. Rights activist Suha Basharen is trying to change that. During a visit to Berlin, she talked about the fight for gender equality in her war-torn homeland.

https://www.dw.com/en/rights-activist-fights-for-gender-equality-in-yemen/av-50587060

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SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGNS WITH YEMENI WOMEN

Mokhtar, as the only man in this round

Mokhtar, as the only man in this round, could you tell us what your perspective is on women’s rights?

Mokhtar: Women’s rights in the Arab world in general and in Yemen specifically are not only a problem that is of a concern of women only, but rather the problem of society and all family members, including men. What I mean is that the foundation of injustice to women is her presence and residence with a man, whether he is a brother, father, or husband, who is afraid of the patriarchal society around him. This society pressures the man to behave in a certain way, and this man always lives in a state of anxiety because of what goes on in people’s minds about his family. You know, people ask about why does your sister work, why does your wife go out late, why did your mother do this, and many things like that.

Amal: Hadil, I want to ask you about the activism around women’s issues. When it comes to the campaigns that take place online, do they succeed in raising awareness of Yemenis on the difficulties of women? Another question is: Do these campaigns reach men as well?

Hadil: Let’s take the Ashti Haqi campaign as an example. A campaign that I started with other Yemeni women inside and outside Yemen. ‘Ashti haqi’ means ‘I want my rights’. The campaign was launched against the Houthis in particular, at a time when the Houthis were aggressively setting discriminatory policies against women. I can say that this campaign was a huge success. The hashtag #Ishti_Haqqi drew the attention of many news stations, such as DW News and I also did an interview with the BBC and a debate on Al-Araby channel to discuss the campaign. One of the things we highlighted and criticized was the dismissal of women from their jobs in restaurants on the pretext of gender segregation. After the campaign was launched, the Houthis made a video in which they talk to women in restaurants and deny their expulsion. We knew from our sources that they returned them to jobs after the campaign. I don’t really care about their denial. The most important thing to me is that they ended some of these unjust decisions. However, in general, the problem with campaigns is that it is really difficult to follow up and know when the change happens due to the pressure from campaigns, if it will continue or end as soon as the hype about the issue diminishes.

Mokhtar: I would like to add a point to what you said Hadil. The awareness campaigns directed at women have created a new male generation that is more conservative and fearful of all the so-called women’s rights and feminism. Therefore, families see such campaigns as a real danger to their families, so they always try to not allow these voices and ideas to reach their homes and families. This brings us to the point that the man is a great partner in this problem, and there must also be campaigns to educate him about the importance of the role of women in society.

https://www.yemenpolicy.org/de/solidarity-campaigns-with-yemeni-women/

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“When the great flood came, it turned our land from green spaces to stone, and the agriculture ended ultimately.” In 2008, Mohammed & locals of Dahab Valley in Yemen lost their lands when a flood destroyed an irrigation site. Watch how they worked to restore it: Film

https://twitter.com/IOM_Yemen/status/1466074625335599115

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Son Of Refugees Founds Wear The Peace To Promote Awareness Of Humanitarian Crises

“I want to change the world. That may sound cliché, but it is actually my passion,” says Murad Nofal, a 25-year-old second generation refugee. Along with his University of Illinois at Chicago classmate Mustafa Mabruk, he founded the brand Wear the Peace, a clothing and accessories company that raises money for and awareness about humanitarian issues including refugee crises around the world.

In less than four years, Wear the Peace has shined a light on situations including child labor in Congo, the famine in Yemen and the food crisis in Venezuela, among others. The company donates 100% of profits to different charities that assist with humanitarian causes, and also donates a brand-new piece of clothing to a refugee camp for every piece of clothing sold. Wear the Peace has so far donated over 28,000 pieces of never-worn clothing to refugee camps. The company has raised over $1 million for campaigns such as Feed Yemen, where the donations purchased 200,000 meals, and has donated more than $20,000 directly to non-profit organizations.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meimeifox/2021/12/01/son-of-refugees-founds-wear-the-peace-to-promote-awareness-of-humanitarian-crises/

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Yemen is being destroyed by bombs. But the biggest killer barely makes a sound.

Children who survive the violence still aren’t safe.

But for Yemen’s children, violence is just the beginning. In recent months, heavy rains have destroyed the shelters of displaced families and schools have been forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our teams are doing everything possible to reach children cut off from humanitarian access. UNICEF has 75 years of experience delivering life-saving supplies in more than 190 countries and we have been working in Yemen throughout this crisis. We won't stop until every child is protected.

Our teams are on the ground in Yemen, fearlessly delivering for every child, no matter what. But surviving has become a lot harder than dodging bullets and bombs.

Gripped by malnutrition

In Yemen, the economy is in a critical condition. Teachers, shopkeepers, health workers and business owners have lost their jobs, and family incomes have plummeted. Combined with a lack of access to clean water and health care, every day is a struggle.
Abdulrahman, a health care worker, lives with his wife and children in an area surrounded by pollution because of a lack of adequate sanitation. The sewage collects at a spot nearby his house which causes malaria and diarrhoea, both of which can lead to malnutrition among children.
When Abdulrahman's daughter Rowaida was just over one year old, she became infected with malaria. Abdulrahman noticed that his daughter was getting thinner, so he took her to the health centre.
Rowaida was diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition as her weight and height were nearly 30 per cent less than a healthy child. Malnutrition stunts a child’s growth and intellectual development, trapping them years behind their potential.
“I felt really bad when my daughter was diagnosed with malnutrition. I thought that because I was a doctor, I could treat her myself,” says Abdulrahman.
“However, this is not the case for [the majority of] malnourished children in Yemen,” he adds, aware that his family somehow is more fortunate than most.

Currently, 2.3 million children in Yemen are suffering from acute malnutrition. Of those, 400,000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and in urgent need of life-saving support.
We don't want this conflict to be remembered by devastating stories and images of severely sick children. Children who waited for the therapeutic food they needed for recovery. Children who couldn’t wait.
"The bottom line: children in Yemen are not starving because of a lack of food—they are starving because their families cannot afford food,” says James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson.
“They are starving because adults continue to wage a war in which children are the biggest losers.”

UNICEF teams on the ground are going above and beyond to stop this crisis turning to famine. We have mobilised thousands of health workers to reach the vulnerable children and new mothers missing out on care.

Because of generous support from people like you, we can reach the most vulnerable.

https://www.unicef.org.au/blog/news-and-insights/yemen-crisis-children

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Jemenhilfe

Die Jemenhilfe - Deutschland hilft praktisch und direkt vor Ort. Seit vielen Jahren leitet Aenne Rappel von Bayern aus dieses Herzensprojekt und wurde dafür bereits hoch dekoriert. Jetzt ist sie ein zweites Mal zu Gast bei Free FM und wirbt um Spenden. Frank Maier spricht mit ihr über ihr Krankenhaus und alle sonstigen Hilfsprojekte, die im gebeutelten Jemen seit Jahren für direkte und wertvolle Hilfe sorgen

http://www.jemenhilfe-deutschland.de/

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The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator (OCHA) in Yemen visits HUMAN ACCESS, praises its long experience in humanitarian work

https://humanaccess.org/m/news/the-united-nations-humanitarian-coordinator-ocha-in-yemen-visits-human-access

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Escalation in Yemen: Civilians pay the price of the recent increase in fighting.

The human toll of the armed conflict in Yemen continues to grow, with an estimated 40,000 people in Ma’reb and more than 10,000 in Hodeida forced to leave their homes since September in search of safety. Continuing military operations along several front lines and mines threaten the lives and livelihoods of civilians as well as their access to essential services, including water, food, healthcare and education.

The Head of the ICRC Delegation in Yemen Katharina Ritz witnessed the dramatic impact of the fighting on both sides of the front lines firsthand this month. "Acts of violence against civilians and people under the control of the parties are not only violations of international humanitarian law, they negate the basic principles of humanity," she said after visiting ICRC teams working to assist frontline communities in Ma’reb and Hodeida. " Even in the midst of battle, fighters must protect the lives and wellbeing of civilians and of those who stopped fighting."

Many of the displaced have left their homes with nothing and struggle to secure decent shelter and access to overstretched services for themselves and their families. "Those affected by the fighting and the newly displaced need help urgently”, Mrs. Ritz said. “Some families were forced to move several times and are exhausted. The ICRC urges all parties to the ongoing conflict to limit human suffering by protecting civilian property and essential infrastructure, including health facilities and waterworks, by letting the displaced shelter in safe places away from the fighting and by providing all those working to assist people in need with unconditional and safe access.” As fighting intensifies and displacement continues, this remains a critical message.

Healthcare across the country has been hit particularly hard by the protracted conflict in Yemen and is now further strained in both Ma’reb and Hodeida by the upsurge in fighting. Many hospitals and health centers lack staff, drugs and other supplies, leaving them unable to cope with conflict casualties and other increasing needs.

**Since the beginning of the year, the ICRC has scaled up its humanitarian response in partnership with the Yemeni Red Crescent Society (YRCS) in Ma’reb and Hodeida Governorates to respond to the most pressing humanitarian needs, including by

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/escalation-yemen-civilians-pay-price-recent-increase-fighting

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Yemen: A Storm of Crises

Everything impacts everything. It’s a complicated situation – one that has worsened with successive forced displacements as people flee the fighting, and (of course) with COVID-19.

In the midst of this humanitarian crisis, our team in the field is working relentlessly. We provide support to as many people as possible is responding to emergencies in Yemen providing essential nutrition and health care, and water, hygiene, and sanitation services to people in Yemen. Medair teams travel over long distances to reach these vulnerable communities, often located in remote districts where few other organizations work. Through our projects, health facilities which lack supplies and equipment are being restocked, health care staff are trained, and teams of volunteers find and refer malnourished pregnant mothers and young children to receive life-saving treatment. Meanwhile we’re installing safe drinking water, handwashing, and sanitation facilities at the health clinics.

We’re doing our best in the midst of an enormous and complicated humanitarian crisis.

https://www.medair.org/stories/yemen-a-storm-of-crises/

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Film by Helpyateem: Bread For Yemen

https://vimeo.com/651639187

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Film: A message from our founder and director, @AishaJumaan. It’s not too late to donate to YRRF on #GivingTuesday. We are entirely volunteer-led, so every dollar donated to YRRF goes directly to humanitarian relief projects.

https://twitter.com/yemenrrf/status/1465861997027741700

Website: https://helpyateem.org/

Information: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1158571&subid=0

and

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Humanitarian Relief for Yemen

by Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation

Yemen is experiencing the largest Humanitarian crisis in the world with 24 of 30 million population in need of aid. 18 million are food insecure & 14 million are at risk of famine, 5 million are children < 5 years. Yemen is also experiencing the largest cholera outbreak with about 2 million suspected cases. Out of 7 million school-aged children, > 2 million children are already out of school. This project will help provide relief to families in Yemen with food, water filters and school supplies.

Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation works through a wide network of local volunteers throughout Yemen to deliver much needed aid. We work in areas that are inaccessible due to war or geography. We have successfully provided services including food baskets to tens of thousands of people, water filters to thousands, warm clothing, school bags and school supplies to kids and schools. We also sponsor over 200 orphans. This project will enable us reach more people with life saving services.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/humanitarian-relief-for-yemen/

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UNDP: Waste-to-Energy Plant Project

As the compounding effects of water scarcity, violent conflict, disease epidemics, large-scale displacement, and rising unemployment continue to worsen in Yemen, the already highly vulnerable communities now also face an increase in climate-induced disasters, including extreme drought and flooding, sea level rise, changes in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures.

As a result of the climate crisis and the protracted conflict, there has also been a breakdown in solid waste management capacities that have led to significant public health risks as well as extremely low supply of electricity to both households and the public services that serve these communities.

The devastating unemployment crisis also threatens to deepen poverty levels – with an estimated 81 per cent of Yemenis already living below the poverty line – as well as stifle security, economic and social progress.

UNDP’s Waste to Energy (WtE) pilot project is a small-scale, off-grid, and decentralized system that turns a range of household and agriculture waste into gas to generate electricity. It focuses on vulnerable communities by ensuring the creation of employment opportunities while also enhancing climate security on the ground. The WtE plant is dependent upon solid waste collected by community-oriented organizations (cooperatives for example) and managed by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who operate a network of ‘cash for trash’ points. There is longevity and sustainability built into these livelihoods as long as the WtE plant operates.

In addition, by removing solid waste from the streets and public spaces, residents will enjoy a cleaner and healthier living environment

https://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/projects/WtE.html

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YEMEN

Families living in war-torn Yemen are facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis in decades.

Action Against Hunger’s programmes in Yemen

Despite tight restrictions in the country, we continue to support vulnerable children and their families through our nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) and mental health services.

In 2020 our work involved:

supporting and training mother-leaders to create awareness about infant and young child feeding.

supporting female-headed households with unconditional grants to support them through the deteriorated economic situation in the country

installing solar panels for health facilities and field offices, producing minimum waste and using local materials.

Action Against Hunger Yemen was also the lead in the consortium focusing on mitigating primary and secondary impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/our-impact/where-we-work/middle-east-and-europe/yemen

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War in Yemen: Saudi bombing of airport in capital prevents vital aid

War in Yemen has left many victims, many requiring urgent medical treatment, but Saudi Arabian bombing of the capital's international airport is preventing vital aid from abroad. Mohammed al-Kibsi reports.

On August 9, 2016, Yemen's main airport was closed after the Saudi-led coalition imposed restrictions on the country's airspace.

It resulted in the halting of commercial flights, trapping millions of Yemenis in a war zone and preventing humanitarian aid and commercial goods from entering.

For thousands of sick Yemenis in need of urgent medical treatment abroad, these five years have amounted to a death sentence.

MUTAHAR AL-DARWISH Head of the Supreme Medical Commission "This closure has resulted in increasing cases that are impossible to treat in Yemen, such as different types of cancer in addition to cases of congenital heart disease. There are more than 38,000 registered cases in our committee and 25 percent of them have died."

One of the registered cases is Abdul-Salam Al-Makramani, who suffers from lung cancer.

"When the chance arises to allow you or other patients to travel, we will get you on planes."

ABDULSALAM AL-MAKRAMANI Lung Cancer Patient "I came to the medical commission seeking whoever could help me travel abroad to complete my medical treatment. I registered at the medical air bridge in 2019, but because of COVID-19 and the closure of Sana'a airport, I couldn't travel. This cancer has affected me so much because I couldn't travel."

Many ill people have passed away before they could travel abroad for medical treatment. Salma Mohammed lost her six-month-old baby girl after being unable to get the proper care.

SALMA MOHAMMED Mother "Doctors recommended my daughter should travel abroad for treatment. She died while she was in pain.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-30/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDYwNzU1/index.html

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Food and Medicine for #YEMEN

Fundraising campaign by Ludmila Toufailiova

What we're doing

Hunger and diseases caused by malnutrition are the worst consequences yemeni civilians - and especially children - have to face, so the assistance with food and medicine is the most important basic and urgent humanitarian assistance.

There are remote areas in Yemen, no one can go easily. Ghaleb can.
Necessary medical assistance is urgently needed, but difficult to obtain? Ghaleb can.

Yemen is under siege. It is difficult to preserve food and medicine.

Food and medicine for YEMEN

Our third relief campaign aims to help saving the children and families most affected by the war and blockade in Yemen, with food baskets.

One food basket every family, is not only giving life to those, who are fighting for survival, it is also giving hope,

Each food basket costs $25 and will be enough for 1 month.

1 food basket contains:

25 kg wheat

5 kg rice

5 kg of sugar and

2 liters of cooking oil (vegetable)

You can also help by

$15 is the cost of 3 cans of milk to feed one child for nearly a month.

Saving a patient's life: Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart problems, etc., by providing the vital medication for a month. the costs range from $5 to $30, depending on the type of disease.

Provide monthly nutrition for a child with malnutrition.

Saving a child's life in remote villages for medical treatment or surgery in specialized hospitals in Sana'a or Hodeidah.

We need your support, to provide food baskets and medicines to the needy in even the smallest villages and to support health-care institutions for the most suffering children and families.

You can save and change the live of a child!

Who we are ...

"We are a group of friends, working for humanity.

https://gogetfunding.com/food-and-medicine-for-yemen/

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Yemen: Shocks, agricultural livelihoods and food security, Monitoring report, December 2021

This report shares an analysis of the effects of natural and man-made shocks in Yemen’s agri-food system. It analyses the results of a field assessment conducted from November 2020 to February 2021 .

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing a project to contribute to data collection and analysis linked to shocks affecting agricultural livelihoods and food security, in order to inform evidence-based programming in selected countries. The objective is to assess the effects of these shocks on the agri-food system, which includes crops, livestock and fishing, food supply, livelihoods and food security of rural populations. Information is collected from primary sources of the production process: producer households, traders or marketers, inputs suppliers, extension officers and other key informants.

This report covers the second round of data collected through the FAO monitoring system in Yemen. A first round was collected earlier in 2020, followed by an initial report published in March 2021.

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-shocks-agricultural-livelihoods-and-food-security-monitoring-report-december-2021

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Factors associated with reporting good maternal health-related knowledge among rural mothers of Yemen

Abstract

Increasing women’s knowledge about maternal health is an important step towards empowering them and making them aware of their rights and health status, allowing them to seek appropriate health care. In Yemen, the ongoing conflict has hampered the delivery of health information to women in public health facilities. This study examined rural women’s knowledge of, and attitude towards, maternal and child health in Yemen and identified the factors associated with good maternal health knowledge. The study was conducted between August and November 2018. A sample of 400 women aged 15–49 years who had delivered in the 6 months prior to the survey were systematically selected from selected public health facilities in Abyan and Lahj. Women were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to gather data on their demographic and economic characteristics, obstetric history and responses to health knowledge and attitude questions. Women’s knowledge level was assessed as poor or good using the mean score as a cut-off. Chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to identify statistically significant factors associated with good maternal health knowledge. The percentage of women who had good knowledge was 44.8% (95% CI: 39.8–49.8). Women’s attitude towards maternal health was negative in the areas of early ANC attendance, managing dietary regime and weight during pregnancy, facility delivery, PNC visits, cord care and mother and child health management. Women with primary education, whose husbands had received no formal education, who had their first ANC visit from the second trimester of pregnancy and who had fewer than four ANC visits were more likely to have poor health knowledge. Conversely, those with higher household income and only one child were more likely to have good maternal health knowledge. Overall, women’s knowledge on maternal and child health care in rural areas of Yemen was low. Strategies are needed to increase rural women’s knowledge on maternal and child health in this conflict-affected setting.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/abs/factors-associated-with-reporting-good-maternal-healthrelated-knowledge-among-rural-mothers-of-yemen/5F42250D8D1DBEB59471213602D817F6

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Film: Yemen: The children haunted by 'ghosts' of war

It’s been a dirty war, with all sides accused of killing civilians and other abuses. At least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to Marib. More are on their way.

BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has travelled to Marib to report on the situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK4xYZFDGfI

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-59464760 = https://news.yahoo.com/running-war-ghosts-yemen-181959448.html

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Film (in Dutch): These children in Yemen go to school and that is special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1OgyQe3Dp4

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CCCM Cluster Yemen - Situation Report - Referral and Escalation System Report - November 2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-situation-report-referral-and-escalation-system-report-november-2021

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#INSPIREME

Together we are proud to introduce 16 changemakers doing what they can to empower Yemeni women economically, to succeed in business and support peacebuilding efforts in Yemen.

Women’s empowerment is critical to stabilization, early recovery, and ultimately, sustainable development. By building the skills of Yemeni women to join the workforce and establish their own businesses, we can help unlock their potential to reduce poverty and build strong local economies.

UNDP’s recent report, Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways to Recovery, predicts that by encouraging and supporting women to enter the workforce we could see significant GDP gains totalling a cumulative US$ 12.5 billion by 2030 and US$ 270 billion by 2050.

In 2021, UNDP has provided immediate income opportunities to over 5,900 Yemeni women through cash-for-work, more than 1,200 women have received small grants to establish or grow their small businesses and over 1,700 women have gained new skills through training – including in key growth sectors such as solar energy.

Our campaign partner, Yemen Women’s Union (YWU), is doing important work, providing accommodation, training and psychosocial support to Yemeni women across the country.

Together, UNDP and YWU are working toward improved access to justice for women and men, to help establish a foundation for peacebuilding. We believe in the potential of every Yemeni woman and man to help build an inclusive, safe and bright future for Yemen! (with films)

https://undpyemen.exposure.co/inspire-me-2021

Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QQlo3iIyZc&t=1s

cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees

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Yemen: Displacement Report, 25 November 2021

The recent developments in Al Hodaydah Governorate (Ad Durayhimi, At Tuhayat, Alhawk and Alhali), Marib Governorate (Al Abdiyah, Rahaba, Al Jubah, Jabal Murad, Harib and Sirwah) and Shabwah Governorate (Bayhan and Usaylan) led to a wave of mass displacement of thousands of households

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-displacement-report-25-november-2021

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Photos (thread): Here are some of the faces behind the statisitics I met in #Marib in #Yemen. There are 45,000 newly displaced people living in camps since the fighting intensified. On top of the over 800,000 already in the area.

Many of the children asked me how they can go back to school. One boy proudly showed me an old class timetable on a piece of paper. There are no schools in the camps for them.

There are 137 camps. Around 40 are new since September. They have very basic infrastructure. Flimsy tents to protect the people from the cold at night.

One in 10 people suffer from malnutrition. Aid agencies try to provide high protein food, but it's not enough. @WFPYemen run a nutrition clinic in Al Sweida camp.

2 out of 10 people are severely malnourished. We met Razika, Fatima and Taghdair with their babies being treated in a hospital malnutrition ward. The number of accessible wards has decreased due to the moving frontline.

In the surgical ward there are many wounded soldiers being treated. But also civilians. 12 year old Farah was injured by shrapnel and has had many operations. The UN projects the death toll from the war will reach 377,000 by the end of the year.

https://twitter.com/cswift2/status/1466019912695099399

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African refugees protest in Aden

Tens of African refugees protested on Wednesday before the United Nations headquarter in Aden city to demand their deportation.

The demonstrators chanted slogans calling the international immigration Organization to quickly deport them from Yemen.

The protesters spent eight months in the public street without paying attention to their suffering from international organizations that work in the field of refugee assistance in Aden.

http://en.ypagency.net/245616/

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UNOCHA: Yemen: Situation Update No. 2 - Humanitarian impact of hostilities in Ma’rib Governorate, 1 December 2021

HIGHLIGHTS

Over 64,450 people (10,742 families) have been displaced in or to Ma’rib Governorate between January and November this year due to hostilities. Of these, more than 45,450 people (7,553 families) have been displaced since September.

Some of the displaced people are fleeing hostilities from settlement sites to safer areas in Ma’rib District.

An estimated 3,500 migrants stranded throughout Ma’rib Governorate are among the people most affected by the conflict.

Aid agencies are delivering life-saving assistance in Ma’rib despite hostilities impeding access and response.

Additional funding is needed to sustain and scale up humanitarian response in Ma’rib for the next three months.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Renewed hostilities since early September have significantly impacted civilians in Ma’rib Governorate and surrounding areas causing massive displacement as well as restricting civilian movement and humanitarian access to people in need. More than 64,450 people (10,742 families) have been displaced in or to Ma’rib Governorate between January and November this year due to hostilities, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Of these, more than two-thirds – 45,450 people (7,553 families) – were displaced since September. Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who sought safety in Ma’rib City and surrounding areas are among the most vulnerable, having already been displaced twice or three times, with most of them arriving in already over-crowded displacement sites with very limited or no access to basic services including water, sanitation and health facilities.
With hostilities surging towards Ma’rib City, the situation continued to worsen in November, forcing IDPs already settled in displacement sites to flee. As of 27 November, more than 16,000 people fled conflict-affected areas to safer places in Ma’rib in November alone, according to IOM. Up to eleven cluster-managed sites were forced to close as IDPs fled mainly to Ma’rib District, the governorate’s remote eastern area where services are limited.

New displacement is exacerbating existing humanitarian needs, drastically increasing the need for shelter, food, essential household items, water and sanitation, education and protection services – particularly for women and children. Diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), malaria and upper respiratory tract infections are common among the newly displaced people, heightening the urgent need to scale up WASH and healthcare services in the new displacement sites. The worsening displacement situation in Ma’rib Governorate is taking a heavy toll on host communities and overwhelming existing public infrastructures and services. In addition, among those affected are some 3,500 migrants, who IOM estimates are stranded throughout the governorate. The shifting frontline continues to impede the journeys taken by migrants to reach and depart from Ma’rib on their way to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Migrants close to fighting areas have been at greater risk of detention, forced labour and sexual violence since the recent escalation of conflict.

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-situation-update-no-2-humanitarian-impact-hostilities-ma-rib-governorate-1

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Film: The War in Yemen: Fighting in Marib forces thousands of people from their homes

As fighting escalates in Yemen's Marib province, many civilians have been forced from their homes and are taking shelter in displacement camps. But currently cut off from much needed humanitarian aid supplies, displaced Yemenis have been left without basic provisions and are struggling to survive. Sara Firth reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMXUx_K2bQg

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UNHCR Yemen Operational Update: 26 November 2021

Since the beginning of the year, UNHCR has distributed more than $62 million in cash assistance to over 175,000 displaced Yemeni and refugee families (some one million individuals). A large portion of this assistance went to displaced Yemenis, four times more at risk of hunger than the average Yemeni population. The latest post-distribution monitoring data reveal that up to 91% of beneficiaries spent the assistance on food and over 20% on rent.

https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/89870

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Yemen's fleeing families face harsh desert winter

Forced to flee fighting in Yemen's brutal war, Yehya Hayba and his family find themselves crammed into a desert tent with dozens of others, fearing the onset of winter.

Mr Hayba, his wife and their seven children escaped to the Al Sumya camp east of Marib city, the government's last northern stronghold, after clashes escalated nearby.

The family, displaced for the second time in the seven-year civil war, have nothing but two blankets to keep them warm during the cold nights.

"It is part of the Empty Quarter desert. There are no humanitarian services, no schools, no hospitals or any other services," Mr Hayba, 39, said.

Al Sumya, with its clusters of makeshift tents, has recorded an influx of displaced people, with hundreds arriving in a month, said the International Organisation for Migration.

The camp, with scant resources, bears testament to a conflict that has forced millions from their homes, creating what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

"We have been displaced two or three times now," said Ali Abdullah, another of the camp's residents. "We have not received blankets or mattresses, and the cold is going to kill us."

The Hayba family share a tent with six other families, with only two bales of straw for around 35 people to sleep on.

"We suffer from a lot of problems here," he said. "We can't put up a curtain for privacy, and we don't even have the capability to set up a proper bathroom... Every three or four children share one blanket."

IOM spokeswoman Angela Wells said about 60 families were sheltering at Al Sumya until this month, when an estimated 1,200 fleeing households arrived.

She said the IOM had started to offer services at the camp, including emergency relief items, trucking in water and building latrines and water tanks.

But concerns are growing as winter advances.

"With the winter months approaching, we worry that many do not have the clothing, blankets and other basic items they will need to stay safe and warm - especially those living in makeshift shelters that are not equipped to protect people from the elements," Ms Wells said.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2021/11/29/yemens-fleeing-families-face-harsh-desert-winter/

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Somali refugees from Yemen arrive at the port of Bossaso.

The Ministry of Interior of Puntland State of Somalia has welcomed 19 Yemeni and Somali refugee families fleeing the conflict in Yemen at the port of Bossaso.

The refugees, mostly women and children, were transported to a refugee reception center in Bossaso, according to a statement from the ministry.
They arrived on Sunday afternoon.

https://mustaqbalmedia.net/en/somali-refugees-from-yemen-arrive-at-the-port-of-bossaso/

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'Cold will kill us' - Yemen's fleeing families face desert winter

Forced to flee fighting in Yemen's brutal war, Yehya Hayba and his family find themselves crammed into a desert tent with dozens of others, fearing the onset of winter.

Hayba, his wife and their seven children escaped to the Al-Sumya camp east of Marib city, the government's last northern stronghold, after clashes escalated nearby.

The family, displaced for the second time in the seven-year civil war, have nothing but two blankets to keep them warm during the cold nights.

"It is part of the Empty Quarter desert. There are no humanitarian services, no schools, no hospitals or any other services," Hayba, 39, told AFP.

Al-Sumya, with its clusters of makeshift tents, has witnessed an influx of displaced people, with hundreds arriving in a month, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The camp, with scant resources, bears testament to a conflict that has forced millions from their homes, creating what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

"We have been displaced two or three times now," said Ali Abdullah, another of the camp's residents. "We have not received blankets or mattresses, and the cold is going to kill us."

The Hayba family share a tent with six other families, with only two bales of straw for around 35 people to sleep on.

"We suffer from a lot of issues here," he told AFP. "We can't put up a curtain for privacy, and we don't even have the capability to set up a proper bathroom... Every three or four children share one blanket."

She said the IOM had started to offer services at the camp, including emergency relief items, trucking in water and building latrines and water tanks.

But concerns are growing as winter advances.

"With the winter months approaching, we worry that many do not have the clothing, blankets and other basic items they will need to stay safe and warm -- especially those living in makeshift shelters that are not equipped to protect people from the elements," Wells told AFP.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211129-cold-will-kill-us-yemen-s-fleeing-families-face-desert-winter = https://www.rfi.fr/en/cold-will-kill-us-yemen-s-fleeing-families-face-desert-winter

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Film: Talent is not a monopoly or restricted to anyone, it is God’s gift to human beings on earth, very wonderful tarab voices for the two wonderful children Karim and Muhammad Abdullah who were marginalized by society and abandoned by the Houthis, with a mixture of children, in displacement camps, singing their innocence with the utmost feeling and pain. Rather, ah, to the other.

https://twitter.com/FakhriArashi/status/1465039951578509314 = https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1465101025233313797

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UNICEF provides aid to thousands of displaced Yemenis in Marib

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Sunday it has provided humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced Yemenis in the central Marib province, Anadolu reports.

"In Marib, displaced families continue to move from one camp to another seeking safety and humanitarian aid," UNICEF said in a statement.

The UN agency said it supported around 7,600 people in one of the new camps for displaced Yemenis.

UNICEF is "providing 113,000 cubic meters of clean water on a daily basis," it said, adding that it distributed 1,330 hygiene kits, installed 78 temporary latrines and 13 water distribution points for easy access water.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211128-unicef-provides-aid-to-thousands-of-displaced-yemenis-in-marib/

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CCCM Cluster Yemen: IDP Hosting Sites Overview Map (October 2021)

https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-idp-hosting-sites-overview-map-october-2021

and single provinces:

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-ibb-hub-idp-hosting-sites-overview-october-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-sanaa-hub-idp-hosting-sites-overview-october-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-al-hudaydah-hub-idp-hosting-sites-october-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-marib-hub-idp-hosting-sites-overview-october-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-saadah-hub-idp-hosting-sites-overview-october-2021

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-cluster-yemen-aden-hub-idp-hosting-sites-overview-october-2021

cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis

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Ansarullah: Jemenitische Nation, Sinnbild für Standhaftigkeit gegenüber Feinden

Der Leiter der populären jemenitischen Widerstandsbewegung Ansarullah hat die Standhaftigkeit und Widerstandsfähigkeit der jemenitischen Nation angesichts des verheerenden saudischen Militärangriffs und der lähmenden Blockade gelobt und erklärt, dass das jemenitische Volk das Prinzip des Widerstands gegen Feinde verkörpert.

„Unser Volk verkörpert das Prinzip von Mitgefühl, Kooperation, Frömmigkeit und Solidarität und stellt ein beeindruckendes Beispiel für sozialen Zusammenhalt dar“, sagte Abdul-Malik al-Houthi am Donnerstagabend bei einer Feier in der Hauptstadt Sanaa.

Er fügte hinzu: "Trotz immenser Leiden und Herausforderungen, brutaler Blockaden und schlechter wirtschaftlicher Lage beschreitet die jemenitische Nation weiterhin ihren Weg zum Fortschritt."

„Heute vertreten wir das Prinzip der Standhaftigkeit gegenüber Feinden. Alle Herausforderungen, mit denen wir uns derzeit auseinandersetzen, sind das Ergebnis feindlicher Verschwörungen“, betonte Houthi.

Anfang dieser Woche warnte der Ansarullah-Führer vor aufrührerischen Verschwörungen und Spaltungsversuchen von Feinden, um ihre Kontrolle über den Jemen zu erlangen, und betonte, dass die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Aggressionskoalition weiterhin brutale Verbrechen in Hudaydah, der westlichen Küstenstadt des Landes, verübt.

„Feinde versuchen, das jemenitische Volk durch Anstiftung zu Aufruhr und Spaltung zu unterwerfen“, sagte Houthi am Montagabend bei einem Treffen mit einer Delegation von Bayda-Stammesführern.

https://iqna.ir/de/news/3005138/ansarullah-jemenitische-nation-sinnbild-f%C3%BCr-standhaftigkeit-gegen%C3%BCber-feinden

Film der Rede: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGI8GkFFfuQ

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Mass wedding celebration held in Sanaa

The capital Sanaa has witnessed a mass wedding celebration for a total of 7,200 grooms and brides on Thursday afternoon.

The wedding was organized at Sabaeen Square, and under the auspices of General Authority of Zakat in the National Salvation Government, to make it easier for young people to start families despite the deteriorating economic conditions experienced in the country.

During the celebration ceremony, the Leader of the Revolution, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badreddin Al- Houthi congratulated the grooms and brides on the occasion of their marriage, wishing them a happy life.

“The celebration represents a strong message to the world that the Yemeni people are distinguished in all fields and shows their faith identity, as well as on the battlefield in confronting the enemies’ tyrant and arrogant,” he said. (photos, film)

http://en.ypagency.net/245733/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/02/mass-wedding-ceremony-of-7200-couples-held-in-sanaa/

and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3166429.htm

Photos: http://www.news.cn/english/2021-12/03/c_1310348026.htm

https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/1466417091863535628

Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRPJuRQnQ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6FxjkZJss&t=1s

Houthi speech, film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGI8GkFFfuQ

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Houthis presented (former) Al-Qaeda member Aref Mujali with a plaque in Sana’a days ago. Who's who Aref? Aref Saleh Mujali (or aka Abu Laith al-Sana'ani) along his elder brothers Hizam and Yahya were all Al-Qaeda operatives.

In 2003 Aref and his brother Hizam were both arrested by Yemeni security forces and then convinced for participating in the Limburg and Hunt Oil helicopter attacks in 2002. In 2004, he along Qasem al-Raimi and other Al-Qaeda operatives sentenced to 5 years in prison.

In 2006, Arif along Jamal al-Badawi -- USS Cole Bomber-- and Fawaz al-Rabeei were part of Al-Qaeda members who broke out of a jail in Sana’a. "They are considered among the most important and dangerous members of al-Qaeda," a Yemeni official described them.

In 2010 security forces launched an operation targeted Al-Qaeda cell led by Arif & his bro Hizam (Qasem al-Raimi was part of this cell) east the capital. The cell "was planning to carry out terrorist & suicide operations in Sana'a against UK Embassy & other foreign interests."

Security forces managed to arrest Arif and he remained in jail until Houthis released him after they took over Sana’a in 2015. Houthi-run 26 Sept. website interviewed Arif months ago, calling him "Mujahid Sheikh". They appointed him as deputy governor of Sana’a governorate (photos)

https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1466265835186577408

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President Al-Mashat stresses importance of continuing state-building efforts according to national vision

President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, on Wednesday stressed the importance of continuing efforts in building the modern Yemeni state in accordance with the national vision matrix in the various state institutions.

http://en.ypagency.net/245608/

My comment: Reality is very far away from this.

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Abdulsalam: Failure of US-Saudi aggression was certain from the first day

The head of the National Delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, has said that the “US-Saudi aggression’s failure was clear from its first day, and it is only using its tools, referring to mercenaries, to achieve its goals.”

Abdulsalam tweeted on Tuesday, “We, thank God, were sure from the first day that the aggression was doomed to fail, and we told our people the truth: that they were using their tools to achieve their goals.”

http://en.ypagency.net/245598/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/01/mohammed-abdulsalam-failure-of-us-saudi-aggression-was-certain-from-day-one/

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31 prisoners of army, committees on Bayda province liberated

The National Committee for Prisoners Affairs announced on Tuesday the liberation of 31 prisoners from the army and popular committees on Bayda province, at the direction of the revolution leader, Mr. Abdul Malik Badreddine al-Houthi.

Head of the committee Abdulqader al-Mortada said the 31 prisoners were released at the direction of the revolution leader after meeting yesterday with a number of sheikhs and elders of the province.

https://www.saba.ye/en/news3166146.htm

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Ansarullah gratuliert der Bevölkerung zum 54. Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeit des Südjemens

https://iqna.ir/de/news/3005126/ansarullah-gratuliert-der-bev%C3%B6lkerung-zum-54-jahrestag-der-unabh%C3%A4ngigkeit-des-s%C3%BCdjemens

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Check out my panel discussion with @hannaheporter @Hodey_m @IbrahimNYC on how Houthis use the judiciary to eliminate political opponents, journalists and activists. We covered a lot of topics.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=TWT-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=watch_permalink&v=740708647325615

and also https://twitter.com/Macoombs/status/1465445739237031941

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Enemies seek to dominate Yemenis through sowing seeds of division: Houthi

The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement has warned against seditious conspiracies and divisive attempts by enemies in order to establish their control over the Arab country, stressing that the Saudi-led coalition of aggression continues to perpetrate brutal crimes in the western coastal city of Hudaydah.
“Enemies are seeking to dominate Yemeni people through incitement of sedition and division," Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said in a meeting with a delegation of Bayda tribal leaders in the capital Sana’a on Monday evening.
"Meetings and reunions among people from various walks of life are truly indicative of the level of fraternity, cooperation and understanding within the Yemeni nation. The opportunity is ripe to push for promotion of brotherhood, cooperation and social peace in order to restore security and stability in al-Bayda province,” he added.
“We want to beef up nationwide peace and resolve lingering disputes… We want the government and the nation to work together in order to provide civil services,” the Ansarullah chief pointed out.
Houthi also pointed to the anniversary of the expulsion of colonial British forces from Yemen, stressing that November 30 marks a bright page in the history of the Arab nation.

https://parstoday.com/en/news/west_asia-i159350-enemies_seek_to_dominate_yemenis_through_sowing_seeds_of_division_warns_houthi = https://en.abna24.com/news//enemies-seek-to-dominate-yemenis-through-sowing-seeds-of-division-houthi_1203568.html

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Revolution leader meets delegation of Bayda tribes

https://www.saba.ye/en/news3165994.htm

and also http://en.ypagency.net/245408/

and

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Arhab tribes receive large delegation of Bayda sheikhs

Tribes and sheikhs of Arhab district of Sanaa province on Monday received a large delegation of sheikhs and dignitaries from several districts of Bayda province.

https://en.ypagency.net/245337/

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Houthi militants kidnap a tribal chieftain in Wusab district of Dhamar who refused to enlist tribe members to the Houthi warfronts/Bawabati

https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52379

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Houthi gunmen kill a teacher in northern Yemen

Houthi gunmen killed a teacher on Sunday in Amran governorate, north of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, when he demanded for his salary.
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said that Houthi gunmen on a motorcycle shot Sadiq Ayedh, a teacher at Mu'ammar School in Hamdan district, Amran Governorate.

https://www.yemend.com/news7004.html

and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52379

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Jemens Außenminister: Verstärkte saudische Angriffe auf den Jemen zeigen die Hilflosigkeit der Kriegskoalition

Jemens Außenminister zufolge zeigen die verstärkten Angriffe Saudi-Arabiens auf das vom Krieg zerstörte Land die Unfähigkeit Saudi-Arabiens gegenüber der Sanaa-Regierung, deren Truppen weiterhin Gebiete unter der Kontrolle von Saudi-unterstützten Söldnern befreien.

„Die Bombardierung [des Jemen] und die Wiederholung dessen, was seit Beginn der Aggression passiert ist, ist ein Ausdruck der Hilflosigkeit [Saudi-Arabiens]“, sagte Hesham Sharaf am Sonntag dem libanesischen Fernsehsender al-Mayadeen.

„Die aktuelle Eskalation an mehreren Fronten kommt zu einer Zeit, in der die saudische Koalition zu der Überzeugung gelangt ist, dass sie es nicht schafft, Druck auf Sanaa auszuüben“, fügte er hinzu.

Der jemenitische Minister betonte daraufhin, dass die Streitkräfte des Landes bereit seien, auf jede Eskalation zu reagieren.

Gleichzeitig drückte Sharaf die Bereitschaft seines Landes zum Dialog und zum Erreichen eines „gerechten Friedens“ aus, betonte jedoch, dass die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalition als Geste des guten Willens zunächst ihre Angriffe auf den Jemen stoppen und den Flughafen Sanaa und die Häfen des Jemen wieder öffnen müsse.

https://parstoday.com/de/news/middle_east-i63864-jemens_au%C3%9Fenminister_verst%C3%A4rkte_saudische_angriffe_auf_den_jemen_zeigen_die_hilflosigkeit_der_kriegskoalition = https://de.abna24.com/news//jemens-aussenminister-verstaerkte-saudische-angriffe-auf-den-jemen-zeigen-die-hilflosigkeit-der-kriegskoalition_1203350.html

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Yemen FM: Intensified Saudi Attacks on Yemen Manifest War Coalition’s Helplessness

Yemen’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia’s intensified attacks on the war-wracked country show the inability of the Saudi Arabia in the face of the Sana’a government, whose forces have continued to liberate areas under the control of Saudi-backed mercenaries.

“The bombardment [of Yemen] and the repetition of what has happened since the beginning of the aggression is a manifestation of [Saudi Arabia’s] helplessness,” Hesham Sharaf told Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen television network on Sunday.

“The current escalation on several fronts comes as the Saudi coalition reached the conviction that it has failed to put pressure on Sana’a,” he added.

The Yemeni minister then emphasized that the Yemeni forces are ready to respond to any escalation.

At the same time, Sharaf expressed his country’s readiness for dialogue and reaching “a just peace”, but stressed that the Saudi-led coalition must first stop its attacks on Yemen and open the Sana’a Airport and Yemen’s ports as a gesture of goodwill.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/11/29/671593/Intensified-Saudi-raid-Yemen-coalition-failure = https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14000908000513/Yemen-FM-Inensified-Sadi-Aacks-n-Yemen-Manifes-War-Caliin%E2%80%99s = https://en.abna24.com/news/intensified-saudi-attacks-on-yemen-manifest-war-coalition%E2%80%99s-failure-foreign-minister_1203596.html

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Features of Houthi Sectarian Abuse, Displacement of Minorities

According to a report released by ACAPS, from 2015, Houthis have been gradually enforcing policies linked to suppressing the religious practices of some Islamic sects. Reports on such incidences increased between July–September 2021.

The Houthis are repressing the population in two different ways:

1) imposing generic religious norms including taxes and celebrations.

2) suppressing non-Zaydi practice (such as the weddings, Salafi centers, and Tarawih prayer which is conducted during Ramadan).

There’s a mixture of ideological and pragmatic intentions behind this such as:

- Increasing revenue by collecting Zakat and taxing religious celebrations.

- Encouraging people to join the frontlines through sermons and other religious messaging, thereby increasing the number of fighters

- Emphasizing that ‘true believers’ are those from the Zaydi school of thought (implying that those unaffiliated are infidels) to increase supporters for Zaydi Islam and hence the Houthis.

There are deliberate attempts to create division among people from different Islamic sects.

https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3329411/features-houthi-sectarian-abuse-displacement-minorities

My remark: By a Saudi news site.

cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government

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Siehe / Look at cp1

Film: A tiny bit of positive news out of #Yemen! Locals in #Mahra in the east have been seizing the initiative & forging ahead with grass-roots projects

https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1466458461122744328

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Southern activists call for “revolution of hungry” in Aden

Southern activists on social media on Thursday called for a peaceful popular uprising, “revolution of hungry,” under the slogan “I’m hungry, I’m going out to protest” in the city of Aden and the other southern provinces.

The activists called on all citizens of all stripes and affiliations to participate in the peaceful popular uprising, which will start next Saturday in Aden and the rest of the southern provinces, controlled by the Saudi-led coalition.

http://en.ypagency.net/245687/

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Large amount of insects, rare tree fibers looted by UAE in Socotra

Some media sources revealed on Thursday several foreign tourists vising Socotra island looted samples of insects, rare tree fibers and animals from the occupied island.

The sources affirmed that a tourist, who holds the Czech nationality, arrived in Socotra on a visa through the UAE, to try to smuggle samples of trees, insects and branches of a number of trees.”

They added that the samples that were seized with the tourist contained samples of beetles, in addition to fibers from rare trees, larvae and dead pieces of tree branches.

http://en.ypagency.net/245737/

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Pro-coalition commander injured in assassination attempt in Taiz

http://en.ypagency.net/245627/

and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-27955.html

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Southern leader confirms his rejection of Riyadh Agreement

“Fadi Baoum” – Head of the Political Bureau of the Supreme Council of the Revolutionary Southern Movement vowed to enter Mukalla city after being prevented by the UAE-backed militias, confirming his rejection of the Riyadh Agreement.

http://en.ypagency.net/245753/

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PM: Conflicts should not be repeated in Aden

He stressed that Aden has a special status, not because it is the economic capital, but now it is the political and economic capital, and we must all bear the responsibility to spare it any conflicts, because the conflict in the capitals usually moves like it or not, and this is what happened in Sanaa and we do not want it to be repeated in Aden.

http://en.adenpress.news/news/34150

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Al-Sabiha tribes accuse Islah Party of working to ignite conflicts in province

A number of Al-Sabiha tribes in Lahj province, south of Yemen accused on Wednesday the Saudi-backed Islah militants of working to ignite conflicts in the province’s sons.

In a statement issued by the tribes said that the Islah militias, led by “Abu Bakr Al-Jaboli,” the commander of the “Fourth Infantry Brigade” of the Saudi-led coalition forces, have destabilized security, stability and chaos in Tur Al Baha district.

The statement of tribes warned the Islah Party against continuing to exploit the difficult living conditions that the country is going through, and push Al-Sabiha’s sons to be scapegoats for the implementation of the Brotherhood’s plans in the province.

http://en.ypagency.net/245580/

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Yemeni FM: Gov't lacks mutual trust between components

Components of the Yemeni power-sharing government lack mutual trust, the Yemeni foreign minister said Tuesday in press interview.
On 5 November, Saudi Arabia brokered the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni UN-recognized government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Riyadh.

Despite the attempts by some powers to harm stability and force the government out of Aden, the Yemeni interim capital sees improvement in security, according to the Yemeni top diplomat.

https://debriefer.net/en/news-27934.html

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Bin Mubarak blames Iran, int'l pressures for UN envoys failure in Yemen

The Iranian role and absence of international pressures are to blame for the failure of UN former envoys to Yemen, the Yemeni foreign minister said Tuesday.
Tehran and the Iranian-backed Houthi group are responsible for Yemen's prolonged conflict, Ahmed Bin Mubarak added in interview with Eilaf, accusing the group of implementing an Iranian project aimed to dominate the region, and triggering the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

https://debriefer.net/en/news-27935.html

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Yemen’s Marib will not fall to Houthis, says Hadi

Marib will not surrender to Iran-backed Houthi militias, Yemen's president said on Monday.

Speaking to the nation on the eve of the 54th anniversary of Yemen’s independence, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said the Houthis, with the aid of Tehran, have mounted aggressive assaults on Marib city for months and rejected all international peace initiatives to end the war in Yemen.

“Yemen is facing a purely Iranian project that targets faith, religion and the homeland, and aims to strike … our Arab nation using … Houthi militias that have agreed to be a cheap tool to tear the nation apart,” Hadi said

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1978476/middle-east

and also https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3335201/yemeni-president-we-are-facing-iranian-project-targeting-arab-nation

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New escalation in Yemen

Questions persist about the situation in Shabwa, with some tribal leaders claiming that the province’s governor, Mohamed Saleh Bin Adeow, a member of the Al-Islah (Reform) Party, is pursuing an agenda similar to that of the Houthis.

They have asked him to resign in order to avert a confrontation, but the governor’s supporters have accused the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the dominant faction of the secessionist Southern Movement in South Yemen, of trying to engineer his overthrow in order to install a pro-STC governor. There is a longstanding antagonism between the STC and the Al-Islah Party, which is the Muslim Brotherhood’s political facade in Yemen.

Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi has voiced his support for the current governor of the province, and in a recent telephone conversation he stressed the importance of the local authorities in Shabwa and congratulated Bin Adeow on his third year in office.

In addition to praising the governor’s achievements, Hadi briefly referred to the situation in Bayhan, a district in western Shabwa that the Houthis have targeted as a base from which to launch further attacks in their offensive against Marib.

Local media in Yemen have remarked on how the president has “emerged from his silence” in speaking up for the Shabwa governor. Hadi rarely intervenes in local disputes from his headquarters in Riyadh, and the fact that he did in this case is a measure of the complicated dynamics in South Yemen and the tensions between the government and its supporters, including the Al-Islah Party and the STC.

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1203/443591/AlAhram-Weekly/World/New-escalation-in-Yemen.aspx

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Authorities warn of suspicious calls for chaos in Shabwah

The security authorities in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwah warned of suspicious calls that aim to divert the course of the battle against the Houthi group.

https://debriefer.net/en/news-27923.html

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Top legislators for the Internationally Recognized Government #IRG of #Yemen @ahmedbindaghar @Abdulazizgubari co-authored a letter stating: The military option is facing a dead end, if not almost declaring itself a failure.

The legitimacy [#IRG] has gradually surrendered its leadership role in the battle, and its movement has been partially if not fully paralyzed, this has had a negative impact on confronting the Houthis, and of course the Iranians in #Yemen.

Institutions were suspended, except for formalities. And an army fighting with minimal capabilities, and resources were frozen. Add to it the collapse of the currency, security chaos, rampant corruption, and frozen salaries.

We face a torn homeland, bleeding, a homeland destroyed by the war, which is almost divided into sub: nations, societies, and identities at the expense of the one Yemeni national identity.

We appreciate the Arab coalition for its political, military, and relief efforts in our country, but we realize that they are aware that the initial policies for the battle with the Houthis have shifted #Yemen to alternate goals.

We have to tell our people the facts. The political and media discourse does not tell the whole truth. We are facing a catastrophic situation in our country, not all of it were made by Yemenis, but its resolution depends on Yemenis themselves.

https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1465730220548370437

and also https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/01/even-two-senior-saudi-backed-officials-now-call-war-on-yemen-a-failure/

and original document: https://www.facebook.com/AhmedObaidBinDaghar/posts/461914745301237

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ACAPS Thematic report: Increased civil unrest and worsening humanitarian situation in southern governorates, 29 November 2021

SUMMARY

Since mid-September 2021, the southern governorates of Yemen have been experiencing a surge in public demonstrations that often lead to street violence. This report focuses on governorates nominally under the control of the Internationally Recognized Government of Yemen (IRG) but de facto under Southern Transitional Council (STC) rule. These are Abyan, Ad Dali’, Aden, Hadramawt, Lahj, and Shabwah. The deterioration of living conditions primarily drives the civil unrest in southern governorates. The depreciation of the Yemeni rial and the resulting increase in the prices of commodities have largely affected people’s capacity to sustain their basic needs, including food. Increased power outages, disruptions to water provision, and a collapsing health system have also largely affected people’s wellbeing, and demands for better services remain at the centre of the protests. Local governance in the southern and western governorates remains fragmented, with tensions increasing between the IRG and the STC, including over the lack of progress in implementing the Riyadh Agreement.

The de facto control of the STC in the south and the lack of presence of IRG ministers in Aden further hamper the IRG’s ability to provide services and control the escalating situation. The Houthis’ advances towards Marib city can compromise IRG legitimacy in the south of Yemen, likely leading to more tensions with the STC. Such conflict further affects the economy and exposes the population to protection risks and higher food insecurity levels

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/acaps-thematic-report-increased-civil-unrest-and-worsening-humanitarian-situation

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Presidency-of-southern-transitional-council-confirms-its-rejection-of-other-sides-continuation-of-issuing-unilateral-decisions

https://en.smanews.org/south-arabia/presidency-of-southern-transitional-council-confirms-its-rejection-of-other-sides-continuation-of-issuing-unilateral-decisions/

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Attempting to assassinate Taiz university’s head sparks angry protests

http://en.ypagency.net/245389/

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Number of citizens injured due to fierce clashes in Taiz

A number of citizens were injured due to clashes erupted among Mocha city residents and elements loyal to Tariq Saleh in Taiz province, local sources said.

The sources indicated that the confrontations broke out using various light and medium weapons, when Tariq Saleh elements attacked the civilians lands.

http://en.ypagency.net/245342/

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One of UAE-backed militia killed during clashes in Aden

A soldier loyal to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) was killed on Monday during clashes in Yemen’s southern Port city of Aden.

http://en.ypagency.net/245320/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/11/29/further-infighting-in-aden-kills-one/

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Islah military 4 officials in Shabwa

According to local sources, that Islah’s “special security forces” at Balhaf point kidnapped, on Saturday, members of the committee assigned by the Ministry of Social Affairs in the Saudi-exiled Hadi government to go to Hadramout province.

https://en.ypagency.net/245275/

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Al-Nubi comes back to Crater district, launches large-scale kidnapping campaign against STC militia

Gunmen belonging to the leader Mukhtar al-Nubi kidnapped a number of young people in Crater district, on suspicion of reporting the presence of his brother Imam al-Nubi elements, local sources said on Sunday.

The sources confirmed that the group of Mukhtar al-Nubi arrested, last Friday, young people from the area of Altawilah, affiliated with the leader Osan Al- A’anshali, the commander of the Al-Asifah militia, which took control of the Crater, after clashes in the neighborhoods with elements of the leader “Imam al-Nubi” last September.

According to the sources, al-Nubi’s militants took the abductees to an unknown destination.

The sources explained that the arrest came following warnings made by the police chief “Crater” to the young men about the possibility of being arrested by al-Nubi militants.

According to the sources, al-Nubi militants vowed to take control over the Crater, which predicts a renewed conflict between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s factions.

Osan Al- A’anshali’s militia arrested nearly 400 sons of Tawiylah from the Crater on charges of fighting with the leadership of Imam al-Nubi.

https://en.ypagency.net/245273/

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Islah militias arrest activists loyal to STC in Shabwa

A security force belongs to Islah militias arrested on Sunday activists loyal to southern transitional council (STC) in Shabwa province, local sources told Yemen Press Agency.

http://en.ypagency.net/245151/

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Hadi advisor warns against pressures on Yemeni President to stop battles

An advisor to the Yemeni President on Friday warned against a repetition of pressures on Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi to stop battles against the Iranian-backed Houthi group.
"Beware of a repeated scenario of pressures [exerted] by Iran's supporters on the legitimate President and Arab coalition to stop liberation under the pretext of humanitarian situation," Yaseen Makawi tweeted.

https://debriefer.net/en/news-27899.html

Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19

https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-774b-yemen-war-mosaic-774b

Vorige / Previous:

https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-773-yemen-war-mosaic-773

Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-773 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-773:

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/

http://www.yemenwar.info/

Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:

http://yemendataproject.org/data/

Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:

https://yemen.bellingcat.com/

Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:

https://yemeniarchive.org/en

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