... Ölhafen Balhaf, wo die VAE Jemeniten ausplündern, einsperren und foltern – Polizeiarbeit in einem zersplitterten Staat – Auf der Flucht vor dem Krieg – und mehr
Dec. 29, 2021: A Vision for Peace from Yemeni Youth and Civil Society – The Houthi soft war on enemy propaganda – Life and death of Iran’s ambassador to Yemen’s Houthis – Balhaf Oil Port where UAE loots, imprisons and tortures Yemenis – Policing in a fragmented state – Fleeing the war – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-779b-yemen-war-mosaic-779b
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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(Kein Stern / No star)
? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
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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Here are the groups fighting in Yemen's war
The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday launched a \"large-scale\" assault on Yemen after missiles fired by Iran-backed Huthi rebels killed two people in the kingdom, the first such deaths in three years.
The parties to the war in Yemen each have their own agenda, making the conflict hard to resolve. Here are some of these groups and what they want:
https://www.wionews.com/photos/here-are-the-groups-fighting-in-yemens-war-439976/amp
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
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Not Our War: A Vision for Peace from Yemeni Youth and Civil Society
Executive Summary
It has been seven years since the armed Houthi movement took control of Sana’a, leading to a brutal war as a coalition led by Saudi Arabia has sought and failed to restore the internationally recognized Yemeni government to power. Efforts to end the conflict, led by a succession of United Nations envoys, have also failed.
To achieve a sustainable peace, Yemen’s youth must be included; most of the population is under the age of 30. Young people have been active in civil society initiatives and volunteering throughout the war; they have also been active fighting on Yemen’s frontlines as education and employment opportunities have diminished.
This paper presents the views of young people from 10 governorates, based on 39 focus group discussions. Participants discussed the ongoing war, its root causes, the parties to the conflicts and paths to end the war. The discussions were facilitated by members of the Yemen Peace Forum, a project of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies.
The following emerged as some key perceptions:
Familial and social ties have been damaged. Fighting and poverty have driven families from their homes. This separates family members, as do obstructions to travel and, at times, family members’ support for different warring parties.
Education has been disrupted as travel – internal and international – becomes more difficult, and fewer people have been able to embark on tertiary education. Schools have been destroyed in fighting or have stopped functioning as teachers have left because of unpaid salaries. Many students dropped out of school when their families became displaced.
However, many people have been volunteering and participating in civil society to assist those in need of humanitarian assistance. Civilians are stepping up to help nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) distribute aid.
There is a profound skepticism about whether local actors are acting on local imperatives, with many suggesting they are beholden to external paymasters.
A genuine effort should be made to engage Yemeni youth in peace negotiations to ensure people familiar with on-the-ground factors are heard, and that their interests are considered in post-conflict plans.
This paper looks first at young people’s perceptions of the conflict, the parties involved and the war’s underlying causes, as well as scenarios to end the war. It also examines the economic and social impact of the war, with a special focus on marginalized groups, as well as the rise of volunteerism during the conflict. The paper then explores young people’s perceptions of the peace process and the actors influencing peace, as well as their visions for improving the peace process.
Finally, recommendations are offered to international organizations, including the UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Yemeni civil society organizations, parties and local authorities. They include:
Prioritizing the economic file alongside the political in any peace talks to stop the deterioration in living conditions of all Yemenis and pressuring the internationally recognized government and the Houthi de facto authorities to unify monetary policies in Yemen;
enlisting donors to support education in Yemen by supporting local educational institutions and creating academic opportunities outside Yemen for post-secondary students;
financing projects that are inclusive of displaced people and their host communities, especially economic empowerment programs and psychological support, which will aid in integration and promote a culture of coexistence; and
designing and supporting programs, including community dialogue forums, to sensitize young people and social media influencers on the importance of diversity, the culture of acceptance of others and the dangers of hate speech – by Tawfeek Al-Ganad
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/main-publications/16073
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THE HOUTHI SOFT WAR ON ENEMY PROPAGANDA
Recent years have witnessed an uptick in the number of partisan websites, television channels, and social media pages covering Yemen’s conflict. The Houthis in particular appear to prioritize media investments as a way to promote their ideology and counter opposing messages. As Hannah Porter argues, a number of research activities conducted in the past two years may indicate that these investments have paid off, with many Yemenis living in Houthi-controlled territory expressing confidence in the group’s media outlets and spokesmen.
For the Houthis and their allies, warfare does not always require taking up arms. In fact, the group considers propaganda to be one of the most effective means of countering enemies, and one of the most dangerous weapons that their adversaries deploy against them. For years, Houthi-affiliated outlets have highlighted the important role of media in modern warfare and contemplated how best to shield Yemenis from enemy propaganda.
To maintain a competitive edge in public messaging and media narratives – the Soft War, as they often call it – the Houthis invest in a variety of news outlets and artistic productions, some of which promote disinformation about their adversaries and the ongoing conflict. Documentaries, articles, social media posts, and cartoons released on pro-Houthi platforms over the past seven years highlight their preoccupation with guiding media narratives in territories under their control.
Since early 2020, DT Global’s partners have conducted research across Yemen to better understand the relationship between Yemenis and their local media environment. Qualitative and quantitative research activities including broad surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions have sought to answer questions about Yemenis’ access to news and information, as well as the platforms and outlets that they trust the most. One of the key findings from this research is that the views of Yemenis living in Northern governorates (i.e. the areas under Houthi control) tend to align with Houthi narratives – a possible indication that their media practices are effective in shaping public opinion.
HOUTHI MEDIA STRATEGIES
Long before the Houthis became a topic of regional or international news coverage, the group was working to promote their messages and attract followers. During the Saada Wars (2004–10) between the Houthis and Yemen’s government, pro-Houthi social media accounts and websites were created to influence the popular narrative about the conflict. Houthi media capabilities increased dramatically since their takeover of Sana’a in 2014–15. The group now boasts dozens of news sites, television channels, radio stations, and countless social media pages that tout Houthi narratives about national politics and international affairs.
Despite their impressive media apparatus, the Houthis still face a few challenges when countering outside narratives. Even though the group has gone to great lengths to silence critics – including shutting down or seizing local news outlets and arbitrarily detaining journalists – the Houthis have limited control over some platforms, such as foreign satellite news channels, social media, and messaging apps. This means that the Houthis need to rely on more than censorship to control narratives on domestic and international events.
Houthi media productions are characterized by diverse, entertaining, and persuasive content. One of their primary news channels, Al-Masirah, includes women’s programming, children’s shows, and documentaries, while radio shows air short dramas and ‘operettas’. Poetry features heavily in most Houthi media platforms, as zawamel (sometimes referred to as war poems) are often adapted into music videos. Perhaps the strategy is to provide audiences in Northern Yemen such a wide range of content that they need not look beyond Houthi media.
IS THEIR APPROACH WORKING?
There is some indication that the Houthi approach to messaging and propaganda has proven effective. Research conducted by DT Global’s partners in the past two years shows that Yemenis living in the North have a high degree of trust in Houthi news outlets and are more likely than their Southern counterparts to view statements by Houthi officials as reliable, even when these statements are demonstrably false.
In a 700-person survey conducted in July 2021, 83 percent of respondents in the Southern governorates of Abyan, Aden, and Hadhramout said that Al-Masirah is one of the Yemeni news channels most likely to spread fake news. However, in the Houthi-controlled areas of Sana’a (Amanat al-Asimah and the governorate) and al-Hodeidah, only 17 percent of respondents felt this way. In other words, the large majority of respondents in Houthi-held areas reported that Al-Masirah is not likely to publish fake news.
HOW TO TACKLE DISINFORMATION IN YEMEN
Like many political parties in Yemen and worldwide, the Houthis have used media as a tool to promote their own interests and influence public opinion. Their mixed approach has included investments in partisan media and the suppression of independent journalism. Their control over local media has had, and will continue to have, an impact on Yemenis’ access to information and their perspectives on current events.
Organizations and governments hoping to reverse this trend should work to support independent journalists in Yemen – by Hannah Porter
https://www.yemenpolicy.org/the-houthi-soft-war-on-enemy-propaganda/
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The bizarre life and death of Iran’s ‘ambassador’ to Yemen’s Houthis
A recently dead man named Hasan Irloo was lauded by Iran's Supreme Leader as being a 'martyr' and a 'productive ambassador of Iran to Yemen.' Who was this mysterious person and why does it matter?
Irloo’s death has led to some controversy because it is unclear how he died and it has shed light on Iran’s commitment to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The story of him having Covid and the Houthis asking him to leave doesn’t seem to add up. If they asked him to leave the Saudis might have helped facilitate that because they didn’t want a high-level official there anyway. But if he had Covid then why would the Houthis also ask him to leave? How can Saudi Arabia be to blame for a slow evacuation if it wasn’t Covid?
This led to the third round of stories about Irloo. According to the Resistance Axis Monitor, Irloo was described as an IRGC Quds Force member who had also been appointed as Iran’s ambassador to the Houthis. “There are some reports he was injured in a Saudi strike in Yemen.” Then Iran’s state media IRNA reported that Irloo (sometimes spelled Irlu) was also living under the code name “commander Shahlai” and was a Quds force member who had a $15 million bounty on his head from the US.
According to Joel Rayburn, a Fellow at the New America Foundation and former US Special Envoy for Syria “Iranian state media today admitted and then quickly deleted the amazing admission that Iranian Amb to Yemen Irloo is same person as IRGC commander Shahlai.
Back in December 2020 the US had sanctioned Irloo. “Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Envoy in Yemen and University Facilitating Recruitment for Qods Force.” According to this report Hasan Irloo had “supported IRGC-QF efforts to provide advanced weapons and training to the Houthis. He coordinated with other senior IRGC-QF leaders to support the group’s operations.
The differing reports don’t add up to a conclusive story about Irloo. Clearly he was a high-level official in Iran and he was more than a diplomat. As an IRGC Quds Force commander, his appointment was an envoy and it likely exceeded any normal notion of diplomatic capacity. In this role he threatened Saudi Arabia.
Iran went to some lengths to show that the man had Covid. Iran published a photo of Irloo in a hospital bed. The graphic photo was published to disabuse rumors. Because everything in the region tends to be seen as conspiracies, one rumor has said Iran’s admission that he was also commander Shahlai was put out to confuse those seeking Shahlai. Either way, the loss of Irloo is important for Iran. It is a setback both for Iran’s diplomatic efforts and IRGC efforts in Yemen – by Seth J. Frantzman
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-689803
and a more biased “report” by a pro-Saudi news site: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1993886
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Report: Balhaf Oil Port where UAE loots, Imprisons and tortures Yemenis
Al-Shabwani, a resident from Ateq city in Shabwa province who requested that only his nickname be used, told MintPress News that he was detained for months and tortured in a secret prison inside Balhaf. Since 2016, when the UAE first entered Yemen’s most productive oil and gas areas in Shabwa, Abu Dhabi has carved out Balhaf as its personal fiefdom and turned the former gas facility into a military camp and secret prison. “Balhaf should be a lifeline for us in this difficult time, not a military camp and secret prison,” al-Shabwani said. “It’s time to kick the UAE forces and their mercenaries out.”
Shabwa province is located in the center of Yemen’s southern coastline and, out of all the country’s provinces, served as a beacon of hope to all Yemenis for a better life, given its wealth of natural gas and geographical location. Today, the major gas and oil facilities in the province instead represent the theft of an entire people’s future. A case in point is Balhaf, a Yemeni industrial port town and the largest investment project in the country, thanks to its export of liquefied natural gas.
For six years, the UAE has not only prevented Yemenis from exporting their own natural gas from Balhaf and forcefully laid off hundreds of employees, it has converted the sprawling industrial complex into a private military camp and secret prison. “The UAE has turned Balhaf from an industrial facility to a military camp,” Mohammed Bin Adyo – Shabwa’s provincial governor, appointed by the Saudi-backed government – complained, adding that Abu Dhabi has prevented Yemenis from using the vital economic lifeline.
In recent weeks, protests organized by local residents, activists, and former employees of the facility took place in the province calling for the UAE to leave Balhaf.
Balhaf, which is located at the eastern end of Shabwa province in the Burum Coastal Area, was once an economic lifeline for the country.
UAE digs in, divides
Perhaps feeling the pressure of increasing calls to leave Balhaf, the UAE reinforced its presence at the facility over the weekend, setting up additional checkpoints, despite local opposition, in a move that confirms that the rich Emirati Kingdom has no intention of returning the facility to Yemenis. On Sunday, the UAE mobilized more than a thousand members of the southern Shabwani Elite Forces (SEF) to oil facilities in Balhaf. Numerous checkpoints along the roads to the city have been set up by forces of UAE-backed militants, according to witnesses.
In addition to suppressing its opponents by force, and buying others off, the UAE has launched a campaign to demonize locals who oppose its presence, claiming that protesters belong to Houthis and that government officials opposed to the UAE presence in the region are an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated al-Islah Party. The UAE has even gone so far as to stoke decades-old regional tensions by claiming northern Yemeni tribes are attempting to oust the UAE in order to occupy the South. Some residents fear that UAE policies could not only rupture the social fabric of the region, but could eventually lead to violent clashes. The Balhaf issue has already become a flashpoint in tensions between pro-Saudi militants in the region and the UAE. Both sides seem ready to risk further violence in order to secure access to Balhaf`s bounties.
Local fears are justified by the reality on the ground. It is believed that up to 65% of Yemen’s oil and gas produced since 2015, when the war began, has been looted by the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the aid of international oil companies, including that refined and transferred through Balhaf port.
France says “d’accord”
Adding to the anger of local residents, Balhaf has been turned into a secret prison by the UAE. There, dozens of their relatives are held incommunicado and tortured, and some killed or disappeared forever, according to their families and former detainees, as well as the United Nations. Witness testimony suggests that the site is still being used to detain and torture prisoners, informed sources.
Officials in Balhaf accuse French authorities of participating in the UAE’s efforts, saying that Abu Dhabi would not dare to occupy a facility in which a major French multinational has a major stake and turn it into a secret prison without the approval of Paris – by Ahmed AbdulKareem
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KALEIDOSCOPE: POLICING IN A FRAGMENTED STATE
Mareike: In a survey conducted in 2019 by the Yemen Polling Center on security perceptions and police work in Yemen, nearly half of Yemenis indicated that the police should be the actor to have authority over security provision in their areas. This is true both for Yemenis living under the Houthi de-facto authority, as well as Yemenis from other territories, where of course it is predominantly the internationally recognized government, the Southern Transitional Council, and the Islah-party that are in control of the security sector.
Amidst this state fragmentation, it is currently not the case that the police are the one authority charged with security, however. And this is not necessarily new, there has always been a plethora of actors involved in the formal and informal security sector, including military, paramilitary, intelligence, but also sheikhs or community figures.
Throughout YPC’s research on the security sector, we have learned that security institutions in many ways have become weaker in the course of the conflict, but in other ways they have also become stronger. So this is what we want to talk about today.
I am Mareike Transfeld, the co-founder and director of the Yemen Policy Center, and I am here today with Mohamed al-Iriani, one of our research fellows, to discuss these questions. In the previous Arabic episode of this podcast, he spoke with Kamal Muqbil, the Research Director of the Yemen Polling Center, and Rasha Abdulkafi, the former commander of the women’s battalion in the 35th Armored Brigade.
So Mohamed, the police appear quite popular. Is that so? I mean, what does policing actually look like, for the police to be so popular? How do people experience policing in their everyday lives and how do local level police stations manage to continue to operate given the fragmentation of the state?
Mohamed: Yes, in many ways the police are very present and in some ways popular. In the survey you referenced, we also learned that 50 percent of Yemenis say the police are the first security actor to respond to incidents, and it is possible that if we were to repeat the survey today, this number could be even higher, which is definitely a positive trend.
As for the question of what the police actually do, the institution provides the community with basic security, its primary function is to keep the peace. Sometimes, they provide mediation services for civil disputes such as unpaid rent, and at other times (this is usually the priority) they enforce criminal law in cases such as theft and assault through the collection of evidence, write up of incident reports, and arresting perpetrators. In regards to preventing and solving such crimes, the police have been quite successful.
What kind of services do the police provide? What kind of cases do the police deal with, and what cases do the police not deal with?
But, there are many types of cases where the police itself is powerless and cannot intervene. Such cases include disputes over land grabbing and infractions of the military, and other armed groups. And that is because compared to other actors, military or militias, the police are relatively powerless. The police often do not have the type of resources necessary to intervene in cases that the military would get involved in. This situation has become worse as there is really a type of competition amongst armed groups and elements within the security sector to be the main authority within security provision. The police just don’t have the position to challenge other armed actors.
So connected with this, the police are only popular when compared to the military and other armed groups. Kamal had an interesting answer for the question of police popularity.
Kamal: The popularity of the police in the surveys expresses the community’s desire to have a functioning state. In light of the fragmentation that is taking place, the presence of uncontrolled groups, and the proliferation of weapons, people believe that the police are the best option, especially in cities where individuals find themselves unprotected and confronted by armed groups. In the rural areas people may be protected by tribes. These survey results may not reflect what actually exists momentarily, as much as it is a reflection of what people hope and aspire to.
Mohamed: Adding to this, the police are of course widely perceived as corrupt and also seen as part of the very problematic and politicized security sector which has lost much trust within the community. This was underlined by Rasha in our podcast.
https://www.yemenpolicy.org/policing-in-a-fragmented-state/
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Fleeing the War in Yemen: One Family’s Odyssey
Inside Yemen’s Tragedy: Firsthand reporting from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
The entry below is the first written by Eman Mohammed, who manages our Food Security and Livelihoods programs in Yemen. Originally from the Salah District in Taizz Governorate—an area where much of the war’s early fighting unfolded—she is now based about 70 miles away in the southwestern city of Ibb, where she joined International Medical Corps in 2016 as a junior staff member. In the ensuing five years she has assumed steadily greater responsibilities in a country where the threat of famine is a constant concern. This is her story.
More than six years have passed, but I remember the day the war came to us like it was yesterday. It was nearly 7:00 in the evening on August 20, 2015, and I was at home in the Salah District of Taizz Governorate, where our house was located, very close to the Salah Palace, a well-known local landmark from Yemen’s period as a monarchy. The war had begun five months earlier and we could often hear the airstrikes and the sounds of explosions in the distance. Later we would learn about the victims of those bombings in places far from us—but somehow, we believed the scourge of war would never reach into our own neighborhood.
That night, I was working on my laptop, my three sisters were watching TV and my father was watching the evening news in the other room. My mother came in, clearly worried, and told the girls to turn off the TV before adding, “Those planes have been especially loud today. It’s been nonstop.”
In that instant, the bombing began. It was right over us and the noise was ear-splitting. We were terrified. The windows and doors shattered. All of us were screaming. My father immediately gathered us into the smallest room in the house, which had just one small window. It was so dark that we couldn’t see a thing—we could only feel each other, huddled together in the corner of the room. I counted a total of six airstrikes, each accompanied by violent explosions. We didn’t know exactly where these explosions occurred, only that they had been very close.
Once the bombing stopped, my elder brother—who was living with his own family in a house next to ours—ran in, shouting, “Come on, we have to leave.”
We fled immediately—“we” being my mother, my three sisters, a younger brother and my elder brother with his wife and five children. Only my father refused to go, saying he had to guard the house. We took nothing with us. We simply ran into the night. My brother tried to use the light on his cell phone so we could see where we were walking, but others around us shouted, “Turn off the lights!”
Moving On
We soon realized we had to move on. With nowhere else to go, we returned to my sister’s house, which became our second displacement. We started to settle there, despite the difficult living conditions and the continued struggle to find food and then prepare it. Many roads had been blocked by debris, making it difficult to move around. There were shortages of cooking gas, electricity and many other services. Following a two-month pause of airstrikes in our old neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods, the strikes resumed with a vengeance. This time they hit palace directly—along with families living in two homes nearby who could not afford to leave the area. We had always been proud to be neighbors of that palace, but now it lay in ruins – by Eman Mohammed
https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/story/fleeing-the-war-in-yemen-one-familys-odyssey/
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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COVID-19 Jemen: 7-Tage-Inzidenz | 27.12.2021
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COVID-19 Impfungen Jemen: vollständig geimpft (%) | 27.12.2021
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Five new COVID-19 cases reported, 10,123 in total
The committee also reported in its statement the recovery of four coronavirus patients. No death has been recorded.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34278
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Two new COVID-19 cases reported, 10,111 in total
The committee also reported in its statement the death of one coronavirus patient in Shabwa. No recovery has been recorded.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34265
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4-infections-with-corona-and-one-death
https://en.smanews.org/south-arabia/4-infections-with-corona-and-one-death/
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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Yemen 2020 Map
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=c782044bd3004d4892175c8cea2454c3
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Yemen War Daily Map Updates
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-december-28-2021-map-update/
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-december-27-2021-map-update/
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-december-26-2032-map-update/
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-december-23-2021-map-update/
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Film: Latest development from Saudi led war on Yemen | Unity News HD |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzTg9ZzoXIo
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Film: Using Maribi folklore, cool recently-released video clip by MaribGirls on tolerance, peace, unity, and how social violence and revenge killings badly affect the local community.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1476030628604878849
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Analysts Predict Hodeidah Port to Lose Immunity Like Sanaa Airport
Military analysts believe that the evidence presented by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition on the use of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen for the smuggling of weapons has left the seaport at risk of losing its civilian immunity the way the Sanaa airport did.
The immunity of Hodeidah port will be lifted after the Arab Coalition clearly demonstrated its use in arms smuggling and the transfer of military experts of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon’s terrorist Hezbollah group, revealed Brigadier General Fawaz Kasseb.
On Sunday, the Arab Coalition released video footage of a Hezbollah member confirming that the sea was the only gateway for support to the Houthis
“If we lose the sea, neither support nor fighters will reach Yemen,” said the Hezbollah member in the video.
“The immunity of Sanaa airport, which was used militarily, was lifted, and this may be repeated with the port of Hodeidah, which is one of the areas through which Houthi receives weapons and Iranian and Hezbollah terrorist elements,” Brig.Gen. Kasseb told Asharq Al-Awsat.
“The port of Hodeidah will lose its immunity after displaying all intelligence information and making the United Nations face the present fait accompli,” he added, noting that the international body was unfortunately was carrying out a policy of long-term containment of the Houthis, a matter that led to humanitarian disasters,” he added.
Kasseb predicted that the coming period would witness joint naval operations between the Yemeni National Army, with the support of the Arab Coalition, to liberate the port of Hodeidah. This would completely cut off any smuggling through the port.
“Hodeidah is the anchor to the smuggling of Iranian missiles and drones,” confirmed Brig. Gen. Yahya Abu Hatem.
“It is a site for reassembling smuggled weapons, and the launching of missiles and drones towards civilian targets in Yemen and Saudi lands,” he added in a tweet.
My comment: Read it as what it is: A propaganda story to justify a new escalation of the Yemen war – and using total starvation and hunger as a weapon to finally defeat the Houthis – by taking as “proof” their own propaganda videos (look at cp15).
and also this accompanying article, to show how serious the “evidence” must be:
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Houthis Shocked by Intelligence Breach
Evidence presented by the Arab Coalition in Yemen has shocked Houthi militias, especially that the proof revealed a wide intelligence breach within the Iran-backed group.
Moreover, the evidence exposed Houthis for their absolute allegiance to Iran and its terror proxies in the region, foremost of which is the Lebanon-based Hezbollah.
While Yemeni political analysts confirmed that the Arab Coalition’s evidence has left the international community no excuse for sympathizing with Houthi militias, they predicted that the coming period will witness painful strikes against the group if it decides to escalate its terror activity.
The shock of the Houthi militias, along with the confusion shown by their leaders, was evident in some of them trying to discredit the Arab Coalition’s evidence even before it was publicly reviewed.
Moreover, Houthis tried disrupting the Arab Coalition’s press conference by announcing a press conference for their militia spokesman, Yahya Saree.
The group’s leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, also appeared in a more confused position after giving direct orders to his Preventive Security Service to launch massive arrest campaigns among intelligence officers and some of the militia leaders’ assistants, Sanaa-based sources close to Houthi leadership revealed.
According to these sources, the militia leader stressed the pursuit of those he described as “traitors.”
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3382966/houthis-shocked-intelligence-breach
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Huthi und Saudi intensivieren den Krieg in Jemen
In Jemen wird wieder heftig gekämpft. Für die Saudi scheint eine rasche Beendigung des Konflikts keine Priorität mehr zu haben, seit sie die Rolle des internationalen Parias losgeworden sind (nur im Abo)
https://www.nzz.ch/international/jemen-huthi-und-saudi-intensivieren-den-krieg-ld.1662231
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Saudischer Experte verteidigt verstärkte Bombardierung und Tötung von Zivilisten im Jemen! Ansarullah kündigt schmerzhafte Reaktion an
In einer politischen Talkshow auf RT Arabic verteidigte der saudische Militärexperte Mohammad al-Qabibaan die jüngste intensive Eskalation der Bombardierungskampagne der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Koalition im Jemen und bezeichnete die unerbittlichen Luftangriffe der letzten Wochen als „erfolgreiche Operationen“, mit denen die Ansarullah-Bewegung der Houthi gezwungen werden soll, sich an den Verhandlungstisch zu setzen.
Nasr al-deen ‚Aamir, ein Vertreter des Medienministeriums in Sanaa, erklärte seinerseits, die jemenitische Armee habe keine andere Wahl, als auf die verstärkten Bombardierungen der Koalition zu reagieren, die unschuldige Zivilisten und die zivile Infrastruktur seines Landes ins Visier nehmen.
Mohammad al-Qabibaan, saudischer Militärexperte:
Offen gesagt ist das Verhalten der Houthis nicht neu, denn sie nutzen zivile Einrichtungen, Krankenhäuser, Schulen und sogar Moscheen, um ihre Waffen zu verstecken, ihre Pläne zu verwirklichen und ihre Fähigkeiten nach eigenem Gutdünken auszubauen. (Die Houthis) haben also davon profitiert, und die internationale Gemeinschaft schaut in der Regel auf die Seite, die über mehr Macht verfügt, und (erwartet von ihr) mehr Zurückhaltung und dass sie es vermeidet, zivile Einrichtungen anzugreifen.
Die (von Saudi-Arabien angeführte) Koalition kündigte eine Frist an und bestätigte der internationalen Gemeinschaft, dass es die Houthis waren, die den Kampf in bewohnte Gebiete verlagerten, indem sie solche Orte angriffen. Gestern oder vorgestern verkündete Bruder (General Turki) Malki, dass die Houthis sechs Stunden Zeit hätten, ihre Waffen von wo zu entfernen? Von den Sportanlagen. Dies ist der beste Beweis dafür, dass der Geheimdienstapparat der (saudi-geführten) Koalition wirklich gut und in Zusammenarbeit mit ihren Partnern im Jemen funktioniert und dass diese Waffen an solchen Orten gelagert wurden.
Nasr al-deen ‚Aamir, (jemenitischer) Vertreter des Medienministeriums:
Im Namen Gottes, des Gnädigsten, des Barmherzigsten. Es besteht kein Zweifel, dass wir bei der Analyse solcher Fragen die Haltung Amerikas nicht vergessen dürfen. Denn vom ersten Moment an ging dieser Krieg von Washington aus, wurde in Washington angekündigt und wird von Washington aus gesteuert. Zu dieser Eskalation wäre es nicht gekommen – und zwar in dieser Form -, wenn es nicht die freimütigen Erklärungen des amerikanischen Gesandten im Jemen gegeben hätte, von dem es hieß, er sei um des Friedens willen gekommen. (Der US-Gesandte) rief die „Jemeniten“, wie er sie nannte, auf, sich den Houthis entgegenzustellen. Er rief zum Krieg auf, zur Eskalation, zur Eskalation der Kämpfe, (erst) dann kamen diese (Luftangriffe) mit solcher Intensität.
Was die (potenziellen) Folgen (dieser schweren Eskalation der Luftangriffe) an den verschiedenen Fronten (des Kampfes) angeht, so glaube ich, dass diese (Luftangriffskampagne) Auswirkungen hat, aber (diese Angriffe) können keineswegs damit gerechtfertigt werden, dass wir jemenitisches Land befreien. Schließlich reagieren wir auf eine (ausländische) Aggression und befreien jemenitisches Land.
Außerdem zielen diese Luftangriffe keineswegs auf Waffenlager, wie Ihr Gast und die (saudi-geführte) Koalition behaupten. Die (saudi-geführte) Koalition erklärte in Bezug auf Al Thawra Sports City und das Al Thawra Sportstadion, dass sich dort Waffen(-lager) befänden. Ich habe alle Medien, die in Sanaa arbeiten, persönlich angerufen und bin vom ersten Moment nach dieser Ankündigung an mit ihnen in dieses Gebiet gefahren, und es wurden keine (Waffen) gefunden. Ebenso sind alle Orte, die (die saudische Koalition) ins Visier nimmt, (angeblich) Hauptstraßen, während sie sagen, dass es sich um „Waffenlager“ handelt. Sie bezeichnen Bäckereien als „Waffenlager“. Es werden Kinder getötet, und dann heißt es, es seien „Waffenlager“. an diesen Orten. Das ist ein Narrativ, das sie sich angewöhnt haben zu wiederholen, um ihre Verbrechen zu rechtfertigen, doch das ändert nichts an der Realität, und wir haben das Recht, auf diese Massaker zu reagieren.
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Leakage in Yemen's Safer tanker could mean 'disaster', says deputy governor
Crumbling vessel moored off west coast is carrying 1.1 million barrels of oil
A leakage has been reported in the crumbling tanker stationed off Yemen's west coast, which is carrying more than 1.1 million barrels of oil, a top Yemeni official on Monday.
The oil tanker FSO Safer is rusting away since 2015 and is likely to wreck havoc if it sinks or explodes in the Red Sea.
For months, the UN has attempted to send a team to asses the risk amid international calls for actions, but efforts to unload the oil and make the rusting hulk safe have been hampered by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
“Urgent and important. There is a leakage from the oil pipeline in the Safer tanker. A disaster will happen in the Red Sea if not urgent action is taken,” Waleed Al Qudaimi, the Hodeidah deputy governor, wrote on Twitter.
“The failure of the UN Security Council to implement its decisions on the tank has simply shown that it's not a priority," Mr Al Qudaimi said.
The Yemeni official called on states bordering the Red Sea, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to take urgent measures to prevent an environmental disaster from happening.
My comment: By an UAE news site, soely blaming the Houthis.
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Operation Yemen
The appalling legacy of a collapsed health system and crippling economy (forcing an overwhelming 80 per cent of the population to depend on aid) would continue as an ignored afterthought because the world simply refuses to be bothered. Isn’t it high time that both coalition forces and the Houthi rebels are forced to prioritise the well-being and security of those cursed by their birth in the war-torn country? The Biden administration might have appeased the domestic electorate by his decisive u-turn on the arms sale but his responsibility as a much-touted leader of the free world go far beyond that. A dedicated effort to help come to a lasting solution to this seemingly endless conflict should have, instead, been the crux of his crusade. Everything else is just optics!
https://dailytimes.com.pk/859982/operation-yemen/
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Analysis: Ansarullah’s blows to Saudis in Marib, Al-Jawf cause Riyadh concern about dragging war into Kingdom
Undoubtedly, the most important battlefield presently is the strategic and oil-rich city of Ma'rib, which is currently under complete siege by the forces of Ansarullah and its allies. According to local sources, in recent days in Ma'rib, violent clashes broke out between Sana'a-based revolutionary administration's forces on the one hand and the forces of ousted and fugitive Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-backed Islah Party on the other hand around the city and in the Jabal al-Balq heights directly overlooking Falaj military point at the southern gate of Ma'rib.
With the diplomatic efforts to end Yemen war losing momentum in the past few months, the clashes have begun to intensify recently. Whereas Yemeni forces including army and the popular committees represented by Ansarullah movement managed to advance in the strategic Ma'rib, Al-Jawf, west coast, and even the neighboring Saudi provinces, the Saudi-led coalition began blind bombardment against civilians and strategic Yemeni sites in a bid to put the brakes on the Ansarullah progress.
Sudanese mercenaries dispatched to Saudi borders
The Saudi army's incapability to counter the Yemeni forces in the war has been an undeniable reality for all years of war. The Saudi mercenary army, which mainly consists of hired militants from African states and Pakistan, has proven its inability to confront Yemeni forces since Saudi Arabia waged the war against its neighbor in March 2015. This caused a focus by the Saudi war arrangers to focus mainly on airstrikes.
Arab coalition worried about war crimes charges
As the situation on the battlefield becomes increasingly difficult for Saudi Arabia and its allies, on the political stage, external pressure on Riyadh to end the war is increasing, and reports of a dire humanitarian situation in Yemen as a result of Saudi warlike policy and siege in the already impoverished nation cause concerns to Saudi rulers.
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Film: Ian Bremmer Explains: The War in Yemen | GZERO World
How did Yemen, a beautiful country known for its coffee and honey, become a proxy war?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRoWVz9c5k&t=1s
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Is Yemen's war moving to a 'grudging acceptance' of the Houthis?
After six years of conflict and no end in sight for battle over key city, the Saudi-led coalition may be looking for a new way to continue their fight against the rebels
Some analysts see the war's trajectory harking back to Yemen's old geography.
Observers and analysts say there are already signs of war-weariness within the coalition.
Last month, the Saudi military withdrew from a base in the port city of Aden. Likewise, there have been reports of Saudi pullouts from Yemen’s eastern al-Mahra region, and the exit of Emirati forces from a key battlefield in the south.
“The UAE is slowly but surely disengaging from Yemen and the Saudis have reduced their military footprint inside the country,” Mohammed Albasha, a senior Arabian Peninsula analyst at the Navanti Group, told MEE.
Albasha shared satellite imagery, which he claims show the coalition is removing heavy military equipment and shuttering bases as evidence that both nations are “trying to extricate themselves from the protracted conflict”.
The coalition has pushed back on claims it is withdrawing, saying troop movements are part of standard military redeployments. And Yemeni fighters on the frontlines say their international backers are still in the game.
"The coalition [will not] disappoint us as Yemen and neighbouring countries will be impacted by the Houthis if they take over more territory," a soldier in the Saudi and Emirati-backed joint forces, told MEE.
Even if the coalition is not walking away from Yemen, officials say it is repositioning troops in the event Marib falls. "They need to secure what equity (ground) they have," the military official said.
Such movements have led to repercussions across the country. Earlier this month, the UN envoy to Yemen warned of a “new chapter" in the war which looks “even more fragmented and bloody”.
The Saudi-led coalition’s war efforts in Yemen have long been criticised by the international community. In the US, lawmakers have sought to block weapons sales to Riyadh over its role in Yemen, and one of the Biden administration’s signature moves upon taking office was announcing an end to US offensive support for its Arab partners.
But any drawdowns now would be occurring without a ceasefire in place and at a time when US and UN efforts to reach a political settlement have all but collapsed. And most agree the fighting in Yemen will not simply end if the coalition walks away.
Speaking at an event in Washington last week, Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE’s president, said Yemen could descend into a “vacuum” with local actors "thinking tactically", as they scramble the battlefield map instead of engaging in "strategic" thinking to resolve the conflict.
The comments are particularly apt coming from the UAE.
Frustrated with fighting in a war it saw no chance of winning outright, in 2019 the Gulf sheikdom announced the withdrawal of its forces.
That hasn't meant it walked away. Instead of relying on a heavy military footprint, it has preferred to wield influence by supporting a host of proxies mostly situated along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the Gulf of Aden.
Saudi Arabia may be on track to pursuing a similar model. “Support both above and below the table for opposition groupings” will be a bedrock of strategy for the coalition, the military official said.
Securing the south
Some analysts see the war's trajectory harking back to Yemen's old geography. At one time the country was divided into independent northern and southern states. Today, the Houthis have carved out a de facto state in the north, while a disparate mix of coalition forces hold the south.
Gregory Johnson, an analyst at the Gulf States Arab Institute in Washington DC, believes those divisions are going to last some time. "It's hard to envision a scenario where the Houthis are militarily defeated or compelled to share power," he tells MEE, adding, “I don't think Yemen will be reconstituted as a single state anytime soon.”
Officials and analysts say securing the south will be crucial for the coalition should the Houthis take Marib, but not without difficulty.
An inability to secure the south could have repercussions for the wider region as well.
The UAE's strategy in Yemen has been to use its proxies to secure vital coastline, including territory on the Arabian peninsula's side of the Bab-el-Mandeb, a crucial waterway in the Red Sea through which 10 percent of global trade passes – by Sean Mathews
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-war-houthis-grudging-acceptance
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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Yemen Petroleum Company reiterates its assertion that the US-Saudi aggression coalition is still holding 4 fuel ships that are loaded with a total of "110,990" tons of fuel, for varying periods that reached four months months for one of the ships
https://twitter.com/ypcye/status/1475935536707784705
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By what right does US blockade&starve the people of Yemen? By what right does the US detain oil tankers heading towards Yemen even after they are granted with UN access permits&after being thoroughly inspected? UN is a partner with USA&Saudi in warcrimes against people of Yemen (infographic)
https://twitter.com/fuadynet2021/status/1475953831640977408
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[Sanaa gov.] FM: Coalition prevents arrival of air navigation equipment to Sanaa Airport
Foreign Minister in Sanaa government, Hisham Sharaf, on Thursday revealed that the Saudi-led coalition had prevented the arrival of equipment and devices of Sanaa International Airport a year ago.
in a statement to the Russian “Sputnik Agency”, Sharaf said “To ensure the safety of civil aviation traffic to and from Sanaa, the civil aviation authorities in the Republic of Yemen requested a number of devices and equipment of a civilian nature.”
https://en.ypagency.net/247895/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-28196.html
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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Over 3,000 Yemeni children in need of life-saving medical treatment abroad
The [Sanaa gov.] Acting Minister of Human Rights of Yemen, Ali al-Dailami, had revealed on Monday that over 3,000 children urgently need to travel in order to receive treatment abroad due to their critical health condition.
During a press conference held in Sana’a, al-Dailami explained that “human rights and international organisations have not fulfilled their human rights and humanitarian duty towards the children of Yemen.”
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QRCS, OCHA launch emergency health, nutrition services project in Marib
Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched an emergency health and nutrition services project in Marib Governorate, Yemen.
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WFP Yemen Situation Report #11, November 2021
WFP data shows that the food security situation in Yemen is deteriorating, with food consumption rates worsening at an accelerating pace: as of November, nearly half of all surveyed Yemeni households had inadequate food consumption.
The depreciation of the Yemeni riyal continued in November in areas under the Internationally Recognized Government of Yemen, with the riyal reaching new records lows.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-11-november-2021
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PWPYemen: household toilets & public toilets built across Yemen.
Thanks to @UNDP’s partnership w/ @WorldBankMENA @PWPYemen, 17,185+ household toilets & 144 public toilets built across #Yemen, so far!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngafjPB_Sqo
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‘No roof, no seats, no desks’: photographing Yemen’s conflict-hit schools
About 3 million children are unable to attend school, according to the Red Cross, with 8.1 million needing urgent educational assistance.
“There is a huge pressure to leave school to work to support the family,” says Yemeni Agence France-Presse photographer, Khaled Ziad, who took the picture in September. “Some children in Yemen are now 10 years old and they’ve never had the chance to enrol in any school. If families don’t have money for food or medicine and hospital fees, how can they afford education expenses?”
Yemeni childhoods are ending earlier and earlier. The average age of marriage for girls in some rural areas was just 14, even before the conflict broke out, and has only dropped since, while boys as young as 11 are recruited to fight by parties on all sides of the complex conflict.
Most of the children getting basic literacy and numeracy lessons in Hays had already been displaced from other areas, Ziad says, as families attempt to flee the fighting between the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who control most of the region, and the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition fighting to restore Yemen’s internationally-recognised government.
According to Unicef, the warring parties have attacked schools at least 231 times since March 2015, when the coalition intervened. In 2018, a coalition airstrike dropped a US-made missile on a school bus of boys in the Houthi heartland of Saada, killing 44.
“Students do not feel safe while they get lessons. They can’t afford supplies. Schools are destroyed, homes are destroyed … years go by, and there is still no chance to get a proper education,” Ziad says.
Civil servant salaries in some areas have not been paid in several years, meaning many teachers and doctors effectively continue to work for free. While Yemen has about 170,000 teachers across primary and secondary schools, about two-thirds do not receive regular salaries.
“The teachers say that, even though they don’t have salaries and the conditions are harsh, they feel there is a responsibility to keep working. If they leave education, they know the disaster would be even greater,” Ziad says. “They continue to perform an important duty.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/27/no-roof-no-seats-no-desks-photographing-yemens-conflict-hit-schools = https://www.islamtimes.org/en/article/970871/no-roof-no-seats-desks-photographing-yemen-s-conflict-hit-schools
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Film: The Proxy War (Still) Raging in Yemen | UN's David Gressly | GZERO World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DftjeGaXeaY&t=1s
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Film: Why Yemen’s Doctors and Teachers Work Without Pay | UN's David Gressly | GZERO World
Around 1.2M government employees show up to work every day in Yemen without full pay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8vDSngZ4Rs&t=1s
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Yemen’s future recovery hangs in balance, warns senior UN aid coordinator
Ongoing conflict and violence across Yemen continue to impact heavily on the country’s people who desperately need the fighting to end, so that they can rebuild their lives, the UN’s senior humanitarian official in the country said on Monday.
“I’ve seen the destruction of schools, of factories, of roads and bridges; I’ve seen the destruction of power systems so what made Yemen work seven years ago in many cases no longer exists”, said David Gressly, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
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Jemen: Wenn die Natur dem Krieg zum Opfer fällt
Im Jemen herrscht seit über sechs Jahren Krieg, die humanitäre Lage ist dramatisch. Es fehlt besonders an Lebensmitteln und Brennstoff. Daher werden immer mehr Bäume gefällt - mit fatalen Folgen für Mensch und Natur (Fotos)
https://www.dw.com/de/jemen-wenn-die-natur-dem-krieg-zum-opfer-f%C3%A4llt/g-60145760
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WOMEN IN YEMEN: A FIGHT FOR RIGHTS IN 3 MAJOR AREAS
Yemen has a deeply ingrained patriarchy that severely limits the quality of life for women. Yemeni women face some of the world’s most heinous despotism and are fighting for their rights in three key areas: workplace possibilities, gender discrimination and political underrepresentation.
Fight for Rights in the Workplace
According to Article 40 of Yemen’s Personal Status Law, a woman cannot acquire employment in the same capacity as a male and “the work must have been agreed by her husband.” The most recent figure from 2019 was the 6.04% employment rate for women in Yemen. In comparison, the global average in 2019 was 51.96%, based on 181 nations.
Additionally, there is no legislation prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace, nor are there legal sanctions or civil recourse for workplace sexual misconduct. Because of the unspoken societal consensus that females are often at fault, women are less likely to submit a sexual misconduct complaint due to a concern that they will receive accusations of soliciting men’s attention. Women in Yemen have to fight for rights in the workplace because no law requiring equivalent compensation for the labor of equivalent merit exists.
The Fight Against Gender Discrimination
Yemen sees women as secondary. Because of that, many women in Yemen cannot make important family decisions. In Yemen, there is no particular statute regarding spousal abuse. Females do not disclose abuse instances because they are afraid of arrest or abuse.
According to Articles 51-72 of Yemen’s Personal Status Law, men can obtain a divorce with significantly fewer limitations than women. Men’s rights to the guardianship of kids exceed that of women in the event of divorce.
According to UNICEF, 80% of the nation is reliant on relief aid. Therefore, poor Yemeni households frequently have to marry young in an attempt to nourish the youth and obtain bare necessities. Fathers sell their daughters into marriage and consequently, abruptly end their adolescence. This is a basic breach of human freedoms. In 2020, USAID funded initiatives aimed at avoiding forced early-aged marriages by equipping more than 6,000 girls with essential competencies such as “problem-solving and decision-making.”
The Fight for Women’s Rights in the Political Arena
In the 2011 protest, women were key participants and continued to be throughout the subsequent domestic discourse. When the uprisings’ effect dissolved, the women ultimately experienced abandonment and could not promote their beliefs. Yemen does not have a policy that safeguards women. Instead, Yemeni legislation disparages them if they undermine any political organization.
Women in Yemen have virtually no authority to sway legislation in order to strengthen their roles. They do not have widespread popular political support due to the fact that a disproportionate number of men participate in politics. The men exclude women who promote or show any political interest.
U.N. Women works in Yemen to increase women’s civic involvement.
https://borgenproject.org/women-in-yemen/
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Film: Has the international community failed Yemen?
The World Food Programme has announced it's cutting back on much-needed food rations in Yemen because the UN agency is 'running out of funds'. Dalia Fahmy from Long Island University weighs in on the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFtHvonZ10g
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
Siehe / Look at cp1
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IOM Yemen - Displacement on the west coast of Yemen | Flash Update | 11-16 November 2021
Following renewed hostilities on the west coast of Yemen, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) estimates that more than 1,000 households (HHs) were displaced between 11 and 14 November 2021. The majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are reported to have fled to Al Khukhah district (895 HHs) followed by Al Makha (129 HHs). The situation remains extremely volatile, with reports of ongoing clashes along the new frontlines, particularly in areas west of Hays and south of At Tuhayta districts. Many have been forced to flee for the second or third time, and are now fleeing again to displacement sites in At Tuhayta and Al Khukha.
As of 17 November, IOM teams registered 120 newly displaced households in IOM-supported sites in Al Khukha and have received reports of 132 newly displaced HHs in IOM-supported sites in At Tuhayta.
In total, an estimated 815 newly-displaced households arrived to sites in the area with IOM, local authorities and humanitarian partners reporting 439 in Al Khukha, 260 in Al Makha and 136 in At Tuhayta.
IOM is particularly concerned about the condition of over 1,700 displaced families who remained in seven sites close to the frontlines in At Tuhayta where humanitarian access has become limited.
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IOM Yemen: Situation Report October 2021
Since the conflict began, Yemen’s economy has shrunk by more than half. Indicators show no sign of improvement – the Yemeni Riyal (YER) hit a historic low in October trading at over YER 1,450 to USD 1. This triggered food prices to soar further across the south and Ma’rib, eroding the purchasing power of most Yemenis and leaving many unable to meet their basic needs. At the same time, COVID-19 continues to take a toll on communities amid low vaccine supply. As of 31 October, Yemen has only received enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to cover 1.5 per cent of its population.
Violence continued to escalate and exacerbate the humanitarian needs in Yemen this month. October saw one of the highest rates of displacement with IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) recording at least 28,488 displaced individuals, bringing the total number of people who experienced displacement at least once since the beginning of this year to 108,396 people. According to a needs assessment conducted by DTM, approximately 40 per cent of displaced individuals in October reported that their main need is shelter, followed by lack of access to food (25%), highlighting alarming levels of needs amid restricted humanitarian access.
Ma’rib remained the worst affected with escalating hostilities driving displacement and humanitarian needs at an unprecedented rate. Nearly 5,000 households were displaced between September and November – 3,500 in October alone – making it the highest rate of displacement recorded in 2021
Humanitarian needs continued growing on the west coast of Yemen as a result of conflict-driven displacement, weakened public services and limited presence of humanitarian organizations.
Thousands of migrants remain stranded in Yemen, often trapped between frontlines with inadequate access to basic services. Many are held against their will by smugglers and are at grave risk of exploitation and abuse. They often face movement restrictions and exploitation by smugglers, being forced to work to pay off debts or to work as domestic labourers for example.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/iom-yemen-situation-report-october-2021-enar
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IOM Yemen - Ma'rib Response | Flash Update | 28 November - 11 December 2021
Despite the frontlines holding the same shape in Ma’rib in recent weeks, armed clashes are having catastrophic impacts on communities, and driving displacement and humanitarian needs at an unprecedented rate. Since September 2021, the conflict displaced over 8,314 households (HHs) or 49,884 individuals1 – many for the fourth or fifth time predominantly from Al Jubahand Sirwah districts to IDP sites in Ma’rib City and Ma’rib Al Wadi districts.
There has been a marked increase in the number of armed violence incidents that have impacted communities, civilian infrastructure, and IDP sites.
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IOM Yemen Quarterly Update - Quarter 3: July to September 2021
In the third quarter of 2021, millions in Yemen continued to face the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The continued depreciation of the Yemeni Riyal triggered rapid inflation prompting the prices for basic goods to soar across the south and in Ma’rib, worsening the risk of famine and leaving many unable to meet their basic needs. On the other hand, an uptake in clashes and civil unrest resulted in many being forced to flee with little means to survive. The displacement situation in Ma’rib in particular greatly deteriorated, with nearly 10,000 households being displaced in September alone while simultaneously an increase was observed in returnees from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Despite the challenging environment the conflict poses, migrant arrivals to Yemen increased by the end of the quarter, with over 6,000 arriving between July and September. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Yemen is providing essential assistance and services to address the needs internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants and other vulnerable and crisis affected populations in the country.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/iom-yemen-quarterly-update-quarter-3-july-september-2021-enar
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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard Reporting Period: 19 - 25 December 2021
From 01 January 2021 to 25 December 2021, IOM Yemen DTM estimates that 25,591 households (HH) (153,546 Individuals) have experienced displacement at least once.
Since the beginning of 2021, DTM also identified 4,440 displaced households who left their locations of displacement and either moved back to their place of origin or another location.
Between 19 and 25 December 2021, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 1,164 households (6,984 individuals) displaced at least once. The top three governorates and districts where people moved into/within are:
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Summary of Multi-Sector Study for IDPs in Yemen "Baseline Study"
The need to restore public services is a priority for IRG and has called on all stakeholders and the humanitarian partners in Yemen to work jointly to restore and expand public services in the areas hosting displacement (IDPs).
Executive Unit as responsible for the displacement file from the governmental side has required and continues to demand the necessity of joint work with the humanitarian partners and the necessity of involving IDPs in drawing up the annual humanitarian response plan according to priority of need in a manner that respects local custom, dignity and family unity in addition to community peace.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/summary-multi-sector-study-idps-yemen-baseline-study-enar
My remark: By Hadi gov., with anti-Houthi propaganda.
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a TV correspondent asked a girl: what is your wish for 2022? A tent, the displaced girl replied. IDPs are living in terrible conditions during the winter, amid growing calls by activists for transparency of aid agencies in the country. https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1475364347857752070
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"We saved them like this": the story of 50 migrants who arrived in Italy thanks to a humanitarian corridor
A humanitarian corridor, set up by Caritas and the Italian government on November 26, welcomed and integrated 50 migrants from Niger into our country. A third way between abandonment at sea and hiding is possible: let's begin to follow it.
Of the 50 people who arrived in Italy on November 26, 23 are women, 27 are men, and among them 17 are children. Fourteen people come from Cameroon, 9 from the Central African Republic, 4 from Eritrea, 2 from Somalia, one from South Sudan, 5 from Sudan, 13 from Yemen, one from Algeria. Among them are 11 single women with children
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Gewinner der Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards 2021 stehen fest
Alexander Lukjanow aus Russland, Anuj Chopra und Neha Wadekar aus den USA sowie Rania Abdallah aus dem Jemen sind die Gewinner der Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards 2021 für die beste Kriegsberichterstattung. Dies hat RT am Montag bekanntgegeben.
Im Verlauf der Kriegshandlungen wurden in der Region Hunderte Menschen getötet. Seit dem Jahr 2014 dauert der Bürgerkrieg im Jemen an.
"Nach dem Krieg: Beste Reportage oder Dokumentation"
Rania Abdallah (Jemen) für YEMEN TV. "Ein zerstörtes Leben"
Der Dokumentarfilm erzählt über das Leben von 38 Familien im Jemen, die aufgrund von Kriegshandlungen zur Flucht in abgelegene und unwirtliche Gebiete gezwungen wurden. Mit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie hat sich ihre Lage weiter verschlimmert. Vor allem Frauen leiden unter einer fehlenden medizinischen Versorgung und dem Mangel an Medikamenten. Dies führt vermehrt zu Komplikationen während der Geburt und einer Häufung von Fehlgeburten. Die Journalisten ersuchen die lokalen Behörden um Hilfe für die Flüchtlinge, die sie ihnen zusicherten.
https://de.rt.com/international/129023-gewinner-khaled-alkhateb-international-memorial/ = https://snanews.de/20211227/khaled-alkhateb-international-memorial-awards-2021-4827947.html
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Journalists From Russia, US and Yemen Win RT's International Award for War Correspondents
Journalists from Russia, the United States and Yemen have been awarded with RT's Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards for outstanding coverage of events in conflict zones.
Best Humanitarian Journalism: After the War prize went to Yemeni journalist Rania Abdallah for the documentary "Life, Terminated" covering the ongoing armed conflict in southwestern Yemen, which forced 38 families to flee their homes
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Kuwait grants $2 million to Yemeni displaced people
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34271
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UNHCR Yemen Operational Update, covering the Period 14 - 24 December 2021
UNHRC's partner in Amran Yemen Red Crescent (YRC) identified five new, unmanaged IDP hosting sites in Al Asha district in Amran. These sites have not been targeted before by any humanitarian actor. Initial assessments by YRC identified food, NFIs, latrines, clothes, water, hygiene kits and cash as the primary needs of the IDPs residing there. Meanwhile, YRC completed the distribution of 785 mud stoves at ten IDP hosting sites in several districts of Amran governorate.
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Senior leader promises Saudi-led coalition with terrifying surprises
A senior member of Ansarallah Political Bureau has said that the coming days are full of surprises.
“The escalation of aggression at this phase is an American escalation with the directives of US -Israeli and interventions,” Said Ali al-Qahum, tweeted Tuesday evening.
https://en.ypagency.net/248459/
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Foreign Ministry: Saudi-led coalition and beneficiary countries seek to keep Yemen in a forgotten war list
A Yemeni official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that funding of the US-Saudi aggression to the governments of complicit countries will not erase its criminal record in Yemen.
In a statement obtained by Saba News Agency, the source said “it is not surprising the remarkable surge and wave of collective statements of a number of countries benefiting from the economic and financial capabilities of the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression, denouncing Sana’a response to the brutal attacks, killings and destruction carried out by the aggression aircraft on the capital, Sana’a, and a number of governorates during the past 72 hours.”
https://en.ypagency.net/248398/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/28/yemens-foreign-ministry-condemns-double-standards-of-international-community-regarding-yemen/
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Joint statement by OHCHR and UNESCO on two detained staff member
The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, continue to be deeply concerned for the well-being of two of their staff members who were detained in early November in Sana'a, Yemen. No communication from the UN has been possible with the staff members since that time.
Although the two staff members remain in custody, the UN has not received information about the grounds or legal basis for their detention, or their current status, despite earlier assurances by the Ansar Allah movement (who are also called Houthis) of their immediate release.
OHCHR and UNESCO recall the privileges and immunities accorded to staff of the UN system under international law, which are essential to the proper discharge of their official functions, and call for the staff members' immediate release without any further delays.
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=28014&LangID=E
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Huthi erlauben wieder Hilfslieferungen über Flughafen in Sanaa
Flüge der Vereinten Nationen und von Hilfsorganisationen könnten vorerst wieder durchgeführt werden, meldete ein den Aufständischen nahestehender Sender. Zuvor war der von den Huthi kontrollierte Flughafen rund eine Woche lang für den humanitären Luftverkehr gesperrt gewesen. Die Rebellen begründeten dies mit Luftangriffen der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Militärkoalition.
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Yemen’s Houthis say allowed temporary resumption of U.N. flights to Sanaa airport
The aviation authority run by the Houthi administration in Yemen has allowed temporary resumption of flights by the United Nations and international organizations to Sanaa airport on Monday, the Houthi-run Saba agency said.
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement said earlier this month that the capital’s airport had been put out of operation after air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.
https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security-airport-int/yemens-houthis-say-allowed-temporary-resumption-of-u-n-flights-to-sanaa-airport-idUSKBN2J616P = https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/yemens-houthis-allow-temporary-resumption-of-un-flights-to-sanaa-airport-agency-851042
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Saudi-Arabien hat keine Rechtfertigung für seine Aggression gegen den Jemen: Informationsminister
Der jemenitische Informationsminister Daifullah al-Shami sagt, die jüngsten Behauptungen des saudischen Krieges gegen den Jemen seien darauf zurückzuführen, dass das Bündnis keine Rechtfertigung mehr für seine Aggression gegen das verarmte Land habe.
Die Koalition hat behauptet, dass ihre jüngsten Angriffe auf die jemenitische Hauptstadt Sanaa gegen militärische Ziele gerichtet waren und dass die libanesische Hisbollah-Widerstandsbewegung im Jemen beteiligt ist.
In einem Interview mit dem libanesischen Fernsehsender al-Mayadeen bezeichnete al-Shami die Behauptungen als „einen gebrochenen Rekord“, um die Angriffe auf Zivilisten im Jemen zu rechtfertigen. Er hob hervor, dass die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalition auf „fadenscheinige Ausreden“ zurückgreift, um die Massaker z
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Information Minister: Saudi Arabia Has No Justification for Its Aggression on Yemen
Yemeni Information Minister Daifullah Al-Shami said the recent claims made by the Saudi war on Yemen came as the alliance has no justification left for its aggression on the impoverished country.
The coalition has claimed that its recent attacks on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, were against military targets and that Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement is involved in Yemen.
Speaking in an interview with Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen television network, Al-Shami described the claims as “a broken record” to justify the attacks on civilians in Yemen.
He noted that the Saudi-led coalition resorts to “flimsy excuses” to justify the massacres it commits in Yemen.
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Yemeni Parliament condemns coalition’s targeting of residential neighborhoods
https://en.ypagency.net/248088/
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Shiit extremist kills two relatives, injures third for not joining the frontlines
A Shiit Houthi extremist killed two of his relatives and injured a third for not joining his Houthi militia's war against the government in western Yemen on Thursday evening.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52818
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Saudi crimes to result in most severe consequences
Ansarullah’s spokesman warned that the crimes of the Saudi coalition against Yemeni civilians, in light of the silence of the international community, will lead to the most severe consequences and punishments.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182150/Saudi-crimes-to-result-in-most-severe-consequences
and also https://en.ypagency.net/248026/
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Albukhaiti: Houthi group is a terrorism-making machine that will make the world pay the price
Yemeni political commentator Ali Albukhaiti warned of changes made in school books in areas under the control of the Houthi rebels that incite terrorism and radicalism.
Albukhaiti sounded the alarm that the region will see within a decade a generation full of violent ideology.
“The Houthis are using school books to brainwash children and teens into extremism and terrorism,” Ali Albukhaiti said on Twitter.
Mr. Albukhaiti noted that the Houthi militia has made changes in school subjects, such as Islamic Culture and Arabic, on which students study texts that incite fighting other Yemenis under the pretext of serving America and Israel.
“Even in math, they teach students how to count numbers by using pictures of guns, bullets, and grenades,” Albukhaiti added.
“I am not exaggerating or trying to cause panic, but this is the truth. We are facing a machine for making terrorism and extremism that will lead to a generation of fighters with no minds.”
Albukhaiti warned that the “consequences will not only take their heavy toll on Yemen or the region but also the entire world, especially if an international conflict breaks out and Iran is part of it.”
https://republicanyemen.net/archives/29874
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Iranerinnen überwachen Houthi-Frauengefängnisse im Jemen
In einem Fernsehinterview schilderte die Menschenrechtaktivistin Samira Abdullah Al-Houry die grauenhaften Zustaände, die sie in einem Gefängnis der mit dem Iran verbündeten Houthi-Milizen erfahren musste.
Die jemenitische Menschenrechtsaktivistin Samira Abdullah Al-Houry wurde am 4. Dezember 2021 auf Rotana Khalijiya (Saudi-Arabien) über die Zeit interviewt, in der sie in einem Houthi-Gefängnis inhaftiert war.
Al-Houry sagte, dass Mädchen und Frauen in Verhörräumen vergewaltigt und gefoltert wurden und dass verschiedene Foltermethoden gegen die Frauen angewandt wurden, darunter Elektroschocks, Hängefolter und Schläge.
Sie sagte, dass das Blut und die Haare jener Frauen, die Selbstmord begangen hatten, noch in den Gefängniszellen zu sehen waren, und sie erzählte die Geschichte einer Frau, deren fünfjährige Tochter gezwungen wurde, zuzusehen, wie sie gefoltert wurde und im Verhörraum eine Fehlgeburt erlitt.
Darüber hinaus schilderte Al-Houry, wie sie die Schreie der Frauen hören konnte, die in nahegelegenen Gefängniszellen vergewaltigt wurden, und dass die Houthi-Gefängniswärter ihr sagten, dass es ihre eigene kleine Tochter sei, die da vergewaltigt werde. Sie sagte auch, dass sie mehr als einmal versucht habe, Selbstmord zu begehen.
Außerdem erzählte Al-Houry dem Interviewer, dass weibliche Kommandeure aus dem Iran und der Hisbollah im Gefängnis anwesend waren und dessen Betrieb überwachten. Sie erklärte, dass die Hisbollah-Mitglieder als Übersetzerinnen für die Iranerinnen fungierten.
Al-Houry sprach über ihr Buch, in dem sie ihre Erfahrungen beschreibt, und weinte während des Interviews mehrmals.
https://www.mena-watch.com/iranerinnen-ueberwachen-houthi-frauengefaengnisse-im-jemen/
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Yemeni Human Rights Activist And Former Prisoner Of The Houthis, Samira Abdullah Al-Houry: The Houthis Raped, Tortured Us; They Forced Children To Watch Their Mothers Being Tortured; They Told Me They Were Raping My Daughter
Yemeni human rights activist Samira Abdullah Al-Houry, who was previously imprisoned by the Houthis, was interviewed on December 4, 2021 on Rotana Khalijiya (Saudi Arabia) about the time she spent in the Houthi prison. Al-Houry said that girls and women were raped and tortured in interrogation rooms and that various torture techniques were used against the women, including electric shock, suspension torture, and beatings. She said that the blood and hair of women who committed suicide was visible in the prison cells, and she told the story of a woman whose five-year-old daughter was forced to watch as she was tortured and as she miscarried in the interrogation room.
In addition, Al-Houry said that she could hear the screams of women being raped in nearby prison cells, and that the Houthi prison guards would tell her that it was her own young daughter being raped. She also said that she had tried to commit suicide more than once. Furthermore, Al-Houry told the interviewer that female commanders from Iran and Hizbullah would visit the prison and oversee its operations. She explained that the Hizbullah members would act as translators for the Iranians. Al-Houry spoke about her book, in which she describes her experiences, and cried several times during the interview.
"My book contains the testimonies of girls who still live in Sanaa, stories about girls who are still in Houthi prisons, and girls whose society and families have turned their backs on them. This book is a firsthand account by someone who lived, cried, and screamed with these girls. There are many stories and much pain, the screaming of girls who were raped... Girls who were raped... Girls who committed suicide in their cells... I saw the signs of their hair and their blood in my cell, girls who shouted: 'Oh, Allah...' Girls who shouted like I did – I would call for my brothers... Girls who shouted out the names of their children, girls who would sing... Can I have the tissues?"
scroll below for film (with English subs): https://www.mena-watch.com/iranerinnen-ueberwachen-houthi-frauengefaengnisse-im-jemen/
and a 2020 report: https://republicanyemen.net/archives/23117
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Sanaa warnt saudische geführte Koalition: Jemenitisches Feuer wird euren Thron verbrennen
Der Verteidigungsminister der jemenitischen Regierung der Nationalen Rettung warnte die Mitgliedsländer der saudischen Aggressorkoalition und sagte, die Besatzer und Aggressoren müssten das Territorium des Jemen verlassen.
"Die Konfrontation mit der saudischen Koalition ist eine unumkehrbare strategische Option, bis die Aggression gestoppt und die Belagerung aufgehoben wird und die Angreifer und Besatzer den Jemen verlassen", sagte Brigadegeneral Mohammed Nasser al-Atefi, der Verteidigungsminister der jemenitischen Regierung der nationalen Rettung, am Donnerstag laut Al-Masira.
Al-Atefi fügte hinzu: "Unsere Heimat zu verteidigen und unser Land von den Besatzern zu befreien, ist Ehrensache, und wenn alle bösen, kriminellen und aggressiven Länder gegen den Jemen vorgehen, werden wir von unseren Zielen nicht zurückweichen."
Zu den Versuchen der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate und Saudi-Arabiens, den israelischen Einfluss auf eine Reihe von jemenitischen Inseln auszuweiten, sagte er: "Wir haben diesbezüglich viele Informationen", und die Rückeroberung von Maarib steht unmittelbar bevor. Die britische Präsenz in Al-Mahra ist Besatzung und Kolonialismus."
Wir werden nie Ruhe geben, bis die jemenitischen Gebiete vollständig befreit sind, und die Zionisten werden in Zukunft verstehen, was wir meinen, fügte er hinzu.
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‘Loyalty to Blood of Martyrs’ Rally Held in Yemen’s Sa’ada
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Video | A documented by the Houthi Al Masirah channel, the burial of 8 child soldiers while participating in the fighting in the west of Taiz Governorate, led by Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Al-Aqidi. They all hold military ranks. Date of murder11/12/2021
https://twitter.com/abduhothifi/status/1474402711932129280
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Al-Houthi Militia: The “Ahl al-Bayt” State Facing the Yemenis
The Houthis are proceeding to build their new state, the Ahl al-Bayt State in the face of the Yemenis.
This state has nothing to do with the modern concept of the state, as it is based on duties only, the supposed duties of Yemenis towards the “grandchildren of the Prophet” and “flags of guidance” to the last list of the racial segregation ideology that has been rising for years in Yemen. A divine choice according to the doctrine of the state they are promoting.
The features of the state of duties began after the Houthi takeover of the state in 2014, when most of the employees and officials were dismissed, in exchange for appointing a new class of employees on a dynastic basis according to the surnames of the families to which they belong. It is wrong to use the term “coup” on the Houthis’ control of power, because the coup means the seizure of state institutions and the rule through them. But the Houthis see themselves outside the state as an ethnic and sectarian minority that is less and narrower than their ability to form a ruling class that represents all shades of Yemenis. On this basis, state institutions were divided during the Houthi era into two distinct layers: the first layer is the Hashemites who were appointed after 2014, and these receive their salaries regularly from accounts that do not enter the official state treasury and enjoy job security stemming from their association with the ruling elite, which in turn is a secret elite that rules from outside the institutions Country.The second layer is represented by Yemenis who work as forced labor without salaries and face the constant threat of dismissal and persecution if they demand their rights.
As for the ideology of the new state, it is an ideology that built its features from the heritage of the “Ahl al-Bayt” that is, the people of the Prophet of Islam, as opposed to the “Ansar”. Ansar is the preferred name for Yemenis in the speeches of the Houthi leadership. It is an updated import of the duality of Quraish (the immigrants) versus the Aws and the Khazraj (the Ansar), in the common narrative of the Prophet's biography. Because the Ansar are of Yemeni roots, while the Houthis view themselves as the descendants of the Prophet from the Hashemite branch of the Quraish, they reproduce dualism in the twenty-first century.
The ideology of the Houthi “flags of guidance” state is based on the following simplistic binary: The role of Yemenis throughout history has been to support the family of the house. From the support of the Messenger in Medina and the sacrifice of their money and lives to establish the first Hashemite political project, to the reception of Ali bin Abi Talib upon his arrival in Yemen during the era of the Prophet and his conversion to Islam (according to the Shiite narrative), which is the moment of Yemenis’ association with Ali and his sons after him and their defense of their right to Governance and power.
To build the economic base of the new state, the Houthis issued the implementing regulations for the Zakat Law 2020, which contained racist and discriminatory articles, for the benefit of those named by the regulation “Bani Hashem” and “Aal al-Bayt”, and they are the citizens who claim their descent from the descendants of Hassan and Hussein bin Ali, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad. And they put in it legislation allocating 20 percent of the nation's wealth from oil, gas and minerals to their interests.
The clear economic sorting of Yemenis on the basis of ethnicity under the principle of the khums, is confirmed by the growing role of the Zakat Authority with its huge budget collected by force and threats from the poor citizens
https://daraj-com.translate.goog/84590/?_x_tr_sl=ar&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Siehe / Look at cp1
Aden verbleibt in der Hand der Separatisten im Süden. Ihre medien verbreiten eine große Menge von parteiischen Berichten, die das Narrativ der Separatisten überihren Hauptgegner, die Islah Partei (genannt "Muslim-Bruderschaft"), über die Kämpfe in Abyan und Shabwa, ihre Herrschaft in Aden und den von ihnen kontrollierten Gebieten verbreiten.
Aden remains in the hands of southern separatists. Their media are spreading a bulk of biased reports, showing their narrative of their foes from Islah Party (labeled “Muslim Brotherhood”), the fighting at Abyan and Shabwa, their self-rule at Aden and the areas under their control.
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Multiple explosions hit Ataq airport in Shabwah
Multiple powerful explosions rocked Ataq airport in the occupied province of Shabwah on late Tuesday, due to missile attacks on the airport, causing it to catch fire and the flames rose from the scene of the explosion.
Local sources in the city of Ataq confirmed that the explosions came hours after the Saudi occupation forces left positions and handed them over to UAE-occupation forces.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosions targeted the coalition operations building at Ataq airport after the entry of three armoured vehicles carrying Emirati officers to replace Saudi officers who had left the airport.
The attack left dozens of dead and wounded in the ranks of the UAE forces, the eyewitnesses said.
One of the explosions hit the gate of Ataq airport, while the other one targeted south of the airport campus and a third explosion at Camp Al-Alam, the sources explained.
The is a lot of tension between the Saudi-backed forces (Hadi and the Islah Party forces) and UAE-backed militias in Shabwah, represented by and the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s forces loyal to the commander Tariq Afash, in a struggle for control of the oil-rich Shabwah.
https://en.ypagency.net/248474/
Films: https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1475912679495815172
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1475913074993422342
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Violent clashes inside “Special Forces” camp in Ataq city of Shabwa
The UAE-backed “Al-Amaliqa” brigade forces on Tuesday stormed the Special Forces camp in Ataq city, the capital of Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
Local sources reported that militants led by Abdrabo Lakab, the security arm of Islah Party loyal to Saudi-led coalition in Shabwa, exchanged fire with the Al-Amaliqa forces inside the camp, without mentioning any losses.
This came after the Al-Amaliqa forces took control of Ataq Airport, amid a heavy flight of Emirati warplanes over the city.
The sources pointed out that the military situation is still tense between Al-Amaliqa and the Islah special forces.
https://en.ypagency.net/248419/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/28/uae-backed-forces-attack-islah-units-in-shabwah-province/
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Islah gunmen attack pro-UAE media professionals in Shabwa
Gunmen of the “Special Forces” affiliated with Islah Party loyal to Saudi-led coalition on Tuesday assaulted three media correspondents loyal to the UAE in the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa, eastern Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/248431/
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Arrest warrant issued against militarily commander loyal to UAE in Aden
A document issued by Aden Security Director loyal to Saudi-led coalition revealed a circular to all the city’s outlets to arrest the commander of the 4th Support Brigade belonging to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).
https://en.ypagency.net/248469/
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen's STC discuss collaboration against Houthis
Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al-Jaber, yesterday met with the president of the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, to discuss "efforts to jointly confront the Houthi group forces."
"Al-Zubaidi and I discussed the importance of the kingdom's support to the Yemeni government, as well as plans to unite our ranks to confront the intransigence of the Houthi militia," Al-Jaber said on Twitter, slamming what he described as Houthis' "rejection to the United Nations' consultations."
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Carrot & stick approach makes Hadi abandon strongest men
Having yielded to Saudi-Emirati pressures, the Yemeni President, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has fired Shabwa governor, Mohamed Bin Edio, his most powerful assistant in the south, who long annoyed Abu Dhabi and its local supporters in Yemen.
Observers fear that Hadi decision would be another nail in his legitimacy's coffin and a gift to his rivals, as the President chose to oust the last of his powerful men and hand Shabwa to the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council that failed to seize the strategic governorate through peaceful and violent ways.
As he did earlier with Bin Daghr, Maysari, Jabwani, Jobari, Khasroof and others, President Hadi again proves unreliable ally who may sacrifice assistants in fulfillment of Saudi-Emirati wishes, observers say.
For others, However, this dramatic change is logic, when the economic and military challenges facing Yemen are considered. They say Hadi sacrificed the fetus to save the mother.
Carrot and stick approach, used by the Saudi-Emirati coalition, succeeded in pushing President Hadi to take this option, despite potential risks to the Yemeni legitimate authority's texture, some observers say.
The Arab coalition started planning to oust Shabwa governor when the man led calls for Emirati troops to leave and hand Balhaf economic facility to the Yemeni official government that would resume its activity and alleviate the economic crisis faced by the war-torn country, Labeeb al-Dhobhani said.
It was easy to see the stick approach practiced by the coalition – in the form of military failure in Baydha, Houthi advancement in Shabwa western districts, persistent pressure on Marib, and Joint Forces pullouts in Hodeida – to force the government to achieve this purpose, the Yemeni political activist added.
Economic conditions also served as effective weapon to stir the public resentment by making the Yemeni rial severely depreciate, putting more pressures on Hadi and his government.
Finally, the coalition used the carrot – by helping restore the local money value – to justify the ouster of Bin Edio, he said.
The ouster decision followed consultations held by Yemen's President and government with Riyadh, in search for a Saudi deposit that would support Aden Central Bank and, thus, help the rial recover, first-hand source said.
Shabwa former governor was then appointed as advisor to Hadi, but Bin Edio politely refused the offer in a letter to the President.
"I appreciate the very huge pressures exerted on the political leadership" in pressing for the ouster, Bin Edio said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28236.html
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Islah Party official assassinated in Shabwah
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/27/islah-party-official-assassinated-in-shabwah/
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Yemeni Minister Urges 'Withdrawal' of Hizbullah from Yemen
Yemeni Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Moammar al-Aryani has called on Lebanon to “declare a clear stance on Hizbullah’s aggression,” a day after the Saudi-led coalition accused Iran and Hizbullah of helping Yemen's Huthi rebels to launch missiles and drones at the kingdom.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/286647-yemeni-minister-urges-withdrawal-of-hizbullah-from-yemen
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Dozens of graduates hold protest rally in Aden
Dozens of graduates of the “Military College” organized on Sunday a protest rally in the city of Aden, south of Yemen against the Saudi-led coalition.
In the rally, the graduates of the faculty run by the Saudi-backed exiled Hadi government affirmed that they had not received their diplomas since their graduation in 2018.
https://en.ypagency.net/248231/
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An unprecedented phenomenon: Young men wear the uniform of Santa Claus in Aden
According to Aden residents, many young men were seen in the city, the main stronghold of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), wearing the uniform of the American fictional Christmas character Santa Claus.
Local sources said some of the young men had been arrested by Salafist groups controlling parts of the city, while others in several neighbourhoods have reportedly carried out Christian rituals.
This is the first time Aden, or Yemen in general, has witnessed such a phenomenon, leading some to believe that the Saudi-led is trying to create a sort of identity discrepancy in Yemen by introducing Western cultural habits.
https://en.ypagency.net/248167/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/26/consternation-as-americanised-christmas-celebrations-take-place-in-occupied-city-of-aden/
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Al-Qaeda leader survives assassination attempt in Hadramout
A leader in al-Qaeda escaped on Saturday an assassination attempt in in the city of Seiyun in Hadramout province, east of Yemen.
The source attributed the disputes reason between the Islah leaders to the failure of Al-Masry’s son to implement directives.
The source indicated that al-Sulaimani tried to establish his own independent organization that did not abide by the directives of the Islah leaders, which was rejected.
https://en.ypagency.net/248113/
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Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are leading a devastating military campaign and brutal siege against Yemen, are reportedly making preparations to hand over the control of the country’s Southeastern province of Shabwah to Al-Qaeda terrorists.
[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni military sources, who preferred not to be named, told Yemen News Portal website that the Saudi-led coalition is seeking to transfer several militant brigades, which include groups from Salafist and Al-Qaeda-linked groups, to Shabwah.
The sources added that the Riyadh regime had ordered Major General Ibrahim Haydan, Yemen's interior minister in the administration of fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, to direct pro-Hadi forces in neighboring Abyan Province to facilitate the passage of Salafisit militants and members of the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorist group to the oil-producing region.
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UAE occupation forces deploy foreign mercenaries in Socotra
The United Arab Emirates) UAE) occupation forces have transferred dozens of mercenaries of foreign nationality to islands in Yemen’s Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
This was reported by Yemen News Portal on Saturday, based on the testimonies of local sources.
According to the local sources, the UAE had transferred a batch of African and Asian mercenaries to the western islands of the archipelago and had been stationed on the Island of Abd al Kuri.
The transfer of foreign mercenaries coincides with Abu Dhabi’s establishment of military bases on the islands of Abd al Kuri and Samhah , west of the Socotra archipelago province.
Another batch of mercenaries has been deployed in other sensitive areas, including the port, airport and outlets in Hadibo, the center of the Socotra archipelago province, the sources added.
https://en.ypagency.net/248028/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/25/uae-transfers-new-mercenary-units-to-socotra/
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Hadramout people demand liberation of oil fields from terrorist groups
Thousands of loyalists to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) demonstrated on Saturday in Mukalla city, the capital of Hadramout province.
The demonstrators called on the Saudi-led coalition leadership to dismiss the Hadramout governor in Hadi’s government, “Faraj Al-Bahsani,” and to combat what they called corruption and the looting of the province’s oil and fish resources.
They renewed their demand to liberate the oil exploration and production operations in Hadramout and Shabwa provinces from the influence of groups sponsoring terrorism and influential forces mired in corruption.
The participants in the demonstration stressed the need to expel “First Military Region” forces, affiliated with Islah Party, from the Valley and Sahara districts, and deploy the “Hadrami Elite” militia funded by the UAE in their stead.
This comes after the STC called for the so-called “Hadrami uprising,” in the middle of this month, to put an end to Islah’s seizure of oil and fish wealth in Hadramout.
It is noteworthy that the STC had threatened in the middle of last week with stopping the export of crude oil and targeting the oil vessels in Al-Dhaba port in Hadramout.
https://en.ypagency.net/248077/
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Yemen.. Hadramout tribes threaten to stop oil exports unless the government responds to their demands
Thousands of people from the Yemeni governorate of Hadhramaut gathered, on Saturday evening, in the city of Mukalla, to express their support for the popular protests in the governorate, and their support for continuing to prevent the export of oil wealth.
Thousands from different regions of Hadhramaut came to the city of Mukalla, the capital of the oil-rich governorate, to support and support the “popular uprising” that the governorate has been witnessing for three weeks, in rejection of the deteriorating economic and living conditions and the continuation of the export of oil derivatives and fish from the governorate.
The protesters raised the flags of the “state of South Yemen” that existed before the declaration of Yemeni unity with the north in May 1990.
The tribes of the governorate warned the internationally recognized government of the consequences of ignoring the service and development demands of the governorate, and threatened to stop the export of oil from the Dabba port if those demands were not met.
https://middleeast.in-24.com/world/526837.html
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tribes are threatening to block oil exports in the eastern oil-rich province of Hadhramaut unless the local government meets their demands, including lowering fuel prices, allocating enough fuel for power plants and addressing security challenges in the province.
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1474974414383026182
and, before:
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Before-its-launch-transitional-council-in-hadramout-mukallas-rally-of-million-is-a-message-to-the-corrupt
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Yemen President Fires Governor of Oil-Rich Shabwa Province
Yemen President Abdu Rabbuh Mansur Hadi fired the governor of the oil-rich province of Shabwa, Mohammed bin Adyo, who has criticized the presence of United Arab Emirates troops at a liquid natural gas plant in Balhaf, Shabwa. In a decree published by Saba news agency, Hadi appointed Sheikh Awadh Mohammed Alaulaqi as the new governor. The decree also said bin Adyo had been appointed to the post of adviser to the president, but in a separate statement, bin Adyo said he turned it down. Bin Adyo said in his statement that he knew that he would pay a price for standing with Yemen national interests and sovereignty. The dismissal of bin Adyo who belongs to the Islah Islamist party, an affiliate of Muslim Brotherhood, came after big tribal rallies led by the newly appointed governor and the separatist Southern Transitional Council, which was insisting that bin Adyo should be removed. The STC welcomed in a statement the dismissal of bin Adyo.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-25/yemen-president-fires-governor-of-oil-rich-shabwa-province = https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/yemen-president-fires-governor-of-oil-rich-shabwa-province
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Coalition-appointed governor dismissed, his powers officially transferred
The exiled President Hadi on Thursday transferred the powers of Saudi-led coalition-appointed governor of Shabwah, loyal to al-Islah party, Mohammad Saleh bin Adiu to someone else, following the signing of an agreement to formally dismiss him.
Hadi signed a decision late Wednesday to “uproot the Muslim Brotherhood, Islah party from all state facilities in Shabwah during a meeting with Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman.
Local sources in Shabwah said that Hadi’s directive sought to take over the deputy first governor Abdul Quwai Al-Nassi to manage its affairs until a new governor is agreed upon.
The conflict over the new governor continues to rage
https://en.ypagency.net/247865/
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Bin Edeiw (along with Marib's Al-Erada) are the last two governors loyal to Hadi. Hadi had systematically sacked his loyalists from key offices and appointed non-loyalists under Saudi influences that are not so benign. Now neither sitting prime minister nor any of the provincial governors (save one) answer to Hadi. One can say that Hadi's already nominal rule has come to an end and his so-called Al-Shar'iya (the legitimate government) is no longer an existing stakeholder in the country, regardless of whom the Coalition employs in the future – maybe Hadi himself - to claim otherwise.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52840
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Bin Adio reveals reasons behind his oust
Mohammed Saleh bin Adio on Saturday revealed secret of decision to oust him from the post of governor of Shabwah and refused to accept his new post.
“We appreciate that the pressure exerted on the political leadership is very high,” Bin Adio said in a series of tweets on twitter this evening.
Bin Adio refused to appoint him as Hadi’s adviser, preferring to live as a citizen, he said.
https://en.ypagency.net/248139/
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Local activists & civil groups are calling for a demonstration in Ataq city tomorrow after the friday prayer in support of Shabwah's Governor Mr. @Mbinadeow to protest his "yet to be confirmed" replacement, as mounting pressure is applied on the president in Riyadh to replace him
https://twitter.com/majd_gawdat/status/1474071767438303234
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STC calls for popular uprising in Shabwa
UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia called for the so-called Shabwana uprising to move against the authorities of the Islah party in all Shabwa province’s districts.
Activists on social media loyal to the STC explained that the Shabwana uprising comes to curb the exploitation of the province’s oil wealth by the leaders of the Islah, following Saudi Arabia’s summoning of the Hadi governor Bin Adio to Riyadh earlier this week.
https://en.ypagency.net/247889/
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Shabwa witnesses angry demonstration rejecting decision to dismiss governor
Thousands of people demonstrated on Friday in Ataq city, the capital of Shabwa province, eastern Yemen, in rejection of the Saudi-led coalition’s decision to dismiss the governor, Mohammed Saleh bin Adyo.
The demonstrators raised pictures of the governor, bin Adyo, amid chants of demanding the departure of the coalition, considering the prevention of bin Adyo’s return to Ataq as a blatant interference with the work of the local authority in Shabwa.
The participants in the demonstration, called by Shabwa activists, refused the dismissal of bin Adyo, warning that would be drawn into the dismantling of the social fabric in the province.
https://en.ypagency.net/247949/
Photos: https://twitter.com/TheYemenMirror/status/1474850608737837059
https://twitter.com/majd_gawdat/status/1474320224723902464
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President Hadi Saturday appointed a new governor for Shabwa province. Ex-governor Bin Adyo was fired for demanding UAE forces and UAE-backed militias to evacuate LNG Plant, sources revealed. Anyway, Houthis blessed Hadi's move and asked him to fire Marib governor as well.
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1474881273936191489
and http://en.adenpress.news/news/34269
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STC welcomes appointment of new governor in Shabwa
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) welcomes the appointment of Awad Mohammed Abdullah al-Awlaki as governor of Shabwa, the STC spokesman, Ali Abdullah Al-Kathiri said in a statement on Saturday.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34267
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Massive demonstrations took place in Taiz on Friday afternoon over the same reason and over the corruption of the local government /Multiple sources
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52819
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Clashes between local tribes and Saudi-led forces take place in Shabwah
Violent clashes broke out between tribesmen and forces loyal to the Hadi government and Islah Party in the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwah
This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on the testimonies of local sources. According to the Sources, tribal gunmen prevented a truck carrying a drilling rig belonging to the Al-Oqla oil field from passing through the Al-Ma’ashar area north of Ataq.
Subsequently, the so-called Al-Oqla Field Protection Force attacked the two tribal gunmen, triggering violent clashes between the two sides. The clashes left five soldiers wounded in addition to causing the burning of a military pickup vehicle, the sources explained.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/24/clashes-between-local-tribes-and-saudi-led-forces-take-place-in-shabwah/ = https://en.ypagency.net/247937/
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Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs Hails Saudi Arabia's Efforts in Supporting Yemen
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2315581
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Aden YPC makes another cut in petrol prices
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) has announced a reduction in petrol prices by 24 percent as of Thursday, the second cut in 10 days.
The price of one litter of petrol will decrease from 930 to 660 Yemeni rials, the Aden-based YPC said in a release, in order to "alleviate people burdens, and in line with the increase of foreign cash exchange rates."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28193.html
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Hadi reiterates Yemeni-Saudi agreement to counter Iranian expansion
The Yemeni President on Wednesday reiterated agreement with Saudi Arabia on the decisive issue of countering the Iranian expansionism, according to the Riyadh-based Saba.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28199.html
My comment: There isn’t any “Iranian expansion” in Yemen, while Saudi and UAE expansion is evident.
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Finance Minister in “Hadi government” announces stage comprehensive collapse
The Minister of Finance in the “Hadi government” backed by Saudi-led coalition, Salem bin Burik, on Thursday confirmed that the government is unable to address the deterioration of the economy in Aden and other southern provinces.
Bin Burik explained that the local economy and the government finances are witnessing an unprecedented collapse, indicating that the deterioration in state institutions in Aden precedes the stage of comprehensive collapse. He called on the European Union to support the economy and the local currency.
https://en.ypagency.net/247881/
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Pro-Saudi commander assassinated in Abyan
Unknown gunmen have on Wednesday assassinated a security official loyal to the Saudi-led coalition in Abyan province, southern Yemen, pro-coalition media reported citing sources
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/23/pro-saudi-commander-assassinated-in-abyan/
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-779b-yemen-war-mosaic-779b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-778-yemen-war-mosaic-778
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-778 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-778:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose oder / or http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
Der saudische Luftkrieg im Bild / Saudi aerial war images:
(18 +, Nichts für Sensible!) / (18 +; Graphic!)
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
http://yemendataproject.org/data/
Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:
Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:
