Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 780, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 780, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-780-yemen-war-mosaic-780
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp1b Am wichtigsten: Huthis beschlagnahmen Militärfrachtschiff unter der Flagge der Emirate / Most important: Houthis seize UAE-flagged military cargo ship
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
Siehe / Look at cp8a
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Top conservative Saudi cleric who once headed judiciary dies
An influential Saudi cleric who once served for years as head of the kingdom’s Shariah courts and whose ultraconservative views sparked outcry died on Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy that mirrored the kingdom’s decades-long slide toward Wahhabism.
#Saudi extremist & terror supporters who served as #Saudi chief justice for over 20 years has died. Although Saleh Al-Luhaidan was involved in inciting #Saudis to kill #Americans #Iraq, he was never condemned let alone sanctioned 1-4
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1478565328154148865
and as a reminder from 2006: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7645118
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France opens terrorism probe over rally team blast in Saudi
French prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a terrorism investigation into an explosion that went off under a French vehicle involved in the Dakar rally in Saudi Arabia.
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This handsome young man Zaid AlRougi was arrested by #Saudi Clan regime 2 years ago for talking about unemployment & is still missing. It’s time for the civilized to sanction the culprit @pss_en
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1478017977299738630
referring to https://twitter.com/m3takl/status/1477973012297269257
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Turkey's Erdogan says he will visit Saudi Arabia in February
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he will make a visit next month to Saudi Arabia, whose ties with Ankara have been strained in recent years.
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Gulf Cooperation Council reveals straining Saudi-UAE ties, puts US interests at risk
This year was marked by economic competition between the 2 countries where UAE focussed on ending old disputes to promote domestic economy & Saudi Arabia was on a quest to attract investments.
For me, the widening divergence of economic, security and foreign-policy interests between the kingdom and the confederation of emirates was one of the most important stories of 2021. How the contest plays out will have a large bearing not only on the affairs of the Arabian Peninsula but on the geopolitics of the wider Middle East. In particular, it poses a challenge for the U.S., which has long relied on the friendship between the two states as a bulwark against Iran.
Some of the differences between Saudi Arabia and the UAE stem from economic choices made by their leaders, others from contrasting security calculations and still others from ideological considerations. These haven’t yet added up to open antagonism between them, certainly nothing in the nature of the naked hostility they jointly directed at Qatar during a three-year economic embargo that ended at the start of 2021.
The Saudi-Emirati rivalry is certain to sharpen, however. Eventually, the deepening tensions will put businesses and investors in the awkward position of having to choose between them for political rather than economic reasons.
For the Biden administration, any deepening of divisions between the Arab Gulf allies potentially weakens American pressure on Iran, as well as presenting a diplomatic headache in and of itself. And it would bode ill for the next GCC summit, in Oman, next year.
Not that you would be able to tell from the communiqué, of course.
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Film: Saudi Arabia is among the top ten countries in terms of military spending in the world, yet it was not able to confront the Yemeni army in any ground battle and the kingdom relies on foreign mercenaries to protect its borders with #Yemen
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1476203362886598666
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In Saudi Arabia, a rabbi angles to lead a Jewish community that doesn’t exist
Jacob Herzog is loudly trying to build Jewish life in a country where non-Islamic displays are forbidden, raising concerns among local Jews who prefer to stay under the radar
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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Joe Biden Promised To Take On Saudi Arabia Over Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudis Won.
Biden pledged to root his foreign policy in values like human rights, but didn't apply that standard to the long and morally dubious U.S.–Saudi relationship.
The Saudi Strategy
Saudi Arabia quickly realized that Khashoggi’s murder threatened its relationship with its most important foreign backer. But after decades of working in Washington, the regime also knew America’s levers of power — and how to collaborate with useful players in the U.S. and abroad.
MBS deployed one of his favorite tactics: presenting his rule as the answer to complaints about his country’s historic problems. In 2019, Riyadh appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar as the new Saudi ambassador to the U.S. She became the first female ambassador in the history of a country that had only lifted its ban on female drivers in 2017. MBS’s circle promoted both Bandar’s appointment and the end of the driving ban as proof of the prince’s open-mindedness rather than a result of the long struggle of activist Saudi women — many of whom the crown prince had jailed.
Bandar charmed even skeptical U.S. policymakers at receptions and official meetings, one State Department official told HuffPost shortly after her arrival.
The D.C. charm offensive drew on prominent lobbying firms who stood by the Saudis — notably Qorvis and Hogan Lovells — and the kingdom’s ties to influential lawmakers, particularly hawks who see Saudi Arabia as a bulwark against Iran and Republicans wary of challenging one of Trump’s favorite foreign partners.
Simultaneously, the Saudis were trying a more unconventional tactic using a new ally: the Iowa-based PR firm Larson Shannahan Slifka Group, also known as LS2. Since the fall of 2019, LS2 has publicized Bandar and other Saudi officials far beyond Washington. In Arizona and Maine, Sioux Falls and Philadelphia, Saudi representatives have tried to sell MBS’s narrative to college students, women in business, Jewish communities and fans of small-town radio.
In pitching events, the firm doesn’t pretend the Khashoggi killing never happened, according to a university professor who spoke with LS2 about a potential event and requested anonymity to protect relationships: “They’re saying, we know the perception and that it’s not easy.”
Biden’s Betrayal
As president, Biden started off by making good on campaign promises about Saudi Arabia.
Biden has shown he is willing to pressure the Saudis, to ease the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, for instance, and to satisfy the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, whose perpetrators were mostly Saudi citizens. He still has the chance to get tough for the sake of human rights.
If he doesn’t, he’ll risk further brutality and fuel cynicism among people like Mohamed Soltan, a prominent Egyptian American activist who, like many in his generation, saw Khashoggi as a mentor.
Soltan, who regularly speaks with administration officials, said Biden could once again demonstrate that America’s ideals matter little compared to political expediency — that concern for Khashoggi was simply driven by “anti-Trump stuff.”
“This is an administration that came at a time when domestically there was a real threat to our democracy,” he said. “They came in talking a big game about centering human rights in our foreign policy, and they just don’t walk the walk.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia_n_61898e32e4b06de3eb794391
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Jamal Khashoggi killers living in luxury villas in Riyadh, say witnesses
Exclusive: Reports of hit squad members living freely casts further doubt on Saudi claims that justice has been served
At least three members of a Saudi hit squad convicted by the kingdom of murdering Jamal Khashoggi are living and working “in seven-star accommodation” inside a government-run security compound in Riyadh, according to a source connected to senior members of Saudi intelligence.
The assassins are believed to be staying in villas and buildings run by Saudi Arabia’s State Security agency – far from the walls of its infamous prisons. The source has spoken to two witnesses who claim to have seen the men. They said family members frequently visit the men, who are able to use a gym and workspaces on the site.
All were sentenced before a Saudi court, in a trial broadly condemned as a sham – though only one of them, Salah al-Tubaigy – was named. Some received death sentences, which were later commuted to life terms.
The sightings cast further doubt on Riyadh’s claims to be holding the killers to account and come as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s most trusted adviser, Saud al-Qahtani has re-emerged in the royal court after three years in hiding. Qahtani was acquitted of any involvement, despite a western intelligence assessment that he had masterminded the assassination at Prince Mohammed’s behest.
The source confirmed that Tubaigy, the forensic scientist who dismembered Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, was one of those seen inside the facility. Mustafa al-Madani, the body double dispatched by the hit squad team to create the ruse that Khashoggi left the consulate alive, has also been seen, as has Mansour Abahussein, who is accused of leading the operation.
Both witnesses have visited the compound on several occasions in the past two years. They say the men were relaxed and appeared to be performing normal duties. Visitors, including caterers, gardeners, technicians and family members, frequently attend the compound, according to the intelligence source.
The sightings of Tubaigy, Abahussein and Madani took place in late 2019 and towards the middle of 2020.
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp8a, cp9a
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Biden’s Arms Sales Policy In 2021: A Year of Missed Opportunities
Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s apparent commitment to arms sales restraint began to unravel within months of his initial foreign policy address. A dispute arose over what constituted arms being supplied to Saudi Arabia for “offensive” versus “defensive” purposes, and the administration rebuffed members of Congress who sought clarification on that crucial point. The Biden team signed off on the $24 billion arms package to the UAE despite that nation’s ongoing interference in Yemen.
There were reasons given for all of the above sales, from bolstering allies against Iran or China, to defending the Saudis from Houthi missile attacks, to maintaining relations with longstanding allies who might cooperate on counter-terror initiatives or other U.S. objectives. But none of these arguments justify arming human rights abusers and enabling reckless military establishments like those in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or the Philippines.
There is still time for the Biden administration to change course. It is about to announce its Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) policy, which is supposed to serve as basic guidance for the administration’s arms sales decision making going forward.
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‘They have massive influence.’ How Raytheon turned a potentially hard year into a good one.
When Biden took over, it seemed Raytheon, which does a large business in Saudi Arabia, was in for a tough year. That didn’t happen.
A few days after Biden’s inauguration, CEO Greg Hayes told investors that he expected a major arms deal with a “Middle East” customer could be scrapped, writing off over $500 million in potential sales for an offensive weapon system. But when asked if the new administration would change the company’s financial outlook, and specifically business in the Middle East, Hayes wasn’t too worried.
“Peace is not going to break out in the Middle East anytime soon,” he said. “I think it remains an area where we’ll continue to see solid growth.”
Today, the murky outlook for one of Massachusetts’ largest employers seems clearer, defense experts said, and growth seems to be an accurate assessment. Raytheon’s stock price has climbed 25 percent; the company has dodged congressional pressure to block billions in arms sales to Riyadh; and it has made seminal advances into new weapons technology that could become lucrative as Washington enters an arms race with China.
Brian Garvey, the assistant director of Massachusetts Peace Action, which advocates against Raytheon, said the company’s “unexpectedly good year” did not surprise him, specifically noting the power the company carries among lawmakers in Washington.
“Raytheon likes to claim ... it doesn’t make policy,” he said in an interview. “But in fact, because of their lobbying, and the revolving door, they have massive influence on policy.”
More so than other defense contractors, a key part of Raytheon’s growth over the years has stemmed from arms sales to foreign countries, Saudi Arabia chief among them. The company’s history with the kingdom dates to the 1960s, and in 2017, it established a permanent presence in the country in a ceremony witnessed by Trump and the king of Saudi Arabia. In 2018, Saudi Arabia comprised roughly 5 percent of Raytheon’s annual sales, about $340 million.
But as a new administration came to power in Washington, that relationship made it particularly difficult to gauge how Raytheon might fare.
When the Biden administration took over, things seemed like they would change. The administration quickly put a temporary freeze on Saudi arms sales, threatening a chunk of Raytheon’s business.
M eanwhile, the Biden administration opposed the anti-Saudi action, upsetting arms control activists who felt the administration was backing down on its tough stance against Saudi Arabia.
William Hartung, a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a foreign policy think tank, said that the turn of events to Raytheon’s favor was a “moral stain” on federal lawmakers, and suggested one reason sales to Saudi Arabia have turned out differently than expected.
“Historically, Raytheon has used all the lobbying clout at its disposal to block any decisions that would limit its arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other repressive regimes,” he said in an e-mail. “This case was likely no different.”
Raytheon spent $12.7 million on federal lobbying in 2021, according to OpenSecrets, a government transparency nonprofit, more than any other defense contractor. At the same time, the Government Accountability Office, a watchdog agency, found in September that Raytheon employed more former Defense Department officials — roughly 315 — than any other major defense contractor.
Now, with 2022 looming, it appears Raytheon is positioning itself to take advantage of the Biden administration’s shift toward China.
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Bidens „Diplomatie ist zurück“ scheitert, Nahostpolitik 2021 ein kläglicher Flop
Der einzige wirkliche Unterschied zwischen Biden und Trump in der Außenpolitik besteht darin, dass anstelle von gemeinen Tweets eine respektvollere Sprache verwendet wird, um dem neuen Präsidenten den Anschein von Seriosität zu verleihen.
Obwohl Präsident Joe Biden Anfang des Jahres behauptet hat, dass „die Diplomatie zurück ist“ und dass er den Krieg im Jemen beenden, das Iran-Atomabkommen wiederbeleben und mehrere andere Probleme lösen würde, war seine Außenpolitik im Nahen Osten in Wirklichkeit genauso schädlich für die Region wie die seines Vorgängers.
„Dieser Krieg muss beendet werden… wir beenden jegliche amerikanische Unterstützung für offensive Operationen im Krieg im Jemen, einschließlich relevanter Waffenverkäufe“, sagte Biden Anfang Februar in seiner ersten Rede vor der amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit über den außenpolitischen Ansatz seiner Regierung. Bei dieser Rede wurde er von seinen Anhängern mit Lob überschüttet, doch jetzt, Ende Dezember, hat sich der Krieg weiter verschärft, und UN-Experten schätzen die Zahl der Todesopfer bis Ende des Jahres auf insgesamt 377 000.
Zu allem Überfluss haben die USA gerade einen weiteren Waffenverkauf an Riad im Wert von 650 Millionen Dollar genehmigt, während Saudi-Arabien städtische Zentren in der jemenitischen Hauptstadt Sana’a bombardiert, darunter den wichtigsten Flughafen des Landes und ein Entbindungskrankenhaus. Anstatt ihre Unterstützung für die „Offensivaktionen“ der Saudis zurückzuziehen und die Waffenverkäufe zu beenden, hat die Regierung Biden genau das Gegenteil getan – und nichts unternommen, als der Krieg nur wenige Wochen nach den Erklärungen des Präsidenten eskalierte und einen anhaltenden blutigen Kampf um die Kontrolle der ölreichen Provinz Marib entfachte.
Der Jemen ist bei weitem kein Einzelfall, in dem die Biden-Regierung das eine sagt und das Gegenteil tut, sondern ist vielleicht die dringendste aller Nahost-Angelegenheiten, die es zu lösen gilt, wenn man die schiere Zahl der zivilen Opfer bedenkt, die die Aufrechterhaltung des Status quo erwarten.
Biden hat auch die von Trump verbreiteten Verschwörungstheorien weitergeführt, wonach der Iran derzeit ein geheimes Atomwaffenprogramm betreibt und eine Massenvernichtungswaffe herstellt. Im August, als er neben dem israelischen Premierminister stand, sagte Biden auf einer öffentlichen Pressekonferenz, wenn die Diplomatie den Iran nicht davon abhalten könne, eine Atomwaffe zu entwickeln, sei er „bereit, andere Optionen in Betracht zu ziehen“. Die größten Befürworter eines Krieges gegen den Iran sind natürlich die Israelis, die seit 30 Jahren behaupten, der Iran stehe kurz davor, eine Atomwaffe zu erlangen. Im Januar behauptete Israels oberster General Aviv Kochavi, dass der Iran „Monate, vielleicht sogar Wochen“ davon entfernt sei, Atomwaffen zu erhalten, eine Behauptung, die inzwischen auf „höchstens 5 Jahre“ revidiert wurde. Trotz der offensichtlichen Unwahrheiten, die über die angeblichen Atomwaffen des Irans verbreitet wurden, war Israels Einfluss auf die harte Haltung der Biden-Administration gegenüber dem Iran unangefochten.
Das erste Jahr der „Diplomatie zuerst“-Politik der Biden-Regierung im Nahen Osten ist so ausgegangen, wie es viele Veteranen der US-Wahlen vorhergesagt hatten. Tatsächlich besteht der einzige wirkliche Unterschied zwischen Biden und Trump in der Außenpolitik darin, dass anstelle von gemeinen Tweets eine respektvollere Sprache verwendet wird, um dem neuen Präsidenten den Anschein von Seriosität zu verleihen, während er seine allzu bekannte gewalttätige und imperialistische Außenpolitik im Nahen Osten weiterführt.
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Biden’s “Diplomacy Is Back” Falls Flat as 2021 Middle East Policy a Miserable Flop
By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability.
Despite President Joe Biden having claimed earlier this year that “diplomacy is back” and that he would end the war in Yemen, revive the Iran Nuclear Deal and settle several other issues, in reality his Middle East foreign policy has been just as detrimental to the region as was that of his predecessor.
“This war has to end…we’re ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arm sales,” Biden said in early February during his first address to the U.S. public on his administration’s foreign policy approach. It was a speech that saw him showered with the praise of his supporters, yet we are now in late December and the war has only intensified, with UN experts estimating that the total death toll by the end of the year will be 377,000.
To make things even worse, as Saudi Arabia’s bombs target urban centers in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, including the country’s primary airport and a maternity hospital, the U.S. just approved another $650 million weapons sale to Riyadh. Instead of withdrawing their support for the Saudis’ “offensive actions” and ending weapons sales, the Biden administration has done the exact opposite – and took no action when the war escalated just weeks after the president’s statements, igniting an ongoing bloody battle for control of oil-rich Marib province.
Yemen is far from an isolated case of the Biden administration saying one thing and doing the opposite, but is perhaps the most urgent of all Middle East matters to resolve, given the sheer number of civilian casualties that await perpetuation of the status quo.
Biden has also carried on the conspiracy theories peddled by Trump that Iran currently operates a secret nuclear weapons program and is producing a weapon of mass destruction. In August, as he stood next to Israel’s prime minister, Biden said at a public press conference that if diplomacy fails to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, he “is prepared to turn to other options.” Of course the top cheerleaders for war against Iran have been the Israelis, who have claimed for 30 years that Iran is on the cusp of acquiring a nuclear weapon. In January, Israel’s top general, Aviv Kochavi, claimed that Iran was “months, maybe even weeks” away from getting nuclear weapons, a claim that has since been revised to be “5 years, tops.” Despite the evident falsehoods espoused about Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons, Israel’s sway over the Biden administration’s hardline stance on Iran has been unchallenged.
The Biden administration’s first year of “diplomacy first” policy in the Middle East has closed as many veterans of U.S. elections predicted. By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability, while carrying on an all-too-familiar violent and imperialistic Middle East foreign policy.
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The United States of America chose Yemen as a location for training its combat aircraft, in partnership with Saudi Arabia, in carrying out a direct military operation with the aim of what it called “deterring regional aggressors”. “dvidshub” website of US forces released pictures of US planes and American officers and pilots at King Fahd Air Base in Taif while equipping aircraft with missiles، in order to carry out a joint air operation. According to the site, “the exercises not only allowed both countries to conduct valuable training in the air, but also allowed United States to exercise its combat recruitment capabilities, through the use of multi-capability pilots, pre-existing equipment and air transport operations to quickly park, and recruitment of forces at King Fahd Air Base. The site indicated that American F-16 Fighting Falcons and the Saudi F-15 Strike Eagles flew alongside. The units used their time to improve procedures and forge greater interoperability between the two countries. These exercises coincided with intense bombing operations in Yemen targeting a number of cities, including the capital, #Sanaa. It was observed that new types of weapons were used, which makes it likely that #Washington will take #Yemen as a theater for this operation.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1476993169057271809
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp9
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There’s talk of a military option against Iran. Here’s why it’s unlikely.
Could Iran’s program be contained by a military attack? And what would be the consequences in terms of collateral damage and regional instability?
Iran, despite being the target of numerous sanctions and embargos, has managed to improve its combat capabilities, learning from and sometimes copying technologies from the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran simultaneously used several effective strategies to increase its deterrent capabilities, including increasing the budget for research and development of defense industries and armed forces (especially for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC); changing the essence of its military doctrine to stress asymmetric and low-cost tactics; developing and dispersing its nuclear facilities; establishing and strengthening allied paramilitary groups in Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and the Gaza Strip; and stopping short of reaching an irreversible level of nuclear power.
Using these strategies and benefiting from the mistakes of its adversaries, Iran has become a key player in the Middle East
US military officials have acknowledged Iran’s growing military prowess, particularly in the area of ballistic missiles. “Iran’s missiles have become a more immediate threat than its nuclear program,” General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command, told The New Yorker. “Now they [Iran] can strike effectively across the breadth and depth of the Middle East. They could strike with accuracy, and they could strike with volume.”
Other factors make a war with Iran unappealing.
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#Saudi FM: Our hands are extended to our brothers #Iran if they address the Arab concerns regarding the security and stability of the region
https://twitter.com/TehranDC/status/1478025678251560967 and https://twitter.com/AlarabyTV/status/1477964074688430086
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The Middle East Seeks Alternatives as the U.S. Leaves and Iran Returns
In the new year, local alliances will replace international coalitions. The process dividing the region into American- and Russian-led blocs is falling apart (paywalled)
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IRGC: The US-Zionist threats against Iran are only hollow statements
Iran’s Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Quds Force, Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh said on Friday that the threats from the US- Zionists are part of the psychological war against Iran, explaining that they cannot take any action.
“The American and Zionist threats are just hollow statements, coming in the context of psychological warfare,” Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh told Mehr News Agency.
“The resistance soldiers will not turn a blind eye until the divine promise of destroying the Zionist entity is fulfilled and the false American plans in the region are thwarted,” he added.
He described the “United States and the Zionist entity” as the “front of evil”
https://en.ypagency.net/248709/
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Saudi-Arabiens König wirft Iran Gefährdung regionaler Sicherheit vor
Zwischen den regionalen Schwergewichten gibt es immense Spannungen im Jemen-Konflikt
Vor dem Hintergrund großer regionaler Spannungen hat Saudi-Arabiens König Salman den Iran aufgefordert, sein "negatives Verhalten" in der Region einzustellen. "Wir verfolgen mit großer Besorgnis die destabilisierende Politik des Iran für die Sicherheit in der Region", sagte der Monarch am Donnerstag in einer vom Fernsehen übertragenen Rede vor dem Schura-Rat, dem wichtigsten politischen Beratergremium in Riad.
Riad hoffe, dass Teheran "seine Politik und sein negatives Verhalten in der Region ändert und den Weg in Richtung Dialog und Kooperation einschlägt", sagte Salman
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The Looming Threat of a Nuclear Crisis with Iran
The Biden Administration faces a potential confrontation with a longtime rival that is better armed and more hard-line than at any time in its modern history.
The Russian envoy, Mikhail Ulyanov, described the Vienna process as one of the strangest in modern diplomacy. “The aim isn’t to update an agreement or elaborate a new one,” he tweeted. “The goal is to restore a nearly ruined deal piece by piece. Was there a similar exercise in the history of international relations? I can not recollect anything like that. Can you?”
The bizarre diplomacy, Malley told me, took on unprecedented urgency in November. “We’ve seen Iran’s nuclear program expand, and we’ve seen Tehran become more belligerent, more bellicose in its regional activities,” he said. “They are miscalculating and playing with fire.”
The stakes extend well beyond Iran. The world’s nuclear order, already perilous, is now at risk of unravelling. Nuclear pacts hammered out in the last century are dated or fraying, as the U.S., Russia, and China modernize their arsenals.
In the Middle East, Israel has had a nuclear weapon since the late nineteen-sixties. Saudi officials have also threatened to pursue the bomb if Iran obtains one.
Both Washington and Tehran are violating the deal. A year after Trump abandoned the accord and launched his “maximum pressure” campaign, Tehran began breaching its obligations. It installed IR-6 centrifuges—which are much faster than the IR-1s allowed by the deal—and developed even more efficient models, including the IR-9.
The first six rounds of diplomacy this spring, Malley told me, made “real progress.” In June, he presented a nuclear package that included ending most of Trump’s sanctions. “The collective sense of everybody—obviously the Europeans, the Russians and Chinese, but also the Iranian delegation at the time—was that we could see the outlines of a deal,” he said. “If each side was prepared to make the necessary compromises, we could get there.”
The wild card is Israel. In September, at the U.N. General Assembly, the new Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, charged that Iran’s nuclear program had “hit a watershed moment, and so has our tolerance. Words do not stop centrifuges from spinning.” Israel is due to soon begin training for possible military strikes on Iran.
Iran now has the largest known underground complexes in the Middle East housing nuclear and missile programs. Most of the tunnels are in the west, facing Israel, or on the southern coast, across from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf sheikhdoms.
The Biden Administration has hoped to use progress on the nuclear deal to eventually broaden diplomacy and include Iran’s neighbors in talks on reducing regional tensions. “Even if we can revive the J.C.P.O.A., those problems are going to continue to poison the region and risk destabilizing it,” Malley told me. “If they continue, the response will be robust.”
It may be too late. Tehran has shown no willingness to barter over its missiles as it has with its nuclear program
The United States military is still vastly more powerful than anything built or imagined in Iran. Yet Iran has proved to be an increasingly shrewd rival.
Iran is better armed and its military and political powerbrokers more hard-line than at any time in its modern history. The nuclear deal could be just the beginning—and the easier part of the Iran challenge for an eighth American President.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-looming-threat-of-a-nuclear-crisis-with-iran
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Analysis: As US focus wanes, Mideast turns inward for talks
After years of looking abroad for answers, countries in the Middle East now appear to instead be talking to each other to find solutions following two decades defined by war and political upheaval.
The American withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq have played a part in that change. Once ostracized autocracies such as President Bashar Assad in Syria, and shunned former top figures such as Moammar Gadhafi’s son in Libya, are back in the political arena amid the still smoldering ruins of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
Much remains unsettled and this inward search may not provide the answers most want. There are no quick fixes to Lebanon’s unprecedented economic free-fall, the plight of Afghans desperate to flee the country’s new Taliban rulers and Iran’s increasingly hard-line stance over its nuclear program.
But the diplomatic maneuvering signals a growing realization across the region that America’s interest is moving elsewhere and that now is the time for negotiations that were unthinkable just a year ago.
The United States still maintains a strong military presence, including bases across the wider Mideast.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-iran-syria-libya-africa-db928110706933c31dd10a755c1d6fae
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Rüstungsexportstopp für Saudi-Arabien soll bleiben
Die neue Bundesregierung von SPD, Grünen und FDP will den Rüstungsexportstopp für Saudi-Arabien im kommenden Jahr fortsetzen.
Unklar ist aber noch, ob sie wie die Vorgängerregierung von Union und SPD Ausnahmen für Gemeinschaftsprojekte mit Bündnispartnern zulässt. Das geht aus Antworten des vom Grünen-Vizekanzler Robert Habeck geführten Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klima auf Anfragen der Deutschen Presse-Agentur hervor.
Die an Silvester auslaufende Regelung sieht vor, dass für Gemeinschaftsprodukte weiterhin Teile zugeliefert werden können, um Rüstungsprojekte mit Nato-Partnern wie Frankreich oder Großbritannien nicht zu blockieren. So durften zum Beispiel Teile für eine geplante Lieferung des Kampfjets „Eurofighter“ an Saudi-Arabien aus Deutschland beigesteuert werden.
Auf die Frage, ob diese Regelung verlängert wird, teilte das Wirtschaftsministerium mit, dass für Saudi-Arabien die sogenannte Jemen-Klausel aus dem Koalitionsvertrag greife. „Wir erteilen keine Exportgenehmigungen für Rüstungsgüter an Staaten, solange diese nachweislich unmittelbar am Jemen-Krieg beteiligt sind“, heißt es dort. Auf die Nachfrage, ob das auch die Lieferungen für Gemeinschaftsprojekte einschließe, antwortete das Ministerium: „Entsprechende Entscheidungen stehen gegenwärtig nicht an.“ Zu einem „hypothetischen Sachverhalt“ wolle man sich nicht äußern.
https://www.fr.de/politik/ruestungsexportstopp-fuer-saudi-arabien-soll-bleiben-zr-91210339.html?cmp=defrss = https://www.stern.de/news/beteiligung-am-jemen-krieg-ruestungsexportstopp-fuer-saudi-arabien-soll-bleiben-31464110.html
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Hisbollah-Chef wirft Saudi-Arabien Terrorismusexport vor
Der Hisbollah-Generalsekretär Hassan Nasrallah warf in einer Fernsehansprache am Montag Saudi-Arabien "Terrorismusexport" vor. Nasrallah machte Riad für die Verbreitung extremistischer islamistischer Ideologie (Wahhabi-Daeshi-Ideologie) weltweit verantwortlich. Das Königreich sei entschieden gegen jeden, der Terroristen im Irak und in Syrien bekämpft habe, sagte der Hisbollah-Führer.
Nasrallah machte Saudi-Arabien auch für das Entsenden saudischer Selbstmordattentäter nach Syrien und in den Irak sowie für den Krieg im Jemen verantwortlich. Nasrallah bezeichnete die "verheerende Militäraggression" unter Führung Saudi-Arabiens im Jemen als "US-Projekt" und unterstrich, dass Saudi-Arabien einfach Washingtons Szenarien in seinem krisengeschüttelten Nachbarland durchspielt.
https://de.rt.com/der-nahe-osten/129346-hisbollah-chef-wirft-saudi-arabien/
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Nasrallah: The terrorist is the one who has been waging a seven-year-long war on Yemen
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah commented on Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz’s call on the Lebanese authorities to “stop the dominance of Hezbollah” in Lebanon.
In response to Saudi King Salman, who described Hezbollah as terrorist, Sayyed Nasrallah said: “The terrorist is the one that sends thousands of Takfiri Saudis to Syria and Iraq. The terrorist is the one that exported the Wahhabi ideology of Daesh to the world.”
https://en.ypagency.net/249095/
and
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Film: Lebanese Hezbollah chief Nasrallah attributed the death of Hassan Erlo, Iranian ambassador to #Yemen’s Houthis yesterday, saying Erlo " was one of those IRGC commanders who came to #Lebanon to train Lebanese resistance and transfer experience to them in Hizballah's camps."
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1478200366709760000
and
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Hezbollah's criticism of Saudi not in Lebanon's interest - PM
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati Monday said criticism of Saudi Arabia by the leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group did not serve the national interest or represent the country's official stance.
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UAE assigns official to receive head of Hadi govenment
The UAE authorities have assigned a small employee to receive the head of Hadi government Moeen Abdul Malik, who arrived in Abu Dhabi on Friday for a visit that lasted several days.
It was remarkable that the official at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Khalifa Shaheen, receiving Moeen Abdul Malik, in a great Emirati disdain for the visitor, was a major violation of diplomatic norms
https://en.ypagency.net/248745/
cp12b Sudan
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Krise im Sudan: Regierungschef Hamdok tritt zurück
Die vom Militär dominierte Regierung des Sudan hat mit Regierungschef Abdalla Hamdok ihr ziviles Gesicht verloren. Angesichts der schweren politischen Konflikte im Land erklärte Hamdok am Sonntagabend seinen Rücktritt.
„Ich habe mein Bestes versucht, das Land davon abzuhalten, in die Katastrophe abzugleiten“, sagte der 66-Jährige in einer dramatischen Fernsehansprache. Doch sei es nicht gelungen, einen „Konsens“ der politischen Kräfte zu finden.
Hamdok beklagte die „Zersplitterung der politischen Kräfte“ in dem nordostafrikanischen Land und die Konflikte zwischen den militärischen und zivilen Teilen der Übergangsregierung. Trotz aller Anstrengungen sei deshalb ein politischer Konsens nicht zustande gekommen. Nun habe der Sudan einen „gefährlichen Wendepunkt überschritten, der sein Überleben bedroht“.
Laut Medienberichten war Hamdok schon in den vergangenen Tagen nicht mehr in seinem Büro erschienen, was Spekulationen über seinen Rücktritt anheizte. Als Regierungschef sei er „gelähmt“ gewesen und hätte „nichts erreichen“ können, sagte der Forscher am Rift Valley Institute, Magdi Gizouli. Jetzt sei klar, „dass das Militär allein am Ruder ist“. „Die Demonstranten, die wieder auf die Straße gehen, müssen mit mehr Gewalt rechnen.“
Die regelmäßigen Massendemonstrationen für eine Rückkehr zu einer zivilen Regierung halten seit Ende Oktober an und das Militär ging immer wieder gewaltsam dagegen vor. Vergangene Woche waren bei tagelangen Protesten nach Angaben eines Ärzte-Komitees mehrere Menschen getötet worden. Seit Ende Oktober sind des demnach insgesamt 57 Todesopfer.
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To Safeguard Sudan’s Democratic Transition, Act Now
Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation has sparked a constitutional crisis. Only international support can keep the country’s democratization on track.
By Amgad Fareid Eltayeb, a former assistant chief of staff to Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
However, the military coup on Oct. 25, 2021 threatened this hope and returned the country to a state of instability. Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander in chief of the Sudanese armed forces and chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, overthrew the agreement that had brought together civilian and military leaders in a 39-month transitional arrangement. Acting outside the constitutional agreement, Burhan expelled the civilian component, dissolved the transitional government, and arrested ministers and senior politicians, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/03/sudan-hamdok-resigns-coup-democracy/
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Sudanese security uses tear gas bombs to disperse protesters in Khartoum
The Sudanese security forces on Tuesday fired tear gas bombs at demonstrators in front of the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, according to AFP.
https://en.ypagency.net/249136/
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Anti-coup protests in Sudan amid turmoil after PM resigns
Sudanese took to the streets in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities on Tuesday in anti-coup protests as the country plunged further into turmoil following the resignation of the prime minister earlier this week.
Thousands took part in Tuesday marches in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, denouncing the coup. Images posted online show young protesters singing, beating drums and waving Sudanese flags. There were similar demonstrations in other cities, including the eastern city of Port Sudan.
Ahead of the protests, authorities closed major roads and streets in Khartoum and Omdurman
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EXPLAINER: What’s next after resignation of Sudan’s PM?
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation has plunged the country’s already fragile democratic transition into further turmoil.
Hamdok told the country in a national address Sunday that he was stepping down after he failed to build a political consensus following an October military coup that rattled the transition. He called for talks to agree on a roadmap to complete the transition.
WHERE DOES THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT STAND?
At the time of the coup, the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, the movement’s umbrella organization, was divided. Many organizations, including rebel groups that reached a peace deal with the transitional government in 2020, sided with the military.
Others, including the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Resistance Committees that were the backbone of protests against al-Bashir, rejected the deal to reinstate Hamdok and demanded power be handed over to civilians. They accused Hamdok of allowing himself to serve as a fig leaf for continued military rule.
For weeks, Hamdok failed to bridge a widening gap between the generals and the pro-democracy movement. He was unable to form a Cabinet amid relentless street protests denouncing not only the military’s takeover but also his deal with the generals.
Nearly 60 protesters have been killed and hundreds of others injured since the coup, according to a Sudanese medical group. The U.N. human rights office said it received reports that at least 13 women and girls suffered sexual violence, including rape or gang rape by security forces.
WHAT’s NEXT?
While groups leading the street protests insist that power be handed to a fully civilian government to lead the transition, the generals are not willing to step aside.
Burhan has repeatedly said the military would hand over power only to an elected government. That position is likely to prolong the stalemate as the country faces uphill security and economic challenges.
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Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation Sunday amid political deadlock and widespread pro-democracy protests following a military coup that derailed the country’s fragile transition to democratic rule.
Hamdok, a former U.N. official seen as the civilian face of Sudan’s transitional government, had been reinstated as prime minister in November as part of an agreement with the military following the October coup. In that time he had failed to name a Cabinet and his resignation throws Sudan into political uncertainty amid uphill security and economic challenges.
In a televised national address Sunday, Hamdok called for a dialogue to agree on a “national charter” and to “draw a roadmap” to complete the transition to democracy in accordance with the 2019 constitutional document governing the transitional period.
“I decided to return the responsibility and declare my resignation as prime minister,” he said, adding that his stepping down would allow a chance for another person to lead the nation and complete its transition to a “civilian, democratic country.” He did not name a successor.
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UN food agency halts work in North Darfur, affects 2 million
The World Food Program has suspended its operations across Sudan’s province of North Darfur following recent attacks on its warehouses, a decision expected to affect about 2 million local people.
A statement released by the U.N. food agency Thursday said all three of its warehouses in the area were attacked and looted. More than 5,000 metric tons of food apparently were stolen, the group said.
Earlier in the week, the WFP said an unidentified armed group had attacked one of its warehouses in North Darfur’s provincial capital of el-Fasher. In response, local authorities imposed a curfew across the province.
However, the attacks continued until early Thursday, said the statement. Hundreds of looters have also dismantled warehouse structures, WFP added.
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5 protesters killed in Sudan
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said on Friday that the death toll from the police crackdown on protests that took place on Thursday in the country against military rule has risen to five.
The committee added that the fifth person who was killed was hit by a tear gas canister in the chest fired by security forces during Thursday’s protests.
https://en.ypagency.net/248715/
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Sudanese forces fire tear gas at new anti-coup protests
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters in Khartoum as thousands of people rallied again in the country’s capital and elsewhere to protest the October military coup.
Despite tightened security measures and closures of bridges and roads, protesters marched in Khartoum, beating drums and waving Sudanese flags. They chanted “Revolution! The military belong in the barracks!”
Demonstrators also hurled stones at security forces and armored police vehicles from where tear gas was fired.
The protest was preceded by a disruption of the mobile internet, according to advocacy group NetBlocs, a usual tactic employed by the generals since the Oct. 25 coup.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-khartoum-f6469da0518b4a3d7508f330231b5e91
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Sudan officials: 31 bodies retrieved from collapsed mine
https://apnews.com/article/business-africa-sudan-middle-east-b72ea3531d4e74caebd6f12efd6087ff
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
Siehe / Look at cp9, cp11
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Germany is seeking to retrieve 11 tanks from Houthis. The tanks were sold to Saudi Arabia but mysteriously ended up in Houthi possession/ Raya Al-Yowm, a newspaper run by Palestinian writer Abdulbari Atwan.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52984
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PETITION: DEMAND AN END TO WAR PROFITEERING
Demand that those who manufacture, use, sell, buy weapons and are responsible for deaths and injuries while engaging in war that is not sanctioned under International Laws forfeit all profits. The profits should be frozen and handed over to the victims and families. There is only one reason under International law to fight, that is invasion of your own country. Wars and weapons also effect climate change. No one should profit from committing war crimes and illegal invasions.
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/de-de/434/111/439/demand-an-end-to-war-profiteering/
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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The Magic That Was Yemen
This is the first post in a series on Yemeni dress, customs, and craft written by guest contributor Darleen Wilkerson Karpowicz, an American art teacher who lived in Yemen for five years in the early 1980s. During this time Darleen documented and studied the costume, customs, and craft of the people she learned to love.
My first introduction to Yemen
In the early 1980’s I was lucky to have received an invitation to be an art teacher at a private Yemeni school in Taiz which was then in what was known as the Yemen Arab Republic. The unification with the then People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, which occurred in 1990, had not come about yet. When I lived in Yemen for five years and as foreigners, we were not allowed to visit the south of the country.
It has been my passion, since a young girl, to study and appreciate ethnic textiles, costume, and the people who made and wore these. I had travelled to many countries in Southern Asia and the Far East during my years after college. So, when the wonderful opportunity for a job in Yemen arrived I was thrilled and responded “Yes!” immediately – even though I knew little about the country and the people which I came to know and love.
The Women of Jebel Sabir
There was a time, not too long ago, when Yemen was a quiet and sleepy mountain country historically referred to as the ‘Silent Kingdom.’ Taiz was then a small provincial mountain town built below Jebel Sabir. Taiz had served as Imam Ahmed’s principal residence from 1948-1962 when he died there as the last autocratic and religious ruler of Yemen. Since that time Taiz expanded into a larger city equalling Sana’a and Hodeidah in size. The mountain, Jebel Sabir, dominates the city and rises over 10,000 feet above sea level.
Jiblah – Home of Queen Arwa
An interesting, picturesque, small town nestled in the sheltering foothills leading up to the neighbouring mountains. Trickling streams were in abundance, and as Jibla was also a small agricultural area, crops of maize and millet could be seen growing. It was an hour-and-a-half drive from Taiz yet it had a different ambience. It was a conservative small village and for me, it was a place to visit to see women and their dress in a less urban environment when compared to Taiz. It was the capital of Yemen many hundreds of years ago, and home to the only queen to ever have reigned over the country: Queen Arwa.
It was also known for having beautiful architecture with an old mosque that was said to hold the remains of the past queen. It was a good place for me to roam around the lanes and talk to the women to ask questions about their dresses. Sometimes I was asked in for tea and other times the women and I just chatted overlooking the beautiful valley.
Jebel Habashi and the Silver Sequins
In Arabic, Habashi means Ethiopia. From the summit of Jebel Habashi (7,500 feet), uninterrupted views are revealed in the direction of that country. During my stay in Yemen, only the main roads were tarmacked and the rough road turning off the main highway leading to the village of Habashi was unpaved and one needed a four-wheel-drive vehicle to attempt the drive to the top. It was an hour and a half drive to the bottom of Habashi from the city of Taiz.
The women of this region were seldom seen in larger towns, and
Hagda – Garments from the Foothills
When I lived in Yemen, the regional village dresses and how rural woman’s lives differed from their urban sisters could be understood by looking at the clothes they wore. The lifestyles of village women were such that they wore their decorated dresses for farming, tending animals, shopping and socialising. Women living an urban life had more leisure time and seldom tended to farm work or other rural activities. Yet rural women’s dresses were as opulent and sometimes more so than their urban sisters.
The farming communities in a large area known as the Huggariya – the ‘Stony Place’, offered an opportunity to view many colourful regional village dresses that were found in the southern rural areas outside of Taiz
Dresses from Tihamah
The Tihamah dresses are easily classified into regional types, but the distribution of the types is more fluid and less well-defined than those found in the mountain areas.
Garments of the Bajil Region
The women from Sana’a and Saad’a
We do know that in the city’s early history and up until a few hundred years ago, statutes existed covering social events, including marriages, limits to bride prices, as well as other directives and ordinances restricting elaborate clothing and outlining what certain social strata of people should wear. According to local inhabitants these Sana’a statues at one time regulated clothing options for different classes making it obligatory to wear certain standards of clothing depending on one’s profession and occupation. Yet what was the norm for Sana’a was not necessarily accepted or even known about in other parts of Yemen. Rules were, most likely, localised since travel outside of one’s home area was not encouraged. All travel was difficult due to the harsh environment and topography. As a consequence, many areas could, and did, set their own rules and regulations on clothing and other social norms.
Indigo and Weddings in Yemen
Indigo and other older dresses of Yemen were not easily found when I was living there in the 1980s. As Jebel Sabir style dresses and other more regional colourful dresses have shown us, Yemeni women love to wear colour and liked to display their own village-style dresses when possible. Yet, before these colourful dresses were available most women wore very plain garments customarily made from indigo-dyed cotton produced in small dyeing workshops throughout the country. When I was there, only a few such workshops were left, located on the Tihamah. One or two small workshops were located in Sana’a producing only made-to-order indigo dyed cloth. The long history of Yemenis wearing indigo-dyed garments had mostly died out years before I arrived in Yemen in the early1980s.
The women of Yemen
In this last post, Darleen shares a less structured and more life-like look at the women of Yemen, whereas in the previous posts she mainly shared images and stories focusing on single topics. As Yemen is so varied yet so unique in its dress, crafts and topography, mixing it up might give a clearer picture of how wonderful the people, clothing and embroidery was during her time in the country.
Examples of old and traditional embroidery in Yemen were scarce even back in the 1980s. It is not illogical, however, to assume that the art of embroidery was widely practised in earlier times as discovered textile and clothing remnants indicate. Embroidery techniques and materials are universal. Threads used for embroidery would have been, and still are, either of local production or imported. The origin of influences and ideas defining Yemeni embroidery can possibly be traced back to trade between Yemen, India, and Africa.
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Home collapsed due to coalition airstrikes on Sanaa
The Civil Defense teams were able on Monday to evacuate residents after a house collapsed due to continuous Saudi-led coalition air strikes on the capital Sanaa.
The Civil Defense Director Colonel, Mohammed Bahish said that eight families were evacuated from the collapsed house in Bustan Al-Sultan neighborhood in old Sanaa city, without any injuries.
He pointed out that the house collapsed due to continuous Saudi-led air strikes on the populated areas in the capital Sanaa.
https://en.ypagency.net/249045/
and also https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwaday/status/1478061195525509129
Film: https://twitter.com/alialsonidar/status/1479291368744919044
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Film: The European Union and UNESCO are working through the cash-for-work project to rehabilitate historic houses in a number of historic cities in #Yemen, as well as to create job opportunities for youth. Meet Noha Al-Baqal, an architect who challenges stereotypes and leads home rescue work in Old #Sana'a.
https://twitter.com/EUinYemen/status/1477582213130637313
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Film: The tough #environment has a great impact in shaping Yemeni #personality. It is the secret of the #Yemenis#resilience and #resistance. #Yemen's mountain #villages.
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwaday/status/1477809504595107855
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Photos: Yemeni traditional dresses
https://www.pinterest.de/nalsodmy/yemeni-traditional-dresses/
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Taiz .. The beauty city By this short video I tried to show some of historical landmarks of #Taiz city
https://twitter.com/Albaraa_Mansoor/status/1476622103403106318
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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Yemeni riyal makes new drop against hard currencies/24 Post
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52984
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Years-long military conflict badly impacts tourism sector in Yemen
Many sites and old cities in Yemen have long been internationally renowned tourism attractions. However, during the more than seven-year-long military conflict between the government and Houthi militia, intense battles have engulfed the impoverished Arab country and shut its doors to foreign tourists since 2015.
The ongoing fights and blocked roads also badly affected local tourism and travel sectors.
As a result of the ongoing military operations in Yemen, previous reports indicated that the losses of the tourism sector have exceeded six billion U.S. dollar since 2015.
Many tourist agencies across Yemen were closed completely and laying off thousands of workers in this sector.
"Many Yemeni families were heavily reliant on tourism-related businesses that were working without interruptions before the eruption of the war," said Wael Abdul-Rahman, an unemployed worker.
The local authorities in Aden are unable to repair and reconstruct many vital tourist institutions that were damaged during the war between the government forces and the Houthis.
An official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that "only a serious support from other foreign countries will help the local authorities to rebuild Aden's destroyed infrastructure, including the tourism sector." (photos)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220103/18269f55539b4d588fd25cc1aca380a1/c.html = https://www.malaysiasun.com/news/272090459/years-long-military-conflict-badly-impacts-tourism-sector-in-yemen
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Yemen currency begins to lose value again
Yemen's riyal has begun to lose value again after a temporary improvement sparked last month sparked by the promises of a Saudi financial deposit to the central bank in Aden.
The riyal plummeted in early December to an all-time low and stood at 1703 for the US dollar as the country faces political instability, ban on exports and currency speculation by Houthi Shia extremists controlling the capital Sana'a and most of the country's north.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52956
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Concerns remain as Yemen's currency makes big gains
Concerns remain in Yemen the national currency might crash again after gains it has made against foreign currencies in the past few days.
The rial has risen more than 40% to trade at around 781 per US dollar.
Earlier this month, it hit a record low in regions controlled by the internationally recognised government, trading at 1,700 against the US dollar.
The chairman of the Studies and Economic Media Centre Mustafa Nasr said the big gains in the currency's value were prompted by moral incentives, including the trust of many in the competence of the new management of the Central Bank, especially amid reports about Gulf financial support to the country.
Measures the government has taken were not behind these gains, he said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28259.html
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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New #AQAP eulogy for Abu 'Ajlan al-Dajani, a useful AQ youth recruiter in Shabwa #Yemen who was released by the Houthis in a prisoner swap But it's old material: he was killed by US strike mid-2018. (Haven't analysed the poem yet as it's New Year's Eve & I've got a better offer) (photo)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1476967894303092737
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Houthis and al-Qaeda partners in sabotaging Yemen
In a new indication of the depth of the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Houthis in Yemen, the Houthis announced the release of 50 al-Qaeda members who were languishing in the militia's prisons.
At the beginning of December, the Houthis awarded Aref Majali, a leader in al-Qaeda, the Arab Tribe Medal for his role in supporting the militia by mobilizing a large number of members.
The first direct cooperation between al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen and the Houthi militia dates back to 2015, after the militia acted as a mediator between Iran and al-Qaeda in a prisoner exchange deal to release an Iranian diplomat who had been kidnapped by the terrorist organization in exchange for Tehran releasing five detained senior al-Qaeda leaders from Iranian prisons.
Since then, the Houthis’ have opened the way for al-Qaeda in the areas under the militia’s control in Al-Bayda Governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34290
cp15 Propaganda
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Series of attacks highlights reach of Iran-allied militias
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a ship in the Red Sea, armed drones targeted Baghdad’s international airport, and hackers hit a major Israeli newspaper Monday — a string of assaults that showed the reach of Iran-allied militias on the second anniversary of America’s killing of a top Iranian general.
All three coincided with a massive memorial in Tehran for Qassem Soleimani, the general killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020 in Iraq. Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi demanded former U.S. President Donald Trump be “prosecuted and killed.”
“If not, I’m telling all American leaders, don’t doubt that the hand of revenge will come out of the sleeves of ummah,” Raisi said, referring to the worldwide community of Muslims.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-jerusalem-israel-media-01bcc885cb5e064af64656e81c33ef89
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https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1478059769982238730
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Yemenis Call for Confronting Houthi Terrorism in Red Sea, Hodeidah
The Iran-backed Houthi militias' hijacking of a UAE cargo ship off the coast of Yemen's Hodeidah late on Sunday is a reminder of the danger of keeping the coastal province's ports under the control of the terrorists.
Their continued control of the posts is a real threat to marine navigation near one of the world's most vital waterways.
Yemeni observers have no doubt that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had offered the Houthis logistic support in carrying out the hijacking. The Yemeni government, meanwhile, urged the international community to grant the greenlight to seize Hodeidah ports from the Houthis and designate the militias as terrorist.
International responsibility
Yemeni political researcher and academic Fares al-Beel described the hijacking as a "crime" and "damning evidence that the militias have become a threat to international navigation and global trade and regional and international security."
In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: "With all the destruction they have left on land and sea, and even in the air, the Houthis have become a mark of shame on the international community and major countries that deal with them as a political side or political bargaining chip in international interests."
The Houthis have become a greater global threat than ISIS and al-Qaeda, he warned. "Efforts must be mobilized to combat them without delay," he demanded.
"Iran, with its direct support and clear hostility is no longer a political regime, but a terrorist organization concealed by a state," he added. It has openly "declared war on the world."
Moreover, Beel noted that the Houthis would not have dared carry out such hostile attacks without complete support and coordination from Iran.
My comment: It’s war, stupid.
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[Saudi] Islamic Affairs Minister Inaugurates Yemen-Saudi Arabia Forum on Facing Iranian-Houthi Extremism, Terrorism
Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah (Call) and Guidance Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh inaugurated here today Yemen's scholars forum on Facing Iranian-Houthi Extremism & Terrorism, which commenced under the theme: "Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in facing the Iranian-Houthi Extremism and Terrorism," organized by the Communication Program, an affiliate of the ministry, as part of scientific and dawah efforts offered by the program.
Yemeni Minister of Awqaf and Guidance Sheikh Mohammad bin Aidah Shabibah, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al Jaber and several scholars from various components of the Yemeni society participated in the event.
In a key speech, Sheikh Al-Sheikh stressed the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, for the Yemeni people, highlighting the important role and responsibility of Yemeni scholars towards their homeland during the current phase witnessed by their country which proceeds until realizing security and stability in the country.
http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/d1c7e11b0e724933a06a56618be992d8
and
http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/adfcf1bdeee24bddb0b84fc73addc480
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Islamic Affairs organizes a forum on the Kingdom’s efforts to combat Iranian Houthi extremism
The forum aims to explain the Kingdom’s efforts in combating Iranian-Houthi extremism, Saudi Arabia's humanitarian roles and efforts in exposing the corruption of the Houthi ideology and its violation of Islam, clarifying the Yemeni scholars and advocates position and their role in confronting the Iranian-Houthi aggression and also clarifying the official, popular, regional and international duty towards the Iranian-Houthi attacks and violations against Yemen and Yemenis.
http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/4fe89b1105644773a73ab40554e8d8e2
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Houthis should release UAE's hijacked vessel
The hijacking of the Rwabee near the port of Hodeidah is a new low for the rebels who have been pushed to a corner by government forces
There’s desperation among the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This desperation is emanating from their failure to turn the course of the conflict in Yemen in their favour, which is reflected in Sunday’s seizure of an Emirati-flagged vessel off the country’s coast. The hijacking of the Rwabee near the port of Hodeidah is a new low for the rebels who have been pushed to a corner by government forces.
The seizure of the vessel is a desperate attempt to escalate the conflict while the international community is dealing with a health crisis caused by the pandemic and the current Omicron wave. It is clear that the rebels are keen to widen the scope of the conflict and draw other countries into a military role in the region. There is reason to believe that the incident is also linked to the nuclear talks the EU, China, Russia, and the US are holding with Iran. For Tehran, this is a bargaining ploy as it uses its proxy in Yemen to target ships plying the region while keeping the region in a state of perpetual tension.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/editorial/houthis-should-release-uaes-hijacked-vessel
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International community must do its duty in Yemen
The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen last month revealed evidence of the Houthis using Sanaa International Airport for military purposes. The information was gathered as part of a coalition intelligence operation, in which operatives penetrated the leadership pyramid of the terrorist Houthi movement.
According to coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the Houthis have turned Sanaa airport into a training center and used its warehouses for launching missiles and booby-trapped planes against targets in both Saudi Arabia and Yemen. During a press conference in Riyadh, he showed a clip of a leader from the “Lebanese terrorist Hezbollah” giving directions to the Houthis’ Abu Ali Al-Hakim
Hezbollah is the group most responsible for the chaos in Yemen. Its terror has affected several countries because it has extensive experience of terrorism, as well as organized crime, killing, fighting, drug smuggling and interfering in several Arab and Gulf countries.
Today, it represents the infrastructure of every militia that fights and sabotages countries — Iran, whose project is mainly dependent on Hezbollah to intervene in Arab countries such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen; not forgetting its main stronghold in southern Lebanon.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1996916
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The Biden Team Knows Its Iran Policy Is Failing
Tehran’s march toward the bomb has been enabled by the administration’s refusal to impose consequences.
The Biden administration now admits a nuclear deal with Iran may not happen despite its continued outreach to Tehran. There are signs the administration wants to pin the blame on former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose withdrawal from the original nuclear deal supposedly provided Iran with the pretext to advance its nuclear weapons capabilities. But the uncomfortable truth is Iran’s most aggressive moves came after U.S. President Joe Biden was elected. What’s driving Tehran forward is not Trump’s maximum pressure campaign but Biden’s decision to ease that pressure. Simply put: Iran is doing what it can get away with – By Anthony Ruggiero, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/31/biden-iran-nuclear-deal/
Comment: Neocons blaming Biden for the disastrous consequences of Trump's Iran policy (which they helped write) just as they blamed Obama for the disastrous consequences of Bush's Iraq policy (which they helped write). Does anyone notice a pattern here.
https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1477314838862913541
My comment: Read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Defense_of_Democracies, a quote. “The group's political leanings have been described as hawkishand neoconservative“.
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Christmas cartoon
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1477306575119429642
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Why Is Iran Insisting on Naming a Successor to Irlu in Sanaa?
Iran declared on Monday its determination to a name successor to Hassan Irlu, its so-called ambassador in to the Houthi militias in Sanaa, in defiance of the legitimate Yemeni authorities and international community.
The announcement raises questions over Iran's insistence and how it will go about transporting the new envoy to Sanaa.
Undersecretary of the Yemeni information ministry, Fayyad al-Numan said Iran is determined to appoint a successor to Irlu because it has "absolutely no trust" in the Houthis and their ability to lead military battles or manage politics.
Tehran always seeks to have the final word through a representative it appoints in Sanaa, he explained to Asharq Al-Awsat.
Iran will do everything it takes to send an envoy of its Revolutionary Guards to the Houthis so that he can act as the new ruler after Irlu's "mysterious" death, he added.
Yemeni journalist Mustafa Ghulais remarked that Iran's insistence on naming a new envoy reflects its ongoing military, economic, logistic and media support to the Houthis.
It is a message to the world that Iran is actually in control of Yemen and that the Houthis are subordinate to it, he added to Asharq Al-Awsat.
Moreover, he noted that Yemen has become a bargaining chip for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the United States and world powers.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3387846/why-iran-insisting-naming-successor-irlu-sanaa
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America's Enemies Circle Like Vultures After Biden Sets Cowardly Precedent: US 'Expected' to Cave
When it comes to geopolitical strife, it’s either a very good or a very bad thing when we collectively forget about the Iranian regime. In this case, it’s a very bad thing.
Tehran continues to violate its 2015 nuclear deal as it wages bloody proxy wars in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, among other nations. And yet, amid the fall of Afghanistan, China’s designs on Taiwan and Russia’s preparations to subsume Ukraine, it feels like we almost forgot about the Iranian regime and President Joe Biden’s pathetic attempts to rejoin the nuclear treaty alliance, which former President Donald Trump withdrew from in 2018, at all costs.
One of the reasons the costs will be so steep is that Iran’s hardliners took control in elections earlier this year.
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Why the Saudi Arabia weapons deal was a strategic necessity
The United States is focused on China as the pacing threat, and we are rightly seeking to reorient our defense planning and operations to deter Chinese aggression in the Pacific. But that does not mean we can afford to wash our hands of the European or Middle East theaters. The United States is still inextricably tied to the global energy market, our Asian allies remain reliant on Gulf petroleum and the energy market is a critical factor in geopolitics. Iran is the greatest cause of the violence and turmoil in the Middle East and has brandished its ability to affect the availability and price of energy by threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia leads the Gulf coalition in maritime security to keep critical shipping lanes open. And should the United States and allies like Saudi Arabia lose control of the security of those shipping lanes, countries like Iran and its increasingly bold partners — large nuclear powers China and Russia — would be greatly empowered to blackmail and coerce the United States and our allies more effectively.
Iran is funding and arming the Houthis in Yemen. And if Iran succeeds in helping the Houthis take control of Yemen, it would gain control of the contested area along Bab el-Mandeb, one of the world's crucial oil chokepoints – by Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior national security fellow with the Hudson Institute
My comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Institute, and https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/rebeccah-heinrichs/ , any more questions?
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It’s time to end the bloodshed in Yemen
When we think about the ongoing war in Yemen, we have to think not only about the Houthi rebels but also the Iranians and Hezbollah, who engineered the conflict and have been fueling if for years.
There are no limits for Iran and Hezbollah in Yemen. Their aim is to create deep ethnic and sectarian divisions not only in this poor country but all over the Arab World. Had the dispute in Yemen been a local affair, without the intervention of Iran and Hezbollah, the war would have ended a long time ago. The Yemeni people are the biggest victims of Tehran’s aggression against their country.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1995126
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Why wouldn’t Iran build a hospital in Yemen?
The sexagenarian Iranian Hasan Irlu, who according to rumors led the militias in Sanaa, was appointed an ambassador to an internationally unrecognized government, despite the protest of the legitimate one, and in violation of all international conventions. The man – an expert in training militias – was assigned in Sanaa months following the killing of Qassem Soleimani near the Baghdad International Airport. He was dispatched by Tehran to Yemen in order to manage the war of the Houthis there against their own compatriots, and just to show the world that Iran is still capable of producing further destruction-experts.
It is well-known that Irlu was one of Iran’s regional proxies, the destruction-mongers that were deployed in some Arab countries to achieve the Tehran regime’s dream of expanding its empire of the weird mixture of Persian nationalism and sectarian chauvinism.
https://english.alarabiya.net/in-translation/2021/12/29/Why-wouldn-t-Iran-build-a-hospital-in-Yemen-
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2318241
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2318213
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317925
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317659
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34297 and https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1477331219914317826
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317238
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317107
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317049
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2316732
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
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Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Jan. 2: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2220079704809049/
Jan. 1: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2220077848142568/
Dec. 31: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2217838418366511/
Dec. 30: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2217837648366588/
Dec. 29: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2217836238366729/
Dec. 28: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2217834851700201/
Dec. 27: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2217833518367001/
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Aggression kills 5 citizens in Shabwa
Five citizens were killed in a raid launched by the US-Saudi aggression on Shabwa province, a security official said Tuesday.
The official added the aggression's warplanes launched a raid on a bus at Baihan Junction, killing the five citizens.
He indicated the US-Saudi aggression launched 19 raids on Usailan district in the same province.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170831.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/249191/
Film: https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/01/05/saudi-airstrikes-on-civilian-targets-continue-in-shabwah/ = https://en.ypagency.net/249217/
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Aggression bomb injures 2 children in Sa'ada
Two children were injured on Tuesday in an explosion of a bomb left the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression in Sa'ada province, a local official said.
The official said the two children, known as Saleh and Maram, were injured by the explosion of the bomb in Dahyan area in Majz district, adding they were taken to hospital for treatment
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170830.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/249202/
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Aggression launches raids on Sana'a
The US-Saudi aggression warplanes on Wednesday launched 3 raids on the Capital Sana'a and Sana'a province, a security official said.
The official added the aggression's warplanes launched 2 raids on the September 21 garden in the Capital Sana'a.
He reported the enemy aircraft targeted the Dhabwa area in Sanhan district of Sana'a.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170853.htm
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Arab Coalition strikes targets in Yemen’s Sana’a in response to Houthi drone attacks
The Arab Coalition conducted air strikes on targets in Yemen’s capital Sana’a in response to drone attacks launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia, state media reported early Wednesday.
This development comes after the Coalition announced the interception and destruction of a drone in Yemeni airspace, launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia's territory earlier in the day.
The coalition stated that the drone was launched from the capital, Sana'a, with the aim of targeting civilians.
Photo: https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1478495910883643393
My comment: Saudi crazy claims – if you down a drone in the enemy’s airspace, how to know that it had “the aim of targeting civilians”?
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Saudi-Led Coalition Strikes Targets in Yemen's Sana'a -State TV
The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on targets in Yemen's capital Sana'a in response to drone attacks launched by the Yemeni Iran-aligned Houthi movement earlier this week, Saudi state TV said early on Wednesday.
The coalition also said on Wednesday it destroyed workshops and warehouses for drones, urging civilians to avoid the area.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-led-coalition-strikes-targets-in-yemens-sanaa-state-tv-idUSKBN2JE1YI = https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-04/saudi-led-coalition-strikes-targets-in-yemens-sanaa-state-tv
My comment: More odd Saudi claims reported by Reuters. Telling people: Go away, we will destroy your house.
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Citizen dies from injuries sustained in coalition’s airstrikes on Bayda
A citizen has died from injuries sustained on Sunday evening due to the Saudi-led coalition bombing of citizens’ farms in No’man directorate in Bayda province, local sources said.
According to the sources, Arif Salem Abdullah al-Haddad was killed as a result of the bombing of citizens’ farms by the aggression forces in Aqabat Al-Qanth in No’man Directorate.
https://en.ypagency.net/249121/
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Film: Video of an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition jets on a Houthi weapon depot in Usailan district in #Shabwah governorate this evening. Video source: a friend.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1477706380824166400
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Coalition claims killing 200 Houthis in airstrikes on Yemen's Shabwa
More than 200 Houthi militants have been killed in airstrikes launched by Arab coalition warplanes targeting the Yemeni southeastern governorate of Shabwa, the Saudi-led coalition command said Sunday.
Fighter jets carried 28 raids against Houthi sites and gatherings in Shabwa in the last 24 hours, the coalition added in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The airstrikes left over 200 Houthi fighters killed and 22 combating vehicles damaged, according to the statement.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28316.html
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Am Sonntag wurden auch zwei weitere Zivilisten getötet, nachdem die Koalition eine Tankstelle im Distrikt Bihan in der südzentralen Provinz Shabwah unter Beschuss genommen hatte.
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On Sunday, two more civilians were killed after the coalition targeted a gas station in the Bihan District of the south-central province of Shabwah.
https://en.abna24.com/news//five-civilians-killed-in-saudi-raids-on-yemen_1214960.html
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3 civilians killed in Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa
Three civilians were killed on Sunday due to Saudi-led airstrikes on the capital Sanaa, a security source told Yemen Press Agency.
The US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition’s warplanes targeted a mosque in Sawad Assir area of Maain district two times, killing three citizens, destroying the mosque and causing heavy damage to several homes and schools (photos)
https://en.ypagency.net/248844/
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170550.htm
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At least three dead, mosque destroyed in Saudi bombing on Sana'a
At least three civilians have been killed on Sunday by Saudi-led airstrikes on the capital Sana’a, a security source said.
The source confirmed that the coalition aircraft bombed residential neighborhoods in the Asr area of Moeen directorate, pointing out that one airstrike hit and destroyed a mosque in the area.
The airstrikes left three citizens dead, in addition to causing heavy damage to nearby homes and school.
The coalition attack caused panic among children and students in nearby schools (photos)
and also https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182467/Saudi-led-coalition-bombard-a-mosque-in-Sanaa-3-martyred
Some photos also here: https://twitter.com/almansoor_yemen/status/1477648624846786561
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Aggression warplanes wages 2 raids on Capital
The warplanes of the US-Saudi aggression launched 2 raids on the capital Sana'a on Sunday morning, a security official said Sunday.
The aggression's raids targeted neighborhoods in Aser area of Ma'in district, causing severe damage to the houses and properties of citizens, he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170466.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/248853/
Films, Photos: https://en.ypagency.net/248844/
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1477776724200865794
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwaday/status/1477625214460739585
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1477678574933000196
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1477500101295841282 and https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1477502796857581570 and https://twitter.com/TheYemenMirror/status/1477502343059021827
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Saudi-led coalition resorts to hatred and death raids after its defeats on combat fronts
Saudi Arabia has recently stepped up its air bombing on residential neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa, and several Yemeni provinces, in hysterical, crazy airstrikes that do not differentiate between what is military and what is civilian, in full view of the international community.
What can be noted is that these air raids are unprecedented in terms of their intensity and targeting of residential neighborhoods that are not related to the war and military sites.
With a deep look, we can say that this escalation came with this barbarism because of the military impasse that the US-backed Saudi-led coalition countries suffer from and the setbacks and great defeats on the combat fronts.
The coalition countries resorted to this method intending to affect the morale of the population and undermine the cohesion of the home front, which formed an impenetrable background and supportive of the army and the popular committees (Sanaa forces).
https://en.ypagency.net/248905/
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Arab Coalition carries out air strikes on four targets in Sanaa
The Arab Coalition has carried out air strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, destroying four sites storing drones and launch pads, according to the official SPA news agency citing a coalition spokesperson on Sunday.
Air strikes were carried out in line with international humanitarian law and the coalition took precautionary measures to spare civilians from collateral damage, the spokesperson said
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The Saudi-led coalition said it conducted 23 aerial operations against #Houthis in #Marib province, killing more than 160 Houthi militants and destroying 17 military pick-ups during the past 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1477328034537607173
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Menschenrechtsorganisation veröffentlicht saudische Verbrechen im Jemen im Jahr 2021
Auf einer Pressekonferenz in der Hauptstadt Sanaa veröffentlichte das Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development des Jemen seinen neuen Bericht über die saudischen Verbrechen gegen Jemeniten im Jahr 2021.
Der Bericht beleuchtet die Zahl der Opfer der saudischen Luftangriffe und das Ausmaß der Zerstörung der Infrastruktur des Landes.
Dem Bericht zufolge haben saudische Kampfflugzeuge im vergangenen Jahr über 99.000 Luftangriffe auf zivile Einrichtungen im ganzen Jemen abgefeuert, bei denen 387 Zivilisten, darunter 96 Kinder, getötet und Hunderte weitere verletzt wurden.
In einem früheren Bericht sagte die Menschenrechtsgruppe, dass mehr als 43.000 Zivilisten bei unerbittlichen Luftangriffen im Jemen verletzt oder getötet wurden, seit Saudi-Arabien im Jahr 2015 einen Krieg gegen seinen südlichen Nachbarn begann. Unter den Getöteten seien fast 4.000 Kinder.
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1,853 civilians killed, injured by coalition air raids on Yemen
About 1,853 civilians have been killed injured by in airstrikes waged by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen since the beginning of 2021 year.
Eye Humanity Center for Rights and development affirmed in a press conference held on Saturday in the capital, Sanaa, that 96 children, 25 women, 266 men, were killed and 267 children, 25 women, and 1,153 men were injured as a result of the coalition airstrikes.
The head of the center, Ahmed Abu Hamra, stated 20,214 service and economic facilities, and 2,152 infrastructure were damaged in 164,811 land and sea attacks of the coalition, documented by the center.
Abu Hamra indicated that the number of damaged service facilities amounted to 167,712 facilities, including 14,551 homes, 1,915 agricultural fields, 147 mosques, 69 schools and educational centers, 12 hospitals and health facilities, and 8 tourist facilities, in additional to 4 archaeological sites, 3 sports facilities and 2 university facilities, and one informative.
“The infrastructure damaged was distributed among 3 airports, 2 ports, 13 power stations and generators, 51 government facilities, 15 networks and communication stations, 1,599 roads and bridges, 469 reservoirs and a water network,” he said.
Abu Hamra indicated that three thousand and 502 economic establishments were damaged, distributed between 1,828 means of transportation, 1,436 commercial establishments, 117 food trucks, 66 food stores, 10 fuel tankers, 9 markets, 8 fishing boats, 6 factories, and 4 fuel stations.
The coalition warplanes destroyed 1,828 means of transportation, 1,436 commercial establishments, 117 food trucks, 66 food stores, 10 fuel tankers, 9 markets, 8 fishing boats, 5 factories, and 4 fuel stations, Abu Hamra explained.
https://en.ypagency.net/248793/
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Coalition hit Houthis' missile platforms west Shabwa
The Arab coalition fighters jets launched on Thursday, a number of airstrikes against Houthi targets in the western parts of Shabwa governorate.
Military field sources said that the air raids pounded military locations, gatherings and hardware of the pro-Iran Houthi militants, including ground-based missile launchers and heavy weapons in Bihan district.
The Coalition's air raids also inflicted heavy human casualties among the Houthi militants.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34292
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Coalition bombs Afar customs center in Bayda
Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched intensive raids on a customs port in the central Yemeni province of Bayda on Tuesday, a security official said.
According to the official, the coalition warplanes targeted the Afar customs port in the Directorate of al-Sawadiyah with seven airstrikes.
The official added that a number of workers were injured as a result of airstrikes on farms in Aqabat al-Qantha in the district of No’man.
Moreover, the official confirmed that the air raids caused extensive material losses, particularly for trucks carrying food and goods parked at the port to complete their customs procedures.
https://en.ypagency.net/248961/
and also https://en.ypagency.net/249089/
https://en.ypagency.net/249077/
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P9EVIH9Cs0
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YPC’s employees killed by Coalition airstrikes in Shabwah
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) condemned Saudi-led coalition attacks near the vicinity of its station in Bayhan district of Shabwah province.
The company said in a statement, the coalition aircrafts on Sunday evening carried out raids near a station belonging to the company in Bayhan district, killing two and injuring three employees and citizens.
https://en.ypagency.net/248972/
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Saudi coalition bombs Sawadia military camp in Yemen's Baydha
The Saudi-led coalition early on Monday carried out airstrikes on the Houthi-held al-Sawadia military camp in the Yemeni central governorate of Baydha, the Arab coalition said, but the Houthis said the bombing targeted a customs square.
The airstrikes came in response to threat and on basis of military necessity, the coalition said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The camp is used to store and supply military provisions and launch missiles and explosive drones, it added, as the coalition "takes all the needed measures in compliance with the international humanitarian law."
The Arab coalition gave civilians in Baydha an hours' grace to leave the camp and get their trucks out of its yard.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28327.html
My comment: Footgae shows that Saudi claims are void, once again.
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Die Zollbehörde weist die Vorwürfe der Aggression um den Zollhof Al-Sawadiya in Al-Bayda zurück
Die Zollbehörde weist die Anschuldigungen der US-saudischen Aggressionskoalition kategorisch zurück, ein neues Zollzentrum im Gebiet Al-Sawadiyah in der Provinz Al-Bayda zu errichten und zu errichten und es als Militärstandort zu nutzen.
Die Behörde bestätigte in einer Erklärung, dass die jemenitische Nachrichtenagentur (Saba) eine Kopie davon erhalten habe, dass es sich beim Al-Sawadiya-Platz um einen alten Zollhof handelt, der Mitte 2019 errichtet wurde und seither als Zollhof genutzt wird.
https://www.saba.ye/de/news3170290.htm
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Yemen.. The Arab coalition publishes photos of the Houthis’ creation of a customs center inside the Al-Sawadiya camp (photos)
The Arab coalition in Yemen published pictures “to create a customs center inside Al-Sawadiyah camp in Al-Bayda Governorate by the Houthis, and to take civilians and trucks of foodstuffs and petroleum as human shields.”
The coalition stated that the Houthis used the camp on Thursday to launch two ballistic missiles towards Shabwa governorate.
The coalition stressed that this is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and its customary rules, especially with regard to the use of civilians as human shields.
https://www.saudi24news.com/2021/12/yemen-the-arab-coalition-publishes-photos-of-the-houthis-creation-of-a-customs-center-inside-the-al-sawadiya-camp-photos.html = https://middleeast.in-24.com/News/541291.html
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-28294.html
Photos: https://twitter.com/SPAregions/status/1476641762911440902
My comment: Such Saudi claims must be read with caution, in many cases it’s propaganda BS.
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Customs authority condemns Saudi-led coalition threats against customs center in Bayda
The Customs Authority denied the allegation make in a statement issued by Saudi-led aggression regarding the customs center in Al-Sawadiyah in Bayda, in which it claims that the center was using for military actions.
The authority said in a statement that Al-Sawadiyah Customs center is an old customs yard was established in mid-2019, and the United Nations office in Sana’a was informed at the time.
The statement stated that the United Nations was informed when creating or resuming work at any customs site to avoid being targeted by the coalition of aggression.
https://en.ypagency.net/248721/
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[Sanaa gov.] Ministry of Industry condemns coalition’s threats to target customs center in Bayda
The Ministry of Industry and Trade condemned Saudi-led coalition’s threats to bomb the customs center of al- Sawadiyah port in Bayda province.
In a statement, the Ministry called on United Nations and the international community to put pressures on the coalition countries to stop targeting the port and all Yemeni customs outlets as civilian facilities that provide professional services to all segments of society.
The statement noted that the Saudi-led coalition’s allegations and fabrications come as a part of the systematic policy to destroy the national economy, and at the same time it is a blatant challenge to international conventions and laws.
https://en.ypagency.net/248712/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/12/31/yemeni-ministry-of-industry-condemns-saudi-threats-against-civilian-ports/
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Sanaa Gov’t invites UN, organizations to visit Al-Sawadiya customs in Bayda
https://en.ypagency.net/248958/
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Saudischer Luftschlag tötet verbündete Soldaten
Mindestens zwölf jemenitische Soldaten der Koalition wurden bei einem Luftangriff der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Militärkoalition im Jemen versehentlich getötet. Das berichtete "TRT World". Außerdem wurden mindestens acht Soldaten verletzt. Drei Militärfahrzeuge wurden komplett zerstört, zwei davon mit automatischen Waffen ausgestattet. Der Unfall ereignete sich in Shabwa, einer der 22 Provinzen des Jemen
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Yemen officials: Saudi airstrike kills 12 troops by mistake
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has mistakenly hit a camp of allied Yemeni pro-government forces, killing at least 12 troops, Yemeni military officials said Friday.
The strike, which took place on Thursday in the province of Shabwa, also wounded at least eight Yemeni troops, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
https://en.ypagency.net/248672/
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182368/Saudi-airstrike-in-Shabwah-province-kills-15-Hadi-forces
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Coalition unintended airstrike kills 9 Yemeni soldiers in Shabwa
Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed on Thursday when Arab coalition struck by mistake their site in the Yemeni eastern governorate of Shabwa.
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeted a group of the Yemeni national army in Markha district, killing nine soldiers affiliated to the 21st mechanized brigade, government military sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28291.html
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US, Israeli fighter jets join in bombing of Yemen
A member of the political bureau of the Yemeni National Salvation Government said that the US and Israeli regime fighter jets are deployed in the bombing of Yemen.
The American and Israeli fighter jets are involved in bombing Sanaa and other Yemeni provinces," Ali Al-Qahoum, a member of the political bureau of the Yemeni National Salvation Government, said on Wednesday.
https://en.abna24.com/news//us-israeli-fighter-jets-join-in-bombing-of-yemen_1213569.html
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460 civilians killed, injured in coalition bombing on Shabwa: Health Bureau
About 235 civilians, including 9 children and 14 women have been killed and 225 others wounded, including 8 children and 20 woman, as a result of the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes and its tools’ bombing on some districts of Shabwa province.
https://en.ypagency.net/248553/
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More Saudi coalition air raids:
https://en.ypagency.net/249181/ Shabwa, Marib prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170832.htm Marib p.
https://en.ypagency.net/249069/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/01/03/saudi-aggression-forces-carry-out-76-airstrikes-across-yemen/Shabwah, Bayda, Marib, Saada and Jawf provinces
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170583.htm Marib p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170461.htm / https://en.ypagency.net/248876/ / https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182532/Saudi-fighter-jets-bombard-Yemen-s-Shabwah-prov-50-times Shabwah p.
https://en.ypagency.net/248816/ / https://en.abna24.com/news//saudi-artillery-fire-kills-4-in-yemeni-border-area_1214588.html / https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170429.htm Saada p., Shabwah p., Marib p., Jawf p., Najran
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170328.htm / https://en.ypagency.net/248725/ Marib p.
https://en.ypagency.net/248648/ Marib p., Taiz p.
https://en.ypagency.net/248632/ / https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170332.htm / https://en.ypagency.net/248689/ Bayda p., Shabwa p.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170155.htm Marib p.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182349/Saudi-led-coalition-fighter-jets-bombard-Dhala-prov-in-Yemen Dhalae p.
https://en.ypagency.net/248571/ 5 prov.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170155.htm Marib p.
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe / Look at cp1b, cp18
Im Jemen herrscht ein militärisches Patt. Eine größere Offensive mit größeren Erfolgen und Geländegewinnen für eine Seite bleiben seit der Offensive der saudischen Koalition gegen Hodeidah im Jahr 2018 aus. Kleinere Offensiven, ständige gegenseitige Angriffe und Gefechte mit Toten auf beiden Seiten und Opfern unter der Zivilbevölkerung gibt es aber ständig. Besonders betroffen sind die Provinzen Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, der Bezirk Nehm in der Provinz Sanaa, die Provinzen Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah und Saada.
There is a military stalemate in Yemen. A larger offensive with greater successes and territorial gains for one side has been absent since the Saudi coalition's offensive against Hodeidah in 2018. Smaller offensives, constant mutual attacks and skirmishes killing fighters of both sides and causing victims among the civilian population are constant. The provinces of Hodeidah, Taiz, Al Bayda, Al Dhalea, the district of Nehm in the province of Sanaa, the provinces of Al Jawf, Marib, Hajjah and Saada are particularly affected.
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Roundup: Intense battles expand in Yemen's oil-rich province of Shabwa, 166 killed
Intense battles between Yemen's government forces and the Houthi militia continued on Tuesday, expanding across the country's oil-rich southern province of Shabwa, a military official told Xinhua.
Several units of the pro-government forces engaged in intense confrontations with the Houthis over the control of Usaylan and Bayhan districts in Shabwa province within the past 24 hours, the local military source said on condition of anonymity.
"Deadly fighting is still taking place in Shabwa as both warring sides brought large reinforcements aiming at expanding the battles to include new surrounding areas," he said.
He said that "more than 54 members of the pro-government forces were killed in the ongoing fighting."
The Houthis fired a barrage of missiles against the government-held positions and attempted to curb the progress of the southern Giants Brigades troops towards Bayhan, he added.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220104/6a4b51f3efaa46958d01a26a7631ad33/c.html
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Houthis amass large number of fighters to eastern Yemen frontlines
Yemen's Houthis are amassing a large number of fighters from their regions of control in northwest Yemen, subjecting them to brainwashing, hasty military training and deploying them to the country's frontlines in Marib and Shabwa, informed sources have confirmed.
The extremist Shia have reportedly been recruiting hundreds of people including children from schools in the northern Yemen provinces including the capital Sana'a, Dhamar, and Taiz and subjecting them to Shiit radicalization cou
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52985
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The killing of the terrorist Samih Jarada Al-Subaihi, one of the leaders of the Takfiri groups affiliated with the #UAE, in the Shabwa governorate, which he calls "the giants",In the battles of #Usaylan District , west of #Shabwa Governorate today . (photos)
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1478367101853351938
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Fast 200 Tote nach Kämpfen nahe Marib im Jemen
Bei heftigen Gefechten zwischen regierungstreuen Truppen und Houthi-Rebellen in der Nähe von Marib sind in Jemen innerhalb von 24 Stunden rund 200 Kämpfer getötet worden. Das wurde am Dienstag von Ärzten und Militärs mitgeteilt. Demnach wurden mehr als 125 Houthis bei Luftangriffen der von Riad angeführten Militärkoalition sowie bei Kämpfen mit regierungstreuen Einheiten, den sogenannten Giganten, getötet.
Den Angaben zufolge wurden außerdem 70 Soldaten der "Giganten" getötet. Die Brigade war 2015 von Militärs der früheren jemenitischen Armee gegründet worden.
https://www.diepresse.com/6081717/fast-200-tote-nach-kaempfen-nahe-marib-im-jemen?from=rss
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Sources: Nearly 200 Dead as Fighting Surges Near Yemen's Marib
About 200 fighters have been killed in fresh clashes near the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, military and medical sources said Tuesday, as the seven-year war witnesses a surge in violence.
More than 125 Huthi rebels were killed in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition and clashes with pro-government forces in Shabwa and Al-Bayda provinces, bordering Marib, medical sources told AFP.
The pro-government Giants Brigade, backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, also lost 70 fighters, Yemeni government sources said. The clashes took place over the past 24 hours.
and also https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/nearly-200-dead-fighting-rages-near-yemens-marib
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Around 125 Houthis killed in clashes near Yemen’s Marib
About 125 members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia have been killed in fresh clashes near the strategic Yemeni city of Marib
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Saudi defenses intercept, destroy five drones targeting the kingdom - SPA
Saudi Arabian air defenses intercepted and destroyed five drones launched by the Yemeni Iran-aligned Houthi movement toward the kingdom, the state news Agency (SPA) reported on Monday.
and also https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182528/Saudi-coalition-claims-intercepted-5-drones-launched-by-Yemen
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Jemens Streitkräfte ]der Sanaa-Reg.]: 2021 wurden Gebiete mit einer Fläche von 12.000 km² befreit
Der Sprecher der jemenitischen Streitkräfte, Yahya Saree, hat einen Bericht über die Ergebnisse der Operationen der Armee und der Volkskomitees des Jemen im Jahr 2021 vorgelegt.
Laut dem Sender Al-Massira gab Saree am Sonntag bekannt, dass bei den gemeinsamen Operationen der Armee und der Kämpfer der Volkskomitees gegen die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Kriegskoalition im vergangenen Jahr 12.000 Quadratkilometer Land in fünf Provinzen befreit wurden.
Saree erklärte ferner, dass die jemenitischen Streitkräfte zwischen 2020 und 2021 von der Verteidigung in die Offensive übergegangen seien und dass sie in diesem Zeitraum 194 Offensiven gegen Stellungen der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Aggressionskoalition durchführten und mehr als 223 Angriffe dieser Koalition abwehrten.
Er fügte hinzu, dass es der jemenitischen Luftabwehr gelungen sei, zwölf US-amerikanische Spionagedrohnen des Typs Scan Eagle abzuschießen.
Saree zufolge beläuft sich die Zahl der gesamten Operationen der jemenitischen Bodenstreitkräfte auf 40.126, wobei 1.527 Militärkräfte des Feindes getötet wurden.
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HOUTHIS SHARE DETAILED SUMMARY OF THEIR OPERATIONS DURING 2021
On January 2, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shared a detailed summary of their military operations against the Saudi-led coalition and its proxies in Yemen during 2021.
At a press briefing, Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Houthis, said that the group moved towards large-scale operations during 2020 and 2021 which resulted in the “liberation” of large parts of Yemen.
According to the spokesman, the Houthis repelled 223 ground attacks and foiled 166 infiltrations during 2021. Saudi-led coalition warplanes carried out 7,100 airstrikes on Yemen in support of these failed operations.
The group also carried out 194 ground attacks and 382 raids as well as large-scale operations, including Operation Evident Victory, Operation Great Strength, Operation Dawn of Freedom, Operation Dawn of Victory, Operation Spring of Victory and Operation Desert Dawn
As for the Houthis’ small-scale ground operations during 2021:
https://southfront.org/houthis-share-detailed-summary-of-their-operations-during-2021/
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Houthis say 1139 Sudanese, Saudi troops killed, injured in 2021
Last year saw the death and injury of 1,139 Saudi and Sudanese officers and soldiers in fighting with Houthi forces in Yemen, spokesman for the Iranian-backed group said on Sunday.
The 1,139 Sudanese and Saudi troops were killed or injured in clashes with and attacks launched by Houthi fighters, Yahiya Sarie said.
Two thirds of these fatalities were Sudanese troops taking part in the Saudi-led coalition, the Houthi officer added.
Saudi Arabia pushes Sudanese troops to frontlines to receive the largest blows and losses, Sarie said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28315.html
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Saudi-led coalition suffered over 26,000 dead and wounded in 2021
[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni army spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, has on Sunday revealed a statistic of the Saudi-led coalition’s human and material losses during the year 2021.
In a press conference this afternoon in Sana’a, Brigadier General Sare’e confirmed that the coalition’s human losses amounted to about 26,000 dead and wounded, including about 394 Saudi soldiers and officers, and 745 Sudanese mercenaries.
With regard to the material losses of the coalition, Sare’e mentioned that 1,749 vehicles, armored vehicles and personnel carriers of the coalition forces and 253 machine-guns of various calibers were destroyed and damaged, as well as 39 weapons stores burned.
The army spokesman added that 22 Saudi drone planes were shot down (6 of the CH4 type, 12 of the Scan Eagle type, one of MQ9 type, two of Arque 20 type, and one of the Carial type), as well as two Emirati spy planes of the Wing Long 2 type and 64 various other small spy planes.
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Yemeni Ansarullah launches drone attacks on S Arabia's Najran
According to Saudi cources, the Yemeni Ansarullah has launched drone attacks against Najran, Saudi Arabia's southwestern city near the border with Yemen.
The Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) claimed that it intercepted and destroyed three armed drones fired from Yemen against Najran in late Jan. 2.
As usual, the coalition claimed that the Saudi air defense had targeted three drones in Najran.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182480/Yemeni-Ansarullah-launches-drone-attacks-on-S-Arabia-s-Najran
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Sanaa forces besiege UAE-funded forces in Shabwa desert
https://en.ypagency.net/248932/
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4 civilians killed in Houthi attack in eastern Yemen
At least four people died and six were injured on Sunday in a rocket attack by Iranian-backed Houthi militias in eastern Yemen.
Houthis targeted a public market in the Usaylan district of the Shabwa province, the country's official SABA news agency cited local sources as saying.
A fire broke out in a gas station near the market following the attack, causing severe damage to the surrounding area.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/4-civilians-killed-in-houthi-attack-in-eastern-yemen/2463615
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[Hadi gov.] Shabwah’s Governor: [Hadi gov.] Army retakes key district of Usaylan in Shabwah from the grip of Houthi militia
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Coalition forces intercept three booby-trapped Houthi drones
The command of the Saudi-led coalition to support the legitimate Yemeni government announced late Saturday the downing of three explosives-laden drones that were fired by the Yemeni Houthi militias towards the southern Saudi cities.
The command tweeted that the drones were launched from Houthi militants from a site in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. It added that more intelligence information is currently being gathered to prepare for the coalition's response to the source of the terrorist attack.
My comment: The Houthis did not claim to have fired any drones against Riyadh. Looks like a scam to justify air raids against Sanaa.
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KSrelief's Masam Project Dismantles 2,440 Mines in Yemen during One Week
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Project (Masam) for clearing mines in Yemen, dismantled, during the period from 25 to 31 December 2021, a total of 2,440 mines planted by the Houthi militia across Yemen, including 15 anti-personnel mines, 1,318 anti-tank mines, 1,097 unexploded ordnance and 10 explosive devices.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 300,852 mines have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2317646
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Saudi-led coalition launches missile, artillery shelling on Saada
The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday launched intensive bombardments on several border districts in Yemen’s Northern Province of Saada, a security official told Yemen Press Agency.
The Saudi rockets and artillery shells hit several residential areas of Shada border district, leaving damages to the citizens’ properties, the official explained .
https://en.ypagency.net/248866/
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Report: Costly Saudi Weapons Prove No Match for Indigenous Yemeni Ballistic Missiles, Drones
Billions of dollars spent by Saudi Arabia on cutting edge Western military hardware mainly designed to deter high altitude attacks have proved no match for ballistic missiles and combat unmanned aerial vehicles that Yemeni armed forces have domestically developed and manufactured, according to a report.
Despite massive efforts by Saudi media outlets to cover up the extent of damage caused to the country as a result of the military aggression against Yemen, Spokesman for [Sanaa gov.] Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree once stated in a news conference that more than 10,400 Saudi soldiers have been killed and wounded in action.
Saree noted that 400 Saudi troops were killed and wounded throughout last year.
Moreover, at least 22,615 Saudi-sponsored Takfiri militants loyal to Yemen’s former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi have been killed and wounded in battles with Yemeni army troops and their allied fighters from popular committees.
Yemeni army soldiers and their allies have also managed to destroy more than 14,527 armored vehicles, tanks, personnel carriers and bulldozers belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition.
Yemeni forces have fired 1348 homegrown ballistic missiles at military sites and strategic facilities deep inside Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the report added, pointing to the attack on the kingdom’s major production centers at Ras Tanoura, owned by state-controlled oil firm Saudi Aramco, in early March 2021.
While most of the Yemeni ballistic missiles have struck their designated targets inside Saudi Arabia, dozens have been intercepted and destroyed by Saudi defense systems. This means the Riyadh regime has had to spend huge sums of money to activate the systems for incoming missiles.
Al-Mayadeen highlighted that Yemeni air defense units downed as many as 20 Saudi unmanned aerial vehicles in 2021.
Yemeni army soldiers and Popular Committees fighters also shot down 11 US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drones, a US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, four Chinese-made CH-4 combat drones, two Chinese-made Chengdu Wing Loong drones and two Turkish-made Karayel reconnaissance drones.
https://en.ypagency.net/248883/
https://en.ypagency.net/248920/
Film (in Arabic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgsVuIuiPlM
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37 Houthi militants killed in battle with Yemeni army in Marib: military source
Thirty-seven Houthi militants were killed on Saturday in a battle with the Yemeni army in Yemen's central province of Marib, government military source told Xinhua.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220102/24ef322e32944c218696010e32870955/c.html
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Statistic: 283 killed and 1,200 wounded by Saudi army fire in Saada during 2021
The Criminal Investigation Department in Saada governorate released an official statistic on the number of casualties during 2021 in the border areas of Saada due to the shelling of the Saudi army.
According to the official statistic, about 283 citizens were killed and 1,200 wounded, including 217 of other nationalities.
Department said that a total of 85% of Yemeni citizens and other Ethiopian, Sudanese, Somali and Pakistani nationals were killed and injured this year.
A total of 27 women were killed martyred and injured, the statistic showed .
https://en.ypagency.net/248698/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/01/01/nearly-1500-saada-border-residents-killed-or-injured-by-saudi-shelling-in-year-2021/
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Acht Tote und Verletzte bei Angriff der saudischen Armee auf Saada im Jemen
Die saudische Armee hat am Samstagabend einen Artillerieangriff auf Wohngebiete in Saada im Jemen gestartet, bei dem vier Zivilisten getötet worden sind.
Bei einem Artillerieangriff der saudischen Armee auf das Grenzgebiet al-Raqo in der nordjemenitischen Provinz Saada wurden zudem vier weitere Personen verletzt.
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Aggression kills, injures 8 citizens in Sa'ada
Four citizens were killed and four others were wounded in Saudi enemy's attacks on Sa'ada province, a security official said on Saturday.
The official added the Saudi army targeted al-Raqw area in Munabeh border district, killing the four citizens and wounding the four others.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170456.htm
and also
https://en.ypagency.net/248818/
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/182431/Eight-killed-injured-in-Saudi-led-coalition-attack-on-Saada
https://en.abna24.com/news//saudi-artillery-fire-kills-4-in-yemeni-border-area_1214588.html
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One killed, 3 wounded in Saudi shelling of Saada
At least one was killed and three were wounded in a shelling launched by Saudi army on border districts of Saada province, northern Yemen.
Al-Joumhouri Hospital Authority in the provincial center received the body of a citizen and 3 wounded from Al-Raqwa following a Saudi army bombardment on the district of Monabbih.
https://en.ypagency.net/248750/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/01/01/nearly-1500-saada-border-residents-killed-or-injured-by-saudi-shelling-in-year-2021/
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18 Houthis killed in ambush as renewed airstrikes kill scores in Marib
-At least 18 Houthi fighters were killed by pro-government forces in Yemen's northeastern province of Marib on Thursday, the information centre of the army said.
They were ambushed when a group of Houthis tried to infiltrate into army positions in Al-Kasarah war-front in the district of Sirwah
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28279.html
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Elderly woman killed by Houthi landmine in Taiz
Maryam Ahmed, nearly 50 years old, stepped on a landmine while she was walking to a local well to fetch water for her family in a road in Al-Tofayli village of Maqbana district to the west of Taiz's besieged capital.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52913
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Dozens of Houthi militants killed south & west of Marib
http://en.26sepnews.net/2021/12/30/dozens-of-houthi-militants-killed-south-west-of-marib/
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Houthi militia inflicted severe losses in Marib & Shabwah fronts
http://en.26sepnews.net/2021/12/30/houthi-militia-inflicted-severe-losses-in-marib-shabwah-fronts/
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Shabwa witnesses military confrontations between coalition, Salvation Govt forces
The fronts of Shabwa province witnessed on Thursday afternoon the first military confrontation between the National Salvation Government forces on one side and the Saudi-led coalition forces and UAE-backed militias on the other.
https://en.ypagency.net/248627/
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Yemen’s Houthis launch missile at coalition camp in Shabwa, say sources
Yemen’s Houthis on Thursday launched a missile at a camp housing Yemeni forces belonging to a Saudi-led coalition that had sent reinforcements to counter a push on the oil-producing province of Shabwa, military sources and a local official said.
The ballistic missile killed four soldiers and wounded 13 at the camp in Markha, three military sources said. A local official put the death toll at seven.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/yemens-houthis-launch-missile-at-coalition-camp-in-shabwa-say-sources-idUSKBN2J90NQ = https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/yemens-houthis-launch-missile-at-coalition-camp-in-shabwa-say-sources-852931
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Yemen: UAE-backed forces targeted in 'Houthi missile strike' on Ataq airport
Several missiles were launched against Yemen's Ataq airport in the Shabwa province yesterday evening, targeting UAE-backed militia.
Local sources have attributed the attack involving two ballistic missiles to the joint Houthi-army forces hours after the arrival of the UAE-backed Giants Brigades on Monday, following the withdrawal of Saudi forces who handed over the site to them.
The Yemen Press Agency, citing eyewitnesses, reported that the explosions targeted the Saudi-led coalition's operations building at the airport, after three armoured vehicles carrying Emirati reinforcements entered the vicinity. The attack reportedly left "dozens" dead and wounded; however, the media spokesperson for the Giants Brigades, Aseel Al-Saqladi, denied there were any casualties.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/248546/
Film, attack: https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1475912679495815172
and
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Seven soldiers of al-Amalika killed in Houthi attack in Shabwa
At least seven soldiers were killed and several others were injured on Thursday, in a missile attack carried out by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on a camp housing the southern forces of al-Amalika in Shabwa governorate.
The attack occurred only a few hours after the handing over of the camp of Khomoma to al-Amalika in Markha area by the militias of Islah party, the arm of Muslim Brotherhood organization within Yemen's legitimacy.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34289
while Houthis deny that the missile was fired by them:
and
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Missile attack hits Ataq Airport mere hours after arrival of UAE occupation force
Multiple powerful explosions rocked Ataq Airport in the occupied province of Shabwah on late Tuesday, causing it to catch fire.
Local sources in the city of Ataq confirmed that the explosions came mere hours after Saudi occupation forces had left their positions and handed them over to UAE occupation units.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosions resulted from missiles targeting the coalition operations building at Ataq Airport, soon after the entry of three armoured vehicles carrying Emirati officers (with film)
and
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About 27 coalition militants killed in Shabwa explosions
About 27 Saudi-led coalition militants have been killed and 41 wounded in an unknown explosion’s initial toll in Shabwa province, east of Yemen.
According to local sources, the explosion hit on Thursday the coalition-run Khamouma camp in Markha area, after they received the camp from the Saudi-backed Islah leaders.
https://en.ypagency.net/248614/
and
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Shabwa hospitals receives dozens of pro-coalition wounded fighters
Dozens of wounded fighters loyal to Saudi-led coalition were received by the Ataq Hospital in Shabwa province on Thursday in a way that exceeded the hospital’s capacity, medical sources said.
The sources indicated that Shabwa’s new governor, appointed by the coalition, directed the private hospitals to receive the wounded based on the proposal of the health office in the province.
During the past hours, ambulances transported many scorched corpses of the coalition militants to the Ataq Hospital’s refrigerator, in addition to dozens of wounded people from Markha, Usailan and Bayhan areas.
Due to the increase in the number of wounded, Ataq Hospital launched urgent appeals to donate blood in order to rescue the wounded.
https://en.ypagency.net/248638/
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Houthi sniper shot dead a child who was walking back home from school north of [central Yemen] Taiz city on Tuesday/Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52886
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A four-year old girl was killed and other civilians were injured as the car they were riding hit a Houthi-laid landmine in Serwah district of Marib. The girl (pictured) is called Hamdah Aljahmo/Bawabati website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52886
and also https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1476293338630402060
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Yemeni military releases details of latest major operation in Jawf province
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e has on Wednesday revealed the details of Operation Fajr al-Sahra, or “Dawn of the Desert”, which led to the liberation of the Al-Yatama area and its surroundings in Jawf province, bordering Saudi Arabia.
Brigadier General Sare’e confirmed in a press briefing this afternoon, that the army forces and the Popular Committees managed to liberate al-Yatama area in the Khub Washaef district, with an estimated area of 1,300 square kilometers.
He confirmed that coalition warplanes launched more than 60 airstrikes in an attempt to block the advance of the army forces, but failed.
The Saudi-led coalition forces suffered great losses (map)
and also https://en.ypagency.net/248497/
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1476256285049999360
Photos: https://en.ypagency.net/248506/
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Shelling leaves one civilian death, others injured in Yemeni Taiz
One civilian has been killed and others injured when a Houthi shell hit a private house in western rural area of the Yemeni southwestern governorate of Taiz, local sources said on Monday.
Houthi militants fired a mortar shell at Ali Qasim's house in al-Malaqi village in Maqbana district, the sources said.
The shelling left the house's owner killed and some of his family members injured
https://debriefer.net/en/news-28251.html
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3 civilians injured by Saudi shelling on Sa'ada
At least three citizens were wounded on Wednesday by a Saudi artillery shelling on border areas in Sa'ada province.
A security official confirmed that the Saudi shelling targeted the border Sheda district, which led to the injury of three citizens and caused damage to people's property.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3170051.htm
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are going on and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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A Houthi landmine killed Abdurahman Mohammed Ali Hassan, 22, and injured Ahmed Ali Salem Nihari, two civilians in Hodeidah governorate (west of Yemen), the Yemeni Landmines Observatory said on Sunday. The Saudi mine action program (MASAM) operating in Yemen has said it had extracted 300 thousand landmines planted by the Houthi militia until the end of 2021/Alharf 28 website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-52984
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Rights_Radar condemns the crime of burning more than 40 homes of citizens from villages south of the city of #Hodeidah, which resulted in a humanitarian disaster that doubled the suffering of the people of those areas.
https://twitter.com/RightsRadar/status/1478053718650204163
Houthi militants burned 40 houses of families of Tihamah Resistance Fighters in Hudaydah province after forcing families out and looting the houses.
https://twitter.com/FuadRajeh/status/1478307601607806978
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According to local sources, a Houthi sniper gunned down 12-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim while he was near his home in Hays district, south the port city of Hodeidah.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1476961361808744459
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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Film: Yemen – The last supper
Details of the political assassination of Ibrahim al-Hamdi, President of North Yemen, in 1977 are stranger than fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsGeHxzzW8&t=2s
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I am very excited to kick off the year with the launch of my project 'a place like home' where I create a collaborative duo between Yemeni and Dutch artists.
https://twitter.com/Thanafaroq/status/1478018095813963780
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Film: Watch the audience of Ibb and the audience of Taiz how they received our Yemeni junior football team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vf8srrWmGY&t=217s
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Films: Tonight, football team arrive in #Sanaa the capital city of Yemen. #Yemen's under-15 football team won the West Asian #Junior #Championship,2021
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwaday/status/1478522742051856386
and team on the road to Sanaa: https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwaday/status/1478415039375851529
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-779-yemen-war-mosaic-779
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-779 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-779:
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:
