Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 800, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 800, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-800-yemen-war-mosaic-800
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: Präsidialrat löst Präsident Hadi ab / Most important: New Presidential Council relaces President Hadi
cp1b Am wichtigsten: Waffenstillstand / Most important: Truce
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Klassifizierung / Classification
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? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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UN unveils plan to prevent stricken oil tanker disaster off Yemen coast
David Gressly outlined plans to address the threat posed by the FSO Safer, described as a time bomb sitting off Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
The 45-year-old floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility holds 1.1 million barrels of oil, or four times the amount of the Exxon Valdez - the tanker that caused one of the greatest environmental disasters in United States’ history.
It is at imminent risk of spilling a massive amount of oil due to leakages or an explosion.
“If it were to happen, the spill would unleash a massive ecological and humanitarian catastrophe centered on a country already decimated by more than seven years of war,” said Mr. Gressly.
The FSO Safer has been moored some 4.8 nautical miles south west of the Ras Issa peninsula on Yemen’s west coast for more than 30 years.
Production, offloading and maintenance ceased in 2015 due to the conflict between a pro-Government Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels, and the vessel is now beyond repair.
Mr. Gressly warned that a significant spill would have devastating consequences for Yemen and beyond.
Some 200,000 livelihoods in the already war and crisis-wracked country could be instantly wiped out, and families would be exposed to life-threatening toxins.
“A major oil spill would likely close, at least temporarily, the ports of Hudaydah and Saleef,” he added, referring to critical entry points for food, fuel and supplies.
The disaster would have a severe environmental impact on water, reefs and life-supporting mangroves. Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia are also at risk. Clean-up alone would cost $20 billion.
“That does not count the cost of environmental damage across the Red Sea. Or the billions that could be lost due to disruptions to shipping through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is also a passageway to the Suez Canal,” Mr. Gressly told journalists.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115932
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Race against time to raise funds for Yemen tanker salvage mission
A scheme to replace the 'FSO Safer' must begin before choppy seas and adverse weather arrive in September, UN says
The UN on Friday warned of a race against time to raise $80 million to scrap and replace a dangerously leaky oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea before adverse weather makes the emergency mission too dangerous.
David Gressly, the UN’s aid chief in Yemen, said he would head to Gulf capitals next week to raise cash for the mission to salvage the FSO Safer, which has been floating off Yemen’s Houthi rebel-held western coast for years.
The UN last month signed a deal with the Houthis to repair the 45-year-old supertanker. A nationwide truce declared in Yemen last week has raised hopes for a mission that should be carried out before adverse sea conditions occur in September.
“The plan’s success hinges on donor commitments of funds now to begin work by the beginning of June,” Mr Gressley told reporters in New York.
“Waiting beyond then could mean delaying the start of the project by several months, leaving the time bomb ticking.”
The $80m price tag covers the “salvage operation, the lease of a very large crude carrier to hold the oil, and crew and maintenance for 18 months”, he said.
An estimated $25m was also needed to buy the replacement vessel the Houthis are to receive under the terms of the deal, he added.
The Netherlands will host a fundraiser in the coming weeks in the hopes of beginning work towards the end of May.
Environmentalists and the UN have warned for years about the threat posed by the decrepit FSO Safer, which could rupture or explode, releasing its 1.1 million barrel load in a disaster four times worse than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill near Alaska.
It would hurt tourism, fishing and desalination plants across Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti, and impede a shipping lane that carries about 10 per cent of global trade.
“Clean-up costs alone are estimated $20 billion,” Mr Gressley said in New York.
“That does not count the cost of environmental damage across the Red Sea or the billions that could be lost due to disruptions to shipping through the Bab Al Mandab Strait.”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220408-un-seeks-80-mn-to-avert-imminent-yemen-oil-spill
My comment: It’s absolutely crazy that they now must beg for these US$ 80 million.
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Audio: What will end the war in Yemen?
One of the world's largest humanitarian crises plagues the people of Yemen who have endured nearly eight years of civil conflict in the country. Over half the population struggles to access food, poverty is rife, and cholera is spreading. Meanwhile, three separate forces compete for control of Yemen. Backed by powerful foreign players, is there anything that can bring these warring factions to the table to find a peaceful resolution?
Tanya Beckett takes a closer look at what stands in the way of peace in Yemen.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-will-end-the-war-in-yemen/id932499233?i=1000551368392
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Audio: War in Yemen
We’re engulfed by war, rumors of war, videos of war, crimes of war—are we looking at ‘end times’ approaching? Or just the dead end of the forever wars? Our conversation this hour is about the seven-year war in Yemen. Our Yemeni guest sets it in the Ukraine context this way: “Yemen,” she says, “is the war we can stop.” It is called the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet, and still it gets scant news coverage. It is older than Ukraine’s war, vicious in its own way, an autocrat’s war much deadlier than Russia’s hammering of Ukraine, so far. The Yemen war, too, is a mismatch: Saudi oil wealth pounding the poorest nation in the Arab world, and using American planes dropping American bombs to do the pounding.
https://radioopensource.org/war-in-yemen/#
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How a Saudi-Led Alliance Battling an Iran-Backed Militia Devastated Yemen
Yemen was already the Arab world’s poorest country before its civil war began in 2014. Then a Saudi-led coalition joined the fight against the Iran-backed Houthi militia, spreading the ruin.
Months after a rebel movement aligned with Iran seized control of Yemen’s capital in 2014, Saudi Arabia pulled together a military coalition and unleashed a rain of bombs aimed at driving the rebels back to their homes in the mountains.
It didn’t work.
Instead, it set off an escalating cycle of violence that heavily damaged Yemen’s cities and killed an untold number of civilians while creating new threats to the global oil supply and maritime traffic around the Arabian Peninsula.
Seven years in, victory for Saudi Arabia, which receives extensive military aid from the United States, remains elusive.
Here is a look back at how the war settled into a grinding stalemate that has shattered communities, sent starving children to depleted hospitals, and spread diseases such as cholera across Yemen in what United Nations officials have deemed one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Some analysts question whether the Houthis want to end a war that has so greatly expanded their power, and that costs Saudi Arabia so much to pursue.
“It is expensive for the Saudis, and it is certainly more expensive for them than it is for their enemy, which is always problem, even if you are the rich guy,” Ms. Zimmerman said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/world/middleeast/yemen-war-saudi-arabia.html
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Audio: An In-Depth Exploration of the Crisis in Yemen & the U.S.-Saudi Role In It w/ Dr. Annelle Sheline
On this edition of Parallax Views, Dr. Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow for the Middle East at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins us for an in-depth examination of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and the role of the U.S. in supporting the 7-year long Saudi intervention that has led to instability there. Although a ceasefire is under way, that doesn't mean the conflict is over and Dr. Sheline believes now is the time to apply pressure to end the intervention once and for all. In this conversation we discuss the history of the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, Saudi human rights violations, starvation in Yemen due to the Saudi-imposed blockade, the Iranian involvement in Yemen, U.S. support of Saudi Arabia throughout the conflict through expensive arms deals, the War on Terror, the return of Great Power Competition, China, proponents of U.S. primacy believing it is necessary to support dictator and so-called "enlightened autocrats", Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Russia (and parallels between the crisis in Yemen and the invasion of Ukraine), and much, much more!
https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/asheline/
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This is Taiz, the bitter reality. Civilians spend 6hrs in bumpy mountain roads, pay unaffordable transportation & face high accidents risks to reach a destination that used to cost less than a $1 @ 5 mins in total! 4m civilians face a collective torture, a card in negotiations! (image)
Alternative ways were imposed on us, despite their ruggedness and danger, to take our lives. # Break the siege on Taiz (photos)
https://twitter.com/dalia774411/status/1511465757535870978
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Saudi gives Yemen money, urges peace talks after Yemen presidential council announced
Saudi Arabia on Thursday welcomed the Yemeni president's decision to transfer his powers to a new presidential council, urged the body to start negotiations with the Houthi group and said it would arrange $3 billion of support to the war-torn country's economy, state news agency SPA said.
Two billion dollars would come from Riyadh and another $1 billion from the United Emirates, which is part of a Saudi-led military coalition which backs the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi against the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen.
Riyadh called for an international conference to support Yemen's economy and also said it would give $300 million to the United Nations aid response to Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
Saudi Arabia and coalition partner UAE will each inject $1 billion into Yemen's central bank and the kingdom will grant an additional $1 billion for petroleum products and development, said a statement on Saudi state media.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-president-relieves-deputy-his-post-2022-04-07/
and also https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/saudi-arabia-uae-to-give-3-billion-to-yemen-in-new-peace-push-1.1748860
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220407/f24ed30e379f4f0cae7b9d8ef9f6f9a0/c.html
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Welcoming Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s Economic and Humanitarian Support for Yemen
The United States welcomes the pledge by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to provide $2 billion in economic support for the Central Bank of Yemen, as well as the pledge by Saudi Arabia to provide $1 billion for development projects and fuel support. This economic support will help stabilize the economy, improve Yemenis’ access to basic services, and ease the economic crisis that causes so much suffering. The United States looks forward to working with regional, international, and private sector partners to strengthen the Yemeni economy.
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GCC's SG Stresses Importance of Participation of International Organizations in Supporting Development Efforts and Humanitarian Aid in Yemen
The Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, stressed the importance of the participation of international bodies and organizations in supporting development efforts and humanitarian aid in Yemen.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2344169
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Westliche Scheinheiligkeit: Saudis werfen Streubomben über dem Jemen ab – und werden nicht sanktioniert
Streubomben sind nach dem Übereinkommen über Streumunition (CCM) verboten, da sie der Zivilbevölkerung „unannehmbare Schäden“ zufügen. Doch wo bleiben nun die ganzen Sanktionen gegen Saudi-Arabien, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate und deren Alliierten in diesem blutigen Krieg im Jemen, der beinahe 400.000 Todesopfer forderte?
Dort werden die Invasoren, namentlich Saudi-Arabien und die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate als Hauptakteure, weder sanktioniert noch geächtet. Dabei gäbe es eigentlich allen Grund dazu.
Laut Ali Safra, dem Generaldirektor des Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC), hat die von Saudi-Arabien angeführte Koalition seit Beginn des Krieges im März 2015 mehr als drei Millionen Streubomben im Jemen abgeworfen. Bei einer Zeremonie in Sanaa anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Minenbekämpfung am 5. April erläuterte Safra, wie Streumunition in 15 Provinzen und 70 Bezirken im Jemen eingesammelt wurde. Der Einsatz von Streubomben durch die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalition habe zu 3.921 zivilen Todesopfern geführt, darunter 119 Kinder und 39 Frauen, sagte Safra, während die Zahl der Verwundeten bei 2.884 Zivilisten liege, darunter 257 Kinder und 76 Frauen.
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On Its Seventh Anniversary, Yemen Seeks to End a War the World Has Forgotten
“If the world only cares about Ukraine and ignores our suffering, [at least] it will care about the oil when it is bombed.” – Ali Gueish, a Yemeni in his eighties
On the seventh anniversary of the war, MintPress News spoke with survivors, relatives of victims, and refugees of the conflict, who recount their stories and explore the current state of the conflict as evidence suggests that the Saudi-led Coalition’s grip on Yemen may be loosening.
”I remember when a huge explosion rocked my home, then I went up on the roof. There were fires like a volcano.” Mourad Yahya told MintPress, referring to Saudi airstrikes that killed an entire family in Bani Hawat shortly after Saudi Arabia announced operation “Decisive Storm.” Yahya, a father in his sixties who was displaced from his home, now lives in a makeshift refugee camp in the Dhahban Center for the Displaced in northern Sana’a. Despite the short supply and high prices of goods, which have been aggravated by the war in Ukraine, Yahya says he has become more determined to persevere. “Today, I see the same fires not here but in Saudi [Arabia]” he said, referring to the images of huge fires that were plastered across international media last week after Ansar Allah struck a Saudi state-run oil facility in Jeddah.
A dubious “truce”
MintPress spoke to Yemenis who lost loved ones and were forced to flee their homes, now living in makeshift refugee camps in Sana’a. They see the burning fields of neighboring Saudi Arabia as their last hope to deter the oil-rich Kingdom from igniting its own fires on their war-torn homeland.
There may be some merit to their assertion. In the wake of recent attacks, a two-month truce has been announced by the United Nations. The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the truce as a move aimed at providing an environment conducive to a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The deal stipulates a halting of offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel ships to enter Yemen’s Hodeidah port as well as the resumption of commercial flights in and out of the Sana’a International Airport “to predetermined destinations in the region.”
The truce, which went into effect on Saturday at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) and was ostensibly welcomed by both Saudi Arabia and Yemen, has raised the hope of many around the world that an end to this war is possible, but few Yemenis are sold.
”We don’t buy it,” Ibrahim Abdulkareem told MintPress. “In 2015, an American bomb was dropped on my home in Sana’a by a Saudi warplane, killing my brother’s daughter.” A photo of Ibrahim hugging the body of his deceased daughter went viral and became a symbol of the brutal war. Ibrahim still suffers and his disabled wife is unable to travel abroad for treatment because of the Saudi blockade.
Ibrahim’s fears are not unfounded. At least three people were killed when Saudi border forces launched a barrage of rockets and artillery rounds at a residential area in the Sheda region in the northwestern province of Saada just hours after Saudi Arabia agreed to the recent truce.
Many Yemenis feel that the war on their country has been forgotten despite its significantly higher death toll and the fact that it is marked by much more blatant violations of human rights. In fact, the violence, starvation and disease that have been meted out to Yemen unhindered for the past seven years are being made acutely worse by the war in Ukraine, which has caused the price of food and fuel in Yemen to skyrocket.
It is undeniable that the crisis in Ukraine is appalling. Yet the terror and misery in Yemen cannot be paralleled. Since 2015, when the Saudi-led Coalition began its bombing campaign in Yemen, thousands of homes have burned to the ground, often with whole families inside; and schools, factories, hospitals, mosques, and markets are rendered piles of soot and ash following massive infernos sparked by near-constant Saudi airstrikes. Yet, unlike the attacks on Ukraine, rarely do attacks on Yemen’s civilians garner media coverage or condemnation, and never have they triggered the punitive measures, sanctions, and rightful condemnation of the aggressor. Desperate Yemenis see the attacks against Saudi oil installations as a chance to leverage the attention on Ukraine to end their own suffering.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/yemen-seventh-anniversary-seeks-to-end-war/280134/
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Yemen gov't: We need support to prevent collapse, famine
The Yemeni government yesterday announced its need for economic support on three levels to prevent the collapse of state institutions and the country from slipping into famine.
The official Yemeni news agency quoted Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik as saying that "there are three levels of economic support that can prevent the collapse … and slipping into famine."
He added that these levels are "receiving support in the field of currency stability, achieving food security, and the state's provision of basic services, especially water, electricity, health, education, and payment of salaries."
Abdul-Malik pointed out that there is coordination with "the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and donor country brothers and friends and organisations to provide emergency economic support to the government to help it fulfil its obligations."
"The rise in the prices of foodstuffs and fuel against the decline in the local currency has crushed the purchasing power of citizens."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220406-yemen-govt-we-need-support-to-prevent-collapse-famine/
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US awaits final $17 million repayment from Saudis for air refueling in Yemen war
A Saudi-led military coalition has fully reimbursed the Pentagon for one piece of America’s involvement in Yemen’s ongoing civil war, but another $17 million sum remains unpaid more than three years after the U.S. stopped some air support for the conflict.
Between March 2015 and November 2018, the Pentagon spent about $300 million to fly aerial refueling missions in support of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others engaged in the nearly eight-year conflict.
About $261 million of that funded the hourly costs of flying KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender tanker planes, and another $38 million went toward jet fuel. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have shared the financial burden.
The Saudi kingdom closed out the debt for flying-hour costs in January 2021 with a $6.3 million payment to U.S. Central Command, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew Poppas, director of the Joint Staff, told Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) in a November report. Air Force Times reviewed the report Tuesday.
The UAE had already covered about $104 million in flying hour costs, leaving the Saudis to foot another $157 million in hourly fees. Emiratis also refunded $15 million for fuel the U.S. provided in 2015 and 2016, the report said.
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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Two fuel ships arrive at Hodeidah port
The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) has on Thursday said that two emergency gasoline ships have arrived at the port of Hodeidah, while the coalition is still holding one nearby Jizan.
“The first gasoline ship will be connected to the dock immediately after the unloading of the gasoline ship belonging to General Electricity Hodeidah,” the official spokesman for the Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC), Essam al-Mutawakel, said in a statement.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/07/two-fuel-ships-arrive-at-hodeidah-port/ = https://en.ypagency.net/258555/
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Sana’a Airport Director Denounces UN Envoy Allegations of Readiness of Sana’a Airport
The director of Sana'a International Airport denounced on Wednesday the United Nations' attempt to delay the start of commercial flights to and from Sana'a Airport.
Khaled Al-Shayef commented on the statements of the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, who attributed the delay in launching commercial flights to Sana’a Airport to logistical reasons.
In a post published on his official Twitter page, Al-Shayef expressed his astonishment at what he described as the justifications of the UN Special Envoy to Yemen. He stressed that the airport receives almost daily UN flights, pointing out that the services provided to the United Nations are the same as for the rest of the flights.
The UN envoy to Yemen had indicated, during a press conference, on Wednesday, that the postponement of flights to Sana’a airport, is due to completing “logistical procedures,” without specifying the nature of those procedures.
Grundberg’s comments came on the eve of the anticipation of the launch of the first flights, which were postponed from last Monday to Wednesday, but was postponed again.
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YOC spokesman: Aggression forces continue piracy on fuel ships
Yemeni oil company spokesman Essam Al-Mutawakel on Friday confirmed that the forces of the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression continued piracy on fuel ships.
Al-Mutawakel considered these practices a violation of the declared UN truce.
He pointed out the aggression forces seized today the gasoline ship "Sea Heart" and took it to the detention area despite its inspection and obtaining UN permits in an unjustified violation both before the announcement of the truce or during it.
He renewed the call for the UN envoy to put an end to these violations.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182644.htm
https://en.ypagency.net/258609/
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Saudi coalition seizes oil ship in violation of UN-ceasefire
The Yemeni Oil Company said that the Saudi coalition had seized a fuel tanker in violation of UN-declared ceasefire in the waters, despite obtaining a UN permit.
The Yemeni Oil Company announced on Wednesday afternoon that the Saudi-led military coalition has violated the Yemeni two-month ceasefire in the waters.
"By ignoring and violating the UN ceasefire, the aggressor coalition has seized the Daytona ship carrying diesel and arbitrarily directed it to the coastal region in Jizan," the Yemeni oil company said in a statement, according to Yemeni Al-Masirah.
The Yemeni Oil Company added, "The number of vessels confiscated by the aggressor coalition is three oil vessels, all of which had been inspected and licensed by the United Nations."
A spokesman for the Yemeni Oil Company, Issam Al-Mutawakel, had previously said that the UN UNVIM committee had authorized the Daytona ship to dock at the Yemeni port. He announced that the ship was carrying 29,934 tons of fuel and had received a permit to dock at the port of Al-Hudaidah.
Meanwhile, the deputy chairman of the Yemeni Red Sea Ports Corporation, Yahya Sharafuddin announced yesterday (Tuesday) that the Saudi-American aggressor coalition was still delaying the release of the seized oil ships.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/185419/Saudi-coalition-seizes-oil-ship-in-violation-of-UN-ceasefire
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182511.htm
https://en.ypagency.net/258438/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/06/saudi-arabia-seizes-yet-another-fuel-ship-bound-for-yemen-in-clear-violation-of-un-truce/
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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In a time of crisis, a Yemeni doctor found friends from her past
Al-Sabeen hospital has the only functioning paediatric unit in war-torn Yemen - partly thanks to a market stall in Toxteth
It wasn’t until after New Year’s Day that Dr Najla al-Sonboli told her friends in Liverpool that a bomb had hit within the vicinity of her hospital in Sana’a, Yemen. The bomb, which struck before Christmas, was launched by the Saudi-led coalition at a nearby bridge in an attempt to disrupt to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control Sana’a. Instead, it hit a section of the Al-Saleh Mosque, a short walk from the Al-Sabeen hospital.
It was so close that the glass of the windows in the hospital were blown out and black smoke wafted in through their empty frames. Pregnant women were moved into the corridors and children were screaming. A YouTube video filmed by activists shows locals wandering through the wreckage and sifting rubble in the days after the strike.
Najla, who studied her PhD and masters at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), is no stranger to bombings. They occur in the city almost daily, usually at night time. Houses shake. She waited until the new year to relay the news because she didn’t want to cause alarm in the middle of her friends' celebrations. “I didn’t want to tell you before because I didn’t want to ruin your holiday,” she said in a text message.
Al-Sabeen is located next to a special security forces military camp in Sana’a. Doctors sleep in their cars outside the hospital. It saves money on a bus fare they can’t afford. Some nurses walk two hours to get to work. They barely eat and they haven’t been paid for almost six years. Several staff have died of cholera, and more recently of Covid. Yemen is full of clinics and hospitals that are no longer open.
Louise O’Brien is one of several people in Liverpool who have been supporting Al-Sabeen hospital for the last few years via a group called Habibti. She has never met Najla, yet their extensive correspondence means she can’t count the number of nights she has lain awake in bed staring at the ceiling and fretting for the safety of a woman 4,000 miles away.
https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/in-a-time-of-crisis-a-yemeni-doctor?s=r
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Ghaleb Alsudmy: On 1st Ramadan We distributed meat to 201 families of the poor, orphans & displaced. Thks to benefactors. Nearly 1,200 Ppl will eat meat in iftar meal in first day of blessed month.
Plz #donate http://gogetfunding.com/food-and-medicine-for-yemen (photos, film)
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1512576577678286862
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1512574887952629761
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The World Bank’s IDA Scales up its Support for Yemeni People
US$108 million of additional finance from the World Bank’s International Development Association to step up social protection and support for Yemeni households whose food security affected by the conflict, COVID-19, and climate-related shocks.
An estimated one million Yemenis will benefit from the World Bank’s IDA support package of US$ 169.4 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Emergency Social Protection Enhancement and COVID-19 Response Project in Yemen (ESPECRP) launched back in December 2020.
Over 17 million people in Yemen are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.
More than seven years of unrelenting conflict, poverty, and displacement have significantly crippled service delivery in key public sectors and crumpled the already-ailing economy in Yemen.
The level of child stunting and wasting in Yemen are among the highest in the world with nearly 2.2 million children under the age of 5 in need of immediate treatment for acute malnutrition. This further erodes Yemen’s human capital and poses a long-term risk to Yemen’s development.
“Healthy and strong Yemeni children mean a long-term prosperity and brighter future for decades to come,” says Auke Lootsma, UNDP Yemen’s Resident Representative.
SPECRP is intended to sustain and scale up the impact of the response to the alarming increase of acute malnutrition in Yemen through cash-for-nutrition support, health, and nutrition education. Over 153,000 children and women suffering from malnutrition will benefit from the project’s nutrition programme.
ESPECRP’s income-generating interventions - through labor-intensive cash for works and wage employment – will focus on rehabilitation of community and productive assets (e.g., agriculture land, irrigation systems, rural roads, water, and sanitation). This will support the livelihoods of food-insecure households and put cash in the hands of nearly 122,000 Yemenis to afford food and other basic needs.
The project also seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change through community investments in flood prevention, land protection, irrigation canals, and water conservation.
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Yemen Humanitarian Update - Issue 3 / March 2022
UN calls for more support for Yemen after high-level pledging event
Acute hunger at unprecedented levels amid a severe funding gap
Fuel shortages exacerbate humanitarian crisis
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie calls for protection and support for the people of Yemen
UN plan in motion to resolve the FSO Safer threat
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-humanitarian-update-issue-3-march-2022
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Patients Registered on Statements Urgently Need Medical Trips
The head of Supreme Medical Committee, Mutahar Al-Darwish, confirmed that the 16 flights within the truce mechanism represent one-thousandth of the actual need for patients registered in the statements of the Higher Medical Committee.
Mutahar Al-Darwish explained that the agreement between the Ministry of Health, Foreign Affairs and Transport to allocate 50% of the flight seats within the truce agreement for patients.
He added that 30,000 people who need to travel abroad are listed with the Higher Medical Committee, and thousands more are registered with medical centers in the capital, Sana'a, and other governorates.
He called on the World Health Organization to revive the medical bridge and take advantage of the positive atmosphere of the truce due to the inability of many patients to bear the expenses of travel and treatment.
and also https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/07/humanitarian-flights-under-un-truce-so-far-meet-one-thousandth-of-actual-medical-need/ = https://en.ypagency.net/258545/
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As the war in Ukraine continues, millions of children in the Middle East and North Africa at increased risk of malnutrition amid food price hikes
The ripple effect of the continuing war in Ukraine is compounding the impacts of two long years of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies, employment and poverty in the MENA region, where more than 90 per cent of food is imported.
Many countries have already been struggling with child malnutrition, especially due to ongoing armed conflicts and humanitarian crises.
Only 36 per cent of young children[2] in the region are receiving the diets they need to grow and develop in a healthy way;
The region is home to high rates of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. On an average, nearly one in five children is stunted while the average wasting rate is 7 per cent.
In the MENA countries most impacted by the war in Ukraine, undernutrition rates are higher.
In Yemen, 45 per cent of children are stunted and over 86 per cent have anaemia;
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ICRC in Yemen: Annual Activity Report 2021
To alleviate the suffering of Yemeni people who have been affected by the protracted conflict, the ICRC in Yemen continues to provide food and non-food aid to people in need in different parts of the country, rehabilitates health and water infrastructure and supports physical rehabilitation centers in Sana’a, Sa’ada, Taiz, Aden and Mukalla where thousands of mine victims and other persons with disabilities continue to receive the care they need, including artificial limbs and physiotherapy treatment.
In line with its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also engages in sustained dialogue with the parties to the conflict in Yemen on the conduct of their troops during armed hostilities and promotes respect of the rules enshrined in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which protects civilians and other categories of persons who do not directly participate in the fighting.
In the same vein, the ICRC continues to visit places of detention under the authority of the parties to the conflict in order to monitor the treatment and living conditions of detainees. The objective of ICRC visits is to ensure that detainees are treated with dignity, contacts with their families are maintained, procedural safeguards are respected, and their living conditions, including access to healthcare, are adequate.
The ICRC also works with families and authorities to ensure that missing persons are accounted for, either in detention or in the context of ongoing hostilities where the ICRC supports the parties to search, recover and document bodies of fighters killed in combat so as to ensure that their remains can be identified and eventually be returned to their families.
The ICRC, in close collaboration with the Yemeni Red Crescent Society (YRCS) and other movement partners, continues its efforts to alleviate the suffering of affected communities through the YRCS’ vast network of volunteers in 22 branches across the country, allowing for increased access to affected people.
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/yemen-annual-activity-report-2021
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Ramadan in Yemen: A special month soured by the hardship of war, food shortages
One week before Ramadan, the souks of Sanaa are bustling with activity. The malls are busy, the markets packed with people and produce. But most can't buy what they usually want or need for the holy month.
The holy month of Ramadan is a special occasion filled with happiness and gratitude. However, in war-ravaged Yemen, celebrations are dampened by harsh conditions; fuel shortages and skyrocketing grocery prices are but little respite for the vast majority of the population.
Mohammed Fuad, a local from Sanaa, struggles to conceal his frustration about this difficult period. Mohammed feels that Ramadan in Yemen is more challenging than ever this year. Speaking to The New Arab, Mohammed said "I went shopping fives days before the start of Ramadan. I had YR90000 ($150) in my pocket, and even this budget wasn't enough to buy our families necessities."
He added, "Last year, $150 was enough to cover the whole month. This year, the same amount doesn't even cover half, this is painful and only adds to our misery of not being to enjoy this blessed month. Instead of having to endure bombs, we now have to endure price hikes."
Abdullah told The New Arab, "I used to buy one gas cylinder for YR3500. Now it costs me 8400 if I get it from the government and 20000 from the black market. The price hikes in cooking gas and fuel this Ramadan is unprecedented. This situation has robbed us of the sense of joy we were accustomed to experiencing before the war."
This situation has meant that the selling of firewood in Sanaa has seen huge increases in demand. Families have turned to this alternative to overcome the cooking gas shortages.
According to Abdullah, two necessities cannot be dispensed with: cooking gas and flour. While the cooking gas mostly comes from Yemen, mainly Marib province, the wheat is imported from multiple countries, including Ukraine.
Ammar Ahmed, a school teacher in Sanaa, said the skyrocketing prices and unpaid or low salaries are the recipes to a hard life, particularly during Ramadan. "The salary I receive cannot help me cover 20 percent of the items I need during this month. So I need to find work besides my teaching job to be able to provide my family with needed necessities."
Merchants in Yemen attribute the rapid price jumps to the shortages of fuel, saying that the fuel crisis has made the transportation of commodities more costly.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/ramadan-yemen-special-occasion-soured-hardships
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Film: Ramadan in Sanaa, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alq6Q4DfcJs
Snippet: https://twitter.com/AdelHaimi/status/1511703560714698758
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Film: His theatre was bombed. Osama finds a new stage
After the war in Yemen destroyed his stage, Osama has taken on a new role. As a Yemeni Red Crescent volunteer, Osama uses his passion for acting to deliver crucial messages on health and safety along with a healthy dose of jokes, silliness and slapstick. It’s an important role in a country where basic health and sanitation services have been severely damaged or destroyed. Osama says his passion for drama and comedy, and the opportunity to give back to his community, has also provided him with a sense of relief and refuge from the conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0rNFZiqSPs
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NRC: Our advocacy manager Renata Rendon explains why the ongoing truce is badly needed for millions of civilians.
https://twitter.com/NRC_EAY/status/1511638397122748418
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Jemen: `Wir können nicht´ zu sagen, ist keine Option!
Im krisengeschüttelten Jemen leisten viele Helfende Unglaubliches. Trotz Mangel, enormen Herausforderungen oder obwohl sie selbst vertrieben sind, gehen sie Tag für Tag unermüdlich an ihre Arbeit, um Menschen in Not beizustehen. Lernen Sie zwei von ihnen kennen – einen Arzt, dessen Krankenhaus vom Jemenitischen Roten Halbmond (YRCS) unterstützt wird, und einen vertriebenen Familienvater, der sich beim YRCS engagiert.
Aufgrund des andauernden Konflikts steht das Republican Hospital, wie viele andere Gesundheitseinrichtungen im Jemen, vor überwältigenden Herausforderungen. Es gibt häufige Stromausfälle, einen chronischen Mangel an Versorgungsgütern und ständige Sicherheitsbedenken. Viele medizinische Fachkräfte arbeiten inzwischen ohne Bezahlung, weil kein Geld für Gehälter vorhanden ist. „Unsere Arbeit ist rein humanitär“, sagt Dr. Abdulaziz, „deshalb können wir nicht aufhören oder sagen: ‚Wir können nicht‘. Das Leben der Patienten und das Leben vieler Menschen hängt von diesem Krankenhaus ab, und wenn wir aufhörten, könnten sie sterben, weil die Dienste nicht zur Verfügung stehen.“
Sieben Jahre Konflikt haben für die Gemeinde des Arztes, das Krankenhaus und das Gesundheitspersonal viele Folgen gehabt. Vor einem zerstörten Haus in der Stadt Saada erinnert sich Dr. Abdulaziz. „In den ersten Tagen des Konflikts kamen ständig verwundete Patienten in das Krankenhaus, um Hilfe zu suchen.“ Das Gesundheitspersonal steht nach wie vor unter großem Druck, um neben der stationären Behandlung auch Hilfe und Soforthilfe zu leisten.
In der Notaufnahme behandeln die medizinischen Fachleute täglich Dutzende Patienten, viele von ihnen werden vom Jemenitischen Roten Halbmond gebracht. Einige der Patienten leiden an Verletzungen, die in direktem Zusammenhang mit dem Konflikt stehen, viele kommen aber auch aufgrund indirekter gesundheitlicher Folgen wie Unterernährung und Krankheiten – verursacht durch nicht funktionierende Wasser- und Abwassersysteme.
„Das Beste für mich ist, wenn wir es schaffen, das Leben eines Patienten zu retten, der im Sterben lag“, erzählt Dr. Abdulaziz, „und wenn wir Menschen Schmerzen nehmen können. Das sind die Dinge, die uns zufrieden mit unserer Arbeit machen“.
Der Konflikt führt dazu, dass behandelbare chronische Krankheiten wie Nierenversagen tödlich enden können. Nierenkranke Patienten kommen zwei- bis dreimal pro Woche zur Behandlung ins Krankenhaus. Häufige Stromausfälle aber unterbrechen die Dialyse. Im ganzen Land arbeiten viele Krankenhäuser mit verschlissenen Maschinen, Stromausfällen und unzureichendem Personal. Nach Angaben des IKRK sind seit Beginn des Konflikts im Jahr 2015 jedes Jahr bis zu 25 Prozent der Dialysepatienten im Jemen verstorben.
In der Abteilung für Unterernährung werden fast täglich zwischen 35 und 40 Kinder aufgenommen. Dabei unterscheiden die Fachleute zwischen akuter und chronischer Unterernährung. Die Patienten erhalten eine unterstützende Behandlung und angemessene Ernährung, bis sich ihr Zustand verbessert.
Angesichts der vielen Engpässe und Schwierigkeiten ist Dr. Abdulaziz sehr stolz darauf, dass sein Krankenhaus die Herausforderungen meistert. Mitarbeitende und Freiwillige des Jemenitischen Roten Halbmonds, die bei einer Reihe von Aktivitäten innerhalb des Krankenhauses helfen, teilen diesen Stolz. Einige von ihnen arbeiten im IKRK-Gliederzentrum, das Prothesen und physische Rehabilitationstherapie anbietet für Menschen, die Arme und Beine verloren haben.
Im Jahr 2021 versorgte der Jemenitische Rote Halbmond mehr als 53.000 Haushalte im ganzen Land mit Unterkünften, Nahrungsmitteln und Hygieneartikeln. Außerdem bot er über das Gemeinschaftszentrum in Amran, einer Stadt nordwestlich von Sa’ana, Dienstleistungen wie psychosoziale Unterstützung an, und stellte Bargeld sowie Nahrungsmittel für mehr als 284.000 Menschen bereit (Fotos)
https://blog.drk.de/menschen-im-jemen/
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"Im Jemen ist das Gesundheitssystem kollabiert"
Federica Ferraresi, Einsatzleiterin von Ärzte ohne Grenzen, warnt vor einem humanitären Fiasko.
Die Menschen im Jemen leiden unter einer der weltweit größten humanitären Katastrophen.
„Die humanitäre Situation ist dramatisch. Die Mehrheit der Menschen hat Probleme, die Grundbedürfnisse für das Überleben zu decken“, sagt Federica Ferraresi im Gespräch mit der „Presse“. Ferraresi leitet den Einsatz von Ärzte ohne Grenzen (MSF) im Jemen. „Es mangelt an Wasser, Nahrungsmitteln, Treibstoff, Gas. Die Infrastruktur funktioniert nicht mehr“, schildert Ferraresi (Bezahlschranke]
https://www.diepresse.com/6122064/im-jemen-ist-das-gesundheitssystem-kollabiert
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Major relief campaign in Yemen as humanitarian situation deteriorates
With the advent of Ramadan, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) announced the launch of one of the largest relief and humanitarian operations in Yemen, covering roughly one-third of the country's population, to benefit seven million Yemenis in the governorates of Shabwa, Hadramout, Taiz, Hodeidah, and Socotra islands during Ramadan. This project instilled hope because it would reduce the level of rampant human suffering.
It has also drawn attention back to Yemen's human tragedy.
No international or regional relief organisation has ever organised such a large-scale relief effort in such a short period of time. Logically, it is difficult to provide aid to seven million people spread across vast and dispersed areas in highly complex geography in a short period of time. This task necessitates high-level coordination, careful execution, and a large number of relief workers to transport, unload, store, and distribute this aid to those in need, as well as conduct field surveys to track cases due for this aid during the initial phase.
My comment: Let’s see. The whole article is a piece of pro-UAE propaganda.
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Fleeing Another Conflict: An Inside Look at the #YemenisinUkraine Safety Network
About 600 Yemenis, many of them students, were residing in Ukraine when Russia invaded on February 24. Consequently, a collective of young activists and volunteers soon formed a safety network to address the plight of these Yemenis caught up in the war. It consists of members of Yomn Council, a newly established association led by Yemeni youth living abroad that aims to identify and support efforts to resolve Yemen-related issues, as well as other diaspora Yemenis and internationals with connections to Yemen. The initiative, #YemenisinUkraine, mobilized by the safety network on social media, called for action from authorities and the international community to provide a lifeline to Yemenis fleeing the war.
Activists’ hopes of expanding coordination with the Yemeni embassy in Warsaw to help Yemenis out of Ukraine were soon dashed. According to the volunteers, the embassy lacked empathy and diplomatic courtesy when it rejected the network’s request for assistance and guidance in ensuring the safety of 12 Yemeni students who network volunteers had learned were stranded for more than 24 hours at the Ukraine-Poland border.
Activists and human rights organizations have denounced what they perceive as a double standard in the treatment of non-Ukrainian versus Ukrainian refugees, evident not only in media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but also in the implementation of legal procedures. Videos, images, and voice messages documenting mistreatment have put a spotlight on the plight of non-Ukrainians, sparking a global movement under the hashtags #AfricansinUkraine, #SudaneseinUkraine, #SyriansinUkraine, #IndiansinUkraine and #YemenisinUkraine.
According to #YemenisinUkraine activists and volunteers, more than 250 Yemenis were in danger of losing their lives during the Russian invasion, struggling to flee some of the most high-risk areas. Yemeni students were stuck at the border for days, and reported that the situation was “extremely chaotic and inhumane.” One student said that during four days at the border, there was no food, no water, not even a toilet, and that police and security guards used dogs and fired shots at them to control the queues. Others told volunteers that they were forced to walk long distances between border crossings and wait many hours in line to have their identities and passports checked. “We had to walk 20 to 30 kilometers, then we arrived at different stops that were extremely crowded with all different nationalities, except Ukrainians, and had to wait for more than 17 hours each time due to the long queues at the borders,” one said.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/march-2022/17355
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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard Reporting Period: 27 March - 02 April 2022
From 1 January 2022 to 2 April 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 4,960 households (HH) (29,760 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.
Between 27 March and 02 April 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 130 households (780 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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Mohammed Al Houthi: The child continues for 6 hours every day in the classroom, a prison He loses family tenderness and emotional behavior Everything he reads in these classes does not return to his educational journey with benefits compared to the effort he puts in it The student graduated while memorizing the Qur’an during the four years, expanding the student’s perceptions and developing his talents The Qur’an gives those who learn it this advantage
From first grade to fourth grade I call on the government to issue a decision to read the Noble Qur’an only, starting from the school year 23/22 AD An average of five days a day The Qur’an was revealed to the Messenger Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, and all other courses in these classes were abolished
https://twitter.com/Moh_Alhouthi/status/1511887657911177219
Comment: This is an extremely dangerous agenda coming from one of the Houthis high-ranking leaders, suggesting that only Quran is taught for school children from first to fourth grades. This would be disastrous for Yemen’s future generations if Houthis are to go forward with this!
https://twitter.com/Hodey_m/status/1512329616752463878
This will not likely pass. I see this as Houthis using their usual tactic of making infalmmatory propaganda to divert people attention from important recent developments. They have routinely done this, and will probably continue.
https://twitter.com/YAZEEDALJEDDAWY/status/1512433779910000647
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Sanaa launches “loaf of bread” initiative for 160,000 poor families during Ramadan
The General Authority for Zakat, in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Capital Municipality, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the private sector, launched on Wednesday a charitable initiative for distributing loaf of bread.
The initiative targets 160,000 families per day in the capital Sanaa and other provinces during the holy month of Ramadan.
At the inauguration, the Minister of Industry and Trade, Abdulwahab Al-Durra, noted the importance of the initiative to
https://en.ypagency.net/258492/
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Revolution leader's lecture in the first day of Ramadan
I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, the outcast. In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Praise is to Allah, the Lord of Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, He is the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth; and that Muhammad, our master, is His servant, messenger, and last prophet. O Allah, confer Your Salat(prayers) and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad just as You conferred Your Salat (prayers) and blessings upon Ebrahim and the Family of Ebrahim.
You are the Owner of Praise, the Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad's good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahedeen. Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
As we live the climate of the month of Ramadan, I reiterate my congratulation and ask Allah to grant us success in seeking good deeds that make Him pleased with us and in obtaining Taqwa in the month of fasting and Taqwa.
The Month of Ramadan comes as one of the many opportunities Allah provides for us and through which He creates the climate for us to enjoy faithful discipline and self-purification and to follow His guidance.
The gates of His mercy are always open, and righteousness and Taqwa are always required. However, Allah creates
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182589.htm
2.; https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182590.htm
3.: https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182591.htm
4.: https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182609.htm
Film, first lection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwJTkoOSIoA
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Ramadan is an opportunity to gain piety: Revolution Leader
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3182466.htm
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YPC: Fuel Prices Will Be Review If US-Saudi Aggression Adheres to truce
The company's official spokesman, Issam Al-Mutawakel, confirmed that the prices of fuel will be review in the event that the US-Saudi aggression adhere to truce to allow fuel ships to reach the port of Hodeidah without being subjected to detention and piracy.
"If the ban on ships arriving at the port stops, the delay fines will be canceled, and therefore the price of sales of fuel in the liberated areas will drop significantly and will affect everything. Here we are talking about the following ships, not the four seized ships" Al-Mutawakel said.
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp1a
Aden verbleibt in der Hand der Separatisten im Süden. Ihre medien verbreiten eine große Menge von parteiischen Berichten, die das Narrativ der Separatisten überihren Hauptgegner, die Islah Partei (genannt "Muslim-Bruderschaft"), über die Kämpfe in Abyan und Shabwa, ihre Herrschaft in Aden und den von ihnen kontrollierten Gebieten verbreiten. Der Versuch der Saudis, die Hadi-Regierung und die Separatisten zur Umsetzung des Abkommens von Riad zu zwingen, ist wohl zum Scheitern verurteilt.
Aden remains in the hands of southern separatists. Their media are spreading a bulk of biased reports, showing their narrative of their foes from Islah Party (labeled “Muslim Brotherhood”), the fighting at Abyan and Shabwa, their self-rule at Aden and the areas under their control. The Saudi attempt to force the Hadi government and the separatists to implement the Riyadh agreement, seems to fail.
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Al-Zubaidi: Riyadh talks mark a turning point for the Southern Cause
The President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Supreme Commander of the Southern Armed Forces, Aidroos Qassem al-Zubaidi said on Friday that the STC's participation in political events and activities aims to serve the Southern Cause and people's aspirations to fully restore their Southern State.
During a meeting at his residence in Riyadh with southern officials and leading figures who participated in the GCC-sponsored consultations on Yemen, al-Zubaidi affirmed that the consultations mark a turning point in the political struggle of the South and enhance the southern presence in all regional and international forums.
"After long and deliberate marginalization, the Southern Cause has become part of the decision-making circle through its legitimate representative." al-Zubaidi said.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34846
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Lack of Drinking Water in Aden, Wide Popular Resentment
Citizens in Aden expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the stifling water crisis that afflicts many residential neighborhoods in the city.
Citizens confirmed that drinking water has been cut off from their homes for months, amid a significant increase in the prices of mobile water tanks, the value of which exceeds the citizens' purchasing power.
They pointed out that the water crisis burdened them, especially in light of the cut off of salaries, high prices, lack of fuel and other suffocating crises.
The water crisis is added to the rest of the other crises experienced by the Saudi-Emirati controlled areas, whose citizens lack the most basic necessities of life such as water, electricity, health, education and other economic, living and service areas.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/258614/
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The internet has been cut off at the palace that resides in President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, and his children have been prevented from entering the suite in which the president is staying since midnight yesterday, and the security has been tightened
https://twitter.com/anesmansory/status/1511881225442631686
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Unknown attackers target UAE-backed militia in Aden
Unknown gunmen targeted a security patrol of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in the city of Aden, southern Yemen, on Wednesday.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/07/unknown-attackers-target-uae-backed-militia-in-aden/
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Violent clashes erupt between gunmen in Lahj
Violent clashes erupted on Thursday between gunmen in Tawr Al-Baha city of Lahj province, local sources told Yemen Press Agency.
https://en.ypagency.net/258527/
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Gunmen kidnap leader loyal to coalition in Lahj
Unknown gunmen kidnapped on Wednesday an official in one of Amaliqa brigades in Tawr Al-Baha district of Lahj province, local sources told Yemen Press Agency.
https://en.ypagency.net/258567/
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Emirati Occupation Constructs Military Base in Socotra in Cooperation with Zionist
Informed local sources in Socotra reported that the UAE occupation constructed a military base airport on the island of Abdal-Kuri after expelling dozens of families from their villages on the Island, which is one of the most important Yemeni islands of the Socotra archipelago; In preparation for turning the island into a military base for the Zionist entity.
The sources indicated that the occupation forces opened the military base to operate foreign flights; with the aim of smuggling precious stones, antiquities and rare trees, and introducing foreign military experts out of sight at Hadibo Airport, the capital of Socotra.
Abu Dhabi has established a number of joint military bases and observation posts with the Zionist entity in Socotra, and the expansion of Israeli intelligence activities in the Yemeni islands and coasts in the southern Red Sea at the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Arabian Sea during the past years of the aggression against Yemen.
These developments come hours after the Sheikh of Socotra Island called on all Yemenis in the southern governorates to rise up in the face of the US-Saudi occupation.
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Protesters Set Fire, Cut Road Linking Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra
Hundreds of angry protesters blocked on Wednesday the road linking Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra governorates, in eastern Yemen.
According to YPA, well-informed local sources reported that angry demonstrators blocked the Eastern Reid Road linking Hadramawt and the city of Ghaydah, the capital of Mahra, due to the deterioration of basic services, including electricity, during the fifth day of protests taking place in Mukalla, the oil capital of Hadhramaut.
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Yemen's Hadi: ineffective president in extended exile
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi struggled and ultimately failed to impose his authority during a turbulent decade as president of war-torn Yemen, much of which he spent in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
Hadi, 76, a career army officer, assumed office in 2012 after a long stint as vice president to Ali Abdullah Saleh, winning 99.8 percent of the vote in a race in which he was the only candidate.
But the would-be consensus figure oversaw a sharp slide into grinding conflict, that has triggered what the UN describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
A coalition led by Iran's bitter enemy Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates entered the fight in 2015 with air strikes targeting the Huthis, who had seized the capital Sanaa the previous year.
But Hadi soon fled to Saudi Arabia, and his extended time outside the country he ostensibly ruled reinforced the impression he was controlled by his Saudi hosts.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220407-yemen-s-hadi-ineffective-president-in-extended-exile = https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20220407-yemen-s-hadi-ineffective-president-in-extended-exile
and
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Factional chaos, missteps brought down Yemen president Hadi
Hadi's ambitions were first foiled by the Iran-aligned Houthis who ousted him from Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in late 2014, and again by southern separatists, nominal allies backed by the United Arab Emirates, who twice seized control of Aden, interim seat of his government.
Riyadh kept him at the helm to preserve the recognised government, on whose behalf a Saudi-led coalition intervened against the Houthis in March 2015. But the UAE disapproved of his alliance with the Islamist Islah Party.
Hadi, 76, was kept largely secluded from the outside world, relying on a small group of family members and political allies to be his eyes and ears, analysts have said.
"Broader support for Hadi is predicated on his symbolic value more than his popular appeal," the International Crisis Group has said.
"For many Yemenis, the president has become a holding vehicle for the ideals of the 2011 uprising and the subsequent transitional period."
A former army general from Yemen's south, Hadi moved to the north amid political turmoil at home in 1986. He rose through the ranks to become vice president under then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who united north and south Yemen in 1990.
Hadi took the helm of a crumbling state after Arab Spring protests in 2011 brought down Saleh, later killed in 2017 while trying to switch allegiances.
Hadi was the only name on the ballot for 2012 elections meant to guide predominantly Sunni Yemen through a transition to democracy shepherded by Western and regional powers led by neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
But, inheriting a nation in chaos, he faced long odds in what was meant to be a two-year term overseeing the transition.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/factional-chaos-missteps-brought-down-yemen-president-hadi-2022-04-07/ = https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/explainer-saudi-arabia-shakes-up-yemen-alliance-in-bid-to-exit-quagmire-962471
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Taiz protesters: Each time UN deals give Houthis new gain and repeat to Taiz same promise
Thousands of people organized in Yemen's central Taiz on Wednesday a massive protest at the exclusion of the city from an Arab-Houthi agreement to lift blockades in Yemen.
The Saudi-led Arab Coalition and Houthis during closed talks in Muscat this week reached an agreement that provides for an immediate lifting of the Arab coalition's blockade on Houthi controlled air and sea ports and leaves lifting the seven year Houthi siege on the government-held Taiz city up to future discussions.
The protesters condemned the agreement and chanted slogans like "Oh [UN] envoy shame on You. Taiz Rejects the Siege" and "They have opened the Hodeidah Seaport for [Houthis] to smuggle [arms]."
"We are protesting at the successive UN-brokered deals that each time give Houthis a new gain and repeat to Taizis the same empty promise: of lifting the blockade," Adel Noman a protester said.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55510
My comment: Islah Party agitates against the truce agreement, misusing the fate of taiz, as also is demonstrated here. https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55509
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Aden witnesses violent explosions, armed clashes
Unknown gunmen targeted a security patrol of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in the city of Aden, southern Yemen, on Wednesday.
https://en.ypagency.net/258483/
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Deterioration of basic services spark angry protests in Hadramout
Hundreds of angry protesters in Mukalla city blocked on Wednesday the international road linking the Hadramout and Mahra provinces, in eastern Yemen, due to the deterioration of basic services.
https://en.ypagency.net/258515/
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Major power outage in occupied city of Aden due to technical problems
The electricity system in the occupied Aden province on Tuesday got out of service due to a technical glitch, local sources reported
Sources said that one of the energy companies turned off a 30 MW plant, causing electricity outage in most of Aden’s directorates.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/06/major-power-outage-in-occupied-city-of-aden-due-to-technical-problem/ = https://en.ypagency.net/258441/
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp1b
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Sanaa announces liberation of 26 captives in exchange deal in Marib
Head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs in Sanaa, Abdulqadir Al-Mortada, on Thursday announced the success of a prisoner exchange process in Marib province, under which 26 captives of the Sanaa forces were liberated.
Al-Murtada said in a tweet on Twitter that the committee was able to free 26 prisoners from the “army and the popular committees” in a local exchange operation on Marib front.
https://en.ypagency.net/258587/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/04/08/26-yemeni-soldiers-freed-in-prisoner-swap-deal/
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Film: Ukraine, Yemen, Security Council & other topics - Daily Briefing (7 April 2022)
Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WE5qcB_3Mk
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Yemeni women press for greater inclusion in peace talks
Women are disproportionally affected by the conflict but could help bring an end to the war, officials and academics say
Women provide essential services and are vital in mediation efforts to end armed conflicts, Muna Luqman, executive director of Food4Humanity Foundation, one of Yemen’s first women-led civil society organisations, told The National.
"Women are key to mediating armed conflicts over natural resources, facilitate negotiations over the opening of humanitarian corridors, facilitate the release of detainees and work to demilitarise schools."
They also have the power to "divert the youth from taking up arms and mobilise them towards peace-building and they are critical for reconciliation and lasting peace", she said.
Ms Luqman, who attended and participated in the Riyadh talks, said the international community must understand that "water, food, energy, electricity, healthcare and jobs are of far greater concern to the average Yemeni than any other agreement or settlement".
Ensuring these factors are covered in peace talks will mean that women must have a greater role in the negotiations, she said.
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Saudi Press Agency: The Kingdom urges the Presidential Leadership Council to begin negotiations with the Houthis, under the supervision of the United Nations, to reach a final and comprehensive political solution that includes a transitional period that will move Yemen to peace and development, and for the Yemeni people to enjoy security and stability.
https://twitter.com/SPAregions/status/1511912510387064834
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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Shiite activist Israa Al-Ghomgham, this innocent woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia because of her free opinion.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1512513452392304645
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Saudi Arabia expands Haj to 1 mln pilgrims, easing COVID curbs
Saudi Arabia will let up to 1 million people join the Haj pilgrimage this year, greatly expanding the key event to participants from outside the kingdom after two years of tight COVID restrictions, state media said on Saturday.
and SPA report: https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2344714#2344714
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#Saudi human rights criminal & head of #MBS security agency @pss_en AbdulAziz AlHuwairini appears in public with #MBS after rumored to have been arrested.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1512123999488299011
referring to photos: https://twitter.com/spagov/status/1511920642517618690
For Al Huwarini, see: https://dhow.com/biographies/52829041/abdulaziz-mohamed-alhuwairini/
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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Transfer of Khashoggi case to Saudi Arabia not political, Turkish bureaucrat says
Turkey's decision to transfer the case over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia was not political, a Turkish bureaucrat said on Friday.
"It was an ongoing trial and legal proceeding. It's not us, not politicians, not the government that referred this case to Saudi Arabia. The courts have done it," the bureaucrat said at a meeting with foreign journalists.
The person said the Justice Ministry's approval was "only a technical matter".
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-decision-transfer-khashoggi-case-sarabia-not-political-turkish-2022-04-08/ = https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220408-turkiyes-decision-to-transfer-khashoggi-case-to-s-arabia-not-political-turkish-bureaucrat/
My comment: LOL.
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Turkey to move trial of Khashoggi suspects to Saudi Arabia
A Turkish court decided Thursday to transfer the trial of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that those responsible for the death of the Washington Post columnist won’t be brought to justice for a crime that drew international outrage.
The decision, which comes as Ankara is trying to repair relations with Saudi Arabia, was denounced as “scandalous” by a human rights group. It marked an abrupt reversal for Turkey, which had vowed to shed light on the killing and began prosecuting the defendants in absentia in 2020.
The Istanbul court’s decision comes despite warnings from human rights groups that turning the case over to the kingdom would lead to a cover-up of the killing, which has cast suspicion on the crown prince.
Last week, the prosecutor in the case recommended its transfer to the kingdom, arguing that the trial in Turkey would remain inconclusive. Turkey’s justice minister supported the recommendation, adding that the trial in Turkey would resume if the Istanbul court is not satisfied with the outcome in Saudi Arabia.
It was not clear if the kingdom, which has already put some of the defendants on trial behind closed doors, would open a new trial, and there was no immediate reaction from Riyadh to the decision.
At Thursday’s hearing, lawyers representing Cengiz asked the court not to move the proceedings to Saudi Arabia, the private DHA news agency reported.
“Let’s not entrust the lamb to the wolf,” the agency quoted lawyer Ali Ceylan as telling the court. “Let’s protect the honor and dignity of the Turkish nation.”
But the court halted the trial in line with the Justice Ministry’s “positive opinion,” DHA reported. It also decided to lift arrest warrants issued against the defendants and gave the sides seven days to lodge any opposition.
Saudi Arabia had rejected Turkey’s requests to extradite the defendants, who included two former aides of the prince.
“It’s a scandalous decision,” said Emma Sinclair-Webb, the Turkey director for the New York-based Human Rights Watch, asserting that the court had “rubber-stamped” a political decision that would allow the Turkish government to repair its ties with Saudi Arabia.
“In the interest of realpolitik, Turkey is ready to sacrifice justice for an egregious crime on its own soil,” she told The Associated Press. “(The decision) opens the way for other countries to commit assassinations on Turkish territory and get away with it.”
Cengiz said she would continue to seek justice.
“We will continue this (judicial) process with all the power given to me, as a Turkish citizen,” she told reporters outside the courthouse.
“The two countries may be making an agreement, the two countries may be opening a new chapter ... but the crime is still the same crime,” she said. “The people who committed the crime haven’t changed. Governments and states must have a principled stance.”
Turkey, which is in a deep economic downturn, has been trying to improve its
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp9a
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Films: Former Obama official @BRhodes joins @RoKhanna
in calling on Biden admin to "bring some weight to bear" on Saudis over Yemen: "I’d like the US to put on the table that we won’t support in any way a resumption of hostilities from the Saudi side... we have some leverage here."
https://twitter.com/ErikSperling/status/1512094028443140100
Great that @RoKhanna used time with @SecDef at @HASCDemocrats hearing to ask about how US will react if the Saudis violate the ceasefire that was recently agreed in Yemen — specifically, whether DOD will continue to provide the spare parts that enable Saudi air strikes in Yemen.
https://twitter.com/ErikSperling/status/1511374828892475394
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Members of the @USAirForce, assigned to 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, participate in Operation #AgileSpartanII at King Faisal Air Base, Saudi Arabia (photos)
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1512097947323973654
My comment: Shame. Frome this air base, a great part of all fighter jets bombing Yemen starts.
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Human Rights Watch: US Assistance to Saudi-Led Coalition Risks Complicity in War Crimes
Since 2015, the United States has supplied Saudi Arabia and the UAE with billions of dollars’ worth of weapons, training and logistical support, including aerial refueling until 2018, as the coalition conducts its aerial bombing campaigns. Human Rights Watch has documented the coalition’s use of US-manufactured weapons in at least 21 apparently unlawful attacks under the laws of war.
Raytheon and other US companies operating in the weapons sector have responsibilities under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to assess the impacts of their operations, sales and services, based on international human rights requirements and the laws of war. While the United States government facilitates the company’s weapons sales, the company says it complies with US law and policies. There are still serious concerns that Raytheon is not meeting its human rights responsibilities as its munitions continue to be used to commit violations of international humanitarian law.
Even though the US government is aware of credible allegations that US-made weapons are being used in violation of international humanitarian law, the US has possibly violated its own obligations by continuing arms sales to the coalition. Government officials could be legally liable for war crimes in Yemen, a consideration raised in a State Department Inspector General report in 2020.
The US condemns likely war crimes committed in other armed conflicts, such as those by Russia in Ukraine, but continues to support the coalition that is committing similar violations in Yemen
The US continues to show an inadequate commitment to ensuring accountability for the possible crimes of its allies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and for its own role. After seven years of ignoring rights groups’ warnings of potential US complicity in serious crimes in Yemen, Washington needs to reverse course and take concrete steps to end its complicity, including by suspending weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE until they curtail unlawful airstrikes. The US should also pursue credible investigations and prosecutions into previous alleged violations – by Afrah Nasser
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/07/us-assistance-saudi-led-coalition-risks-complicity-war-crimes = https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/march-2022/17316
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Cooperating with autocrats: When is too much, too much?
Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the Ukraine war. It is a debate that challenges US President Joe Biden’s framing of the conflict as a struggle between good and evil, democracy and autocracy.
The commentaries by prominent geopolitical analyst and travel writer Robert Kaplan and former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House raise multiple, and perhaps troubling, questions that go to the core of culture wars in the United States and other Western countries.
The absence of the parallels between the brutality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and similar events in the Middle East and North Africa spotlights the seeming blindness, if not the adoption of double standards, by the United States and Europe. These parallels include the equally brutal Russian intervention in Syria, the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, and the occupation of conquered lands by Israel and Morocco.
https://www.jamesmdorsey.net/post/cooperating-with-autocrats-when-is-too-much-too-much
My comment: “The equally brutal Russian intervention in Syria” ??? The Syria war wasn’t a Russian war (Russia did not intervent before 2015) but an US war (started in 2011). And why other US wars are omitted here: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya? US “autocrats” are among the worst – as far as wars are concerned.
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WHO LEADS THE US’ RELATIONSHIP WITH GULF STATES?
Rethinking the US relationship with Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Over the past several decades, the US has firmly committed to its Gulf security partners, stationing US personnel at bases in the region, selling these countries advanced weapons, and providing military training, maintenance, and other forms of support. In exchange for this support, the US has tried to use these security partnerships in service of the strategic goals of stabilizing oil markets, fighting terrorism, and deterring Iran.
It’s not clear that these security partnerships have furthered these strategic aims. But at the same time, the state of the relationships themselves — rather than these strategic ends — have increasingly become the goal of US foreign policy in the region. To put it succinctly, the means have become the ends. And that needs to change.
The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen began seven years ago on Mar. 26, 2015. In 2015, as the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was being finalized, there was plenty of talk among US and Gulf policymakers that the relationship between the US on the one hand, and Saudi Arabia and the UAE on the other, was becoming increasingly stressed due to the Gulf monarchies’ opposition to the deal. In exchange, when the intervention in Yemen began, US officials (including Robert Malley, now US Special Envoy for Iran) later said that they offered support for the intervention, not because it would further US strategic priorities, but because the US ties with these partners were “under strain.” Mally explained that Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies saw the Iran nuclear deal, then nearing completion, as giving Iran “a leg up at their expense.” Support for the Yemen intervention, US policymakers hoped, would improve those relationships, while giving the US the chance to push the intervention in the right direction — a dynamic they likened to “getting into a car with a drunk driver,” according to Malley and Stephen Pomper.
The military intervention, it turned out, did not further US security interests.
The Biden administration sought to reset the relationship without collapsing it entirely, pressing Saudi Arabia and the UAE to engage in the UN-led peace process and pausing the sale of some weapons, while moving ahead with other sales and providing assistance to both countries to defend them against Houthi attacks. This support has apparently not been enough for some Gulf officials.
Foreign policy thinking in both of these Gulf monarchies is often opaque. But this recent set of moves — especially both countries’ refusal to support Biden’s approach to Russia and Ukraine — seems calculated to demonstrate to US officials that their bilateral relationships with the US are not only under stress, but that it is the US’ job to fix it. Saudi and Emirati leaders seem to think they can use a situation that is similar to 2015, when a new Iran nuclear deal is being finalized and global energy markets are under strain, to use US leverage in reverse by holding the bilateral relationship itself hostage. “It was not that long ago that the United States presented itself to its allies as their shield against all actors who sought regional hegemony,” wrote Saudi commentator Mohammed Alyahya, former Al Arabiya English editor, “Why should America’s regional allies help Washington contain Russia in Europe when Washington is strengthening Russia and Iran in the Middle East?” Likewise, “The UAE relationship with the American partner is facing difficulties it has not faced in 50 years,” Emirati commentator Abdulkhaleq Abdulla wrote last week. “Certainly, the task of correcting the misunderstanding lies with the Biden administration.”
This time, that move should backfire — the Biden administration should call their bluff. After all, neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE has alternate viable security partners they can immediately turn to, especially as they lean on US assistance to protect themselves from Houthi missile and drone attacks.
In the past, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been able to wrangle concessions from the US when they can convince DC policymakers and watchers that their relationships with the US are “strained.” This time ought to be different: Saudi Arabia and the UAE should no longer be able to set the terms of the relationship – by Alexandra Stark
https://inkstickmedia.com/who-leads-the-us-relationship-with-gulf-states/
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While condemning war crimes #Ukraine #Australia continues to train #Saudi military that commits war crimes #Yemen & welcomes #Saudi military official who promotes #AntiSemitism
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1511809836043972610
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US needs to end its secretive drone campaign in Yemen, experts say
Biden administration can put an end to counterterrorism war in Yemen by repealing the 2001 Authorisation for Use of Military Force
The Biden administration needs to end its secretive counterterrorism campaign in Yemen if it wants to end "forever wars" in the Middle East that have failed to root out al-Qaeda and Islamic State militants, policy experts have said.
Since 2002, Yemen has become a battlefield for expanded US drone operations as a part of Washington's global "war on terrorism".
More than two decades after its inception, little is known about the US's goals in Yemen and how extensive its operations there have been.
There is no comprehensive count of civilian deaths because of the difficulty of confirming identities and the allegiances of those killed. But according to rights groups, US drone strikes have targeted wedding processions and funerals.
David Sterman, a senior policy analyst at the New America think tank, said in an assessment released earlier this week that the US needed to end its counterterrorism operations in Yemen.
Sterman stated that the US could do so in a number of ways, including repealing the 2001 Authorisation for Use of Military Force Act (AUMF), releasing a public assessment of US strikes in Yemen, and abandoning the framework of "sustainable counterterrorism".
"Rather than embracing endlessness under the name 'sustainable counterterrorism' or chasing the mirage that the United States can defeat AQAP [al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula], the United States should build a full policy platform to end its endless wars," Sterman said.
"The counterterrorism war in Yemen holds severe risks for American democracy and the moral underpinnings of American warfare precisely because of the radical asymmetry between the violence the US carries out or is capable of carrying out in Yemen, and the violence AQAP is capable of carrying out against Americans."
Like Sterman's conclusion, many policy experts and lawmakers alike have said that US President Joe Biden needs to end the 2001 AUMF in order to fulfil his promise of ending forever wars.
"While the Biden administration has suggested that it might be willing to reform the AUMF, it has not put forward a specific plan to do so, and Congress remains split on the issue," Sterman said in his assessment.
"Tellingly, the administration continues to invoke the AUMF, including to justify strikes in Somalia over the summer of 2021."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-needs-end-its-secretive-campaign-yemen-experts-say
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp9
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The Little Iran Nuclear Deal That Couldn’t
A revived nuclear pact could benefit Washington and Tehran but is proving a hard sell.
Talks on Iran’s nuclear program have been veering between success and failure for months now, bedeviling the best efforts of prognosticators to forecast the outcome. A deal would have something to offer both Washington, in the form of greater constraints to slow Iran’s nuclear advances, and Tehran, which would gain access to a fresh pot of money that it could potentially use to finance some of its more nefarious activities, such as funding regional proxies from Hezbollah to the Houthis. But such a deal would be fraught with political risks that would make it potentially painful for both sides to swallow.
“You have to decide what’s more important: uranium enrichment or Iranian enrichment,” said Ali Vaez, an expert at the International Crisis Group and a proponent of a deal who believes there is a 50-50 chance of a new pact being sealed. “If you are more concerned about uranium enrichment, then this deal is better than the alternative. If you are more concerned about Iranian enrichment, then you would argue for a no-deal scenario.”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/05/iran-nuclear-deal-russia-ukraine/
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Film: Trita Parsi (@TParsi) of @QuincyInst explains how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the diplomatic attempts by the U.S. and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the Trump administration
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1512540788156104707
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Iran won't abandon nuclear goals in face of Israel, others’ alarmism: Nuclear chief
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Islamic Republic is not going to back down from its nuclear goals in the face of the Israeli regime and others’ alarmism.
“The Israeli regime resorts to producing fake documents, sabotage, including industrial sabotage, and terrorist operations [against Iran],” Mohammad Eslami told a press conference on Wednesday.
“These measures are neither condemned nor confronted, but are, to the contrary, [even] welcomed,” he added.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/04/07/679866/Iran-nuclear-Israel-IAEA
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Iran: Foreign media claims on IAEA report ‘inaccurate, biased’
A senior Iranian diplomat says some foreign media claims about the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the verification of the implementation of the 2015 Iran deal are “inaccurate, incorrect and biased.”
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Iran’s acting ambassador to the IAEA Mohammad Reza Ghaebi said the report was only a technical update presented by the agency’s director-general on monitoring the implementation of the multilateral deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorses it.
He said the report was drawn up to inform the agency’s members about the latest developments and new technical information on Iran’s nuclear activities.
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Top US General does not support removing Iran's Quds Force from terrorism list
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What’s the deal with the Iran nuclear deal?
Trump withdrew from the accord, and Biden is working toward its resurrection.
Nearly 15 months into Joe Biden’s presidency, the US, Iran, and other world powers are close to resurrecting the 2015 deal that ensured Iran’s civilian nuclear program could not develop weapons-grade uranium. But the hurdles in negotiations over the last 12 months — not to mention two recent hold-ups that could derail the whole endeavor — show just how big of a diplomatic feat the original deal was, and how difficult it appears to get back to it.
Right now, the talks in Vienna are in the narrow space between a breaking point and a breakthrough. April 6 marks the one-year anniversary of Iran negotiating there indirectly with the US and directly with the five other original signatories (China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom). This week, Iran said it would return to the negotiating table only to “finalize” a renewed deal.
Still, the process of putting enriched uranium into a weapon could take two years.
That’s why renegotiating has been an urgent priority for the Biden administration.The text of the near-final deal is not known, but experts familiar with the negotiations say that the deal — and the political challenges of its implementation — will be similar to the last time around. The primary new challenge will be that given Iran’s improved nuclear technology and capacity, the constraints on the country will necessarily be less stringent.
If the two countries reach a new deal, it would mean that Iran is moving beyond the mistrust that Trump sowed by reneging on the JCPOA while claiming he could get a better deal. (He didn’t).
There would be immediate economic benefits to Iran, the US, and the world. With Iran more easily selling oil globally, it might help lower the incredibly high energy prices driven by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Most importantly, the deal would again accomplish what it set out in the first place: limiting Iran’s nuclear capacity. The chances of getting there, however, are tied up in the details, especially Trump’s sanctions.
But beyond the political and technical challenges in Washington, or the diplomatic nuances in Vienna, the biggest ongoing question is whether Iranians would trust Americans to fulfill their side of the agreement. That Trump pulled out of the deal has damaged America’s standing. “All of these agreements, hinge on the credibility of our word and the credibility of our commitment,” said Rupal Mehta, a political scientist at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
For all of the incentives that Iran has to rejoin the deal, there are risks of another US president’s withdrawal. “If I was sitting in Tehran, watching polarized American politics and seeing how popular Trump remains, I would be very worried about signing back onto a deal only to go through this entire exercise once again,” said Hashemi.
https://www.vox.com/23002229/return-iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-explained
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Iran says it gave long-sought answers to UN atomic watchdog
Iran on Wednesday said it supplied the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog with documents explaining the discovery of suspect enriched uranium traces, state media reported, the first acknowledgement from Tehran that it had answered the agency’s long-standing demands.
The head of Iran’s civilian Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said Iran sent the requested explanations on March 20 about several former undeclared sites in Iran where there was evidence of past nuclear activity.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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As tensions ease, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Yemeni envoys return to Lebanon
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen on Thursday announced the return of their ambassadors to Lebanon in a sign of improving ties which hit rock bottom last year when the kingdom and other Arab Gulf states withdrew their envoys.
Saudi Arabia and fellow wealthy Gulf states were once major donors for Lebanon. However, relations have been strained for years by the growing influence of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said its ambassador returned in response to calls by “moderate” Lebanese political forces and after remarks by Prime Minister Najib Mikati regarding “ending all political, military and security activities” that affect Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
https://thearabweekly.com/tensions-ease-saudi-kuwaiti-yemeni-envoys-return-lebanon
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[Saudi] Director-General of the #General_Department_of_Religious_Affair_of_the_Armed_Forces_meets the delegates of the Ministry of Defense in the State of #Australia (photos)
https://twitter.com/modgovksa/status/1511430380632616964
While condemning war crimes #Ukraine #Australia continues to train #Saudi military that commits war crimes #Yemen & welcomes #Saudi military official who promotes #AntiSemitism
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1511809836043972610
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Film: Irish lawmaker Richard Boyd Barrett criticizes selective opposition to crimes against humanity and says the West is guilty of supporting the Israeli regime and the Saudi dictatorship's brutal war in #Yemen.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1511849430621863937
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The keys to reading the UAE’s strategic map
Some observers have been perplexed by perceived changes in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) foreign policy on a number of fronts. The UAE’s rapprochement with Turkey, for instance, has been described as a “sea change” and a “reset” after what was depicted as a “decade-long era of muscular policy.”
These supposed changes, however, are more consistent than they may first appear and certainly do not reflect the wider strategic direction of the UAE. These policy moves can be better understood through three “keys” that explain the UAE’s strategic map and its international engagement.
Key 1: The networked world order
The first key lies in the UAE’s understanding of the way international relations have evolved in the 21st century. The world order is not uni-, bi-, or even multipolar, but rather networked. The concept of the end of the unipolar world and the Pax Americana was highlighted in the Global Trends 2030 report produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the U.S. in December 2012.
Key 2: Global connectivity agenda
The second key is the UAE’s connectivity agenda. This is based on its understanding of the networked world order and its aim of extending connectivity corridors across the world.
The UAE’s connectivity agenda has its origins in its understanding of its geostrategic space. For the UAE, and the GCC countries, the Arabian Peninsula, with the four seas surrounding it, encourages an engagement strategy centered around regional connectivity.
Key 3: State vs. non-state actors
The third key to understanding the UAE’s strategic map is its differentiation between state and non-state actors.
The UAE believes that the state is the essential building block for global governance as embodied by the U.N. This principle has guided, and continues to guide, its engagement across the globe.
Conclusion
Applying these keys to understanding the UAE’s engagement around the world may help to explain some of the issues that observers sometimes find perplexing. The reason the UAE participated in the coalition against the Houthis in Yemen, for example, is not due to its geographic proximity but rather its understanding of the Arabian Peninsula as its strategic neighborhood and its commitment to support states against non-state actors.
These three keys can provide a better understanding of the UAE’s position on conflicts ranging from Yemen to Ukraine, as well as various opportunities from China to South America. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, India, and South Korea all demonstrate a shared understanding of the networked world order, the connectivity agenda, and the position toward non-state actors – by Mohammed Baharoo, Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth)
https://www.mei.edu/publications/keys-reading-uaes-strategic-map
My comment: A pro-UAE view.
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UAE sentences Israeli woman to death, testing new ties
he United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death for cocaine possession, in a major test of new relations between the Mideast countries.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that it is working on the case of the woman
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Irans Außenminister fordert vollständige Aufhebung der Belagerung Jemens
Außenminister der Islamischen Republik Iran hat den Waffenstillstand im Jemen begrüßt und die Notwendigkeit unterstrichen, die Belagerung vollständig aufzuheben und humanitäre Hilfe in das verarmte arabischen Land zu schicken.
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Iran urges full stop to Yemen blockade, dispatch of humanitarian aid
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen has to be lifted completely for humanitarian aid to be dispatched to the impoverished country.
In a phone call with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al Mohammed al-Sabah on Friday, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated Iran's support for a two-month UN-brokered ceasefire between the warring sides in Yemen.
cp12b Sudan
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Sudanese take to the streets in anti-coup protests; 1 killed
Thousands of Sudanese marched in the capital of Khartoum and other cities Wednesday in new protests against an October military coup that plunged the African country into political turmoil and aggravated its economic woes.
Security forces shot dead at least one person when they violently dispersed protesters, a medical group said.
It was the latest in efforts to pressure the ruling generals, whose takeover has triggered near-daily street protests demanding civilian rule.
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Sudanese go hungry as prices spiral upward in wake of coup
“The situation has become impossible,” said Zakaria who lives in the war-ravaged Darfur region and whose husband left several years ago.
Across Sudan, living conditions have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent an already fragile economy into free-fall. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and currency devaluations have compounded the economic pain.
The coup also stalled two years of efforts by the deposed government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to overhaul the economy with billions of dollars in loans and aid from major Western governments and international financial institutions. Such support was suspended after the coup.
The previous government also floated its currency to stop black market trading.
“The economy has been shrinking since the revaluation and this has been exacerbated after the coup,” said Sabna Imam, a Sudanese economics researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
But a more recent devaluation has pushed prices higher: In March, the Sudanese pound slipped further, at one point trading at 800 to the dollar. It recovered some value but by then the damage was already done.
It triggered dramatic price increases for bread, fuel, electricity, medicine, health care and public transportation. In February, inflation reached nearly 260%, according to the country’s census agency. Such figures are expected to be even greater for March.
Volker Perthes, the U.N. envoy to Sudan, warned last month that the country is now at risk of missing critical World Bank and International Monetary Fund deadlines and the prospect of some $50 billion in debt relief is no longer secure.
“The combined effects of conflict, economic crisis and poor harvests will likely double the number of people facing acute hunger to about 18 million people by the end of this year,” he told the U.N. Security Council.
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Film: “As the largest European conflict since WWII rages on, there’s one group who is thriving: defense contractors.” MUST WATCH @mehdirhasan @MehdiHasanShow segment on how the U.S. arms industry profits off of war (ft. analysis from QI's @WilliamHartung).
https://twitter.com/QuincyInst/status/1512512894998654983
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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Pictures of old Sana'a in front of Al-Tabari school at the entrance to Al-Alami neighborhood in two different times
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1512649976161185795
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UNESCO project: Yemen - The Sana'a Manuscripts
The CD-ROM "The Sana'a Manuscripts" illustrates the evolution of Arabic calligraphy as evident in a set of rare manuscripts that belong to the Yemenite antiquities and manuscripts organization.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/yemen-sanaa-manuscripts
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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Yemeni riyal witnesses significant recovery against foreign currencies
The exchange rates of the Yemeni riyal against foreign currencies witnessed on Thursday a significant improvement in the Yemeni exchange shops, especially in the southern provinces, where the price of one dollar reached 760 riyals.
The Yemeni riyal exchange rates also recovered significantly in the areas under the control of the National Salvation Government, reaching 532 riyals to the dollar.
As for the average dollar exchange rate on the black market in the capital, Sanaa, it reached 602 riyals.
https://en.ypagency.net/258560/
and
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Money Exchangers Eye Windfall from Rial’s Recent Gains
The value of Yemeni rials increased dramatically today, April 7, following the announcement of US$3 billion in new Saudi and Emirati support for the internationally recognized Yemeni government. However, there are strong signs already from the money market that the rebound will be temporary
The rapid appreciation in the value of the rial can be attributed to positive market sentiment following the overnight political shake up at the top of the Yemeni government and newly announced Saudi and Emirati financial support. Around mid-day, new rials were trading at roughly 40 percent higher relative to the United States dollar (US$), and old rials roughly 16 percent higher. By evening, the rates had fallen, with new rials still up 23 percent, and old rials 11 percent.
The onset of the holy month of Ramadan routinely puts upward pressure on the value of the Yemeni rial. During Ramadan, hundreds of thousands of Yemenis working abroad increase the remittances they send home to their families, who must then exchange the foreign currency for rials to spend in Yemen, increasing demand for the rial and putting upward pressure on its value. This support is temporary, however, typically ending with Ramadan when remittances return to normal levels.
Prior to the ongoing conflict, the CBY was able to restrict speculation and regulate the relative supply of foreign and domestic currency in the money market, thereby keeping the exchange rate stable. Both of these capacities have been severely undermined since the central bank’s fragmentation in 2016, allowing currency traders far more leeway to manipulate the market and profit from large swings in currency value.
Also notable from today’s exchange rate fluctuations are the outsized gains that new rials made relative to old rials, significantly narrowing the exchange rate disparity between the two. This disparity has been a boon to the credibility of the Houthi authorities, who have used it as evidence of their superior economic and monetary management relative to the Yemeni government. As a result, Houthi authorities will almost certainly feel pressured to revalue old rials in areas they control to re-establish the exchange rate disparity.
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/17365
and, the day before:
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Yemeni Riyal Collapses Again Against Foreign Currencies in Saudi Occupied Governorates
The Yemeni riyal fell again against foreign currencies in the local exchange rate trades in the occupied southern governorates, after the exchange rate reached 1160 per dollar and 305 riyals to the Saudi riyal in the occupied governorates.
This portends an economic catastrophe that doubles the suffering of the Yemeni in light of the continuous rise in food and basic materials, especially during Ramadan. Experts in economic affairs in Yemen confirmed that the financial policy of the Salvation Government in Sana'a has proven its success in maintaining the stability of the local exchange rate of the Yemeni riyal against foreign currencies, especially the dollar and the Saudi riyal.
The Yemeni riyal stabilized at 597 riyals per dollar, while the average dollar exchange rate on the black market in the capital, Sana'a, reached 605 riyals.
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The price of a bag of wheat is 50 kg. In Yemen in 2014, 3000 before the coalition launched its aggression on our country Yemeni riyals, and today its price ranges between 21,500 to 30,000 Yemeni riyals, and the same is true for the rest of the commodities, including sugar, rice, and others. When oil derivatives were available, prices were lower than when fuel was available only in scarce quantities.
https://twitter.com/xQpYyVzdJI7ylRG/status/1512167542407712776
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Yemen: money laundering
The most dangerous outcome of the conflict
Abstract
The report concluded that the ongoing war in the country and the resulting division of powers, the policies, resources and public institutions that led to the disruption of the anti-money laundering system and the financing of terrorism and the loss of what was available and available from the legal and legislative system for money laundering.
It is run by coherent official institutions, as the war and the multiplicity of parties and factions of the war contributed to the expansion of the process of recycling illegal funds and creating private outlets in an illegal and illegal framework. There are many sources of illicit funds in Yemen, including the looting of public revenues from taxes, fees, zakat, royalties, collections of collective and individual sources of money and property, political opponents, which is one of the most important sources of illicit funds to finance operations, war, donations, subsidies and gifts, and the imposition of additional illegal fees, royalties and neighbours, imposing other names, such as the war and garrison effort, communications revenue, and external support in-kind and cash, military spending and support linked to the weapon, and black market revenues to rack currencies, oil derivatives and other sources of illicit funds that are used to finance military operations, threaten peace, security and stability in Yemen, which contribute to the continuation of the war and prolonging it.
Money launderers in Yemen resort to many means and methods to launder illegal money. (in Arabic)
http://www.yemenief.org/Download_Center/docment/doc_3064.pdf
cp15 Propaganda
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Time to Hold the Houthis Accountable in Yemen
The Biden Administration should adopt a more balanced and effective strategy for ending the war in Yemen through negotiations. Unfortunately, the Houthis and their Iranian backers have interpreted the Administration’s policies, however well-intentioned, not as a sign of U.S. goodwill but as a sign of weakness. This perceived weakness has encouraged the Houthis to seek a military victory and has intensified the threat they pose to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well as to American citizens living in those countries and Yemen. After more than a year of mistakenly giving the Houthis the benefit of the doubt, it is time for the Biden Administration to hold them accountable for their terrorist missile and drone attacks.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The Biden Administration’s “diplomacy first” approach to negotiations in Yemen has failed; the Iranian-backed Houthis are bent on achieving a military victory.
The Biden Administration remains complacent about the threat to American troops and civilians in Saudi Arabia and the UAE from Houthi drone and missile attacks.
The U.S. should help the Saudis and Emiratis protect against Houthi attacks, reduce Iranian arms smuggling to Yemen, and impose stronger sanctions on the Houthis.
https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/report/time-hold-the-houthis-accountable-yemen
My comment: BS propaganda by a hawkish US think tank.
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The New Yemeni Rule
The step marks an important development; first, because it is not a formality, nor is it one of the verbal outcomes of the dialogue. The president has handed over, practically, all his powers, and the government now includes most of the Yemeni parties.
Perhaps it is the spirit of the recent developments, the battles in which fighters from different Yemeni parties participated, and achieved victories that surprised al-Houthi, who thought he was about to deal the final blow and seize vital areas. The change also reflects acclimatizing to the conditions within the camp.
The seven bloody years have taught us that only Yemenis will liberate Yemen, and they, together, are capable of defeating the Iranian-backed militia. The new step remedies the wounds of Yemenis in the opposition, and achieves necessary consensus. The eight-member presidential leadership council, along with its 50 fifty advisors, reflect the Yemeni spectrum that has always been present and not represented.
This consensus between the Yemenis in Riyadh, and the major concessions made by President Hadi, give a clear message in the face of regional changes, even in the event that an Iranian agreement was reached with the West that Yemen will only be for all Yemenis and not for the Iranian camp.
This broad conference, impressively engineered, was witnessed and attended by envoys from the UN, the United States, Britain, France and other concerned powers. It is important to remember that it took place after a long journey last year in pursuit of a peaceful solution.
The Houthis were offered an opportunity for a long truce, and they rejected it, and an invitation was extended to them to participate in the negotiations in Saudi Arabia, and they rejected it. Riyadh proposed a peaceful solution recognizing the Houthis and their role as a Yemeni component participating in government, but they refused and demanded full control of the government.
When they were again approached to lift their blockade on sea and airports in return for parallel peaceful gestures, they responded by firing missiles at Saudi Arabia.
https://english.alarabiya.net/views/2022/04/08/The-New-Yemeni-Rule
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Cartoon: Presidential Leadership Council & #Houthis
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1512179864803160072
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US-Gulf Relations at the Crossroads: Time for a Recalibration
Executive Summary
The global response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has focused new attention on friction between the United States and its traditional partners in the Gulf region. Where the U.S. perceives the Russian aggression as a fundamental assault on the rules-based international order, Gulf states resist pressure to align definitively against a Russian government with which they enjoy generally positive relations.
But the difficulties in the relationship predate and transcend differences over Ukraine and reflect as well declining regional confidence in U.S. commitments and U.S. frustrations over regional policies that challenge its policy preferences.
Efforts to preserve vital U.S. interests in the region require new strategic approaches to address and resolve differences.
Securing the cooperation of the Gulf states largely depends on the U.S.’s ability to show them that it is serious about defending them against Iranian aggression.
The U.S. has an obligation to help its Gulf Arab partners develop effective military capability.
What’s needed more than anything else in U.S.-Gulf security ties is a coherent structure for strategic consultation and coordination.
The Gulf Arab states have a stake in defending the liberal economic order, in capital mobility, transparency, and international law.
The future of Gulf prosperity will be in continuing a trajectory of economic integration and liberalization of its labor markets, ownership structures, and competition.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/us-gulf-relations-crossroads-time-recalibration
My comment: A US-centered view.
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2344477
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2344453
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Siehe / Look at cp1
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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Yemen Needs More than 8 Years to Remove Houthi Mines
Yemen needs more than eight years to remove all mines planted by Houthis, as over two million mines are still in various areas, according to a Yemeni official.
Several local and international reports revealed that the mines prevent the displaced from returning to their areas and reaching their farms.
Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Human Rights, Nabil Abdul-Hafeez, said estimates show that Houthis planted over two million landmines, with more than 500,000 having been cleared.
Abdul-Hafeez indicated that Yemen needs eight years to clear the remaining mines based on a study carried out 18 months ago.
However, the deputy minister stated that these estimates are no longer accurate because the Houthis continue to plant mines extensively.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3579906/yemen-needs-more-8-years-remove-houthi-mines
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 ongoing and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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Coalition gunmen kill seller in Hodeida
https://en.ypagency.net/258519/
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-799-yemen-war-mosaic-799
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-799 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-799:
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:
