... erneuerbarer Energiesysteme – Beamte „wissen immer noch nicht“, ob US-Waffen verwendet wurden, um jemenitische Zivilisten zu töten – und mehr
June 27, 2022: Global Lessons from Exposing War Abuses in Yemen – Yemen’s incomplete national dialogue – History of Saudi-Yemeni relations – Yemen’s current energy situation and prospects for using renewable energy systems – Officials still ‘don’t know’ if US arms were used to kill Yemeni civilians – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-812b-yemen-war-mosaic-812b
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Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Hadi-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Hadi government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
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Film: Hungerkatastrophe in Jemen
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-19-uhr/hungerkatastrophe-in-jemen-video-102.html
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
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Global Lessons from Exposing War Abuses in Yemen
However, in a presentation at RightsCon 2022 – billed as “the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age” – several nonprofit research organizations showed how innovative methods can cut through the chaos to hold individual actors accountable, and could potentially have a similar effect in other conflicts as well.
These investigative methods range from traditional text searches of military journals to the use of databases on attacks and procurement, 3-D modeling of bomb destruction, and geolocation of objects in videos posted to social media. One striking takeaway from the session on the Yemeni crisis is that journalists and researchers are publishing datasets that are free-to-use for other investigators, resulting in an ever-deepening knowledge base of verified facts about the conflict.
“Because of the lack of access and the wide range of dangers for people documenting human rights violations when on the ground, we, as a community, really depend on open source information for a huge part of our work,” said Dearbhla Minogue, legal officer for the Global Legal Action Network.
Earlier this month, a major investigation by The Washington Post and Security Force Monitor (SFM) showed that Gulf coalition squadrons involved with indiscriminate airstrikes had benefited from numerous US defense contracts since the start of the bombing campaign.
Tony Wilson, director of SFM – based at Columbia University Law School’s Human Rights Institute – said this investigation centered on a traditional data methodology: patient analysis of text sources, including military aviation journals, enthusiast magazines, and authoritative books.
At the most unconventional end of the data spectrum, the Yemeni Archive – a project of human rights group Mnemonic – showed the RightsCon audience how two of the most ephemeral phenomena in the world – clouds and shadows – were used to confirm the source of a missile attack on Aden International Airport in 2020. (More on that below.)
In a blog post detailing its methodology in researching the US contracts, SFM explained how this technique could be used elsewhere: “Advocates and human rights researchers can use this same approach to monitor future US sales to coalition countries, as well as sales from any other country to the air forces of the Saudi-Emirati coalition.”
Wilson said the key to tackling accountability in air wars is to identify individual squadrons involved with campaigns: understanding the types of aircraft, weapons, and contracts used by each; and, eventually, tracking individual aircraft by their tail numbers.
SFM has also published a searchable database, called WhoWasInCommand, that reporters can use to dig into military and police units around the world, key officers in charge, and past allegations of misconduct.
Digging into Air Force Units and Their Suppliers
Using the Yemen investigation as an example, SFM’s Wilson shared several strategies that reporters can use to identify the units and weapons behind airstrikes in any country:
How the Yemeni Archive Tracked Rockets Used to Attack Aden’s Airport
Baraah Tarek, an investigator with Yemeni Archive, explained the geolocation and verification steps used to identify the source of the airport attack: – by Rowan Philp
https://gijn.org/2022/06/20/global-lessons-from-exposing-war-abuses-in-yemen/
MAJOR ARMS SALES: https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales
Sales of aircraft, equipment and weapons by USA to members of the Saudi-Emirati coalition: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Cos0r5hZV3dPOpjqm6I8In8CX3LYggkjwnlqzIHuek/edit#gid=915061750
Aircraft and material of members of the Saudi-Emirati coalition: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ObEMGgEH74u-0ztBInIZLoHMvPJ6BNJEGveZlFaeHmg/edit#gid=1883807368
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YEMEN’S INCOMPLETE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: INSIGHTS ON THE DESIGN AND NEGOTIATIONS DYNAMICS
“The Yemeni people have chosen the path of peaceful dialogue and reconciliation”, said the spokesperson for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 18 March 2013 at the launch of the Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC).1 With the objectives of developing a roadmap for Yemen’s post-transitional process and resolving long-accumulated grievances and sub-national conflicts, the NDC concluded late without full resolution on 25 January 2014, after 10 months of deliberations. A few days earlier, Jamal Benomar, Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser on Yemen, had said “Yemen serves as a model for comprehensive national dialogue, based on transparency, inclusivity and active and meaningful participation of all political and social constituencies”.2 The NDC was also cheered as the Republic of Yemen’s most inclusive and constructive reconciliatory exercise by many international observers and civil society.3 However, despite those positive responses, the NDC left unfinished business and significant grievances while excluding several actors – and ended with a call to deal with unresolved and pressing issues after the NDC, for example, the shape of federalism.
Two days after the NDC’s closing ceremony, Stephen Day argued in Foreign Policy Magazine that “there is good reason to view the NDC’s closing ceremony as a non-conclusion, or at best, only a partial conclusion”.4 Another report claimed that the NDC “failed to find solutions to the most contentious issues”.5 Against this backdrop, and using the State-building Working Group (SBWG) as an example, this research debrief explores how the institutional design of the dialogue process shaped inclusivity, bargaining dynamics, and outcomes, using two illustrative cases: the source of legislation and the shape of the state. The author conducted and triangulated more than 15 semi-structured interviews with available primary and secondary sources. Interviewees comprised NDC participants, including from the SBWG, political scientists, Yemen and peacebuilding experts, civil society activists, observers, and senior diplomats present in Yemen at the time.
This research shows that despite great efforts and the useful practices adopted, the NDC’s institutional design and planning had practical flaws and inherited limitations. First, while the NDC might have been the most inclusive dialogue in Yemen’s recent history, the inclusion of some groups and grievances (i.e. Southern question, Sa’adah issue) while excluding other accumulating grievances and actors not only raised questions about the delegates’ selection criteria but also on how representative the conference actually was – and therefore the organizers’ intention to pursue a sustainable, comprehensive, national reconciliation.
Second, the dialogue and voting rules, meant to facilitate constructive deliberations, led to important issues at the SBWG hitting a deadlock. The institutional design allowed non-elite actors to meet traditional centers of power eye to eye and therefore, through consensus-building, push for the inclusion of some of their priorities. However, the deliberation process did not effectively facilitate resolution in the case of, for example, the discussion over the shape of the Yemeni state.
Third, the failure to develop a feasible federalism model by the Southern Working Group and the subsequent formation of the 8+8 sub-committee indicate that the 50/50 northern–southern quota at the NDC, coupled with the large size of working groups, restricted tangible progress on vital issues. For the details of a federalist model to be referred to a Federalism Committee after the conclusion of the NDC was to acknowledge the limits of and gaps in the NDC’s institutional design, bargaining limits, and elitist exit strategies. This, in turn, reduced the influence and role of grassroots groups and the non-elite more broadly to adequately examine the proposed shape of federalism.
Fourth, despite the adoption of more than 1,800 recommendations conference-wide through consensus-building mechanisms, the way in which a federalism model was decided by a specialist committee after the NDC’s conclusion shows that the NDC’s conclusion was, in retrospect, a non-conclusion. In short, one of the NDC’s most vital issues remained unresolved during the NDC.
CONCLUSION
An overview of the NDC’s design and its implications on representation, bargaining dynamics, and outcomes shows several flaws and limitations which must be understood in order to learn for future dialogue in Yemen – especially given that conflict has only heightened since the NDC. At a broad level, SBWG’s core agenda, critical for the country’s future, was far from accomplished during the NDC, although the working group reached consensus on over more than 150 provisions. The dialogue over federalism was eventually elite-dominated, despite the inclusion of a section of grassroots actors. This marked a departure from intra-elite dialogue observed in the GCC Initiative negotiations, which were at a middle point between top–down and bottom–up approaches. Two cases – the source of legislation and federalism – demonstrated that the design of the NDC was both enabling and restrictive at the same time. While non-elites, including grassroots actors, were able to push for the adoption of many ideas, such as the source of legislation through negotiations, the most crucial decisions, such as the details of federalism, for instance, were made by the ruling elite after the NDC.
There were also several outstanding issues. First, tabling the southern question and Sa’adah issues while excluding many other grievances from the NDC’s agenda shows that prioritization and acknowledgement of grievances were heavily driven by the extent of the perceived threat to the stability of the regime, but not to the country’s dire need to reconcile grievances and pave a new way for a just Yemen. This flaw must not be repeated and must instead be averted in future dialogues eyeing a sustainable resolution to Yemen’s multifaceted conflicts. Second, the exclusion of some newly formed political parties while including others
Moving forward, this study contributes to a nuanced understanding of the challenges and limitations within the NDC, with an array of practical lessons to learn from for national dialogues in fragile and conflict-affected states. However, it is worth noting that an analysis of dynamics within the NDC is inadequate to explain the collapse of the transitional peace process. To acknowledge realpolitik, in SBWG member Badr Baslama’s term in response to why the transitional process collapsed, “It was crystal clear that the NDC was plan B to several actors, not A” – by Ibrahim Jalal
https://www.yemenpolicy.org/yemens-incomplete-national-dialogue
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Saudi Arabia-Yemen Relations: A Long History of Mistrust
Historical legacy, economic situation and political developments explain the fundamental tensions between the two countries.
Neither Yemen nor Saudi Arabia really considers their mutual relationship as part of its foreign relations. Neighbours, with similar populations of about 30 million people, they dominate the Arabian Peninsula demographically and their politics also affect the rest of the region. The main underlying differences between them explain the fundamental tensions which determine their relations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the leading absolute monarchy in the region, with an authoritarian and autocratic ruler, while the Republic of Yemen (RoY) is the only republic in the region, regardless of its current fragmentation or, prior to the war, the many flaws in its democratic processes.
Decades of discrete ‘behind the scenes’ Saudi interference in Yemeni affairs ended abruptly in early 2015, with the rise to power of Salman’s favourite young son Mohammed. This coincided with the final and formal takeover of the Yemeni capital Sana’a by the (then) Saleh-Huthi movement, the flight of President Hadi from Yemen, and his appeal for help from the GCC to restore his ‘legitimate’ government to power. Throwing caution aside MBS, newly appointed as minister of Defence, launched the Decisive Storm air operation in March 2015 believing that victory would be easy and speedy thanks to the KSA’s expensive and sophisticated advanced weaponry acquired from the US, UK, France and elsewhere.
The anti-Huthi coalition, officially described as Saudi-led, in its eighth year in 2022, has achieved very little, other than the death of more than 100,000 Yemenis from direct war-related activities, and a further 220,000 from indirect causes largely due to the air and maritime blockade, the humanitarian crisis, the destruction of much of Yemen’s medical infrastructure, and social fragmentation.
Saudi desire to extricate itself from what has become the Yemeni quagmire has been clear for some time. Internally, the war has become unpopular, partly as a result of increasingly frequent land incursions by the Huthis in the Kingdom’s south-western provinces, as well as its drone and missile strikes on oil facilities in many parts of the country.
After a number of faltering steps since 2020, the Saudi regime took action in April 2022, returning to its more traditional ‘behind the scenes’ strategy. Under the guise of a GCC-organised intra-Yemeni conference held in Riyadh, hundreds of Yemeni politicians witnessed the resignation of President Hadi, following his dismissal of Vice President Ali Mohsen al Ahmar in a performance reminiscent of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri’s ‘resignation’ in November 2017.
Coming alongside Saudi and international support for the initial two-month truce3 organised by the new UN Special Envoy, these moves indicate that the Saudi regime is likely to return to a more backroom approach to Yemen but also that it intends to control Yemeni political developments. Whether it will succeed remains to be seen.
Regardless, and in the hope of an ending to the fighting, if not to the rivalries between politicians and regional groups, the KSA will remain a — possibly the — main external player in Yemen’s political and economic life. There is no alternative either for Yemen or for the KSA, they are neighbours and the KSA remains the destination for Yemeni workers, regardless of restrictions imposed by the Kingdom. With the worsening climate crisis, manifested in Yemen first by water scarcity, there is a strong likelihood that, in coming decades, many Yemenis will become forced climate migrants and head towards the Kingdom. It is unlikely that Yemen will be able to dispense with financial support from Saudi Arabia, though this will certainly be far less than Yemenis may hope. Yemeni perceptions of the KSA will affect relations, particularly as they range from the dependence of the internationally recognised government to the explicit and firm hostility of the Huthi movement. At the popular level, the ambiguous perceptions built over decades will persist – by Helen Lackner
https://orientxxi.info/magazine/kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-republic-of-yemen-relations-background,5709
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A review of Yemen’s current energy situation, challenges, strategies, and prospects for using renewable energy systems
From Introduction
One of the most serious developments in Yemen is the increase in power shortages. It has become a major political issue, undermining the government’s credibility and legitimacy. Some observers believe that the power crisis in the country has the potential to further aggravate the country’s social structure and may eventually overshadow the threat of terrorism (OCHA 2017). The lack of electricity has caused severe damage to Yemen’s economy and constituted a binding and powerful constraint on the country’s growth. This situation has limited the growth of the nation’s GDP in the past and has had an adverse impact on employment, international competitiveness, and exports, and has aided in promoting poverty. For ordinary citizens, the load-shedding is causing serious interference to their daily life and for industrial, commercial, and agricultural users, the price of the surge in power shortages is huge. In Yemen, the power industry has been weakened because of the rash and reckless energy policies over the past three decades, hindering the development of cheap and abundant domestic energy sources like solar and wind. The task of restructuring Yemen’s power sector and designing an appropriate policy framework to attract large-scale private investors and improve its performance is complex and arduous. There are, of course, several important factors in other countries’ sector reforms that can provide useful benchmarks. However, the unique disadvantage confronted by Yemen is to improve government performance which has been a major obstacle to the restructuring efforts and this has led to Yemen’s energy bankruptcy which is caused by massive institutional and governance failures (JIC 2010).
Renewable energy is the alternative method for achieving clean energy production in many countries. Due to environmental problems, restrictions on fossil fuel supply, changes in prices, and technologies, many developing countries, including Yemen, are considering using renewable energy sources like solar and wind to address power shortages and distribution while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable energy in the form of solar or wind energy has proved to be cost-effective and profitable for a long time (Timmons et al. 2018; Alkipsy et al. 2020). It is estimated that by 2050, renewable energy will account for 63% of the total global energy supply, and combining renewable energy with high energy efficiency can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 94% (Gielen et al. 2019). The International Energy Agency (IEG) sustainable development scenario (SDS) in 2018 points out that to achieve the long-term climate goals, the average capacity of renewable energy needs to increase by more than 300 GW per year up to 2030. The total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation reached 181GW by 2018 and 200 GW by 2019. By the end of 2019, the proportion of renewable energy in global power generation has increased to 27.3%, which is expected to increase to 85% by 2050, and the carbon dioxide emissions of the whole power generation industry will decrease by 85% (Alganahi et al. 2009; IEA 2018; IRENA 2018; Gielen et al. 2019; REN21. 2020).
Under the influence of global warming and climate change, a large number of renewable energy potential assessment studies have been carried out all over the world.
Kumar et al. (2022) discussed the accomplishments, policies, efforts, and future potential of the agricultural industry based on solar technology. In addition, the article elaborately elucidated each solar-based agricultural system with its challenges and opportunities in the current scenario, while Afrane et al. (2022) conducted a bibliometric analysis on research documents collected from the Web of Science Core Collection to discover trends and characteristics of the renewable energy knowledge area in Africa from 1999 to 2021. However, the study in Solaymani (2021) examined trends in energy consumption, policies, and development of renewable energies, as well as the causal link between renewable and non-renewable energies and economic growth utilizing two techniques. In addition, the study in Shahzad et al. (2022) aimed to identify and prioritize the obstacles that entrepreneurs face in developing RE projects in Pakistan. Finally, the review in Yoro et al. (2021) critically assessed current achievements in energy modeling and simulation, with limited insights into its methodologies, problems, and opportunities in a few renewable and sustainable energy systems (RSES). In addition, the idea of model validation in RSES is thoroughly examined using both in-sample and out-of-sample techniques, with prospective data sources for model validation in RSES being emphasized.
This research contributes to previous knowledge in four distinctive ways as follows:
This study reviews Yemen’s electricity and energy sector before and after the onset of the conflict that began in 2015 and presents the current state of power generation, transmission, and distribution systems in the country by assessing the negative impact in the electricity sector caused by the ongoing conflict.
This study investigates the factors that promote the expansion of renewable energy technologies at the rural and national levels in Yemen, as well as the challenges that impede the development of renewable energy techniques and recommends modern tools to meet Yemen’s current and future needs.
This study provides detailed discussion of the various strategic scenarios appropriate for achieving adequate electrification for the Yemeni population, with a particular focus on the proposed strategy to electrify the entire urban and rural Yemeni population by 2050.
Finally, this study connects renewable energy to sustainable rural expansion by examining whether current renewable energy resources can meet the future energy needs.
The remainder of the paper is organized as follows: “The energy in Yemen” represents the energy in Yemen. “The development prospect of potential renewable energy in Yemen, Middle East, and Africa region” addresses the development prospect of potential renewable energy in Yemen, Middle East, and Africa region. “Challenges of energy and renewable energy development in Yemen” addresses the challenges encountered in the energy and renewable energy development in Yemen. “Proposed strategy and solutions to electrify the population of Yemen using RES by 2050” introduces the proposed strategy and solutions to electrify the entire Yemeni population using RES (renewable energy system) by 2050, while “Configuration and design of proposed hybrid renewable energy systems” covered the various configurations of renewable micro-grid energy systems including PV and wind turbine (WT) for electrifying a diverse range of consumers. “Conclusions and recommendations” summarizes the conclusions and recommendations.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-21369-6
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Officials still ‘don’t know’ if US arms were used to kill Yemeni civilians
It’s not that the military and state department lack the capacity for tracking their weapons, it’s just that such inquiries tend to get in the way.
the Government Accountability Office released a new report finding that the State and Defense Departments failed to thoroughly investigate and “don’t know” whether the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen used American-made weapons in attacks that killed civilians.
What’s perhaps more revealing about the GAO’s assessment is that it shows the militaristic mindset and poor judgment that got the United States into this strategic and humanitarian nightmare in the first place are alive and well inside the executive branch.
First, the background: For years, Congress has attempted to get straight answers from the executive branch about how involved the U.S. national security state has been in Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s military intervention in Yemen
Indeed, this new GAO report resulted from Rep. Ro Khanna’s amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The GAO — an independent government auditing agency — reviewed what forms of material support, and their impact, the State and Defense Departments provided to the Saudi-led coalition through the end of 2021. It also reviewed the agencies’ compliance with existing U.S. law, including another previously passed Khanna NDAA amendment requiring the Pentagon to review credible allegations of U.S. military or intelligence personnel involvement in the disappearance and torture of Yemenis by Emirati, Emirati-affiliated, and Yemeni security forces in the south.
Among other issues, the GAO found that both the State Department and the Pentagon could not say whether U.S.-made armaments have been used in Yemen without authorization or in violation of international law. It also found that these agencies did not effectively track Saudi, Emirati, or their proxies’ use of U.S.-provided military assistance, and it could not provide any evidence that it had meaningfully investigated allegations of apparent war crimes using U.S.- provided weapons.
In short, nothing has changed. Back in 2018, after prodding by Senator Elizabeth Warren, then-CENTCOM commander General Joseph Votel (who is now retired and head of a Pentagon contractor industry association) revealed that the U.S. military was not tracking where non-U.S. jets were going after refueling in midair on the U.S. taxpayer’s dime. Yet, four years later, the GAO’s confirmation that the U.S. government is still failing to effectively monitor and track how U.S. military support to Saudi Arabia and the UAE is being used in Yemen is important, but still doesn’t explain why.
The answer is not that the Pentagon doesn’t have the capacity or the resources to be tracking this assistance or performing more effective end-use monitoring. It’s because the underlying goal of these programs that transfer military assistance is, as some experts have observed, to offer “the putative promise of bolstering deterrence in great power competition, improving access to and influence over foreign partners, and enhancing the effectiveness of partner militaries.” In other words, they’re meant to be a tool to maintain global U.S. military dominance, not reduce civilian harm.
The apparent willful ignorance of the U.S. government also reflects how it interprets its obligations under customary international law (or rather exempts itself). If a weapons-exporting country has reasonable suspicion to think selling more weapons may result in violations of international law, based on previous instances of harm, and nonetheless continues to sell weapons, the seller is legally liable for crimes committed. U.S. government lawyers beg to differ, arguing that this liability applies only when such misuse can be shown to be intentional — evidence which is hard to provide, let alone available unless the U.S. government was tracking how its military support was being used in the first place.
The report also reveals much about these agencies’ internal culture, which appears to incentivize continuing to materially arm the Gulf monarchies at war in Yemen and elsewhere, except in rare exceptions — even if it requires downplaying years of internal legal concerns. U.S. officials regularly say they don’t know or don’t have enough information to answer official questions about whether U.S. military assistance was implicated in civilian harm events. Apparently the U.N.’s investigations and documentation of hundreds of violations of international law in Yemen since 2018 — many involving U.S. armaments or supported actors — are insufficient evidence to determine whether providing more weapons will do more harm.
And yet, despite acknowledging its awareness of ongoing reports and such mounting evidence of war crimes, according to the GAO, these agencies still “have not investigated these cases to determine if or how U.S.-origin equipment was used for unauthorized purposes, such as in violation of the agreements under which the defense articles were provided.”
Congressional follow-up is important, but the bigger lesson here is that any U.S. talking point that has claimed that arming or providing military support to the Saudi and Emirati governments is effective at reducing civilian harm in Yemen is now demonstrably false.
Congress should follow up asking why DCS was left out of the GAO’s review.
Despite clear red flags of the harm it is doing, the United States has been aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen and flouting its responsibilities as a weapons exporter under international law. Even U.S. policymakers who care only about Washington’s power projection should protest the fact that the Biden administration, like its three predecessors, continues to provide a model for human rights abusers everywhere on how to evade accountability for enabling war crimes, civilian harm, and famine – by Kate Kizer
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/23/how-the-us-is-acquiescing-to-impunity-in-yemen/
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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Iran bereit, Corona-Impfstoff in den Jemen zu schicken
Der iranische Präsident kündigte die Bereitschaft seines Landes an, dem jemenitischen Volk humanitäre Hilfe, insbesondere den Corona-Impfstoff, zukommen zu lassen.
https://de.irna.ir/news/84801646/Iran-bereit-Corona-Impfstoff-in-den-Jemen-zu-schicken
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Iran voices readiness to send COVID-19 vaccines to Yemen
President Ebrahim Raeisi held a phone call with the Chairman of the Supreme Political Council on Saturday during which Raeisi declared the preparedness of Iranian government to send Covid-19 vaccines to help the impoverished country in the fight against the pandemic.
http://www.taghribnews.com/en/news/554993/iran-voices-readiness-to-send-covid-19-vaccines-yemen
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Jemen: Masern in Al Hudaydah
In den Distrikten Hays und Al Khawkhah in der Region von Al Hudaydah im Jemen wurden in den vergangenen Wochen vermehrt Masern-Fälle berichtet. Täglich werden laut medizinischen Angaben der örtlichen Krankenhäuser zwischen 5 bis 10 Masern-Komplikationen beobachtet sowie eine unbekannte Anzahl an Todesfällen bei Kindern. Seit letztem Jahr werden vermehrt Masern-Erkrankungen aus dem Jemen berichtet.
Der plötzliche Anstieg von Masern und anderen durch Impfung vermeidbaren Krankheiten in Afrika wird größtenteils auf die Probleme durch COVID-19 zurückgeführt, die in vielen afrikanischen Ländern zu einer enormen Überlastung der Gesundheitssysteme geführt hat.
https://www.fit-for-travel.de/news/jemen-masern-in-al-hudaydah/
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Auswirkung des Klimawandels auf die Verbreitung von Cholera im Jemen
https://www.hoou.de/projects/climap-health/pages/case-study
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sana'a, Yemen
Background and Aim: The development of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is ongoing. This study aimed to prepare for public acceptance of the vaccine. There is a need to identify the current acceptance and potential barriers to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Yemen. Understanding the hesitancy and acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine are crucial to develop local evidence-based interventions.
Materials and Methods: Twenty students were interviewed in this study. An interview guide was developed and it addressed the willingness to accept a future COVID-19 vaccine. In-depth interviews were conducted, transcribed, and manually analyzed.
Results: The majority of participants agreed that they would take a COVID-19 vaccine for several reasons, including protection for themselves, their families, and others and to stop the spread of COVID-19, for which the vaccine is important, as in other routine vaccinations. However, some participants shared that they would not take the COVID-19 vaccine due to the following reasons: Concerns regarding the safety of the vaccine; feeling fit and healthy, and thus considering themselves to have strong immunity; feeling that the vaccine was manufactured in a rushed manner and thus it would require approval by the World Health Organization; being previously infected with COVID-19 and considering themselves protected, and placing their trust in God and believing no vaccine was needed.
Conclusion: The willingness to receive a future COVID-19 vaccine was high among medical students. However, some students hesitated to take the vaccine. Therefore, mass media interventions are required to maximize vaccine uptake.
https://www.onehealthjournal.org/Vol.8/No.1/7.html
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON JUNE 23, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-june-23-2022-map-update/
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Audio: A Significant Shift for Yemen
https://editorials.voa.gov/a/a-significant-shift-for-yemen/6631398.html
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Biden’s about-turn on Saudi war in Yemen
The president’s July visit comes as the US, agitated by high energy prices and inflation, tries to mend relations with Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest energy exporter. Biden will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom he had boycotted over the murder by Saudi agents of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in which Prince Mohammed has denied involvement.
“Yemen has been an enhancer for the relationship, certainly for the visit,” said Timothy Lenderking, US envoy to Yemen. “The fact that there is a truce in Yemen has facilitated the president’s trip. I think it would be much more difficult for him to be heading into Saudi Arabia if there were no ceasefire.” Washington believes that the Saudis want to extricate themselves from the conflict as they embark on social and economic reforms. “Yemen is a real drag on those kind of goals that [Prince Mohammed] has of promoting economic development in the country and bringing the youth along,” Lenderking said.
Biden is expected to encourage the truce negotiations, which were partly mediated by the US and UN, when he visits Saudi Arabia. He will find a receptive audience in Riyadh, a Saudi official said. “We continue to support the UN envoy’s efforts in Yemen,” the official said. But western, Saudi, and Yemeni officials say that the chances of the truce turning into a formal ceasefire, ultimately followed by political talks are slim.
Biden’s decisions, such as the partial suspension of arms sales and delays in supplying interceptors to the Saudis, had emboldened the Houthis, Saudi officials said. Biden’s reversal of the Trump administration’s designation of the militia as a terrorist group had a similar impact, the officials said, although it was welcomed by aid organisations as the designation complicated relief efforts in the country. “The Houthis read the American stance mistakenly, and that is why they [initially] insisted on rejecting a ceasefire. They said the US is pressuring Saudi Arabia to end the war unconditionally and in the Houthis favour,” said one Saudi official.
Meanwhile some of the disparate factions in the coalition-backed government, including the Southern Transitional Council secessionists, have been mustering their own forces, said Yemeni analyst Raiman Al-Hamdani, raising questions on how long it could hold together without progress in the talks. Short of a major breakthrough, the best that could be hoped for was the continuation of the truce, but without a political settlement, said one analyst. “Even if the truce is extended, even if it becomes a permanent ceasefire, it won’t solve the problem,” said Maysaa Shuja al-Deen of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. “This is the tendency of most international actors . . . to at least make it a frozen conflict.”
https://www.ft.com/content/ae4db53a-a17e-4c9d-ae40-ff0c00d3fcf9
My comment: US-centered.
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Global economy in peril as rusted oil tanker threatens to blow off Yemen’s west coast
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, others endangered as 1.1 million barrels crude oil threatens to spill into the Red Sea.
The civil war has both created and, for several years now, distracted attention from the fate of the FSO Safer, a decrepit oil supertanker, laden with 1.1 million barrels crude oil, which has been rusting in anchorage off the port of Ras Isa in Yemen’s west coast.
This threatens not only the eight littoral countries — Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti — but also international shipping on one of the world’s busiest trade routes. The risk to the global economy needs no exaggeration: Memories are fresh from the last time a single ship choked the waterway.
But the damage caused by the Safer would be far greater than the economic costs imposed by the Ever Given in March 2021. The UN reckons it would take $20 billion just to clean up the Red Sea; the toll on the global economy could be magnitudes higher.
The vessel was last surveyed eight years ago by the American Bureau of Shipping before the civil war prevented any further audit of its seaworthiness. Its hull desperately needs repair, and it is a safe bet that its mechanical and electronic equipment — including, crucially, its fire-fighting gear — are no longer in working order. A spill from a breached hull or an explosion are both clear and present dangers.
The UN reckons an emergency operation to offload the oil will cost $80 million. (An additional $64 million will eventually be required for a replacement for the ship.) Donors have been parsimonious, however, and the UN is short by $20 million for the offloading operation. It is resorting to online crowd-funding to plug the gap.
Time may be a scarcer commodity. It is hard enough to predict when the Safer might break or blow, and no less difficult to handicap the Houthis’ interest in maintaining the peace.
The only way around this is for the international community to back the UN with the cash and diplomatic capital needed to carry out the emergency offloading of the tanker even as it presses the Houthis for a longer truce. The Saudis and Emiratis, who stand to lose from the resumption of hostilities and any impediment to shipping in the Red Sea, should bear larger shares of the bill.
The last thing the global economy needs right now is an environmental calamity on one of its most important shipping lanes.
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Can the International Community Avert Disaster in the Red Sea?
U.N. negotiators have found a solution to the F.S.O. Safer, a rotting tanker off the coast of Yemen, which threatens to spill more than a million barrels of oil, but funding for the operation has come up short.
Solving the Safer crisis is not straightforward, but it is technically simple: the oil needs to be siphoned from the ship. So far, the fraught politics of the region have stopped this solution from being executed. Until recently, the Houthis resisted efforts by the United Nations and other groups to even inspect the Safer. Negotiations that once seemed promising have collapsed. Several people involved with the talks have suggested that the Houthi leadership has tried to use the Safer as a bargaining chip in wider negotiations about the war. In October, Cathy Westley, then the chargé d’affaires for the U.S. Embassy to Yemen, accused the Houthis of “politicizing the tanker.”
Gressly took a more empathetic view. He wanted to understand what was impeding the Houthis from doing something that was in their self-interest. (If a spill occurs, the people who will suffer most will be in Houthi-held areas of Yemen.)
“I’m used to more ad-hoc diplomacy, bush diplomacy,” Gressly told me, recently, from a Yemen conference in Stockholm. “My personal feeling from the beginning was that there wasn’t enough face-to-face contact on this issue.”
This spring, Gressly made a breakthrough: the Houthis signed a deal.
But the first, most important part—removing the oil from the vessel—costs only eighty million.
In May, Gressly arranged a pledging event in The Hague, asking nation-states to contribute to the Safer appeal. The event raised less than half of the eighty million dollars required to complete the first phase.
Was Gressly frustrated? “It seems a little bit more time than I expected, to be honest,” he said. However, he refused to blame the countries that had contributed. Some governments were stymied by bureaucracy—there was money in their budgets for disaster response but not for preventive work.
If the eighty million dollars were secured tomorrow, it would take five months to extract the oil from the Safer. Five months in the life of this crisis is an eternity.
There is also a trust issue. In 2018 and 2019, the U.N. negotiated with the Houthis for months before coming to an agreement to inspect the vessel. A team was assembled in Djibouti, ready to cross the Red Sea and investigate the Safer. On the evening before the mission was due to leave, the Houthis cancelled the agreement via text message; they later cited their displeasure at an unrelated item of wartime negotiations. How can Gressly be sure that this won’t happen again?
“You have to be careful that there’s a common understanding of the expectations of the operation,” Gressly said. In the past, both sides had misunderstood each other on key points: whether a mission was only to inspect the vessel or to repair it; what would eventually happen to the ship, and to the export facility. Now, he suggested, everyone was on the same page. He was confident that a catastrophe could be averted, and that the Houthis would receive their replacement vessel. All parties, he said, “want to get it done.” First, though, the U.N. needs its money.
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Saudi-led coalition not even show mercy to Yemeni pilgrims
Criticizing sabotage of Saudi aggressor coalition on sending Yemeni pilgrims to Mecca to perform Hajj rituals, Yemeni National Salvation Government called on UN and intl. organizations to fulfill their duties in this respect.
Ministry of Guidance and Land Transport Organization of Yemeni National Salvation Government in Sanaa issued a statement on Friday and lashed out at the refusal of aggressors and mercenaries of Saudi coalition to issue permits and open the roads to Yemeni travelers and pilgrims, Almasirah reported.
By allowing only a small number of pilgrims through its mercenaries and receiving huge amount of money, Al Saud regime sabotages and prevents Yemeni pilgrims from performing their Hajj rites and rituals.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/188335/Saudi-led-coalition-not-even-show-mercy-to-Yemeni-pilgrims
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The Yemeni Truce and the Long Road Ahead
Yemen’s fragile truce is being extended, but there is still a massive amount of work needed to bring the conflict to an end.
Turning this truce into a lasting and sustainable peace will require a significant effort.
To begin with, the truce in Yemen was extended because, at the moment, a truce is in the best interests of all of Yemen’s many warring parties. Unfortunately, few of these actors, foreign or domestic, see a negotiated settlement and the return to a unified state as similarly in their best interests. The Yemeni state, as dueling economies and the increasing number of armed groups make clear, is broken, and no one appears ready to make the difficult compromises necessary for peace. There are, however, a few steps that outside actors, like the United States, can take to at least narrow the gap between opposing parties.
On the government side, a two-month extension of the truce was necessary to give the presidential council time to organize.
An extended truce also benefits the Houthis, who are still reeling from battlefield losses in northern Shabwa and southern Marib in January. In order to make another push on Marib and its oil and gas fields, the Houthis need to reorganize and rethink the offensive, and the truce gives the group the time to do that.
None of this, however, should take away from the very real and positive gains that the truce has provided.
However, despite all of the progress, the end of the war in Yemen remains a long way off. The Houthis have no intention and no incentive to give up unilateral control over much of northern Yemen to be part of a reunified Yemeni state. The group may not be able to take Marib’s oil and gas fields, which would provide the economic base it so desperately needs, but neither has the anti-Houthi coalition forced the group into a position in which it has to compromise.
On the government side, members of the presidential council continue to attempt to undermine and outmaneuver one another.
There are also deep, structural issues that will need to be overcome prior to any peace agreement.
https://agsiw.org/the-yemeni-truce-and-the-long-road-ahead/
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British analyst stresses Ansarallah’s role in Yemen peace process
The essential problem is that the Coalition, and the US government, are not yet prepared to accept that Ansarallah will have a substantial role in Yemen’s future. President Biden won his election promising to end the war, and make Saudi Arabia a “pariah state”. But in power he has accommodated the Saudi regime. At the start of 2021 he stated that the US would end the sale of “offensive” weapons to the Coalition. By the end of 2021 he had put aside such concerns, with a sale of $650 million missiles to the Saudis in December.
As the siege of Yemen has continued, so too has the humanitarian crisis. According to the World Food Programme, out of a population of 32 million, 17 million Yemeni’s are food insecure, with this figure anticipated to rise to 19 million by the end of the year. The UN estimates it requires $4.3 billion for humanitarian assistance, yet has received pledges for less than a third. While the ceasefire certainly improves the conditions under which aid is delivered, it does not resolve the humanitarian catastrophe created by the siege and war.
The immediate danger is that Biden will prioritize the relationship with the Saudi regime over the needs of the Yemeni people. Despite US prompting, the Saudi regime has so far refused to increase oil production. Gas prices at the pump are at a record level in the US. Biden is suffering from a collapse of public support, and facing losses in the mid-term elections. He plans to visit Saudi Arabia in July. Not only does he want to see oil production increased, he also wants to bring the Saudis into the Abraham Accords with Israel. In these circumstances he is likely to be making concessions rather than pressing the Saudis to end the war.
In these circumstances, it is vital that the anti-war and anti-imperialist movement in Britain does what it can to highlight the need for a lasting peace in Yemen. This is best done by demanding an end to all British military and political support for the Coalition’s war.
https://en.irna.ir/news/84798662/British-analyst-stresses-Ansarallah-s-role-in-Yemen-peace-process
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Al-Ezzi: A new batch of pro-Saudi coalition fighters defected and arrived in Sanaa
A top official in the National Salvation Government in Sana’a said that a new a batch of pro-Saudi coalition fighters have defected and returned back to the capital Sanaa, with all their weapons .
“I have now been informed that a batch of those who have been deceived by the Saudi-led coalition have arrived in the capital of sovereignty and independence. They returnees have what make heart be pleasing,” Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein al-Ezzi said in a Twitter post.
https://en.ypagency.net/264568/
and also https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539315911093497856
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Marib’s most prominent sheikh arrives in Sanaa
A prominent sheikh in Marib province announced on Tuesday his arrival in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, defecting from Saudi-led coalition forces.
Sheikh Ali al- Otaibi” Abu Qassi” posted pictures with dozens of members of the tribe and his companions while he was in the city of Sana’a.
Al-Otaibi’S arrival came days after Saudi Arabia released him after four years of captivity.
Al-Otaibi vowed to revolt against his arrest through verses of poem attached to photographs of his arrival in Sanaa.
Over the past years, Al-Otaibi was known for his supportive positions in favor of the coalition and is an influential figure in Marib before being arrested by the Saudi intelligence service and transferred to a prison in the kingdom along with number of pro-Saudi sheikhs whose fate remains unknown.
https://en.ypagency.net/264571/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/21/prominent-marib-sheikh-defects-to-national-salvation-government-of-yemen/
and also https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539270939380269062
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Saudi Crown Prince, Egypt’s Sisi issue joint communique on Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon
Both leaders agreed on the importance of supporting international efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and establishing an area free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
They also urged Iran to stop interfering in the affairs of Arab countries, halt its destabilizing activities such as supporting armed militias and threatening maritime navigation and international trade lines.
On Yemen, the two leaders renewed their full support for the international and regional efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive political solution to the crisis. They also stressed their condemnation of the terrorist Hou
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Saudi Arabia Anticipates Biden’s Visit by Questioning US Seriousness in Yemen File
The discrepancies in the positions of the regional actors in Yemeni file, Sunday, with the United States starting a new move in Yemen file that would pave the way for US President Joe Biden’s visit the region, specifically Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia ruled out Washington’s seriousness in achieving a comprehensive settlement in Yemen. A political expert close to the decision-making center in the Kingdom Saad bin Omar, head of the Center of Strategic Studies for Century said In a television interview, “Washington stated that the settlement file is in the hands of Washington, but it will not achieve it due to what he described as the existence of intertwined lines and common interests with Iran in the region”.
This is the first Saudi admission of Washington’s management of the war on Yemen since Saudi Arabia started its war in March of the year 2015 under the pretext of the “Iranian tide.”
https://alkhabaralyemeni.net/2022/06/21/176183/
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To Collect Funds for Donations, United Nations Exploits Killing Children in Yemen
The second anniversary comes of removing Saudi Arabia from the UN shameful “black list” of the children killers in Yemen, which was one of the greatest scandals for the United Nations against innocence in Yemen.
This decision was proof that the United Nations is complicit in all the war crimes committed by the US-Saudi aggression against civilians in Yemen, especially children, women and the elderly.
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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YPC: Violating UN-Sponsored Truce, US-Saudi Aggression Continues to Seize Oil Ship for 10 Days
Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) announced that the US-Saudi aggression continued to seize oil ship with a total tonnage of 23,920 tons of gasoline, for 10 days.
In a statement the company stated, Saturday, that the seized ship had completed all examination and audit procedures and had obtained UN permits.
Despite the ongoing UN-sponsored truce, the coalition of aggression continues its piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite having undergone inspection and received UN clearance.
This violation aggravates the humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of many vital service sectors, especially hospitals, electricity, water, cargo trucks, as well as waste trucks.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/264928/
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YPC: Violating UN-Sponsored Truce, US-Saudi Aggression Continues to Seize Two Oil Ships
Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) reiterated that the US-Saudi aggression continued to seize two oil ships with a total tonnage of 54,850 tons of gasoline, for seven days.
In a statement the company stated, Thursday, that the seized ships had completed all examination and audit procedures and had obtained UN permits.
Despite the ongoing UN-sponsored truce, the coalition of aggression continues its piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite having undergone inspection and received UN clearance.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/264808/
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271 passengers depart Sana'a Airport for Jordan
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3191989.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/264699/
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10th Yemeni Airlines flight arrives at Sana'a Airport
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3191974.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/264680/ and https://en.ypagency.net/264699/
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Sana'a Intl. Airport Accuses US-Saudi Aggression of Obstructing UN-sponsored Truce
The director of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that Sana'a Airport is fully prepared, and there are no justifications for delaying flights.
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Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it’s a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere
Russia isn’t the only belligerent to weaponize hunger. Most people at risk of famine today live in places afflicted by war. Many are being deliberately starved in what amounts to a form of societal torture.
Historically, starvation tactics have been excluded from war crimes prosecutions. As scholars who study international law, humanitarian crises and food security, our view is that it is time to confront the criminality of this practice.
The people of Yemen, isolated by a Saudi- and Emirati-led blockade on one side and subject to confiscation of food and medicine by the Houthis on the other, have endured years of what remains one of the gravest humanitarian crises in the world.
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Sanaa Airport Director: UN remained silent about coalition’s obstruction of flights
https://en.ypagency.net/264590/
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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Im Jemen Gehen Die Weizenvorräte Zur Neige
Jemen Minister für Planung und internationale Zusammenarbeit Vaid BazibIn einer in der offiziellen Nachrichtenagentur des Landes veröffentlichten Erklärung gab SABA bekannt, dass die globale Nahrungsmittelkrise und der Krieg zwischen Russland und der Ukraine Auswirkungen auf die Weizenimporte in den Jemen hatten.
Mehr als 46 Prozent des Weizens werden aus Russland und der Ukraine geliefert
Bazib wies darauf hin, dass mehr als 46 Prozent des gesamten von seinem Land importierten Weizens aus Russland und der Ukraine geliefert wurden. „Der strategische Weizenvorrat im Jemen läuft Mitte nächsten Monats aus“betonte das
Der jemenitische Minister forderte die EU-Länder auf, ihnen bei der Suche nach neuen Märkten für den Kauf von Weizen zu helfen.
https://wikiforlive.com/2022/06/26/im-jemen-gehen-die-weizenvorraete-zur-neige/
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Designs here are for our new project to build a school for 1200 students in Hamdan district Sana'a governorate. This project funded by @monarelief's fundraising campaign in Patreon. (images)
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1541219720275415043
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Yemen Child Protection Area of Responsibility: Response Snapshot Quarterly Report (January to March 2022)
Approximately 22 actors are actively responding in 21 governorates to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence against children through strengthening community-based child protection programming, including mental and health psychosocial support, specialized child protection services, risk education and strengthening the capacity of frontline child protection workers and volunteers.
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The Yemeni government says the country's wheat reserves will deplete in mid-July/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57560
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Daily Noon Briefing Highlights: Afghanistan, Yemen
Yemen
Aid cuts
OCHA reports that aid agencies remain concerned that the humanitarian crisis will deteriorate sharply in the coming months largely due to economic problems, including a weaker currency and higher prices due to the Ukraine war.
Yemen’s 2022 humanitarian response plan is only 26 per cent funded forcing essential programmes to reduce or close down altogether. This puts millions of lives at risk. Our humanitarian colleagues warn that the aid cuts – which are impacting all sectors - will also undermine prospects for further political progress, after all the hard work that went into agreeing and extending the recent truce.
Unrest and insecurity are already mounting in some areas due to long-standing frustrations over currency depreciation, rising commodity prices, lack of services and jobs, decreasing aid and other issues.
https://www.unocha.org/story/daily-noon-briefing-highlights-afghanistan-yemen-1
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Film: Vulnerable communities are on the frontline of the #ClimateCrisis. Listen to Saeed from #Yemen explain how @WFP makes his dream of building a protection wall for his village come true!
https://twitter.com/WFPYemen/status/1538236400482537472
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Tight siege in northern Yemen casts shadow over farmers' harvest season
"The siege prevents us from reaching other cities to sell the crop," the Yemeni man complained, adding that his harvest also faced the threats of birds, insects, and eventually time.
Jalhouf and his family had been toiling in the field to harvest the sorghum and carefully preserved the sorghum seeds under straws in the hope that they can find buyers before the crops perish.
"Despite working for long hours every day under the torching sun, at the harvest we earn nothing," he lamented, adding that many of the farmers in the village had abandoned their fields because farming brings not profits but loss for them.
While cultivating sorghum seems a bad business decision for Jalhouf, the farmer explained that he had little option.
"The siege is tightened around us from every direction and cuts off all roads leading to other regions. We cannot buy fertilizers, pesticides, or spare parts for agricultural equipment," said Jalhouf, a father of five, adding sorghum, known for its low maintenance, was his only choice.
Local officials told Xinhua that despite a national truce, the Houthi group, which controls a large part of the northern Hajjah province, has tightened the siege on Midi, causing great damage to the region's agriculture sector.
According to the local authorities' estimate, only 26.7 percent of the district's arable lands are being cultivated while thousands of the residents in the district are facing a severe food shortage.
Hajjah used to be an intense front of armed conflicts between the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia. While the governmental forces recaptured most of the province in 2018, the Houthis have been imposing a strict siege on part of the strategic province.
https://english.news.cn/20220623/552842003a974b7a8b0f203a83d168f6/c.html
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQuiJ95ReE
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Higher prices in Yemen because of Ukraine crisis challenge aid efforts: UN
Higher prices because of the conflict in Ukraine are contributing to unrest and insecurity in Yemen, challenging poorly funded aid efforts, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said aid agencies remain concerned that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will deteriorate sharply in the coming months due to economic problems, including a weaker currency and higher prices due to the Ukraine crisis.
"Unrest and insecurity are already mounting in some areas due to long-standing frustrations over currency depreciation, rising commodity prices, lack of services and jobs, decreasing aid and other issues," the office said. "We urge all donors to increase their contributions to the Yemen response plan right away to avoid further deterioration."
The UN humanitarian response plan for Yemen for 2022 is only 26 percent funded, it said.
https://english.news.cn/20220623/8ad3b1fb35134cb7baf1796dfc334df5/c.html
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Yemen: Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) 2022 - Funding Status (22 June 2022)
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Reviving Education for Girls: “This school was the first place that welcomed me”
Fatima is one of 870,000 children in Yemen who have had their education interrupted due to frequent displacement and conflict in the country.
“It was painful for me to see Fatima crying when she was out of school despite how hard I was trying to find her a place in a classroom.”
“Schools provide children with knowledge, and knowledge is powerful and can protect them from everything. Schools also promote compassion in the community and create an educated generation that loves peace and frowns upon conflicts,” added Ali.
In 2020, Fatima and her father were relieved when she finally enrolled in Al Khansa School located near their new residence.
“It is important to have schools near to where students are living. It is difficult for female students to travel to far away schools, and makes their parents exhausted with worries about their safety and transportation costs,” said Ali.
“This school was the first place that welcomed me after becoming displaced. I was so happy and relieved to finally return to school where other girls were also studying. I no longer felt helpless by my situation,” added Fatima.
Fatima was relieved to have a new school within walking distance, but Al Khansa School was still not the most ideal place for learning. The classrooms were small and overcrowded, with over 90 students in each class. Students found it hard to concentrate or take in information.
It is estimated that more than 2,900 schools in Yemen have been destroyed, damaged, or used for non-educational purposes, affecting the learning of about 1.5 million school-aged girls and boys.
At the same time, even functioning schools across the country are overcrowded and under-resourced, and often inaccessible. Many do not have enough textbooks or teaching and learning materials, or gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities. These protection and safety concerns lead parents to keep their children – especially girls – at home.
To enable all children to return to school and support learning environments in Hadramawt, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) partnered to rehabilitate four schools in Hadramawt.
https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/reviving-education-girls-school-was-first-place-welcomed-me
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Yemen Emergency Dashboard, June 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-emergency-dashboard-june-2022
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WFP Yemen Country Brief, May 2022
Operational Updates
WFP assisted approximately 7.4 million people across its activities in Yemen in May 2022.
During the calendar month of May, WFP assisted 7.1 million people with general food assistance (GFA):
Approximately 5.7 million people were assisted with inkind food assistance, 1.3 million people with commodity vouchers and 88,100 people with cash-based transfers.
WFP continued dispatching GFA to 13.3 million people, with 56,800 metric tons (mt) of food dispatched over the calendar month. All GFA beneficiaries continued in May to receive reduced rations, and further ration reductions will be implemented in June due to funding shortages.
The inter-agency United Nations Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) assisted 2,243 households (approximately 15,700 people) in May with RRM kits.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-country-brief-may-2022
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WFP Yemen Situation Report #5, May 2022
Highlights
WFP was in May forced to suspend all resilience and livelihoods activities in Yemen due to funding shortfalls.
WFP is facing disruptions to the supply of specialized nutritious food, which combined with funding shortages, is expected to significantly impact nutrition interventions in Yemen over the coming months.
Additional assistance cuts will be unavoidable over the coming months unless additional funds are urgently mobilized. By the end of May, WFP had received just half of what had been received at the same time last year.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-5-may-2022
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Yemen: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (January to March 2022)
Humanitarian access in Yemen remains challenging; most access incidents remain driven by bureaucratic impediments, mainly by movement delays. Access challenges have been diverse. The first quarter of 2022 saw an increase in incidents that impacted the safety and security of aid workers. Humanitarians are working to adapt to these diverse challenges in order to deliver. Over the first quarter, humanitarian partners reported 701 access incidents in 100 districts within 21 governorates across Yemen, affecting 5.6 million people. Over 60 per cent of the reported access incidents in the first quarter pertained to bureaucratic constraints causing ‘Restriction of movement of organizations personnel or goods within Yemen’ imposed by the authorities. These include travel permit denials or delays and cancellations of missions and travel activities.
Movement restrictions were the predominant type of reported access incidents in the first quarter of 2022. Data shows an increase by 55 per cent, 159 more incidents compared to the last quarter of 2021. About 89 per cent of these incidents were recorded in Ansarullah (AA)-controlled areas. Operations in Sa'dah and Hajjah governorates remain challenging, some activities such as protection and gender-related programmes are rejected.
During the same period, interference in the implementation of humanitarian activities by the authorities in Yemen was frequently reported. A total of 63 interference incidents were reported in (Q1 2022, compared with 62 interference incidents in Q4 2021), most of which related to delays, denial and/or cancellation in the approval of project sub-agreements (38 incidents or 60.3 per cent).
Violence against humanitarian personnel assets and facilities continues to be a major issue for humanitarian partners, especially those who work in direct interaction with communities and armed actors.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-humanitarian-access-snapshot-january-march-2022
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WFP Yemen Food Security Update, June 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-food-security-update-june-2022
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Film: Clean Water Flows for Communities in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration is rehabilitating or constructing public infrastructure that is vital to sustainable development and long-term recovery in Yemen. IOM was supported by the European Union to restore eight water and sanitation facilities across the country, providing communities impacted by the conflict access to clean and drinkable water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlpF7LgpPY
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Mideast in Pictures: Yemeni farmers face difficulties in selling sorghum
Years of civil war have prevented villagers in Hajjah province, northern Yemen, from exporting their agricultural products to foreign markets.
As the sorghum ripes in the region, the farmers now face difficulties in properly preserving the crops because they cannot have their harvest delivered to foreign markets in time.
https://english.news.cn/20220620/104449454810420a90415f052220140a/c.html
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Film: Q&A with Advocacy Advisor Yasmine Daelman
Yasmine Daelman works as an advocacy and humanitarian policy advisor with Humanity & Inclusion in Yemen. She provides some insight on her daily work alongside people with disabilities who face difficulties fleeing violence and accessing aid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOU75Qkyf5k
Full text (May 2022): https://www.hi-us.org/news-hi-yemen-people-with-disabilities-lack-access-services
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Films by Ghaleb Alsudmy:
A painful and difficult life that no one can bear or live. Nearly 4 million displaced people leave their home due to war by Saudi alliance
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1541168205716127744
This a truth of aggression and seige of Yemen Imagine yourself live this suffering & difficult life. I don't think you can. Imagine yourself use this bathroom or waiting your role to use it in camp nearly 100 family live in.
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1541159920329973763
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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard Reporting Period: 12 to 18 June 2022
From 1 January to 18 June 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 6,647 households (HH) (39,882 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.
Between 12 and 18 June 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 89 households (534 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/yemen-%E2%80%94-rapid-displacement-tracking-update-12-june-18-june-2022
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Geflüchtete Frauen im Jemen: Mit Henna zum Erfolg
Tayseer Amin Hassan Muthanna Atef flüchtete von ihrer Heimatstadt Taiz nach Mawiyah weiter in den Osten. Sie musste alles zurücklassen und konnte ihre Schulausbildung nicht beenden. In ihrer neuen Heimat waren sie und ihre Familie zunächst auf Lebensmittelspenden angewiesen. Ein Kurs, den die GIZ organisiert hat, half ihr, sich als Henna-Malerin selbstständig zu machen. Henna Kunst ist im Jemen sehr beliebt. Zum Beispiel bei Hochzeiten.
Die GIZ unterstützt Menschen im Jemen durch gezielte Trainings. Die Trainings werden sorgfältig ausgewählt. Fähigkeiten wie die Henna-Kunst lassen sich in kurzer Zeit erlernen und die Nachfrage in Jemen ist für Hochzeiten und Feiertage groß. Henna-Design ist deshalb für Frauen eine gute Möglichkeit sich schnell ein Geschäft – und damit eine Existenz aufzubauen.
https://www.giz.de/de/mediathek/110638.html
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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Houthis seize properties of late former PM Bajamal
An anti-corruption authority controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis in Sanaa has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to Abdul Qader Bajamal, a late former prime minister, accusing him of misusing public funds, Yemeni activists and local media said.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35262
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Houthi militants assault a women protest over their participation in a demonstration against the shortageof cooking gas, a crisis made up by the militia controlling the [central Yemen] province/(website of) The Arab Network for News
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57560
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Social figure and businessman sheikh Yousef Haidar assassinated on Friday in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, local sources said.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1540525936222904320
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Film: A speech filled with terms of hatred, violence and extremism delivered by a child under the age of seven amid a crowd of the group armed with weapons.. With this show, the official TV channel of Houthi group targets children in homes to experience the same experience in the camps and gain admiration.
https://twitter.com/MayyunMedia/status/1537962243962179586
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Jemenitischer Botschafter im Iran: Jemen hatte keine andere Hilfe als den Iran
Der jemenitische Botschafter im Iran Ibrahim Mohamed al-Dailami sagte: „Die Geschichte wird schreiben, als der Jemen allein war und Hilfe suchte, half niemand außer dem Iran und dem Obersten Führer dem Jemen.“
https://de.irna.ir/news/84799718/Jemen-hatte-keine-andere-Hilfe-als-den-Iran
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SEO inks co-op MOU with Central Bank of Yemen
Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Central Bank of Yemen to exchange knowledge and infrastructure required for the development of stock exchange activities in both countries.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473888/SEO-inks-co-op-MOU-with-Central-Bank-of-Yemen
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#Yemeni activits launching a social media campaign to put pressure on the Houthis to release Yemeni journalist, Younis Abdulsalam, who has been detained since last year.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1539735515905286144
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Leader of Revolution: the capital Sana'a is the capital of Yemen and the mother for all its people
The leader of the revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik al-Houthi, affirmed on Wednesday that the capital Sana'a is the capital of Yemen, its political center and the mother for all the people living in, and the national model for coexistence among the people of the country, and the back on which they rely in on confronting the aggression.
The Leader of the Revolution said in his speech during his meeting with the people of the capital Sana’a, “The meetings with the people of the provinces come to talk and remind the priorities in the current stage, and we are within the framework of the temporary truce, which we feared will have an impact on some and cause them a state of apathy and a lack of sense of responsibility.” .
He explained that Sana'a expresses the authenticity of this country and the faith identity of the Yemeni people since the first day when the Commander of the Faithful, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, came to read the message of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesses him and his family and grant them peace, who addressed to the people of Yemen, inviting them to Islam.
He mentioned that Sana'a has a distinguished and great history
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3192031.htm
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9bxxt4qxpI = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pq1OqXhgfU
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Houthi leader warns against public uprising in Sana'a
The Yemeni capital Sana'a and other Houthi-held provinces suffer from bad livings and services, the group's leader said on Wednesday, shifting the full blame to the Saudi-led coalition for these situations.
At a virtual meeting with tribal and social leaders in Sana'a, Abdul Malik al-Houthi warned of a conspiracy to candle an uprising in Sana'a, amid a growing public resentment against his group over services and economic conditions.
There are agents across the country serving as propagandists to stir sedition in Sana'a, the Houthi leader added.
"If some want to make any problem or imperfection as a priority to incite or stir chaos, these are either alpenhorn for the aggression or fool lacking awareness as to priorities."
He called on his supporters to be highly aware and alert about the "enemies' conspiracies and vicious activities that target us."
The government and the Saudi-Emirati coalition are fully responsible for worsening the living and humanitarian situation in Yemen, al-Houthi said, accusing his rivals of using economic war to target all the Yemenis.
The enemies betted that by targeting the livings they could push our people to surrender, but they were shocked by our people's steadiness.
"Many conspiracies failed to target Sana'a's security," he argued, claiming that cells had been captured, but some arrests had not been publicized for security reasons.
While "the enemies persist their aggressive tendencies.., our people is highly aware and recognize the enemy from the friend," he said, calling for continual mobilization and recruitment.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30033.html
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Houthi militia execute a number of own fighters over mutiny/Almashehad Alyemeni
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57500
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A new Houthi campaign: Public employees in Sana'a are forced to send sons to Houthi radicalization camps and warfronts or resign./Yemen Voice
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57500
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Houthis develop methods of spying on Sana'a residents
The Houthi militia copies an Iranian model of surveillance on the residents of Sana'a/Yemeni Post
Houthis set up an intelligence system for spying on the public/Ayn Almahrah
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57500
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Houthi militia fuel tribal infighting over fears of an expected uprising
The Houthi militia have resorted to sowing discord amongst Yemen's tribes and fueling mini-conflicts … over fears the tribes may start a popular uprising against the militia.
Reliable sources told Okaz that Beidha [central Yemen] province saw the killing of four people including a child and injury of others in the past two days as a result of confrontations between Al-Mufareeh and Al Surayma tribes and the Houthi militia supplies both tribes with weapons.
He sources said the militia have also begun to fuel a tribal conflict in Ibb, Dhamar and Amran provinces as leaders of the militia have [secret] involvements in triggering those confrontations.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57529
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Houthi militia assassinate tribal chieftain
The Iran-backed Houthi militia assassinated a tribal chieftain in downtown the occupied capital city of Sana'a in the past few hours. Local sources said the militia assassinated Sheikh Mohammed Abdu-Rabbu Al-Tayib Alshammari in one of the streets of the city.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57501
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Parliament refers law criminalizing normalization with Zionist entity to relevant committee
https://en.ypagency.net/264632/
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Houthi Network Loots Humanitarian Aid Sent to Devastated Yemenis
Asharq Al-Awsat uncovered documents and information from judiciary sources showing how the Houthis have established an entire network dedicated to looting humanitarian aid sent to impoverished Yemenis and redirecting it to serve and benefit the group’s militiamen.
According to public prosecution records in Sanaa, the Houthis have manipulated, seized, and sold relief aid destined to Yemenis. The donations, including aid from the World Food Program (WFP), were then sold to merchants loyal to the Houthis.
In a 2018 prosecution report prepared by militia authorities in Sanaa, Houthi inspectors raided the warehouses of a merchant called Hamid Hussein al-Kabous.
Initially, the group was seeking to seize banned pesticides and toxic material, but instead grabbed 131 wheat sacks, 95 tin cans of green peas, each tin weighing 50 kg, and 544 packages of WFP aid. WFP labels, clearly prohibiting the selling or importing of the aid, are slapped on all the seized products.
The Houthis then covered up their findings with another report that accused al-Kabous’ brother, Taha, of possessing WFP aid. The other report mentioned nothing of the pesticides found stored next to food aid.
A judicial source in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that these two reports reveal three crimes: manipulating aid, smuggling toxic pesticides, and storing pesticides next to foodstuffs.
Moreover, the Houthis have put restrictions on delivery and distribution of aid to some 19 million Yemeni living in areas under their control.
The militias are demanding that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) apply for a permit from their authorities before resuming work in Houthi-run parts of Yemen.
By applying to the permit, the international body would be required to present all the information pertaining to beneficiaries in Yemen.
My comment: By a Saudi news site.
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A senior Houthi militant executed three fighters who refused to infiltrate toward the army's sites in Taiz on Sunday evening, local sources have said. The militant Emad Dahesh showered fire on the three newly recruited marginalized (of African origin) after they refused to venture toward the Difaa Aljawi positions of the army in the city's west killing them all./Yemeni Sport
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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Houthi militants inaugurate a camp to recruit prisoners to the warfronts in Maheet province, in the country's north/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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A tribal warfare erupted on Sunday evening over the killing of tribal figure Sheikh Saleh Abu Surayma and his 10 year old son by Houthi militants in Radaa, Beidha province, the day before. The tribal clashes have so far led to five casualties. Locals accuse the Houthi militia of deliberately stirring tribal conflicts to settle scores. /Almashehad Alyemeni and other websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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Sheikh killing triggers clashes leaving 12 people killed, injured
At least four people have been killed and eight others injured in clashes triggered by assassination of a tribal sheikh in Rada'a, a district in the Yemeni central governorate of Baydha.
The armed confrontations took place on Sunday between gunmen from Al Abu Soraima tribe and others from Al Mofarih, local sources said, after Sheikh Salah Abu Soraima and his son were killed earlier on Sunday in the vicinity of Salam Hospital downtown Rada'a.
Armed tribesmen from Al Abu Soraima flooded into Rada'a city and attacked the houses of Al Mofarih, accusing the tribesmen of killing Sheikh Salah and his son, the sources added.
The clashes left two tribesmen from Al Mofarih killed and 6 others injured, the sources said, noting that two of the attackers were wounded.
Houthi-affiliated influential figures fuel such conflicts and rows between the two parties, local residents in Rada'a said, as the city witnesses a state of insecurity and dreadful increase in crime and violence.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29995.html
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The Houthi militia released hundreds of prisoners in north Yemen's Mahweet province and promised to pay their debts in return for joining its military camps and warfronts/Almashehad Alyemeni
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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The Houthi militia force public employees in Sana'a to let their children join the militia's sectarian military camps or risk losing their jobs/Almanarah Net
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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Houthis originating from Saada kill a comrade from Sana'a in the heart of his own city/Sawt Al-Watan
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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Teleyemen says Houthis smuggle international calls for own enrichment
The sole licensed provider of the international telecommunication services in Yemen, Sana'a-based Teleyemen, says Houthi militants controlling Sana'a are smuggling international calls and exploiting that to gain millions of dollars in enrichment of the militia's elite/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
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Sana'a: Houthi militant kills his father, cuts his head off
The militiaman known as Mohammed Mahmood Hassan reportedly tried to entice his father and brothers to "stand by the Houthi [militia's] leader Abdulmalik Al-Houthi" by joining the warfronts but when the father talked back, the son showered him with bullets and then cut off his head with a dagger.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57490
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Teleyemen says Houthis smuggle international calls for own enrichment
The sole licensed provider of the international telecommunication services in Yemen, Sana'a-based Teleyemen, says Houthi militants controlling Sana'a are smuggling international calls and exploiting that to gain millions of dollars in enrichment of the militia's elite/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-57488
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
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Al-Zubaidi ousts 2 ministers, another official in pro-coalition government
Head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and member of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, on Sunday ousted two ministers in the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition.
This coincides with the expansion of the protests in the southern and eastern areas of Yemen, especially in Aden and Hadramout provinces.
Southern media reported that Al-Zubaidi issued a decision to suspend the Minister of Oil, Abdulsalam Abboud, the Minister of Electricity, Anwar Kalashat, and the director of the oil company from their duties.
Al-Zubaidi had held a meeting with the government and demanded that it quickly complete service projects.
https://en.ypagency.net/265047/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/26/two-ministers-in-saudi-led-puppet-government-sacked-by-separatist-leader/
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Qana Resort in #Yemen's Shabwah governorate is ready and will open today. Pics by Amma4 Nomesh.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1540605891367559170
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Sheikh Ali Al-Huraizi, head of the sit-in committee in Al-#Mahra Governorate, eastern #Yemen, said: We are fully prepared, and our battle with Saudi Arabia is imminent, and with any occupation, and this is the battle of all Yemenis
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540788061163749376
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Pro-Saudi commander killed in Ma'rib
Informed sources said that commander of the so-called “ Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Brigade” recently formed by the coalition in Ma’rib, brigadier Abdulrazaq al-Baqma’a “Abu Hothifa” was killed in ambush targeted him in Al-Wadi district in Ma’rib.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/25/pro-saudi-commander-killed-in-marib/
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Coalition establishes oil bank with US company in Aden to looting of Yemen wealth
The Saudi-led coalition-backed government has establish a new oil bank in agreement with an American company in the city of Aden.
Ministry of Oil in Aden stated that it had reached the agreement with the US company, Schlumberger, to establish the oil data bank that would enable it to limit its dealings with foreign and national oil companies working in the field of oil and gas exploration and production, in a step described as a trend towards more looting of Yemeni natural resources during the coming period.
It pointed out that the American company’s control of information would encourage foreign companies to invest and develop financial resources, away from the central information of the Republic of Yemen in Sanaa.
The ministry indicated that the tasks of the data bank in Aden, which is implemented by the American company, would include receiving, examining, processing, analyzing and preserving all old and modern petroleum data and information implemented in all petroleum sectors in Yemen, in the efforts of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, to restore the so-called “state institutions and database” to achieve its demanding project, with the return of the southern provinces to before the achievement of national unity, May 22, 1990.
“The government backed by the coalition are seeking to establish the Oil Data Bank to open the door wide for American companies to acquire the Yemeni oil sectors in the southern provinces.”
https://en.ypagency.net/264943/
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Yemeni gov't announces deal to establish oil databank
The Yemeni official government has reached a deal with a US company to establish an oil databank in the interim capital of Aden, an official in the Yemeni oil ministry said Friday, in order to end the Houthi control of the databank.
The Yemeni oil ministry agreed with Schlumberger to resume activity in Yemen and start the establishment of oil databank in the Aden-based corporation for oil exploration and production, the official added in remarks carried by Saba.
The databank will help the ministry control information, restrict dealing with foreign and national oil firms, and encourage companies to invest and boost fiscal resources, the official said.
The bank will receive, check, process and analyze all the old and new oil information on activities conducted in all Yemen's oil sectors according to international applicable standards, he said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30048.html
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STC storms house of head of implementation committee of Riyadh agreement in Aden
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s factions on Saturday stormed the house of the chairman of the Riyadh Agreement implementation committee in Maeen Abdul-Malik government in Aden.
This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on testimonies of local sources.
According to local sources, huge military forces belonging to Musleh al-Tharhani, police Chief of Dar Saad, and Saleh al-Sayed, director of Lahj security, stormed and raided the house of transport brigade commander Amjad Khaled in the north of Aden.
https://en.ypagency.net/264924/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/25/uae-backed-separatists-storm-puppet-government-officials-house-in-aden/
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Hadhrami Uprising threatens to stop exporting crude oil
The leadership of the Emirati-funded “Hadhrami uprising” has threatened to stop exporting crude oil, in protest against the Saudi-led coalition-backed government’s disregard for the demands of the people of Hadhramaut .
During a meeting held on Saturday, Sheikh Saleh bin Hariz denounced the inaction of the so-called Riyadh-formed Presidential Council and Maeen Abdul-Malik government failure to take into account the demands of the people of the province, and work to implement the promises.
He warned that long patience and pressure on citizens generate explosion
https://en.ypagency.net/264985/
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Al-Alimi has not been able to obtain any financial support or Saudi assistance, Journalist says
A southern journalist revealed the reasons why Rashad al-Alimi, the head of Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, does not return to Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.
The journalist Majed Al-Da’eri said: “The return of the chairman of the Presidential Council from Riyadh has stalled to this day because he has not been able to obtain any financial support or Saudi assistance, to address the electricity fuel crisis in Aden and enforce the stability of the exchange of the national currency.”
https://en.ypagency.net/264993/
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Yemeni forces start security operation to hunt Qaeda in Abyan
Yemen's security authorities late on Wednesday started an operation to pursue Qaeda militants in the southern governorate of Abyan, after five government soldiers were killed in an armed attack.
Abyan security department called on the governorate people to support the armed forces in purifying Abyan from Qaeda terrorist militants.
The Yemeni troops are carrying out a comprehensive operation, and all Abyan's districts will be the scene for this operation led by security and military commanders, the department said in a statement.
"It's time to revenge for bloods shed by terrorist militants in Abyan governorate," the statement added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30040.html
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Aden exports protests to other Yemeni provinces
Yemen's public protests on Thursday further spread from Aden to the eastern port city of Mukalla, Hadhramout's provincial capital.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to Mukalla streets to protest bad livings and economic situation, local sources said, amid depreciation of local money, increase in prices, decline in services and prolonged blackouts.
The protestors set fire to used tires and blocked main streets, obstructing the traffic, according to eyewitnesses.
Protests began in Aden, Yemen's interim capital, six days ago, adding to the challenges faced by the official government and the newly-formed Leadership Council (LC).
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30041.html
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'Intolerable stage': Adenis chant anti-Presidential Leadership Council slogans at protest over petrol price hikes
A public outcry is shaking in Aden over the deterioration of basic services and petrol price hikes by the Saudi-backed government.
Saleh Abo-Awdhal, editor in chief of Aden-based Alyoum8 (8th Day) newspaper said Aden has witnessed "angry popular protests" against the worsening basic services in the southern governorate of Aden.
"The situation in Aden has reached an intolerable stage," said Abo-Awdhal. "The PLC, led by Rashad Al-Alimi and Prime Minister of fifty-fifty Government Maeen Abdul-Malik, are using services that affect citizens, in the context of the political conflict with the southern political forces, led by the Southern Transitional Council".
Abo-Awdhal accused some parties -without giving names, but said they are living in the Al-Ma'ashiq Palace- of obstructing the launching of Hadi's electrical station in Aden to alleviate the electricity crisis in Aden.
"The reasons are that they are trying to extract more concessions from the Southern Transitional Council, but the situation is going to escalate again", Abo-Awdhal told Al Mayadeen English in an interview.
"These parties are negotiating to open a road in Taiz, but they are besieging the cities of the south -the safe haven for these parties- and cutting off all related services," he added, pointing out that these parties have become opponents of the citizens in Aden and other southern cities.
"The Presidential Leadership Council that Saudi Arabia brought in to address the collapse and failure of the administration of the recessive President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, has made no change," Abo-Awdhal noted.
"The [Muslim] Brotherhood [Islah Party in Yemen] is the one who runs this [PLC] council, the change is only that the sovereign decision has moved from the doves of the Brotherhood-linked party to Saudi Arabia, to the hawks linked to Qatar.
"Therefore, today the options are open to the people to first defend their well-known political aspirations, as well as to extract their right to have a decent life", Abo-Awdhal told Al Mayadeen English.
Shallal Shaye, STC's commander of what is called the Counter-Terrorism Units and the former director of Aden's security, had announced that his forces would stand by the demonstrators.
"We will stand with all our power to protect the demonstrators and support their demands for freedom and a decent life", Shaye said in a tweet. "We cannot stand by and watch our proud southern people die of hunger".
There were no reports of clashes between protesters and the STC security forces in Aden as of June 21.
'Beginning of popular revolution'
Majed Al-Daari, a Yemeni journalist based in Aden, confirmed that Aden is witnessing "an escalating public outcry"
Al-Daari estimated that this demonstration is "the beginning of a popular revolution of anger that will not stop at the level of demonstrations and setting tires on fire in the streets and closing streets temporarily, as happened with the streets leading to the Al-Ma'ashiq Palace before its reopening”.
"Rather, it will extend to a real storming of Al-Ma’ashiq Palace and the expulsion of the Presidential Leadership Council and Maeen's government if they do not succeed in alleviating the popular anger", Al-Daari noted.
He added, "Solutions will not come unless the war stops and the international community unites to adopt a comprehensive economic Marshall to save Yemen and gather all parties at the table of a national dialogue to discuss Yemen’s political future..."
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Finding the leader / Abdul Razzaq Al-Baqma (Abu Hudhaifa), one of the leaders of the Salafis in Ma’rib and the leader of the so-called Happy Yemen Brigades, which was formed by the Saudi aggression coalition recently in Marib His body was found dead inside his car in a sub-line "Redmieh" north of Al-Rakah area It is likely that what happened was a liquidation process between the mercenary factions loyal to the coalition
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540416084213485575
The sources confirmed that armed men intercepted Al-Baqma while he was on board a “double-cabin” car in the Al Rakah area, and shot him 5 times with a pistol, killing him instantly. Al-Baqma’s assassination came after severe disagreements with the Islah party, as it was assigned by the Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition to form the Happy #Yemen Brigades in the #Marib governorate, which Islah considered a blow to the Brotherhood’s influence in the governorate.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540424849918758938
and by a pro-Aden source: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1540420233231585281
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Unidentified gunmen attacked with bombs a bus carrying pilgrims on its way to Saudi in the Mudiyah District, #Abyan Governorate, southern #Yemen. The attack resulted in a number of injuries. Local sources said that the explosion occurred while the bus was passing through Mudiyah district, amid the escalation of intermittent acts and armed robbery in the southern governorates under the control of the factions loyal to the Saudi-Emirati coalition. (photo)
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540418400912134144
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#Hadhramaut Governorate, which is considered the richest Yemeni governorates rich in oil, gold and other natural resources, its people are plunged into darkness after the inability of the local authority subject to the Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition to provide diesel to run power stations with rising temperatures.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540446065664614400
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Hundreds of protesters, since this morning, have been blocking the streets of Al-Shahr area, #Hadhramaut governorate, eastern #Yemen, which is under the control of the Saudi-Emirati coalition's mercenary factions, in protest against the deteriorating conditions and the power outage in the country. (photos)
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540441471639343106
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A gunman on a motorcycle assassinates the citizens Ahmed Lahdan and Imad Al-Shuaibi in the Raydan line, in the Bihan district of #Shabwa governorate, southeast of #Yemen, and flees.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540453726955126784
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Armed ambush targets tribal sheikh in Shabwa
A prominent military leader and tribal sheikh on Friday survived an armed ambush in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
Informed sources said: “Unidentified gunmen set up an armed ambush for the military leader and tribal sheikh, Muhammad Saeed Al-Ma’wak Al-Sulaimani, this afternoon in the Al-Wata’a area,”
https://en.ypagency.net/264892/ = https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1540462798215565312
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Coalition escalates militarily via opening Ataq airport to transport weapons, equipment
The Saudi-led coalition has reused Ataq International Airport for military purposes to transport weapons and equipment, in a move that indicates Riyadh and Abu Dhabi intentions for an upcoming violation of the UN-brokered truce.
This was reported by Yemen News Portal, citing Aden civil aviation authority’s statement.
“Ataq International Airport will receive flights for relief organizations from next Sunday and flights will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.,” the statement read.
https://en.ypagency.net/264889/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/24/saudi-forces-continue-using-occupied-airport-of-ataq-for-weapons-transport/
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Ataq Int'l Airport Resumes Humanitarian Flights
Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority announced yesterday that flight operations to and from Ataq International Airport will resume for humanitarian reasons from June 26.
Planes of relief agencies can safely take off and land at Ataq airport during the daytime from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, the Authority added in a statement obtained by Aden Press.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35248
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Pro-coalition senior military commander killed in Marib
in ambush targeted him in Al-Wadi district in Marib.
https://en.ypagency.net/264909/
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Street protests in Aden compound the predicament of Yemen’s Leadership Council
Aden, the temporary capital of war-ravaged Yemen, has seen street demonstrations in recent days against the high fuel prices and the deterioration of public services.
The protests, which occurred 76 days after the formation of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), shows the internationally-recognised government to be faced with the growing despair of the local population on top of its intractable political, economic and military problems.
In response to the popular upheaval, PLC head Rashad Al-Alimi, said in a short statement, that he has followed the Aden protests "with great pain and high level of attention” adding he “understands the causes and justifications" of the protests. But Alimi asked that members of the PLC be given more time to address the problems at hand.
Informed sources told The Arab Weekly that the president and members of the Yemeni ruling council are making urgent contacts in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where they arrived at the end of a regional tour that included Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Qatar. Their aim was to secure emergency support from the Arab Coalition countries and speed up the disbursement of financial aid that had already been promised
The director of the office of the South24 Centre for Studies in Aden, Yaqoub Al-Sufyani, told The Arab Weekly, "The Presidential Council is still about two and a half months old since its inception. It faces the same political challenges that emerged during that formation," he added, noting that these challenges include tensions within the PLC itself as well as concerns that the Houthi rebels may not stick to the recently extended UN-brokered truce.
Sufyani pointed out that, "Despite attempts to exaggerate internal differences within its ranks, the Presidential Council is still cohesive. But its cohesiveness is threatened by many factors, including the deteriorating conditions faced by the population in Aden and the rest of the governorates in the south."
https://thearabweekly.com/street-protests-aden-compound-predicament-yemens-leadership-council
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-30032.html
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Disagreements escalate between pro-coalition government, Bank of Aden
The disagreements have recently escalated between the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition and the central bank of Aden.
Southern media reported that the Ministry of Finance in the pro-coalition government directed to prevent the transfer of funds through Aden International Airport.
Director of Aden Airport stated in a statement on Thursday that he had received a communication from the finance department that included a directive to all intelligence agencies to prevent the exit of any sums of money without prior permission from the ministry.
The new decision came in the wake of the disclosure of documents smuggling more than half a billion dollars in foreign currency through Aden Airport.
Although the bank of Aden granted permission to transfer these funds under the pretext of covering the accounts of the Cooperative Credit Bank abroad, the assignment of the task of transferring the funds to a local and unknown exchange company sparked controversy over the causes of smuggling, especially in light of the arrangements for changes in the government.
https://en.ypagency.net/264776/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/23/disagreements-between-saudi-led-puppet-government-and-central-bank-in-aden-escalate/
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Citizens organize car protest in Aden
The Petroleum Company in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden has pumped quantities of poor fuel quality into several stations in the city.
According to the sources, the citizens rushed to fill up the tanks of their vehicles with fuel from the oil company’s stations.
The sources explained that the citizens complained that their cars suffered problems and failures due to the use of contaminated fuel, which resulted in wear, premature engine failure and decreased performance
https://en.ypagency.net/264766/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/23/several-cars-damages-as-poor-quality-fuel-being-sold-in-aden/
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Angry protests erupt in various areas in Aden
Angry protests erupted on Thursday in various areas of Aden city, south of Yemen.
Thousands of Aden residents protested in Al-Bnook plaza of Crater city against collapse of basic services, deteriorating living situation and gasoline price hike.
https://en.ypagency.net/264728/
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STC mobilizes military reinforcements to Abyan
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia on Thursday pushed military reinforcements at dawn Thursday towards Abyan Stadium in Zinjbar city of Abyan province, southern Yemen, tribal sources said.
The reinforcements included military equipment and Emirati armored vehicles, according to the sources.
Earlier, the “Security Belt” militia of the STC announced the launch of a security campaign to pursue al-Qaeda elements throughout the province.
https://en.ypagency.net/264794/
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Funeral of journalist Saber Al-Haidari in Aden
Dozens of journalists and citizens attended in Aden on Thursday, the funeral of journalist Saber Al-Haidari, who was killed last Wednesday evening passing through Kabuta area in Al Mansura district in an explosion of a detonating device that was planted in his car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEKpIilrghc
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STC chairman underscores need for unity to recue Yemen
Chairman of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Tuesday called all the Yemeni political parties to unify in order to take Yemen out of the current situation, restore the State and stabilize security and development.
Yemen's Leadership Council (LC) was formed to make reforms in the State's structure, include the south cause in negotiation agenda, stop war, and recognize the south right to decide fate, Eidroos al-Zobaidy, also LC member, added at STC meeting.
The LC will correct weaknesses in the defense and interior ministries, and coordinate military efforts between all anti-Houthi military units in order to correct the compass direction at peace or war, he said.
The LC puts the people's suffering at the top of its priorities, Zobaidi added.
The LC member hailed the Saudi, Emirati and Kuwaiti rapid response to tackle urgent issues and support service projects in liberated areas.
"I cannot accept or build on inapplicable peace.., but rather will find real peace that would guarantee the restoration of the south state, and return Yemen to its Arab context," he said.
Security of shipping routes in Bab al-Mandeb and Aden Gulf can be attained through the real stability of the south, Zobaidi said, calling on the Arab coalition and international community to contribute to the LC efforts aimed to combat terrorism and boost international security.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30020.html
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Protests increased in #Mukalla, the capital of #Hadhramaut Governorate, eastern #Yemen Pictures from Al-Shaheed neighborhood in #Mukalla
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539714830420119553
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On Thursday, Saudi Arabia sent huge military equipment and devices to Al-#Mahra Governorate, eastern Yemen. This came, less than 48 hours after the arrival of Saudi military reinforcements, including dozens of vehicles and hundreds of soldiers, to the city come in light of the efforts of the Saudi-Emirati coalition forces to reinforce their presence in Al-#Mahra Governorate, to pass their own projects, especially the extension of the oil pipeline through the governorate’s territory to the Arabian Sea come in light of the efforts of the Saudi-Emirati coalition forces to reinforce their presence in Al-#Mahra Governorate, to pass their own projects, especially the extension of the oil pipeline through the governorate’s territory to the Arabian Sea
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539982761703768064
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Saudi military reinforcements arrive in Mahrah
Large military reinforcements belonging to Saudi occupation forces arrived in Mahrah, the easternmost province in Yemen.
This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on testimonies of local sources.
According to the sources, the Saudi reinforcements, included military vehicles and soldiers, arrived in the city of Al-Ghaydah, the center of the province.
The forces would carry out a deployment in several military positions from which they withdrew last December, one of the sources said .
https://en.ypagency.net/264660/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/22/saudi-forces-send-military-reinforcements-to-mahrah/
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Independent Aden Youth Bloc calls for new uprising
The Independent Aden Youth Bloc has on Wednesday called for a revolutionary escalation and an angry protect on Thursday afternoon across Aden and the rest of the coalition-controlled southern provinces.
In a statement, the bloc called on the angry protesters to continue their marches until their demands were met, including providing basic services from Aden’s resources and wealth.
The bloc denounced the statements issued by the Saudi-led coalition’s officials and the president of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, saying “ the coalition’s statement is nothing but a deceitful act to absorb the anger of the people and silence messes who came out in the past days”.
https://en.ypagency.net/264724/
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Massive Protests in South Yemen Reflect Rejection of Occupying Saudi-UAE Control
My remark: The Houthi viewpoint.
(A P)
Fierce clashes erupted between Islah militias, elements of Tariq Saleh in Marib
https://en.ypagency.net/264707/
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Oil company workers in Yemeni Shabwa go in strike
Workers of OMV on Tuesday started a strike in the Yemeni southeastern governorate of Shabwa, as the Austrian oil company did not meet the workers' demands.
OMV management ignored all the workers' legal demands, the labor union said in a statement.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30006.html
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Officials: Militants ambush security post in Yemen; 8 killed
Suspected al-Qaida militants on Wednesday attacked a security post in a southern Yemeni province, sparking clashes that left five troops and three militants dead, officials said.
The early morning attack took place in Ataq, the capital of the mountainous province of Shabwa, the officials said. At least four other troops were wounded in the attack, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the press.
No group claimed responsibly for the ambush, which targeted a post manned by troops loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council, they said.
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Yemen's new leadership seeks regional help with sweeping reforms at home
The recent overseas tours by Yemen's new leadership intend to garner support for implementing diverse national reforms.
Yemen's new leadership is looking for further international support in order to overcome numerous internal challenges amid the country's continuing conflict and harsh economic conditions.
On June 6, Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), began dayslong tours to Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Qatar. The official visits come two months after the formation of the PLC, which stands today as Yemen's internationally recognized authority.
Alimi stated his purpose when departing from Aden in southern Yemen, tweeting, "Our foreign tour focuses on strengthening bilateral relations with a number of brotherly countries, the developments in Yemen and ways to mobilize support for the ongoing reforms in the country."
This move has been contentious for Yemenis, sparking differing perceptions and conflicting reactions nationwide. While many deemed the tours crucial for obtaining political and economic support, others doubted the tangible benefits Yemen will have from visiting some countries.
The focus of the PLC is not solely on readying for war. It also keeps the economy on its agenda. Inflation, currency devaluation and fuel shortages are troubles that have tormented people over the last seven years of war.
Mohammed al-Samei, a political journalist in the government-controlled city of Taiz, told Al-Monitor that these tours will enable the PLC to garner economic backing from Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Qatar.
Saleh Abdulrahman, a resident of Aden where the PLC is headquartered, told Al-Monitor that the presence of this leadership on the ground in Yemen and its recent tours to other countries have been a source of hope for better governance in government-run areas.
Samei reckoned that Yemen's new leadership seeks two major kinds of support: economic and military. "At the military level, the ongoing truce is fragile, and thinking that the Houthis are ready for peace is wrong. Therefore, these visits could be part of preparing for a fiercer war after the expiry of the truce." The UN-sponsored cease-fire is set to expire on Aug. 2.
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Dozens of violations documented in Al-Qubaita
The National Committee to investigate allegations of human rights violations documented dozens of violations that affected citizens in Al-Qubaita district, north of Lahj governorate, the state news agency Saba reported on Tuesday.
As part of the field visit to follow up on the conduct of serious and direct investigations into human rights violations in Yemen, the members and researchers of the commission listened to the testimonies of (83) victims and witnesses and informed people from the areas of Al-Shareja, Karish and Al-Huwaimi.
The investigations focused on the abuse methodologies that affected them and led to the amputation of the limbs of dozens of residents and the mutilation of their bodies, especially women and children aged between two and nine years, and collecting and examining different evidence for these facts.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35235
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Security dismantles explosive device in Aden
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35233
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Southern [Separatist] National Assembly starts its 5th session
Under the slogan 'Unification of southern ranks for lasting peace, creative implementation of Riyadh agreement and consultations, and Southerner's right to restore their state' the President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), supreme commander of the Southern Armed Force, Major General Aidroos Qassem Al-Zubaidi inaugurated in Aden on Tuesday, the fifth session of the Southern National Assembly.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35232
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7YSGpGTGFA
and
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South Yemen on the Verge of a Broad Internal Dialogue, STC Announces
Early this morning, STC President Aidrous Al-Zubaidi announced steps to arrange the internal components in South Yemen during the coming period.
Al-Zubaidi said, in a speech he delivered at the inauguration ceremony of the fifth session for the National Assembly in Aden: "The time has come for an internal dialogue to translate our joint Southern interest into a national honor charter that is agreed upon with all Southern forces and components."
The National Assembly is the most important body within the structure of the STC which hold control of Aden and large parts of South Yemen and includes representatives of various governorates and districts in South.
About peace in Yemen; Al-Zubaidi said: "We have contributed, and will continue to contribute to peace efforts along with the people in Yemen and we will move toward securing the region's security and the safety of its political, social, economic, security and religious future."
"We will decide how peace be from the ground. The peace we fought for, not the peace that is distant from reality. Our sacrifices will not accept a short peace wrapped in defeat," he added.
Al-Zubaidi also renewed his adherence to restoring the "state of South." He said, "There is no peace except with the return of the state of South, and the return of Yemen to its Arab identity. This is what the recent Riyadh consultations emphasized."
Al-Zubaidi announced his orders to form a "Southern Negotiating Delegation" to represent Southerners "in any future negotiations."
Al-Zubaidi also talked about the "partnership" with the Arab Coalition states [namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE]. He said, "The challenges facing the Coalition countries are challenges that lie before us as well. We will address the challenges and develop their solutions with them."
https://south24.net/news/newse.php?nid=2765
and
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[Separatist] National Assembly warns against marginalization of Southerners
The Southern National Assembly warned against any attempt to marginalize the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the political representative of the Southern Cause, from the UN-sponsored political process to end the war.
The Southern National Assembly made it clear in the final statement of its fifth session on Wednesday, that such marginalization will absolve the STC an the Southerners from any obligation to honor agreements and protocols emanating from negotiating table of the parties.
The statement also affirmed that the STC will not be complacent in face of any measures that do not meet the Southerners' will.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35239
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Al-kathiri-reveals-truth-of-boycotting-the-transitional-council-the-yemen-forum-held-in-stockholm
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Pro-coalition government ratifies handing over of oil sector to Saudi Arabia
Head of the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, Maeen Abdulmalik, on Tuesday ratified an agreement to hand over the fuel sector in Yemen to Saudi Arabia, as part of a plan to acquire vital sectors in the south and east of the country.
During his meeting with ministers of finance and oil and minerals, Maeen demanded to quickly sign the agreement that grants the so-called “Saudi Reconstruction Program” the right to govern the Oil Derivatives Purchase Support Fund, according to southern media.
The agreement grants the Saudi program the right to import and sell fuel to the local market in Yemen.
Although the agreement was put forward years ago and was not decided upon by Maeen, but his approval on it coincided with news on Saudi Arabia’s approval to change him.
Observes sees that this is an attempt by Maeen to turn the tables on his opponents in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and the businessman Ahmed Al-Essa, who led a fierce war against Maeen to restore this vital sector, which generates millions of dollars per month.
https://en.ypagency.net/264582/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/06/21/prime-minister-of-puppet-government-hands-over-yemeni-oil-sector-to-saudi-arabia/
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Workers of the Austrian OMV oil company in the sector of Al-Oqla (S2) in #Shabwa, southern #Yemen, start a strike due to the failure to respond to their demands, including the surrender and settlement of rights and commitments by the company withdrawing from the sector.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539317918865006594
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3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in ambush in Abyan
At least three recruits of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) were killed and three others wounded on Tuesday in an ambush targeted them in Abyan province, southern Yemen.
Local sources stated that unidentified gunmen targeted a military vehicle of the so-called “security belt” in Ahwar area, which is under the control of Islah Party militants and the STC, killing three recruits and injuring three others.
https://en.ypagency.net/264626/
and also https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539314505666158592
and also https://english.news.cn/20220622/3210e01587814020a377e8d59f8ed177/c.html
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An explosive device exploded in the Habeel Jabari area in Al-#Dhalea governorate, southern #Yemen, which was placed in the crew of the leader / Nabil Al-Muaker, a short time ago, wounding a number of soldiers
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539337283966484481
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Under Saudi directives, certain government ministers leave #Aden. After two days of angry popular protests that reached the extent of besieging the presidential residence in Ma’ashiq, a number of ministers in the Ma’een government left the city of Aden today, Tuesday.
Informed sources said that the current Minister of Defense in the government of Mu'in Muhammad al-Maqdashi and a number of others have left Aden International Airport, explaining that their departure came with Saudi Arabia's approval of government changes.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1539260230940377096
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Houthis reject Kuwaiti funding Marib power station before their consent
The Houthi group on Sunday warned against any repairs for the Marib gas-powered station that provided most of Yemen's cities with electricity before the war outbreak in 2014.
Any support to fund maintenance of Marib power station is unacceptable prior to an agreement with the Houthi group, Houthi deputy foreign minister tweeted on Sunday, after the Kuwaiti Development Fund (KDF) announced support to repair the station.
There should be first an agreement to reconnecting the station to Sana'a and other Houthi-held cities deprived from energy since 2014, Hussein al-Ezzi added.
Any funds provided to repair Marib station will serve as direct support for the "bankrupt Brotherhood organization", he said, hinting at the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah Party.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29982.html
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Terrifying Statistics for Manifestations of Lawlessness in #Taiz. Various forms of security chaos continued in the city of Taiz, which is under the control of Saudi-Emirati coalition factions, while a number of civilians killed or wounded during the past 72 hours.
https://twitter.com/GhalebM0nz1i7/status/1538929939604553728
(A P)
Angry Protests Continue in UAE-Saudi Occupied Aden, Denouncing New Price Dose of Gasoline
The forces of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, in the city of Aden used live bullets to disperse the demonstrators who went out to protest against the increase in the prices of oil derivatives.
The participants in the protest chanted slogans condemning the Saudi-backed government and the UAE-backed Transitional Council, holding them responsible for what they considered the policy of starvation and fabricating crises to impose more suffering on the citizens.
Massive protests continued in the city of Aden to denounce a new price dose of gasoline passed by the Saudi-backed government, with the worsening of the deteriorating living conditions.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/264398/
Film: https://www.saba.ye/en/news3191810.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_WwRUCjM5g
Photos: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1538993881165008896
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1538788631275511808
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1539119766681567234
and
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Hundreds of protesters storm Ma’ashiq Palace in Aden
Hundreds of angry protesters stormed on Monday evening the Ma’asheq Palace in the city of Aden, south of Yemen, denouncing the deteriorating economic and the lack of basic services.
Local sources reported the protesters gathered in front of Al-Ma’ashiq” Palace, the headquarters of the Leadership and Government Council, and closed a number of main streets in the city, while they talked about the protesters storming the courtyards of the palace.
The protesters chanted slogans against the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council and the coalition-run government
https://en.ypagency.net/264550/
and
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UAE-backed separatist militias vow to support anti-Saudi protests in Aden
Leaders of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have threatened on Monday to intervene militarily in support of the protests taking place in the city of Aden, south of Yemen.
Shallal Shaye, the commander of the so-called anti-terror forces of the STC, said on Twitter: “We will stand with all our strength to protect the demonstrators and support their demands to freedom and a decent life, where it is not possible to stand and watch our proud southern people die of starvation.”
For his part, Abbas Al-Dhalei, a southern Yemeni leader affiliated with the Islah Party, which opposes the STC and supports the Saudi-led Presidential Council, said on Twitter: “The STC funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE is pushing its supporters to demonstrate and demand the expulsion of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council and its government, as well as engaging in the closure of roads leading to the Ma’ashiq Palace and the burning of tyres.”
He added: “Aden is experiencing the tragedy of the absence of the state, the militia’s control, and the absence of services.”
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New increase in petrol prices in Yemeni gov't-held areas
The Yemeni government on Sunday adopted a new increase in fuel prices in Aden and other Yemeni provinces under its control, the second surge this month and the fourth this year 2022.
The Aden-based Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) decided to increase commercial petrol prices by 14 percent in government-held areas, YPC official said, amid dire shortage in fuel supplies.
Taking effect as of 19 June, the new decision will increase the price of a 20-litter gallon from 22,500 to 25,800 Yemeni rials (nearly 23 dollars), Reuters quoted the official as saying anonymously.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29985.html
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-812b-yemen-war-mosaic-812b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-811-yemen-war-mosaic-811
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-811 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-811:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose oder / or http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
Der saudische Luftkrieg im Bild / Saudi aerial war images:
(18 +, Nichts für Sensible!) / (18 +; Graphic!)
http://poorworld.net/YemenWar.htm
http://yemenwarcrimes.blogspot.de/
Liste aller Luftangriffe / and list of all air raids:
http://yemendataproject.org/data/
Untersuchung ausgewählter Luftangriffe durch Bellingcat / Bellingcat investigations of selected air raids:
Untersuchungen von Angriffen, hunderte von Filmen / Investigations of attacks, hundreds of films:
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