Kriegswirtschaft und Frauen als Unternehmer in Aden; Jemens auf der Flucht geborene und aufgewachsene Kinder – Die Altstadt von Sanaa – Schwere Regenfälle beschädigen alte Häuser in der Altstadt von Sanaa – Medien und Krieg – und mehr
August 22, 2022: Defeat in Shabwa Forces Islah to Reckon With New Political Reality – Shabwa and Cracks in the Foundation of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council – The Yemen Review, July 2022; with special essays, as: Wartime Economy Fosters Surge in Female Entrepreneurship in Aden; Yemen’s Children Born and Raised in Displacement – Sanaa Old City – Heavy Rains Damage Ancient Houses in Old City of Sanaa – Media and War – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-820b-yemen-war-mosaic-820b
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
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Brüchiger Frieden
Jemen: Waffenruhe um zwei Monate verlängert. Flughafen in Sanaa teilgeöffnet, Ölimporte wieder möglich
Die von der UNO vermittelte Waffenruhe hat die Gewalt im Jemen zwar deutlich reduziert, trotzdem sind, seit sie Anfang April eingerichtet wurde, Tausende Verletzungen dokumentiert und so Hunderte Menschen getötet worden. Der Waffenstillstand wurde erneut um zwei Monate verlängert, hieß es am 2. August auf dem offiziellen Telegram-Kanal des UN-Sondergesandten für den Jemen, Hans Grundberg.
Zunächst hatte Grundberg darauf gedrängt, die Feuerpause um sechs Monate zu verlängern.
Im Krieg wurden bereits mehr als 377.000 Menschen getötet, so die letzte Untersuchung im Auftrag der UNO vom November 2021. Knapp 60 Prozent dieser Toten wurden Opfer von sogenannten Sekundärphänomenen wie Hunger, Epidemien, der Luft- und Seeblockade oder dem dezimierten Gesundheitssystem, die keineswegs »Kollateralschäden« des Krieges darstellen, sondern von der Koalition vorsätzlich als Kriegswaffen eingesetzt werden. Die von Grundberg vermittelte Waffenruhe beinhaltet daher auch Vorgaben, die die tödlichen Folgen dieser Phänomene mildern sollen.
Auch wenn die Umsetzung oft weiterhin ungenügend ist, bergen die Bedingungen der erneut verlängerten Waffenruhe ein enormes Potential, die grundlegenden Lebensumstände der rund 30 Millionen Menschen im Jemen zumindest etwas zu verbessern und so die Zahl der indirekten Kriegstoten deutlich zu reduzieren. Tatsächlich konnte militärische Gewalt verhindert werden. So war nach den Daten des »Yemen Data Projects« in den Monaten April bis Juni erstmals kein einziger Luftschlag der saudischen Kriegskoalition zu verzeichnen.
Der Kriegsmonitor ACLED gibt hingegen an, dass die Waffenruhe in 1.908 konkreten Einzelfällen gebrochen wurde. Bei über 1.300 Fällen wurde Beschuss mit Artillerie und Mörsergranaten registriert, insbesondere in der Grenzregion zu Saudi-Arabien im Norden sowie im ölreichen Gouvernement Schabwah im Zentrum des Landes. Insgesamt wurden seit April demnach 330 Menschen durch Waffengewalt getötet.
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/432527.krieg-im-jemen-br%C3%BCchiger-frieden.html
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Yemen’s Tragedy: War, Stalemate, and Suffering
Yemen’s internal divisions and a Saudi-led military intervention have spawned an intractable political, military, and humanitarian crisis.
Summary
The eight-year-old conflict in Yemen is between the internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, and Houthi rebels supported by Iran.
The country’s humanitarian crisis is said to be among the worst in the world, due to widespread hunger, disease, and attacks on civilians.
A UN-backed peace process has been slow, but a monthslong truce begun in 2022 has signaled that the combatants are ready to de-escalate the conflict.
Introduction
Yemen, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula, has become the site of grievous civilian suffering amid an intractable civil war. Many analysts say the fighting, now seven years old, has turned into a proxy war: Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who overthrew the Yemeni government, are pitted against a multinational coalition led by Saudi Arabia. The involvement of other combatants, including militant Islamist groups and separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has complicated the picture.
The conflict has displaced more than one million people and given rise to cholera outbreaks, medicine shortages, and threats of famine. However, after years of fruitless talks, Yemen’s warring parties have held to a monthslong cease-fire that has reignited hopes for a political solution to the conflict.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/yemen-crisis
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The Intensifying War in Yemen: World’s worst Humanitarian crisis
Since the beginning of this year, the violence in Yemen’s civil conflict has increased. From being the centre of the ancient Arab world, the nation became one of the poorest. Millions of people have been drawn into conflict as a result of the seven-year conflict. Civilians have been killed in record number and people are hungry more than ever. Yemen has been torn apart by war for several years, and its citizens are battling mightily to live. According to the UN Development Programme, more than 370,000 people have perished since the war began in 2015, with 60% of those deaths coming from indirect factors including a shortage of food, water, and medical care. United Nations calls it as the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet. With 21.1 million people, 80 percent of the population requires humanitarian aid of some kind. 11 million children need humanitarian assistance for survival.
My comment: It’s not 150 Saudi coalition air raids, but more than 18.000.
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Defeat in Shabwa Forces Islah to Reckon With New Political Reality
Long-running tensions in Shabwa devolved into heavy fighting in the governorate capital Ataq on August 8, pitting Islah-affiliated security forces against UAE-backed units. Back-and-forth fighting over three days ended on August 10 with the Giants Brigades and Shabwa Defense forces, supported by UAE drone strikes, securing control of the city and Islah-affiliated commanders fleeing the governorate.
The battle in Shabwa and its ramifications represent the most complex challenge the government’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) has faced since its establishment four months ago. This was not the first round of hostilities in the strategic governorate – a battle between Islah and Southern Transitional Council (STC)-affiliated forces in August 2019 was resolved in favor of the former. However, the fresh infighting was the first since the shake-up at the top of the internationally recognized government that saw President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi removed during the Riyadh consultations in April and replaced with the PLC power-sharing framework.
Defeat in Shabwa has left Islah particularly vulnerable to further moves against it that would curtail its political and military influence. The growing division between Islah and other parties threatens to fracture the government and PLC politically and could lead to further infighting, which would negatively impact its ability to maintain a united front against the armed Houthi movement, establish security and economic stability in areas it controls, and develop a unified position ahead of any formal peace talks. To avoid such a scenario, all parties on the government side must accept to work within the new political reality and diffuse tensions around key areas of disagreement in a public and transparent manner.
Islah: From Ruling Party to Hounded Outsiders
The Shabwa fighting represents the culmination of a process intended to remove the Islah party from its sphere of influence in Shabwa, where it previously monopolized power. This began with the removal of the Islah-affiliated governor, Mohammed bin Adio, in December 2021 and the appointment of the current governor, Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki, as an Emirati precondition to moving Giants Brigades forces into Shabwa and liberating three northwestern districts held by Houthis forces.
The Shabwa Defense forces are loyal to the STC, led by PLC member Aiderous al-Zubaidi, while the Giants Brigades follow another PLC member, Salafi military commander Abdelrahman Abou Zaraa al-Muharrami.
This battle dramatically changes the power dynamics nationally, particularly for Islah, the largest political party in Yemen. The party rightly understands that the rise of its opponents, such as the STC, Tareq Saleh and the Giants Brigades, to prominent positions of power within the PLC represents a recognition of their legitimacy and their right to take part in the administration of the country. Islah also recognizes that its opponents’ rise inevitably undermines its influence and share of power, and deprives it of the competitive advantage it enjoyed in the past: Islah is no longer the main “legitimate” party dominating decision-making processes of the internationally recognized government.
Now, Islah fears being rooted out both politically and militarily in its remaining areas of influence. Shabwa is on the southern border of Marib, the most important Islah center in Yemen. Another major implication of the fall of Shabwa is the threat to Islah’s interests in northern Hadramawt and the 1st Military Region command based in Seyoun, which is loyal to Islah and former vice president Ali Mohsen.
Reversing its Losses
To avoid such a scenario, the question now is what can Islah do to make up for its loss of Shabwa and avoid further gains by rivals at its expense? The new political trend in Yemen seems to be unfriendly to Islah, to say the least.
Still, there are several factors still working in Islah’s favor. It maintains relative popularity across the country, has strong organizational cohesion and is a central part of the anti-Houthi camp, without which the war against the Houthis cannot be resolved.
Using the tools at its disposal, Islah is currently attempting to redress the outcome of the Shabwa battle by increasing the political pressure on the PLC and its chairman, Rashad Al-Alimi. The stated aim of this unprecedented pressure campaign is the replacement of Shabwa governor Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki and official condemnation of the military action against its loyalist forces, which it considers to be the targeting of the Yemeni state by non-state militias. However, Islah’s opponents have pressure points of their own and could push back by escalating against the party politically or militarily in Marib, Wadi Hadramawt or Taiz.
The Coalition’s Considerations
The possibility of Islah reaping any gains from its strategy of maximum political pressure would also require Saudi Arabia and the UAE to intervene in the domestic Yemeni political fray and provide guarantees for the party moving forward. This is the only way out of its current dilemma, allowing Islah to climb down from its escalatory rhetoric and save face. So far, however, it is not clear to what extent this strategy can influence Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
The UAE has long viewed Islah as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, the political Islamist group Abu Dhabi has opposed across the Middle East, so it is unlikely that they would unilaterally concede anything while the group appears on the back foot. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will not accept the failure of the PLC
Overall, the position eventually taken by Saudi Arabia will be the most consequential, as it has enough leverage to adjust outcomes by reaching understandings among the various stakeholders, including the UAE. As a result, Islah is working hard behind the scenes to push Saudi Arabia to adopt a position aligned with its own. However, efforts here could be hampered by the fact that its rivalry this time is not only with the STC, as was the case in 2019, but also with the PLC chairman.
Reconciliation or Further Conflict?
On the whole, Islah is an unenviable situation. It has lost key political allies, and accumulated adversaries that delight at its fall and seek further revenge. Under such hostile conditions, Islah could become a dangerous wildcard that could deteriorate an already fragile political and military situation in Yemen
Therefore, Islah must not be pushed into a corner – by Maged Al-Madhaji
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/18497
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Shabwa and Cracks in the Foundation of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council
Recent fighting in Shabwa highlights lack of unity of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, threatening its ability to present a common front against the Houthis.
The Presidential Leadership Council was supposed to reunite the various anti-Houthi groups – some of which had fought one another – into a broad alliance capable of either presenting a unified military front to combat the Houthis or negotiating with one voice.
Not surprisingly, that has not turned out to be the case. Presidential councils are notoriously unwieldy and the one in Yemen looks more like Frankenstein’s monster than most. None of the eight members or the groups they represent have given up their own narrow interests in favor of broader national goals. The STC still wants to secede and create an independent Southern state. The Islamist Islah Party still wants to call the shots in a unified Yemen, and Tariq Saleh still wants the control his uncle (former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed by the Houthis) once enjoyed.
Perhaps nowhere have the cracks in the council’s leadership been more apparent than in recent fighting in Shabwa between units affiliated with the STC and backed by the UAE and those linked to Islah, which the UAE considers to be part of the Muslim Brotherhood and therefore a terrorist group.
In the end, the Shabwa Defense Forces and the Giants Brigades managed to take control of Ataq, pushing the Islah-affiliated units out of the city, and raising the flag of the independent South. Islah’s one representative on the Presidential Leadership Council responded by resigning his position before being “persuaded to rescind his decision.” Islah later called for the removal of Shabwa’s governor.
Although there continue to be sporadic reports of clashes around Ataq, the fighting is largely over, at least for the moment. Islah has lost Shabwa.
More broadly, however, it is the Presidential Leadership Council that has lost. If the eight-man council is unable to speak with a single voice or present a common front against the Houthis, the war is all but over. The Houthis can sit back, enjoy the benefits of the current truce, and wait for the council to tear itself apart. Then, when the dust settles, the Houthis can move in and pick up the pieces, including Marib and perhaps even Shabwa, which would destroy any STC hopes of an independent Southern state – by Gregory D. Johnsen
https://agsiw.org/shabwa-and-cracks-in-the-foundation-of-yemens-presidential-leadership-council/
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Infighting in southern Yemen exposes fragility of leadership council
Despite the existence of Yemen’s new leadership in Aden, fierce combat has wreaked havoc in Shabwa province in southern Yemen.
Deadly infighting rocked Yemen’s Shabwa province over the last few days, with dozens of deaths and injuries, amid tensions between pro-government forces in Attaq, the capital of Shabwa, an oil-rich province in southern Yemen.
On July 19, the commander of the Special Security Forces, Brig. Gen. Abd Rabbo Lakab, survived an assassination attempt in Attaq. Two of his bodyguards died in the attack, but the commander escaped unscathed. He accused UAE-backed southern separatist forces of orchestrating the assault.
Tensions rose rapidly when Shabwa Governor Awad bin Al Wazir sacked Lakab on Saturday. Al Wazir accused the military units under Lakab of mutiny and warned that those flouting the orders would bear the consequences. The governor said the soldiers are affiliated with Yemen’s Islah Party, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The conflict betrays the fragility of Yemen’s new leadership in Aden and the disharmony among the pro-government forces fighting a common foe: the Iran-backed Houthi group.
Preventing infighting among anti-Houthi Yemeni forces is a priority for the PLC. However, the recent hostilities augur ill for Yemen. It also shows the new leadership is unable to unite the various armed forces in the country’s south.
Attaq resident Ali Abdulrahman told Al-Monitor that UAE-supported separatist forces and military units linked to the Islah Party clashed in the city over the last three days, transforming some streets into battlefields.
As the UN-recognized leadership in the country, the PLC stepped in on Tuesday and removed some military commanders in a bid to de-escalate the situation and stem further infighting. The move did not help, and clashes kept raging on Wednesday.
Southern separatist fighters known as the Giant Forces and Shabwa Defence Forces took over Attaq Wednesday afternoon. The opposing military units withdrew to other districts in the same province. Abdulrahman said, “The situation is still worrying and I am not sure the clashes will stop in Shabwa.”
The development is celebrated by the southerners who hope for secession from Yemen’s north. Ahmed Naji, a pro-secession resident of Shabwa, told Al-Monitor that the south is heading toward independence. He said that freeing Shabwa is crucial to accomplishing that goal.
While the southern separatists cheer, many other Yemenis see the violence as another setback for Yemen and an explicit failure of the PLC.
Yemeni political researcher and author Adel Dashela told Al-Monitor that what happened in Shabwa heralds a bleak future for Yemen and attests to the magnitude of the foreign influence on the country.
“The PLC has become a tool in the hand of the Arab coalition. There is no genuine political or military partnership between Yemen’s leadership and the coalition. What the coalition plans and proposes, the PLC will execute. This will deepen fractures and add to the complexity of the conflict,” Dashela said.
However, the conduct of the southern fighters after their victory in Shabwa on Wednesday exposes their separatist inclinations. They brought down the flag of united Yemen and raised the flag of the pre-unity southern state.
A political analyst in Shabwa described the takeover of Attaq as the last nail in the coffin of Yemen’s unity. He told Al-Monitor, “The secessionists used to have a strong presence in all southern provinces except for Shabwa. Now they have taken over this province, and the path to parting from Yemen’s north is easier than before. The separatists will be able to achieve their goal if the Saudi-Emirati support continues.”
He added, “This infighting in Shabwa is a shock to Yemenis nationwide and it has revealed that the new leadership is incapable of lifting Yemen from the mayhem, at least in Houthi-free areas.”
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The Yemen Review, July 2022
Long-running tensions between the Islamist Islah party and the Southern Transitional Council boiled over in Shabwa in July, as political disputes over security posts devolved into clashes between their affiliated forces. Government efforts to assuage the parties were unsuccessful, setting the stage for a battle over the capital, Ataq city, in early August. The Shabwa tensions overshadowed agreement on a two-month extension of the UN-brokered truce between the government and the armed Houthi movement, though sporadic violations continued. A proposed six-month extension fell apart over disagreements on road reopenings, air travel and payment of public sector salaries.
The Presidential Leadership Council announced a cabinet reshuffle at the end of the month, replacing the heads of four ministries. The new appointees were all southerners, approved by the STC, in a nod to the substantial power wielded by the movement. The government also appointed new governors of Hadramawt and Socotra; the latter is the STC’s top man on the island. Meanwhile, Houthi authorities continued to profit handsomely from the exorbitant cost of fuel in areas they control while also attempting to convince consumers that the Saudi-led coalition is to blame for sky-high prices at the pump.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022
Politics and Diplomacy
Government Instability Overshadows Truce
On August 2, the parties to the conflict agreed to a two-month truce extension under the existing terms. The deal comes after intensive shuttle diplomacy by the UN and the US, and the arrival of an Omani delegation to Sana’a on July 31. The extension includes a commitment by the parties to work toward an expanded, six-month truce, which UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg failed to secure amid mutual suspicion and disagreements over the phased reopening of four roads (two in Al-Dhalea, one in Sa’ada, and the Sofitel road in Taiz city), payment of public sector salaries in Houthi-held areas, and the expansion of flights from Sana’a airport to include India, Cairo, Amman, and Doha. Grundberg also proposed the creation of a new committee for dialogue and reconciliation. While the internationally recognized government largely accepted the terms of the six-month UN proposal, Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) head Rashad al-Alimi refused to meet with Grundberg on July 25, signaling a refusal to make further concessions. Houthi authorities rejected the terms outright.
PLC Announces Cabinet Reshuffle
Al-Alimi announced a cabinet reshuffle on July 28 encompassing four ministries: defense, oil, electricity and public works.
New Governors Appointed in Hadramawt, Socotra
On July 31, Al-Alimi appointed new governors of Hadramawt and Socotra.
Tareq Saleh Meets Islah-Affiliated Military Commanders, Opens Political Office in Taiz City
PLC Chief Shakes Up Judiciary
Developments in Houthi-Controlled Territory
Houthis Shift to Islamic Calendar
On July 4, Houthi media reported that the head of the Supreme Political Council (SPC), Mahdi al-Mashat, had announced the group’s transition from the Gregorian calendar to the Hijri, or Islamic calendar, for all state functions starting July 30, which marked the first day of the Islamic year.
Houthis Shutter Radio Station After Court Allowed its Reopening
On July 11, Houthi gunmen raided the headquarters of a local radio station, Voice of Yemen Radio, and confiscated its equipment, following a court ruling that authorized the radio station to resume operations six months after Houthi authorities closed its doors.
Journalist’s Health Deteriorates in Houthi Prison
International Developments
UN Renews Hudaydah Agreement Mission, Appoints New Deputy Chief
Hamas Leader Sends Eid al-Adha Greetings to Houthi Counterpart
US and Saudi Arabia Issue Iran-Focused Communique
On July 15, US President Joe Biden participated in the GCC+3 (Jordan, Iraq and Egypt) summit in Jeddah, marking his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. Among Biden’s perceived priorities during the visit were persuading Saudi Arabia to help lower US gasoline prices amid fallout from the Russian war in Ukraine and reassuring Middle Eastern heads of state of American security guarantees – by Casey Coombs
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18395
Military and Security
Tensions between Islah- and STC-Affiliated Forces in Shabwa Explode with Assassination Attempt
Islah-affiliated commander of the Special Security forces in Shabwa, Brigadier General Abd Rabbo Laakab, survived an assassination attempt by members of the UAE-backed Shabwa Defense forces in Shabwa governorate. Laakab’s convoy was ambushed in Ataq city, the governorate capital, on July 19; two members of the Special Security Forces were killed, and two others were wounded in the attack.
On July 19, clashes at another SDF checkpoint, in the Al-Nassab neighborhood in central Ataq city, erupted when soldiers attempted to prevent Special Security forces members from escorting four armed plainclothes individuals into the city who refused to be searched. Two SDF members were wounded. The same day, the Shabwa Defense forces attempted to arrest members of a military unit affiliated with General Laakab in the Al-Asima neighborhood of western Ataq city. Two Shabwa Special Security forces were killed and one was wounded.
In an effort to ease tensions, Shabwa Governor Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki suspended Laakab and Wajdi Baoum, commander of the Shabwa Defense forces 2nd Brigade, pending an investigation. The events in Shabwa were discussed during a PLC meeting on July 24 headed by Rashad al-Alimi, who authorized Shabwa’s governor to take action to stabilize the situation.
Houthis Battle Local Tribes in Al-Bayda
Houthi forces laid siege to the village of Khabzah in Al-Bayda governorate on July 12 and fought with local tribal forces following an attack on a Houthi checkpoint.
Truce Extended But Violations Continue
The fourth month of the truce between the warring parties in Yemen saw limited fighting on the frontlines, with no territorial advances reported. The ongoing truce, declared in early April to coincide with the start of Ramadan and renewed in June, was extended for another two months on August 2. However, sporadic truce violations occurred in late July as the deadline approached, notably in Marib, Al-Dhalea, Taiz and Hudaydah governorates. Houthi forces and government-affiliated troops clashed in the Tabat Othman and Batar areas in the northwest Qa’atabah district of northern Al-Dhalea governorate, and in the western Al-Abdiyah district of southern Ma’rib governorate, as well as on Serwah frontline, west of Marib city, and in Hays district of southern Hudaydah governorate.
Residents of government-controlled areas of Taiz city continued to demand that the Houthis reopen roads after years of blockade.
Military Units Vacate Civilian Buildings in Taiz City
Following direct orders from now-former defense minister Mohammed Ali al-Maqdashi and National Resistance Forces leader and PLC member Tareq Saleh, the Islah-affiliated Taiz Military Axis began a systematic campaign to remove military units billeted in civilian buildings in Taiz city on July 27.
Other Military & Security Developments in Brief:
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18396
Economy and Finance
Houthis Continue to Bilk Consumers With Exorbitant Fuel Prices
Fuel Price Hikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas
On July 3, the Sana’a-based Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) increased the official price of petrol by 9 percent, from YR640 t0 YR700 per liter, in areas under the control of Houthi authorities.
In the first week of August, the YPC-Sana’a announced that it was responding to declining global fuel prices by reducing the official price of petrol by 14 percent, from YR700 to YR600 per liter
Houthis Blame Saudis for Diesel Crisis, Evidence Suggests Otherwise
In July, the Houthi-run YPC released several statements accusing the Saudi-led coalition of seizing fuel ships and causing a supply bottleneck in oil derivatives, in particular diesel.
Currency Watch
New Rials Depreciate, Old Rials Remain Stable
The Yemeni rial (YR) exchange rate in government-controlled areas recorded a cumulative 6 percent depreciation relative to the United States dollar (US$) between the beginning and end of July, falling in value from YR1,103 per US$1 on July 1 to YR1,169 on July 31. In the first three days of the month alone, new rial banknotes – those issued by the CBY-Aden since 2017 – fell 3 percent, depreciating from YR1,103 to YR1,136 on July 4.
Commercial Banks Sour on FX Auctions
Government Seeks to Monitor Country’s Largest Mobile Network
Delegation Negotiates Wheat Imports with Indian Government
Retailers Keep Commodity Prices High Despite Falling Costs
Government Signs Agreement to Develop Energy Sector
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18397
Al-Zawahiri’s Death and the End of Bin Laden’s Legacy
Osama bin Laden had always admired his loyal soldiers in Yemen. In particular, he respected his secretary from the Afghan jihad years, whom he viewed as his spiritual successor, Nasser al-Wuhayshi. It was Al-Wuhayshi who took over the task of rebuilding Al-Qaeda in Yemen, before merging it with its Saudi branch to form Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Driven by an ambition to move the jihadist command center to Yemen, which he saw as an “Afghanistan with access to the sea,” Bin Laden prepared Al-Wuhayshi to be Al-Qaeda’s next leader.
Al-Zawahiri was emotionally and strategically aligned with Al-Raymi, and by the same token, Al-Raymi endorsed Al-Zawahiri as the group’s legitimate leader. Over time, however, Al-Raymi deepened his organizational and security contacts with Saif al-Adl, as the most effective and influential figure in the group. This helped turn the tide in favor of Saif al-Adl as Al-Zawahiri’s apparent successor, but the matter was resolved definitively in 2020, with Al-Raymi’s death in another US drone strike.
With the rise of Khalid Batarfi as the new AQAP leader, the bid of jihadist Yemeni youth for global leadership of the organization is finally over. Today, Al-Qaeda is firmly in the hands of the Egyptian cohort, which controls the organization’s security, financial and administrative affairs. The group is at a critical impasse in terms of strategy and organization, not least since its likely new leader is set to run the group from Iran instead of Afghanistan. In the near term, there do not appear to be immediate consequences for AQAP from Al-Zawahiri’s death, but it will do nothing to stem the internal crises faced by the Yemeni branch, the successive divisions between its senior and middle leadership and the erosion of its influence on the ground amid a general decline in popularity – by Hussam Radman
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18402
Wartime Economy Fosters Surge in Female Entrepreneurship in Aden
Women have only ever made up a fraction of the business community in Aden, and in 2015 – when Houthi forces and their allies invaded the southern city and spurred a regional intervention to liberate it – their share declined dramatically. While precise numbers are hard to come by, anecdotal evidence points to a rapid decline: Dr. Kulthum Nasser, head businesswoman in the Aden Chamber of Commerce, told the Sana’a Center that the war reduced its female membership from roughly 20 to just six, with many forced to close their businesses or flee the country.
But before long, Nasser began to notice a reversal: the number of women entrepreneurs in Aden increased rapidly. Speaking with many of these women, she recognized that the vast majority had never run a business before.“We found that one of the most important problems that women faced was the absence of any agency to help them launch their projects, conduct feasibility studies, determine the mechanisms of work and marketing for their projects, or provide them with legal protection to guarantee their rights,” said Nasser, who recognized that these new entrepreneurs would need support if they were to grow their enterprises. This led her to found the Union of Small Project Owners (USPO), licensed by the Aden Chamber of Commerce in 2016, to help women entrepreneurs build their business acumen. Shortly after its inception, the USPO had less than 150 members. By May 2022, there were close to 1,200 businesswomen who had signed on.
A combination of necessity and opportunity has been a primary driver of this trend. “The war led to dire economic conditions that greatly affected women,” said Nasser, with the general economic collapse robbing many families of their income – usually earned by male heads of the household – and forcing them to scramble for new sources of revenue.
At the same time, the war economy created a new socioeconomic class with disposable wealth in the city, which reshaped demand for goods and services. To cater to this new market, Nasser says women entrepreneurs have often transferred traditional skills — such as cooking, making incense and perfumes, sewing and handicrafts — into small, informal commercial enterprises.
All businesses in Aden face a litany of challenges, such as poor security, exchange rate and price instability, a lack of services, and difficulty accessing financing. The hurdles women entrepreneurs confront are compounded by patriarchal social norms. Women have to deal with threats to their physical security when moving outside the home, and women’s participation in business is belittled and denigrated by wider society. This lack of recognition exposes Yemeni businesswomen to predatory behavior by their male peers and the public officials they have to interact with.
In this In Focus article, the Sana’a Center looks at women entrepreneurs in Aden, the challenges and opportunities they face, and the complex dynamics that have prompted the surge in women-owned businesses – by Ghaidaa Alrashidy
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18398
Yemen’s Children Born and Raised in Displacement
With tens of thousands of children across Yemen born as displaced persons, children account for half of the 4 million IDPs in the country – the fourth largest IDP population in the world as of 2021. A survey published in December 2021 showed that 649,387 children under five lived at IDP sites across 14 Yemeni governorates, including 194,496 aged less than one-year-old. More than 73,000 pregnant women are IDPs. Another recent study of three governorates by the UN Population Fund, UN Children’s Fund, Women’s Refugee Commission and John Hopkins University found that child marriage is more prevalent among displaced girls: one in five aged 10 to 19 in the surveyed areas in Sana’a, Ibb and Aden were currently married, compared with one in eight in nearby host communities.
The Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster, managed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), says 1.6 million people among the IDPs have found refuge in 2,358 sites that it describes as “spontaneous and unplanned.” Most IDP sites in Yemen are established “informally and with little intervention from the humanitarian community,” according to the CCCM cluster’s 2021 strategy. The right of IDPs to remain in their camps has become increasingly tenuous, as some 80 percent of the sites had no tenancy agreement as of early 2022. During 2021, 7,500 displaced families across 70 IDP sites were under threat of eviction.
In Hajjah, a total of 487 IDP sites have been established since 2015, hosting 435,007 people who escaped hostilities, particularly near the Saudi border. Hajjah has had the second largest population of IDPs in the country after Marib. According to the CCCM, 97 percent of 195 sites surveyed in Hajjah were spontaneous settlements, and 92 percent sit on private land. Since 2015, the CCCM has followed a policy of not providing tents to IDPs, in order to prevent such sites becoming permanent, and in 2018 it made the additional recommendation that humanitarian groups establish new camps only as a last resort.
Severe Lack of Internal Economy Among IDPs
There is little internal economy to speak of inside the camps. At some sites, NGOs provide a measure of financial assistance, while some men are able to find work as day laborers in their vicinity. Based on the UNHCR’s assessments, some 92 percent of displaced families in Yemen suffer from a lack of work, with 64 percent having no source of income at all and others living on less than 25,000 Yemeni rials (US$40) a month. According to the refugee agency, this means that two out of three displaced families have only one or two meals a day and that children are deprived of education and adequate healthcare. Some families resort to begging, or selling whatever possessions they have, while others marry off their daughters at a young age in order to ease financial pressures.
According to UNOCHA, which coordinates emergency responses to global humanitarian crises, women and girls are in particular need of protection. “Displaced women and girls tend to suffer most from lack of privacy, threats to safety and limited access to basic services, making them even more vulnerable to violence and abuse,” the agency reported in November 2021. Around 30 percent of displaced households are headed by women, and their financial burden is increasing as inflation hits an already deteriorating economy.
A report published in July 2022 by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), which oversees UN responses to humanitarian challenges across different organizations, cited protection as a critical problem facing Yemen’s IDP camps, as it is one of the least funded humanitarian activities in the country. The report said that displaced children are at particular risk of abuse and exploitation in IDP hosting sites, more than half of which contain some households headed by minors (under 18 years old). The report noted that less than half of the sites receive any humanitarian assistance at all, and of those, less than half the residents receive aid.
Protracted Displacement vs. Durable Solutions
As the conflict has become protracted, displacement in turn has become more entrenched. Returning IDPs to their homes has not been a feasible solution due to risks of being exposed to further displacement if fighting breaks out again.
According to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a durable solution would mean that “IDPs no longer have any specific assistance and protection needs that are linked to their displacement, and can enjoy their human rights without discrimination on account of their displacement, and that it can be achieved through return, local integration and resettlement.” But long-term resolution of displacement on these terms remains a “distant prospect” in the view of many in the humanitarian and development sector, according to a Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) report on displaced households. “Achieving durable solutions is complicated by continuous fighting and ever-shifting conflict frontlines, coupled with severe economic decline and limited livelihoods opportunities,” the NRC said, adding that “the focus of the humanitarian interventions remains emergency in nature due to the active conflict.” The NRC says over one million IDPs returned to their homes during 2019, but they did so in the absence of humanitarian conditions that would ensure their return was permanent. The CCCM cluster in Yemen also believes that durable solutions will be difficult without “the basic structures and circumstances that would allow safe return, resettlement and reintegration.” – by Mohammed Ali Kalfood
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18399
Photo Essay: Heavy Rains Flood Sana’a’s Old City
Heavy seasonal rains in July and August caused flash flooding across Yemen, cutting roads, destroying homes and crops, shifting minefields, and causing a number of deaths. The floods have affected more than 16,000 internally displaced families, who live in rudimentary shelters unable to withstand harsh weather. Many Yemeni houses are built from mud, increasing their susceptibility to structural damage from heavy rainfall. A number of roofs have already collapsed, and many fear theirs will follow if the rain continues.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/july-2022/18422
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The Old City of Sanaa in Yemen
The Old City of Sanaa in Yemen is one of the oldest cities in the world, continuously inhabited for more than 2500 years. Meaning 'fortified palace', the city is a work of art in itself, & remains one of the greatest treasures of Arabia.
Once a seat of government for the early Islamic caliphs, it is today the capital city of Yemen. Its Islamic heritage is reflected in its 106 mosques, 12 hammams (bath houses) and 6,500 houses built before the 11th century.
Like an elaborate work of art in an expansive open-air museum, more than 6,000 houses built before the eleventh century lie within the old city walls, tucked close together and connected by a comprehensive network of narrow streets and alleyways.
The city has remarkably retained its historical ambience and splendor over the centuries and remained unspoiled by modern architecture, maintaining a comfortable rhythm between its traditional architectural fabric and the requirements of modern life.
More than 1,000 years ago & preceding most of the world’s cities, the old city of Sana’a presented a model of green architecture in its 6,500 buildings (UN-Habitat /2020), constructed with local environment friendly materials, such as stones, mud, baked bricks, wood & gypsum. The architectural heritage of Sana'a consists of multi-story buildings decorated with geometric shapes and horizontal bands rendered in gypsum, narrow streets, urban gardens, elegant minarets and imposing monuments. (photos)
https://www.baytalfann.com/post/the-old-city-of-sanaa-in-yemen = https://twitter.com/BaytAlFann/status/1559836562921250816
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Climate change crisis: Heavy rains damage ancient houses in UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa
Due to the rainy cloud that formed over the UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa City at noon on August 17, Hamid Ahmed Al-Habbari rushed back to inspect his second home before the rain starts to fall, because he had already lost his first to rain during the last couple of years.
Due to the rainy cloud that formed over the UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa City at noon on August 17, Hamid Ahmed Al-Habbari rushed back to inspect his second home before the rain starts to fall, because he had already lost his first to rain during the last couple of years.
"This house gradually collapsed due to heavy rain in the last couple of years," Hamid Al-Habbari told Al Mayadeen English with his wife standing beside him at the common wooden gate of his two houses. "I've not been able to restore it for lack of money."
Al-Habbari's two houses are among 5 demolished by heavy rains and 40 others destroyed on August 9, according to the Civil Defence in Ansar Allah-led National Salvation Government.
Mahdi Arhab, director of the Old Sanaa District, confirmed to the state-run Saba news agency the demolition of the five houses and pointed out that the roofs of 18 houses collapsed, while 22 others suffered from water leakage.
Arhab added that "380 houses... are facing the imminent danger of collapsing... because of the downpours during the last two weeks."
According to the Islamic Relief, "Yemen's environment is also suffering from the effects of the prolonged crisis. Yemen was already at risk of floods, drought, and heavy sandstorms, but further damage is being wrought by a surge in deforestation and desertification driven by the crisis."
Ammar Abdulbaset Nagi Aldumini of Islamic Relief in Yemen said in March 2022 that “climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and often those who have contributed least bear the brunt of its ill effects. Yemen is no exception. Climate change is worsening the humanitarian crisis in the country.”
In a statement issued on August 13 titled "UNESCO Supports Historic Cities in Yemen Facing Increasing Climate Change Challenges," the organization expressed its concerns about the impact of the recent torrential rains and flooding on the livelihoods of local communities in Yemen, as well as the loss of invaluable historic properties.
"The preservation of fragile buildings has been undermined in recent years due to the socio-economic impact of the war, which has prevented homeowners from carrying out the periodic maintenance necessary to ensure their structural integrity," the statement read.
"UNESCO has therefore been working alongside local stakeholders and partners to safeguard this heritage, by implementing emergency interventions, rehabilitating houses, and building capacities."
"In the Old City of Sanaa, 213 historic buildings have been rehabilitated over the past four years with the support of a UNESCO/EU project," the statement added – by Naseh Shaker
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Civilian casualties in Ukraine-5,000? In Yemen-380,000? But Western Media tells a different story!
Whilst resort to warfare must be strongly deprecated in virtually all circumstances, it is arguable that the media treatment of specific conflicts and the resulting casualties–both civilian and military–differs considerably from war to war and can easily break down into black and white categories, based on factors other than the war itself. The recourse to particular forms of categorisation tells us as much about the media itself as it does about the particular conflicts being reported upon.
Reportage of wars is undoubtably difficult, as the warring sides will consistently use propaganda to press their own innocence and outrage. Casualty figures and types of casualties–civilian or military–are always employed to push a particular line of guilt or innocence of one side or the other. Equally, those media outlets in countries not directly involved in any given conflict will tend towards a style of reporting guided by formal or informal international alliances or other factors, not necessarily by the actual available data from the theatre of war.
In the case of the Russia-Ukraine war the mainstream media, both print and electronic media, has been conspicuous in using human interest stories–focussing on one individual or a single family in Ukraine–to rouse the interests of those incapable or unwilling to canvas the larger picture. Particular individuals or families are focussed upon and a potted biography is given of their life situation before hostilities began, and what has been their subsequent fate. This is perhaps a consequence of the number of war correspondents on the ground, and their incapacity to source figures of casualties beyond the military forces and those directly involved in the fighting.
The civilian casualties in the Iraq war (185,000-208,000) and the war in Yemen (380, 000), as well as the Afghanistan war (70,000) are difficult to determine with any accuracy, but they certainly run into the hundreds of thousands if not millions.
These figures almost certainly understate the total casualties, yet such figures have rarely appeared in the mainstream media, focus being placed mainly on isolated incidents, especially those involving terrorist acts attributed to Islamic terrorist groups. And if they can show pictures of actual explosions and rockets being launched, or destroyed buildings, whilst important, this is primarily designed to convey a sense of horror in the viewer. The more long-term effects on casualties produced by destruction of various kinds of infrastructure, health services, and the resulting starvation tend to be played down, if mentioned at all.
What are we supposed to conclude through all of these figures? Is there a definite difference in the Australian media’s coverage of wars involving people in cultures which are somewhat like ours, as opposed to those with which we might seem to have a cultural clash? This is especially the case with Muslims and it would certainly be the same if we went to war with the Chinese. I suspect the attitude is also the same with our treatment of Russia, which has always had a bad press in the West.
The main issue here is that the media treat certain societies and countries as categories, whereas other societies, more familiar to us, can be broken down into individuals and groups with similar interests, demands and concerns as us. This is demonstrative of the major chasm still existing between the perception of third and first world cultures, and Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. Such a discrepancy in perception is pushed along by the mass media and prevents a much more nuanced view to be taken by the public of ongoing conflicts and the historical conditions that have given rise to them – by Greg Bailey
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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Eleven COVID-19 cases reported in three governorates
Yemen's supreme national emergency committee for coronavirus reported Wednesday 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the governorates of Aden (nine) and two other cases in Hadramout and Taiz.
In its statement, the committee also said that no new cases of COVID-19 nor deaths have been recorded.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35505
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Film: Yemen’s First Centre for Infectious Diseases Inaugurated in Hodeidah
The new centre has been equipped with modern medical oxygen systems as well as an air purification and decontamination system to reduce the transmission of infections. Expected to receive around 120 patients daily, it will provide emergency medical and pharmacy services, and it has its own mortuary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA80wfnJ4z4
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON AUGUST 20, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-august-20-2022-map-update/
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Sanaa calls on UN to expedite replacement of floating tank Safer
[Sanaa gov.] Minister of Transport Abdelwahab al-Durra on Sunday renewed on his call on the United Nations to expedite the replacement of the floating tank Safer, which is a bomb liable to explode at any time .
This came during a meeting discussed the national emergency plan to confront the pollution of the marine environment with oil.
Abdelwahab al-Durra warned of the catastrophic repercussions of pollution of the marine environment because of oil spills from tankers loaded with fuel in the waters of Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/270118/
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A US-French-British Race To Loot Yemen’s Oil And Gas (Report)
foreign forces continue to arrive in the country to loot its wealth. This military presence of foreign forces has become public after it was going on secretly over the past years. Of course, this was done with the help of the Saudi-Emirati occupation and with the complicity of their local mercenaries.
The American, British and French forces recently announced their presence in the eastern regions of Yemen, far from any cover-up, which Western countries used to practice to conceal their role in Yemen.
US President Joe Biden had informed Congress on the 12th of last June of his intention to deploy US forces in Yemen. Days later, the governorates of Mahra, Hadramout and Shabwa witnessed frantic movements of US, British and French forces.
These field movements of the invaders were launched – according to observers – by storming the house of the leader of the popular resistance in Al-Mahra Governorate, Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Huraizi, in the presence of American and British officers for the first time. These movements are to control the wealth of a country whose people are groaning under the weight of poverty and suffering.
The former Yemeni Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, revealed in a tweet on his Twitter account, last Wednesday, that “a corps of French forces” arrived at the Balhaf port for exporting Yemeni liquefied gas.
The arrival of the French forces to Balhaf – according to observers – represents a dangerous precedent on the scenes of Yemeni events, as France has never expressed any position against converting the Balhaf facility to export liquefied gas into a military barracks at the hands of the Emirati occupation forces, although France owns (39.62) %) of the Yemen Liquefied Gas Company, but Paris turned a blind eye to the exploitation of French investments for illegal purposes by Abu Dhabi, before the French government moved in a way that seemed inconsistent with its previous positions and decided to send its forces to Balhaf, in an act that carries many negative indicators towards the possibility of stopping the war on Yemen.
Last Monday, the United States sent a team of military experts to conduct further studies on the location where the American forces plan to establish a military base in Hadramout.
Observers believe that Western countries are heading to deal with the Yemeni wealth of gas and oil as a “wealth without an owner” by dealing with a “government” that does not have any legal capacity to represent the people of Yemen, set up by the aggression to pass foreign ambitions in Yemen, outside the principles of international law, and respect for the sovereignty of Countries.
Observers and political analysts assert that the approaching winter, in light of the fuel crisis that the West is suffering from as a result of the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war, has prompted NATO countries to search for solutions to their problems by occupying the oil areas in Yemen.
Observers believe that the United States and Britain worked to prepare the situation in Yemen for the direct presence of their forces, by pushing a foiled coalition led by the Saudis and Emiratis, whose behavior deliberately provoked the wrath of the Yemenis, allowing the opportunity to let the original occupation, represented by the Americans and British, attend and announce the end of the tools phase. This also reveals to the Yemenis and the world that Washington and London have become part of the crisis in Yemen.
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/541180
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Audio: Episode 43 - Yemen Under Assault w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi
For this episode, Shireen Al-Adeimi drops by to provide some much-needed historical context to the war: from colonialism, to North-South Yemen unification and secession, to the 2011 protests against Saleh’s corruption, up to the 2015 Saudi-led intervention. We also talk about the critical role that the US plays in supporting this war, from arms sales to training Saudi personnel. And we end on a discussion of the ceasefire extension and prospects for a negotiated peace process.
Shireen is Assistant Professor of Education at Michigan State University.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-43-yemen-70627915
Snippet: https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1560654441023668226
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Papierner Waffenstillstand
Die Kämpfe im Jemen gehen trotz Stillhalteabkommen weiter
Eine Waffenruhe in Jemen gibt es nur pro forma. Kämpfe gibt es derzeit vor allem rund um die Stadt Taiz und im Süden des Landes. Und längst spielt sich dieser Krieg nicht nur zwischen den vom Iran unterstützten Huthi-Milizen und der von Saudi-Arabien und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten unterstützten Regierung ab. Auch örtliche Gouverneure und bewaffnete Klein-Gruppen geraten zunehmend mit Regierungstruppen aneinander und oft auch untereinander.
Die Zahl der Milizen und bewaffneten Banden ist so unübersichtlich, dass selbst das Team des Uno-Sondergesandten für den Jemen, Hans Grundberg, nicht benennen kann, wie viele es sind, wie sie heißen und welche Ziele sie verfolgen.
Anfang August wurde die Waffenruhe dann unter Vermittlung der Vereinten Nationen um weitere zwei Monate verlängert. Doch beendet ist dieser Krieg damit nicht: Mindestens 1700 Kampfhandlungen haben die Vereinten Nationen in diesen vier Monaten gezählt, wobei man keine Statistik über die Auseinandersetzungen führt, an denen die Houthi nicht beteiligt sind. Lieber verweist man auf die Erfolge.
Die Verhandler der Uno hoffen darauf, dass auf die Waffenruhe ein Waffenstillstand folgen wird. Grund für die Unterscheidung ist vor allem, dass man nicht von einem Scheitern sprechen muss, wenn es zu Kämpfen kommt. Zuerst wolle man Vertrauen aufbauen, das dann einen kompletten Stillstand ermöglichen soll. Doch eine Antwort darauf, wie man den Menschen über Hunger oder Krankheiten hinweghelfen könnte, hat derzeit niemand.
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1166237.jemen-papierner-waffenstillstand.html
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Former FM warns against regionally-consented plot to divide Yemen
Yemeni former foreign minister on Saturday warned of a perilous plot behind Yemen's conflict aimed to fracture the country into mini rival cantons, with help of local tools.
Consented by regional actors, the plot is currently crafted and will lead the State to collapse and tear up into mini states, Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi added on Facebook.
The warnings come as Yemen's Leadership Council is experiencing a political crisis following infighting recently seen by the southeastern governorate of Shabwa.
The regional consent is aimed at "keeping Yemen an open conflict field, deprived its ability to decide, under regional-international dominance," the Yemeni politician said.
Such a plot can only be carried out by local tools, Dr. Qirbi argued.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30560.html
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Überschwemmungen im Jemen: Mehr als 90 Tote
Seit mehr als sieben Jahren tobt im Jemen ein Bürgerkrieg. Nun tragen Überschwemmungen zusätzlich zur humanitären Katastrophe bei.
Im Norden des Jemen sind bei Überschwemmungen nach Angaben der Huthi-Rebellen mehr als 90 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. 140 Gebäude seien dort nach schweren Regenfällen eingestürzt und mehr als 5.000 weitere beschädigt worden, teilte ein Sprecher des sogenannten humanitären Rats mit. Mehr als 24.000 Familien seien in verschiedenen von den Rebellen beherrschten Provinzen betroffen, sagte der Sprecher laut einem Bericht des Fernsehsenders Al-Masirah. Die Wassermassen hätten auch das alte Zentrum der Hauptstadt Sanaa sowie Ackerland beschädigt.
https://taz.de/Ueberschwemmungen-im-Jemen/!5874333/ = https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article240468833/Starke-Regenfaelle-Mehr-als-90-Tote-bei-Ueberschwemmungen-im-Nordjemen.html
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Houthi rebels say scores killed by flooding in Yemen
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Sunday 91 people have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in areas under their control, Anadolu Agency reports.
"More than 24,624 families have been affected by the floods in all provinces," rebel spokesman Talaat al-Sharjabi told the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
He said over 5,699 buildings have been damaged by the heavy rains.
"Damage was also reported to historic cities as Old Sanaa," the spokesman said.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220814-houthi-rebels-say-scores-killed-by-flooding-in-yemen/
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Yemen Humanitarian Update - Issue 7/ July 2022
EXTENSIVE FLOODING AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
Heavy rains triggered extensive flooding across several governorates of Yemen since mid-July, affecting tens of thousands of people, mainly internally displaced people in hosting sites and settlements. According to local authorities, at least 29 people, including children, were reportedly killed by floods in Abyan, Al Mahwit, Dhamar, Raymah, Sana’a and Shabwah governorates in July. Houses and infrastructure, including roads, water sources and sewage systems, were damaged and public services were affected. The international road in Al Maharah Governorate, connecting Al Maharah and Hadramawt governorates, was reportedly cut off due to flooding for two days and later rehabilitated.
Initial reports from authorities and humanitarian partners indicated more than 28,000 households (approximately 201,000 people) across the country were affected by floods in July. While assessments were ongoing by the end of July, humanitarian partners had verified 15,000 households. Shelters and houses in several displacement sites in affected governorates were reportedly damaged, leaving some affected people stranded in the rain without shelter. Initial rapid assessments were conducted in some of the affected locations, which were accessible, and as resources allowed, and humanitarian response was ongoing. Ma’rib and Hajjah governorates are the worst affected, according to estimates by authorities and partners.
In the affected locations where partners have conducted initial needs assessments, the immediate needs included shelters, plastic sheets, food, household items and hygiene kits.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-humanitarian-update-issue-7-july-2022
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Four years later, parents of 40 school bus children killed in US-supplied bomb await accountability
Parents were angry at the Biden administration's resumption of weapons sales to Saudi Arabia on August 2, one week ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Yemen school bus children attack on August 9.
Younis Al-Qatabri is the only survivor from the Saada school bus attack who still suffers from shrapnel in his head and face after recovering from fractures in one of his legs that made him bedridden at home for the last couple of years.
"Younis still has medical appointments [in Sanaa]," Ali Al-Qatabri, father of now 15-year-old Younis, told Al Mayadeen English in a phone call. "Seven shrapnel were in his head."
Al-Qatabri explained that three out of the seven shrapnel were removed at the Modern European Hospital in Sanaa, but the remaining are still in his ear and nose and require plastic surgery.
Ali Al-Qatabri is one of over 50 parents whose children were killed or injured in the US-supplied bomb that hit the children school bus on August 9, 2018, in a crowded market in Dhahyan city of Sadaa governorate.
"I swear yesterday [August 9] was a painful memory," Al-Qatabri said in pain on August 10. "I remembered the bus, the shreds, and the blood. It was an incident that no one could have expected."
"There is no [UN] organization supporting me; even [the Ansarullah's] Institution of the Wounded," Younis' father said, denying receiving any official aid for treating his son. "Only some people supported me," he added, referring to local philanthropists.
"The words from the coalition that 'those who are responsible shall be punished' are merely hollow words," Onur Sinan Guzaltan, political scientist and lawyer told Al Mayadeen English.
Rejection of perpetrator to be an investigator
Zaid Tayyeb, a father of three children killed in the school bus attack, condemned the Biden administration's move to approve sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia on August 2, one week ahead of the 4th anniversary of the attack carried out by a US-supplied bomb, killing dozens of children all under the age of 16.
"Resuming weapons sales to Saudi Arabia makes the US directly complicit in killing my 3 children," Tayyeb told Al Mayadeen English in an interview via Facebook Messenger.
Three children of Tayyeb were killed: Yousef 6th grade, 15, Ahmed 4th grade, 11, and Ali 3th grade, 9.
"I would like to tell the US that no matter how much effort you paid to make this crime forgotten and to sell forbidden weapons to Saudi Arabia to kill the Yemeni people and break their will, you are deemed to fail," Tayyeb added.
Resuming sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia is "a confirmation that the US is still the official sponsor of the war against the Yemeni people," Jahaf, president of Insan Organization, said.
"Yemen is only one example in the long list of US war crimes," Guzaltan told Al Mayadeen English.
"Over the last 70 years, US imperialism has either committed or helped proxies to commit war crimes all over the world."
"And the best response that can be given against the US, would be the unification of the entire humanity, starting from the nations of West Asia," said Guzaltan, the lawyer.
"The court that is to prosecute the US would be the 'Court of Humanity'," explained Guzaltan.
Saudi investigation of its attack, according to Tayyeb, was an "attempt to absorb the anger of the families of the martyrs and absorb the anger of the Arab people."
Tayyeb rejected the results of the investigation because "the team's members formed to investigate the crime are from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the countries that targeted the bus."
"How can the criminal be an investigator?" wondered Tayyeb, asking for an independent investigation.
"For the compensation, it was fake," said Tayyeb
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Sanaa warns of repercussions if oil tanker, Safer, explodes
The [Sanaa gov.] Minister of Transport has warned of the catastrophic repercussions in the event of the explosion of the floating oil reservoir (Safer) on the Yemen’s shore and the countries of the region in the Red Sea, which could extend to the Suez Canal.
He stressed the responsibilities of the United Nations to find a solution in providing help to save the floating tank. There is a need to avoid any major environmental catastrophic repercussions along the Red Sea, especially as funding has been provided by the donors, which exceeded seventy million dollars.
https://en.ypagency.net/269152/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/08/13/yemeni-transport-ministry-warns-of-disaster-if-safer-oil-tanker-leaks/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-30547.html
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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561 travel via Sana'a Inte'l Airport
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3199343.htm
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Sana’a Int.l Airport Director: US-Saudi Aggression Is Still Delaying Flights to Cairo
and also https://en.ypagency.net/269870/
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559 passengers travel via Sana'a Inte'l Airport
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3199156.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/269688/
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Aggression coalition seizes fuel ship in new violation of armistice
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) on Thursday said that the aggression coalition, in a new violation of the temporary truce, seized a fuel ship despite obtaining entry permits from the United Nations.
The company's official spokesman, Issam Al-Mutawakel, told the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that the US-led aggression coalition seized the mazut-loaded ship "Golden Eagleii", which belongs to the electricity sector, despite it has been inspected and given a UN permit to enter the port of Hodeida.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3199243.htm
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30629.html
and
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Hodeida Electricity condemns aggression’s detention diesel ship
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3199322.htm
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Al-Mashat: UN Must Commit to Opening New Destinations Through Sana'a Int. Airport
The [Sanaa gov.] Yemeni President, Mahdi Al-Mashat, stated that the United Nations should work on opening new destinations through Sana'a International Airport in accordance with the truce.
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Yemenia flight arrives in Sanaa Airport, another departs
https://en.ypagency.net/269449/
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3198902.htm
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560 passengers arrived, left Sana'a Int'l Airport
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3198535.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/269094/
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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Yemen: Ancestral Honey Production in Yemen at risk due to impact of conflict and climate change
Yemen has long been renowned for producing some of the best honey in the world, but enormous losses have been inflicted on the industry since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011. Successive waves of displacement to flee violence, the impact of weapon contamination on production areas, and the growing impact of climate change are pushing thousands of beekeepers into precarity, significantly reducing production. In short, armed conflict and climate change are threatening the continuity of a 3,000-year-old practice.
According to UN figures, there are around 100,000 Yemeni households engaged in beekeeping and dependent on it as their sole source of income. Active frontlines prevent beekeepers from moving around the country to graze their bees. In addition, dozens of beekeepers have reportedly been killed when trying to cross frontlines while grazing their bees or trying to sell their products.
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Film: In Yemen, beekeeping & beekeepers have been affected by conflict in the country. Watch to find out how a @FAO project funded by @WorldBank has helped to restore & enhance the livelihoods of Yemeni families.
https://twitter.com/FAO4Members/status/1561319201607823360
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Ghaleb Alsudmy: malnutrition girl Makia 2yrs, returned her village after receiving treatment & medicins, tests & brain scans during the past 2weeks in Sana'a. She began to recover, Thks to our Muslim brothers & sisters in Malaysia. Thks my brother in Netherlands. (photos)
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1561480972956307460
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Film: @UNDP & @SMEPSYemen are proud of the Vocational and Business Skills Training and Support Project results. Thanks to @KSrelief funding, we supported young Yemenis with vocational skills & critical tools to improve income, est. their businesses & revive local economies.
https://twitter.com/UNDPYemen/status/1561603656172113921
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Kuwait distributes 140 tuk-tuks to unemployed Yemenis
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35522
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Three ways to boost resilience in the face of Yemen’s colliding crises
From helping small business owners get back on their feet, to securing water supplies, to building climate resilience, Fayad Al-Derwish explains how Oxfam in Yemen is supporting conflict-affected families through difficult times, in a blog for World Humanitarian Day
Such support that builds resilience through tough times is hugely needed in Yemen, which faces one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The effects of climate change and environmental degradation are also being felt. The risks of flooding, drought, and severe sandstorms have been present across the country, with an increase in deforestation and desertification causing more harm. Oxfam in Yemen and our partners are working to support communities build resilience to the many shocks with which they are faced.
A recent four-month emergency initiative in Ibb Governorate, central Yemen, funded by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), set up three projects that supported conflict-affected families and revived their businesses’ resilience.
1 . BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF SMALL BUSINESSES
Oxfam has helped more than 250 families to start or reopen their own small business in two districts of Ibb governorate. Small projects such as barbers, tailors, butchers, carpenters and plumbers have been empowered and supported with emergency cash assistance.
2 . ENHANCING RESILIENCE THROUGH SOLAR-POWERED ACCESS TO WATER
Many Yemeni rural communities rely on unsanitary and unreliable water sources, which leaves them especially vulnerable to droughts or storms. Through this DEC-funded project, Oxfam installed sustainable, solar-powered water systems as a reliable source of fresh water in four rural communities in Reef Ibb district. This included switching from diesel-powered to solar-powered water pumping systems to provide water for large communities.
Installing these systems is just the start. True resilience building means ensuring the financial and operational sustainability of these solar-powered water systems – and helping to spread the benefits by promoting this technology in other communities.
Oxfam has trained four water committees of local beneficiaries to work on managing and maintaining the new solar water projects
3 . BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE SHOCKS
Through the Protection Cash Assistance project, Oxfam supported many families to help protect themselves against climate shocks.
https://views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2022/08/three-ways-to-boost-resilience-yemen/
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Yemen-Oman twinning project to enhance critical care and save lives
As part of a fruitful inter-regional collaboration, the World Health Organization (WHO) country offices in Yemen and Oman linked the Omani Medical Specialty Board to the University of Aden Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in a recent twinning project that delivered the fundamentals of a critical care support course for 24 intensive care unit doctors working in public hospitals in Yemen.
Through this project, the professional experiences of a leading medical body in the Region were shared with experts in Yemen towards expanding educational offerings and best practices.
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It takes a village to save livelihoods and fight hunger
Yemen continues to face extreme hunger, with figures released in March this year showing that 17.4 million people needed food assistance. Projections are that the numbers increased to 19 million people needing food assistance, starting June this year.
As at the beginning of June, an estimated 161,000 people faced extreme hunger levels. Children, pregnant and lactating mothers are equally vulnerable. The same figures, released in March this year, show that approximately 2.2 million children under the age of five, and about 1.3 million pregnant and lactating women are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition over the course of 2022.
The conflict in Yemen has a debilitating effect on food and nutrition security in the country. Transportation of key agricultural inputs and produce has been disrupted by the conflict. At the same time, some smallholder farmers have been displaced. Ironically, the conflict largely affects local food producers who are the mainstay of the country's food and nutrition security.
The situation has been compounded by other external factors including the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 and climate change. Despite these seemingly unsurmountable challenges, FAO's work in Yemen has shown that agricultural production is possible and effective even in difficult crisis contexts.
This year's World Humanitarian Day echoes the need for collective action.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/it-takes-village-save-livelihoods-and-fight-hunger
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Film: Group weddings boom amid economic troubles in Yemen.
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOV929018082022RP1 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNbuaH1H9FA
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Jemen: 30.000 Familien von schweren Überschwemmungen betroffen
Nach schweren Überschwemmungen im Jemen ist die Infrastruktur in weiten Teilen des Landes zerstört. Häuser sind stark beschädigt oder zerstört, Vieh und Felder sind weggespült. Fast 30.000 Familien leiden unter den Folgen, mindestens 91 Menschen kamen bisher ums Leben, unzählige Menschen sind verletzt und werden vermisst. Am schlimmsten hat es die Provinzen Hajjah und Mahweet im Nordwesten sowie Marib getroffen.
„Der Jemen kämpft mit den Auswirkungen von über sieben Jahren Krieg. Noch nie gab es so viele Binnenvertriebene. Es ist niederschmetternd zu sehen, wie Familien, die seit Jahren ums Überleben kämpfen, jetzt das wenige, was sie hatten, in den Fluten verlieren“, sagt Bushra Aldukhainah, Leiterin des CARE-Büros in Hajjah, Jemen.
Allein in der Provinz Hajjah sind über 15.000 Familien betroffen
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Jemen: "Überschwemmung kam aus dem Nichts"
Nach schweren Überschwemmungen im Jemen ist die Infrastruktur in weiten Teilen des Landes zerstört. Häuser sind stark beschädigt oder zerstört, Vieh und Felder sind weggespült.
Fast 30.000 Familien leiden unter den Folgen, mindestens 91 Menschen kamen bisher ums Leben, unzählige Menschen sind verletzt und werden vermisst. Am schlimmsten hat es die Provinzen Hajjah und Mahweet im Nordwesten sowie Marib getroffen.
Allein in der Provinz Hajjah sind über 15.000 Familien betroffen, sie benötigen dringend Nahrung, Wasser, Unterkünfte und sanitäre Einrichtungen. CARE und weitere humanitäre Organisationen in der Region arbeiten mit Hochdruck daran, dass mindestens 4.000 Familien in Hajjah Bargeld erhalten, damit sie schnellstmöglich ihre Bedarfe decken können.
Spenden: https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/de/spenden/spenden/?fb_item_id=10937
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Severe and Widespread Floods across Yemen bring more hardship to Tens of Thousands of Displaced Families
At least 18 governorates across Yemen have seen the highest rainfall since July this year, with widespread destructive flash floods resulting in infrastructure, homes, food stock, and livestock being washed away. Nearly 30,000 families have been affected, and at least 91 people killed, a figure expected to rise, with many more injured or missing.
The most hard-hit governorates have been Hajjah and Mahweet in the northwest and Marib in central Yemen. However, with torrential rains forecasted to continue till 20 August, casualties and destruction figures are expected to rise further throughout the country.
“Over the past days, we have mobilized our teams to respond to the most immediate needs of those affected. We have already provided 25 families with cash assistance and are preparing to assist 230 more families.”
However, over 15,000 families affected in Hajjah will need access to food, water, shelter, sanitation, and to replace damaged or washed away belongings. C
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Mideast in Pictures: Rains, floods kill at least 91 in Yemen
Torrential rains and flash floods lashing war-torn Yemen for weeks have killed at least 91 people and injured dozens, international aid agency CARE reported this week.
The hardest-hit provinces have been Hajjah and Mahweet in the northwest and Marib in central Yemen.
In Marib, the floods damaged at least 190 sites housing over 12,000 internally displaced families, destroying their tents and washing away their food and belongings, said the aid agency.
https://english.news.cn/20220820/f90e6ac640c94e01a3a762047b75caee/c.html
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Audio: Der Kampf gegen das Leid im Jemen: Welttag der humanitären Hilfe
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In Yemen, humanitarian workers save lives every day
Aid workers in Yemen – more than 95 per cent of whom are Yemenis – ensure that 12.6 million people on average receive humanitarian assistance or protection support every month. But they operate in an extremely challenging environment. They are too often subjected to threats to their safety and well-being, even as they work to save lives and reduce suffering every day.
This year has seen an alarming increase in attacks on aid workers in Yemen. The first half of 2022 saw an aid worker killed, two injured, seven kidnapped and nine detained. There were 27 incidents of threat and intimidation between January and June, compared with 17 such incidents recorded all of last year. There were also 28 carjacking incidents recorded in the first six months of the year, 17 more than in 2021.
“Aid workers in Yemen remain unwavering in their mission. These selfless women and men continue to step up to every day, providing millions of people in need with food and cash, health services and clean water, protection and emergency education,” Mr. Gressly said. “We should all do everything we can to protect them and support their critical work.”
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-humanitarian-workers-save-lives-every-day-enar
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The World Health Organization steps up assistance to flood-ravaged Yemen
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided emergency assistance, in an urgent response to the needs of communities affected by floods in Yemen, the UN agency said on Wednesday.
In addition to health and laboratory supplies, it has supported specialized trauma teams and joined field missions along with national health authorities and other humanitarian partners.
“The risk of water- and vector-borne diseases, including malaria, cholera and other communicable diseases is unfolding,” warned Adham Rashad, WHO Representative to Yemen.
WHO has supported four specialized trauma teams and six on-duty ambulances, as well as set up 34 epidemiological early warning detection points in Ma’rib – one of the most affected governorates – where thousands of shelters for displaced families were destroyed.
Essential emergency health supplies were also released to the rapid response and emergency medical teams in Hajjah, Al Mahaweet, and Raymah governorates.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1124862
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FAO: Threat of locust attack looms in Yemen
Following heavy widespread rains in Yemen, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) remains on high alert as the threat of desert locust emergence looms, the UN agency said on Wednesday.
To avert losses triggered by the voracious pest, FAO recently delivered various equipment and machinery to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries (MAIF) in Aden.
And under the World Bank funded Yemen Desert Locust Response project, another consignment is expected to be handed over to Sana’a soon.
“The project, together with other interventions we are implementing in the country, demonstrate FAO’s commitment to better nutrition and food security, which is linked to sustainable production and decent livelihoods,” said FAO’s country representative, Hussein Gadain.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35503 = https://www.preventionweb.net/news/yemen-remains-high-alert-desert-locust
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Sanaa reveals terrifying statistic of rains-caused damage
A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtoor to discuss the damages of the torrents, held in Sanaa Wednesday, reviewed a report on the damages, which stated that the torrential rains led to the death of 106 people by drowning.
According to the report, 2,842 houses were damaged, of which 165 were completely destroyed, most of them in the old Sanaa city, while the others were partially damaged, in addition to the material damage that affected public and private facilities, dams, water barriers, agricultural lands, interruption of main and secondary roads and others.
https://en.ypagency.net/269708/
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Yemen: Flood Emergency Situation Report, Issue 1 (17 August 2022)
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Intense rains and devastating floods are continuing across Yemen -- affecting shelters, livelihoods and water sources of approx. 35,000 households, mostly in displacement sites and settlements.
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue until 20 August, likely causing further displacement of households especially in lowlands of Al Hodeidah, Al Mahwit, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Lahj, Raymah, Sa’dah, Sana’a, Shabwah and Ta’iz governorates.
The districts of Ma’rib City and Ma’rib (Al Wadi) and Abs currently have the highest concentration of affected families. OCHA and sub-national clusters are coordinating with partners to mobilize a response given floods continue to pose a serious threat to displaced populations.
HEALTH NEEDS
Flood-affected households reportedly need emergency shelter kits, non-food items, food assistance, and water, sanitation, and hygiene support.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-flood-emergency-situation-report-issue-1-17-august-2022
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WHO provides timely response to flood-affected governorates in Yemen
In urgent response to the needs of the communities affected by floods in Yemen, the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided emergency health and laboratory supplies, supported specialized trauma teams and joined field missions with national health authorities and other humanitarian partners.
Triggered by the heavy seasonal rains, extensive floodings have ravaged several governorates in Yemen since mid-July 2022. Tens of thousands of people have been affected so far, with more than 35 000 households impacted across 85 districts in 16 governorates, according to local authorities.
At least 77 people, including children, were killed in Al Bayda, Amran, Dhamar, Hajja, Ma’rib, and Sana’a governorates. In addition, displacement sites and infrastructure – including water supply, public services, and private properties – were severely damaged.
WHO supported four specialized trauma teams and 6 on-duty ambulances on the ground, as well as set up 34 epidemiological early warning detection points in Ma’rib – one of the most affected governorates – where thousands of shelters for displaced families were destroyed. Additional essential emergency health supplies were also released to the rapid response and emergency medical teams in Hajjah, Al Mahaweet, and Raymah governorates.
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Yemen: Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) 2022 - Funding Status (17 August 2022)
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WFP Yemen Food Security Update, August 2022
Highlights
The local currency in southern governorates has lost 22 percent of its value since mid-April. When the truce was announced, the Yemeni rial had appreciated sharply in IRG controlled areas. Shortages in foreign currency reserves prevail.
Fuel imports through Red Sea ports are up by 160 percent in 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. Thanks to the truce, the relative import volumes of Al Hodeidah and Salif ports changed vis-a-vis the southern ports, from one seventh in Q1-2022 to almost double since April.
Local prices of petrol and diesel increased across the country during July 2022. Fuel prices doubled year-on-year in the south and increased significantly in the north.
Total food imports through Hodeidah & As Salif during January-July 2022 are up by 10 percent compared to 2021. However, this increase could not compensate for the 52 percent drop in Aden ports.
While global food prices remained 13 percent higher than in July 2021, the FAO Food Price Index decreased in July by nine percent month-on- month. This is partly associated with the recent UN-brokered agreement on grain exports from the Ukraine and harvest-driven improved seasonal availability in the northern hemisphere.
Continued shortages in funding and food stocks led WFP to further reduce food rations during the fourth distribution cycle in 2022.
Economic food access for Yemenis remains highly constrained. The cost of the minimum food basket (MFB) has increased by 74 percent in IRG areas and by 38 percent in areas under the Sana’a-based authorities over the past 12 months.
In July 2022, the proportion of households lacking access to adequate food increased to 55 percent in areas under the IRG, and to 50 percent in areas under the Sana’a-based authorities. Food insecurity reached critically high levels in 20 out of the 22 governorates.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-food-security-update-august-2022
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The war in Yemen: causes psychological disorders in children
In the city of Taiz, many children suffer from psychological disorders, some of them grieved seeing their comrades torn to pieces, and some grieved with the blood of their brothers and relatives, the sounds of missiles and rockets made some of them lose the taste of sleep.
Dangers are raised with these children, and with them are warnings and calls that transcend the time that is about to pass, if quick and effective decisions are not taken, by starting psychological rehabilitation programs along the psychological map, to help these children and even their parents and all those who have been affected by the tragedies and tragedies of the war.
Dr. Adel Mulhi, Director of the Psychiatric and Neurological Hospital in Taiz, says that the situation of children requires reconsideration and listening carefully, to the details of these dangers that beset half the present and all the future, and target their innocent conscience with a lot of distortion and destruction, which may be difficult and perhaps impossible to remedy its catastrophic consequences for the future of this generation and thus the future of the country all of which.
https://newsyemen.net/new/86785
My comment: With anti-Houthi bias, as if the other parties would not be guilty of this.
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CARE Humanitarian Workers: Meet Manar Mohsen
Manar Mohsen is a Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) Field Officer at CARE Yemen. For the past four years, she has worked to help develop women's economic empowerment and resilience in Yemen so that they can meet their basic needs even in crisis situations. In the Q&A below, Manar talks about her motivations to become a humanitarian worker, the challenges she faces and what she values the most about her work.
https://www.care-international.org/stories/care-humanitarian-workers-meet-manar-mohsen
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In Yemen, response to deadly floods and critical health care services are key
More than a month after heavy thunderstorms wreaked havoc in Yemen, their effects are still being felt. More than 31,000 households experienced the loss of life or property—in a country where food insecurity was already at an all-time high.
To best understand the needs and work being done, the Head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s (IFRC) Delegation in Yemen, Sami Fakhouri paid a 4-day visit to Yemen Red Crescent’s (YRCS) branches and health centres in Hajjah and Saadah.
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Kuwaiti Society for Relief donates farm equipment to Yemen farming families
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58300
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Yemen remains on high alert on desert locust
FAO in Yemen remains on high alert as the threat of desert locust emergence looms following recent heavy widespread rains. To avert losses due to the voracious pest, FAO recently delivered various equipment and machinery to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries (MAIF) in Aden.
Another consignment is expected to be handed over to the authorities in Sana’a soon. The equipment and machinery handover was done under the World Bank funded ‘Yemen Desert Locust Response project.’
The project is also designed to build farmers’ resilience to climate-induced locust infestations. The project improves the country's preparedness and institutional capacity against locust outbreaks, by establishing the desert locust network, including the desert locust centers in Sana’a and Aden. Additionally, there will be the construction of sub-centers in Hodeida, Shabwah, and Hadramaut. It also supports applying the early warning system in Yemen.
The machinery that was handed over include four types of spraying machines. Each of the machines suites a specific type of locust infestation targets, and work under specific conditions.
https://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/news-archive/detail-news/en/c/1602344/
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Yemen Emergency Dashboard, August 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-emergency-dashboard-august-2022
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Yemen: Organization Monthly Presence May 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-organization-monthly-presence-may-2022-enar
My remark: And separate files for all provinces also, not linked here. Cheque https://reliefweb.int/organization/ocha
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WFP Yemen Situation Report #7, July 2022
WFP is preparing to re-start its School Feeding programme after the summer. However, due to a lack of funding and late-arriving resources, WFP will only able to assist only one-third of the originally planned 1.9 million schoolchildren.
Heavy rains and floods hit several areas of Yemen over the second half of July, affecting more than 200,000 people. An inter-agency response is ongoing, including through the UNFPA-WFPUNICEF Rapid Response Mechanism.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-7-july-2022
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Anxiety Reduction and Promoting Resilience Program for Children in Yemen’s Schools and Care Centers (7 to 17 Years Old)
Children in Yemen suffer from high levels of anxiety due to the traumatic events of war and ongoing armed conflicts beginning in 2015. Children rarely receive psychological support from school or family, largely due to the lack of psychological services in schools, the scarcity of psychological care institutions, and lack of knowledge among parents regarding the symptoms of anxiety and ways to help their children. This situation negatively affects Yemeni children’s psychological stability, increases anxiety, and affects overall psychological, mental, and physical development in both childhood and adolescence. Moreover, behavioral and cognitive problems appear at school and at home, affecting their ability to focus and learn, as well as their relationships with others in their community.
https://www.bridges2solidarity.org/programs/tele-mental-health-network/training-programs/
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Film: After a hard war- Aden teens learn soft skills to succed at work
Teenagers in Aden are using time gained by the extension of a four-month-old cease-fire in Yemen to gather at an 8-day summer camp to practice the soft skills necessary to join an economy ravaged by a hard seven-year-long war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOKPZ601HF8
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Yemen: Education Cluster - Costed Activities Framework and Guidance Notes - 2022
In 2022, the Education Cluster will work with 80 partners and aims at providing educational services and assistance to around 5.6 million children of 8.5 people in need. The 10.6 million school-aged girls and boys represent one third of the population in Yemen.
The Yemen Education Cluster (YEC) plan aims at safety and an inclusive learning environment that promotes well-being and resilience of the most vulnerable girls, boys, IDP children, children with disability, out-of-school children, caregivers and education personnel.
Yemen Education Cluster - Humanitarian Dashboard (January - June 2022)
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-education-cluster-humanitarian-dashboard-january-june-2022
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Yemen Women Protection AoR Services, July 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-women-protection-aor-services-july-2022
Yemen Women Protection AoR Services, Jan - July 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-women-protection-aor-services-jan-july-2022
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Feature: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war
Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him.
The tragedy happened in January 2016, just a little more than a year since a civil war broke out in Yemen, when fierce battles between the Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels spread to the Midi District in the northwestern province of Hajjah.
"I was playing alone when that projectile fell and exploded near my house, pushing me up in the air," al-Jaeyedi said, sitting on his rickety bed made of wood and ropes in front of his family's house located on the outskirts of Midi.
"I saw my blood running from my body," the 12-year-old recalled the last glimpse before losing consciousness. (photos)
https://english.news.cn/20220814/2e96b3c3b56d41f7993abc372fc5e7d4/c.html
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Support from IHH to people of Yemen
In Yemen, where a civil conflict has been raging since 2014, relief efforts are still being made by the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation. Recently, IHH dispatched a team to the area to provide relief to the nation's needy.
Since the start of the civil conflict in 2014, the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, which has been providing aid to individuals in need in Yemen for 20 years, has increased its assistance to the nation. Finally, through its staff in the area, IHH has helped those in need who reside in the nation in different fields of assistance.
After traveling for two days to arrive in Yemen, the team distributed food parcels to those in need first in Marib and later in Seiyun.
The IHH's Marib health center, which opened its doors in 2017, is still open for service.
https://ihh.org.tr/en/news/ihhdan-yemenli-ihtiyac-sahiplerine-destek
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Improving Food Security and Dietary Diversity - RDP Success Story - Aug, 2022
Measuring the vulnerability levels, RDP, in partnership with Yemen Humanitarian fund (YHF), are working together to reduce the suffering of food security crisis among areas where the most affected IDPs and host communities are settling. Zainab’s family is one of 180 other HHs benefited in Al-Ghathamah camp from the unconditional cash transfer assistance within the life-saving response project in food security for community households and IDP’s collective sites. The project has contributed greatly to increasing access to daily sustenance, targetng 500 HHs of 3,487 individuals disaggregated as (652 men, 737 women, 1,095 boys and 1,093 girls) of IDPs and most vulnerable marginalized HHs for six consecutive rounds in As-Swadyia district of AL-Bayda governorate. Through RDP’s unconditional cash transfer intervention, affected people have been able to identify their own priorities and express a wide range of spend, from food and households items, to spend on livelihoods and shelter repairs.
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Mass flooding exacerbates hardships of war in Yemen
Heavy rain and flash floods have added to the problems caused by Yemen's civil war. Despite the current truce, the humanitarian situation remains dire, and the next catastrophe might be already looming off the coast.
On Wednesday night, the family home of Ali Mohammad Hassan Al-Mazjaji in the city of Al-Khokha collapsed. "Before the rescuers managed to reach us, we waited on top of the ruins of our house in the pouring rain until the morning," the 50-year-old father of five told DW.
Youssef Al-Ghalisi, another resident of Al-Khokha, said the floods had taken out the tents in a nearby camp for internally displaced people. "The water was much louder than the screams of the children," he said, still shocked.
The weather forecast has improved, and the rain is projected to stop at times over this weekend.
"These floods have exacerbated the already-dire humanitarian situation of millions of Yemeni people," said Basheer Al-Selwi, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen.
https://www.dw.com/en/mass-flooding-exacerbates-hardships-of-war-in-yemen/a-62792249
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USAID: Yemen: USG Response to the Complex Emergency (Last Updated 08/12/22)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-usg-response-complex-emergency-last-updated-081222
Yemen - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #10, Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-complex-emergency-fact-sheet-10-fiscal-year-fy-2022
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Yemen: Situation Update - Humanitarian Impact of Flooding | 28 July - 10 August 2022
SITUATION OVERVIEW
The second half of July and the first week of August were characterized by intense heavy rains and widespread flooding across Yemen. Much of the country is still experiencing the impact of the heavy rains and devastating floods that left thousands of displaced families affected and dozens of civilian casualties and property destroyed.
Thirty-two thousand or more households were affected across the country—the majority in displacement sites and settlements—with their shelters, livelihoods, and water sources damaged.
Sustained heavy rainfall is expected to continue until 20 August, according to the agrometeorological early warning
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Yemen’s humanitarian crisis could worsen, says deputy head of UN relief efforts
On Monday, the UN assistant secretary-general called for swift and decisive international action as the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen appeared to worsen.
“The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting worse,” said Joyce Musuya, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator.
A temporary ceasefire is a milestone, she said. “But a ceasefire alone will not be enough to stop what we fear.
The humanitarian needs of the entire country, including the threat of famine in some areas, will continue to rise in the coming weeks and months. May escalate. The international community must act swiftly and decisively to stop this. ” The need to protect the Yemeni economy from domestic challenges and the impact of the conflict in Ukraine remains urgent, she said.
Last year, almost half of all wheat came from Russia and Ukraine. When these supplies stopped in February, Yemeni importers quickly sought other sources of supply. But rising global prices, limited access to capital and other challenges are making it much harder for importers to sustain these supply chains, he said, Msuya said. .
UN aid efforts are seriously threatened by funding bottlenecks, she said.
It was the second major food cut in just six months,” she said. Beyond response planning, funding for other urgent priorities is also lacking. F
The United Nations Operational Plan for Yemen has so far received just over $1.1 billion, or 27% of its needs. She said this was the largest annual decline in UN-coordinated plans in the world.
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Film: IOM is celebrating #WorldHumanitarianDay by honoring our women staff who work relentlessly to help their communities. Learn how they stand with Yemen.
https://twitter.com/IOM_Yemen/status/1561266865271410688
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As many as 26 people were killed and wounded by fire in IDPs camps in Marib in the past six months, the Executive Unit for the Management of IDPs camps has said. Eight housing units were gutted by fire in Al-Wahdah IDPs camp north of the city a couple of days ago/Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58330
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Yemen: Flood Snapshot (As of 18 August 2022)
The period between mid-July and mid-August was characterized by heavy rains and widespread flooding across Yemen resulting in destruction of property and livelihoods, damage to critical infrastructure such as roads and, in some areas, loss of lives. Humanitarian partners estimate that 36,205 families have been affected across the country. The majority of those affected are in displacements sites and settlements where shelters, livelihoods and water sources were damaged. Governorates such as Hajjah, Al Jawf, Al Hodeidah, Amanat Al Asimah, Amran, Ma’rib and Sana’a were among the hardest hit by torrential rains and flooding.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-flood-snapshot-18-august-2022-enar
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Yemen – Displacement and floods update (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 August 2022)
35,000 households (approximately 245,000 individuals)—mostly in displacement sites and settlements— have been affected by heavy rainfall and floods across 85 districts in 16 governorates between 28 July and 10 August. At least 77 casualties have been reported, including children.
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Severe and widespread floods across Yemen bring more hardship to tens of thousands of displaced families
At least 18 governorates across Yemen have seen the highest rainfall since July this year, with widespread destructive flash floods resulting in infrastructure, homes, food stock, and livestock being washed away. Nearly 30,000 families have been affected, and at least 91 people killed, a figure expected to rise, with many more injured or missing. The most hard-hit governorates have been Hajjah and Mahweet in the northwest and Marib in central Yemen. However, with torrential rains forecasted to continue till 20 August, casualties and destruction figures are expected to rise further throughout the country.
However, over 15,000 families affected in Hajjah will need access to food, water, shelter, sanitation, and to replace damaged or washed away belongings. CARE and other humanitarian actors are working to ensure at least 4,000 families in Hajjah are provided with cash assistance to enable them to meet their needs. ” said Bushra.
At least 190 sites housing over 12,000 internally displaced families in Marib have been damaged by flooding, alongside the communities who have been hosting them. "The floods came out of nowhere. I was sleeping with my five children in our shelter. At 3 am we were alerted in the neighbourhood about a hazard and woke up to water rising around us. I grabbed my children and rushed to higher ground. I left everything behind -- documents, food, everything was washed away," said Amani* a woman who has been displaced since she and her family had to flee their home in Hodeidah to Marib and is now impacted by the floods.
CARE is working to distribute several rounds of cash assistance to at least 500 families in Marib
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UNICEF Ma'rib Humanitarian Action Update - July 2022
Key Achievements
WASH
168,448 people accessed safe water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene.
233,132 people reached with critical water, sanitation and hygiene supplies and services and with messages on appropriate hygiene practices.
Health
498,873 children under 10 vaccinated against polio.
177,420 children vaccinated against measles.
124,398 children and women accessed primary health care in UNICEF-supported facilities.
Nutrition
5,361 children under 5 with Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition received curative services.
Child Protection
45,399 vulnerable children reached with mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS).
Education
9,328 children accessed formal/non-formal education activities.
Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM)
86,352 vulnerable displaced people received RRM Kits containing food, family basic hygiene kits and female dignity kits.
Social and Behaviour Change (SBC)
253,273 people participated in engagement actions for social and behavioural change including COVID-19 RCCE.
Situation Update
Between 1 January and 30 July 2022, a total of 10,542 people [1,757 Households (HHs)] were displaced within or to Ma’rib governorate, predominantly because of the ongoing conflict. Cumulatively, 88,992 people (14,832 HHs) have been displaced since 1 January 2021. Of these, 76,500 people (12,750 HHs or 86 per cent of the total displacement) were displaced within Ma’rib governorate, mainly from Al Jubah, Hareeb and Sirwah districts. The remaining 12,492 displaced people (2,082 HHs) originated from other governorates.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unicef-marib-humanitarian-action-update-july-2022
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Film: Yemen: Portraits of resilience
More than 7 years of war have left people in #Yemen with shattered homes and broken families.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=373765551222534
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Film: Helping Migrants Restore Dreams Lost to Trafficking in Yemen
Most migrants in Yemen endure unimaginable violence at the hands of traffickers. Khadija who left home for a better life, tells her story
https://www.iom.int/video/helping-migrants-restore-dreams-lost-trafficking-yemen
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IOM Yemen: Rapid Displacement Tracking - Yemen IDP Dashboard Reporting Period: 7 to 13 August 2022
From 1 January to 13 August 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 8,151 households (HH) (48,906 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.
Between 7 and 13 August 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 423 households (2,538 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:
Infographic: https://twitter.com/NickJBrumfield/status/1559556854149222402
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UNICEF says almost 50% of displaced people in Yemen are children
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that the number of internally displaced persons in Yemen has reached 4.3 million, of whom two million are children. "The conflict is the main driver of displacement in Yemen," UNICEF said on Twitter.
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In New Tragedy, Displaced People in Marib Living on Brink of Disaster
For a week, the displaced people in the Marib camps are suffering a tragic situation, as torrential rains uprooted their simple homes.
Local sources in Ma'rib governorate told the "Yemen Press Agency" that torrential rains in Ma'rib governorate, since last Thursday, uprooted the camps of displaced people in the areas of Al-Wadi, Al-Jufina and Al-Baqma in the city of Marib.
The sources indicated that the displaced have been living in the street, while the leaders of the pro-aggression government did not pay attention to them.
They confirmed that the camps contained about 8,000 displaced families from the Nihm district, as well as the displaced in Al-Mail and Al-Wadi district, which contained hundreds of families of US-Saudi fighters in Al-Jawf governorate, who are living in humanitarian conditions. The tragedy was exacerbated by the rains, which caused the collapse of dozens of mud houses and dilapidated tents from time to time.
IOM and Yemen Red Crescent teams are on the ground providing health care, shelter, sanitation and emergency relief items to more than 3,400 families.
Most of the displaced families in the camps of Al-Madina and Al-Wadi districts lack the minimum necessities of living, as some IDPs sleep on the ground and spend difficult nights in the desert climate, which is very cold due to wind and rain.
A recent report in Marib Governorate, east of Yemen, revealed a large spread of deadly and infectious diseases within the camps for the displaced, amid the complete absence of any medical clinics and health care inside the camps.
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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SPC: Yemen is united geographically socially, its wealth belongs to its sons
The Supreme Political Council (SPC), in its meeting on Monday headed by President of the Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, affirmed Yemen's geographical and social unity and sovereignty over its wealth.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3199696.htm
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The terrorist Houthi militia have been storming the houses and kidnapping people in Kowmat Sinamah of Dhamar province in north Yemen for declining to attend the Shiit sectarian radicalization courses/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58368
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Shia snipers continuing shooting Taiz children for ever and ever
The latest victim is 10 year old Jihad Mohammed Bajjash who was shot injured today in west of the government-held city which is under siege of Houthi hilltop military camps and snipers for more than seven years
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58376
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'Houthi snipers have been forcing Taiz neighborhood residents to stay indoors for third week'
Houthi snipers have been forcing the residents of Kelaba and Bareed Al-Rowdha neighborhoods in the besieged Taiz city to stay indoors for the third week without access even to the markets to buy goods./Taiz Time
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58368
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Documentary on Houthi Crimes Wins US Award
“Detained Under Houthis” won the platinum award for Best Shorts Documentary at the Los Angeles-based Independent Shorts Awards (ISA) in August.
Filmmaker Eric Trometer’s documentary shed light on three Yemeni women who were detained by the Iran-backed Houthi militias but survived their imprisonment.
They chose to be part of the documentary to recount their torture at the hands of the militias.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35526
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A Senior Houthi militant in Aljawf came under an attack which led to the death of his son and injury of his bodyguards today/Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58352
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Fouad Al-Ghaffari Appointed Yemen Prime Minister’s Advisor on BRICS Affairs
On Aug. 15, the office of Prime Minister Prof. Abdel-Aziz Saleh bin Habtour of the National Salvation government in Sana’a, Yemen announced the appointment of Mr. Fouad Al-Ghaffari as “Advisor of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet for BRICS Affairs.”
https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20220819_ghaffari_appointed.html
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Sana'a's Developing Relation with Russia to Disturb US Plans in the Region
The visit of the National Delegation to Moscow, although it is not for the first time, but this time came in an exceptional and sensitive circumstance experienced by Yemen, the region, and even the whole world.
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Houthis keep looting Sana'a properties, besieging civilians
Houthi gangs led by militiaman Abdulbaset have been encircling the villages of Hamdan, a Sana'a outskirt, cutting food and medical supplies to the besieged civilian tribesmen as the militia seeks to loot their land. The militia have also kidnapped 50 civilians./Al-Islah website
The Houthis loot the private properties in Sana'a and the tribes warn of an uprising against the militia/Islah
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58330
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Houthi Levies Impoverish Yemeni Farmers
Fruit farmers in Yemen’s Houthi-run areas are suffering the brunt of hiked oil prices and high maintenance rates. What is more is that the farmers are forced to sell their product with slim profit margins since power cuts and a limited number of available cool stores threaten spoiled crops.
Exacerbating the suffering of farmers, Houthis have continued to collect taxes in the name of supporting battlefronts and fighters.
Moreover, Yemeni farmers are complaining about the militias imposing compulsory donation campaigns for the fighters on the fronts, or as the militia media like to call them “Al-Murabitin.”
Houthi militias are known for holding a multitude of campaigns to collect funds under different slogans. Some of these campaigns are organized, while others are held randomly.
Last week, Houthis announced that farmers northeast of the capital Sanaa have agreed to send a fifth fruit convoy to fighters on frontlines in under a month.
Two weeks ago, Houthi militias announced that the people of the Saraf area had sent a grape convoy to fighters as well.
Last month, farmers near the capital were forced to give Houthis cargos of gifts, candy, nuts, and money.
Yemenis in the Bani Hashish district gave Houthis a cargo holding 15 million Yemeni rials, medicine and cattle.
As for the people of the city of Al Sharq and Maghrib Ans in Dhamar Governorate, south of Sanaa, the militias claimed that they had run two convoys of livestock, food, and medical supplies.
Besides forcing farmers to donate from each harvest, Houthis have set up a militia watchdog in agricultural areas.
Houthi supervisors closely monitor and follow up on planting operations until the moment of harvest production. When harvest is due, Houthi supervisors announce donation campaigns in which farmers are forced to provide quantities of their crops in support of the militia’s war effort.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3823261/houthi-levies-impoverish-yemeni-farmers
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Houthi militants threaten to rape the women of Hamdan after the Sana'a tribe refused to surrender their properties to the terrorist militia. The militia has been deploying heavily armed battalions around the villages/Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58303
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Release journalist Younis Abdulsalam immediately and unconditionally
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate release of a journalist who has been detained arbitrarily for over a year in Yemen without being brought to trial.
At midnight on 04 August 2021, journalist Younis Abdulsalam Ahmed Abdulrahman, 28 years old, left his place of residence, located on the Ring Street in the centre of Sana'a, carrying his laptop. His colleagues confirmed that as he suffers from depression, he often goes out even at night in order to relieve his suffering, but this time he did not return. His colleagues contacted him via his mobile phone, and another person replied, confirming that he was detained by the Security and Intelligence Service.
https://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/3094
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State Employees in Yemen Protest Salaries No-payment Despite Truce
Employees of various sectors of the State organized a protest off United Nations quarter in Sana'a to denounce the no-payment of salaries and the United Nations lack of interest, demanding to put the issue at the forefront of priorities.
In a statement, the protesters confirmed that the process of printing billions of counterfeit currency caused the devaluation and instability of the National currency.
For its part, the General Syndicate of Educational and Teaching Professions denounced the inhuman role of the United Nations and its lack of interest.
My comment: This rally is organized by the Houthis. It’s odd: The Houthi side (de facto: the government of Northern Yemen) claims that the salaries of its employees should be paid by the Southern Yemen government.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/269546/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/08/16/pay-our-salaries-you-enemies-of-peoples-government-employees-stage-protest-outside-un-office/
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Yemen Warns Saudi-Led Coalition: Missiles Will Rain Down on You If Siege Drags On
The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council warned the Saudi-led coalition that a volley of missiles and drones will rain down on them should they continue the war and siege against the Yemeni people.
“Our missiles and drones will rain down on you if you insist on continuing your aggression and siege against the Yemeni people,” Mahdi Al-Mashat said, Yemen’s Arabic-language Al-Masirah television network reported.
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PM: Yemen's Dispute with US Policy Announced since 1st Day
Meeting of the National Delegation with the Russian side comes from the intersection of common interests, the Head of the National Salvation Government Abdulaziz bin Habtoor has affirmed, noting that the outcomes of the visit are important for the two countries.
"Yemen has received many messages and communications from a number of countries, and the invitation that we received from Moscow is an indication of the changing situation," Bin Habtoor said in a statement to Almasirah.
"We meet with the Russian Federation in the face of the American project, from which many countries of the world are affected," he added, noting that "our dispute with the American policy has been announced since the first day."
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-30559.html
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Yemeni revolutionary government calls on mercenaries to make use of amnesty offer
Deputy Foreign Minister in Sana’a, Hussein Al-Ezzi, wrote on Twitter: Guidelines for those wishing to take advantage of the opportunity of a general amnesty are as follows:
1- Apologizing to the Yemeni people and respecting their glorious sacrifices.
2- Maximizing the values of freedom, independence, sovereignty, security, stability and the unity and safety of the Yemeni land.
3- Completely abstain from corruption.
4- End all forms of relationship with al-Qaeda, ISIS, Israel and all obscurantist entities
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Al-Ezzi: When the Islah leadership asks for help, we will set fires from four directions
Leadership in the Sanaa government has continued to give the Islah party (the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood) offers and opportunities to join it after the recent defeats of Islah party forces in Shabwa province, southeastern Yemen.
“When the leadership of the Islah Party, represented by Al-Yadoumi and Al-Ansi, in their official website, appeal us, asking officially for our help; we will be ready to set fires from all four directions,” Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein al-Ezzi wrote in a tweet on Friday.
https://en.ypagency.net/269089/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/08/12/al-ezzi-when-the-islah-leadership-asks-for-help-we-will-set-fires-from-all-four-directions/ = https://en.ypagency.net/269102/
My comment: There is a truce, did he realize this?
and
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Sanaa gives Islah party one last chance to get out of its dilemma before it’s too late
A senior leader in Sanaa authority made an offer to the Islah party (the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood), after its recent defeat in its most important strongholds in Shabwa province and lost control of it.
In a tweet, Dhamar Governor Mohammed al-Bukhaiti confirmed that the Islah party has a last chance to ally with Sanaa before it is too late.
https://en.ypagency.net/269084/
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp6 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-820b-yemen-war-mosaic-820b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-819-yemen-war-mosaic-819
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-819 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-819:
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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