Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 803, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 803, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-803-yemen-war-mosaic-803
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
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
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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(Kein Stern / No star)
? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
(A P)
Ill-Timed Congressional Letter Misses The Point On Saudi Arabia And Yemen – OpEd
Last week, some 30 members of the US Congress sent a letter requesting information from Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the status of the Biden administration’s “review and assessment of the US-Saudi relationship.” The letter suggested the need for a “recalibration” of that relationship, citing the Yemen war among other things.
The letter revealed an unusual gap of knowledge about the recent developments in Yemen, including the recent truce and Saudi Arabia’s initiatives. The timing of the letter could not be worse: While the administration is courting friend and foe, including Iran and Venezuela, to drum up support for Ukraine, the Congressmen’s letter attempts to drive a wedge between the US and one of its most important partners, whose help is needed at this time of crisis.
First on Yemen: The letter, issued on April 13, decries a brutal war that was already on hold and not happening at that moment.
Since the beginning of the Yemen conflict, Saudi Arabia has presented a number of initiatives to end the war. One of the most comprehensive was the March 2021 initiative, which was turned down by the Houthi militias.
The letter also refers to “the denial of humanitarian access to Yemen through the port of Hodeidah.” This statement too is inaccurate. Humanitarian access to the port was never “denied” in the first place, but was eased further according to the terms of the truce announced on April 1, and ships started coming in more frequently as confirmed by the UN at the time.
In addition, the recent GCC-sponsored Yemeni-Yemeni talks could not have happened without Saudi Arabia’s considerable support.
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Ansarullah Chief Says UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Hold Animosity Toward Anyone Opposed to Israel
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Instead of paying salaries or help alleviate the suffering of #Yemenis under their control, Houthis continue to force people to fund their war effort. Today they announced they collected 175 million Yer from people in #Yemen’s north Amran governorate for frontlines! (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1519038476917907461
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0M7gOwPvEc
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Last week Houthis reportedly detained Saudi dissident Majed al-Asmari, who has resided in Houthi-held Sana'a since 2019, over his criticism on the way Houthis build tombs of their leaders in this video.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1518463424283484163
Films: https://twitter.com/MajedAlasmariAP/status/1514315806557065235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8A8F5A7z_M
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Houthi leader Hussein al-Azi reiterates that Abdulmalek al-Houthi, leader of Houthis group, is the Imam (of #Yemen) and highest religious authority in Islam
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1518103825239977984
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In the city of Saadah, North #Yemen, women police arresting women for shopping without male guardians. The Houthis have been adopting extreme measures against women and minority groups…this is the latest out of many policies.
https://twitter.com/BShtwtr/status/1518405705786703872
referring to
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Houthis in Saada markets kidnap shoppers without a mahram.. They kidnapped dozens and released them after pledges
Eyewitnesses in Saada Governorate, the stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi militia, in the far north of Yemen, said that women police deployed by the militia in the city's markets, on Sunday, kidnapped a number of women under the pretext of shopping without a mahram. Local sources confirmed to Al-Masdar Online, the kidnapping, explaining that it came after a decision by the Houthi militia to prevent women from going to the market without a mahram, in conjunction with women going to the markets in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr.
She said that the militia broadcast the decision through loudspeakers in mosques and in places where citizens gather in the governorate. It also identified specific markets for women, and said that if women want to shop, one of their male mahrams should take them to one of these markets. Yesterday, the Houthi militia deployed women's police in the various markets of the city, and directed them to arrest any woman in the market "without a mahram." This force carried out kidnappings of dozens of shoppers, some of whom were marginalized, while other women fled, according to eyewitnesses. The sources said that the militia later released the women after forcing them to write pledges not to go to the market without a mahram.
https://almasdaronline.com/articles/250560
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Worshippers walk out of Al-Ayyani mosque in Dhamar on Friday after a preacher imposed by the terrorist Houthi militia took the floor to deliver the Friday sermon./2 December
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55699
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Benefactors in Houthi areas try to provide Ramadan aid (food packs) to needy families in secrecy to avoid the terrorist militia's crackdown/Almanarah Net.
The Houthi militia in Amran (north of Sana'a) stipulate the payment of Ramadan compulsory alms on the locals for the sale of cooking gas to them/Almashehad Alyemeni
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55732
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Oman secures release of 14 foreigners held in Yemen
Oman facilitated the release of 14 foreigners, including a British national, who were held in Yemen and transferred them from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa to Muscat on Sunday, Oman's foreign ministry said.
and also https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220425-oman-houthis-release-14-foreigners-held-in-yemen/
https://thearabweekly.com/oman-succeeds-again-mediator-release-foreigners-held-yemen
and
(A P)
Abdulsalam Reveals "Emirati Military Ship's Crew, Britch Suspicious Individual Released"
The head of the National Delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, revealed that the crew of the Emirati military ship Rawabi was released. The ship was captured during its illegal sealing in Yemen's territorial waters.
Abdulsalam said in a tweet, "Based on Omani efforts, and after taking all necessary legal measures, the crew of the Emirati military ship Rawabi was released." He added that a British detainee who was carrying out suspicious activities in Yemen also has been transferred.
and
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Omani delegation arrives in Sana'a
An Omani delegation with the [Sanaa gov.] national negotiating delegation arrived on Friday in Sana'a.
The Omani delegation's visit to the capital, Sana'a, aims to follow up the UN-brokered truce and to discuss with President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi Al-Mashat the latest relevant developments.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184355.htm
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-29439.html
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We made offer through UN to release 200 prisoners: Al-Murtadha
Head of the National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs Abdul Qadir al-Murtadha has said Yemen made a new offer for a prisoner swap.
“Due to the delay in the procedures for the implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement, we have submitted a new offer to the other party through the United Nations”, al-Murtadha said in a tweet he posted on Sunday.
"The offer requires the release of 200 prisoners from each side before Eid al-Fitr."
The other party has not reply to the offer yet, al-Murtadha said. "We are awaiting the response of the other side that we hope to be positive," he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184639.htm
(A P)
On revolution leader's orders, 42 aggression's prisoners released
The National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs on Saturday released 42 prisoners of the aggression forces under the order of the revolution leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184487.htm
Photo: https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1517913926134116355
(A P)
13 mercenaries released in Sana'a
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184708.htm
(A P)
The Houthi militia force children in Sana'a to gather to listen the militia leader's Ramadan speeches as adults are turned off/Bawabati
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55683
(A P)
Shiit extremist beheads elderly man south of Sana'a
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55639
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The Houthi militia storm and confiscate the largest amusement park in Sana'a, Fun City, after evicting its workers at gun point /Almashehad Alyemeni
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
(A P)
Houthi militant murders his mother and brother in north Yemen's Amran
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55711
and also, photo: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1518062407809179655
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Houthis storm a mosque in Amran and turn it into a premises for the militia/Bawabati
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55683
(A P)
Defense Minister: Sana'a is ready for just peace or to confront enemies
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184737.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/259683/
(A P)
Parliament Presidency denounces farce of aggression countries, their tools in Aden
The Presidency of the Parliament in the Republic of Yemen on Wednesday denounced the farce of swearing-in held in Aden to recycle the tools of the aggression coalition against Yemen.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the parliament presidency expressed its disapproval and condemnation of this farce, led by Saudi Arabia and America, through pushing its tools from those the parliament had previously voted to revoke the membership of a number of them, and so they no longer have any capacity to represent the Yemeni citizen.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184138.htm
(A P)
14.–17. Ramadan Lecture Presented by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, 1443 A.H.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3183931.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184226.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184373.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184903.htm
5. lecture: https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184902.htm
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Film: Die Mütter der Entführten
Sabrina Proskes Dokumentarfilm beginnt inmitten des Krieges in der jemenitischen Hauptstadt Sanaa. Die Terrormiliz Al-Huthi hat die Gegend fest unter Kontrolle. Verschleppungen, Inhaftierungen und Folter männlicher Familienangehöriger sind an der Tagesordnung. Sabrina Proske folgt einer Untergrund-Organisation von Müttern und Ehefrauen, die sich seit 2016 gegen die Huthis stellt. Die Frauen gehen für die Freiheit ihrer Männer auf die Straße. "Die Mütter der Entführten" nimmt die Zuschauer:innen mit in den Alltag in Sanaa. Als Momentaufnahme zeigt der Film die Auswirkungen des Krieges auf die Bevölkerung
Text dazu: https://programm.ard.de/TV/Programm/Jetzt-im-TV/?sendung=281084000644942
Zum Thema siehe cp1.
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Sana’a authorities in Yemen sign action plan with UN to prevent grave violations against children
Today Sana’a authorities signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to protect children and prevent grave violations against them in the context of the armed conflict in Yemen.
The Action Plan commits the Sana’a authorities and their forces to comply with the prohibition of the recruitment and use of all children in armed conflict, including in support roles. It gives the authorities six months to identify all children under 18 years old in their ranks and requires the authorities to facilitate their release and reintegration into their communities. It also includes provisions to prevent the killing and maiming of children, and protect health and education facilities, and their personnel.
“I commend the authorities in Sana’a for signing the Action Plan. This is a step in the right direction toward protecting Yemen’s children, who have suffered horribly through more than seven years of conflict,” said the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly. “The UN is committed to children’s welfare and helping the Sana’a authorities and forces they control turn the plan into action starting now.”
The Action Plan requires the authorities in Sana’a to implement its provisions and activities in close collaboration with the United Nations Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) on grave violations against children in Yemen, and in cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies and departments, and international and local civil society partners, as well as with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC).
and also https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/19/houthis-commit-end-violations-against-children-yemen
and
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Challenge lies in making child-soldier deal work
The United Nations has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Houthi rebels in Yemen that the rebels will not use children as soldiers, nor recruit them for the purpose. The deplorable phenomenon of child soldiers has been quite rampant in some of the conflict zones, especially in Africa. The Houthis have deployed children as soldiers in the Arab region.
Of course, the important question is whether the Houthis will keep to their part of the agreement and move out children from their forces within six months. It is recognised that the implementation of the agreement is a greater challenge than that of signing it.
The Houthis have described the agreement as a plan to protect children.
The UN says that 3, 500 children have been verified as deployed in the Yemen war, but according to admission of a Houthi military official in 2018, the rebels had recruited 18,000 child soldiers until then. And according to former child soldiers, children as young as 10 were recruited to fight the war. A Houthi military spokesman had denied that anyone below 18 was recruited and that there were even orders to reject children who want to join the fighting.
The issue of child soldiers can only be sorted out if national governments reject military aid to countries and groups deploying them.
https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2022/04/19/challenge-lies-in-making-child-soldier-deal-work
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Why Did the Houthis Demolish an Ottoman Martyrs’ Memorial in Yemen?
It is not possible to understand the Houthi attacks on the Ottoman memorial graveyard without delving into the historical background of the incident, which was widely condemned by Yemenis, as the demolition was linked to the Zaydi Houthi group.
The Houthis chose a timely moment to demolish the historical Ottoman monument: the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Ankara. In my estimation, the demolition of the monument can be attributed to three reasons.
The first is that the Shiite Houthi group, as a sectarian minority, does not want the Yemeni people to retain a positive historical memory of the role of the Ottoman Empire in their country. Thus, this is a message to Yemenis that there is no legitimate authority other than the authority of the Zaydi imams who today rule Yemen with an iron fist.
The second reason relates to the role played by regional powers, led by Iran, and Arab countries linked to the West. These countries, of course, do not want Turkey to have any historical impact on Yemen.
The third reason is that the Houthi group is trying to stop any future role for Turkey in the region
https://politicstoday.org/houthis-demolish-ottoman-martyrs-memorial-yemen/
cp6 Südjemen und Hadi-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Hadi-government
Siehe / Look at cp1
(A H P)
Al-Rawdha district in Shabwah governorate, southern #Yemen, continues to suffer from oil pollution due to damage to the oil supply pipeline. the catastrophe affected vast areas of farmland, contaminating water sources & endangering the local population. latest video
https://twitter.com/holmakhdar/status/1518703442201657345
(A P)
Calls to Release Detainees in US-Saudi Occupied Southern Governorates
A number of human rights activists and journalists have launched a campaign to demand the release of detainees in the prisons of the US-Saudi coalition in Aden, Hadramawt and other areas under its control.
Human rights activists and journalists made it clear that prisoners are subjected to the worst types of torture and violations that violate all international humanitarian, legal and human rights principles, which amounted to torture with sharp instruments, rape and other arbitrary practices.
They pointed out that many human rights bodies and organizations, including the Association of Mothers of Abductees, carried out protests and mass demonstrations to demand the coalition to release detainees in secret prisons, and to transfer their files to the judiciary for review; However, the coalition and its parties are still ignoring these demands until the moment.
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US State Dep.: [Former FM] Mohamed Al-Hadhrami presented copies of credentials to the Chief of Protocol to become #Yemen's Ambassador to the U.S. At this decisive moment, we look forward to expanding our strong partnership with the Yemeni Government while advancing peace efforts & the current UN-led truce.
https://twitter.com/StateDept_NEA/status/1517246628570320901
(A T)
Senior AQAP leader killed in Wadi Hadramout
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34941
(A T)
Unknown gunmen attack Yemeni Shabwa natural gas supplies
Unknown armed men blew up the pipelines transporting natural gas from Safer-based production sites in Marib to Balh
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29456.html
Photos: https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1518330515518107654
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1518631062762577924
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1518337932263833600
and
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Shabwa governor vows to pursue terrorists behind pipeline blast
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29465.html
and
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Yemen’s internal security challenges and the Riyadh talks
The attack on a liquefied natural gas pipeline on Sunday was the latest security incident in the oil and gas-rich Shabwa province in southern Yemen. This incident and other security breaches in government-controlled areas represent a serious challenge to the authority of the Presidential Leadership Council, which was chosen during Gulf Cooperation Council-facilitated Yemeni talks in Riyadh earlier this month.
The province’s newly appointed governor, Awadh bin Al-Wazir Al-Awlaqi, said on Monday that the attack was a “terrorist destructive act,” accusing unnamed “terrorist groups” of carrying it out. He said that the attack provided evidence that terrorist groups are living their final days but also attempting to sabotage the process of restoring security and stability in Yemen and divert the PLC’s attention.
This was not the first incident of sabotage of oil and gas installations or pipes in Yemen or even in Shabwa. During the best of times there were attacks, which gradually led to the flight of foreign operators and a sharp reduction in oil and gas production throughout Yemen. As oil and gas have long been a key source of government revenue, these disruptions have put severe pressure on its ability to provide basic services.
However, Sunday’s attack was the first of its kind since the conclusion of the GCC-hosted Yemeni talks. It came a few days after Prime Minister Maeen Abdul Malik Saeed had announced his government’s decision to resume LNG production to help pay the salaries of government employees and stabilize the national currency.
While the authorities have yet to pin down responsibility for the attack on the LNG pipeline or other recent incidents in Shabwa, there has been plenty of speculation about the perpetrators. Some sources have accused AQAP of carrying out some of the attacks, including Sunday’s bombing of the pipeline, while others have suggested that the Houthis were indirectly behind the latest incident. Most likely, there are multiple groups and individuals behind the security breaches, with both political and criminal motives.
Regardless of who the perpetrators are, the recurring attacks underscore the need to implement the security recommendations of the Riyadh talks.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2071211
(A K P)
Yemeni gov't troops ready to win battle against Houthis: CoS
The Yemeni national army is prepared to fight a decisive battle against the Houthi group if the latter keeps on obdurately refusing engagement in peace efforts, the army's chief of staff (CoS) said Saturday.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29447.html
(A P)
#Yemeni political figure from the South says the #Saudi formed political leadership council has collapsed & many of its members have left #Aden only days after they arrived
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1517872337839964170
Speaker of #Yemeni Parliament Sultan al-Barkani, head of Shura Council Ahmed bin Dagher and many MPs and officials left #Aden today, Via Al-Masdar Online.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1517505028218671105
Instructions from the #Yemeni newly-formed PLC to the govt not to leave #Aden, according to govt sources.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1517575321062715392
(A P)
STC Presidency renews insistence on national values of the South
The Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) held its weekly meeting in Aden on Thursday, under the chairmanship of its President and Supreme Commander of the Southern Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Aidroos Qassem al-Zubaidi.
The meeting discussed the latest political and military developments in the South after the GCC-sponsored Riyadh consultations and the formation of Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).
The Southern Presidency reiterated the STC's insistence on the firmly held national values of the South and the aspirations of its people. The STC also expressed its keenness to reinforce its partnership with the Arab Coalition and all the anti-Houthi forces on the ground.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34933
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Shatara: 'What lays ahead is even more beautiful' for Southerners
Southern Transitional Council (STC) expands its presence in the State authority.. After April 7, 2022 is not the same thing as before, the member of the STC Presidency, Vice-President of the National Assembly for Financial Control and Inspection, Lufti Shatara tweeted following the decision made by the Presidential Leadership Council to appoint the STC's General Secretary and Governor of Aden, Ahmed Hamed Lamlas as Minister of State and member of the Cabinet.
Shatara welcomed Wednesday's presidential decree, expressing his optimism that "what lays ahead is even more beautiful" for the STC and all the Southerners.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34927
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New presidential council plans corruption crackdown and to rebuild services
Yemen's new presidential council is aiming to rebuild vital public services and provide security across Aden and the liberated areas of the country, the body’s deputy head told The National.
Days after the presidential council was sworn in to replace Abdrabu Mansur Hadi, the body's deputy head Major General Aidaroos Al Zubeidi said a new era had begun but the challenges were significant.
“There are many priorities,” he said. “First, we need to start providing state services, pay salaries [to civil servants] and establish peace and security across the capital Aden.”
He said the council has been in “open-ended” consultations with the Yemeni cabinet about drawing up a plan of action and the means to start implementing plans.
“We have always taken the concerns and suffering of our peoples into consideration during the different stages of negotiations and today it is time to turn our words into actions.”
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34954
(A P)
Yemeni CRB holds first meeting chaired by Ghaithi
The Yemeni Consultations and Reconciliation Body (CRB) on Saturday held its first meeting in Aden chaired by CRB chairman, Mohamed al-Ghaithi.
In the absence of CRB's chairmanship member Sakhr al-Wajeeh, the meeting discussed current priorities according to the CRB's objectives, i.e. supporting the Leadership Council (LC) and creating conditions suitable to achieve and promote accord and partnership between political parties, said the official news agency, Saba.
The CRB's chairmanship highlighted the need for the "principle of reconciliation and cooperation, spirit of team work, and unification of stances so as to serve the national highest interests."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29446.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34937
and
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Head of Yemen Reconciliation Commission to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Keen on Peace, Stability
Head of the Consultations and Reconciliation Commission of the Yemen Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Mohammed al-Ghaithi revealed that the body will work on preserving the unity of all forces and political powers.
In his first remarks to the media since his appointment, he told Asharq Al-Awsat that the PLC will rely on the commission in carrying out its duties and tasks.
The PLC is keen on the participation of all sides in consultations and decision-making.
The people are hoping for real change, summed up by the liberation of the North and stability in southern provinces, binging an end to Iran's agenda in Yemen and protecting the security and peace of the region and its future, he stressed.
Moreover, he noted that even though the Iran-backed Houthi militias receive their orders from Tehran, the PLC is seeking real peace.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3612821/head-yemen-reconciliation-commission-asharq-al-awsat-we-are-keen-peace = http://en.adenpress.news/news/34960
My comment: Propaganda bubbles.
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STC member selected to lead Consultation, Reconciliation body
The Yemeni 50-member Consultation and Reconciliation Body (CRB) on Thursday decided to select Mohamed al-Ghaithi as its chairman.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29426.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34931
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Yemeni gov't pledges to adopt Parliament comments into next plan
The Yemeni government is committed to political confines adopted by the newly-formed Leadership Council (LC) and to recommendations presented by the Parliament, the prime minister said Friday.
The government will absorb all the recent developments, particularly the historic formation of LC, and will start new phase of work and achievement, PM Maeen Abdulmalek said in remarks carried by the official news agency Saba.
The government is determined to have its action plan containing the instructions stated by LC chairman at inauguration, and the outcomes stemmed from the Riyadh-hosted Yemeni Consultations, he added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29438.html
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Yemeni Parliament gives Abdulmalek gov't confidence vote
The Yemeni Parliament on Thursday unanimously gave Maeen Abdulmalek-led government confidence in accordance with its executive program.
The confidence vote comes 18 months after the government was formed following the Saudi-brokered Riyadh Agreement inked between the legitimate authority and Southern Transitional Council in 2019.
The confidence vote saw deep debate as members of the Parliament criticized the government performance in the past period.
Some ministries showed failures and negligence in collecting fiscal revenues for the State, some MPs said.
The Parliament urged the government to change its action plans, activate control and accountability, and make good use of the current political accord and the support provided by GCC states and other donors during the transition.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29428.html
and
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'Government offers foreign exchange to importers, importers pay taxes to Houthis! what is going on?'
A Yemeni parliamentarian strongly lambasted the government for the "major irregularity" arising from the fact that the government in Aden offers foreign exchange to the country's importers while importers pay taxes to the rebel Houthi militia in Sana'a.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55682
Film: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1517724267785461762
(A P)
PLC considers release of insolvent debtors from prisons
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34959
(A P)
PLC voices its support for private sector
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34958
(A P)
PLC affirms commitment to truce, urges Houthis to lift Taiz siege
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34942
(A P)
Yemeni LC appoints Aden governor as state minister
The Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) on Wednesday issued the Republican Decree (9) for 2022, appointing Aden governor as a state minister and member in the cabinet.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29420.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34924
(A P)
Aghbari takes oath 16 months after appointed as LA minister
Hussein Abdurrahman al-Aghbari was sworn in by the Yemeni new Leadership Council (LC) on Thursday, nearly 16 after his appointment as local administration (LA) minister.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29437.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34930
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Yemeni LC holds first meeting in Aden
The Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) on Wednesday held its first meeting chaired by Rashad al-Alimi in the interim capital of Aden.
The meeting focused on upcoming stage's priorities and ways to fulfill promises made by the LC chairman after taking the office.
The LC program needs to be applied urgently, particularly the economic and developmental aspects related to people's life, the government-run Saba news agency quoted LC chairman as saying.
Alimi promised Aden people to "develop the city so as to restore its role as the city of peace, love and freedom."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29419.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/34922 and http://en.adenpress.news/news/34925
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Neuer Präsidialrat nimmt Arbeit auf
Im Jemen ist der neue Präsidialrat als international anerkannte Regierung vereidigt worden.
An der Zeremonie in Aden nahmen nach Angaben der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Saba ausländische Botschafter teil, darunter Gesandte aus den USA und von den Vereinten Nationen. Der Präsidialrat sei der Beendigung des Bürgerkrieges und einem fairen und dauerhaften Frieden verpflichtet, sagte dessen Vorsitzender al-Alimi.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/neuer-praesidialrat-nimmt-arbeit-auf-100.html
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Yemen swears in presidential body after Hadi stepped aside
Yemen’s internationally recognized presidential council was sworn in Tuesday in the southern port city of Aden, state-run media reported.
The swearing-in took place before the parliament in a ceremony attended by foreign ambassadors and the U.S. and U.N. envoys to Yemen, SABA news agency said.
The council is chaired by Rashad al-Alimi, an adviser to Hadi and former interior minister with the government of late strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh. He has close ties to Saudi Arabia.
Al-Alimi called on the international community to pressure the Houthis to engage in peace efforts because he said the rebels were still attacking the central city of Marib and other government-held areas despite the truce.
The council is committed to “end the (Houthi) coup and the war” and establish “fair and permeant peace that preserves the state and its constitutional institutions,” he said.
Parliament Speaker Sultan al-Borkani echoed the same message. However, he warned that they were ready to continue fighting after the unification of the anti-Houthi camp.
“This is our opportunity to take the road of fair and honorable peace,” he said. “Our hands are still extended (for peace), and our weapons are ready at the same time.”
and also https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/464876.aspx = https://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/new-leaders-take-office-hope-glimmers-war-torn%C2%A0yemen
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34915
Photos: https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1516438039203090441
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPdbpHvaelI
https://www.akhbaralaan.net/ground-zero/2022/04/19/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%a3%d8%b9%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d9%8a%d8%a4%d8%af%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9 = (shorter) https://twitter.com/akhbar/status/1516415718383829013
EU taking sides: https://twitter.com/pd_hof/status/1516414690389340161 and http://en.adenpress.news/news/34919
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Yemen Seeks Int'l Pressure to Make Houthis Respect Truce, Open Taiz Crossings
Chairman of the new Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, underlined the importance of international pressure to make the Iran-backed Houthi militias commit to the two-month truce.
Alimi received a telephone call on Thursday from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who congratulated him on his new position.
Alimi and Blinken discussed bilateral relations and US support to Yemen and its new leadership, said official sources. They agreed to continue cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Alimi hailed US support to the legitimate Yemeni government since 2014 and its backing of the transitional authority and Presidential Leadership Council. He stressed that the government is committed to the humanitarian truce in spite of the ongoing Houthi violations.
He hoped the international community would pressure the Houthis so that they would commit to the truce and open crossings leading to Taiz in order to lift the stifling siege on the city, in line with the United Nations ceasefire.
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Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council sets priorities for the next stage
His Excellency the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi, announced that the council will proceed in the spirit of one team, and commit itself to the Yemeni people in the north and south to walk on the basis of partnership and national consensus to confront all political, military, security, economic and social challenges, foremost of which is ending the coup and war, and restoring the state, peace and stability Addressing the economic and living situation, and rebuilding and stabilizing institutions in the temporary capital, Aden, and throughout the entire national territory. In a speech after taking the constitutional oath, His Excellency the President said, "The Council will strive with all effort and sincerity for peace, and its hand will remain outstretched for a just and sustainable peace that preserves the state, its constitutional institutions, its republican system and national unity, a peace that promotes equal citizenship, freedom, social justice, the system of rights and freedoms, and is based on the will." free people and restores the state of national consensus as manifested in the outcomes of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the consensus of the transitional period organized by the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism and the Riyadh Agreement.”
His Excellency the President of the Presidential Command Council referred to the military and security institution, considering it "one of the most important pillars of stability", and the council's mission is to preserve it individuals and institutions, and to enhance its role in protecting the homeland and its sovereignty and preserving the gains of the Yemeni revolution in September and October He stated that achieving security stability and the unity of the military and security institution is the basis from which the Presidential Command Council and the government will launch to meet the challenges of restoring the state and its institutions, and achieving peace and stability, pointing out that the Council will pay special attention to the military and security institutions, raise their capabilities and efficiency, devote law enforcement authorities, protect citizens, and enhance state stability. .
Below is the text of the speech...
https://sabanew.net/story/ar/85589
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Al-Zubaidi Swears in as Representative of Southern Cause
President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) Aidroos Qassem al-Zubaidi took the constitutional oath Tuesday before the House of Representatives in the southern capital Aden as Vice President of the Presidential Leadership Council.
However, in line with his role as a representative of the Southern Cause, Al-Zubaidi's sworn statement was uttered in a very special way excluding the written sentence 'to preserve the unity of Yemen'.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34918
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Islah welcomes the return of the state leadership to Aden and considers it a first step
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55674
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Yemeni Parliament chairmanship body holds first meeting in Aden
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29408.html
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Yemen's 'temporary capital' stuck in a tug-of-war between rival warlords
After Saudi Arabia launched the war in 2015, Houthi rebels were driven out of Aden, the major southern city that has become Yemen's 'temporary capital.' But it remains the scene of armed struggles between a multitude of rival militias.
In 2015, the Yemeni port city paid a heavy price in the fighting that allowed the Saudi-led coalition to drive out the Houthis. Everywhere, bombed-out buildings still lie in ruins. Yet Aden thought it could regain its former grandeur. The former capital of the South, which in the 1950s was still the second largest port in the world in terms of traffic, dreamed of putting an end to its slow decline. A political-military movement called the Southern Transitional Council (STC) was one of the port's liberators. The council, financed by Saudi Arabia and its ally, the United Arab Emirates, promised to resurrect the independent state of South Yemen, a former satellite of the USSR, which was created in 1967 after the departure of British colonists and merged into a unified Yemen in 1990.
'We live in Saudi Arabia'
Aden was supposed to be, with the help of the Saudis, the epitome of a free Yemen. But the city is rotting away, stuck in a gray area. Aden is the "temporary capital" of the country in name only. The central Yemeni government, which has taken up residence there, is an intriguing object: neither dead nor alive. The authorities are unable to provide basic public services and control their warlords. As for the Adenites' taste for independence: It is rapidly evaporating [subscribers only]
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Ali Albukhaiti meets with Saudi Ambassador to Yemen in Riyadh
“Unifying efforts in our battle with the Houthis will force them to give in to peace,” Albukhaiti said. “Liberating Sana’a will ensure security in Aden, Al Dale’a and the entire south. The Southern Cause must be a priority after the liberation (of the entire country)”.
Albukhaiti thanked Saudi Arabia for its efforts to support power transition in Yemen and for standing by head of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad Al Alimi to assume his responsibility to restore state institutions inside the country.
https://republicanyemen.net/archives/31030
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Yemen: Food not peace is southerners' top demand of new leadership
Southern Yemenis have received President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi's decision to cede power to a presidential council with cautious optimism that the recent political shake-up will improve living conditions amid widespread poverty, a depreciating currency, and political instability.
The return of ministers and other key officials to Aden, the seat of the country's internationally recognised government, has been viewed as a sign that the creation of the presidential council is bridging long-running divisions among the groups that are fighting the Houthi rebels.
The formation of the council has generally been welcomed in south Yemen as a positive move towards peace in the war-torn country, although some members of the STC, which seeks the independence of the south, have accused the movement of selling out.
While the STC had managed to take control of Aden and most of the southern provinces after Hadi's ministers had left, fierce clashes between the movement and pro-government forces had continued, along with a war of words in the media.
However, since the formation of the presidential council, fighting among the various sides has stopped and a more conciliatory tone has been adopted.
"This time we welcomed the [pro-Hadi] northern ministers and other officials in Aden because our leadership is part of the presidential council," Yafie said.
"We trust our leadership, and we are sure all steps they take serve the main issue, that is reclaiming our country."
"For now we don't need any military victories. All we need is to see prices are cheaper and that southern people can meet their needs, while military and political issues come next," Yafie said.
Yafie said people in the south have not been happy with the president, himself a southerner.
"Hadi spent 10 years in Riyadh supporting all enemies of the south, and the only good thing he did was ceding his power to this council, allowing a glimmer of hope for us," he said.
Abdul-Fattah Maqtari, an Islah member from Lahj province, told MEE there had been some positive developments since the formation of the council
"We spent 10 difficult years during the regime of Hadi, and the life of Yemenis went from bad to worse. We also spent more time fighting with Yemenis, and Yemenis were divided into different groups," said Maqtari.
"This presidential council is uniting Yemenis again as they accept each other, and if there are demands from some groups they will be dealt with in a legal way.
"I'm optimistic and waiting to see more results."
The Islah member said he believes the council's aim is to find a peaceful solution to deal with the situation in Yemen.
"At the end, we [Yemenis] are brothers, and we should reach a peaceful solution which all can accept and stop destroying our country," Maqtari said.
Although the majority of Yemenis appear happy with the formation of the council, there are some who remain pessimistic, especially those who continue to demand independence for the south.
"During recent years we have been fighting for the sake of independence, and we rejected the northern cabinet and Hadi, who represents the north, and today we see that northern ministers and officials are back in Aden under the protection of our leader," Ahmed, who used a false name for security reasons, told MEE.
"When we welcome the northern leadership in Aden, that means we surrendered to the north," he said, accusing some of the STC leaders of thinking about their own personal interests rather than independence.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-new-leadership-south-food-not-peace-demand
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Yemen’s New Presidential Leadership Council Faces Challenges
The recently-established Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen will shoulder wide-ranging military, security, and political responsibilities to bring peace and help mitigate people's suffering in Yemen, but formidable challenges lie ahead.
The Presidential Leadership Council will shoulder wide-ranging military, security, and political responsibilities to bring peace and help mitigate people’s suffering in Yemen. Although this power shakeup is positive, significant, and encouraging, formidable challenges lie ahead for Yemen to attain a lasting and comprehensive political resolution.
The first daunting mission facing the council will be negotiating with the Yemeni Houthi group. The difficulty of this task should not be underestimated: it will be hard to convince the Houthis that this new Presidental Leadership Council is a legitimate representative of the Yemeni people, given that the Houthi leaders view all Saudi-allied Yemeni officials as mercenaries, and they have disdained any talks with them. Even if the Houthis were to agree to meet with the new council for talks, their conflicting ideas and priorities would likely impede any rapprochement.
With the Houthis’ persistent view that their opponents are illegitimate, it is unlikely that the Presidential Leadership Council will bring peace and stability to Yemen through a political approach.
The new council’s third challenge is the potential in-fighting between the anti-Houthi Yemeni factions.
The success of the council is contingent upon strong cohesion and unity among its eight members.
Separatists aspire to regain the independence of southern Yemen, which merged with the north in 1990. Thus, it is undeniably challenging for the new Presidential Leadership Council to convince the separatists to abandon the idea of parting from Yemen’s north, hand over their weapons, and obey the government authority. For the new leadership to succeed in dealing with the separatists in the southern Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition – particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – should pressure the separatist movement to work in harmony with the Presidential Leadership Council. Moreover, the secessionist leaders need to abandon any rhetoric that encourages the separatist momentum.
In essence, challenges abound in the face of any leader seeking to stabilize Yemen
https://insidearabia.com/yemens-new-presidential-leadership-council-faces-challenges/
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War council
The eight-member council is led by the Riyadh-based Rashad Al-Alimi, a former minister and Hadi adviser with close ties to Saudi Arabia, and a member of the Islamist Islah Party. He and three other members are allied with and backed by Saudi Arabia: Riyadh-based Abdullah Al-Alimi is a member of the Islah; Riyadh-based Othman Majli is a tribal leader from Saadah and a member of Hadi’s party, the General People’s Congress; and Sultan Al-Aradah is the governor of Marib, which is the Riyadh-based government’s last stronghold in northern Yemen and where ground battles continue despite the truce. He is also allied with the Islah Party.
The remaining four members are backed (and funded) by the UAE: Aidarous Al-Zubaidi heads the Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist group; Tareq Saleh is former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s nephew, who switched from fighting alongside the Houthis to fighting against them after his uncle was killed in 2017; Faraj Al-Bahsani is the governor of Hadramout; and Abdulrahman Abu Zara’a Al-Muharrami is a Salafist commander of the UAE-funded Giants Brigades militia that defeated the Houthis in the southern, oil-rich province of Shabwa.
While they are tasked with leading negotiations with the Houthis, all were hand-selected for their allegiance to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Nearly all have fought the Houthis at various battlefronts, and some have a history of fighting each other. The appointment of this war council may mark a new, chaotic phase in the war on Yemen: one that involves a smaller Saudi and UAE military footprint, but nonetheless furthers both countries’ agendas through their anti-Houthi coalition of warlords.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/truce-yemen-war-powers-resolution-congress-biden-saudi-arabia
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Abdulsalam: Month to Pass Since UN Sponsored Truce Announced with No Progress
The head of [Sanaa gov.] National Delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, denounced the near passing of a month of the UN sponsored humanitarian truce with no progress in its most important provisions, including the reopening of Sana'a International Airport.
He holds the US-Saudi aggression responsible for its lack of commitment, and he calls the United Nations to meet its responsibility in accordance with the agreement it sponsored.
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[Sanaa gov.] National Delegation: UN Sponsored Truce Has Weak Performance
The United Nation and its Special Mission has weak performance in the truce, which requires reconsidering its role, AbdulMalik Alejri, member of the National Delegation, said on Sunday.
"The UN sponsored truce was supposed to be used to discuss lifting the siege and ending the war," Alejri said in a tweet.
"The very weak performance of the United Nations and its special mission with the truce requires reconsidering its role, including the involvement of neutral regional or international parties in sponsoring any agreement and ensuring its implementation," he added.
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UN seeks $144m to salvage oil tanker off Yemen coast
The UN "urgently" needs $144 million to respond to the oil tanker which is floating off the coast of Yemen and which the organisation says is a "time bomb" and could worsen the country's already dire humanitarian situation.
In a statement, the UN said: "$80 million is urgently needed to implement the emergency operation to eliminate the immediate threat and transfer oil from aboard the Safer tanker to a safe temporary vessel during the summer between June and September. By the beginning of October, high winds and choppy currents will make the rescue operation more dangerous and increase the possibility of a shipwreck."
The UN Sustainable Development Group said the Netherlands will host a pledging conference in the first half of May to help raise funds for the project.
The Safer oil tanker, which was built in Japan during the 1970s, is carrying 1.1 million barrels of crude oil, and has been anchored off the marine terminal of Ras Isa, on the shores of the Red Sea, since 2015.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220426-un-seeks-144m-to-salvage-oil-tanker-off-yemen-coast/
and also https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-says-to-address-leakage-of-oil-tanker-in-yemen/2570994
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Grundberg in Aden to Consolidate Yemen Truce
United Nations envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg arrived in Aden on Monday as part of his efforts to consolidate the two-month truce that was declared at the beginning of the month.
Hopes are pinned on the truce becoming a permanent ceasefire to the pave the way for peace consultations that would end the Iran-backed Houthi militias' coup.
Grundberg is scheduled to meet with government officials and members of the new Presidential Leadership Council.
On Monday, he met with head of the council, Rashad al-Alimi, and Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak in Riyadh where the truce was declared during the intra-Yemeni consultations.
Talks with Alimi focused on the implementation of the truce agreemen
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3599701/grundberg-aden-consolidate-yemen-truce
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UN Envoy Grundberg discussed today with [Riyadh/Aden gov.] FM @AymanHsafadi progress on the implementation of the truce in #Yemen, particularly the continuous efforts to resume commercial flights from Sana'a. Mr. Grundberg thanked #Jordan for its unwavering support towards that goal. (photo)
https://twitter.com/OSE_Yemen/status/1518569897067954177
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United Nations Yemen Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2022-2024 (January 2022)
UN global reform has elevated the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) to be “the most important instrument for planning and implementing UN development activities” in the country. It outlines the UN development system’s contributions to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an integrated way, with a commitment to leave no one behind, uphold human rights, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE), and other international standards and obligations. The UNSDCF seeks to address the humanitarian, development and peace challenges in Yemen in an environment where key public institutions are fragmented, no national strategy exists and where there has been no national budget since 2014. The Yemen UNSDCF outlines the UN’s collective priorities and development objectives to be reached jointly in the next three years 2022-2024 as part of an ongoing and longer- term vision for resilience building and forging of a pathway to peace.
Yemen is a country at war and governed by split and warring parties1 . The priorities of this UNSDCF are derived from the analysis of the impacts of this ongoing crisis on the people of Yemen, and the needs and opportunities as outlined in the UN’s Common Country Analysis (CCA) conducted in 2021.
The UN has prioritized four pillars that resonate with the SDG priorities of people, peace, planet and prosperity that aim, as a matter of urgency, to improve people’s lives in Yemen and build resilience that is equitable, inclusive, people-centred, gender responsive and human rights based, through outcomes that:
Increase food security, improving livelihood options and job creation
Preserve inclusive, effective and efficient national and local development systems strengthening
Drive inclusive economic structural transformation
Build social services, social protection and inclusion for all
The theory of change is driven by an expectation that by 2024 the impact for all people of all ages in Yemen affected by conflict, forced displacement and living in poverty in all its dimensions will experience change in the quality of their lives.
https://yemen.un.org/en/177854-unsdcf-yemen-2022-2024
My comment: This seems to have less to do with humanitarian aid and more with driving an elite globalist agenda.
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JEMEN: LUKE SYMONS ENDLICH FREIGELASSEN
Am 24. April haben die De-facto-Behörden der bewaffneten Gruppe der Huthi im Jemen den britischen Staatsangehörigen Luke Symons zusammen mit 13 weiteren ausländischen Inhaftierten freigelassen. Luke Symons war am 4. April 2017 von den Huthis an einem Kontrollpunkt im Südwesten des Jemen festgenommen worden. Er war fünf Jahre lang ohne Anklage oder Gerichtsverfahren inhaftiert.
https://www.amnesty.de/mitmachen/erfolg/jemen-luke-symons-endlich-freigelassen-2022-04-26
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Luke Symons: Cardiff man freed after five years in Yemen detention
A Welshman has been released from detention in Yemen after being held without charge or trial for five years.
Luke Symons, of Cardiff, was 25 when he was seized in 2017 by the Houthis, a rebel group fighting the Yemen government in the civil war.
He was seized as a suspected spy, a claim his family have called "ridiculous".
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss thanked "our Omani and Saudi partners for their support in securing his release".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61209721
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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Demolitions in Saudi's Jeddah turn residents into 'strangers'
The Saudi doctor still had 15 years left on the loan he used to build his family's "dream" home in Jeddah when bulldozers razed it to the ground, turning his life into "hell".
The operation was part of a $20-billion clearance and construction project that stands to displace half-a-million people in Saudi Arabia's second city –- and has spurred rare expressions of public anger in the kingdom.
Authorities pitch the development as the latest ambitious project of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, one that will replace "slums" with amenities like a stadium, an oceanarium and an opera house.
Yet in coastal Jeddah, where crushed concrete and twisted metal now line affected streets, residents bristle at official descriptions of their lost neighbourhoods as undesirable hotbeds of drugs and crime.
Instead they accuse the government of destroying vibrant, diverse working-class districts that once burnished Jeddah's reputation as the most open destination in the deeply conservative country.
"We have become strangers in our own city. We feel suffering and bitterness," said the doctor, who is now renting accommodation while still paying $400 a month on his personal loan, which is secured against the land the home was built on.
Paused for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the demolitions are expected to pick up again in May. Jeddah officials did not respond to AFP's request for comment about the project.
But the demolitions risk fuelling anti-government sentiment in the 30-plus neighbourhoods that have been targeted, many of which housed a mix of Saudis and foreigners from other Arab countries and Asia.
Evicted residents had been living in the homes for up to 60 years, said ALQST for Human Rights, an NGO.
Some were driven out when their power and water was cut off, or threatened with jail for disobeying an eviction order, it added.
In the city's southern Galil neighbourhood, which saw the first demolitions last October, a resident who gave his name as Fahd said security forces had confiscated mobile phones to prevent footage from getting out.
"We were suddenly expelled from our homes overnight and without warning," he told AFP.
By early this year, though, the news was circulating widely, with the hashtag "#hadad_jeddah", or "Jeddah_demolition" in Arabic, trending on Twitter.
Ali al-Ahmed, a Saudi activist and scholar at the Institute for Gulf Affairs in Washington, has led online efforts to publicise details of the demolitions.
"It is not acceptable to demolish citizens' homes without their consent, and before compensating them at an appropriate price sufficient to move them to a new place," he said.
'Felt like doomsday'
During a recent visit to one neighbourhood rocked by demolitions, an AFP journalist saw multiple blocks where most buildings had been levelled.
On several of those still standing, authorities had written a single word in red: "Evacuate".
A sign instructed residents to leave with their belongings, and advised them to upload documents on a government website to apply for compensation.
The Saudi government has promised to compensate families, and announced in February it would complete 5,000 replacement housing units by the end of the year.
But residents interviewed by AFP, including those evicted early on, said they had so far received nothing and that there was no clear way to assess the value of their destroyed homes.
"Months have passed and I have not received compensation for my home. I went from a homeowner to becoming a tenant struggling to pay his rent," Fahd said.
The ALQST survey also found some residents had not received clear information on how to claim compensation, or even been told it was available.
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Painful #Saudi clan plans to destroy an 1824 #Turkish mosque #Jeddah AlAmaar mosque in historic AlMadloum district was built by Turkish Mustafa Memaar Basha. Plz help us protect our history from #Saudi cultural genocide. (photo)
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1517864680005545984
referring to report in Arabic, with more photos. https://www.aa.com.tr/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%80%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%87-440-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8B%D8%A7/833035
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Without a word from @UNESCO & other int orgs, the #Saudi clan destroyed much of the #Islamic history in #Hijaz including houses of Prophet Mohamed in #Makkah & #Medina & the Grand Mosque marble columns installed in 7th Century. (photos)
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1517869281312223233
The #Saudis targeted non #Najdi cultures as well, they demolished landmarks & structures across the country including #Qatif, #Hail, #Asir, #Najran, #Makkah #Medina #AlHasa & #Tabuk. The list is too long & too painful. We will never get back that history.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1517870555919122433
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Saudis’ Biden snub suggests crown prince still banking on Trump’s return
Saudi Arabia appears to be banking on Donald Trump’s return to office by refusing to help the US punish Russia for the Ukraine invasion, and by placing $2bn in a new, untested investment fund run by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
In seeking to persuade Riyadh to increase oil production so as to lower prices by as much as 30%, and thereby curb Russian government revenue, the Biden administration is looking for ways to reassure the Saudi government that it is dedicated to the kingdom’s security.
The White House said on Thursday it was an “iron-clad commitment from the president on down”, and the Pentagon is reported to be working on a draft of a new statement of US-Saudi security arrangements, but observers say it is likely to fall short of the firm guarantees the Saudis and other Gulf states are demanding.
The kingdom’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, reportedly declined to take a call from Joe Biden last month, showing his displeasure at the administration’s restrictions on arms sales; what he saw as its insufficient response to attacks on Saudi Arabia by Houthi forces in Yemen; its publication of a report into the Saudi regime’s 2018 murder of the dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi; and Biden’s prior refusal to deal in person with the crown prince.
Instead, Prince Mohammed shows signs of betting on the return to office of Trump in 2024, and the resumption of the Trump administration’s cosy relationship with Riyadh.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/24/saudi-arabia-kushner-trump-biden-mohammed-bin-salman
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How U.S.-Saudi Relations Reached the Breaking Point
The decadeslong alliance is at risk over disagreements regarding oil production levels, security concerns and the invasion of Ukraine [subscribers only]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-u-s-saudi-relations-reached-the-breaking-point-11650383578
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Saudi Royals Are Selling Homes, Yachts and Art as Crown Prince Cuts Income
Kingdom’s senior princes are trying to raise cash and avoid scrutiny from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi princes have sold more than $600 million worth of real estate, yachts and artwork in the U.S. and Europe since the kingdom’s de facto ruler tightened the purse strings of the ultrawealthy ruling family.
The transactions represent a radical change of fortune for senior princes who funneled windfalls from oil booms in the 1970s and 1980s into some of the world’s most exclusive markets. The vast sums of money were spent largely on hard-to-sell assets or drained by spending that reached $30 million a month for some royals with large staffs and lavish lifestyles, making them vulnerable to recent changes in government policy (subscribers only)
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Film: Saudi Arabia’s $ 500 billion megacity dream clashes with reality
Saudi Arabia plans to build Neom, a futuristic megacity in the middle of the desert. But residents resisting evictions and a historic collapse in oil prices have raised new questions about the project
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Saudi Arabia aiming for tenfold increase in air transit traffic by 2030
Saudi Arabia is targeting a tenfold increase in international airline passengers transiting the kingdom by the end of the decade as it looks to triple annual passenger traffic, an official said.
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#Saudi official & TV presenter @dmAlowein says #Yemeni #Ansalullah (Houthis) are a mix of #Jews & #Iranians.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1516439276577333251
referring to dilm: https://twitter.com/saudi24_tv/status/1515453662394519560
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Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Congratulates Rashad Al-Aleimi on Taking Oath of Office as President of Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348547
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp9a
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Elizabeth Shackelford: It’s time to leave Saudi Arabia to the wolves
America’s long-standing partnership with Saudi Arabia has become a deal with the devil. But the devil isn’t holding up his end of the bargain. It’s time we gave up on it too.
It’s never been a good look for the United States, a self-proclaimed champion of democracy and human rights, to be the security guarantor of an abusive monarchy that treats women like property and long placed policing in the hands of an extremist religious faction.
And yet we justify this close partnership largely in the name of security — our secure access to oil, to be more specific. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that this access isn’t there.
The partnership was also considered essential to counter anti-American sentiment in the region, specifically from Iran. This justification has always been a double-edged sword, however, since Saudi Arabia helped foment anti-American sentiment, too, to the tune of billions of dollars it spent to promote Wahhabism, the radical and intolerant strain of Islam that laid the foundation for terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS.
In return for these supposed benefits, the United States has been the kingdom’s security guarantor, providing not only a military presence but also military technology, advice, and a flood of arms and hardware. From 2009 to 2020, U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia amounted to more than $100 billion.
Even if you thought the trade-off of supporting the repressive state was once worthwhile, it’s hard to make the case today. Saudi Arabia has become an even worse actor than before, both at home and abroad.
If Saudi Arabia can’t side with the United States against Russia in the face of its indefensible aggression against Ukraine, it’s high time the U.S. asked what this partnership is good for. Our support of Saudi Arabia has never paid off, and that’s never been more clear than now
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Youngest Guantánamo Detainee Is Cleared for Release
Hassan bin Attash, who has been held since 2002 without charge, now needs a transfer deal.
[from Yemen; 16 years old when detained!]
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/us/politics/gitmo-youngest-detainee.html
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ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities Calls for U.S. to Keep IRGC on Foreign Terrorist Organization List
The Task Force also calls for reinstatement of FTO designation for Iran-backed Houthis
The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities stated today that it opposes any effort to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the United States’ government’s Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. The Task Force also calls upon the Department of State to reinstate the FTO designation for the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.
For ADL, read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League
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US, Red Cross discuss increasing aid to Yemen
The United States and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held talks on increasing humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen during a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations.
A statement by the US Department of State said Saturday that US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, and ICRC head Peter Maurer discussed opportunities to increase the flow of vital humanitarian aid in Yemen during the two-month truce.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/us-red-cross-discuss-increasing-aid-to-yemen/2571064
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A Ceasefire in Yemen
Rebalancing our relationship with Saudi Arabia
Too many Americans remain unaware of our own country’s role in creating this humanitarian catastrophe.
Nevertheless, there has been a notable strain in U.S.-Saudi relations. The House of Saud does not appear comfortable with Biden administration officials, preferring the uncritical solicitude of the Trump family.
In mid-April, the Intercept reported that Congressional Democrats drafted a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraging the Biden administration to “rebalance” its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
It is long past time for the United States to stop protecting the Saudi regime and enabling its atrocities in Yemen. But that is not enough. As we rush relief to Ukrainians fleeing violence, we should also remember those suffering the effects of war in other parts of the world, and acknowledge our own responsibility for some of that suffering. The richest country in the world has a moral duty to make sure that children do not starve in Yemen and Afghanistan because the West is preoccupied with events in Eastern Europe.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/ceasefire-yemen
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Coalition Demands End to US Military Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen
"Congress must help prevent backsliding by Saudi Arabia," said one activist, "by passing the Yemen War Powers Resolution and blocking U.S. military support for any renewed hostilities."
More than five dozen advocacy groups on Wednesday pressured Congress to cut off U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war and blockade on Yemen, highlighting that it "has helped cause the deaths of nearly half a million people and pushed millions more to the edge of starvation."
The groups' letter to Congress—led by Churches for Middle East Peace, Demand Progress, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), MoveOn, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation—comes in the midst of a two-month truce.
The signatories are calling on lawmakers to co-sponsor a forthcoming War Powers Resolution from Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), declaring that "Congress must reassert its Article I war powers, terminate U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia's war and blockade, and do everything it can to support the Yemen truce."
Hassan El-Tayyab, legislative director for Middle East policy at FCNL, said in a statement Wednesday that "the recently announced nationwide truce between Yemen's warring parties offers hope that an end to the seven-year conflict might finally be possible."
"Congress must help prevent backsliding by Saudi Arabia, which has driven so much of the violence through indiscriminate airstrikes and crippling blockade, by passing the Yemen War Powers Resolution and blocking U.S. military support for any renewed hostilities," he added. "Congressional pressure is critical right now to keep the warring parties at the bargaining table and off the battlefield."
Letter: https://www.fcnl.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/Yemen-WPR-Coalition-Letter-April-20-2022.pdf
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Truce or Not, Congress Must Urgently Bring About a Real End to the War on Yemen
Congress needs to pass a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. complicity in the chaos and suffering in Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition’s latest actions will likely sow further chaos in Yemen, thereby underscoring the urgency of legally disentangling the bloc’s largest supporter, the United States, from any further military actions in Yemen. In a letter released April 20, nearly 70 progressive organizations called on Congress to “cosponsor and publicly support” a War Powers Resolution, soon to be introduced.
The truce in Yemen may or may not hold. Regardless of the outcome, however, the United States must legislate an end to its illegal involvement in the war on Yemen. Thus, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE continue to further their agendas in Yemen by financing local warlords, Congress must ensure that the current (or future) U.S. administration does not follow a similar policy.
Despite calling the truce a ?“long-awaited reprieve for the Yemeni people,” President Biden’s administration has mirrored both Trump and Obama administration policies in Yemen by continuing to provide assistance and arms to the Saudi-UAE coalition.
With a War Powers bill at his desk, it would be unlikely — or at least unpopular — for Biden to veto the bill as his predecessor had done. If nothing else, a veto would contradict his publicly stated intention to end the U.S. role in the war.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/truce-yemen-war-powers-resolution-congress-biden-saudi-arabia
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Film: HYPOCRISY: US Blames Russia for Yemen Genocide It Helped Create
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VopHgDCiMmM
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Biden picks career diplomat Michael Ratney as envoy to Saudi Arabia
President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Michael Ratney to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Friday, amid strained relations between Washington and its traditional Gulf allies.
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Al-Alimi
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi. Secretary Blinken congratulated President al-Alimi on his new position and welcomed the gathering in Aden this week of the Council, Cabinet, House of Representatives, and Shura Council. The Secretary underscored the importance of an effective and transparent government that advances efforts to end the Yemeni conflict and protects human rights.
The Secretary reaffirmed U.S. support for the ongoing truce and the opportunity to provide relief to Yemenis by easing the movement of people and goods, including fuel.
and also https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1517172985974693888
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Lenderking cautiously optimistic over Yemen, calls out Iran’s support for Houthis
US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking voiced cautious optimism for efforts to end the seven-year-long war on Tuesday but warned that “there’s more that needs to be done.”
“I do think that the opportunity of a new presidential leadership council creates a more representative approach,” Lenderking told Al Arabiya during an interview at the State Department.
The leadership council has brought together several individuals who “have heated rivalry,” Lenderking said.
He added: “So far, it looks very promising to us when you couple that with the fact that there’s a truce since April 2. I think this is really a significant moment for Yemen.”
The US diplomat was referring to the ceasefire that was reached at the start of Ramadan between the internationally-recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthis.
Lenderking criticized Iran for its negative role in Yemen and its support for the Houthis.
He said that the US was all for a better relationship with Iran, but “thus far, we haven’t seen positive behavior from Iran in Yemen.”
Tehran has released statements supporting political efforts to end the war. “We need to see that translated on the ground by Iran,” Lenderking said.
Asked about Iran’s military support for the Houthis, Lenderking said: “That support has inflamed the war in the view of the United States.”
He called on the Houthis to take the needed independent steps to help the Yemeni people.
My comment: Propaganda BS by one of the main drivers of this war. Just as his statement 2 months ago: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2021066/middle-east
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State Dep.: #USEnvoyYemen thanked CBY Governor Ghalib for his reform efforts and emphasized the importance of stabilizing Yemen’s economy. Yemen’s humanitarian and economic crises are interlinked, and durable peace in Yemen requires solutions to economic grievances. (photo)
https://twitter.com/StateDept_NEA/status/1516538385212624906
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To Rule in Saudi Arabia, Pay for the US
A copy of the complaint of the fugitive Saudi security official, Saad Al-Jabri, who is suing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for attempting to kill him, published by the American journalist Vicky Ward, revealed some of what is happening in the corridors of the palaces of Al Saud, and the overwhelming US role in it and in its details.
Al-Jabri’s complaint was a door to the American investigative journalist, to get to the real reason behind the Saudi Crown Prince giving two billion dollars to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, and his advisor, despite the objections by a panel of financial advisers who highlighted Kushner’s lack of track record.
The writer reported that the money was possibly both an IOU for sympathetic foreign policy led by Kushner during the Trump years and also a bet by MBS on a return to the White House by Kushner’s father-in-law, Donald Trump.
However, Vicki Ward, made it clear in her investigation that these two reasons are not only what stands behind the truth of the matter, but there is a greater and real reason for the Saudi crown prince to not hesitate to pay this amount to Kushner, which is his reward for his role in removing Mohammad bin Nayef from his path.
Kushner and Kushner’s allies who blocked top-level U.S. government support for MBS’s cousin, former Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN)—a long-time intelligence and counter-terrorist asset for the U.S.—when MBN attempted a legal coup d’état in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2017. MBN believed he had enough support from the so-called “Council of Ministers” to back him in a regime change.
It was Kushner and his allies in the White House who got word to MBS of bin Nayef’s plans, and the plot was abruptly stopped.
But, according to three sources with knowledge, it was this meddling in Saudi royal affairs that caused U.S. intelligence officials to go “apoplectic” and prevent Kushner from getting a top-level security clearance.
Meanwhile, speaking on MSNBC, journalist Jonathan Alter revealed that the original amount MBS discussed giving Kushner was $10 billion rather than the $2 billion Kushner ultimately received.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/25395/To-Rule-in-Saudi-Arabia%2C-Pay-for-the-US
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
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Iran’s IRGC seizes foreign ship in Persian Gulf with 200K liters of smuggled fuel
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Film: There Is No "Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EVTbQlw80j8
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Fortschritte bei saudisch-iranischen Gesprächen
Hochrangiges Treffen am letzten Donnerstag.
Wie im Vorfeld von topnews vermeldet, sind am Donnerstag nach sieben Monaten Pause hochrangige Vertreter Irans und Saudi Arabiens zu einer fünften Gesprächsrunde am Flughafen von Baghdad zusammen kommen. Nun vermeldet «Amwaj.media» in Berufung auf Teilnehmerkreise Ergebnisse. Demnach wollen beide Seiten innert 30 Tagen Delegationen zur Wiedereröffnung der 2016 geschlossenen Botschaften in beiden Hauptstädten entsenden. Separat sollen bereits angelaufene Gespräche über die Lösung des Jemen-Konfliktes in Muskat/Oman weiterlaufen.
Spannend tönen Einschätzungen zu den Motiven beider Seiten: Iran suche die infolge von US-Sanktionen schwer angeschlagene Wirtschaft durch verbesserte Beziehungen mit arabischen Staaten anzukurbeln. Daneben setzen die Normalisierungs-Abkommen Israels mit arabischen Staaten Teheran unter Druck. Angesichts der Spannungen mit Israel wolle Iran zumindest gegenüber der arabischen Welt die Temperatur senken.
Riad wolle dagegen den kostspieligen und extrem unpopulären Krieg im Jemen beenden und suche angesichts einer Abkühlung im Verhältnis zu den USA zumindest eine partielle Aussöhnung und Milderung der Spannungen zwischen regionalen Mächten – inklusive der Türkei und auch Iran
https://www.tachles.ch/artikel/news/fortschritte-bei-saudisch-iranischen-gespraechen
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Bericht: Iran und Saudi-Arabien nehmen Gespräche wieder auf
Das jüngste Treffen soll die Hoffnung geweckt haben, dass die Länder die Beziehungen wieder aufnehmen könnten.
Die rivalisierenden Regionalmächte Iran und Saudi-Arabien haben einem Medienbericht zufolge ihre im März unterbrochenen Gespräche in der irakischen Hauptstadt Bagdad wieder aufgenommen. Das jüngste positive Treffen habe die Hoffnung geweckt, dass beide Länder Schritte zur Wiederaufnahme der Beziehungen unternehmen werden, meldete die halbamtliche iranische Nachrichtenagentur Nour News am Samstag.
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Iran confirms fifth round of talks held with Saudi Arabia
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia held a fifth round of "positive" talks in Baghdad last Thursday on normalising bilateral relations.
and also https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-media-saudi-arabia-iraq-abb37654a6cf18152fd66cfe63cd204b
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Inside story: Iraq’s PM hosts Iranian, Saudi delegations for fifth round of talks
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Rüstungsexportgenehmigungen für Saudi-Arabien gestoppt
Wirtschaft/Antwort - 25.04.2022 (hib 185/2022)
Seit dem 8. Dezember 2021 sind keine Exportgenehmigungen für Rüstungsgüter mit Endverbleib in Saudi-Arabien erteilt worden. Das schreibt die Bundesregierung in einer Antwort (20/1423) auf eine Kleine Anfrage (20/836) der Fraktion Die Linke. Momentan werde eine Verlängerung der Regelung, wonach grundsätzlich keine Neuanträge für Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien - mit Ausnahme von Genehmigungen, die sich auf europäische Kooperationen beziehen - über die bisherige Laufzeit geprüft, heißt es weiter.
Die Abgeordneten der Fraktion Die Linke hatten nach Genehmigungen von Rüstungsexporten in am Jemen-Krieg beteiligte Staaten gefragt.
https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-891286
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Turkey's Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia on Thursday -two sources
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit Saudi Arabia on Thursday and meet Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, two sources with information on the matter told Reuters, as Ankara tries to mend ties with Riyadh after dropping a legal case on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
cp12b Sudan
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Official: Death toll in latest Darfur violence now over 200
The death toll from weekend tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region has surpassed 200 people, a senior official said Tuesday.
Khamis Abdalla Abkar, the provincial governor of West Darfur province, said Sunday’s fighting in the town of Kreinik also wounded at least 103 others.
He said attackers overwhelmed a joint security force in the town, leading to its withdrawal.
“This is a crime, a crime against humanity,” Abkar said in video comments, adding that the town was destroyed, including its government institutions.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-1c99e719726092998a971c4444726dfe
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Sudan: More troops deployed to Darfur after tribal clashes
Sudan’s military deployed further troops to West Darfur province to help stop tribal fighting that claimed the lives of more than 175 people over the past five days, officials and aid agencies said Monday.
The peak of the fighting between Arabs and the African Masalit tribe was Sunday in the town of Kreinik, 80 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Genena. The clashes eventually reached Genena where authorities declared a nightly curfew in the main market, according to the U.N.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-061da1549ea1c60087a45e0b35a6fb32
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Sudan group says renewed tribal clashes kill 168 in Darfur
Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region Sunday killed 168 people, a local aid group said, one of the deadliest bouts of violence in the country in recent years.
The fighting in West Darfur province comes as Sudan has been plunged into turmoil since a military coup last year. The takeover upended the country’s transition to democracy after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
The clashes raise questions over whether military leaders are capable of bringing security to Darfur, which has been wracked by years of civil war. In 2020, the U.N. Security Council ended its peacekeeping mission known there.
Adam Regal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur, said Sunday’s fighting in West Darfur’s Kreinik area also wounded 98 people.
The fighting grew out of the killing of two people by unknown assailants Thursday, he said.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-3b2c82a4b674fbf1eed80b1a56d3f9fb
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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Illicit arms shipments, other support continue to flow to Yemen's Shia
in eastern Yemen on Friday, they thwarted a new a smuggling attempt by intercepting a lorry en route to the Houthis in Sana'a , carrying a quantity of de-assembled machine guns and sniper rifles.
The shipment was obviously admitted to Yemen through Shahen port in Almahrah governorate (photos)
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55698
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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A glimpse of trade networks in Aden (Yemen) in 1155–56 CE: "Travelers arrived in these two years in ships from every sea: from all the lands of Hind and its provinces, from the land of the Zanj and its provinces, from the inland region of Berbera and Abyssinia and their provinces and from Ashḥār and Qamar and their provinces." From an extraordinary letter about a ship that capsized en route to India. (photo)
https://twitter.com/GenizaLab/status/1516966920783900675
referring to this historical document:
https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/5445/
https://s3.amazonaws.com/goitein-india-traders/II-71.pdf
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Old pictures of Yemeni Jewish community in Yemen
https://twitter.com/bin_alwazir/status/1517471015265259521
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Photos: Sanaa: From the same angle: two pictures of the Al-Ardi complex of the Ministry of Defense in Bab Al-Yaman in the capital, Sana'a Before and after the construction of the Martyrs Mosque
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1518755201246769154
Pictures from different times of the same place The famous Al-Zumar market in Old Sana'a
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1517664378425942019
Al Salam salon - inside Bab Al-Yaman The first picture is 1975 AD The second picture is 2015 AD
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1517492081425530881
Sanaa: Tahrir Square in front of the Post Office in the capital, Sanaa - in 1969
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1517333338398375937
One of the beauty of the old city of Sana’a, which has a distinctive architectural character with its distinctive building materials, is that each group of houses overlooks an orchard that constitutes an outlet and a wonderful view. Qashma (orchard) Al Qasimi in Old Sana’a, which contains dozens of houses that were built “before the eleventh century” The aggression targeted Al-Qasimi neighborhood on 13-6-2015
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516609618855829504
and more https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516611693056610306
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516611693056610306
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516609618855829504
Al-Qulais cave in the old city of Sana’a, and it is the place where Abraha built his temple, which he wanted the Arabs to make a pilgrimage to after he destroyed the Kaaba
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516071450599432198
in two different times Al Qasimi neighborhood in old Sana'a
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516760524490424323
and also https://twitter.com/faresaladeel/status/1516622532773916672
Same place, same angle Old Sana'a, the street leading to the Bukayriyah Mosque from the northern side, in the 1920s. And another picture in 1993
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516421704142274573
Al-Bakiriya Mosque.. one of the full-blown mosques in the old city of Sanaa on the eastern side..a unique architectural masterpiece compared to the time in which it was built
https://twitter.com/A7medJa7af/status/1516268268092276740
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Photo: Morning from close top area in Haraz to clouds .. Yemen
https://twitter.com/SuaadS/status/1516980536505417729
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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Yemeni Riyal Continues to Deteriorate Against Foreign Currencies in Saudi-UAE Occupied Governorates
The Yemeni riyal exchange rates continued to deteriorate significantly against foreign currencies in the occupied governorates reaching 942 riyals per dollar. The Yemeni riyal exchange rates have stabilized in the areas under the control of the Salvation Government, reaching 565 riyals to the dollar.
The deterioration of the local currency comes as a result of the pro-Saudi government printing one trillion and 800 billion riyals of illegal currency without a cash cover last year, in addition to its acquisition of all fuel revenues in the southern governorates, and their transfer to a special account with the National Bank in Riyadh.
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Giant Oil Tanker to Loot Yemeni Oil in US-Saudi-Emirati Occupied Shabwa
Giant oil tanker SEAVELVET has docked, on Monday, at Al-Nashima port in Shabwa governorate, coming from the Indian port of SlKKA, with the aim of looting Yemeni crude oil.
This giant, which is the second in April, is preparing to loot 112 thousand tons of crude oil, which is equal to a million barrels. The oil looted is worth 106 million dollars, or more than 104 billion Yemeni riyals, according to the average exchange rates in the occupied areas, according to the source.
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Yemenia Airlines.. steering wheel urgently needs replacement
In a unique move, the Yemeni official government at a meeting in Aden last November announced a package of decisions including discipline measures against some officials in a bid to reform administrative system and curb the abundant corruption and misuse of the public funds.
For many, the move seemed as a government uprising against corruption, as PM Maeen Abdulmalek vastly talked about the step's importance as part of an economic recovery that had been already declared.
Many observers expected the government would maintain this uprising to affect several official bodies in doubt, mainly the Yemenia Airlines plagued by negligence and mismanagement, to save what can be saved in this deeply-established company by trying and holding its leaders accountable.
Amid that uprising and as voices growingly called for the Yemenia Airlines' corruption to be brought under the radar, leaked reports revealed a new corrupt deal on a purchase of Airbus 330 derelict planes.
As Yemenia planes frequently suffered technical failures, leading Yemeni travelers to spend long hours waiting in airports, and the company's administrational and financial faults repeated, calls for reform further increased, with some calling for ouster of the Airlines' management.
Three (out of 8) Yemenia planes went out of order. Former management, in 2010, stroke a deal with Airbus to buy ten new 320 planes. While the Airlines was already provided with two, delivery of the other 8 planes was scheduled until 2017, increasing its fleet to 19 planes.
But Yemenis new management (led by Alwani) decided to return the two new planes and canceled the deal with Airbus, rising many doubts.
"Yemenia officials were illegally paid by an international carrier that had a purchase order with Airbus and was set to receive the delivery after the Yemenia," a Yemeni journalist said on Facebook.
The illegal money helped that air company "receive its order before Yemenia," Mohamed al-Khamiri added, without naming the carrier.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-29458.html
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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UAE-Saudi Occupied Marib, Southern Governorates on Brink of Bloody Conflict Between Al-Qaeda and Daesh
The recent movements of terrorist individuals from Al-Qaeda and Daesh in the southern UAE-Saudi occupied governorates, have raised concerns regarding using them by the United States and the coalition countries in escalation in Marib and Abyan.
The terrorist organization, Daesh, announced the launch of terrorist operations, in the coming days, to avenge their dead, coinciding with the movements of al-Qaeda members in the Hadhramaut and Abyan governorates, with support and coordination with the US-Saudi aggression.
A statement issued by the "ISIS" organization, delivered by the official spokesman of the organization nicknamed "Abu Omar Al-Muhajir", in an audio speech published on the website of the Al-Furqan Media Foundation affiliated with the terrorist organization, talked about what he called a "conquest" to avenge the killing of their princes and leaders, led by "Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurashi", and the former spokesman “Al-Muhajir Abu Hamza”.
The terrorist organization's statement indicated that the organization's operations during the remaining days of the blessed month of Ramadan will be carried out in southern Yemen and West Africa.
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Geolocated a scene in a new APR 19 #AQAP video. It shows AQAP fighters using satellite imagery to plan an op against the Houthis near Aawwayn,Al-Sawmaa, Al-Bayda,#Yemen. Coords:14.038461111111111,45.66023333333333 (images9
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1516457120513863686
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Latest martyrdom claim from #alQaeda in #Yemen alleges Houthis killed Sa'd al-Mas'udi in Qayfa. No date. Unverified. Claim suits both Houthis & #AQAP. (image)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1518544574561628161
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According to footage included in a video released yesterday by #AlQaeda in #Yemen, #AQAP (or whoever is behind it...) is now using armed #drones I've clipped just 10 seconds to illustrate. The (unverified) footage is allegedly from Ansar al-Shari'a correspondent in al-Bayda' (film)
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1516445061684289538
(A T P)
#AlQaeda Statement slams #Yemen's new Presidential Council as Same old corrupt elites, Coalition not Yemeni initiative, Part of #Saudi-led plan to keep Yemen weak, Serves US interests, Houthis will end up empowered, #AQAP advises Islah to "get a grip before they all drown"
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1516417069134270481
cp15 Propaganda
(A P)
Yemen: Driving the Demons Out
The Presidential Council makes it easier for the Saudis and the UAE to negotiate with Yemeni factions, including many Shia ones, to work out a peace deal. The war has dragged on for eight years mainly because Iran got involved and injected religious issues. For most Yemenis the war was about maintaining the cohesion of the nation. For Iran and the Shia rebels it’s also about religion. T he Iranian religious dictatorship is obsessed with replacing Saudi Arabia as the guardian of Mecca and Medina, the most important religious shrines for all Moslems.
The main battlefield for control of Mecca is in nearby Yemen.
The Iranians convinced many of the Shia Yemenis that getting their autonomy back should be non-negotiable because without that autonomy the Yemeni Shia will be vulnerable to retaliation from all the other Yemeni groups the Shia rebels have harmed during years of civil war. It’s an impossible situation for the Saudis because the Iranians want to use Shia controlled areas in northern Yemen as a perpetual base for attacks on Saudi control of Mecca and Medina. The Iranians have also displayed a preference for violating any treaty they enter into and the Yemeni rebels do likewise.
Before the Iranians got involved, the Saudis avoided problems with the Zaidi Shia living in Saudi Arabia by making sure the Zaidi got a share of the oil wealth that had made all Saudis loyal to the kingdom.
https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/yemen/articles/20220420.aspx
(A P)
80 Houthi militants and Lebanese Hezbollah experts were flown outside Yemen from Sana'a Airport to be offered treatment for wounds sustained in the war on Marib./Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55699
My remark: Look at cp2a. There had been no flight from Sanaa airport yet.
(A P)
Cartoon: How the #Houthis run areas under their control.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1516531552985010178
(A P)
More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349357
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349340
http://en.adenpress.news/news/34957
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349183
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349160
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349149
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2349132
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348938
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348904
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348896
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348702
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348654
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348641
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348282
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348170
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2347997
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2347996
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2347981
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2347942
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2347479
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1517958870185897984
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Keine Luftangriffe seit Beginn des waffenstillstands.
No air raids since the beginning of the truth.
(* A K pH)
Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
April 12: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2310003522483333/
April 11: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2310003162483369/
April 10: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2310002679150084/
April 9: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2310002199150132/
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Der Waffenstillstand hält weitgehend. Beide Seiten werfen einander Verstöße vor.
The truth mostly holds. Both sides accuse each other of violations.
(A K pH)
Houthi claims of truce violations by the other side
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184861.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184745.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184594.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184475.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184326.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184200.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184087.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3183943.htm
(A K pS)
The Houthi militia have committed 1924 violations of the truce in different parts of Yemen in three weeks, the Yemeni army said on Monday/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55732
(A K pS)
Woman killed, husband injured by Houthi landmine in Taiz
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55731
(A K pS)
Houthis ballistic missiles continue to fall on Marib
The terrorist Shia fired two ballistic missiles on the provincial capital early this Sunday and another missile in the south of the province, with no causalities incurred fortunately. The militia are continuing to fire rockets on Harib district and artillery fire onto different villages in Marib's outlying districts while pressing forward to achieve gains on the ground.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55712
Photo: https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1518289194522710018
(A K pS)
Houthi ceasefire breaches expanded and reached 71 in different frontlines in the country the day before yesterday (Thursday), media sources have confirmed. The violations occurred in Hodeidah, Hajjah, Taiz and the country's south/Aden Alghad
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55699
(A K pS)
Houthi militants shell houses in Marib
Houthi militants shelled houses in Marib's southern district of Malaa with artillery fire and rockets this Saturday, as part of the continuous war on the governorate despite the truce/Almashehad Alyemeni and other websites
The Houthi militia escalate attacks in Yemen's western coast frontlines/The Western Coast website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55699
(A K pS)
Houthis prepare for defining battle in a new province
As the Sana'a Airport and Hodeidah Seaport are opened upon Houthis' demand, the militia are preparing for starting a new major and defining battle in a new province other than Marib: Taiz. The militia have begun in the past two days to rehabilitate sand berms and trenches in the chock-points of the besieged city/Almashehad Alyemeni website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55683
(A K pS)
The [Aden gov.] army downs a Houthi drone laden with explosives in the skies of Saada province as the Houthi militia commit 80 violations/ Almashehad Alkhaleeji
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55683
(A K pS)
A young man (Ramzi Adel) was killed by a Houthi mortar round fired onto Bayhan district in Shabwa on Sunday/Crater Sky
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
(A K pS)
Houthi militia launch fierce attack on the army in south Marib
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
and
(A K pS)
Senior Houthi militant Mutlaq Al-Bukhayti and dozens other militants were killed in the clashes with the army in south Marib in the past hours (Sunday evening)/Almashehad Alyemeni
The Houthi reconnaissance drones comb the skies of Marib's southern frontlinesas the militia keep pouring military reinforcements in preparation for a major battle with the army/Newsline
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
(A K pS)
A soldier was killed by a Houthi sniper in Haradh of Hajjah as the Houthi militia continue to violate the truce/Bawabati
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
(A K pS)
KSrelief Masam Project Dismantles over 1,550 Mines in Yemen during One Week
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Project (Masam) for clearing mines in Yemen, dismantled, during the third week of April 2022, a total of 1,550 mines planted by the Houthi militia across Yemen, including 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 334,060 mines planted by the Houthi militias, have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2348630
(A K)
Trotz Waffenruhe wieder schwere Gefechte in einer Region im Jemen
Gut zwei Wochen nach Beginn einer Waffenruhe im Jemen gleitet das Bürgerkriegsland teils wieder in Gewalt ab. In der umkämpften Provinz Marib kam es seit Mittwochfrüh wieder zu schweren Gefechten zwischen den Houthi-Rebellen und Truppen der Regierung, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur aus Militärkreisen erfuhr. Die mit dem Iran verbündeten Rebellen hätten an Maribs südlicher Front einen großen Angriff gestartet, teilte das Medienbüro der Regierungstruppen bei Twitter mit.
In dem Land auf der Arabischen Halbinsel war am 2. April eigentlich eine Waffenruhe in Kraft getreten, die erste landesweite Feuerpause seit 2016. Die Gewalt ging UNO-Angaben zufolge seitdem deutlich zurück.
Zugleich warfen die Konfliktparteien sich gegenseitig aber immer wieder Verstöße vor.
https://kurier.at/politik/ausland/trotz-waffenruhe-wieder-schwere-gefechte-in-einer-region-im-jemen/401980076 = https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/trotz-waffenruhe-wieder-schwere-gefechte-in-einer-region-im-jemen-66159502
und auch https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/424965.schwere-gefechte-im-jemen-trotz-waffenruhe.html
(A K pS)
At least 80 Iran-backed Houthi violations reported since ceasefire: Yemen Army report (on April 19)
(A K pH)
Twenty sheep, camels killed in two mines blast in Marib
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184746.htm
(A K pH)
Casualties in Explosions of US-Saudi Aggression's Remnants in Sa’adah, Al-Jawf
The Center also reported the death of a citizen and the injury of two others, including a child, as a result of the explosion of a landmine left behind by the coalition of aggression in Al-Yatama district, Al-Jawf Governorate.
(A K pH)
Child killed in aggression bomb explosion in Sa'ada
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184564.htm
(A K pS)
Violent battles ongoing now southern #Marib between govt forces and Iran-aligned Houthis. Both intensively using artillery where sounds of heavy shelling could be heard.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1516619264639315969
(A K pH)
1545 Recorded Violations of UN-sponsored Truce by US-Saudi Aggression
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are ongoing and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
(A K pH)
Houthi claims of truce violations by the other side
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184703.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184596.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184491.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184331.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184299.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3184142.htm
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3183976.htm
(A K pS)
The Houthi militia in Hays (Hodeidah province) escalate truce violations, destroy main asphalted roads and dig trenches in them/Newsline website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55640
(A K pS)
A man was killed and another was wounded as they stepped on a Houthi-laid landmine in Almaghras area, Hays district in the western Yemen province of Hodeidah on Wednesday./Multiple websites.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-55683
(A K pH)
Citizen killed, another wounded in Hodeida by aggression landmine blast
The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) said in a statement that a citizen was killed and another was wounded in al-Maghras area in al-Tuhaita district by the explosion of a mine left behind by the aggression.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3183939.htm
My remark: Or by a landmine laid by the Houthi side.
(A K)
UNMHA conducts post-airstrike patrol to Hudaydah Ports
On 27 March 2022, UNMHA undertook a patrol to three reported airstrike locations in Hudaydah city and the vicinity of Hudaydah’s ports.
https://unmha.unmissions.org/unmha-conducts-post-airstrike-patrol-hudaydah-ports
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
(A P)
Sofie Alj, Executive Director @SMEPSYemen: Excited to be part of this years Young Global Leaders! It's been a year of waiting & I couldn't be more excited to join incredible leaders & #changemakers around the world on this journey, to represent #Yemen, our work on the ground & to learn more about my peers!
https://twitter.com/SofieAlj/status/1516718779144806403
and more https://www.younggloballeaders.org/new-class
My comment: A new class of globalist elite’s puppets.
(A P)
2022 Aurora Humanitarians Announced in Yerevan
Today, on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced the names of 2022 Aurora Humanitarians, chosen for their exceptional impact, courage, and commitment to putting themselves at risk to help others. A US $1,000,000 award is given on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors in order to address on-the-ground humanitarian challenges around the world with the focus on helping the most destitute. The announcement was made in the Matenadaran, the national repository of ancient manuscripts located in Yerevan, Armenia. One of the Humanitarians will later be named the 2022 Aurora Prize Laureate.
The 2022 Aurora Humanitarians are:
Hadi Jumaan (Yemen), a peace activist, mediator, and body collector from Yemen who regularly risks his life to facilitate the exchange of prisoners of war and recover human remains from the frontlines. As the country continues to experience a prolonged political and humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war, Mr. Jumaan brings to the families the only solace left to them – the knowledge that their loved and lost ones may finally rest in peace.
https://auroraprize.com/en/2022-aurora-humanitarians-announced-in-yerevan
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyMpZag4YBA
and
(* B H K)
The Last Journey Home
Hadi Jumaan is a peace activist and social development specialist turned body collector from Yemen who cooperates with both sides of the conflict to facilitate the exchange of prisoners of war and recover human remains from the frontlines. As the country continues to experience a prolonged political, humanitarian, and developmental crisis caused by the civil war between the government and the armed group called Houthi, Mr. Jumaan and his small group of volunteers regularly risk their lives to bring to the families the only solace left to them – the knowledge that their loved and lost ones may finally rest in peace.
After working with the Social Development Fund that runs different programs across Yemen, Hadi Jumaan returned to Al Jawf. By this time, the war had begun.
“The fighting was already happening in Al Jawf, and the main thing we saw was a lot of people being killed on the battlefield from both sides. The front was always moving, and people were just leaving those dead individuals laying there,” recalls Hadi. He felt he needed to do something. “Around that time, I was approached by someone who had known me before the conflict. He told me: “I know you’ve always been trying to help people with your humanitarian work. Can you assist me in retrieving the remains of my two relatives, my brother and my cousin?” So, I went to get them.”
But bringing the remains back was only half the task: “We started contacting [possible relatives]. We didn’t know who those people were and were trying to identify them. We had to use our skills to contact both sides of the conflict and to convince them that we were there to help. We asked if they knew people killed in that area.” Eventually, Hadi was able to track down the person in charge and was told that he should travel all the way to the capital, Sana’a. There, he found out that all the deceased, all nineteen of them, came from the same neighborhood.
The word got out about the success of his mission, and things started to happen fast. Families, desperate for any help, began contacting Hadi. He realized it was time to grow the operation and make things official, hoping that getting registered would also make the missions safer for himself and his team. “We started to work as volunteers, but after being imprisoned several times, I felt the need to have a proper registration, so that when people asked us, we would have our papers ready. We formed an organization we called the Humanitarian Mediators,” says Hadi.
The volunteers, including Hadi, don’t have any special training and have had to learn on the job, which presents a double risk
https://auroraprize.com/en/the-last-journey-home
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AANCN6AwSbY
Comment by Hadi Jumaan: My selection as 2022 Aurora Humanitarians was from 633 submissions from 62 countries that have been received by @auroraprize_ for the 2022 #AuroraPrize. I am the third #Yemen-i to receive it after @h_alsarare & @ashwagmaharm, who received it in the past years
https://twitter.com/HadiGumaan/status/1518217953065451520
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-802-yemen-war-mosaic-802
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-802 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-802:
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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