September 21, 2022: The possibility for peace in Yemen’s extended ceasefire – The Houthis’ expropriation and confiscation of citizens lands in Hodeidah – Separatist STC forces take advantage of Houthi truce to turn fire on al-Qaeda – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-823b-yemen-war-mosaic-823b
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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
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A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
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Audio:
Sieben Jahre Bürgerkrieg im Jemen
ARD- Korrespondenten auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit
https://www.mdr.de/mdr-aktuell-nachrichtenradio/audio/audio-2133116.html
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Yemen: General Reference Map (9/14/2022)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-general-reference-map-9142022
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Seizing The Day: The Possibility For Peace In Yemen’s Extended Ceasefire
Now that there has been a temporary respite from fighting, it is vital to enact swift, comprehensive policy that heavily discourages the countries that have been previously embroiled in the conflict – Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, and the US, from providing more weapons, funds, or support to any of the Yemeni factions. By treating the conflict as a proxy war, the wellbeing of the people of Yemen has been side-lined. Although Iran denies involvement in the war, their clear support of the Houthi rebels must be publicly condemned. In 2019, the GEE found that the “legality” of arms sales to countries such as Saudi Arabia by western states such as the UK, the US, and France was questionable. The Arms Trade Treaty, which many of these states are signatory to, proposes to withhold the transfer of arms when there are suspicions that said arms may be used to carry out war crimes. Before substantial progress can be made in peace talks, the country must be demilitarized in all possible ways.
The priority should be to address the basic needs of the Yemeni people during the peace process. Funds must be raised as quickly as possible to prevent the famine from gaining momentum. In a highly disappointing move, two-thirds of all major UN projects in the country were forced to scale down or close entirely due to funding shortages. A devastating 8 million people also saw their food rations cut in half earlier in the year, with further reductions on the way. The distribution of aid must be closely monitored to prevent the theft of vital supplies. A country cannot survive on aid alone, so it is also necessary that the country’s economy be opened and set on path to growth. The current progress made in Sanaa, with the resumption of international trade and the flow of fuel through the port of Hudaydah, is a step in the right direction. However, the opening of transportation and trade routes needs to be widespread, both for humanitarian and economic reasons. An agreement must be made for movement between the besieged city of Taiz and other governorates. Finally, the GEE must be re-installed to continue their investigation into the war crimes committed by all factions and international actors in the war. To do anything less would be a gross injustice and a failure to the Yemeni people.
While this temporary peace provides much needed relief for citizens, there are already rumours of the Houthis regrouping, along with worrying reports of children being enrolled in military “summer camps” that could easily lead into a mass recruitment of child soldiers. UN officials are trying to extend the ceasefire on a bi-monthly basis, and although that may work in the short term, decisive action is needed now to create a solid foundation for lasting peace. The world cannot give up on the 30 million people in Yemen, nor can we allow those responsible for this crisis to escape punishment in a court of international law. Progress must be made now whilst there is opportunity, and before the ceasefire collapses and Yemen is plunged back into war – by Mary O’ Keeffe
https://theowp.org/reports/seizing-the-day-the-possibility-for-peace-in-yemens-extended-ceasefire/
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The Houthi group’s expropriation and confiscation of citizens lands in Hodeidah is a serious violation and forced displacement that must be stopped and the perpetrators should be held accountable
SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties said that the Houthi group is committing a serious violation of the property rights of citizens living in several areas extending from Al-Qasra to Al-Jaruba area, southeast of Bait Al-Faqih District, south of Al-Hodeidah Governorate. SAM stressed that the expropriation of land and private property constitutes a grave violation of the basic rights guaranteed by both international and Yemeni law, and the Houthi group must immediately stop escalation by using force and intimidation against civilians to expropriate land and private property.
"SAM" indicated in a lengthy statement issued by it today, Friday, that the beginning of the matter was in 2014, according to eyewitnesses from the areas that suffered from the takeover of the Houthi group where the Houthi group made several attempts to seize about 90 km in the coastal soil area of the Bajel Directorate on the Red Sea coast. However, their efforts failed at first, and these militias returned after years through a policy of intimidation and fear to extend their control over several areas and villages in the Hodeidah Governorate.
The organization indicated that its team met with a number of victims and affected people whose lands were confiscated, in addition to obtaining testimonies that proved the expropriation of entire lands and the benefit from the strategic locations of those lands and areas, which the organization confirms is a blatant and unacceptable violation and a clear attack by the Houthi group on guaranteed and protected rights.
One of the eyewitnesses mentioned to SAM in his testimony, “What is happening can be described as a campaign of forced displacement of the people of 4 villages extending from Al-Qasra area to the Al-Juroba area, in the southeast of Bait Al-Faqih District, south of Al-Hodeidah Governorate as these areas are considered some of the most fertile agricultural lands in Al Hudaydah Governorate.” He added, "A person named (Faisal Al-Hatfi Abu Al-Batool), appointed by the Houthi militia as director of the Endowment Office of the Bait Al-Faqih District, issued leases to expatriates and influential personalities in partnership with (Yahya Sahl) the director general of the district and Abu Yassin, the supervisor of the southern square, and they sent dozens of military pickups to displace the residents of the villages of: Al-Ma’arif, Al-Hadariah, Bani Al-Sahel, Al-Sabahi, and scattered villages as far as Al-Joruba in the east.”
He also stated in his testimony that "the Houthi militia committed the most horrific crimes against the people of those areas since they burned homes and prevented the injured from being take to hospitals, and arrested dozens of residents of those villages and took them to unknown illegal detentions. They attacked women, including Aisha Abdul Rahman Sabahi and Aisha Muhammad Abdo Mistehi where 12 bulldozers destroyed homes and removed the barriers separating the lands.”
The human rights organization indicated that the Houthi group worked to significantly intensify its control over large areas of the country and prevented access to the Jaruba junction on the Al-Hodeidah - Al-Hussainiya road in the southeast of the Bait Al-Faqih district, south of Al-Hodeidah Governorate as the militia deployed its gunmen at Al-Jaruba Junction and prevented access to the villages extending from the junction to Al-Jaruba in the east, where the agricultural nursery and the Agricultural Research Center of the Tihama Development Authority are located.
Information obtained by “SAM” from several sources showed that the Houthi group issued a warning to the residents of those villages that they should leave their homes and farms on the basis that these lands belong to the Economic Corporation and the Endowments, and that it concluded lease contracts for expatriates from Saada and Hajjah and influential figures in the governorate.
The Houthi militia launched a fierce military campaign with dozens of pickups, and committed terrible and serious violations, and arrested more than 30 people - including women - from the people of those areas. It also prevented the injured from being treated including 18 women, as it detained most of the victims in buildings belonging to the Al-Taqwa Mosque in the south of Bait al-Faqih city.
For his part, a resident of those areas told the “SAM” team in his testimony, “What is happening in the southeast of Beit al-Faqih district can be described as plowing the land, which is similar to the behavior of Iranian militias in other countries. The Houthi militia has isolated hundreds of inhabited villages from their external surroundings, in addition to the excessive use of force while preventing aid for victims, including women, and the campaign of arrests and the use of about 12 bulldozers to destroy homes and water barriers, in conjunction with the forced displacement of hundreds of families whose ancestors lived in areas that they reclaimed and cultivated for decades.”
The organization highlighted that the Houthi group attacked the women of those areas, beat them with rifle butts, prevented medical staff from entering and providing first aid to them and the rest of the injured and arrested dozens of the individuals including "Muhammad Bakhit Mshikhi, Muhammad Abdo Mshikhi, Ali Tammam Mshikhi, Hammoud Tammam Mshikhi, the liquidator of Abdullah Yahya, Badr Abdullah Yahya, Fahd Ahmed Fatini, Muhammad bin Muhammad Mshikhi, Aseel Ayyash Mshikhi, Ismail Msheikhi" and other citizens and arrested and detained them without a judicial order to do so.
https://samrl.org/l.php?l=e,10,A,c,1,74,77,4564,html
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Yemen: STC forces take advantage of Houthi truce to turn fire on al-Qaeda
Southern Transitional Council, backed by government forces and tribal leaders, suffer heavy casualties after launching operation in Abyan
Since late last month, when it launched operation Siham al-Sharq (Eastern Arrow), Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC), backed by government forces and tribal leaders, has been battling a militant group in their Abyan province stronghold.
So far the operation against Ansar al-Sharia, created in 2011 by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as its local arm, has succeeded in taking control of some areas in Abyan, including the Mudeyah district, but with a high rate of casualties.
The STC has said the offensive, one of several similar military operations in the last decade, will be expanded to include Shabwah, the other main province where al-Qaeda fighters have spread, and may ultimately arrive at Hadhramout.
In response, on Wednesday Ansar al-Sharia announced its own military operation against the STC and its allies.
Ansar al-Sharia fighters have at times fought alongside coalition forces against the Houthis in Aden and other parts of the south. However in recent years the group has take advantage of the tensions between the different groups in the southern provinces to reunite themselves and strengthen their position.
In light of that growing strength, the STC and its allies appear to be taking advantage of the current truce between Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthis to focus their efforts against Ansar al-Sharia.
Mohammed*, originally from Abyan and a fighter with the UAE-backed Giants Brigade, crack troops known as al-Amaliqa in Arabic, told Middle East Eye that the STC forces, fighting shoulder to shoulder with tribal leaders and government forces, had achieved major successes in Abyan.
“The southern forces liberated major Ansar al-Sharia areas in Abyan, especially Omoran valley in Mudeyah district, and that cost the southern forces a lot [of casualties],” he said.
Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, Mohammed said Ansar al-Sharia fighters had different kinds of weapons and had planted many landmines in the roads leading to their strongholds, and that was the main reason behind the casualties among the southern forces.
“Ansar al-Sharia are well equipped and they have military camps where they were trained in fighting skills, so it was not easy for the southern forces to advance,” he said.
Munther*, a resident of Abyan province, told MEE that al-Qaeda in Abyan was just one of several militias that were depriving Yemenis of the peace they were longing for.
“When there are Ansar al-Sharia fighters in one area, that means that area will witness explosions, assassinations and other kinds of crimes which leaves the area in chaos,” he said.
“Residents of Abyan have been calling for peace, and when there is a military operation against Ansar al-Sharia, they don’t hesitate to join because by the end these campaigns help them to stay in peace.”
Munther said the Ansar al-Sharia fighters can be seen moving around markets and that people feel terrified while the security forces are unable to do anything about their presence.
“Ansar al-Shariah is a headache in Abyan, and we hope that the STC and other forces can liberate the province and the whole of Yemen from them,” he said.
“If the different groups in Yemen get unified against extremists, they can’t continue but when they leave them freely, they get stronger.”
Veteran journalist Mohamed Ali told MEE that this was the best time for the STC and government forces to liberate southern areas from Ansar al-Sharia as there is currently a truce with the Houthis.
“There is no fighting with the Houthis nowadays, and the STC knows there are extremists in Abyan and Shabwah and those extremists consider the STC and the government as targets,” he said.
“Extremists are a hidden danger that threatens the STC and the government and it is normal that the STC launches this operation at this time.” – by MEE correspondent
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-abyan-stc-forces-qaeda-houthi-truce
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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Two COVID-19 cases reported, 11,934 in total
Yemen's supreme national emergency committee for coronavirus reported Tuesday two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the governorates of Hadramout and Taiz.
In its statement, the committee also affirmed the death of two patients in Hadramout and Taiz and the recovery of five others in Lahj governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35649
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-september-20-2022-map-update/
MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-september-18-2022-map-update/
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Workshop Tackles Peace Priorities from Yemeni Women’s Point of View
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/news/18717
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108 Jemeniten durch Explosion von Minen und Streubomben getötet
Einem Bericht zufolge wurden seit April, als im Jemen ein von der UNO vermittelter Waffenstillstand in Kraft trat, mindestens 108 jemenitische Zivilisten durch die Explosion von Minen, Streubomben und andere tödliche Überbleibsel getötet.
Die in Sanaa ansässige Menschenrechtsorganisation "Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC)" stellte diese Informationen am Sonntag zur Verfügung.
Rund 216 weitere sind dem Bericht zufolge in diesem Zeitraum aus denselben Gründen verwundet worden.
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Report: 108 Yemenis Killed by Mines, Cluster Bombs, Other War Remnants Since Truce
A report said at least 108 Yemeni civilians have been killed by landmines, cluster bombs, and other fatal remnants of the Saudi-led war since April, when a UN-brokered truce came into effect in the impoverished Arab country.
The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC), a human rights body based in the capital Sana'a, provided the information on Sunday, presstv reported.
As many as 216 others, it added, had also been wounded during the period by the same causes
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Death beckons with every step
The war in Yemen is not over, but at least there is a ceasefire. Meanwhile, the population is suffering from landmines that have made large parts of the country impenetrable. Hundreds of people have already died. Safia Mahdi reports from Sanaa
The worst of the violence is hopefully behind Yemen. The ceasefire negotiated in the spring continues to be broken sporadically, but overall violence has decreased significantly, even if the conflict remains unresolved. A ceasefire between the Houthi rebels and the international military coalition represented by Saudi Arabia came into effect in April, and has since been extended twice, most recently in August. The agreement provides at least a small respite for millions of suffering people – Yemenis are either already being affected by or live in fear of a major famine.
Nevertheless, the lives and physical integrity of many Yemenis continue to be at risk. Large swathes of Yemen literally became minefields during the war. In many regions, Yemenis have to fear stepping on one of the countless landmines scattered throughout the country. Many people have already been killed by mines or have had to have their limbs amputated as a result of an explosion. Since few mines have been cleared so far, the danger of stepping on one of these deadly weapons without warning will remain for years to come.
Large parts of Yemen have literally been transformed into minefields in recent years, especially where enemy forces have been in direct confrontation. These areas are particularly dangerous for civilians once the fighting stops.
https://en.qantara.de/content/landmines-in-yemen-death-beckons-with-every-step
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Al-Junaid stresses importance of rehabilitating, operating Taiz International Airport
Deputy Prime Minister for National Vision Affairs – Head of the Executive Office of the National Vision Management, Mahmoud Al-Junaid, on Saturday stressed the importance of rehabilitating and operating Taiz International Airport for its strategic and pivotal role in the civil aviation field.
https://en.ypagency.net/272745/
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324 Citizens Killed, Injured Since Start of UN-Sponsored Truce
The death toll from mines and cluster bombs remnants by the US-Saudi aggression in Yemen has increased since the implementation of the UN- sponsored truce last April 2, as the citizens return to their homes and villages.
During the truce, it was recommended that there be humanitarian treatments regarding the provision of mine detectors and the necessary supplies for the Executive Center.
The Executive Center for Mine Action stated that the total number of victims of mines and cluster bombs amounted to 324 citizens, 108 of them were killed and 216 were injured.
The center explained that the cluster bombs’ death toll from cluster bombs was 75 citizens, 18 of them were killed and 57 others were injured.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272693/
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The Sana’a Center and Switzerland Sign Two-Year Partnership Agreement
The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies and the Government of Switzerland have signed a two-year strategic partnership to study the interrelation between the humanitarian aid response in Yemen and economic dynamics in the country.
As part of the program, the Sana’a Center will create dialogue platforms bringing together local, regional, and international humanitarian and economic stakeholders in Yemen to exchange ideas, discuss Yemen’s most important issues, and develop policy recommendations to solve them
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/news/18697
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Der Jemen kommt nicht zur Ruhe
Waffenstillstand gebrochen, Initiativen gescheitert, Wien-Gespräche abgewartet
Die Situation im Jemen wird immer komplexer, die Krise größer als jede Lösungsmöglichkeit. Der Waffenstillstand wird gebrochen, die Auswirkungen der Wiener Iran-Gespräche auf den Jemen sind schwer absehbar, und über die Rolle der Vereinten Nationen herrscht noch viel Unklarheit.
Die Vereinten Nationen bemühen sich, die Kluften zwischen den zerstrittenen Parteien des Jemen-Konflikts zu überbrücken. Sie wollen sie dazu bringen, eine umfassende politische Lösung zu erzielen. Doch davon sind sie jedoch noch weit entfernt.
Welchen Erfolg diese Bemühungen haben werden, hängt aber wesentlich auch davon ab, was in Wien ausgehandelt wird. Die harsche Erklärung vom Wochenende, in der Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien "ernsthafte Zweifel" am iranischen Willen an einem Deal äußerten, wirkt zunächst wie ein Rückschlag des Verhandlungsprozesses. Gelingt es aber in Wien, das von US-Präsident Donald Trump aufgelöste Iran-Abkommen (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) wiederzubeleben und die Sanktionen gegen den Iran zurückzufahren, würde sich das auch im Jemen auswirken.
https://www.presseportal.de/pm/165179/5321246
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Audio: Yemen After Eight Years of Civil War
Now in the fifth month of a ceasefire, what are the prospects for a negotiated end to the Yemeni Civil War, and the beginning of a sustained peace? MEI Distinguished Sr. Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy and Director of the Arabian Peninsula program Gerald Feierstein discusses these questions with two outstanding scholars who have followed and written extensively about Yemen over the years. Fatima Abo Alasrar is a nonresident scholar at MEI and a Senior Analyst for the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies. Ibrahim Jalal is a Yemeni security, conflict, and defense researcher in the UK, an Erasmus Scholar, and a co-founding member of The Security Distillery think tank.
https://www.mei.edu/multimedia/podcast/yemen-after-eight-years-civil-war = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuJpvzqlsKo
My remark: certainly quite biased, as can be concluded from those speaking here.
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UN: Pledge goal reached for averting oil disaster off Yemen
The U.N. still has to persuade all donors to pay up on pledges for the first $75 million phase of the emergency removal operation to begin.
The United Nations has finally raised enough money to remove 1 million barrels of oil from a long-stranded and rusting oil supertanker off Yemen's red sea coast, five nautical miles from the port of Ras Isa.
The pledging goal to remove oil from the FSO Safer Tanker moves Yemen closer toward averting an explosion or leak that could wreak environmental havoc and economic disaster.
The U.N. still has to persuade all donors to pay up on pledges for the first $75 million phase of the emergency removal operation to begin, warned Russell Geekie, a spokesman for U.N. operations in Yemen.
The rusting FSO Safer supertanker holds some four times the estimated amount of oil released in the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill that devastated the Alaskan coast. Funding delays and Yemen’s seven-year war have stymied international efforts to start addressing the threat, making the Safer a spectre of looming disaster throughout Yemen's ongoing conflict.
The U.N. has led a multinational effort to raise funds to start removing the oil safely.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/un-pledge-goal-reached-averting-oil-disaster-yemen
and also https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-united-nations-yemen-32f9e9b1832e1a2d5f1e652d2a3cef0b
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Additional Dutch funds to help salvage oil tanker off the Yemeni coast
The Netherlands will release an additional €7.5 million for salvage operations to secure the FSO Safer, a floating oil storage vessel off the coast of Yemen. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinemacher hopes that this amount will help to bridge the current funding gap, thereby allowing recovery efforts to begin. The salvage operation, which is being led by the United Nations, is aimed at preventing a major oil spill.
https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2022/09/17/additional-dutch-funds-oil-tanker-yemen
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Yemen: Dutch aid raises UN hopes of salvaging 'ticking time bomb' oil tanker
A donation by the Netherlands has raised hopes that an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen can be averted by rescuing the stranded FSO Safer oil tanker, which holds a million barrels of crude oil.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-dutch-aid-raises-hopes-salvaging-oil-tanker
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Funding Needed for UN’s Yemen Oil Tanker Cleanup
Moored Supertanker Threatens Humanitarian, Environmental Disaster
Donor countries that pledged to fund a long-delayed salvage mission for the FSO Safer, a decaying oil supertanker moored off Yemen’s coast in the Red Sea, should immediately send the remainder of their contributions. The situation remains urgent as the tanker threatens a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe.
Wealthy donor countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, should rapidly transfer funds to avert what could become one of the world’s worst oil spills, and devastate the population and environment in Yemen.
While governments and businesses have pledged funds for the salvage operation, they have not yet handed over the money. They should do so immediately, as the first stage of the mission cannot begin until the UN has the full US$80 million required in the bank.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/20/funding-needed-uns-yemen-oil-tanker-cleanup
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Time running out for millions of people threatened by environmental 'ticking time bomb' off Yemen's coast
While on Monday the UN announced it had finally reached its pledging goal to raise money to remove 1 million barrels of oil from the supertanker, donors are yet to pay up on pledges for the first phase of the emergency removal operation to begin.
As world leaders gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly this week, Save the Children is urging the international community to treat the SAFER oil tanker issue as an international emergency and release funds now to prevent this potential disaster from unfolding. The livelihoods of Yemen's fishing communities could be instantly wiped out if the aging FSO Safer, which is in a deep state of decay, leaks or explodes. Millions of people would be exposed to life-threatening hazardous substances.
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UN still short of funding target needed to rescue decaying tanker off Yemen's coast
Time to offload a million barrels of oil from a tanker off the coast of Yemen is running out, with experts warning of unprecedented environmental damage
The United Nations (UN) says it is “confident” that it will be able to prevent the break up of a decaying super tanker moored off the coast of Yemen.
The organisation has been raising funds to carry out a rescue operation and prevent what experts warn could be an environmental disaster in the Red Sea, but they have not yet met their target.
As of September the UN has raised $68m in pledges to repair the rusting oil tanker, though only about $10m of the total funds have actually been handed over. The UN has an $80m target.
$33 m was raised in May at a pledging event in The Hague from a combination of nine European governments, Qatar, and the European Union. The following month, Saudi Arabia said it would donate $10m.
The decaying 45-year-old ship named FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeida, has not been serviced since Yemen was plunged into civil war over seven years ago.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-will-have-funds-needed-rescue-decaying-tanker-yemens-coast
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[Aden] Yemeni gov't calls for end to Houthi abusing Safer FSO file
The Yemeni government calls on the United Nations to put an end to the Houthi abuse of the Safer floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility's file, the Yemeni prime minister said on Thursday.
The international community should not let the Houthis to use Safer as a political blackmail card
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30950.html
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Yemeni Civil War brings war on female artists
Women singers challenge traditions and smash taboos in a new cultural movement.
Upon seizing power in Sanaa and other Yemeni cities in the north, the Ansar Allah group (the Houthi movement), the northern de facto authority, posed the greatest threat to the new artistic movement through repeated harassment and decisions limiting women from singing on many occasions.
Despite the restrictions imposed after Ansar Allah took control of the north, many female artists appeared on the music scene during the years of Yemen’s war. Others decided to travel to neighboring countries to find a better environment to perform.
Muthana was also harassed by her community because of her singing, a situation she described as “a war on art and artists. The state does not give us any attention or support. Society is the biggest obstacle. It views women’s singing as a decline in social values. Singers are outcasted.”
The Local Administration Ministry in Sanaa announced that district security directors are to limit “the spread of male and female artists at parties and events” to “preserve customs and traditions and consolidate faith identity.”
Ansar Allah has suspended many events and celebrations due to the presence of women performing traditional dances, playing musical instruments, or singing.
Ansar Allah has prevented women from attending music institutes in Sanaa and other cities under its control and banned young girls from singing and dancing at school parties and public events, describing this as an urgent necessity to preserve customs, traditions and national identity.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-716930
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Film: [Sanaa gov.] Agriculture Ministry Highlights Effects, Repercussions of US-Saudi Aggression, Siege
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Weak and Divided, the General People’s Congress Turns 40
The General People’s Congress (GPC) is going through an unprecedented period of weakness as it recently marked the 40th anniversary of its founding on August 24. The party was born from the national dialogue conducted in the early 1980s following a brutal civil war, and every Yemeni president since has been a high-ranking member of the party. Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was the chairman of the GPC and ruled under its name until he stepped down following massive protests in 2011. His vice president and second in command in the GPC, Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi, became president in February 2012. After Hadi was removed from power in April of this year, another high-ranking member of the GPC and a former interior minister under Saleh, Rashad al-Alimi, became chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council.
The split within the ranks of the GPC, a party that has ruled Yemen for decades, started in 2011 when high-ranking and influential members defected from the party after the government’s brutal crackdown on protests. When Hadi took power, the first-tier leadership of the GPC was divided between Hadi and Saleh, who maintained his leadership of the party despite Hadi’s demands for him to step down. Their differences reached a peak in 2014: Saleh loyalists aligned with Houthi forces in their takeover of Sana’a in September, Hadi included Saleh on a UN Security Council sanctions list in November, and Saleh responded by expelling Hadi from the party.
Currently, the speakers of both Yemeni parliaments, Yahya al-Ra’i in Sana’a (allied with the Houthi movement) and Sultan al-Barakani (allied with the internationally recognized government), are both high-ranking members of the GPC, holding the rank of assistant secretary-general.
Members of the GPC are being pulled in different directions, deeping the party’s fragmentation. The GPC was unable to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding in Yemen, as it was stopped by local authorities from carrying out any celebratory activities in Sana’a and Taiz. Some GPC leaders met in a lackluster celebration in Cairo with former president Saleh’s son Kanan to discuss efforts to unify the party.
The GPC, or what remains of it, might be the only force that operates through implicit consensus between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, with two different wings allied with Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It is a non-ideological political party, unlike other Yemeni political parties, that are an extension of international, regional, or religious ideologies. Its aging membership, the divisions between its various wings, the loss of its financial resources, the restrictions imposed upon it by Houthi authorities, and its inability to protect its members will, with time, push what remains of its organizational structure into other parties. The GPC is losing its way, cut off from its grassroots and unable to take a unified position. Forces that are more cohesive, powerful, and youthful will now take over from the GPC, a party that ruled for decades but is now unable to protect itself.
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/18710
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Wikipedia: Jemenitische Luftstreitkräfte
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemenitische_Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte
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Wikipedia: Yemeni Air Force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Air_Force
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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YPC: Saudi-led coalition seized new fuel ship
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) has said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition detained a diesel ship and prevented it from reaching the port of Hodeida despite obtaining an entry permit from the United Nations.
YPC official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakel said in a tweet on Twitter that the US-led aggression coalition continues to violate the temporary truce by seizing the diesel ship “Harry Prakash” despite its inspection and obtaining the entry permit from the United Nations.
https://en.ypagency.net/273085/
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28542/YPC-Confirms-US-Saudi-Aggression-Seizure-of-Diesel-Ship
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Pro-Houthi film: UN Continues to Support US-Saudi Piracy on Fuel Ships, Siege against Yemen
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Coalition seizes second fuel ship within 24 hours
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition seized a new fuel ship, which is the second within 24 hours, in a new violation of the temporary armistice.
The company’s spokesman, Issam Al-Mutawakel, confirmed in a press statement that the coalition has seized the gasoline ship “Sala Kriva”, continuing to violate the temporary truce with the participation of the United Nations, bringing the number of held fuel ships to three.
https://en.ypagency.net/272349/
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YPC: aggression coalition seizes new fuel ship
seize the gasoline ship "Red Ruby", which raises the number of seized fuel vessels to 2.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202375.htm
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YPC renews demand to prevent piracy on fuel ships, abide by terms of armistice
The Yemeni Petroleum Company renewed on Sunday its call on the aggression and the United Nations to prevent piracy on fuel ships and not to impound them in the future and to allow their smooth smooth entry into Yemen.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202243.htm
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Film: UN Continues to Support US-Saudi Piracy on Fuel Ships, Siege against Yemen
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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Yemen: Only mother and child hospital in Marib may soon close due to lack of funding
Martyr Mohammed Hayel Hospital which serves the entire province of three million people most of them escapees from the terrorist Houthi militia has said it is going to shut down due to the "lack of a budget" after the withdrawal of international organizations that used to provide salaries for 65 health workers in the facility: doctors, technicians and nurses.
The hospital's director Ali Al-Saeedi told Saba that the Family Care Society, a donor of the salaries of 16 health workers at the end of last August, while the IOM a donor of the salaries of 30 health workers withdrew its support at the beginning of the current month.
He said the health workers volunteered this month without pay and will be laid off at the end of it.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59836
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Pictures taken on September 18. 2022 show the progress on School Building project in Sana'a. This project funded by @monarelief. Here is a link where you can donate directly https://patreon.com/monarelief (photos)
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1571622382632140800
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1571965037149032449
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Film: Yemen : le sport pour faire face à la guerre
Ni la guerre, ni leur handicap n’ont eu raison de leur passion pour le sport. À Sanaa, capitale du Yémen, cinq équipes féminines de basket-ball Participent à un tournoi local pour les personnes à mobilité réduite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNgNrxbkbg
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Yemen access constraints map
https://logcluster.org/document/yemen-access-constraints-map-14-september-2022
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Yemen: Monthly Situation Report (August 2022)
RDP, by the generous support of WFP, continues to distribute nutritional supplements to a number of 93,112 children under 2 and 79,642 PLW to prevent the chronic and acute malnutrition in 3 targeted districts of Dhamar governorate. Besides, RDP has conducted 8,078 awareness-raising sessions to promote appropriate feeding for infants and young children which help increase their chances of survival as well as optimal growth, reaching almost 121,173 of population disaggregated as (18,111 men and 103,062 women).
RDP continues to treat moderately acutely malnourished children and PLW by supporting 17 health facilities with TSFP services
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-monthly-situation-report-august-2022
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Yemen: Health Cluster Achievements (July 2022)
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-health-cluster-achievements-july-2022
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Yemen: Agrometeorological update - August Issue (Ref: #25) 01 - 31 August 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
Devastating floods swept away hundreds of livestock in Al Jawf governorate, driving families to poverty.
September outlook shows reduced impact of floods, however, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy downpours is still likely in some areas.
Increased incidence of waterborne/water-related vector-borne diseases such as cholera and dengue fever.
Due to the wet conditions, crop pests and diseases are resurgent, mainly Fall Armyworms and Desert Locust.
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Revving up hope: Solar-powered tuk tuks drive small business growth in Yemen
Ali was one of 500 people selected to participate in the RFF training project (43 percent of whom are women) where they learned solar tuk tuk maintenance and business management, including sustaining and growing their micro-businesses as well as business proposal writing.
Ali was inspired to create and submit a micro-business proposal for the chance to receive a free solar tuk tuk to begin operations. He was overwhelmed when his plan was accepted.
With the additional capacity from the tuk tuks, Ali immediately began growing his delivery work. But he did not stop there – he has expanded his delivery services to include individual clients. “I wake up early every day to take and drop workers off at their employment. This secures a good monthly income for me in addition to other daily income.”
As the tuk tuks use an electric motor, a battery pack and a solar panel, they are part of an important effort in Yemen to reduce emissions and have a more social and economically viable way of transporting people. Ali sees the value in this for him, his community and for Yemen.
https://stories.undp.org/revving-up-hopenbsp
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Film: Children Rehab Center at Sanaa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJCU6Cfi8RE 0 https://twitter.com/SCMPNews/status/1569999406019272706 = https://www.scmp.com/video/world/3192478/traumatised-kids-war-torn-yemen-receive-specialised-care-rehabilitation-centre
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Film: Over 500,000 children in #Yemen are facing severe acute malnutrition, including 60,000 children suffering from medical complications and are at risk of death. Watch how @WHOYemen and @UNCERF help treat children through 19 therapeutic feeding centers.
https://twitter.com/OCHAYemen/status/1569967141041934337
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Women,in general,and female journalists in #Yemen are facing cruel cyber attack. Cybersecurity and remedial measures to empower female journalists are strategic to support freedom of speech.
https://twitter.com/Kawkab/status/1570089183133171712
Film: 17 women journalists have participated from 5 different governorates in Facing the Effects of Electronic Bullying's workshop, which came within strengthen the media freedoms in Yemen project and funded by the Dutch ministry of foreign affair.
https://twitter.com/economicmedia/status/1570078014804738048
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Film: Volunteer teachers start makeshift school at construction site in besieged Taiz
Volunteer teachers in Taiz have pressed on with starting the school year in Yemen's third largest city despite the ongoing refusal by Iran -backed Houthis have refused to lift their seven-year siege of Yemen's third largest city,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARzjoNx8cm0
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Protection Cluster: Yemen Response and Gap Analysis - Activities of Protection Cluster Including Child Protection, GBV, and Mine Action Areas of Responsibility (AoR) (January - June 2022)
and various provinces: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/protection-cluster-aden-hub-snapshot-activities-protection-cluster-including-child-protection-gbv-and-mine-action-areas-responsibility-aor-january-june-2022
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Why Yemen deserves our support
Yemen's share of displacement is more than 4.3 million people who had to flee their homes to find safety elsewhere within the country — one of the world's largest internal displacement situations.
Some internally displaced people (IDPs) are already returning home amidst the destruction. And we should not also forget the Yemenis who have fled abroad and yearn to return home.
Despite their own suffering, Yemeni communities generously shelter nearly 100,000 refugees from other war-affected countries.
The dire suffering that thousands of Yemenis go through on a daily basis makes the current truce more critical than ever. It is a window of opportunity to break the devastating cycle of violence that has wrecked countless lives in Yemen and move towards a peaceful future.
The extension of the truce into more durable peace and stability will allow families divided by frontlines to be reunited and find solutions to their plight of displacement, children to go back to school, civilians to return to work and reach hospitals, essential trade to resume, and for people to have a better future.
It is estimated that throughout the conflict about 1.3 million displaced Yemenis have already returned home.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/156037
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Food Security Quarterly Review - Q2 2022 (year in review)
Summary
Food insecurity: Despite the truce, households in Yemen witnessed the worst food consumption gaps since 2018 and are facing more hardship in coping with food shortages than at any other point of time in the last three years. Half of all surveyed households reported lacking access to adequate food. Poor food consumption and the level of food-based coping strategies applied by households peaked during June. Key drivers are the impact of the ongoing macroeconomic crisis on households’ purchasing power, the continued reduction in humanitarian assistance and the elevated levels of food prices.
Humanitarian food assistance: Throughout 2022, WFP was compelled to reduce food rations, particularly in the fourth cycle, due to continued funding shortfalls, limited food stocks and logistics constraints. WFP started prioritising eight million people with reduced rations, while five million people in areas with highest needs received higher rations in each distribution cycle. By end-June, the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen was only 26 percent funded.
Conflict: The warring parties in Yemen agreed to the United Nations’ proposal of committing to a truce as of 2nd of April. As a result, Q2-2022 saw the second lowest quarterly civilian casualty count in the country since 2018. On the other hand, the Q2-2022 recorded the highest quarterly casualty count due to landmines and unexploded ordinance. This was largely because of the increased freedom of movement for people in areas where fighting had de-escalated, but that were not cleared of explosive remnants of warfare.
Exchange rate: In IRG-controlled areas, the riyal appreciated 34 percent in the immediate aftermath of the truce announcement as the market anticipated a two billion dollars deposit to the Central Bank of Yemen. Asthe deposit continued to delay, the riyal depreciated by 19 percent to reach YER 1,115/USD 1 by the end of June. In areas under Sana'a-based authorities, the currency appreciated by eight percent, reaching YER 557 to the dollar by the end of Q2-2022.
Fuel imports: Fuel supply significantly improved as the truce facilitated fuel ships to enter into Red Sea ports since April 2022. Consequently, in Q2-2022 the volume of fuel imports through northern ports superseded the volume of 2021.
Food imports: During the first half of 2022, food imports through Aden port decreased by 42 percent compared to last year. This is in part attributable to the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine and thus changes in sources and costs of food on the global market, the reduction of humanitarian food assistance, and high port handling and shipping charges diminishing importers’ margins. Meanwhile, the volume of food imports increased by 17 percent in the northern ports.
Global food and fuel prices: After reaching an all-time high in March 2022, the FAO Food Price Index remained at an elevated level throughout Q2-2022. At the same time, global fertilizer prices increased by nearly 30 percent compared to last year, while June marked the highest prices of global crude oil in the past ten years.
Fuel prices: In areas under IRG, the pump prices1 of petrol and diesel decreased by 15 percent and five percent respectively compared to Q1-2022, however remaining twice as high as the year before. In areas under Sana’a-based authorities, parallel market prices decreased by 45 percent for petrol and by 31 percent for diesel compared to the last quarter, while pump prices remained stable. This is largely attributed to the improved fuel supply following the truce.
Minimum food basket: The average cost of the MFB slightly decreased by six percent compared to Q1-2022 in IRG-controlled areas. Worryingly, it remained 77 percent above the level in 2021 when vulnerable households were already facing hardship in affording an adequate diet. At the same time, the cost of the MFB in areas under Sana’a-based authorities reached an all-time high of YER 8,891 per person per month in June 2022 after an increase of 13 percent during the first half of 2022 and of 38 percent compared to the previous year.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-food-security-quarterly-review-q2-2022-year-review
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Yemen: Nutrition Cluster Monthly Update (Jul. 2022)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-nutrition-cluster-monthly-update-jul-2022
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UNICEF Yemen Country Office Humanitarian Situation Report (Reporting Period: 1-31 May 2022)
During the reporting period, UNICEF delivered 1.49 million doses of measles-rubella (MR) vaccines in response to the measles outbreak in 74 districts across 10 governorates in the south, targeting a total of 1,355,142 children aged 6 months to 10 years.
UNICEF-supported interventions reached 32,941 conflict-affected people through explosive ordinance risk education (EORE) activities, including 19,213 children (8,325 girls and 10,888 boys) and 13,728 adults (6,019 women and 7,709 men) in Taiz governorate.
Fuel delivery continued to 36 Local Water and Sanitation Corporations (LWSCs) and National Water and Sanitation Authority (NWSA) in 17 governorates to sustain the supply of safe water to 2.48 million people (520,800 women, 471,200 men, 768,800 girls and 719,200 boys).
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Film: Why Children Die in Yemen - Zarqa's story
Zarqa became the main breadwinner, supporting her family by selling plastic bottles and metal cans that she collects on the streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sccsG006i3A
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FAO: Severe Food Insecurity In 8 Houthi-Controlled Yemeni Governorates
Eight Houthi-controlled governorates in Yemen suffer from severe food insecurity, according to a household survey released this week by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the Data in Emergencies Monitoring System.
“Nearly 54 percent of the households experienced hardships due to food shortages and adopted food consumption-based coping strategies,” the alarming survey revealed, adding that families residing in governorates controlled by Houthi militias frequently adopted coping strategies and were eating less preferred foods and limiting portion size at mealtimes.
The survey showed that those families were borrowing money, buying food on credit, selling household assets and reducing health expenses.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58679
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Yemen — Rapid Displacement Tracking Dataset (11 September - 17 September 2022)
From 1 January to 17 September 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 8,805 households (HH) (52,830 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.
Between 11 and 17 September 2022, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 48 households (288 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:
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IOM Yemen Ma’rib Response Update (August 2022)
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported that around 392 displaced households (HHs) were displaced to or within Ma’rib governorate in August. Most households moved from Shabwah governorate and Al Jubah, Jabal Murad, and Harib districts in Ma’rib governorate to the already overcrowded areas of Ma’rib City and Ma’rib Al Wadi districts. The number of displaced households has increased in recent months (in July, 237 HHs were displaced) primarily due to the intensification of hostilities in Shabwah, the heavy flooding across Ma’rib, and the need for humanitarian assistance. The primary needs reported by internally displaced persons (IDPs) included shelter (40% of displaced respondents), food (29%), financial assistance (16%) non-food items (NFIs) (7%), and livelihoods (3%).
Over seven years of conflict has significantly damaged the public infrastructure of health facilities in a city whose population has swelled with increased arrivals of displaced families. Around 44 per cent of healthcare centers are not supported by humanitarian organizations and remain understaffed and without adequate medical equipment. Humanitarian organizations cover 125 displacement sites with 23 mobile medical teams (MMTs), which provide health care services twice a month to areas that do not have regular access to static healthcare facilities. However, close to 75 sites are not covered by MMTs and the need for fixed clinics has risen in larger displacement sites such as Al-Suweida camp, Al Nour camp, Al-Sit, Al-Arq al-Sharqi, Al-Kharashi and Al-Samiya sites.
Furthermore, a shortfall of donor funding has put IOM’s health programming in critical risk of closure in Ma’rib. In September, approximately 49,056 households or 258,189 individuals will be left without healthcare services in Ma’rib.
This will impact an estimated 10,649 pregnant women, 38,767 children, 42,744 people living with disability, and 1,830 migrants in Ma’rib. If the funding gap continues, IOM will close around three of its MMTs and cut half of its support to Al Shaheed Muhammed Hail Hospital and Al Jufainah Field Hospital. As such, IOM is urgently appealing for humanitarian funding to continue operating its health facilities and mobile teams in Ma’rib.
According to the CCCM Cluster, widespread flooding impacted up to 11,900 households or over 70,000 individuals living in displacement sites. An estimated 936 displaced families in 74 sites have completely damaged shelters and need immediate emergence shelter assistance.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/iom-yemen-marib-response-update-august-2022
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European Union supports emergency response for flood-affected Yemenis
The European Union (EU) has released €150,000 in humanitarian aid to assist over 19,500 flood-affected people as the emergency response to severe floods in Yemen gears up.
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QRCS among main shelter providers in Yemen
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has featured among the partners with the highest implementation in the mid-year report of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Shelter Cluster Yemen.
https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/19806/nation/qrcs-among-main-shelter-providers-in-yemen = https://www.gulf-times.com/story/724246/QRCS-among-top-shelter-providers-in-Yemen
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Film: “We need schools, we need medical care closer and we need so many basic services here which are lacking.” Let’s remind the world that Yemen needs the international community's support.
https://twitter.com/UNHCRCanada/status/1570065252422717441
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SHELTER CLUSTER CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2022-2024
As civilians especially the displaced continue to bear the brunt of the impact of the protracted armed conflict, Yemen needs to break the circle of recurrent emergency and invest in longer-term more sustainable shelter solutions, where possible, especially as more than half a million families are experiencing protracted displacement and about 1.3 million returnees, where the vast majority reside in sub-standard shelter conditions. Shelter Cluster has the biggest network of partners in the country, with over 200 humanitarian agencies registered in the sector. As the number and complexity of the emergencies in Yemen have grown, the human and technical capacity to effectively coordinate the response of diverse actors has not evolved proportionally.
In support of achieving the Shelter Cluster Strategy 2022-2024, this plan intends to build the capacity of the Shelter Cluster partners in thematic areas to reinforce human, institutional or community performance, skills, knowledge, and attitudes on a sustainable basis. It implies providing technical support, including training and e-learning in favor of national/local institutions or structures, aimed at fulfilling the cluster’s primary objective of strengthening capacities and exit strategy
https://sheltercluster.org/yemen/documents/shelter-cluster-capacity-development-strategy-2022-2024
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Film: Gabion Walls Protect Displaced People’s Life from Floods in Yemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz5tEfqvATo
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International Migration Reveals Suffering of Displaced on West Coast
International report revealed, Monday, the extent of the suffering of the displaced inside the camps on the western coast of Yemen as a result of the rains.
The International Organization for Migration confirmed, in a report, that the situation is tragic in the camps for the displaced in western Yemen when it rains.
On June 15, torrential rains uprooted three camps for the displaced in the areas of Al-Wadi and Al-Jufina in the city of Marib.
The majority of the displaced families in the camps for the displaced in the areas under the control of the coalition forces lack the minimum necessities of living, especially in the Marib governorate.
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Most infrastructure repairs at Sanaa Airport completed: Transport Minister
https://en.ypagency.net/273031/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/20/sanaa-international-airport-nearly-completely-repaired-damages-from-past-enemy-airstrikes/
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Revolutionsführer: Den Jemen weiter zu verteidigen und Besatzung zu besiegen, ist eines der Hauptziele der Revolution vom 21. September
Der Führer der Revolution, Sayyid Abdulmalik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, bekräftigte, dass die weitere Verteidigung des Jemen, die Niederlage der Besatzung und die Wahrung der Identität und Zugehörigkeit des jemenitischen Volkes seien zu den Hauptzielen der Revolution vom 21. September.
In seiner heutigen Rede anlässlich des achten Jahrestages der Revolution vom 21. September erneuerte der Revolutionsführer den Aufruf an die Aggressionskoalition, die Aggression zu stoppen, die Belagerung und Besetzung zu beenden und sich mit den Kriegsakten zu befassen. Er betonte, dass die Fortsetzung der Aggression die größte Bedrohung für den regionalen und internationalen Frieden und die Sicherheit darstellt und der Schaden nicht nur auf den Jemen beschränkt sein wird.
Er verwies auf den historischen Sieg und die große Errungenschaft des jemenitischen Volkes am 11. September im Rahmen seiner gesegneten Revolution, die seine Zukunft vor Verlust und Verfall in den Abgrund rettete diese Gelegenheit.
https://www.saba.ye/de/news3203497.htm
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Revolution Leader: Continuing to defend Yemen and defeating occupation are among main goals of September 21 revolution
The Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, on Tuesday stressed that continuing to defend Yemen, defeating the occupation, and preserving the Yemeni people’s identity and affiliation are among the main goals of the September 21 Revolution.
In his speech today, on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the September 21 Revolution, the Leader of the Revolution renewed the call for the aggression coalition to stop the aggression, end the siege and occupation and address the files of war.. He stressed that “the continuation of the aggression is the biggest threat to regional and international peace and security, and the damage would not be limited to Yemen only.”
The Leader of the Revolution referred to the historic victory and the great achievement achieved by the Yemeni people on September 21 within the framework of their blessed revolution, which saved their future from loss and deterioration in the abyss.. He extended his congratulations and blessings to the Yemeni people on this occasion.
Sayyed Abdulmalik Al-Houthi pointed out that the September 21 anniversary is an important occasion with the importance of its great achievement and its role in the present and future of the Yemeni people. “It was and still is a necessity in every sense of the word, given the religious, moral, humanitarian and national considerations and the real interest of the people. It is from the reality of suffering, grievance and real dangers that targeted our people in their independence and freedom, and in light of a reality in which hostile policies have prevailed, heading our country towards total collapse, as a result of the hostile American policies and under the American guardianship, and as a result of the depend politics of the power at that time.”
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3203511.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273070/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/20/sayyid-abdul-malik-al-houthi-speaks-on-8th-anniversary-of-september-21-revolution/
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOniD2guNH4 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ew8wW6EvEc
and
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Houthi leader vows to strike maritime targets outside Yemen
The Houthi leader on Tuesday vowed to export the 8-year war outside Yemen's borders and to cause dire damages to "aggressive countries".
State members of the Saudi-led Coalition are called to "stop aggression, lift blockade, end occupation of Yemen and remedy the damages left by the war," Abdul Malik al-Houthi added in a speech to the 8th anniversary of his group's takeover of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, on 21 September.
"Persistent aggression is the biggest risk to the regional and international security, and its harm won't remain within Yemen's borders. Continuation of aggression and blockade imposed on Yemeni ports and airports will bring about many disasters to Coalition countries."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31007.html
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Prime Minister Says September 21 Revolution to Break Restrictions on Yemeni Rights
The Prime Minister of the National Salvation Government, Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, confirmed, Monday, that the September 21 revolution will break the restrictions on the Yemeni right to Bab al-Mandab.
During the Government’s celebration of the eighth anniversary of the revolution, the Prime Minister said in a speech that: September 21 revolution will break all barriers established by colonialism, including any restrictions on the Yemeni right to Bab al-Mandab, as it is an inherent part of Yemeni lands.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273099/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/20/prime-minister-of-yemen-september-21-revolution-will-break-all-colonial-barriers-imposed-on-the-nation/
https://en.ypagency.net/273041/
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Houthis send new message parade helicopters over Sana'a City
The Iranian-backed Houthi group on Monday flew some helicopters over Sana'a City, the first parade of kind since Yemen's war irrupted 8 years ago, in an attempt to convey a new message to rivals.
"Squadrons of helicopters on Monday morning hovered carrying the Republic of Yemen's national flags," 26spetember.net said.
Throughout eight years, this is the first time Sana'a City witnesses sorties of this kind, the Houthi-run website added.
The helicopters show comes as part of celebrating the Yemeni revolution, it said, as the group commemorates its overthrow of the Yemeni capital and coup against legitimate authority on the 21st of September.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30995.html
Films: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1571758568873021442
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1571832555443482629
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Sam, a human rights organization, has called for the trial of Houthi militia leaders in the International Criminal Court over the execution of 10 civilian people from the marginalized Tihama region last year/Alsahwa Net website
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59820
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Supreme Political Council Examining Truce Extension
The Supreme Political Council explained it will study everything that has been submitted to the council regarding the extension of truce and will take the appropriate decision regarding it, in a manner that alleviates the suffering of the Yemeni people.
In a meeting chaired by Council President Mahdi Al-Mashat Sunday, the Council explained that expanding and strengthening the advantages of the truce in humanitarian aspects will help discuss any serious ideas in this regard.
The council discussed developments related to the judiciary, praising the efforts of the justice system, stressing support for the independence of the judiciary and the development of its performance at all levels in order to achieve the contents of justice.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28481/Supreme-Political-Council-Examining-Truce-Extension
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Film (in Arabic): Members of the Baha’i faith in Yemen face increasing arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, confiscation of their properties, forcible deportation & systematic persecution by Houthi authorities. Important discussion by @JHaddadOfficial @KalimatHaq_AH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KG54qQK2A&t=611s
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After Tehran, Houthi delegation visits Beirut, meets Hezbollah leader
The Houthi senior negotiator, Mohamed Abdul Salam, and Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrollah, on Friday discussed recent negotiations on extending Yemen's truce that ends on 2 October.
At a meeting in Beirut's southern outskirt, they discussed the latest political situations in the region and Yemen in particular.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30949.html
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/548450
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Southern politician confirms inevitability of Ansarullah entry into Aden
The Yemeni southern political activist, Yasser Al-Yamani, on Thursday confirmed that the entry of Ansarullah into the city of Aden is an inevitable issue.
In a tweet on the Twitter platform, Al-Yamani said: “Save this post for the time. The supporters (Ansarullah) will enter Aden, raising the flag of the Republic of Yemen, and with them all the national forces and the sons of the Yemeni people. The foreigners and their mercenaries will leave, and Yemen will remain free by all its sons.”
Al-Yamani concluded his tweet by saying: “History will repeat itself by re-establishing Yemeni unity.”
https://en.ypagency.net/272621/
My comment: Neither side abolishes the claim of total victory.
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[Aden] Yemeni gov't: Houthis raid villages, arrest civilians in Hodeida
The Houthi group has raided villages, arrested tens of civilians and opened fire randomly at locals in Bait al-Faqeeh district, south Hodeida, the Yemeni information minister said Tuesday in a statement carried by Saba.
The Iranian-backed group "arrested nearly 70 people, including children and social leaders, as part of a massive campaign to misappropriate lands in the area," Moammar al-Eryani added.
The Houthis plan to "confiscate more than 10 kilometers of lands owned by locals and benefiting over 5,000 people.
"For decades, these lands were used as pastures and farms, before the group gave orders to confiscate them, transform them into military zone and prevent people from approaching them."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30934.html
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59749
Film: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1570249332300955648
and
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Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General (15 September 2022)
“Our colleagues in Yemen tell us they are concerned about reports of the confiscation and destruction of civilian-held land and farms in Houthi-controlled areas in the district of Bayt al-Faqih, south of Hudaydah. Reports of civilian casualties, detentions and forced displacement among the residents of these villages are very disturbing, and we are taking steps to verify these disturbing reports. We remind the Houthis that they should act in accordance with international human rights law.”
Video: https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2933/2933016/ Text: https://press.un.org/en/2022/db220915.doc.htm
My remark: More in cp1.
but
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The Local Authority In Beit Al-Faqih Reveals The Truth Of The Allegations Of Mercenaries’ Horns
The local authority in Bait Al-Faqih district in Hodeidah governorate denied the veracity of what was reported by the media of the mercenaries of the aggression about the allegations of attacks and looting of citizens’ properties in Al-Hussainiya area.
The local authority of the Directorate clarified in a statement issued today that the video clips that were published by the mercenaries have nothing to do with the truth, but rather an attempt to falsify the facts with the aim of creating confusion.
The statement indicated that the people who appeared in the video were originally detained in connection with criminal cases, and they are being investigated and referred to the relevant authorities to complete their procedures.
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/548035
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YOC: the actual cost of fuel in free zones will decrease
The Yemeni Oil Company said that from Thursday morning a tank of gasoline will be sold for 11,500 riyals and diesel for 13,500 YER at fuel stations in the free zones.
YOC official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakil said that after calculating the actual cost of the ships that were recently released by the aggression and reached the port of Hodeida the sale of fuel will be11,500 YER for a 20-liter tank and 13,500 YER for a 20-liter diesel tank.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202674.htm
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/547935
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YSMO destroys school bags carrying slogans violating specifications
The Yemeni Standardization, Metrology, and Quality control Organization through its Afar control center, destroyed 300 school bags carrying slogans that contradict the culture and morals of the Yemeni society.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202675.htm
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/547940
My comment: ?????
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Die Hauptstärkequelle der Sicherheitskräfte Jemens ist die koranische Kultur und religiöse Erziehung
Laut IQNA unter Berufung auf Al-Masira nannte Seyyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi die Sicherheit eine der heiligsten Verantwortlichkeiten bei der großen Militärparade der Sicherheitskräfte des Innenministeriums des Jemen und sagte: Die Sicherheitsinstitution und Innenministerium des Jemen arbeiten im Einklang mit ihrer Heiligen Mission, die Nation zu schützen sowie Sicherheit und Stabilität zu konsolidieren.
Er fügte hinzu: „Die Errungenschaften des jemenitischen Innenministeriums nach den großen Angriffen sind ein Zeichen dafür, dass die Bemühungen der Feinde zusammenbrechend gescheitert sind und diese Institution und ihr Sicherheitsapparat heute stärker und effektiver in der Erfüllung seiner Mission sind und erfolgreicher denn je.
Al-Houthi beschrieb Sicherheit und Stabilität als eines der legitimen Rechte der jemenitischen Nation und betonte: Der Angriff des Feindes auf Sicherheit und Stabilität unserer Nation offenbart die Realität ihrer feindlichen Ziele und ihres Kampfes gegen diese Nation.
Der Leiter der Ansarullah warnte die Feinde davor, Verschwörungen gegen die Sicherheit und Stabilität der Nation und des Landes Jemen fortzusetzen,
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Revolution Leader: Yemen’s security is in interest of all Arab, Islamic peoples
The Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, on Thursday confirmed that the security of Yemen is in the interest of all neighboring, Arab and Islamic peoples.
In his speech to the solemn parade of the security forces and the Interior Ministry’s various units in Sanaa on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the September 21 revolution, the Leader of the Revolution made it clear that Yemen is present to contribute to security cooperation for the benefit of the nation, and security coordination for the protection of its peoples.
The Leader of the Revolution warned the enemies against continuing their plots to target Yemen, its people, its security and stability, stressing that all their demonic and criminal endeavors would be thwarted.
He explained that the Saudi-led coalition, in addition to its comprehensive military aggression and its perpetration of genocide, it had opened before the military battle an aggression targets the Yemeni people’s security and stability and used and mobilized all its means and tools to achieve its diabolical goals.
https://en.ypagency.net/272636/
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30948.html
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-lxe-VpJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9svH40frHq0
and films with subs: https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28494/Sayyed-Abdulmalik-praising-the-achievements-of-the-Ministry-of-Interior-and-ability-to-thwart-plots
(A K P)
Die größte Militärparade von Sicherheitseinheiten in der Geschichte des Jemen in der Hauptstadt Sana'a
Die Streitkräfte und Sicherheitseinheiten des Innenministeriums veranstaltete heute die größte Militärparade in der Geschichte des Jemen, auf dem Al-Sabaeen-Platz in der Hauptstadt Sanaa eine Ausstellung zum achten Jahrestag der ewigen Revolution vom 21. September.
Die feierliche Militärparade, an der Mitglieder des Obersten Politischen Rates, Parlamentspräsidenten, des Schura-Rates, Minister und der Justiz, Stellvertreter des Präsidenten des Parlaments und der Minister, Abgeordnete, des Schura-Rates, Minister und Staatsoberhäupter teilnahmen die Innen- und Verteidigungsministerien, Gouverneure der Provinzen, Gelehrte und Persönlichkeiten der Gesellschaft begannen mit Versen aus dem Heiligen Koran und dem republikanischen Frieden.
https://www.saba.ye/de/news3202769.htm
Filme, Fotos: S. nach dem folgenden Artikel.
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Capital Sana'a is witnessing largest parade of security units in history of Yemen
Al-Sabeen Square in the capital Sana'a witnessed Thursday a parade of the security forces and units affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, which is the 21st largest in the history of Yemen, on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the eternal September revolution.
The majestic presentation, which was attended by members of the Supreme Political Council, the heads of the lower and lower houses of parliament, ministers and the judiciary, the deputy presidents of the lower and lower houses of parliament, members of the lower and lower houses of parliament, ministers, the leadership of the Ministries of Interior and Defence, governorate governors, scholars and social figures, began with the following of the koran's verse and the republican peace.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202787.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272639/ and https://en.ypagency.net/272630/
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSD4_CzCNg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mij8QIWbA8U
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1570379886510108673
https://twitter.com/alfrh_yl/status/1570425684874653697
Photos: https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/548033
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1570422633543651328
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1572619387873665024
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1572620241871728641
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1572612760516849664
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1572616758032310272
and
(A K P)
Yemeni Armed Forces unveil several new pieces of equipment on parade celebrating September 21 Revolution anniversary
During the military parade, the Yemeni Armed Forces unveiled new air defence missiles systems such as the Hutam missile, Falaq missile, Haidar Missile, Red Sea Missile, Miraj Missile, Quds-3 Missile and others (photos)
and also https://english.news.cn/20220922/99cf7217468e40e8a13d768f85fb5141/c.html
and
(A P)
This is a message from Sana’a. Houthis even forced all schools to send students for this military parade in Sana'a.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1572396308136067072
(A P)
Houthis Ignore Judges’ Strike in Sanaa, Take Measures Undermining Yemeni Judiciary
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi military leader, is pressing on with measures to undermine the judiciary in Yemen’s militia-run areas, showing total indifference towards a strike led by Yemeni judges over the kidnapping and killing of Judge Mohamed Homran.
To date, most courts in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa are insisting on carrying on with their strike in protest of the killing of Homran with most judges refusing to return to work until the Houthi group meets the demands announced by the Yemen Courts Club.
The Club’s demands include charging and punishing Homran’s killers.
Homran, a 63-year-old Supreme Court judge in Sanaa, was kidnapped from outside his home on Al-Asbahi street and found dead days later.
Yemeni judges accuse al-Houthi of personally carrying out incitement against judges.
My remark: By a Saudi news site. Somewhat starnge as there had been a trial against the killer.
(A P)
Film: Over 40 civilians from #Hodeidah have been incarcerated by the Houthis for two weeks now as they resist Houthi attempts to seize their land by force, according to locals.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1570249332300955648
(A P)
Yesterday, Houthi elements attacked 70-year-old sheikh Mohamed Harash (the left) in Kharef district, #Yemen's northern Amran governorate. In Dhamar governorate, sheikh Yahya Ahmed al-Farasi (right), a senior tribal leader in al-Hada and Dhamar, was assassinated in Dhamar city. (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1569201587179986945
(A P)
Houthis Create Parallel Entity for Courts, Judges
Houthi militias in Yemen have announced forming an entity to settle disputes in place of the constitutional judiciary. The Houthi decision comes against the background of judges and lawyers in areas run by the Iran-backed militia insisting on their strike for the second week in a row.
Protesting judges considered the Houthi move a pivotal shift that is reminiscent of field inspection courts established in Iran after the 1979 revolution. They added that Houthis now face a choice of either promoting the constitution and the rule of law or dissolving the whole judiciary authority.
Judges in Houthi-run areas, backed by prosecutors and the Bar Association, are on open strike against the backdrop of the killing of a Supreme Court judge.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3871191/houthis-create-parallel-entity-courts-judges
(A P)
Sanaa confirms its keenness on security of international navigation
The Deputy Prime Minister of Sanaa Government for Defense and Security Affairs, Lieutenant-General Jalal Al-Rowishan, on Monday confirmed that Sanaa forces are keen on the security of international navigation.
Lieutenant-General Al-Rowishan indicated in a press statement that Yemen was not the initiator of the aggression and that its response only affects the aggressor.
https://en.ypagency.net/272273/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/13/deputy-prime-minister-of-yemen-ensures-willingness-to-ensure-international-navigation/
(A K P)
The Houthi militia recruit 400 child soldiers in Taiz in preparation to send them for further training in Dhamar. Among them is 13 year old orphan (motherless) child from Al-Dhale'a province, Meeon Organization for Human Rights and Development has announced./Almashehad Alkhaleeji
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58680
and also https://twitter.com/Mayyun_Ar/status/1568689315756097538
(A T)
Gunmen ambushed a senior tribal figure (Ahmed Alfurasi) to death and injured his son while they were driving back to their hometown of Al-Hadaa district in the Houthi-controlled Dhamar governorate today./Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58680
(A P)
Houthi militants kill a civilian in Sana'a over his criticism of corruption in the distribution of humanitarian aid (food packs)/Aden Alghad
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58680
(A P)
Yemenis Concerned with Preserving National Unity, Confronting Conspiracies of Saudi-led Aggression
Yemeni Mufti, scholar Shams Al-Din Sharaf Al-Din, affirmed that Yemenis are concerned with preserving national unity and confronting the conspiracies of Saudi-led aggression to tear Yemen apart.
The statement of the Mufti of Yemen came during the inauguration of the National Salvation Government, the presidency of the Supreme Judicial Councils, the Parliament, the Shura Council, and the Dar Al-Ifta on Sunday, in Sana’a, officially the Yemeni celebrations of the Prophet’s birthday.
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/546770
(B P)
Films, Military parade at Hodeidah on Sept. 1 (with subs):
Military Parade in Hodeidah, Impressive Military Units, Weapons, Drones
Military, Political Development in Hodeidah’s Parade
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28398/Military%2C-Political-Development-in-Hodeidah-s-Parade
Politicians Highlights Yemen’s Force Presented in Military Parade in Hodeidah
Military Parade in Hodeidah Sent Important Messages to US-Saudi Aggression
(A P)
Pro-Houthi films: Military, Political Development in Hodeidah’s Parade
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28525/Military%2C-Political-Development-in-Hodeidah-s-Parade
Military Parade in Hodeidah Reflects Level of Readiness for Any Upcoming Decisive Confrontation
Military Parade in Hodeidah Sent Important Messages to US-Saudi Aggression
(B P)
Journalist willkürlich inhaftiert
Am 4. August 2021 begann für Younis Abdelsalam aus dem Jemen eine Odyssee des Grauens. An diesem Tag wurde er von Behörden, die unter der Kontrolle der Huthi-Aufständischen stehen, in der Hauptstadt Sanaa festgenommen. Eine Nacht lang hielt man ihn in einer geheimen, unterirdischen Haftanstalt fest, danach wurde er in ein Gefängnis verlegt, das dem Geheimdienst der Huthi untersteht.
Seine Angehörigen kannten Abdelsalams Aufenthalt nicht, wochenlang galt der Journalist als „verschwunden“. Drei Monate lang blieb er ohne Kontakt zur Außenwelt in einer Zelle, die meiste Zeit davon in Einzelhaft. Auch danach besserte sich seine Lage kaum. Bis heute ist er inhaftiert, ohne dass er angeklagt oder vor Gericht gestellt wurde.
Im Januar zahlte seine Familie eine Kaution, um die Freilassung von Younis Abdelsalam zu erwirken – auch das blieb erfolglos. Nach Angaben seines Bruders werden dem Journalisten Kontakte zu ausländischen Organisationen vorgeworfen. In seiner Berichterstattung hat sich Abdelsalam immer wieder kritisch zu politischen Vorgängen geäußert.
https://mmm.verdi.de/internationales/aktion-fuer-younis-abdelsalam-jemen-84227
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp14
(A P)
STC-affiliated forces detained social media activist Ahmed Anwar Ambrais today in #Aden.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1572429688559243264
(A T)
The State Of Security Tension Escalated In The Occupied Governorates During The Past Hours
A series of explosions occurred in a number of governorates and occupied areas in southern Yemen during the past hours.
Local sources said that an explosion targeted the headquarters of the pro-aggression Islah party in the city of Seiyun, noting that the explosion targeted the gate of the headquarters located in May 22 neighborhood.
In Hadhramout, a violent explosion was followed by armed clashes, and media outlets reported that the house of Hadramawt Valley Security Director, Brigadier Abdullah bin Hobeish Al-Saiari, was attacked late on Monday evening.
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/549532
(A P)
Tribal forces abduct judge in Lahj province
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/20/tribal-forces-abduct-judge-in-lahj-province/
(A P)
Emirati arrangements to move its militias through sea towards Mahra
A number of Emirati officers headed a military committee arrived in the city of Hadibo, the capital of the occupied Socotra archipelago.
Local sources on the island confirmed that an Emirati military committee came from Abu Dhabi, in addition to leaders from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia, arrived during the past hours at Socotra airport, coming from Aden, to complete the recruitment process of a new batch of the UAE-affiliated militia in Socotra.
The sources pointed out that the UAE military committee has begun the procedures of activating the fingerprint system for new recruits away from the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council and the Minister of Defense in the coalition-backed government.
The same sources said the military uniforms and weapons of the recruits will arrive from the UAE on board a ship in the coming days.
https://en.ypagency.net/273082/
(A P)
9 ones killed, injured due to armed clashes in Taiz
About nine gunmen, including civilians, were killed and injured on Tuesday in clashes between Islah militants in the center of Taiz city.
According to local sources, verbal altercations between armed elements from Islah-affiliated “Taiz axis” and gunmen following the son of Judge Mahmoud al-Sabri, left four dead, including one of the sellers, in addition to about five seriously injured near the world food aid distribution center next to al-Thawra Hospital.
https://en.ypagency.net/273049/ = https://en.ypagency.net/273080/
(A P)
STC militia storm Yemeni Journalists Syndicate in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/272839/
(A P)
Child Killed Under Torture in STC Prison in Lahj
A child killed, under torture, during the past hours, in a prison affiliated with the so-called "Transitional Council" militia in Lahj governorate.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28506/Child-Killed-Under-Torture-in-STC-Prison-in-Lahj
(A P)
Riot breaks out at Shabwa central prison
A riot, followed by fires, broke out on Monday inside one of the UAE-run central prisons in Ataq city, the Shabwa provincial capital.
The sources reported that the inmates of the central prison in Ataq carried out protests accompanied by riots
https://en.ypagency.net/272950/
(A P)
Al-Huraizi Reveals Relationship Between Saudi Regime and Daesh
Head of the sit-in committee in Al-Mahra Governorate, Sheikh Ali Al-Huraizi, revealed that there is strong connection between the Saudi regime and criminal organization Daesh.
Al-Huraizi explained, in a video published on Twitter, how the Saudi regime dispatched one of its intelligence officers and his wife to Al-Mahra and appointed him as the leader of the organization in the "Arab Peninsula."
Al-Huraizi said that the so-called Rageh Bakrit rented a house for the Saudi officer and his wife in Mahra, on the grounds that he is the official of Daesh in the Arabian Peninsula.
He pointed out that Saudi Arabia informed the Saudi officer, two months later, that it would raid the house through special forces and British soldiers, and that it would announce that it had arrested the "emir of Daesh in the Arabian Peninsula."
Sheikh Al-Huraizi noted, "After a while, we discover that he is a Saudi intelligence officer and his wife, we got the officer's name, and we have evidence of this."
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272880/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/19/mahrah-protesters-reveal-shocking-collaboration-between-saudi-arabia-and-daesh/
(A P)
Islah official says security of Al Mahrah is responsibility of everyone
The acting head of the Islah party's office in Al Mahrah has called on all the local stakeholders and interest groups to unify efforts to keep the southeastern province away from conflicts.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59821
(A P)
Yemeni President leaves Berlin heading for New York
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30980.html
(A T)
Al-Qaeda launches devastating attack against southern Yemeni separatists
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias suffered heavy casualties when al-Qaeda launched a new military attack in Ahwar area of Abyan province on Sunday.
Local sources confirmed that dozens of the militias, all of whom were recruits of the sons of Yafa and Abyan, including a battalion commander, were killed or wounded in the attack that targeted Wadi Eumarn and Al-Ahmar areas, east of Mudiyah district of the province.
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-31008.html
(A P T)
Yemen Troops [separatist STC militia!] Seize Control Of ‘Major’ Al-Qaeda Position In Abyan
Yemeni military forces have retaken a major military facility and surrounding mountains from Al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan, consolidating gains made against the militants within their strongholds.
Mohammed Al-Naqeeb, a military spokesperson for the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council, told Arab News on Monday that their forces had fully taken control of a significant military base used by Al-Qaeda militants in the Omaran valley in Abyan.
Sappers have combed the valley in search of landmines and improvised explosive devices that the militants may have planted.
“This is an Al-Qaeda international military facility. We discovered a lot of mortar shells, ammunition, and IEDs hidden in the camp,” Al-Naqeeb said, adding that permanent military forces would be stationed in the valley to prevent Al-Qaeda from resuming operations.
and by a STC news site: https://en-smanews.org/south-arabia/the-fall-of-al-qaeda-terrorist-camp-in-omairan-in-the-hands-of-the-southern-armed-forces/
(A K P)
UAE launches airstrikes on positions of Islah militants in Abyan
Emirati aircraft have launched a series of airstrikes on Abyan province, in support of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in southern Yemen.
According to sources, Emirati warplanes carried out intensive raids on positions of Islah militants in northern part of Mudiyah district, east of the province.
The sources said that explosions were clearly heard in conjunction with the sounds of aircraft flying.
The raids come after the failure of the STC forces to lift the siege imposed on them by the Islah militants in the district.
https://en.ypagency.net/272788/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/18/emirati-forces-bomb-abyan-in-support-of-separatist-militia-advance/
(A P)
Hadhramout Tribes Threaten to Expel STC from Governorate
Hadhramout tribes threatened, Saturday, to expel the so-called "Transitional Council" militia from the oil plateau in the governorate.
In a statement, the Hadhramaut tribes reference confirmed its refusal to bring in any military forces from outside the governorate, in a clear reference to the reinforcements of the STC militia.
The statement stressed that the tribes will not allow the militarization of the valley and desert districts, and the detonation of a new series of fighting, in a hint to counter the efforts of the Emirati factions that are preparing for a battle with the Islah party to control the governorate. The STC had threatened to expel the Hadrami tribes, after they continued to refuse the deployment of forces in the oil province.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28462/Hadhramout-Tribes-Threaten-to-Expel-STC-from-Governorate
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272792/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/18/tribal-forces-in-hadhramaut-demand-expulsion-of-southern-transitional-council-separatists/
(A)
Complete power outage hits Aden city amid fears of summer heat
The southern Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday has witnessed a complete power outage due to the decommissioning of the electricity stations.
Local residents said one of the power companies had turned off its 30-megawatt plant, causing power outage to most of Aden’s districts.
https://en.ypagency.net/272756/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/18/occupied-city-of-aden-in-near-complete-blackout-as-power-station-shuts-off/
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28464/Complete-Power-Outage-in-Occupied-city-of-Aden
(A P)
Al-Bahsani reveals American, European ambitions to plunder Yemen’s wealth
Major general Faraj al-Bahsani, a member of Riyadh-formed “Presidential Council” has warned of any possible breakdown of security and chaos in the provinces of Shabwa, Hadramout and Mahra, as they are oil and gas investment areas for the Americans and Europeans.
This came during his meeting with a number of security and military leaders in Hadramout province.
During the meeting, he said that the world is watching very closely the latest development of events in the three provinces.
Al-Bahsani pointed out that these areas are very important to the world because they are oil investments, so the regional and international powers will not abandon them.
“I tell you frankly this is what I have seen from European, American and Arab officials, this region, especially Shabwa, Hadramout and Mahra, will witness large oil and gas investments,” al-Bahsani explained.
https://en.ypagency.net/272758/
(A P)
STC separatist supporters rally against Islah:
https://en-smanews.org/south-arabia/popular-rallies-launch-in-wadi-hadramout-in-refusal-of-brotherhood-forces-of-first-military-region/ and http://en.adenpress.news/news/35628
https://en.ypagency.net/272703/
(A K P)
STC calls for Yemeni troops withdrawal from Hadhramout
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Saturday called for the withdrawal of the Yemeni army's First Military Region troops from the southeastern governorate of Hadhramout.
At its weekly meeting chaired by Eidroos al-Zobaidi, the Emirati-backed separatist STC hailed the "escalating public movement" in Wady (valley of) Hadhramout and the neighboring governorate of Mahara in pursuit of the First Region troops' relocation to Marib.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30978.html
(A P)
Islah leader calls all parties in Mahrah to stand united against violence
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59775
Yemeni Government Seeks to Raise Combat Forces Readiness
The Yemeni government has announced that it was working to raise the readiness of armed forces to confront outlaws and pursue terrorist elements.
The decision was made during a cabinet meeting in the city of Aden amid a campaign led by security and military forces in separate areas of Abyan and Shabwa to track down members of extremist organizations.
(A P)
Yemeni PM calls for European, Dutch role to establish truce
The Yemeni government calls for a European and Dutch role helping the UN-brokered truce hold and binding for the Houthi group to carry out its provisions, the Yemeni Prime Minister said on Friday.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30966.html
(B P)
Warum Empire-Nostalgie in der einstigen britischen Kolonie aufkommt
Der Südjemen war einst von Großbritannien kolonisiert. Bewohner erinnern sich mit Nostalgie an einen Besuch der Queen in Aden – und vergessen die Brutalität der einstigen Kolonialherren [nur im Abo]
(B P)
In Yemen, Queen’s death recalls memories of colonial past
In Aden, now the second largest city in Yemen, many remember colonial rule as a time of oppression that entrenched some of the problems still plaguing the city and the country, which has been devastated by civil war since 2014.
Some today still remember Elizabeth’s visit with admiration and credit British rule with advances in the country. Hassan al-Awaidi, a university student, knows his grandfather was among those waving from the street when the queen and her husband, Prince Phillip, passed by.
But al-Awadi says his generation now knows better.
“In the context of the 21st century, such practices are seen as a reflection of contemporary global issues like racism, inequality and white supremacy,” he said.
“They cracked down on people who wanted to end the colonial occupation of this land. Thousands of people were killed in the struggle to root out colonialism. They should be prosecuted and pay for their crimes.”
and
(B P)
In once flourishing Aden, Yemeni matriarch recalls British queen’s visit
‘Honestly, we were comfortable in the British colonial days. We weren’t suffering’
Kulthoom Muhammad Saeed was 12 years old when a young Queen Elizabeth visited Aden, then one of the world’s busiest fuelling ports and a strategic piece of Britain’s crumbling global empire.
Nearly seven decades later, Yemen’s long years of war and neglect have taken a devastating toll on Aden, and the death of the queen has made Kulthoom nostalgic.
“Honestly, we were comfortable in the British colonial days. We weren’t suffering,” the diminutive 80-year-old said, describing how she was able to raise a family of six on a modest income. “When we were under colonialism, we were in God’s grace and safety.”
(A P)
Protests [pf separatist STC supporters] Against First Military Region Continue in Hadramout
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35628
(A P)
UAE-backed militia kill Ethiopian immigrant, wound 2 others in Shabwa
An Ethiopian immigrant was stabbed to death with a knife on Thursday, and two others were injured after being attacked by coalition’s recruits in Shabwa province in eastern Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/272508/
(A K P)
UAE recruits 400 young people from Socotra
The occupation UAE forces have recruited 400 young men from the Yemeni island of Socotra, and enrolled them with their mercenaries on the island, local sources said on Thursday.
The sources added that the UAE has arranged for transferring the new recruits to the “Security Belt” camp in Hadibo city, the capital of the island, to receive training under the supervision of Emirati officers.
The UAE is moving to dispense with the services of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia, which brought them in early 2020 from Dhalea and Yafa areas, to expel Islah Party militants, according to the sources.
The UAE campaign to recruit the sons of Socotra comes after the recruitment of about 150 girls and young women from the island, their ages ranged between 15 and 22 years, and transferred last August to Abu Dhabi to receive training.
https://en.ypagency.net/272611/
(A P T)
Son of “Afash” appears in Al-Qaeda camp
A son of the UAE-backed military leader, “Tariq Afash,” has appeared inside one of Al-Qaeda camps, in a scandal that revealed who was behind these elements.
Activists on social media circulated a picture of the son of Tariq Afash, Muhammad, from his wife, whom he married secretly, while he is in an al-Qaeda camp, before he joined Zayed II Military College in Abu Dhabi, from which he graduated as part of the 46th batch in early February.
https://en.ypagency.net/272596/
(A H P)
Frequent power cuts in Aden force residents to sleep outside in sweltering heat
Amid temperatures exceeding thirty degrees celsius even in mid-September, Aden residents continue to suffer from frequent power cuts that can last for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx9QsjDNt9U
(B P)
Yemeni LC disputes delay Saudi-Emirati financial support
Disputes inside the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) have delayed approval for reforms needed to receive US $ 3-billion financial support from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, four sources said Monday.
Last April Riyadh said the Kingdom and UAE would provide Yemen with US$ 3 billion in economic support, after the LC formation.
Two billion will be channeled to the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY), 600 million to the fund of oil purchases, and 400 million to developmental projects and initiatives.
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi asked for reforms to the management of foreign funding and local revenues in order for the Yemeni official government to obtain their support, two CBY officials told Reuters.
Disputes between LC members are delaying a Parliament session to ratify measures that would allow for the LC to approve the formation of new committees tasked with combating corruption and controlling bids, two government officials said on condition of anonymity.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30925.html
(A P)
Yemen's Islah warns of ignoring partnership principle in State administration
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30926.html
(A E P)
Qatar Fund to rehabilitate power plant in Yemen’s Aden
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) announced on Tuesday the start of rehabilitation work at Yemen’s Al Hiswa Power Plant to provide the crisis-hit country with much-needed electricity.
https://dohanews.co/qatar-fund-to-rehabilitate-power-plant-in-yemens-aden/
and also https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220915-qatar-to-rehabilitate-yemen-power-plant/
(A K T)
AQAP loses its final stronghold in Abyan's Moudiya
Southern Armed Forces managed Wednesday to cleanse the last stronghold of the terrorist militants of Al-Qaeda in Moudiya district of Abyan governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35623
(A P T)
Government affirms intention to defeat terrorist groups
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35619
UAE-backed Hadramout governor sacks Islah party’s long arm
The new governor of Hadramout, in the Saudi-backed government Mabkhout bin Madi, dealt a severe blow to the Islah party in the province.
Bin Madi issued a decision to dismiss the party’s long arm, Essam bin Habrish al-Kathiri, and appoint engineer Hisham Mohammed al-Saidi, assistant deputy governor to manage the affairs of the districts
https://en.ypagency.net/272438/
(A T)
6 militant of STS injured due to attack targeted their vehicle in Abyan
A number of UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s elements were injured on Wednesday in an attack targeted a military vehicle in Abyan province, local sources told Yemen Press Agency.
The sources said that Al-Qaeda elements targeted a military vehicle of transitional militia, after which about six people were injured in Umran valley in Mawdiya district.
https://en.ypagency.net/272413/
Photo & reporting one killed: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1570244988113387521
(A K P)
Armed clashes break out between UAE factions in Shabwa
Armed confrontations broke out on Wednesday between UAE factions of Amaliqa and Shabwa defense forces in the province of Shabwa, eastern Yemen.
Informed local sources confirmed that the militants of Amaliqa brought by UAE to Shabwa, attacked Al-Ramda point belonging to the militia of Shabwa defense
https://en.ypagency.net/272504/ and https://en.ypagency.net/272578/ =
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/15/armed-mercenary-gang-clashes-in-shabwah-kill-and-wound-dozens/ and https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28373/Again%2C-Armed-Clashes-between-UAE-Mercenaries%2C-Shabwa
(A P)
The Aggression Militias Storm A School In Taiz
Today, Wednesday, groups of militias of the US-Saudi aggression stormed a school in the center of the city of Taiz.
Local sources reported that the aggression militias in Taiz stormed “Salah al-Din” school in the center of the city, and expelled the students and teachers from it, causing terror among the students.
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/547707
(A P)
Gunmen loot Al-Thawra hospital’s ambulance car in Taiz
https://en.ypagency.net/272538/
(A)
Several foreign yachts have been off the coast of #Yemen #Socotra Island for days. One of them is flying the US flag. They use inflatable boats to reach beaches of the island everyday, according to locals (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1569881804399693824
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272531/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/14/large-fleet-of-foreign-yachts-arrives-off-the-coast-of-occupied-socotra/
(A P)
New director of endowment office in #Shabwah governorate Salafi Sheikh Mohsen Mohammed gave instructions to all clerics and mosques in Shabwah to warn of "missionary organizations, and blasphemy and atheism they call for", according to this official memo. (document)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1569900260948049920
(A K P)
Series of explosions rock Al-Anad military base in Yemen's Lahj
and also https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1569927773069647879
Film: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/191436/Explosion-reported-in-Al-Anad-air-base-in-S-Yemen-VIDEO
(A B E P)
Pro-UAE media accuse “Islah” of looting oil, gas revenues in Marib
Pro-UAE media have accused the Islah Party authorities loyal to Saudi-led coalition in Marib province of looting 800 billion riyals annually of oil and gas revenues in Marib without depositing them at the Central Bank of Aden.
The Riyadh-formed “Presidential Council”, headed by Rashad Al-Alimi, had failed to force the Ialah authorities to deposit those huge sums to the Bank of Aden, according to “Al-Umana Net” website.
The website explained that the Islah authorities in Marib receive huge revenues from gas, whether in the province under the authority of the Supreme Political Council in Sanaa, or under the control of the pro-coalition forces loyal to “Saudi Arabia and the UAE” in southern Yemen.
In mid-August, Al-Alimi directed his deputy, president of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, to manage the so-called “Supreme Committee for Financial Resources” of all land, sea and air ports, and oil and gas sources.
https://en.ypagency.net/272414/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/14/saudi-backed-authorities-accused-of-stealing-800-billion-riyals-worth-of-yemeni-income-per-year/
(A P)
Tawakkol Karman accuses “Islah Party” of working to divide Yemen
Karman tweeted, “To the friends in Islah. On the anniversary of your party’s founding, we tell you that there is no difference between your party and the rest of the parties and the Southern Transitional Council, for example.”
She added, “They are all agents and tools for dividing and occupying the country. I am talking about the decision makers and those who manage these formations and control their decisions, not the individuals who just like the rest of the people.”
https://en.ypagency.net/272429/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/14/yemeni-nobel-prize-winner-accuses-islah-party-of-trying-to-divide-yemen/
(A P)
STC accuses Saudi Arabia of financing al-Qaeda elements in Abyan
Media leaders in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) accused on Tuesday Saudi Arabia of supporting al-Qaeda organization elements in Abyan province, southern Yemen.
This came, coinciding with the break out of disputes between Riyadh and the STC, after Saudi Arabia hinted at zeroing all the council’s recent military and political measures in the southern provinces.
The prominent journalist affiliated with the STC, Hussein al-Hanashi, said that a special Saudi committee reached Modiyah district, the birthplace of the former Interior Minister, Ahmed al-Maisari, a leader in the Islah party, with the aim of delivering new support to the terrorist factions stationed in the central areas of the province.
Al-Hanashi pointed out that the Saudi committee directed the payment of huge sums of money to members of one of the al-Qaeda factions in Abyan called “Hazmiya Brigade.”
https://en.ypagency.net/272423/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/14/emirati-backed-forces-accuse-saudi-arabia-of-supporting-al-qaeda-in-yemen/
(* B T)
Terror attacks persist in south Yemen
The latest terror attack in Yemen's Abyan province shows that radical groups still threaten the area.
While officials vow to punish the radicals, their attacks continue to threaten the safety of soldiers and citizens alike.
An Aden-based security researcher told Al-Monitor that the Yemeni government and the STC have been overly focused on each other, ignoring the danger of al-Qaeda. "The south is free from the Houthi militia, but it is not safe from extremists. Downplaying or disregarding the presence of terror operatives is an enormous mistake, and they and the population will pay the price."
Yemeni political researcher and author Adel Dashela said that neither the separatists nor the Yemeni government are able to defeat the radical groups. Dashela told Al-Monitor, "Confronting such extremist movements requires strategic cooperation between regional powers, the international community and the Yemeni government forces."
Dashela concluded, "The situation may spiral out of control unless the military units of the government and the STC are integrated under one leadership. The persistent separatist takeovers of southern cities will create other militant groups, including these radical elements. This will add to instability and chaos in south Yemen."
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/terror-attacks-persist-south-yemen
(A P)
3 killed, 5 injured in tribal clashes in Marib
Eight militants were killed and injured in tribal confrontations at down of Monday morning, in Marib province, northeastern of Yemen .
https://en.ypagency.net/272216/
(A P)
New clashes leave killed and wounded in Abyan
A number of UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia were killed and injured in new confrontations on Monday with gunmen in Al-Mahfad district of Abyan province.
Informed sources said that clashes broke out between elements of the security-belt militia and tribal gunmen
https://en.ypagency.net/272290/
(A P)
UAE-backed militia launches massive arrest campaign in Shabwa
The UAE-backed militia on Monday launched a massive arrest campaign against citizens in Ataq city, the capital of the oil-rich Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
Local sources indicated that Ataq is witnessing widespread arrests by the militia in the city’s streets and entrances.
https://en.ypagency.net/272251/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/12/emirati-backed-forces-launch-mass-arrest-in-shabwah/
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28346/UAE-Militias-Launch-Arrest-Campaign-in-Shabwa = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28345/UAE-Militias-Launch-Arrest-Campaign-in-Shabwa
(A P)
Al-Huraizi Calls to Confront Chaos Attempts in Al-Mahara
Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Huraizi, head of the peaceful sit-in committee in Al-Mahra governorate, called for confronting any attempts to ignite chaos in the governorate. This came during his meeting with the sheikhs and dignitaries of Al-Mahara governorate, affirming their support to continue the struggle against foreign forces and their tools that are trying to pass the plans of the Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28317/Al-Huraizi-Calls-to-Confront-Chaos-Attempts-in-Al-Mahara
(A P)
Yemeni President meets German Chancellor this week
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30895.html
(A T)
IED explosion kills four Yemen separatists on sweep against Al-Qaeda
A security official said 'four Yemeni soldiers were killed and six others wounded' by an improvised explosive device 'targeting a military vehicle'.
"Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and six others wounded in an IED explosion targeting a military vehicle" during a campaign targeting Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Abyan province, a security official told AFP.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/blast-kills-four-yemen-separatists-sweep-against-al-qaeda
and also https://english.news.cn/20220912/2685fec7124c490b9ee36ba5e348ec89/c.html
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35610
Film: https://twitter.com/mosher511/status/1569261690331738113
and
(A T)
Major attack on southern forces in #Abyan #Yemen on 6 Sept has just been claimed by #alQaeda, who say:
21 Security Belt forces killed, 7 injured
Abyan counter-terrorism commander Yasir Shayi killed
7 AQAP militants "martyred"
Reports of AQAP captives untrue
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1569412139135258631
(A P)
Yemen rifts stall reforms needed to access Gulf aid, sources say
Rifts within Yemen’s new presidential council are delaying approval of reforms needed to unlock $3 billion in financial aid from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that would help ease a severe foreign exchange crunch, four sources said.
When the council was formed in April under Saudi auspices, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi each pledged to inject $1 billion into the Aden-based central bank, and Saudi Arabia said it would grant another $1 billion for oil derivatives and development
But rivalries among Political Leadership Council (PLC) members have delayed a parliamentary session to ratify PLC procedures that would allow it to approve new committees to combat corruption and monitor tenders, two government sources said, requesting anonymity.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-rifts-stall-reforms-needed-access-gulf-aid-sources-say-2022-09-12/ = https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/yemen-rifts-stall-reforms-needed-to-access-gulf-aid-sources-say-1124074
and also https://thearabweekly.com/no-aid-gulf-countries-yemen-rifts-continue-stall-reforms
(A P)
Clashes break out inside house of UAE-backed governor of Shabwa
Informed sources said that clashes broke out between the security guards of Awad al-Wazir’s house, which led to the death of one of one of the guards,
https://en.ypagency.net/272178/
and also https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1569060778531082240
(A P)
Angry protest of teachers organized in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/272160/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/12/teachers-protest-against-lack-of-salary-payment-in-aden/
(A K P)
@alghadye TV correspondent in #Abyan, Othman Amer: "Southern Forces are heading towards the #AlMahfad district (A district in the Abyan Governorate, SW #Yemen) to secure it based on a well-advised plan of the Eastern Arrows Operation."
https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1569344484533477378
referring to film https://twitter.com/alghadye/status/1569302311293177856
(A K P)
Yemeni President holds extraordinary meeting with military aides
President of the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) on Monday held an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh with his senior military aides to discuss latest developments, amid fragile truce.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30917.html
(A K P)
STC claims seizing Qaeda sites in Yemen's Abyan
Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces on Sunday seized key sites used by al-Qaeda group in the southern governorate of Abyan, spokesman for the STC force said.
The Emirati-backed forces "took control of al-Sirri camp used by terrorist groups in Modea," Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed al-Naqeeb added in press remarks, "as part of East Arrows campaign" against terrorists.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-30919.html
(A K P)
Large terrorist operations foiled in four southern governorates
Within the code-named operation Arrows Of the Orient, the Southern Armed Forces managed on Sunday to foil a plot to carry out terrorist operations in several areas of the governorates of Aden, Hadramout, Shabwa and Abyan.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35605
Ma remark: As claimed by separatist STC militia.
(A K P)
Film: Military operation against militants in Shabwa
Southern Joint Forces of the Southern Transitional Council resume military operation against "terrorist" organizations in Shabwa Governorate in southeast Yemen, to purge the governorate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeAzfoU-9o
and
(A K P)
Shabwah Defense Forces unverified @Twitter account @QShbwt posts videos and pictures of their counter terrorism operation in Al Musayniea
https://twitter.com/BashaReport/status/1569390275717472257
referring to film: https://twitter.com/QShbwt/status/1568964982800269319
(A P)
The STC militia in Aden begin rounding up civilian escapees from the Houthi militia in Al-Beidha province and throwing them to jail/Bawabati
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-58680
(A P)
Members of ‘Al Humaikani Resistance’ kidnaped in Aden, Lahj
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia has carried out a large-scale arrest campaign against a number of leaders of the so-called “:Al Humaikani Resistance” in Aden and Lahj governorates.
Amer Al Humaikani, a spokesman for terrorist groups during its control of the Al Humaikani area in Bayda governorate, confirmed in a tweet on Sunday that the “Security Belt forces” in Aden raided the homes of displaced people of Al Humaikani and arrested a number of them.
He pointed out that the UAE-backed militia not only arrested them in Aden, but also launched a campaign of kidnapping against the sons of Al Humaikani family and elements of the so-called “resistance” in the area of Al-Had of Yafea district, east of Lahj province, without clear reasons.
It is worthy to mention that the UAE-backed militia launched a campaign of arrests targeting the displaced and leaders of the so-called “Al Humaikani Resistance” affiliated with the coalition in Aden and Lahj, on charges of belonging to Al-Qaeda
https://en.ypagency.net/272190/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/12/emirati-backed-forces-launch-mass-crackdown-in-aden-and-lahj/
(A P)
Aggression mercenaries in Marib kidnapped 3 displaced families from al-Juba
The Islah Party militia raided a camp for the displaced in Wadi Ubaidah about 2 months ago and arrested Hussein Ahmed Aylouk Abu Saad and his sons, Ali Abdullah Saleh Abu Saad, his daughter and his nephew Muhammad Saleh Abu Saad.
The official pointed out that the Islah militia hid the detainees from their families and prevented their visits, as they were subjected to psychological and physical torture, and their fate is still unknown until this moment.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3202268.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/272196/
(* B C P)
Queen Elizabeth II’s last foothold in Arabia
Aden, now part of Yemen, was the only British colony in the Arab world, until British forces left in 1967.
Aden, a port in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, and now part of Yemen, had directly been ruled by the British crown since 1937. It was first occupied in 1839, and ruled as part of British India.
British control ran deep into the areas surrounding the city, with vast swaths of territory in what is now southern Yemen called the ‘Aden Protectorate’, a status that was also used to describe British control over many parts of the Gulf, including what is now Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
But it was only Aden that was directly controlled by the United Kingdom, with no local ruling alongside. The city had a reputation for being cosmopolitan, modern and home to one of the busiest ports in the world, which the British used to try and maintain dominance in a region fast growing in importance as a result of its oil and gas reserves.
Yet, just 13 years after Queen Elizabeth was welcomed with open arms in Aden, the British fled, the last high commissioner airlifted out by helicopter.
They had been defeated by local independence fighters who would go on to declare the only Marxist state in the Arab world, the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).
The uprising had begun in 1963, fuelled by the same Arab nationalism that forced the British out of Egypt’s Suez Canal in 1956.
Images from it are perhaps more reflective of the true feeling of locals towards British colonial rule – protesters waving banners in the face of British soldiers, Arab men forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint, or being marched away.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/9/queen-elizabeths-last-foothold-in-arabia
and also on this subject: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/britains-complex-colonial-legacy-yemen
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-823b-yemen-war-mosaic-823b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-822-yemen-war-mosaic-822
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-822 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-822:
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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