... Angriffe auf Jemens Politikerinnen in den sozialen Medien – und mehr
Sept. 28, 2022: IDP hosting sites and Abs City flood hazard analysis – Slow torture: The economic blockade of Yemen and its grave humanitarian consequences– Saudi Arabia’s split-image approach to Salafism – Yemeni female politicians targeted on social media – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-824b-yemen-war-mosaic-824b
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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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: Von der Hochkultur zur humanitären Katastrophe
Dieser Konflikt ist jedoch nicht nur ein Konflikt zwischen aufständischen Gruppierungen und der Regierung. Im Grunde ist es ein Stellvertreterkrieg um die Vorherrschaft in der gesamten Arabischen Welt. Die Hauptakteure dabei sind Saudi-Arabien auf der einen Seite und der Iran auf der anderen. Saudi-Arabien unterstützt die Regierung und der Iran die Huthis.
Die Saudis befürchten, dass sich im Jemen feindliche Mächte etablieren und von dort aus angreifen könnten. Zudem ist Saudi-Arabien an einer Vormachtstellung in der Region interessiert - vor allem aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen.
Die Leidtragende dieses nicht enden wollenden Konflikts ist die Zivilbevölkerung. Vor allem die Kinder sind betroffen. Im Jemen herrscht eine der größten humanitären Krisen der Welt. Es fehlt an Nahrung, sauberem Wasser und Medikamenten. Davon ist weit mehr als die Hälfte der Bevölkerung betroffen.
Zudem droht eine Ölpest im Roten Meer. Seit Jahren treibt ein rostender Öltanker vor der Küste des Jemen. Jeder Zeit könnte er explodieren und eine Umweltkatastrophe auslösen.
Doch einen kleinen Hoffnungsschimmer scheint es zu geben: Im April ist Präsident Hadi zurückgetreten und hat seine Macht an einen Präsidialrat übergeben. Außerdem gibt es seit April eine Waffenruhe. Die wurde Anfang August verlängert und gilt noch bis zum 2. Oktober. Die UN vermittelt zwischen den Konfliktparteien. Beide Seiten sind sogar bereit, auf eine noch weiterreichende Einigung hinzuarbeiten.
https://www.erf.de/amp/von-der-hochkultur-zur-humanitaeren-katastrophe/2270-7379
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[Criminal complaint against French arms manufacturers for the export of war materials in the context of the Yemen conflict]
How did the conflict in Yemen begin?
What are the accusations against the Coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and against other parties to the conflict?
Since the beginning of its intervention, the Coalition has carried out dozens of disproportionate and indiscriminate airstrikes that have injured and killed civilians and destroyed or damaged homes, hospitals, schools, markets, and other civilian infrastructure. Several NGOs, including Mwatana for human rights, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty international have repeatedly reported on the Coalition’s violations in Yemen, which in many cases may amount to war crimes.
The Yemen Data Project, a non-profit organisation that collects data on the Yemen conflict in the absence of official military records, reports an estimated 25,054 airstrikes, of which 8,121 were against military targets and 7,055 against non-military targets[1]. It was unable to determine whether there was a legitimate military target for the remaining 9,878 airstrikes[2].
How is the humanitarian situation in Yemen?
As the conflict enters its eighth year, Yemen continues to endure one of the worst man-made humanitarian crises. According to the United Nations Development Programme, at least 377,000 people have been killed, the vast majority of which resulting from indirect consequences of the fighting, such as starvation and disease[8].
More than 4 million people have been internally displaced[9]. In January 2022, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that more than 20 million people needed humanitarian assistance, along with more than 12 million in need of emergency assistance.
Furthermore, according to OCHA, half of the population suffers from acute hunger, and half of the children under five (an estimated 2.3 million children) are at risk of malnutrition and over one million pregnant or lactating women suffer from acute malnutrition and risk giving birth to newborns with severely stunted growth[10].
This humanitarian crisis is exacerbated by attacks that destroy or damage homes, medical facilities, and other civilian infrastructure. These attacks and the obstacles to the deployment of humanitarian aid have amplified the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, and millions of civilians are facing disease, hunger and destitution.
https://mwatana.org/en/french-arms/
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
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IDP Hosting Sites and Abs City Flood Hazard Analysis - Pilot analysis in Abs District, Hajjah Governorate
Due to the occurrence of torrential rains in Yemen, flash floods are and will continue to be a recurrent hazard with destructive consequences, which exacerbates the effects of ongoing conflict and the humanitarian crisis in the country. In the past years, Yemen has been hit with torrential rain and flooding on several occasions, leading to displacement, injuries, and deaths, and causing severe damage to homes, shelters, and infrastructure, while also driving the spread of diseases, and harming agricultural yields and livestock.2
In 2020 the situation was especially drastic, where it was estimated that nearly half a million people were directly affected by flooding by September. A total of 189 districts in 19 governorates were impacted, and approximately 44 people died.3 According to the Sana'a-based Ministry of Public Health and Population, estimates of casualties are 250 people and a death toll of 131 people in northern Yemen alone.4 Several international reports1,2,3 indicated that the lives of tens of thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDPs), many of whom were already in vulnerable shelters because of the conflict, were further disrupted. In this instance, the most affected governorates were Marib, Hajjah, Al Hodeidah, and Sana'a. In 2021, an estimated 13,596 families were affected by heavy rains and flooding across the country by August alone, with country-wide losses of life and property and an immense impact on displaced families in the governorates of Hajjah, Ma'rib, Sana'a, and Ta'iz.5 In Ibb governorate, key roads such as the Ibb-Sana'a Road, which was already poorly maintained, were further damaged and limited civilian movement and access to services, with one key example of this being the temporary suspension of operations in the Al-Thawra Hospitals in Sana'a.4 Local media has also reported damage to a bridge linking the Al Musaymir area of Lahj Governorate with Ta'iz City. Water from floods also created physical blockages and logistical barriers for humanitarian personnel and partners in providing urgent interventions.1,5 Finally, the August 2022 OCHA Situation Update estimated that more than 51,000 households have been affected by heavy rains across the country since mid-April 2022, with Mar'ib and Hajjah governorates being the worst-hit, as more than 13,000 and 9,000 households were affected respectively, and the majority of those affected were reportedly in displacement sites.6
Along the western coast of Yemen, one of the more affected districts, Abs in Hajjah governorate, also has one of the highest concentrations of IDPs and vulnerable people in the country. Since 2019, Hajjah has experienced a series of heavy rains that have destroyed shelters in IDP sites and infrastructure, leaving thousands of people in need, and disrupting humanitarian distributions.7,8 On top of the immediate sectoral needs of the affected population, relief actors have expressed concern regarding the health impacts of the floods, particularly the heightened transmission risk of vector-borne and waterborne diseases amid an ongoing cholera outbreak at the time.4 In 2020, Hajjah governorate showed the highest number of households affected by flooding events in Yemen (18,195 households).3 Within IDP hosting sites, from March 2021 to May 2022, Hajjah reportedly experienced infectious diseases, conflict-related incidents, water contamination, and flooding as the most common threats to sites.9 In August 2022, Hajjah has once again been one of the most affected governorates in Yemen due to recurrent heavy rains and floods that resulted in infrastructure, homes, food stock, and livestock being washed away.10 Based on findings from the CCCM Site Report aggregated from May 2021-March 2022, in Abs district infectious diseases and flooding were reportedly the most common threats to sites, with 31% and 30% of sites reportedly at risk of infectious disease and flooding respectively.9 In fact, according to the CCCM Flooding Incidents Report between December 2021 to August 2022, 87% of sites in Abs that experienced a flooding event were reportedly in flood-prone areas,
and report in full: https://www.impact-repository.org/document/reach/3617f557/REACH_YEM_Report_Flood_Hazard_Analysis_Sept2022.pdf
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Torture in slow motion: The economic blockade of Yemen and its grave humanitarian consequences
Yemen: Naval blockade can amount to torture, a new report argues
The naval blockade imposed on Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition has substantially contributed to pushing Yemeni civilians into starvation and can be considered torture, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) said in a report published today.
"The tens of thousands of civilians who die due to malnutrition, waterborne diseases, and the lack of access to healthcare are no collateral damage of the conflict", said Hélène Legeay, legal director at OMCT's Middle East and North Africa office. "They are the direct victims of a combination of war crimes committed by the various sides, in which the naval blockade imposed by the Saudi-led Coalition plays a major role. The blockade threatens to plunge the country into famine and violates international norms, including the United Nations Convention against Torture."
Since March 2015, Yemen has been ravaged by a civil war that pits the government, supported by a nine-country coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), against the Houthi rebel movement in the north of the country. In December 2020, the United Nations recorded 131,000 deaths due to a lack of food, health services, and clean water. In July this year, the World Food Programme estimated that almost one Yemeni out of three -- 19 million people -- were food insecure, with 3.5 million acutely malnourished.
The report, titled Torture in slow motion, demonstrates that the stringent controls imposed on the maritime imports to the Houthi-controlled north of the country, which hosts 70% of Yemen's population of 30 million, plays a crucial role in this devastation. Yemen imports 90% of its needs -- food, fuel, and medicines. The Coalition's control of commercial and humanitarian cargo ships, ostensibly to enforce a UN-mandated arms embargo against the Houthis, has caused considerable delays in deliveries, leading to price spikes that have brought an already fragile economy to its knees.
"The Coalition's searches have not led to any discovery of weapons", said Legeay. "Instead, restrictions on fuel imports, in particular, keep having a knock-on effect on the provision of food, drinking water, and healthcare." Yemen needs diesel generators to pump most of its water and keep clinics and hospitals running. "Since the April 2022 ceasefire, the restrictions have been eased, and the fuel delivery has increased. This is a positive but insufficient step forward. The blockade must stop immediately and completely, rather than depend on a fragile and long peace process."
The report argues that Coalition member States, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, could be held responsible, leading to international criminal liability for their agents. The same goes for their accomplices, States and private companies that supply arms and thus play a crucial role in compounding the situation. The report calls for an end to the blockade, international scrutiny of these crimes, the punishment of perpetrators, and collective reparations to the Yemeni people.
From introduction
Yemen’s cataclysmic humanitarian situation is entirely manufactured. Parties to the conflict have relied on methods of warfare targeting the country’s fragile economy, leading to its collapse. Several factors can explain this collapse and the impoverishment of the civilian population. Amongst these are the non-payment of public servants’ salaries following the transfer of the Bank of Yemen from Sana’a to Aden in September 2016; the impact of the exchange rates on the prices of food and fuel; strikes against agricultural areas, livestock, water facilities, and farms; and the higher costs of goods transport due to damaged road infrastructure and insecurity en route. The Houthis have also obstructed humanitarian assistance and imposed heavy taxes on goods entering their territory, including on fuel, which has led to additional price increases.
In addition to these interconnected determinants, the economic blockade imposed by the coalition since March 2015 with the consent of the internationally recognised Government of Yemen constitutes a prominent driver of Yemen’s economic collapse. For more than seven years, as a method of war, the Coalition has restricted the maritime imports of fuel, food, medicine, and other essential goods to Houthi-controlled territory. In a country that imports 90 percent of what it consumes, the restrictions placed on imports and especially fuel oil have had and continue to have a devastating effect on civilians. The blockade has effectively isolated for the civilian population living in areas controlled by the Houthi armed group. Approximately 71 percent of the people in need in Yemen are located in areas controlled by Houthis in the northern part of the country and in close proximity to the ports of Hodeidah and Salef, two of the three main ports that used to receive close to 80 percent of the total maritime imports in Yemen before the conflict. Despite their vital importance for the supply of the Yemeni people, access to these ports have been severely restricted for more than seven years.
Report in full: https://www.omct.org/site-resources/images/Torture-in-slow-motion.pdf
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Saudi Arabia’s Split-Image Approach to Salafism
The modernisation policies in Saudi Arabia supervised by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have brought about a number of transformations in the structure of state institutions and Saudi society.
These transformations raise an important question about Saudi ties with Salafism, a branch of Sunni groups that defines Islam as anything the prophet Muhammad said or did and that was upheld by his first three generations of his followers, which Saudi Arabia helped to spread over recent decades. Support for Salafism was one of the instruments of soft power that the kingdom used to expand its influence in Muslim societies.
One place where this happened is Yemen. In 1982, Muqbil al-Wadi’i, a Salafi scholar who had been residing in Saudi Arabia, established Dar al-Hadith in the northern governorate of Saada. This is seen as the starting point for the Salafi movement in the country. By backing Wadi’i, the Saudis sought a counterweight to the Zaydi Shia community in Saada, leading members of which supported Iran’s revolution of 1979.
Saudi Arabia benefited from the Salafi expansion in Yemen. The Salafis’ discourse portrayed Saudi Arabia as the primary protector of Islam, and Salafi teachings were largely based on the ideas of Saudi Salafi scholars.
While Salafism appears to be reducing in importance within the Saudi state, the kingdom has reinforced its alliance with Salafis in Yemen, even expanding cooperation in some areas as conflict rages on. Given their ideological differences with the Iran-backed Houthis, Salafi groups have become a significant force supported by the Saudi-led Arab coalition.
The changing relationship between the Saudi state and Salafis in Saudi Arabia has been accompanied by transformations in the Salafi environment in Yemen. Traditionally, Yemeni Salafis are divided into three categories: Salafi-jihadis; political Salafis, who have Salafi roots but follow the path of political Islamist movements by involving themselves in politics, such as Al Rashad Union Party and the Peace and Development Party; and traditional Salafis, which encompasses most Yemeni Salafis. While the traditional Salafi schools have historically abstained from engaging in politics, prioritizing obedience to the ruler (wali al-amr), this principle was shaken by the Houthi takeover of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in 2014. The Salafis woke up to the fact that the Zaydi Houthis, whom they opposed, had become the dominant military force in Yemen.
This change in the political context prompted many followers of traditional Salafism to reconsider their quietist principles, as they found themselves at the center of a war effort, leading armed groups. Alongside Mohammed bin Salman’s transformations in Saudi Arabia, this reconsideration led to a new relationship between the two Salafi communities—one centered on Saudi support for Salafis who were engaged in a political conflict, not simply spreading their religious doctrine.
Saudi Arabia has three fundamental motives for strengthening its ties with Yemeni Salafi groups. First, there is deep enmity between Salafis and the Houthis, whom Saudi Arabia is also fighting. The clash between the Salafis and Houthis is not only one over doctrine, but also has a military dimension. In 2014, the Houthis took over the Saada-based Dammaj Center, the first Salafi school in Yemen, and forced the Salafi community to leave the area. The sense of grievance among Salafis was revived when the Houthis expanded into other areas in which Salafis were present.
A second motive is that the Salafis have no specific political agenda. Their primary aim is to combat the Houthis, based on a religious rationale, particularly after the takeover of the Dammaj Center and the expulsion of Salafis from Saada. This gave the Salafis pride of place among other Yemeni groups that were fighting alongside the coalition, including the Islah Party and southern separatists, who have political agendas that conflict with those of the Saudi-led coalition.
A third motive is to maintain Saudi religious influence in Yemen, which Salafi groups have helped to sustain in the past four decades, and to prevent Salafis from engaging in any compromises with the Houthis. To the Saudis, the agreements that some Salafi leaders signed with the Houthis in areas of northern Yemen in 2014 were alarming.
For the Salafis, having regional backers, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is important. Receiving financial support is only part of the reason. The Salafis also seek some sort of legitimacy in their fight against the Houthis.
Considering the political and military context in Yemen, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Salafis there will remain strong, despite the religious changes inside the kingdom. While Saudi Arabia pursues its battle in Yemen, Salafis will remain their preferred partners and a key part of the kingdom’s network of influence in the country – by Ahmed Nagi
https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Regional_X-Border-Local-Research-Network_Peripheral-Vision_Spring-2022.pdf = https://carnegie-mec.org/2022/09/13/saudi-arabia-s-split-image-approach-to-salafism-pub-87895
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Cyber-Mobbing gegen Frauen im Jemen: "Frauen werden systematisch ausgegrenzt"
Mehr als 200.000 Menschen folgen ihr auf Facebook, auf Twitter sind es ca. 54.000. Nora Al-Jarawi ist eine der prominentesten jemenitischen Politikerinnen. Für Qantara.de berichtet sie, wie kein Tag vergeht, an dem sie sich nicht gegen Angriffe im Netz wehren muss, nur weil sie offen ihre Stimme erhebt.
Das Internet gilt als wichtiges Sprachrohr für führende jemenitische Frauen – sowohl innerhalb als auch außerhalb des Landes. Im Jemen hat zwar nicht einmal ein Drittel der Bevölkerung Zugang zum Internet, aber erfahrungsgemäß lösen politische Ereignisse einen sprunghaften Anstieg der Internetnutzung aus.
Im Jemen werden keine verlässlichen Statistiken über die Anzahl weiblicher Internetnutzer geführt. Allerdings geben 13 Prozent der Facebook-Nutzer bei ihrer Registrierung an, Frauen zu sein. Das ist ein erster Richtwert. Tatsächlich dürfte die Zahl deutlich höher liegen, denn viele Benutzerinnen verstecken sich im Jemen hinter männlichen Konten und falschen Namen. Sei es aus Angst vor Belästigung oder wegen ihres konservativen Umfelds.
Führende jemenitische Frauen – vor allem Politikerinnen – veröffentlichen allerdings meist ihre Namen und Bilder offen auf Social-Media-Plattformen. Sie nutzen diese Plattformen, um ihrem Ausschluss aus den Entscheidungsfindungsprozessen und Netzwerken etwas entgegenzusetzen, die in der Regel Männern vorbehalten sind. In diesen Männerzirken spielt das Kauen der berauschenden Khatblätter keine unwesentliche Rolle. Wir sehen heute einen gravierenden Rückschritt gegenüber den Errungenschaften, die jemenitische Frauen in der Vergangenheit bereits erzielen konnten; vor allem in den Jahren 2013 und 2014 während der Konferenz des Nationalen Dialogs.
Die jemenitische Mehrheitsgesellschaft will, dass Frauen schwach und ohne Stimme bleiben. Sie steht auf der Seite derer, die Frauen missbrauchen. Frauen sind nicht nur im Staatsapparat von Entscheidungspositionen ausgeschlossen. Sie werden systematisch von der Teilhabe am politischen Prozess ausgegrenzt, auch von Friedensgesprächen. Dabei sind es in allen Gemeinschaften üblicherweise Frauen, die bei Friedensbemühungen und humanitärer Hilfe eine wichtige Rolle spielen.
Aber wir geben nicht auf und erkämpfen uns über verschiedene Initiativen einen Platz auf der politischen Bühne. Hier ist insbesondere die Peace Track Initiative zu nennen. Unter Mitwirkung von 30 Frauen hat die Initiative einen Fahrplan für den Frieden im Jemen ausgearbeitet. Er soll die methodischen Grundlagen für ein Gleichgewicht und eine echte Beteiligung von Frauen auf allen Ebenen des politischen Prozesses schaffen.
Diese Initiative – sofern sie umgesetzt wird – wird die Lebensumstände der politisch aktiven Frauen im Jemen grundlegend verändern, was den Weg zu einem gerechten und nachhaltigen Frieden im Jemen beschleunigen dürfte. Die Umsetzung einer solchen Initiative verlangt von den derzeitigen politischen Führungspersonen allerdings ein Umdenken und die Anerkennung der Rolle, die Frauen spielen. Wir fordern ein entschlossenes Vorgehen gegen Hassrede und geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt im Internet. Die Verantwortlichen für Gewalt im Netz müssen zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden.
Tagtäglich werden jemenitische Politikerinnen systematisch mithilfe von Bots, E-Flies und gefälschten Konten angegriffen. Diese Kampagnen zielen darauf ab, Frauen persönlich zu diskreditieren. Ihr Privatleben wird ausgeforscht und auf Websites werden persönliche Bilder veröffentlicht, die vorher mit Bildbearbeitungstechniken oder Deep-Fake-Verfahren manipuliert wurden. Die Betroffenen werden überall angegriffen, ganz gleich, wo sie sich aufhalten – im Inland oder im Ausland.
Für jemenitische Politikerinnen werden die sozialen Medien schnell zu einem toxischen, abstoßenden Umfeld. Auf unsere Kampagne zur Ablehnung der Ende 2020 gebildeten neuen Regierung, in der erstmals seit zwanzig Jahren keine Frauen vertreten waren, erlebten wir die bisher schlimmsten Online-Angriffe gegen jemenitische Politikerinnen. Gegen die Aktivistinnen der Kampagne #NoWomenNoGovernment wurden bösartige Attacken geführt.
Prominente Männer wurden aufgefordert, sich den Angriffen anzuschließen. Die Aktivistinnen wurden als unmoralisch oder manipulativ dargestellt. Es wurde gezielt nach Fehlern in der Vergangenheit gesucht. Frühere Aussagen von Aktivistinnen wurden verdreht, die eigenen Worte gegen sie verwendet. Wenn sich Frauen zu einem Sachverhalt äußern, werden sie offenbar Zeit ihres Lebens dafür zur Rechenschaft gezogen. Für Männer gilt das nicht. Ihnen werden frühere Äußerungen nachgesehen. Bei ihnen zählt die Vergangenheit nicht.
Diejenigen, die die Öffentlichkeit gegen jemenitische Politikerinnen aufhetzen, reden nicht offen über ihre politischen Vorstellungen oder Themen. Vielmehr missbrauchen sie Diskussionen für haltlose Anschuldigungen, die einzig darauf abzielen, Frauen in ein schlechtes Licht zu rücken. Das passiert ständig.
Die böswilligen Kampagnen gegen jemenitische Politikerinnen haben viele führende Frauen dazu getrieben, ihre Aktivitäten in den sozialen Medien einzustellen. Aus Angst vor Gegenreaktionen halten sich die meisten Aktivistinnen bei sensiblen oder kontroversen Themen in den sozialen Medien mittlerweile zurück.
Aus Angst vor Diffamierung und digitaler Gewalt ziehen viele führende jemenitische Frauen den sanften Diskurs vor und beschwichtigen lieber. Viele von ihnen scheuen eine klare Haltung zu den vielen Problemen, vor denen wir im Jemen stehen. So verschwinden sie von der Bildfläche, während die männlichen Stimmen lauter werden. Im Unterschied dazu haben Männer immer das Recht, ihre Meinung zu äußern. Selbst wenn sie zu Gewalt aufrufen und damit die Sicherheit der Gesellschaft gefährden.
Die digitalen Plattformen im Jemen müssen sich dringend verändern. Aus der abstoßenden, toxischen Umgebung muss ein sicherer Ort werden, der zur Unterstützung ermutigt, der mehr Aktivistinnen eine Stimme verleiht und in dem Frauen vielfältig repräsentiert sind. Wenn wir die digitale Kriminalität ernsthaft bekämpfen wollen, werden wir in einer partnerschaftlichen Atmosphäre zusammenarbeiten müssen – von Nora Al-Jarawi
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Yemen’s other war: Female politicians targeted on social media
With more than two hundred thousand followers on Facebook and about 54 thousand followers on Twitter, I am one of the most prominent Yemeni politicians on the ground and online. Yet not a day passes without me having to fight in the virtual world because I decided to have a voice. Activist Nora Al-Jarawi gives a personal account
Statistics for the number of female Internet users in Yemen are not readily available, but we can take the 13% of Facebook account holders in Yemen who identify themselves as female as a starting point. The number is likely to be much higher, since many female Internet users in Yemen cower behind male accounts and fake names, either for fear of harassment or because of their conservative families.
By contrast, Yemen’s female leaders – especially politicians – publish their names and photos clearly on social media platforms, considering these platforms as a means of compensating for their exclusion from the decision-making process and circles of influence, which are generally men’s clubs – with khat-chewing playing a major role.
What is happening today marks a frightening deterioration from the achievements Yemeni women achieved publicly in previous years, most notably during the National Dialogue Conference.
Yemeni society wants women to remain weak, their voices subdued, while supporting those who abuse them. The exclusion of women from decision-making positions is not limited to government structures, either. Women are systemically excluded from participating in the entire political process, including peace talks, despite women clearly playing an important role in community peace and humanitarian aid efforts.
Nevertheless, we are attempting to carve out a space for ourselves in the political arena through multiple initiatives.
As I write this, Yemeni female politicians are being systematically targeted using bots, e-flies and fake accounts. The campaigns target their private lives, searching out details and personal photos to publish them on sites using image editing and even deep fake technology. Women politicians find themselves under attack wherever they are, at home and abroad, as digital warfare knows no geographical barriers and its effects extend as far as the Internet can reach. The state of Yemen must adopt digital protection policies to combat digital violence, hate speech and incitement against women, activating judicial institutions to deal with those digital crimes that have become weapons of war.
Social media platforms are fast becoming a toxic, repellent environment for Yemeni female politicians. In retrospect, I can say that the backlash we experienced following our campaign denouncing the government formation in 2020 (which was devoid of women for the first time in twenty years) featured the worst online activism directed against Yemeni political women to date. The attacks levied at activists behind the #NoWomenNoGovernment campaign were vicious.
The vicious campaigns against Yemeni female politicians have pushed many women leaders away from the world of social media activism. Today, most female activists are reluctant to participate in sensitive or controversial topics on social media for fear of a backlash. Although there are hundreds of Yemeni women who are not in immediate physical danger owing to their location abroad in the USA or Europe, the ferocity and violence on social networks has seen them stop engaging in human rights campaigns, or even defending those in Yemen who may be subject to physical persecution and actual abuse – by Nora Al-Jarawi
https://en.qantara.de/content/yemens-other-war-female-politicians-targeted-on-social-media
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-september-25-2022-map-update/
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Sondermaßnahme Jemen 2022
Im Rahmen des NDICI finanziert die Europäische Union eine Sondermaßnahme für Jemen mit einem Beitrag in Höhe von 14 Millionen Euro.
Ziele der Sondermaßnahme (Special Measure) für Jemen ist es, einen Beitrag zum Frieden und zur Sicherheit im Jemen zu leisten. Insbesondere sollen Institutionen, die zu nachhaltigem Frieden beitragen, unterstützt und Kapazitäten ausgebaut werden.
https://www.gtai.de/de/trade/jemen/entwicklungsprojekte/sondermassnahme-jemen-2022-901866
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Ahmed Ali, son of frmr Yemeni prz Ali Saleh & deputy head of Sana'a GPC, called on Yemenis to come together to face #Iran's threat & its proxy Houthis in #Yemen. It's the 1st time Ahmed referred to Houthis & Iran in his statmnt like this since 2014. Why this time?
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1574963032505356288
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Mwatana for Human Rights is honored to receive @PAXforpeace Peace Dove Award. We highly appreciate this recognition and proud of our partnership with PAX to defend human rights in #Yemen (photo)
https://twitter.com/MwatanaEn/status/1572685573856321536
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#Yemenis across the country, especially in the north, are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 26th September Revolution that toppled the Imamate in 1962. The celebration this time is quite unprecedented. (thread)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1574104310681567239
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Yemenis celebrating 26 September revolution: History repeats itself but we will conquer!
Fayez, whose real name is kept confidential upon his request, said the celebration of this national day is "a great risk due to the unfortunate coincidence of the Houthi militia, the Imamite's heirs, being back in control of Amran and most of north Yemen."
"The Houthi grip is so oppressive, yet people take risks and display their happiness with the revolution anniversary," he says.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-60928
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Lässt der Westen Jemen fallen, um Wirtschaftskrieg gegen Russland zu führen?
Im angespannten Klima durch die Folgen des anhaltenden Konflikts zwischen der NATO und Russland um die Ukraine könnte Frankreich alle Aussichten auf Frieden im Jemen zunichtemachen, um sich Energieressourcen aus den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten zu sichern.
Der von den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten unterstützte Übergangsrat des südlichen Jemen (STC), oft als Separatisten des Südjemen bezeichnet, gab den Beginn einer neuen Militäroperation in der Provinz Abyan bekannt, "um sie von terroristischen Organisationen zu säubern". Diese Ankündigung folgte auf Gebietsgewinne des STC in der benachbarten Provinz Schabwat auf Kosten der mit der Muslimbruderschaft verbündeten Partei al-Islah und anderen Akteuren. Die vom STC gestarteten Offensiven gelten als große Herausforderung für die Bemühungen der Vereinten Nationen zur Beendigung des Konflikts im Jemen und gefährden die saudische Initiative, die sie den "Jemenitischen Präsidialrat" nennen, und die darauf abzielt, die Legitimität der sich Exil befindlichen jemenitischen Führung zu festigen.
Frankreich kommt ins Spiel
Obwohl die Rolle Frankreichs in der westlichen Öffentlichkeit kaum bekannt ist, ist Paris der drittgrößte Waffenlieferant für die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate und Saudi-Arabien
Am 15. April 2019 veröffentlichte das französische investigative Magazin Disclose eine Enthüllung über die Rolle von Paris im Krieg im Jemen. Die vorgelegten Informationen basierten auf einem durchgesickerten Bericht des französischen Militärgeheimdienstes (DRM) vom September 2018. Dieser Bericht beweist eindeutig, dass Frankreich Offensivwaffen verkauft hatte, die in zivilen Gebieten eingesetzt wurden.
Frankreich benötigt jetzt dringend Energielieferanten als Alternative zu Russland, um seinen Bedarf zu decken.
Der andere wichtige alternative Weg, den Frankreich jetzt zu suchen scheint, führt über seine enge Allianz mit den Vereinten Arabischen Emiraten.
Als Präsident Macron im Juli Muhammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, den Präsidenten der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, in Paris empfing, kündigte das französische Wirtschaftsministerium ein neues strategisches Energieabkommen zwischen beiden Staaten an.
Dann, im August, begann der von den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten unterstützte Übergangsrat des südlichen Jemen (STC) plötzlich mit neuen Offensivoperationen in den Provinzen Schabwat und Abyan. Zufällig beschlossen die Streitkräfte des STC auch die Erdölfelder in der Provinz Schabwat zu übernehmen. Führende Menschenrechtsorganisationen hatten Paris aufgefordert, die Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die Emirate, im Vorfeld der Unterzeichnung des strategischen Energieabkommens zu berücksichtigen – Forderungen, die offensichtlich nicht beachtet wurden.
Als am 21. August der STC die Ölanlagen im Süden des Jemen beschlagnahmte, hatte er möglicherweise das Abkommen mit Frankreich bereits im Hinterkopf. Der frühere Außenminister des Jemen, Dr. Abu Bakr al-Kirbi, erklärte auf Twitter, dass "angesichts der international gestiegenen Gaspreise, Vorbereitungen für den Gasexport aus der Anlage in Balhaf getroffen werden". Kurz darauf folgte eine Ankündigung des Parlaments der in Sanaa ansässigen Regierung der Nationalen Erlösung, in der vor verdächtigen Bewegungen sowohl der US-amerikanischen als auch der französischen Streitkräfte gewarnt wurde.
Die wichtige Einrichtung in Balhaf in der jemenitischen Provinz Schabwat, wurde Berichten zufolge in eine Basis für Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate umgewandelt, wobei Behauptungen laut wurden, dass Paris durch die französische Fremdenlegion Schutz für die Einrichtung bieten könnte.
Es gibt unzählige Berichte darüber, dass die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate Ressourcen aus dem Jemen plündern, was den Verdacht nährt, dass die Emirate jetzt versuchen könnten, die Vorkommen in Schabwat zu extrahieren, um sie dann nach Frankreich zu liefern
Diese offensiven Schritte des STC bedeuten auch, dass die von Saudi-Arabien unterstützten Streitkräfte im Jemen und die wahrscheinlich ebenfalls in die Kämpfe verwickelt werden. Dies könnte die Auflösung des Waffenstillstands zwischen den beiden Seiten, die Wiederaufnahme der Offensive der Ansarallah zur Rückeroberung der ölreichen Provinz Ma'rib durch die von den Saudis unterstützten Kräfte und das Ende jeder möglichen Friedensinitiative zur Beendigung des Krieges bedeuten.
Es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass die Ansarallah einfach zusehen wird, wie der STC zum Wohle Frankreichs den Diebstahl jemenitischer Ressourcen unterstützt. Einer der Hauptgründe für die dramatische Eskalation der Gewalt im vergangenen Jahr war die Offensive der Ansarallah, mit dem Ziel, die letzte nördliche Hochburg der von Saudi-Arabien geführten Koalition in Ma'rib auszuschalten. Der Zweck der Eroberung des rohstoffreichen Gebiets war, die Plünderung der jemenitischen Ressourcen zu stoppen, was Berichten zufolge dem Diebstahl von Millionen Barrel pro Jahr gleichkommt. Einige Quellen behaupten sogar, dass eine inoffizielle Vereinbarung zwischen der US-amerikanischen und der saudischen Regierung besteht, um die Ressourcen des Jemen gezielt von seiner Bevölkerung fernzuhalten und stattdessen die Gewinne an saudische Banken umzuleiten – cvon Robert Inlakesh
Feindsender!
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Political analyst reveals goals of extending UN armistice for 4th time
An ambassador and political analyst has accused European countries of looting and stealing the national oil and gas resources of the Yemeni people.
The Yemeni ambassador and political analyst, Abdullah Salam al-Hakimi, said: “European countries buy Yemeni gas from the Emirati-Saudi occupation authorities, and they are partners in the looting and theft of Yemeni national wealth.”
“These countries are partners in launching aggression against Yemen, occupying its lands, besieging and starving its people,” he added
https://en.ypagency.net/273581/
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Opinion – The Centrality of Yemen’s Tribal Politics in Peace Efforts
The role of tribes has become more robust and autonomous in Yemen as tribal governance and traditions came to compensate for the lack of a strong central government. Tribal identities generally precede national identities. In a war-torn, fragile state with weak state-society relations, tribal affiliation is more robust, thus, becoming a decisive factor in the trajectory of the conflict.
Such interventions from regional and extra-regional powers have impacted state-society relations in Yemen. As groups at the grassroots level increasingly exercised autonomy, a stable government could not sustain itself, and a powerless centre passed down the onus of governance to tribal groups in most parts of the state (Dresch 2009, 7). Even though the tribes managed their ties with the government, they fell victim to co-option and divide and rule policy adopted by the politicians. This phenomenon had ripple effects on elections, press freedom and on the overall development of Yemen.
In protracted conflicts, the tribal sections develop interests and assume important positions, whether to choose whom to support or help in conflict management or transformation efforts. Some tribes remain neutral and help in the mediation processes. They have been responsible for prisoner swaps, protecting civilians and arranging for temporary ceasefires. There have been countless incidents where tribal members have successfully negotiated and contained a high-tense situation (Almashhad Alyemeni 2021).
However, these tribal groups struggle between the Houthis’ impunity and an ineffective central government. This disposition, compounded by inadequate political representation, has reduced the efficiency of the tribes’ potentialities in managing the conflict.
Many tribes want to see the war end as early as possible. At this juncture, their desperation can sway either way. One possibility is that the tribal leaders could call a truce with the Houthi militia, assuring non-intervention and, in return, ensuring the safety of their tribal areas. This would mean that the tribes will also not fight for the government forces or support them in any way. The other way is that these tribal groups can be given the necessary political autonomy and representation to work with other stakeholders on peace processes from the bottom to the top to bring out a comprehensive arrangement that stops the brutality of the ongoing civil war in Yemen. The tribes would prefer this option as they realise that the Houthis will break truce agreements, as happened multiple times in the past, namely in Bayda in 2020 and Hajour in 2019 (Al-Batati 2020; Al-Ashwal 2019).
https://www.e-ir.info/2022/09/25/opinion-the-centrality-of-yemens-tribal-politics-in-peace-efforts/
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Gulf countries reaffirm support for Yemen's presidential council
Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has reaffirmed the GCC's support for Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and the internationally-recognized government, the national Yemen TV reported Saturday.
Al-Hajraf made the remarks when meeting with Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of the PLC, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
https://english.news.cn/20220924/b36e4ff8e5a44c0095071e364f384612/c.html
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Film: THE SUFFERING OF THE PRESS IN YEMEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqlX61vS1o
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Joint Statement – Concrete Steps to Support Expansion of UN-mediated Truce in Yemen
On 21 September 2022, vice ministers and senior official representatives of the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union, Germany, Kuwait and Sweden, hereafter referred to as the P5+4, met to discuss concrete steps to support an extension of the truce agreed upon by the Yemeni parties until 2 October and the start of a political process to end the conflict in Yemen. The Netherlands, Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates participated as guests.
The P5+4 reiterated their support for Yemen’s sovereignty, unity, independence, and territorial integrity.
The P5+4 reiterated their firm support for the UN Special Envoy and his ongoing efforts for a longer extension and expansion of the current truce. They underscored the urgency for quick progress and maximal flexibility by the parties. The P5+4 expressed their determination that an expanded truce agreement will provide an opportunity to reach an inclusive, comprehensive negotiated political settlement based on the agreed references and under the auspices of the UN. They recalled the importance of the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women in the peace process including a minimum 30 per cent participation by women.
The P5+4 underscored the tangible benefits of the truce to the Yemeni people including a 60% reduction in civilian casualties from frontline violence, four times the amount of fuel imported through Hudaydah port compared with last year, and commercial flights from Sana’a allowing over 21,000 passengers to receive medical treatment abroad and to unite with families.
The P5+4 condemned all attacks that threaten to derail the truce including, inter alia, the recent Houthi attacks on Taiz. They reiterated that there is no military solution to the Yemen conflict and condemned the recent Houthi military parade in Hudaydah.
The P5+4 underlined their willingness to ramp up their support through additional financial assistance and technical expertise for economic recovery, stabilization and peacebuilding initiatives, as well as improved public service provision across all of Yemen if there is substantial progress towards a political process under UN auspices. They called on others to join them in doing so.
The P5+4 decided to continue meeting regularly at different levels.
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[Sanaa gov.] Foreign Ministry Says International Forums Legitimizing Aggression against Yemen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that meetings and statements in international forums do not reflect the reality of what was caused by the US-Saudi aggression and siege on Yemen.
In its response to the joint statement issued by the US State Department on September 22, following the meeting of the group referred to as (P5+4), which included the five permanent members of the Security Council with the participation of the Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that this statement came as a review of the reality of the relevant events with the recent truce, in addition to the issue of the Safer tanker. The Ministry pointed out that the statement did not address the suffering due to the continuation of the US-Saudi aggression and comprehensive siege imposed on Yemen for eight years, in light of international silence and complicity.
The Foreign Ministry pointed out that such meetings and statements serve to legitimize the aggression, adding that they always shied away from their responsibility for the aggression's consequences. The ministry noted that such meetings and statements do not contribute to build real and serious peace steps or develop actual solutions to the suffering of millions of Yemeni citizens.
The ministry added, "With all appreciation to the countries that are trying to find solutions or push for advanced steps to end the aggression on Yemen, the time has come to address the countries of aggression to end their continuous aggression."
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Joint Statement on the Situation in Yemen
On 20 September 2022, ministers and representatives of the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and United Kingdom, hereafter referred to as the Quad, met to discuss the situation in Yemen.
The Quad reaffirmed its strong commitment to the unity, sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Yemen, and its commitment to stand by the people of Yemen through efforts to reach an end to the conflict and the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
The Quad welcomed the tangible benefits delivered by the truce for the Yemeni people since it commenced on 2 April 2022. They welcomed the continuing implementation of agreed confidence building measures and leadership of the Government of Yemen
They emphasized the need to consolidate and build on this progress, which requires compromise by all parties. The Quad therefore fully supported the efforts of the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, to extend and expand the truce on 2 October 2022, in addition to the full implementation of all terms of the truce. The Quad agreed that a permanent ceasefire and a durable political settlement must be the ultimate objectives of the Yemeni-led and Yemeni-owned political process, under UN auspices, and that such a settlement must be based on the agreed references and relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
The Quad reaffirmed their support to the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), stressed the importance of PLC cohesion, and welcomed the PLC’s commitment to improving basic services and economic stability.
https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-situation-in-yemen/
My comment: Warring parties playing “peace broker”.
Comment: The countries that launched the #war on Yemen in 2015 announce its commitment to stand by the people of #Yemen, end to the conflict and the ongoing #humanitariancrisis
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwadeai/status/1573879042150916096
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[Sanaa gov.] Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Quadripartite aggression is an attempt to impose guardianship on Yemen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed its rejection of the so-called the "Quartet" of the quadripartite aggression at its last meeting on the margins of the work of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which showed that it was trying to impose trusteeship on the Republic of Yemen and imbued it with its attitude towards aggression.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "If the so-called quartet is serious about peace, they must demonstrate this to the international community by declaring an end to the military aggression and lifting the total blockade, not commending some inadequate humanitarian steps to cope with the repercussions of the humanitarian disaster created by the aggression States. "
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3203959.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273462/
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The Houthis’ war and Yemen's future
Sept. 21, 2022, marked the eighth anniversary of the Houthis’ takeover of Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, under the pretext of fighting corruption and poverty. But what initially was presented as a struggle against injustice ended up being nothing more than a power grab masquerading as a rebellion. Since 2014, most of northern Yemen has become isolated after the Houthis alienated their opponents and executed their one-time ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, shattering trust in the possibility of future alliances with their movement. Throughout the war, the country has undergone a radical political, religious, and cultural makeover, partially overturning the Yemeni Republic and opening a new chapter as a theological state presided over by a religious leader, Abdul Malek al-Houthi.
The shock of the seizure of Sana’a never truly wore off for many Yemenis, who at first assumed the power grab was just the latest rotation of governing authorities in the country. Instead, they have seen Yemen transform in line with a radical political and religious ideology that has been brutal toward opponents but forgiving of loyalists. Meanwhile, military activities have created a hostile environment for civilians and dashed the aspirations of youth, whose desire for change during the 2011 Arab Spring was crushed before it saw the light of day. The Houthis’ incursion occurred in the wake of the National Dialogue process, which appeared successful up to that point, shaking popular faith in a renewed political process.
The impact of the Houthis’ war on Yemen is often misunderstood, mainly due to the historical and theological context on which the Houthis’ claims rest. The other source of confusion is the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition in the country in March 2015, which created a new level of conflict that drew far more international attention than the local civil war that had already been raging. While both the local and regional conflicts have been devastating in their own way, an end to the Saudi intervention appears to be near, with increasing signs of Riyadh’s readiness to withdraw. However, any assumption that Yemen’s political structure will go back to what it used to be is far-fetched as the power dynamic has shifted locally in favor of political parties and movements instead of a central government. Moreover, the reality of dealing with the Houthis’ monopoly of violence is becoming an obstacle to a fairly negotiated political settlement.
For now, the main obstacles to peace are ones that only Yemenis can resolve, which are rooted in rival concerns over the distribution of political power and equitable delivery of public services. But many Yemenis fear that the Houthis’ rejection of the National Dialogue outcomes, their blind alignment with Iran, as well as their ideological and theological beliefs stand in the way of effective governance. While they are justified in thinking so, they must also understand that a lack of reasonable resolution hampers efforts to end the conflict and isolates those living under Houthi rule. Given the Houthis’ territorial expansion and the increasing number of Yemenis displaced from their homes and pushed into other regions in Yemen or in the diaspora, the talks should focus on fostering an inclusive Yemen that would guarantee fairness and equality to all actors. In turn, policymakers need to pay attention to the following considerations if they are to achieve a resilient political settlement.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/houthis-war-and-yemens-future
My comment: A better article by a (former?) Saudi mouth piece, still biased anti-Houthi, but giving a broader picture here.
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Yemen needs more than military parades and anniversary parties
Recent Houthi celebrations are a bit tone deaf — the people here need food and salaries — and the ceasefire is expiring in just over a week.
There had been no Houthi-sponsored military parades since the Saudi intervention in March 2015, but once the UN-brokered truce went into effect on April 2, the rebel group has hosted several such events.
The September parade in Sana’a was the first time the Houthis displayed helicopters captured from the internationally recognized government when they took over the capital city eight years ago. Although the Saudi-led coalition targeted warplanes at Sana’a Airport in that time, it is not clear yet where the Houthis kept these helicopters safe.
The Houthis’ conditions for expanding the truce is that public servants in areas under their control be paid salaries from revenues of the oil and gas that the internationally recognized government sells. However, the Saudi-backed government says Houthis should pay the salaries from revenues of Hodeidah port under Houthis’ control.
This is just one potential roadblock as Yemen remains at a crossroads ahead of the expiring truce on October 2. At that point the parties will have to choose the fate of this embattled nation — war or peace. They also have to choose the people — feeding them, paying their salaries, allowing them to rebuild. This will be a long journey.
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Joint Statement by Yemeni Civil Society Organizations to the 77th United Nations General Assembly, September 2022
As Yemen enters its eighth year of conflict, the country remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. More than two thirds of the population – over 23 million people – need humanitarian assistance.
Millions of Yemenis' lives have been shattered as they face a collapsing economy marked by rounds of currency depreciation and lost livelihoods, a fuel crisis, and destroyed vital infrastructure, dramatic hikes in the prices of essential commodities like food, fuel, and medicine, along with non-existent or irregular payment of public wages. This is pushing more and more people into extreme levels of hunger. The severe funding shortfall for the humanitarian response has further burdened the Yemeni people – right now, Yemen is the least funded response globally.
In Yemen, up to 19 million people are food insecure. Hunger is forcing people to sell their few remaining assets or take on debt in exchange for food, and, fears of a famine are very real as the humanitarian response remains severely underfunded. The situation is most severe for the over four million Yemenis – the majority of whom are women and children - who have been displaced multiple times over the past seven years and forced to bear harsh conditions, lacking privacy and safety and are often far from essential services.
Humanitarian aid is saving lives but more than anything Yemenis need peace, and the recent truce has brought hope as it has significantly contributed to a reduction in casualties and enabled better access to life-saving humanitarian aid. But more must be done to save lives now and pave the way for a more peaceful future. Yemenis must be able to access services, travel easily within and out of the country, access income opportunities and restore their lives. Despite the relative calm this temporary truce provides, poor law and order, along with conflict-driven inequality and injustice continue to claim Yemeni lives – many undocumented and unreported, all under the clear sight of the international community.
As member states convene for the 77th United Nations General Assembly, we the undersigned civil society organizations urge the international community to address the situation in Yemen and take concrete steps to ensure the following:
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Joint Statement by 30 Non-Governmental Organizations Operating in Yemen on the Occasion of the 77th United Nations General Assembly - 22 September 2022
After enduring more than seven years of brutal conflict the people of Yemen have finally had the opportunity to experience what it means to feel hopeful. An unprecedented truce, now in its sixth month, brings with it the possibility for longer-term peace and the chance to rebuild lives and livelihoods. But while the conflict has slowed, humanitarian needs continue to increase, and the humanitarian response remains under and unequally funded.
Millions remain displaced, children cannot attend school, livelihoods have been shattered, and the country is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate. Yet almost half of all available funding goes towards food assistance at the expense of other types of aid that can help build resilience and address the underlying and root causes of the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
The truce offers a critical window of opportunity for the international community to enhance concrete returns on their humanitarian investments in Yemen. A focus on closing the unequal humanitarian funding gap and resourcing programs that can help move the Yemeni people away from aid dependence and increase resilience will help ensure the long-term recovery and stabilisation of Yemen. However, the unprecedented opportunity and hope for the future brought by the truce risks being lost if lifesaving programming is reduced due to underfunding. Now is the time for action. The international community must redouble their efforts to support both a long-term truce and a full and equitably funded humanitarian response, in order to allow people to rebuild and recover their lives.
The current level of hunger in Yemen is indeed unprecedented. Despite ongoing humanitarian assistance, 17.4 million Yemenis are food insecure and in need of assistance to ward off the risk of famine and this number is set to rise to 19 million by December 2022. Malnutrition rates among women and children in Yemen remain among the highest in the world, with 1.3 million pregnant or breastfeeding women and 2.2 million children under 5 requiring treatment for acute malnutrition. Within this fragile context, women and girls are experiencing increased risks of violence and exploitation as families take up negative coping mechanisms.
In order to address this crisis, we must understand the root causes of food insecurity. Conflict remains the primary underlying driver of hunger in Yemen
With the truce set to expire on 2 October now is a critical moment both for the people of Yemen, and for the future of the country and region. The international community must do everything in its power to ensure the truce is extended, and at the same time, commit to a full and equitably funded humanitarian response, to allow humanitarian actors to build on gains made by the truce and ensure the long-term recovery and stabilisation of Yemen.
https://www.nrc.no/news/2022/october/joint-statement-by-30-non-governmental-organizations-operating-in-yemen-on-the-occasion-of-the-77th-united-nations-general-assembly---22-september-2022/ = https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/press-releases/joint-statement-by-30-non-governmental-organizations-operating-in-yemen-on-the-occasion-of-the-77th-united-nations-general-assembly/
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In Yemen, our collective sin goes beyond indifference
When Russian troops poured into Ukraine in February, the war in Yemen, classified by the World Food Program (WFP) as the “The world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” had entered its seventh year, killed almost 400,000 civilians, and left 16 million people on the edge of starvation.
While the latter conflict has garnered wall-to-wall media attention, the crisis in Yemen remains largely a below-the-fold story. One war is waged against the white, Christian population of a relatively prosperous European state, the other against the Muslim inhabitants of the poorest country in the Middle East. Our disparate concern indicts us, betrays our bigotry.
Our collective sin goes beyond indifference, however. The catastrophe in Yemen has been in large part bankrolled by American taxpayers. Since the conflict began in 2015, the U.S. has funded the war effort against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the tune of $55 billion. The U.S. has also provided logistical and intelligence support valued at at least $319 million. The recipients of this money have spent it on a dazzling array of war crimes
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2022/09/22/humanitarian-disaster-yemen-biden-andrew-carleen
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How Yemen's September 21 uprising exposed Western media bias
Ahmed Al-Qudaimi, a journalism student at Sanaa University,said the Western media outlets like the Washington Post, AP, Reuters, and AFP are not independent but belong to companies owned by the governments.
Al-Qudaimi said, “Not publishing what the Interior Minister said is a news blackout perpetrated by media outlets that claim independence, yet, in fact, they belong to private companies owned by Western governments."
"Media coverage of the war in Yemen is in favor of the Hadi government backed by governments where these outlets are based", Al-Qudaimi told Al Mayadeen English in an interview at Sanaa University.
"If these outlets are independent as claimed, I challenge them to call 'Houthis' by their official name 'Ansar Allah' just as the United Nations calls them. However, these outlets call Ansar Allah Houthis to demonize them as their governments do in a flagrant and biased stand that reflects demonization."
"Therefore, these outlets are a tool used by their governments to demonize Ansarullah for they are against Western governments", explained Al-Qudaimi.
Al-Qudaimi said western outlets have been influenced by international public opinion because of the biased coverage of events in Yemen, so they became a mouthpiece for the Western government's foreign policy.
Western media didn't only practice media blackout by not reporting the moments when Yemenis celebrated this decision on September 2, but they also went on to describe this event as a ‘coup’ that ended in the resignation of Mohammed Basindawa's government on September 21.
"This is disinformation. Since when is forcing a government to resign a ‘coup’ while the president is still in the presidential palace? Observing Yemeni parties signing a UN-brokered Peace and Partnership Agreement on September 21?", said Al-Qudaimi. "The real ‘coup’ is when the Saudi-backed warlord fought Ansar Allah alone while President Hadi and his Defense Minister refused to back his fight against them."
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Film: Maroder Tanker könnte zerbrechen: Jemen bangt vor massiver Ölkatastrophe
Seit Jahren rostet vor der Küste des Jemen ein maroder Tanker vor sich hin. Bei einem Leck würde es zu einer massiven Ölpest im Roten Meer kommen. Die Vereinten Nationen wollen eine Katastrophe abwenden. Doch einige Geberländer, darunter auch Deutschland, haben ihre Anteile an der Aktion noch nicht gezahlt.
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Öl-Verladeplattform FSO Safer: Die Rettungsmission kann beginnen
Damit dieses apokalyptische Szenario nicht eintritt, hat die Bundesregierung mit ihren internationalen Partnern auf eine Geberkonferenz (11. Mai) hingewirkt und heute - gemeinsam mit den Niederlanden und den USA - ein hochrangiges Treffen am Rande der Generaldebatte der Vereinten Nationen in New York veranstaltet. Dafür wurde ein Treuhandfonds eingerichtet, den das Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNDP) verwaltet. Das Ziel ist so klar wie einfach: Insgesamt 113 Millionen US-Dollar einzuwerben, um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern, die – in Wahrheit irreparable - Schäden von mindestens 20 Milliarden verursachen könnte.
In dieser Woche ist dabei ein Meilenstein gelungen: Über 75 Mio. US-Dollar konnten für die Rettungsoperation eingeworben werden. Damit haben die Vereinten Nationen genug Mittel, um mit der ersten Phase der Notfalloperation zu beginnen und das Öl auf einen Behelfstanker abpumpen. Für die Folge-Phase, bei der eine sichere und dauerhafte Lösung zur Öllagerung gefunden wurde, werden nochmals knapp 40 Mio. USD benötigt.
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/jemen-node/fso-safer-jemen/2525924
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Bergung von kaputtem Öltanker vor Jemen kann beginnen – sobald das Geld dafür fliesst
Die UNO hat für die Bergung eines alten Öltankers im Roten Meer genug Geldzusagen erhalten. Allerdings kritisiert Greenpeace, dass die meisten Länder das Geld noch nicht überwiesen hätten.
Bei einer Geberkonferenz im Mai wollte die UNO 80 Millionen US-Dollar sammeln, stattdessen kamen von den Regierungen nur 61 Millionen zusammen. Nun scheint eine Rettung doch noch möglich. Die UNO hat am Mittwochabend am Rande der Generalversammlung in New York mitgeteilt, dass sie für die Bergung Zusagen von insgesamt 77 Millionen Dollar erhalten hat.
Der humanitäre Koordinator der Vereinten Nationen für den Jemen, David Gressley, sprach von einem «bedeutenden Meilenstein», der erreicht worden sei. Dazu hätten nebst 17 Länder auch der private Sektor, philanthropische Stiftungen und eine im Juni gestartete «sehr erfolgreiche» Crowdfunding-Initiative beigetragen, heisst es.
Die zugesagten 77 Millionen Dollar decken indes nur die erste Phase der Rettungsaktion ab. Für die zweite Phase benötigt die UNO nochmals mehr als 30 Millionen Dollar, um den Tanker abzuschleppen und zu entsorgen. David Gressley zeigt sich jedoch zuversichtlich.
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Yemen Tanker Joins Climate on the Brink of Disaster
The persistent delay in addressing the issue of the aging supertanker Safer, used as a floating storage and offloading vessel, which threatens unprecedented pollution in the Red Sea region, proves that the world often does not learn from past experience.
It seems that we ignore time bombs, as long as they are noiseless.
Safer, which holds more than a million barrels of crude oil, reached the brink of replicating the case of Beirut port explosion in 2020: all officials were aware that there were thousands of tons of explosive ammonium nitrate stored in the port, but they ignored it because the explosives were dormant.
This is exactly the nature of a time bomb: if we wait for the detonator to sound and the smoke to rise, then it will have been too late to stop the explosion.
Safer is an old American oil tanker, built in 1976, and later converted into a floating storage and offloading vessel, 376 meters long with a capacity of more than 3 million barrels. It has been moored 7 kilometers off Yemen's west coast since 1988, where it was used to store and offload oil from the fields around Marib.
But maintenance had stopped years before that, due to plans to build tanks and permanent loading facilities onshore. Therefore, the tanker has been considered obsolete since 2016, due to the lack of necessary maintenance and the cessation of periodic technical inspection.
Rust hit large parts of the tanker, generators and firefighting systems collapsed, and air entered the storage tanks, exposing the oil to oxidation.
All this makes Safer a time bomb liable to explode at any moment: rust and cracks may cause massive oil spills, and strong waves and hurricanes may lead to completely wrecking the ship and causing its contents to flow right into the sea; this may be accompanied by explosions and fires. In addition, any friction or a large increase in temperature may ignite a fire that leads to rupturing the tanker and leaking the rest of its contents.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3893741/najib-saab/yemen-tanker-joins-climate-brink-disaster
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Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin
The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.
David Gressly, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, briefed journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, following an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly co-hosted by partners in the mammoth rescue effort, the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany.
The rusting vessel has been anchored just a few miles off the Yemen coast for more than 30 years, but offloading and maintenance stopped in 2015 following the start of the war in Yemen, between a Saudi-led coalition backing the internationally-recognized Government, and Houthi rebels.
Mr. Gressly said that once the pledges are fully converted into cash for the initial salvage operation, with more than $77 million promised from 17 countries, an extra $38 million was still needed for phase two – the installation of safe replacement capacity to secure the one million barrels of oil on board.
The UN plan is for this to be done through transferring the oil to a secure double-hulled vessel, as a permanent storage solution, until the political situation allows it to be sold or transported elsewhere, said the Resident Coordinator.
Mr. Gressly said that apart from the 17 national partners, the private sector, philanthropic foundations and a “very successful” crowd-funding initiative launched in June, had also been instrumental in reaching Wednesday’s “significant milestone”.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1127331
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Yemen calls for funding to bridge FSO rescue plan gap
The Yemeni official government calls for funding to bridge the gap in the emergency plan developed by the UN to salvage the FSO facility of Safer in the Red Sea, Water and Environment Minister said on Monday, as time "is running out to prevent a looming disaster."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31006.html
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
Siehe / Look at cp1
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In New Violation, US-Saudi Aggression Detains New Fuel Tanker
Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) confirmed on Tuesday that the US-Saudi aggression had detained the fuel ship "Sea Adore" and prevented it from entering the port of Hodeidah, in a new violation of truce.
The company's official spokesman Issam Al-Mutwakel explained that the US-Saudi aggression seized the ship despite obtaining an entry permit from the UN.
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
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Sweden contributes US$12.1 million to UNICEF’s integrated child protection response in Yemen
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has contributed SEK125 million (about US$12.1 million) to support UNICEF’s integrated child protection activities in Yemen until December 2025. This funding will allow UNICEF to strengthen child protection systems in the country, to ensure children, adolescents and women and men at risk access protection services, and that vulnerable boys and girls can take advantage of learning opportunities.
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QRCS inaugurates emergency obstetric care center at Khalifa General Hospital in Yemen
As part of a project to provide comprehensive health care services for vulnerable Yemenis, co-funded by Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has announced the opening of an emergency obstetric care center at Khalifa General Hospital in Al-Turbah City, Taiz.
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Yemen - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 September 2022)
Authorities reported that an estimated 231,000 people (33,000 households) have been affected by floods in 120 districts of 14 governorates of Yemen during the last month. Humanitarian partners were able to verify 16,800 households from 25 August to 18 September.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-floods-un-ocha-noaa-cpc-echo-daily-flash-27-september-2022
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Film: Displaced persons struggle with rising food prices
Repercussions of Russia-Ukraine war have exacerbated deteriorating economic conditions in Yemen that has been languishing in a bloody war for over seven years. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in Aden are living in difficult conditions due to rising prices of consumer goods, as local market prices are the highest recorded in years, especially wheat, about 40% of which is imported from Russia and Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kymtikwXYZs
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Yemen: Situation Update - Humanitarian Impact of Flooding | 25 August – 18 September 2022
Over the reporting period, floods abated in several governorates, compared to July and August, when heavy rains triggered severe flooding in vast areas across the country. However, areas, such as Marib and Hajjah governorates, were battered, with thousands of families impacted.
According to reports received from authorities, an estimated 231,000 people (33,00 households), were reported to be affected by floods in 120 districts of 14 governorates between 25 August and 18 September. In August, 80 per cent of the country received heavy rainfalls with a cumulative amount of about 2500 mm, which was 45 per cent higher than the rainfall experienced in August 2021, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. However, FAO’s Agrometeorological Early Warning Bulletin for the first 10 days of September indicated a few governorates receiving 100 mm of cumulative rainfall. Slowing rainfall amount denotes the flood season is ending.
Humanitarian response, including for people who experienced floods in previous months, continues
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MedGlobal: Yemen: Country Program Overview
More than seven years of armed conflict have created catastrophic humanitarian needs in Yemen, uprooted millions of people from their homes, destroyed the econ-omy and fostered the spread of diseases, including COVID-19. The collapse of the economy, basic services, and public institutions, coupled with persistent import restrictions, are further eroding the resilience of people in Yemen, who have already endured one of the world's largest humanitarian crises and the world’s fourth-largest displacement crisis. Past development gains are being reversed, with population groups that were already experiencing heightened vulnerability dispro-portionately impacted, including women and children, people with disabilities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, as well as marginalized groups such as the Muhamasheen.
Yemen’s economy has shrunk by half since 2015, with over 80 per cent of the pop-ulation living below the poverty line. The stark economic collapse has been most apparent in loss of income, depreciation of the Yemeni rial (YER), loss of govern-ment revenue, rising commodity prices and commercial import restrictions, includ-ing for fuel. Traditional sources of foreign currency such as remittances, oil exports, and bilateral funding streams remain suppressed.
Under these conditions, the price of food in Yemen nearly tripled between January 2015 and December 2020, and continued to increase in 2021.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-country-program-overview
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Film: Wave of destitution overwhelms Aden neighborhoods with street beggars
Yemen's harsh living conditions and dire economic crisis are manifesting increasingly on the streets of Aden. A sharp rise in panhandlers is driving concern and frustration in residential and commercial areas. Asmaa Muhammad tells A24 that she was forced into street begging after her husband was injured by a passing vehicle and became disabled. Scores of other unfortunate people who can't get social services or help with food and rent are also turning to strangers in the street, pleading for money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gvlvpfY18I
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@monarelief's team distributing now school bags to 300 students in Sana’a. (photos)
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1573596726925066241
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1573743746893709313
https://twitter.com/monarelief/status/1574170197740617729
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Prolonged war leaves irreparable scars in Yemeni children's mind
The protracted war in Yemen not only brings physical suffering to millions of children but also inflicts a kind of pain that last longer -- psychological trauma.
"Many children displayed aphasia or other symptoms of PTSD after they went through heavy bombings. They were overwhelmed by horror and fear," said Suad Al-Haimi, the director of the Al-Tahadi Association for the Disabled in the capital Sanaa.
In the rehabilitation center, dozens of children were playing. Many of them talked in sign language, while others were very shy and always tried to avoid eye contact. There are also many children who suffer from dyslexia or even intelligence disabilities because of various traumas during the war.
"Not many people care about the psychological health of their children when they are struggling to bring bread to the table. But the wound in mind can be as painful as any," said Suad Al-Haimi, director of a Yemeni rehabilitation center.
Haimi said she expanded the healthcare wards to accommodate more children because the longer the war lasted, the more children came for help.
"In comparison to the pre-war time, the center now has many more patients. Every day, a dozen of child victims in the conflict come here to seek help," said the Yemeni lady.
It would take a lot of work from the health staff at the center and the children's families for the children to recover from their psychological trauma, if that is possible, said Haimi, who highlighted that the injuries in the hearts are the hardest to heal.
The UN said that four out of five Yemeni children are in need of humanitarian assistance. For more than eight years, a whole new generation in Yemen has been growing up under the clouds of a ferocious civil war (photos)
https://english.news.cn/20220924/db30998812464b29acf2519426d6c9f4/c.html
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Project to mitigate droughts and water shortages launched in Yemen
From droughts and water shortages to depletion of clean water, Yemen is experiencing grave climate change impacts. Seeking to mitigatethis impact, UN-Habitat, in cooperation with the Ministry of Water and Environment, are to assess climate change vulnerability and strengthen national capacities, focusing on the Tuban Delta through a Green Climate Fund (GCF) project.
The project targets the Tuban delta, located in southern Yemen and facing challenges due to the growing water shortages caused by climate change impacting the rarea’s agricultural economy.
“With the second GCF project in Yemen, we seek to study the impact of climate change on the Tuban delta, due to the growing challenges posed by water scarcity and drought, which leads to desertification and loss of agricultural land,” Wael Al-Ashab, Head of UN-Habitat Yemen office, said.
The project aims to identify climate adaptation needs to determine priorities that will be used to formulate a concrete climate adaptation project to increase climate resilience in the Tuban delta, through conducting a pre-feasibility study of potential adaptation measures in the area. Furthermore, it aims to strengthen capacity and improve training of mandated entities and assess climate change vulnerabilities, through mapping high risk areas for drought, floods and sea-leval rise.
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Film: #Hodeidah port is considered an important outlet for food and oil. The collapse of port infrastructure has led to high prices of food and oil – making everyday necessities unaffordable for the average #Yemeni.
https://twitter.com/UNDPYemen/status/1572870118023090176
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Film: Aden holds exhibition to integrate people with hearing disabilities into higher education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyUOngJjXQ0
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Yemen: looking beyond today's hunger crisis
WFP's Country Director talks about food's key role in building stability and the search for longer-term solutions
As the World Food Programme’s Yemen Representative and Country Director, Ragan takes the long view of one of the world’s biggest hunger crises —hoping to harness Yemen’s sizable human capital to build self-sufficiency, and more immediately to maximize support for a country on the edge.
It’s a view that resonates this month especially, as Yemen and other major crises figure into discussions at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
“Yemen is a classic example of why WFP won the Nobel Peace Prize,” Ragan says of the 2020 award that highlights the key role of food as a building block for peace. “Through large scale food assistance, we’re able to maintain some degree of stability in otherwise crisis circumstances”
“On a more a more 'human' micro level,” Ragan adds, “we’re able to keep people from starving—to keep famine at bay.”
Realizing the ‘micro’ is a massive feat in itself. Eight years of conflict have killed nearly 400,000 people, and uprooted millions of others. They have turned Yemen’s roads, bridges and hospitals into rubble, robbed people of jobs and children of futures.
More than two-thirds of Yemen’s 30 million people need humanitarian assistance. More than half face crisis or above hunger levels.
Soaring food prices—bumped up even higher with the war in Ukraine—have added another layer of hardship on a population that grew most of its food half a century ago. Today, Yemen imports 90 percent of it—sourcing nearly half of its wheat in 2021 alone from Russia and Ukraine.
All this makes WFP the supplier of last resort, with our food, cash and nutritional assistance reaching more than half of Yemen’s population last year. With rising operating costs and a major funding shortfall, WFP must now prioritize the most vulnerable 13.5 million Yemenis—those facing emergency and above hunger levels.
“You see the desperation to get food on people’s faces,” Ragan says. “I have to explain why we’re cutting rations, and the challenges around the global resource environment. People just don’t have any hope.”
There are a few cracks of light, though. Yemen’s five-month-old ceasefire is fragile but still holding. The first Yemen-bound humanitarian cargo of WFP wheat since Ukraine’s conflict is expected to arrive by mid-October.
Still the shipment amounts to just over one-third of WFP’s monthly distributions— underscoring the massive role we play in reaching the country’s hungriest.
https://www.wfp.org/stories/yemen-looking-beyond-todays-hunger-crisis
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Some hospitals in Yemen to shut down due to lack of funding
Hospitals and medical centers in parts of Yemen are on the brink of closure due to a lack of funding, a government official told Xinhua on Wednesday.
"A number of public hospitals in southern regions and the beleaguered northern province of Marib may stop offering health care services during the upcoming days as they are facing complicated financial problems," the local government source said on condition of anonymity.
He indicated that other public hospitals in the country's northern provinces controlled by the Houthi militia are facing the same obstacles.
On Tuesday, the state-run Saba news agency said that the only public hospital offering care to mothers and children in Marib has warned it may shut down at the end of September due to lack of a budget, after the withdrawal of international organizations that used to provide salaries for 65 staff including doctors, technicians and nurses.
https://english.news.cn/20220922/75046555739c4bcca193ed2a8e37fcdd/c.html
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WFP Yemen Situation Report #8, August 2022
Highlights
WFP plans to resume its Resilience and Livelihoods activity in Yemen, suspended earlier this year due to funding shortfalls, supported by a EUR 30 million contribution from Germany.
Under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a WFP-chartered vessel departed Ukraine on 30 August with 37,000 metric tons of wheat bound for WFP’s general food assistance programme in Yemen.
WFP and partners continued in August to respond to floods which has impacted more than 360,000 people across Yemen.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-situation-report-8-august-2022
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Yemen Emergency Dashboard, September 2022
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-emergency-dashboard-september-2022
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Film (in Dutch): No home, no food, no medicine: the situation in Yemen is hopeless
Salwa, 48, lives in a nightmare. Like four million others, she is on the run in her own country: Yemen. Due to the 7-year civil war, she lives in a refugee camp. "We make one meal a day and nothing else."
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/video/video/5335881/burgeroorlog-vluchteling-vluchtelingenkamp-jemen
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UNICEF Ma’rib Response Humanitarian Action Update, August 2022, Issue Number 9
Between 1 January and 27 August 2022, a total of 12,432 people [2,072 households (HHs)] were displaced within or to the Ma’rib governorate. Cumulatively, 90,882 people (15,147 HHs) have been displaced since 1 January 2021 within or to the Ma’rib governorate, predominantly due to the ongoing conflict. Of these, 77,262 people (12,877 HHs or 85 per cent of the total displacement) were displaced within the Ma’rib governorate mainly from Al Jubah, Hareeb and Sirwah districts.
Since the announcement of the truce on 2 April 2022, there has been a notable reduction in displacement within/towards Ma’rib. By the end of August 2022, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) recorded 1,854 people (309 HHs) only that were displaced in 2022. Between April and August 2022, the average monthly displacement was 1,260 people (210 HHs).
Between 1 January and 27 August 2022, a total of 1,093 returnee HHs (6,558 individuals) were recorded in the governorate , out of which 3,768 people (628 HHs) have returned to Hareeb district as a result of improved security conditions in their location of origin.
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Yemeni Children Live in Nests,But the UK is Open for Saudi Business
In the city of Marib, in the heart of Yemen, children grow up in structures known as ‘nests’.
Perhaps ‘structure’ is too formal a word. These nests are makeshift shelters pulled together from palm fronds, twigs, oil drums, and scraps from the street. It’s home, but it’s a home that can barely keep children safe in a country struggling with years of conflict, and where displaced families are vulnerable to infectious diseases such as cholera and Coronavirus.
Some of the nests are made of little more than sticks and straw – a classic fairytale turned into a nightmare, these fragile homes blown down by bombs and bullets, not wolves.
“Most families are living in overused and worn-out tents, or makeshift shelters known locally as ‘nests’, which are built from any material they can find, such as cloth, plastic, and wood,” Lucy Greenwell, ShelterBox’s programme manager for Yemen, told Byline Times.
The children living in nests are the victims of one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, fuelled by a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran which has taken thousands of lives and caused many more families to be homeless. Almost 75% of the population – 23.4 million people – need some form of humanitarian assistance or protection for their survival this year, an increase from the 20.7 million people estimated to be in need in 2021.
ShelterBox has been working in Yemen for the past year in partnership with the Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief, supporting thousands of displaced people in Marib with emergency shelter and essential household items. “Many other families are sharing crowded shelters, and in some cases are forced to sleep outside in the open,” Greenwell continued. “These solutions don’t provide families and children with adequate protection from the elements, including extreme heat and cold nightly temperatures, wind, and rain – and leave families exposed to other protection risks”.
The destroyed lives, the bombed out homes, and the children in their nests are far away from the luxuries of Riyadh, and they often seem out of sight of the British establishment, who are more likely to be courting, rather than condemning, the residents of Al Yamamah.
Back in Yemen, and ShelterBox is working to offer durable emergency shelter to struggling families. “Providing tents and tarpaulins helps families improve their living conditions, giving them somewhere to shelter from the harsh conditions of the desert, and privacy,” said Greenwell.
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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The Alumni Club in Sana'a, an office (mandatory) to coordinate all graduation activities, forces the graduation batches to cross out the pictures of female students from the magazines of the graduation batches, including the pictures of female students with the veil. A student published this conversation with an alumni club official.
https://twitter.com/HanaShowafi/status/1574770093703270402
Houthis deleted the photos of girls from the album of the university’s alumni album, even if they are veiled. Houthi restriction on women presence outside of the home is increasing,aiming to return women to homes cooking and giving babies, as the only reason for their existence.
https://twitter.com/maysaashujaa/status/1574856903032803328
At our graduation ceremonies, any female grad students aren't allowed to wear the following: all stiletto heels, makeup, contact lenses, and short uniforms.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1575297310510260224 (thread)
and also https://twitter.com/Ghadeer_tyrah/status/1574791938380808195
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Armed Forces Warns Foreign Companies of Plundering Yemeni Wealth
The Yemeni Armed Forces issued a strong warning to foreign companies that plunder the wealth of the Yemeni people. The Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, said, "Foreign companies that plunder Yemeni wealth should take the warning of the Leader of the Revolution seriously if the salary and the other points necessary for the continuation of the truce are not agreed upon."
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Mohammed Ali al-Houthi stresses importance of broad participation in commemoration of Prophet
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204508.htm
and films of illuminations on this occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnpJHT9UujE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkaJWW8m7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmqQpSnBxeo
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Judge Humran's murderer sentenced to death, imprisonment for 5 others convicted in crime of his kidnapping
The Specialized Criminal Court of First Instance in the Capital Secretariat, in its session Tuesday, convicted six of the defendants in the case of the kidnapping and murder of Judge Mohamed Ahmed Humran.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204449.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273776/
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31114.html
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Al-Ezzi: UN behavior motivates coalition to continue violating armistice
The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Sanaa government, Hussein Al-Ezzi, on Monday said that the uncontrolled behavior of the United Nations induced the Saudi-led coalition to continue violating the armistice in Yemen.
Al-Ezzi indicated in a tweet on Twitter that the increasing violations by the coalition’s mercenaries in Marib and other fronts further confirm that Sanaa is indeed in front of opponents who do not respect their obligations, and before a mediator and an international community programmed only to condemn the disciplined party.
https://en.ypagency.net/273667/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/26/deputy-foreign-minister-of-yemen-condemns-un-silence-as-complicit-in-saudi-aggression/
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Does Military Parade in Sanaa Constitute Last Warning to US and Saudi Forces?
In each parade of the Yemeni army units, Sanaa reveals new or more improved weapons and capabilities than what was shown in the previous parade.
The messages of each weapon come to show the Yemeni armed forces in a broader area of confidence, capabilities and advantages, these messages form a clear road map for the next stage.
The recent parade, which was held in Sanaa, on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the September 21 revolution, in the presence of President Mahdi Al-Mashat and state leaders, various systems of strategic deterrence weapons were revealed, including ballistic and winged missiles, drones, and air defense missiles in addition to the naval missiles.
All that was revealed in addition to the message of enormity, strength, and the specific and distinctive specialization of each of those weapons and capabilities that were revealed, determine the next stage, which will undoubtedly impose Yemen in the near future at all levels, regionally or internationally.
First: The message of the weapons and their features, came to confirm its ability to reach to the farthest regional extent inside occupied Palestine and on the Its southeastern maritime borders in Aqaba and Eilat.
Yemen now can target in the depth of the entire vital marine theater, which is linked to its strategic geography, starting from Bab al-Mandab and extending west and southwest to the entire basin and coasts of the Red Sea countries on the one hand, and extending east and north, to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, all the way to the north Indian Ocean.
All this was shown by the capabilities of the naval missile systems that were revealed in the parade: "Asif", "Mohet" and the "Red Sea" missiles.
These naval missiles will be, along with other auxiliary naval weapons including mines or naval boats, a thundering arm for carrying out the strategic naval deterrence maneuver
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Sana’a Has Proven US-Saudi Aggression Wrong We are State Not Militia
We can say today that Sana’a, with its leadership, people, and its military, security and civil institutions, has proven that it is a state not a militia, as the coalition of the US-Saudi aggression used to accuse it in propaganda during the past eight years.
The expression of the former UN envoy, Jamal bin Omar, is still the most accurate description of what happened and is happening and perhaps what will happen later, when he described liberating Sana’a, the fall of General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and the success of the September 21 revolution, as he said that it is a “miracle”.
Sana'a has made great strides in building the state, and turned the challenge imposed by the aggression and the siege into an opportunity to stabilize the pillars of the state. It strengthened its foundations, types of weapons, some of which were shown in military parades, the most recent of which is “The Promise of the Hereafter”.
In parallel with the construction of the Armed Forces, the security services affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior were also not hesitant to paint a bright picture of what the Yemeni people aspire to, by having security that ensures the service of the people, a security that is able to provide the required protection, after purging its ranks of traitors to the homeland.
The military parade of the security units of the Ministry of Interior in Sana’a is no less important than the military parade in Hodeidah. It came after witnessing the largest detonating devices massacre against the Armed Forces while they were preparing for a military parade on the occasion of Unity Day, in a show that could give a clear answer about the nature of security, its tools, and the background to the success of the security services before the September 21 revolution.
The highest levels of security witnessed by Sana’a is not only better than what the Southern occupied areas face, but it can be compared to the most secure and stable countries.
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Houthis flown to Syria for military training by IRGC before returned to Yemen
A new report says the IRGC conducted a 45-day military training course for Houthi fighters in Syria, then sent them back to Yemen with Iran-aligned mercenaries of other nationalities.
The covert operation, detailed in a Nedaa Post investigation published September 2, further documents the hand of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxies in the Yemen war, and also the complicity of the Syrian regime.
The investigation reveals that the Houthis and their backer, Iran, have continued to engage in military mobilisation training, even amid a truce brokered by the United Nations (UN), which has been in effect since April 2.
https://diyaruna.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_di/features/2022/09/26/feature-01
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Yemeni hearts are torn in pain as they watch children being pushed by the Houthi leadership as fuel for a war in which children return dead. Child Abdulwahab, one of the victims who lost their lives in Houthi battles (image)
https://twitter.com/abduhothifi/status/1573676213104771074
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Verteidigungsminister: Jemenitische Armee bereit, allen Herausforderungen entgegenzutreten
Der jemenitische Verteidigungsminister sagte, die Armee des arabischen Landes und die mit ihnen verbündeten Kämpfer seien bereit, sich allen Formen von Herausforderungen zu stellen, während sie bestrebt seien, zur Schaffung eines unabhängigen und mächtigen Jemen beizutragen.
Generalmajor Mohammad al-Atifi machte die Bemerkungen in einer Botschaft zum Jahrestag des Revolutionstages am 26. September im Jeme
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Defense Minister Says Aggression Forces Have Seen Only Tip of the Iceberg
Defense Minister, Major General Mohammad Al-Atifi, and Chief of the General Staff, Major General Mohammad al-Ghumari, sent a letter to the President Mahdi al-Mashat and to members of the Supreme Political Council on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the September 26 revolution.
They also stressed Armed Forces' standing by the leadership in its wise and correct steps, that always emphasizes that our country's s
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273615/
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Tribes in the outskirts of Sana'a stage a rally in protest against the Houthi militia's nefarious taxes/Yemeni Post
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59904
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Under flimsy pretexts, the Houthi militia begin looting bank savings of citizens worth billions of rials./Alsahwa
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-59904
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Al-Mashat warns against jumping on Sanaa’s demands, holds coalition responsible for any escalation
President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, on Sunday warned against jumping on Sanaa’s legitimate and just demands.
“These demands are just and fair and do not involve any impotence or high ceilings, and also do not require any concessions from anyone,” President Al-Mashat said in a speech he delivered this evening on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the September 26 revolution.
President Al-Mashat held the Saudi-led coalition countries fully responsible for rejecting the demands of the Yemeni people and the complications, escalation or damage that may result locally, regionally and internationally.
He warned the coalition countries and the complicit world of the danger of not cooperating in meeting Sanaa’s demands, as they represent legitimate human rights of the Yemeni people.
President Al-Mashat pointed out that talking about peace and security is of no value without respecting the rights of the Yemeni people, stressing that the continued siege on the Yemeni people and depriving them of their wealth represents a major obstacle on the path to peace and confidence-building.
https://en.ypagency.net/273587/
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National Salvation Government celebrates 60th anniversary of September 26 revolution
The National Salvation Government on Monday organized a rhetorical and artistic ceremony on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the September 26 revolution, in presence of members of the Supreme Political Council, Sultan al-Sami'e, Jaber al-Wahbani, and Mohammed al-Nua'imi.
In the ceremony, Al-Sami’e stressed the importance of the cohesion of Yemenis of all stripes, orientations and sects under the leadership of Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi to proceed with achieving the goals of the September 26 and October 14 revolutions and liberating all provinces that are under occupation today.
He made it clear that "the unity is here to stay, and it will not be neglected, out of loyalty to the thousands of Yemeni martyrs who sacrificed for it."
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204324.htm
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Tonight, #Sana'a celebrates the revolution of September 26, 1962. (photos)
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwadeai/status/1574102697623826432
Film: Civilians celebrating #26SeptRevolution in al-Sabayn Square, Sana'a, this evening.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1574480619421188096
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Houthis dispersed civilians who were celebrating the 60th anniversary of the #26SeptRevolution in al-Sabayn Square, Sana'a, and many have been detained, according to local media.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1574494451833225239
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Yemeni Directorates The Scenes Of Celebrating The Prophet Birthday
Yemeni directorates, Friday, witnessed cultural events and activities, commemorating the Prophet’s birthday.
In the events,officials confirmed that the celebration of the birth of the Greatest Messenger embodies the love of Yemenis to the Messenger of humanity.
They urged the importance of interaction and participation in the events and activities commemorating the Prophet’s birthday to provide them with steadfastness and strength in facing the enemies of God and Islam and victory for the nation’s causes (photos)
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/550911
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Mohammed al-Houthi: Yemen is ready to export weapons for fight against Zionism
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, member of the Supreme Political Council announced Sana’a readiness to supply Arab and Islamic countries with weapons, following the military parade held at al-Sabeeen, marking the eight anniversary of September 21 revolution.
“For all Arab and Islamic regimes, after the military parade on September 21, we say that God has given us what your eyes have seen,” Mohammed al-Houthi said in a tweet on his Twitter account, referring to weapons shown during the military parade.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/23/mohammed-al-houthi-yemen-is-ready-to-export-weapons-for-fight-against-zionism/ = https://en.ypagency.net/273381/
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Nasser al-Arjali, Houthi member of Shura and former deputy minister of Health, along his brother Radfan were critically injured by another Houthi leader tonight in the capital Sana'a.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1573079787710586881
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President Al-Mashat Affirms Sana'a Great Keenness on Implementing Peace
President Mahdi Al-Mashat confirms the transition of the September 21 revolution from the phase of fighting for existence, to the phase of fighting for liberation and construction. He also called on the pro-aggression party to completely end the aggression, siege and occupation, address the effects and repercussions of the war and cooperate in fixing what they spoiled.
He also called on the international community, the Security Council and the United Nations to support serious and real peace, stressing that the international community must immediately begin to modify the behavior that it has been practicing as obstructing, frustrating and biased behavior.
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/550252
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Capital witnesses largest military, security parade in region
The capital Sana'a has witnessed a youth, military, and security parade which is the largest in the history of the region to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the glorious September 21 revolution.
The parade that attended by His Excellency Field Marshal Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme Political Council - the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and other military and security officers reflecting an honorable picture of the quantitative development of the armed forces in their various units, classes, and formations.
The parade that presented an operetta entitled "Freedom and Independence", formed a national and unitary expressive painting, reflecting the extent of the steadfastness of the Yemeni people, their cohesion as well as the rootedness of the unity of the homeland in their depths and conscience.
The titles of the youth scout show reflected the expressions of the joys of the Yemeni people on this national occasion, which constituted an important station in Yemen's contemporary history in achieving freedom, pride, and dignity, and getting out of tutelage and external domination and the independence of political decision-making.
Around 35,000 from various military formations participated in the military parade, from the war and naval colleges, the aviation college, the air force, land and navy, air and coastal defense, special forces, military police, and al-Fath brigades.
The military parades reflected the high level of training and qualification they received in security and military colleges, scientific and academic edifices, and the high readiness to defend Yemen, its sovereignty, and its independence.
The Yemeni armed forces displayed dozens of advanced missile systems, naval weapons, and air defenses manufactured by the Military Industrialization Authority as well as naval weapons, missiles, boats, and modern naval cruisers produced by the Yemeni Military Industries Authority.
The military parade included advanced weapons and air defense systems manufactured by the Yemeni Military Industries Authority during the period of aggression, which are systems that can neutralize hostile aircraft from the airspace, in addition to the three-generation winged Quds missiles, which are missiles manufactured by the local Yemeni military industries that reach the occupied Palestinian territories.
The parade also included a missile system, including Quds-3 winged missile manufactured by the Yemeni Military Industries Authority, intended to protect al-Quds al-Sharif and within al-Quds equation as well as several systems for multiple generations of unmanned aircraft, including Waeed plane which has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers.
In conjunction with the parade, drones, attacking aircraft, and helicopters roamed the skies of the capital Sana'a in a scene that reflects the readiness of the armed and security forces to protect the homeland, its capabilities, and its national gains.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3203688.htm
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBFGYYDLeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqlgjla7nM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lrA4Oao0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OBDHr9eU8
Photos: https://en.ypagency.net/273203/
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Yemeni Armed Forces Unveil New Domestically-made Missile, Naval, Air Systems
The Rocketry Force revealed the Badr-2 missile of the second generation of the Badr missiles, which is short-range and operates on solid fuel. It also revealed the Badr-3 missile, a third generation of the Badr missiles, a medium-range and solid-fueled missile.
The Rocketry Force unveiled the Hatam ballistic missile, a fourth generation of the Badr missiles, long-range and solid-fueled. It also unveiled the Karar ballistic missile, with a range of 300 km, and a solid-fueled, intelligent guidance system, with a warhead weight of half a ton.
The Rocketry Force revealed the Quds-3, a long-range winged cruise missile that operates on liquid fuel, and is distinguished by its ability to hide from radar detection. It also revealed the Falaq ballistic missile, a long-range liquid-fueled ballistic missile that carries several warheads.
Meanwhile, the Naval Force unveiled the Red Sea missile, developed from the Sa'ir missile, operating with two thermal and radar systems, and characterized by its high speed. It also unveiled the Mohet missile, developed from the Qaher-2M missile, which works on solid and liquid fuels and is characterized by its practical ability in all weather conditions.
The Naval Force revealed a homemade Asif missile, which works with solid fuel, and with an intelligent guidance and control system, and the weight of its warhead exceeds half a ton. It also revealed advanced warships of the Asif-1, Asif-2, Asif-3, Tooufan-1, Tooufan-2, Toufan-3, and navigation boats.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/273250/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/22/national-salvation-government-of-yemen-reveals-details-on-brand-new-missile-systems/
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Some of what was exposed yesterday for the first time is shown, and 90% of them are Iranian missiles The Hatem missile is the same as the Iranian Khyber missile, and it is the latest Iranian missile, and it entered service in the Iranian army only nine months ago, with a range of 1500 km-
Saqr 1 and Saqr two missiles, 385 missiles or SAMs, Iranian missiles as well. They were taken from the Yemeni army stores and the batteries were modified. Most of these missiles were out of service and were returned to military manufacturing, and they were used for air defense to shoot down drones and reconnaissance planes, and it was difficult to bring down a combat warplane.
The Russian Robej missile is the same as the Iranian Hoviza missile, which was modified by the Iranians Copy paste, As well as the Bab al-Mandeb 1 and Bab al-Mandab 2 missiles, they are the Iranian Noor and Qadir missiles, and their range is 150 nautical km, and most of these missiles were smuggled into Yemen
What are the suicide or reconnaissance drones? They are all Iranian and are present in all Iranian military parades, but they changed their names to another threat (with photos)
https://twitter.com/alashwaly1/status/1572932528448618497
A few minor notes about the UAVs on in the Houthis' parade. 1 - On one of the two trucks with Rased UAVs they had 60mm mortar rounds attached. I've only seen this twice on the battlefield, but it does make this official policy rather than battlefield improvisation
A lot of the Houthis' heavier drones had a small rocket attached, which they need to take off. Samad 2 and 3, Qasef-2k and Waeed all had them. Interestingly two others which likely need them, Mersad 1 and Shihab, didn't have them.
I'm fairly certain that the newly dubbed 'Raqib' drone is in fact just another Chinese commercial drone. This time a Hong Kong company seems to have a remarkably similar drone (with photos)
https://twitter.com/VleckieHond/status/1573038614191214596
It seems Iranian "Khaybar Shekan" missiles arrived to Yemeni Houthis (photos)
Wow, even the same paintjob, really throwing even the implausible deniability to the side.
https://twitter.com/imp_navigator/status/1572562885171376128
https://twitter.com/VleckieHond/status/1572661391558852615
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Seized US-Made Armored Vehicles Showed in Yemeni Armed Forces Parade
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Missiles, drones paraded in Yemen capital on rebel anniversary
Thousands of troops paraded in Sanaa as Yemen's Huthi rebels marked the eighth anniversary of their seizure of the capital with a show of strength, despite a truce in their war with Saudi-led forces.
Drones and missiles that have been hallmarks of the Iran-backed rebels' military campaign filed past a grandstand on flatbed trucks on Wednesday, three weeks after a similar display in rebel-held Hodeida.
Brigadier General Aziz Rashid, the Huthis' deputy military spokesman, said the parade also contained clear "messages" for the coalition.
"The military parade indicates the development of military capabilities, from drones to warplanes, which are now participating in the parade," he said.
"If the coalition of aggression does not understand these messages, there will be other advanced capabilities that the coalition will not be able to bear."
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220922-missiles-drones-paraded-in-yemen-capital-on-rebel-anniversary = https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20220922-missiles-drones-paraded-in-yemen-capital-on-rebel-anniversary
and also https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/yemens-houthis-mark-8th-anniversary-sanaa-takeover
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Al-Ruwaishan: Yemen's Armed Forces Are Now Ready to Fight Broader Battles
Deputy Prime Minister Jalal Al-Ruwaishan confirmed that the Yemen's Armed Forces today are ready to fight broader battles. He explained that our weapons achieve a balanced deterrence for the enemy, and the security of Yemen today is an influential factor in regional and international security.
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Yemenis Condemn Saudi War, Voice Support for September Revolution
The Sa’ada protesters waved national Yemeni flags, carried banners in condemnation of the Riyadh-led airstrikes, held up pictures of the former leader of the popular Ansarullah movement Hussein Badreddin Al-Houthi and its current chief Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, and shouted slogans against the aggressors on Wednesday afternoon, presstv reported.
The demonstrators made it clear in a communiqué that the September 21 Revolution was an authentic uprising staged by the entire Yemeni society, and not provoked by any foreign country.
https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14010631000060/Yemenis-Cndemn-Sadi-War-Vice-Sppr-fr-Sepember-Revlin
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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.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31007.html
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Al-Ezzi: Foreign ambitions around our country require building striking military force
https://en.ypagency.net/273146/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/21/deputy-foreign-minister-of-yemen-calls-for-massive-military-buildup-to-guarantee-defence/
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Bani al-Harth tribe called all members of the tribe in Bani al-Harth district of the capital secretariat to mobilize with their guns tomorrow over the detention of its tribal sheiks by the Houthis without any reason (document)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1572684537397911552
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Houthis released tribal sheiks and Bani al-Harth tribe demanded that Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi should be put in prison as he was responsible for arresting tribal leaders for no reason (with film)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1573154910698622976
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp6 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-824b-yemen-war-mosaic-824b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-823-yemen-war-mosaic-823
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-823 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-823:
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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