Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 825, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 825, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-825-yemen-war-mosaic-825
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
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
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Klassifizierung / Classification
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(Kein Stern / No star)
? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
(A P)
SAM Expresses its Concern about the Hunger Strike Announced by the Detainees in Al Munawarah Prison in al-Mukalla due to the Failure to Implement their Release Order and Holds the Authorities in Hadhramaut fully Responsible for their Lives
SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties said that the administration of Al-Munawwarah Prison in the city of Mukalla in Hadramout Governorate, southern Yemen, refuses to implement the judicial authorities’ order to release dozens of detainees for years after the issuance of the verdict that acquitted them, which prompted the detainees to start a hunger strike since September 6 in order to draw the world’s attention to their case. The organization called on the authorities and the Public Prosecution Office to assume their responsibilities and implement the ruling of releasing the detainees without conditions.
The organization said that what the striking detainees are subjected to is a violation of human rights and a form of arbitrary and illegal detention practiced by the administration of Munawarah prison with some of the entities affiliated with the UAE, which the prison administration follows, according to their response to some detainees' families.
The organization said in a statement issued today, Monday, that the prison administration's refusal to implement judicial orders constitutes a disregard for the judicial institution. It also reveals its inability to protect human rights and the victory of the legal rights of victims after spending long periods in detention and the issuance of court verdicts acquitting them, some of which were issued 3 years ago.
https://samrl.org/l.php?l=e,10,A,c,1,74,77,4582,html
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[STC official] al-bidh-rejecting-the-truce-offer-reflects-the-houthis-lack-of-wisdom
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[Pro-STC separatist] women-of-al-ghaydah-call-for-expulsion-of-brotherhood-militia-from-al-mahra
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CRC's leadership blames Houthis for refusing truce renewal
Chair of the Consultations and Reconciliation Commission (CRC) Mohammed al-Ghaithi along with his deputies Abdulmalik al-Mikhlafi, Sakher al-Wageeh, Jamilla Ali Raja and Akram al-Amiri met in Riyadh on Monday, with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Yemen Richard Oppenheim.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36701
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Shabwa witnesses first uprising against UAE authorities
The first societal uprising against the UAE authorities took place in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
Local sources confirmed that dozens of residents of Al-Rawdha district, east of Ataq city, the provincial capital, went out on Sunday in a protest against what they called the policy of regional exclusion and marginalization by the governor loyal to the UAE in Shabwa, Awdh Al-Wazir Al-Awlaqi.
https://en.ypagency.net/274335/
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UAE sends military reinforcements to Taiz
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia backed by “Abu Dhabi” sent military reinforcements to the areas separating the provinces of Taiz and Lahj in southern Yemen.
Informed sources told the “Yemen Press Agency” that the UAE has reinforced its militias in the so-called “Fourth Hazm Brigade” in Al-Sabaiha areas overlooking Haifan district in Taiz province.
https://en.ypagency.net/274353/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/03/emirati-backed-mercenaries-send-reinforcements-towards-taiz/
(A H P)
Yemen seeks to implement developmental projects in Taiz
Yemeni officials reviewed plans with charity organizations to implement developmental projects in Taiz as part of ongoing reconstruction efforts in the province.
On Monday, Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan discussed work plans and challenges ahead of finalizing projects under the Saudi Program for Yemen’s Development and Reconstruction.
Yemen is working closely with Saudi Arabia to establish a college of medicine in Taiz University, construct a center to treat cancer and rehabilitate a road linking Taiz with Makha.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2174726/middle-east
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Gunmen target STC’s security commander in Dhalea
https://en.ypagency.net/274191/
(A T)
Local official survives assassination attempt in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/274274/
(A)
Foreign oil tanker is stuck in coast of Hadramout
https://en.ypagency.net/274221/
(A K P)
Construction of a new apron at Ar-Rayyan airport near Mukalla has been ongoing since May. Work is still continuing steadily.
https://twitter.com/VleckieHond/status/1550861887784484872
Rayyan airport still hosts a contingent of Emirati troops, as well as a smaller US presence. Various flights from the UAE, UAE planes based in Ethiopia and US military contractors visit the airport somewhat regularly,
Work on this new apron at Rayyan airport near Mukalla has continued, with the area now being paved.
https://twitter.com/VleckieHond/status/1550861887784484872
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Armed clashes break out in Wadi Obeida, Marib
Violent clashes broke out in Wadi Obeida area, east of the city of Marib, which is under the control of the Saudi-led coalition militants, tribal sources reported on late Friday.
According to the tribal sources, confrontations took place in Wadi Obeida area, between the gunmen of Al-Damashiqa tribes and the al-Hadi Hatik Obeida, after Al-Damashiqa tribes accused the latter of being behind assassination of Hassan Muhammad bin Samra al-Obeidi, and another named Mubarak al-Barak bin Abdul Rahim al-Briki, in mysterious circumstances on the road of Al-Abbar.
On the other hand, tribes from Dahm, whose areas are under the control of the coalition forces, during the past hours, closed roads leading from the city of Marib in protest against the killing of two of their sons by the military police forces affiliated with Islah party, during the past days.
https://en.ypagency.net/274109/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/01/violent-clashes-break-out-near-marib-city/
(A P)
Seiyun demands Yemeni military departure
Hundreds of people [supporters of separatist STC only] took to the streets of Seiyun, the largest city of Wadi Hadramout on Friday night, in an angry protest against the presence and arbitrary practices of the Yemeni forces of the First Military Region in their lands amid a massive military deployment.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35693
Photos: https://twitter.com/SalehAlBatati1/status/1575913434553585664
and STC statement: https://en-smanews.org/south-arabia/press-statement-by-official-spokesperson-of-the-stc-on-the-popular-demonstrations-in-seiyun-city/
(A P)
Clashes between Islah militants in Taiz leave dead, wounded
Violent confrontations broke out on Friday between gangs of Islah militants in the center of Taiz city, leaving dead and wounded in addition to causing damages to citizens’ property.
According to local sources in the city, clashes broke out between armed men loyal to Ghazwan Al-Mikhlafi, nephew of Islah military leader Sadiq Sarhan, and a gang affiliated with so-called Al-Ja’ashni in Al-Rawdha area, near “July 7 school for girls”.
“The clashes left at least two dead and several wounded,” one of the sources said
https://en.ypagency.net/274064/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/30/internal-clashes-between-islah-militants-in-taiz-leave-several-dead-and-wounded/
(A P)
[STC separatist leader] Al-Zubaidi: Seeking extended truce amid Houthi intransigence is worthless
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35688
(A T)
Leading Al-Qaeda official assassinated in Ma’rib
Southern media, quoting tribal sources, reported that unknown persons targeted the car of Wahhabi leader Salah al-Ibbi.
Pictures circulated by activists showed great damage to al-Ibbi’s car, which was targeted with an explosive device.
Al-Ibbi is suspected of being behind the liquidation of ISIS leader in the region Abu Khaled al-Qurashi, as part of an ongoing conflict between the two organisations.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/29/leading-al-qaeda-official-assassinated-in-marib/
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Saudi Arabia attacks STC’s militia
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday began to take new measures to reduce the influence of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia, as Riyadh’s retreat from supporting the council’s expansion in the southern provinces.
The Saudi journalist close to the crown prince, Salman Askar, said in an interview with the Saudi news channel that “the transitional does not learn lessons,” stressing that “its scattered leaders could not manage the city of Aden, let alone the rest of the provinces.”
Askar explained that the Saudi-led coalition is aware of the inability of the STC, pointing out that Saudi Arabia stopped the military operation launched by the STC in Abyan, because of what he described as the “stupidity of the STC’s leaderships” that act randomly.
A new measure has been taken to withdraw the STC’s factions from Abyan, he added
The developments come as part of Saudi moves to stop the STC’s expansion that was supported at the expense of other factions, following the inability of the council’s forces to impose real control over Shabwa and Abyan governorates.
https://en.ypagency.net/273957/
(A)
Number of citizens killed, injured due to clashes in Hadramout
A number of citizens were killed and injured on Thursday in armed confrontations in Hadramout Valley, eastern Yemen.
Local sources said that clashes broke out between the gunmen of Islah “First Military District” and the sellers of qat in the center of a popular market in Al-Qutn city
https://en.ypagency.net/273929/
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UAE loots large quantities of raw gold from Hadramout
The UAE had looted large quantities of raw gold from “Mayfa’ Hajar” gold mine in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, informed sources in the province reported on Thursday.
The southern leader, Adel Al-Hasani, wrote on Twitter Thursday, quoting one of the officials who was overthrown by the Saudi-led coalition, “whose name was not mentioned”, that the UAE is looting raw gold from the Mayfa’ Hajar mountain mine and transporting it via tankers to the port of Mukalla, the capital of the province.
The UAE transports raw gold from one of the sites classified as gold mines in Mayfa’ Hajar near Mukalla coast and other sites to Abu Dhabi to be smelted and sold in the UAE market.
https://en.ypagency.net/274010/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/29/uae-occupation-force-looting-large-quantities-of-gold-from-yemeni-province-of-hadhramaut/
(A P)
UAE-backed female soldier injured in Aden
The first female soldier in UAE-backed militia was injured during storming a house of a citizen in the city of Aden, southern Yemen
https://en.ypagency.net/274004/
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Film: Report on crimes of torture in secret prisons in Shabwa
Civil Network for Media, Development and Human Rights (CNMDHR) in Aden held a press conference today to discuss report on “crimes of torture in secret prisons in Shabwa” attributed to pro-Islah special forces. The report accused Abed Rabbo al-Akab and former governor of Shabwa, Muhammad bin Adyo, of being fully responsible for "crimes of torture" that affected detainees in the governorate. The report indicated that cases of torture in Shabwa included 27 children. The report revealed 700 violations, including 443 cases of torture that took place in Shabwa special forces prisons between January 2019 and June 2022. Victims of these violations who A24 interviewed expressed their relief at the expulsion of al-Akab, who was responsible for their arrest in Shabwa, hoping he will never return to the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z48devVdDw0
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Yemen signs deal for oil derivatives from Saudi Arabia
Yemen experiences severe electricity crisis amid fuel shortage
The Yemeni government said Thursday it has signed a deal worth $200 million with Saudi Arabia to provide fuel to war-torn Yemen.
Under the deal, the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) will provide 250,000 metric tons of oil derivatives to Yemen, the state news agency Saba reported.
Saba said the deal will help increase the capabilities of Yemeni government institutions and the stability of electric power in various government and private institutions and the industrial sector.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemen-signs-deal-for-oil-derivatives-from-saudi-arabia/2698523
and also https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2388420#2388420
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31140.html
(B P)
The Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen: from partners to adversaries
The turning point in the development of events came at the beginning of April this year, when all political forces opposed to the Houthis agreed to form an eight-person Leadership Council that would set the political and military roadmap. The Muslim Brotherhood was reluctantly forced to agree to the plan after realising that the other forces wanted to end the stagnation and corruption of the institutions they themselves controlled.
It is worth noting that the Council faced an arduous task that was to begin with the reform of state structures, especially the army, but this was not welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood and was seen as a threat to their interests and all that they had achieved during the years of war, especially in areas where there are oil and gas fields. These are regions that the organisation uses for its own benefit. When the Presidential Council made several decisions aimed at changing the military leadership in the Shabwa region, the Islah party concluded that this would pave the way for taking away the sources of wealth, and so it did not accept these changes and encouraged the military leadership to rebel and reject the removal decisions, a move observers believe the Muslim Brotherhood wanted to demonstrate its power and that it is a force that cannot be ignored. They also wanted to send a message to the Presidential Council to prevent it from going further with decisions that could threaten its control over oil and gas reserves.
The newly formed Leadership Council was faced with a new rebellion, and had two options, either to confront this rebellion or to submit to the will of the Muslim Brotherhood and not clash with them, but it chose the first option in an attempt to control the situation and impose its power once and for all, a gesture that was met by great popular support, but at the same time put the Council and its leaders in the crosshairs of the Muslim Brotherhood's media machine and the states that support them. They launched a concerted campaign aimed at undermining the Council and weakening its legitimacy.
In the end, the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Presidential Leadership Council became complicated, and al-Islah shifted to a position characterised by confrontation and resistance to the decisions of the country's presidency.
The Reform Party (Islah) carried out an unprecedented attack on the Presidential Command Council
https://atalayar.com/en/blog/muslim-brotherhood-yemen-partners-adversaries
(A P)
Adeni prominent social media activist and comedy youtuber Raidan Basel detained yesterday by STC-affiliated security belt in al-Mansoura district of #Aden over a video criticizing director of al-Mansoura on his fb two days ago. (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1575282249028845569
(A P)
New Saudi defense minister meets PLC members
Saudi Arabia’s new Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Salman met on Wednesday the Chairman of Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi and members of the council.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35684
(A K P)
STC’s militia fails again to retake Shabwa oil fields
A military campaign by Emirati-backed factions on Wednesday failed to regain control over a number of oil fields in Shabwa province, southern Yemen.
This coincides with tribal gunmen taking control of oil wells in Usaylan District, in response to their demobilization from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s camps for sake of regional motives.
Informed sources said that the Shabwa Defense Forces, which are loyal to the STC, carried out a military operation in the past hours, in an attempt to regain control of the oil wells in the district of Usaylan, but retreated after the tribes of the directorate threatened to blow up a large-scale war against them.
https://en.ypagency.net/273950/
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Two foreign warships approach Radhom coast of Shabwa
Eyewitnesses from Yemeni fishermen reported on Wednesday that two warships approached the coast of Radhom area on the Arabian Sea in the oil-rich Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.
According to the eyewitnesses, the two battleships, which are believed to belong to the French naval forces, approached during the past two days the coasts of Radhom, where the Balhaf gas facility controlled by the UAE forces is located, amid silence from the Riyadh-formed “Presidential Council” and its government loyal to Saudi-led coalition.
They pointed out that the Emirati forces intensified their patrols on the coasts of Radhom, and prevented fishermen from entering the sea to catch fish, and imposed strict measures in the region, without mentioning more information.
https://en.ypagency.net/273939/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/29/two-foreign-warships-suspected-french-sighted-near-yemen/
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Saudi Arabia transfers STC’s President to Riyadh on military plane
Saudi Arabia transferred the Vice-President of the Riyadh-formed “Presidential Council”, President of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, on a military plane from Aden Airport to Riyadh, informed political sources reported.
The sources confirmed that the Saudi ambassador to the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition issued a sudden and severe summons to Al-Zubaidi against the background of the problems that erupted between him and the rest of the council members.
The Saudi summons included the rest of the Council members, based on the first directive from Khalid bin Salman, after he was appointed Minister of Defense during the past hours in Saudi Arabia, according to the sources.
The sudden summoning of the presidential council members, who lead the pro-coalition militia in the southern provinces, and their transfer via a Saudi military plane to Riyadh, showed the extent of their absolute dependence and their implementation of foreign agendas against Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/273930/
and
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[STC] President-al-zubaidi-arrives-in-saudi-capital-riyadh-from-aden-the-capital
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Mahra sit-in committee: We are monitoring moves, and we will take appropriate position
The anti-foreign occupation sit-in committee in Mahra province, eastern Yemen, on Wednesday confirmed that “it will not allow the province to be dragged into chaos.”
Head of the political department in the committee, Saeed Afari, said in the extraordinary meeting of the committee Wednesday in Al-Ghaydha city: “The committee is closely following all events, and studying with all the forces and components of Mahra to protect the province from any slip into chaos.”
https://en.ypagency.net/273936/
(A P)
Yemeni former presidents son calls on gov't to return home
Son of the Yemeni former president on Sunday accused Iran and its Houthi allies of trying to take control of Yemen, and called the Yemeni official government to return home.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31101.html
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Iran aggression on Kurdistan targets regional security: Yemeni gov't
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31139.html
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Experten fürchten Wiederbeginn der Kämpfe im Jemen
Keine größeren Militäreinsätze und weniger zivile Opfer – das waren einige Erfolge der monatelangen Waffenruhe im Jemen. Verlängert wird diese jetzt aber nicht mehr, und im Land droht eine neue Runde der Gewalt. Hilfsorganisationen sprechen von »schrecklichen Nachrichten«.
Das alles zu ändern und das Land zu stabilisieren scheint ohne Waffenstillstand kaum denkbar. Die zurückliegende Waffenruhe trat Anfang April für zunächst zwei Monate in Kraft und wurde seitdem zweimal verlängert. Damit ging die Gewalt zurück und es gab weniger zivile Opfer. Nach Uno-Angaben gab es keine Luftangriffe, größere Militäreinsätze oder Angriffe aus dem Jemen nach Saudi-Arabien. Jetzt wird erwartet, dass die Kämpfe zügig wieder aufflammen.
Die Organisation Care sprach von einer »extrem traurigen« Entwicklung für die Bevölkerung und die humanitären Helfer. Der Norwegische Flüchtlingsrat (NRC) nannte die Nachricht »zutiefst enttäuschend«. Oxfam teilte mit: »Millionen sind jetzt gefährdet, wenn Bombardements, Beschuss am Boden und Raketenangriffe weitergehen.«
und auch https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2022-10/jemen-waffenruhe-verhandlungen-scheitern-un
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UN chief urges Yemen rivals to avoid new violence and renew ceasefire
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen’s warring parties on Monday to refrain from any provocations that could escalate violence. The move follows the failure to extend a nationwide cease-fire and to engage with each other to renew the truce.
and
(A P)
Film: Haiti, Climate Change, Yemen, Myanmar & Other Topics - Daily Press Briefing (30 September 2022). Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5msRgWXWR3M
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Yemen's truce collapses, battles break out and civilians lament lost peace
Sunday night was one of the toughest endured by Yemenis for months, as they waited for the news that the truce between their country’s warring parties had been extended. They were left disappointed.
As the deadline passed, minds began to wander. Would the boom of relentless air strikes become commonplace again? Will the availability of fuel get even worse? What will happen to our sons on the frontlines?
The agreement stood on three pillars: reopening Sanaa airport for commercial flights; allowing fuel ships to dock in Hodeidah; and working towards reopening roads in Taiz and other provinces.
Abdulrahman Khalid, a resident of Taiz city, told Middle East Eye that - despite the Houthi movement refusing to open the city’s roads - the ceasefire brought a much-needed moment of respite.
“It is true that during the last six months of the truce there were some violations by warring parties, but we enjoyed peace, and they were the best months since the war broke out in our city,” he said.
We hoped a new extension would lead to reopening roads to Taiz, but we were shocked to hear about the truce’s failure.”
People in Taiz realised the truce had failed long before any official announcement was made: “Last night the clashes resumed on different frontlines around the city and most Taiz residents heard that,” said Khalid.
The fear that accompanies the resumption of hostilities kept Khalid up all night.
“Those who are against the truce can come to spend a week near frontlines and they will know how we are suffering,” he said.
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Why has Yemen's truce failed and what happens next?
Why have talks failed?
The rebels [Sanaa gov.] had demanded that the salaries of military officials and civil servants in the areas they control be paid "without discrimination".
Elisabeth Kendall, from Girton College at the University of Cambridge, said the Huthi's demands "seem unrealistic at this early stage".
"These are concessions that will be extremely difficult to meet in the absence of any structured peace talks," she said.
According to Kendall, "the impression created is that the Huthis are not genuinely interested in continuing the truce."
Ahmed Nagi, a researcher at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said the truce "failed because of a power imbalance" between the warring sides.
The Huthi rebels "believe that they are the stronger side, after seven years of conflict, and that the war doesn't have to end at this point," Nagi explained.
Seeing the government's "great desire to extend" the ceasefire, Nagi said, the rebels believe they can "achieve greater goals".
What happens now?
Analysts expect renewed fighting specifically around Marib, the government's last northern stronghold and key to Yemen's oil resources, and Taez, the country's third biggest city that has been blockaded by the rebels since 2016.
But according to some analysts, the United Nations may still continue its efforts to convince the rebels to accept another ceasefire.
Nagi said that in case these negotiations "reach a dead end, the war will enter a new phase, with fiercer military confrontations than before".
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221003-why-has-yemen-s-truce-failed-and-what-happens-next
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[Sanaa gov.] Human rights expresses concern at aggression's intransigence, its rejection of humanitarian requirements
The Ministry of Human Rights expressed grave concern at the aggression's intransigence and its rejection of the humanitarian and economic requirements owed to Yemenis.
In a statement received on Monday by the Yemeni News Agency (SABA), the Ministry of Human Rights noted the aggression States' persistent deepening of human and economic for the Yemeni people by renouncing their previous commitments, which in their entirety did not meet the lowest urgent humanitarian requirements of millions of citizens that the years of war and siege have exhausted them.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205521.htm
and
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[Sanaa gov.] Foreign Minister: World should take seriously results of Supreme Political Council meeting
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Hisham Sharaf Abdullah, stressed that the failure of the other party to respond to the purely humanitarian demands presented by Sana'a confirmed, beyond any doubt, its lack of seriousness in moving seriously towards reaching a comprehensive and sustainable peaceful political settlement.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205442.htm
My comment: The Sanaa government always claimed that its main demands are pure “humanitarian” and must be fulfilled without any cutbacks, which simply is unrealistic, as the Sanaa government itself blocked similar demands from the other side.
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After failure to extend truce, [Aden] Yemeni government accuses Houthis of blackmail
Yemeni government accuses Houthis of putting Iran’s interests first
The Yemeni government has accused the Iran-backed Houthi group of dealing with the truce as an "opportunity to blackmail and put Iran's interests ahead of the interests of the Yemeni people."
"The Houthis treated the truce as an opportunity for blackmail, and putting Iran's interests ahead of the interests of the Yemeni people," the official Saba News Agency cited Abdullah Al-Alimi, a member of the Presidential Leadership Council, as saying on Sunday evening.
Al-Alimi called on the international community to "take a more serious and clear stance towards the Houthis."
and
(A P)
'Foreign interests' behind Houthi rejection of UN deal, Yemen's government says
Yemen's government accused the Houthi rebels of being subservient to foreign interests after the group refused to renew a UN-brokered truce that expired on Sunday.
Majed Al Fadhail, Yemen's deputy minister of human rights told The National that the group “does not want peace”.
“The truce included a ceasefire, payment of civil servants, opening of roads, operational flights to and from Sanaa and the flow of oil,” Mr Al Fadhail said.
“The refusal shows the militias are driven by foreign agendas dictated to them from Iran.”
My comment: This claim regarding Iran is BS. Iran demanded the truce to be prolonged, the Houthis evidently care for their own interests only.
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Film: Yemen truce expired, no extension announced
The United States, along with several other Western countries, has called on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to engage constructively with UN efforts to broker an extension to the truce in the Gulf states’ long-fought war.
The six-month truce period formally expired on Sunday, having brought the longest period of relative calm since the conflict began in 2014. Benji Hyer reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljU1X7bNLoo
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Film: Elisabeth Kendall on i24 News
Is there still hope for a truce in Yemen, and who's to blame if it fails?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMf9yidzfs
and parts of it: https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1576674293777281024
https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1576625816338931718
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It's 6:05 PM Yemen time. The truce has technically expired without renewal. A sinking feeling in my stomach. Diplos throwing a hail marry. People in Sana'a, or at least those who could afford it, rushing to restock esp on fuel, ahead of return of hostilities.
https://twitter.com/omeisy/status/1576590055463714816
(A P)
Oxfam reacts to failure to extend the truce in Yemen
The end of the truce is terrible news for the people of Yemen. Millions will now be at risk if air strikes, ground shelling and missile attacks resume
https://www.oxfam.org.nz/news-media/oxfam-reacts-to-failure-to-extend-the-truce-in-yemen/
and
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NRC: Yemen: Failure to renew truce deeply disappointing
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-failure-renew-truce-deeply-disappointing
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Care: Failure to extend and expand truce in Yemen: Sad occasion for Yemenis keen to look forward not backward
The failure for the parties to the conflict to reach an agreement to extend the truce brokered by the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen beyond 2 October, is an extremely sad occasion for the people of Yemen and the humanitarian and development community.
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ICTJ: A Blow to Hopes for Peace in Yemen
The continued human rights violations and renewed fighting demonstrate the lack of confidence between the warring parties and their unwillingness to engage in fruitful negotiations. What Yemen needs is not just a temporary pause in fighting, which leaves people living in constant fear that violence might erupt at any time. Yemen needs a sustainable peace agreement that addresses the grave humanitarian situation, which has been overlooked by the international community for years, and a comprehensive and inclusive Yemeni-led political process that meets the aspirations of the Yemeni people.
https://www.ictj.org/latest-news/blow-hopes-peace-yemen
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Save the Children: Disappointment and concerns for a renewal of violence as Yemen's truce fails to be extended
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/disappointment-and-concerns-renewal-violence-yemens-truce-fails-be-extended = https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2022-press-releases/yemen-truce-fails-to-be-extended
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Houthis are putting their maximalist position again knowing that the International community is too desperate to renew the truce & will eventually give in to them to make that happen. It's a negotiation tactic that has worked for Houthis in the past time & again.
https://twitter.com/Ndawsari/status/1576606665033465856
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"Revenues of the ports of Hodeidah, Salif & Ras Issa shall b channeled 2 the CBY through its branch n Hodeidah as a contribution 2 the payment of salaries n Hodeidah& throughout #Yemen," UN-brokered Stckhlm Agrmnt, 2018. FYI,all revenues go 2Huthis. Hv they paid any salary since?
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1576745977850888192
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Houthis demand the payment of salaries of not only government employees in areas they control but also their fighters & those they put on their payroll since 2014 as a condition to accept the truce.
https://twitter.com/Ndawsari/status/1576806261575729152
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[Aden] Yemeni government agrees to extend UN-brokered truce for two months
Yemen’s internationally recognized government has agreed to extend the UN-brokered truce for two months, as the global community makes last-ditch efforts to persuade the Iran-backed Houthis to do the same.
An official familiar with behind-the-scenes negotiations said that the Yemeni government is willing to extend the ceasefire by two months and discuss thorny issues, such as opening Taiz’s roads and paying public employees in areas controlled by the Houthis, later.
“The government does not object to the renewal, but it does have some reservations,” the Yemeni government official told Arab News, preferring anonymity. “As such, we would prefer to renew it under the same terms as before and to engage in discussions about the new UN proposal to expand it.”
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2173256/middle-east
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[Aden gov.] Yemeni leader, UN envoy discuss extension of truce set to expire tonight
The Yemeni leader met on Sunday with the UN special envoy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to discuss the extension of a nationwide truce set to expire tonight, state-run Saba news agency reported.
The meeting between Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman Rashad al-Alimi and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg "intended to explore chances to extend the UN-brokered truce amid Houthi militia's constant intransigence about the underway efforts," said Saba.
Al-Alimi reaffirmed the support by the PLC and government for the underway efforts, highlighting the need to increase international pressures on the Houthi group to make it engage constructively and to put the Yemeni peoples' interest above all.
https://english.news.cn/20221002/2bc575f0df7b41b6aeac95ade830a1e6/c.html
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Yemen ceasefire extension demanded in Guterres-Abdollahian talks
In a phone talk between UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday night the two sides agreed on the need for the extension of ceasefire in Yemen.
During the phone talk, Amirabdollahian appreciated the UN secretary general for his contribution to establish peace and stability in the region,
https://en.irna.ir/news/84902550/Yemen-ceasefire-extension-demanded-in-Guterres-Abdollahian-talks
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It seems we are just under the tension and last minute pressure before the #truce expires tomorrow, while it is most likely it will be extended.
https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1576298188964712448
Both the US and Russian embassies in #Yemen express concerns over lack of progress in securing truce extension. This comes after #Houthis said negotiations are deadlocked & threatened to resume military operations, warned oil companies to sop operations after truce expires.
https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1576294188890529792
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Statement by the [Sanaa gov.] national delegation regarding the temporary truce
The national delegation issued a statement regarding the temporary truce, the text of which reads as follows:
"With the armistice understandings reaching a dead end, and with a sense of our responsibility before God and our Yemeni people, and in our desire to put our Yemeni people in a picture of what happened, and the efforts we have made to exploit the armistice as an opportunity to progress in addressing the humanitarian situation, ending the siege, and establishing a ceasefire throughout Yemen, and in a way that prepares the atmosphere for entry into a stage of lasting and comprehensive peace. We would like to clarify the following:
- Since the beginning of the humanitarian and military truce that was agreed upon with the United Nations, despite the similar delays in opening Sana'a airport and the failure to meet the destination to Egypt until this moment, deliberate delays of ships for long periods with the intention of increasing costs, imposing arbitrary restrictions and measures, and the blackmail that oil derivatives traders are exposed to.
As well as the continuation of the spy planes flying and bombing, but we were keen not to miss any opportunity that could lead us towards peace, and we exercised restraint towards the violations to give more time to the deliberations and the international efforts, the efforts of some of our brothers, and legal, for the reason, we accepted the first and second extensions in the hope that there will be the slightest sense of responsibility or understanding on the part of the aggression countries and their mercenaries towards the issues of the Yemeni citizen who has suffered the scourge of eight years of aggression and siege, and in the forefront is the payment of employee salaries and pensions of retirees throughout Yemen.
In addition to ending arbitrary procedures and restrictions imposed on oil derivatives ships, allowing entry of commercial ships for goods, merchandise, and medical and pharmaceutical supplies, expanding travel destinations, addressing the file of prisoners and detainees, opening roads in Taiz and all Yemeni provinces and other issues.
- During the six months of the truce, we did not see any seriousness to address the humanitarian file as an urgent and urgent priority. Unfortunately, it became clear that the aggression countries, after they had exhausted all their cards, had no choice but to target the livelihood of the Yemeni people as the easiest way to bring the people to their knees and use it as a military tactic and a war tool to pressure them.
Its bet on the economic card and the continuation of the siege became a clear bet after all its other aggressive bets had failed, and it became clear that its desire is not peace as much as it is to keep the countries of aggression away from the repercussions of the war and direct targeting and besieging them inside Yemen, transferring the war to the economic field, continuing its siege, and imposing unjust restrictions on the Yemeni people to prevent access to their legal and humanitarian entitlements.
- We did not demand any special demands or entitlements outside the rights guaranteed to the Yemeni citizen humanely and legally, equality between Yemeni civil, military and retired employees in the disbursement of salaries without discrimination between one province and another, and the right of employees to receive their salaries in any governorate in Yemen, and it is from the sovereign revenues, foremost of which is crude oil and gas, as the main resource on which the salary bill depends, even before the aggressive war in 2015 AD, in which there is limitless tampering and is subjected to continuous looting by the countries of aggression.
With regard to opening roads in Taiz and other Yemeni provinces as stipulated in the armistice agreement, we formed a committee in the first period of the armistice. From the beginning, the other party refused to discuss opening roads in all Yemeni provinces and limiting them only to Taiz.
Although this contradicts the text of the armistice agreement, we continued the discussion and presented three proposals in Taiz as a first stage that would facilitate the traffic of tankers and vehicles to a large extent. […]
In conclusion, we affirm the right of our Yemeni people to defend themselves and their rights and to confront aggression and siege, and we hold the countries of aggression responsible for reaching understandings to a dead end as a result of their intransigence and disavowal measures that have no aim other than to alleviate the human suffering of our dear Yemeni people.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205175.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274176/
and main points in a media article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-718704
Comment: This is just a blackmail attempt from Houthis as the truce would be likely be extended, according to govt sources.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1576280704996225024
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Al-Ajri addresses fiery message to coalition forces, hours before end of UN truce
Member of the Sanaa negotiating delegation, Abdulmalik Al-Ajri, has sent a message to the Saudi-led coalition countries and their forces, hours before the end of the UN armistice.
Al-Ajri said, in a tweet, that the coalition countries are ready to spend billions on the war.
https://en.ypagency.net/274186/
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Houthis pressured the @OSE_Yemen to remove the quota for women in the truce draft. I am alarmed that the Envoy is considering it and asking for international back up. This policy of appeasing barbaric armed groups over women is shameless
Now is the time for international community to stand is grounds and to show the @OSE_Yemen that an inclusive accountable process of the truce will be supported and nothing else.
https://twitter.com/RashaJarhum/status/1576328454517071873
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Aden gov. Embassy at Den Hague: Statement on the Truce Updated Proposal received from the Special Envoy of the United Nations to Yemen
An official source in the Government of Yemen confirmed that it had received today, October 1, 2022, an updated proposal from the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen to extend and expand the truce starting from October 2, 2022.
The source indicated that the Yemeni government is studying the updated proposal and will deal with it positively stemming from its keenness and commitment to exert all efforts to alleviate the humanitarian suffering of all Yemenis in all governorates without discrimination, as the main objectives of the truce are to stop the bloodshed caused by the Houthi militias’ war, ensure the freedom of movement of civilians and unhindered flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid. By extending the truce, the Government of Yemen seeks to expand the benefits to all Yemenis, facilitate their movement, and ensure the payment of salaries to alleviate their humanitarian suffering.
The source further pointed out that despite the Houthi militias’ failure to fulfill their obligations pertaining to lifting the siege on Taiz and stopping the looting of the revenues from Hodeidah ports, which must be allocated to pay the salaries of civil servants in areas under their control according to the 2014 payroll lists, the Yemeni government will spare no effort to demonstrate all forms of flexibility and cooperation with the Special Envoy to overcome the obstacles created by the Houthi militias.
The source underscored the Government of Yemen’s calls in this regard to the Security Council and the international community to mount pressure on the Houthi militias to stop their daily violations of the truce and to engage positively with the efforts of the Special Envoy of the United Nations to implement all its provisions, foremost of which is to stop using the Yemeni people as a hostage and exploit their suffering as a negotiating tool; and to stop using state resources and revenues of Hodeidah ports for the personal enrichment of the militias’ leaders and for prolonging the war, and the need to immediately lift the siege on Taiz.
He also affirmed the Government of Yemen’s support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen to achieve a comprehensive, just, and sustainable peace based on the agreed terms of reference, namely the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2216.
https://www.yemenembassy.org/news/1012022/
and also https://twitter.com/YemEmbassyNL/status/1576341616029159425
My comment: The so-called three “terms of reference” the Aden government always insist on would demand the Hourhis to capitulate and thus stay a main obstacle to peace.
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As truce expiration nears, Taiz file reoccur on surface
Calls to reopen blocked roads in Taiz reoccur on the surface on Friday after months of silence, as the UN exerts intense efforts to persuade the Yemeni warring parties into accepting a new proposal to extend the truce set to expire on 2 October.
The UN-mediated truce's success is greatly linked to the reopening of Taiz main roads, member of the [Aden] government negotiation team tweeted.
The Houthis "practice political deception" and lies in this humanitarian file, which the Iranian-backed group tries to use as a military and political pressure card, Nabeel Jamel added.
"While they call for full opening of Sana'a airport and Hodeida port and payment of civil servants' salaries, the Houthis show historical spite and retaliatory acts against Taiz people and reject to open the city's main roads."
"The Houthi political deception is no longer convinced by members of the group itself, not to mention the international community," the Yemeni official argued.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31144.html
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Stc’s-presidium-reaffirms-adherence-to-hard-evident-guarantees-enforce-houthi-militias-to-truce-provisions-compliancy
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The EU fully supports UNSG call on the parties to accept UNSE truce proposal. Time to consolidate and develop a truce, including opening roads and agreeing on the payment of salaries, that has delivered and can bring more benefits to the #Yemeni people.
https://twitter.com/EUinYemen/status/1576308151430705153
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Yemen's warring parties receive UN proposal for truce extension
An updated UN proposal calling for an extension of the existing truce set to expire on October 2 has been received by both sides of Yemen's warring parties, but its fate remains unclear.
According to a government statement released by Yemen's state-run Saba news agency on Saturday, "the government has just received an updated proposal from the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg to expand the truce starting from October 2."
As the main objective of the truce is to stop the bloodshed, the Yemeni government is still studying the proposal and will deal with it positively in order to alleviate the suffering of the people in all provinces without discrimination, it noted.
"The government is seeking, by renewing the truce, to increase benefits for all Yemenis, facilitate their movement, and ensure the payment of salaries to alleviate their human suffering caused by the Houthi militia coup," the statement read.
https://english.news.cn/20221002/baac29e6744b4d3db62056e464c38c1e/c.html
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Yemen's Fragile Ceasefire Must Be Preserved, but UN Warns of a 'Return to War'
The future of Yemen is at a crossroads and the risk of a return to war is real.
Yemen’s uncertain future will once again hang in the balance on Oct. 2 as the warring sides in the country’s brutal civil war, grinding into its eighth year, will decide whether to renew the ceasefire that has remained in place since April.
The ceasefire, though wildly imperfect and fragile, has nonetheless helped lower the intensity of fighting
While facilitating negotiations earlier this week, Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, warned: “We are at a crossroads where the risk of a return to war is real and I am urging the parties to choose an alternative that prioritizes the needs of the Yemeni people.”
Representatives of both sides of the conflict have alleged instances in which the ceasefire was broken. However, it has brought a significant reprieve, even if only temporarily, to what remains a horrific situation.
The importance of extending the ceasefire is that it makes space for the slight but necessary step to save lives today and slowly rebuild the livelihoods of Yemenis tomorrow. Yemen’s hope for a better future is too valuable to throw away.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/yemen-ceasefire-extension/
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Yemen truce deadline approaches as wait for peace drags on
As a ceasefire deadline in war-ravaged Yemen draws near, civilians hope the truce will be extended -- fearing any fresh fighting would wipe out the small gains they have made.
Ouazir said the relative peace -- especially an end to air strikes in Sanaa -- has created a safer environment for her business of selling milk and eggs.
"I hope the truce will continue until the war stops completely," she said, adding that she dreamt of expanding her farm "on the ground, and not on the roof of the house".
The truce is due to expire on Sunday, with the UN working to ensure each side agrees to extend once again.
But there has been little fundamental progress towards peace.
A seige remains in place on Taez, a large city in the southwest controlled by the government but surrounded by Huthi forces.
Diego Zorrilla, UN deputy humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said the truce had improved the situation "in many respects" but "life remains difficult" for the vast majority.
In May, the UN envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said the truce "presented a window of opportunity to break with the violence and suffering of the past".
But in view of the stalled peace talks, a key aim of the truce, it has therefore "fundamentally changed nothing" and is proving to be "a failure in certain respects", said Thomas Juneau, from the University of Ottawa.
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Film. From Sanaa To Taez, Yemen Truce Brought Opportunities But Obstacles Remain
As a ceasefire deadline in war-ravaged Yemen draws near, agriculture graduate Loujain al-Ouazir shares the small gains she has made thanks to the truce, as she works to raise goats and poultry on a farm on top of a house in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa. While in the southwest city of Taez, residents continue to suffer from the seige as the main roads around the mountainous city remain shut.
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Film: Yemen, Ukraine, Mali & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (30 September 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLAQwCpLyA
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Yemen: Put the people first, Guterres urges, with extended and expanded truce
Yemen’s warring parties who have sustained a nationwide truce for the past six monthsOpens in new window, need to prioritize the “needs and aspirations” of the people, by both extending and expanding it, beyond Sunday’s imminent deadline, the UN chief has saidOpens in new window.
In a statement on Friday, UN Secretary-General António GuterresOpens in new window said it was time for Government forces and their allies, together with Houthi rebels and their international backers, to “choose peace for good.”
“I strongly urge the Yemeni parties not only to renew but also to expand the truce’s terms and duration, in line with the proposal presented to them by my Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg.”
The UN chief said the truce had “delivered tangible benefits and much needed relief to the Yemeni people, including a significant reduction in violence and civilian casualties countrywide”.
Mr. Guterres strongly urged all those involved in the long-running conflict, to “seize this opportunity.”
“This is the moment to build on the gains achieved and embark on a path towards the resumption of an inclusive and comprehensive political process, to reach a negotiated settlement to end the conflict. The United Nations will spare no efforts to support the parties in this endeavour.”
https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2022/09/yemen-put-people-first-guterres-urges-extended-and-expanded-truce = https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21502.doc.htm
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40 NGOs fordern Verlängerung der Waffenruhe in Jemen
Kurz vor dem Auslaufen der seit sechs Monaten geltenden Waffenruhe im Jemen haben mehr als 40 Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGO) eine Verlängerung der Feuerpause gefordert. Das sei ein kritischer Zeitpunkt für die Menschen im Jemen, warnten die NGOs, darunter Oxfam und Save The Children, gestern.
Zwar seien bereits wichtige Fortschritte erzielt worden. Es brauche jedoch mehr Zeit, bis die Jemenitinnen und Jemeniten mit dem Wiederaufbau beginnen und in ihr Leben zurückfinden könnten.
https://orf.at/stories/3287501/
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44 national and international NGOs call for renewal and expansion of truce in Yemen
With the current truce agreement set to expire on 2 October 2022, humanitarian organisations remind all parties to the conflict that the future of the people of Yemen is in their hands.
As organisations working in Yemen, we recognise and applaud the important steps taken by all parties to the conflict as they continue to work towards upholding the truce. Together you have enabled the longest period of calm for more than seven years, bringing relief and hope to the people of Yemen. During the past six months, we have seen a 60 per cent reduction in casualties. The amount of fuel entering Hudaydah port has quadrupled, allowing hospitals and businesses greater access to fuel, helping to maintain proper functionality of and access to public services, including critical medical treatments. Commercial flights from Sana’a have helped 21,000 Yemenis to access lifesaving medical care, pursue education and business opportunities and reunite with loved ones overseas.
With the current truce agreement set to expire, now is a critical moment for the people of Yemen. While important gains have already been made, more time is needed to ensure that Yemenis can start to rebuild and recover their lives.
A longer extension of the truce would be the first step in further building upon the gains over the past six months and creating the stability needed to carry out longer-term assistance. If the conflict restarts now, it not only risks destroying gains already made but threatens the future development of Yemen.
Families that we speak to tell us that they want the conflict to end and recognise that, while the truce might not be perfect, it is a crucial step on the road to long and lasting peace. A reduction in fighting means that for the first time in more than seven years, children could start the school year without fear of attacks, including those caused by airstrikes and ground shell and missile fire.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/44-national-and-international-ngos-call-renewal-and-expansion-truce-yemen-enar = https://drc.ngo/about-us/for-the-media/press-releases/2022/9/ngos-call-for-renewal-and-expansion-of-truce-in-yemen/
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UN steps up efforts to extend Yemen's truce set to expire
The UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels went into force on April 2, and was later renewed twice through Oct. 2.
Currently, the United Nations is racing against time to persuade the Yemeni warring parties and regional powers to extend the truce for an extra six months.
In addition to extending the cease-fire agreement, the United Nations also seeks to expand its provisions.
"The UN envoy left Sanaa's airport during the past hours and headed to Jordan following his meetings with the Houthi leaders, who laid down a number of conditions for agreeing to a truce extension," a local Yemeni official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
"The UN envoy left without receiving a clear response from the Houthi leaders regarding the UN proposal for a six-month extension of the truce," the source said.
Gundberg's regional visits also included the Omani capital Muscat, where he met with a number of Omani officials and the Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam.
During the meeting, Abdulsalam put forward the Houthi group's demands that the blockade on Sanaa airport and Hodeidah seaport "be completely lifted and all civil servants (in the Houthi-held cities) be paid," according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
"Renewing the truce without implementing these demands would have no meaning," he said.
On Wednesday, the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has received a UN proposal that suggest renewing the ongoing truce for an extra six months.
A Yemeni government official confirmed to Xinhua that Grundberg's proposal expanded the truce to include salary payment for all public employees in the war-ravaged Arab country and the opening of flights from Sanaa International Airport to five new destinations.
It also includes a full opening of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah to all oil derivatives shipments, he said.
The opening of some roads into the besieged city of Taiz and reopening blocked roads in other provinces are also part of the new proposal, according to the official.
"The government is still studying and discussing the UN proposal for extending the truce and made no official response so far," another official of the Yemeni government said.
"Parts of the new UN proposal for extending the truce contradicts the sovereignty of legitimate Yemeni government," he added.
https://english.news.cn/20220930/347e09abdfda489292d060f4ff7c8e77/c.html
My comment: “contradicts the sovereignty of legitimate Yemeni government,": The Aden government claims to stay the only “legitimte” government of Yemen, this contradicts reality.
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UN envoy says risk of return to war in Yemen ‘real’
The U.N. envoy for Yemen warned that the risk of a return to fighting “is real,” urging warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current ceasefire due to expire next month.
Hans Grundberg’s stark warning late Tuesday came after he met in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, with Rashad al-Alimi, head of the internationally recognized presidential council, and in Oman’s capital of Muscat with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the chief negotiator of the Houthi rebels. He also met with Saudi and Omani officials to push for a cease-fire extension.
Grundberg, who was in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa on Wednesday for further talks with the Houthis, said in a statement he discussed a U.N. proposal to renew the truce for a longer time “to give Yemenis the opportunity to make progress on a wider basket of priorities.”
“We are at a crossroads where the risk of a return to war is real and I am urging the parties to choose an alternative that prioritizes the needs of the Yemeni people,” he said.
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[Sanaa gov.] FM to UN Representative: State of No War And No Peace Is Completely Rejected
Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdallah affirmed, during his meeting, Thursday, with UN Representative Hans Grundberg, that purely humanitarian demands are not supposed to be a matter of negotiation.
During the meeting, the efforts and endeavors of the United Nations to extend the truce in order to create the appropriate conditions for reaching a comprehensive political settlement and sustainable peace were reviewed.
The foreign minister said: "What Sanaa is demanding are purely humanitarian demands, and they are not supposed to be in negotiation if the US-Saudi party is serious and sincere in ending the military aggression and lifting the comprehensive siege to reach a sustainable political settlement."
He explained that the truce is indeed a real opportunity to build confidence between the parties, to complete peace-building measures, and to prepare well for real negotiations to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni citizens in all governorates that have suffered from the repercussions of the aggression.
Minister Sharaf also stressed that renewing the truce without addressing the humanitarian aspects and needs of the Yemeni citizen, means bringing the country into a state of clinical death. “The state of no war and no peace is totally and completely rejected officially and popularly,” he added.
Receiving salaries, traveling from Sanaa International Airport and other Yemeni airports without obstacles are the simplest rights of the Yemeni citizen the rights guaranteed by all laws, the Charter of the UN and human rights treaties and conventions, he explained.
and also https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/30/yemeni-foreign-minister-to-un-representative-humanitarian-matters-are-not-up-for-negotiation/ = https://en.ypagency.net/274328/
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Alejri: Negotiations Were Mainly with Countries Involved in Aggression, Who Bear Responsibility for Their Failure
Member of the National Delegation AbdulMalik Alejri revealed on Monday details of the evasion and fallacies of the Saudi-le aggression during the negotiations, blaming them for their failure.
“The negotiations were mainly with the countries involved in aggression, and they are the ones who bear the responsibility for their failure,” Alejri said. “They are the ones who control and tamper with Yemen’s oil wealth, obstruct the payment of salaries, seize ships and take them to its ports, and close the Yemeni airspace.”
He added that the Council of Saudi-Emirati tools owns nothing, and they cannot hold meetings without the presence of their guardian.
Alejri stressed that the Negotiating Delegation demanded equality between Yemeni employees in all governorates of Yemen, civilian and military.
"In what law and by what right do you want us to agree to deprive the policeman, traffic man, and security man in the non-occupied governorates of their right to a salary? Do they not have families and children?!," he wondered.
He explained that the National Delegation also demanded a mechanism to ensure the disbursement of salaries, and not to refer them to committees.
Alejri added that when Sana’a asked the United Nations to operate the Cairo flight, they were saying, “We sent a message, but they did not respond to us.”
He sarcastically said: "How will you open new destinations and the limits of your ability is a message that no one can answer."
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[Sanaa gov.] National Delegation Holds US-Saudi Aggression Responsible for Thwarting Truce
"We affirmed our well-known position on the necessity of disbursing the salaries of all employees and ending the siege on the ports of Hodeidah and Sana'a airport," he said.
Mohammed Abdulsalam holds the US-Saudi aggression the responsible of thwarting the truce and exacerbating the human suffering of the dear Yemeni people.
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[Sanaa] Supreme Political Council Holds US-Saudi Aggression Responsible of Obstructing Peace Process
Yemen's Supreme Political Council, in its meeting on Sunday, headed by President Mahdi Al-Mashat, reviewed the latest developments regarding the ongoing negotiations on the truce.
The Council denounced the UN reluctance, presenting a paper that does not meet the Yemeni people's demands and does not establish the peace process. It stressed that the Yemeni people can extract their rights from the revenues of their oil and gas wealth that are looted by the aggression and its mercenaries.
It called on everyone to be fully prepared to deal with any situation as a result of the obstructions carried out by the coalition of aggression.
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Al-Mashat meets UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy, accompanying team
Marshal Mahdi Mohamed al-Mashat, Chairman of the [Sanaa] Supreme Political Council, met Wednesday in the capital Sana'a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and his team.
The meeting discussed the efforts of the United Nations to expand the armistice in the light of the intransigence of the US-Saudi aggression.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204649.htm
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Al-Mashat informs UN envoy of Sanaa’s final position on extending armistice
President of the [Sanaa] Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, met on Wednesday in the capital, Sanaa, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and his accompanying team.
During the meeting, they discussed the efforts of the United Nations to expand the truce in light of the intransigence of the Saudi-led coalition countries, which seek to empty any possible truce of its content.
President Al-Mashat said, “The injustice inflicted on the Yemeni people as a result of the aggression and the siege is very great, compared to the simple rightful humanitarian demands of the Yemeni people.”
He explained that the forefront of those demand is the payment of salaries of all state employees and pensions of retirees, and lifting the siege, especially in light of the continuous looting of the country’s sovereign wealth by the coalition, which can cover salaries for years.
President Al-Mashat stressed that if these demands are not achieved, Sanaa would not accept the armistice renewal, because “its acceptance of the armistice in this way is an acceptance of the continuation of the war and the siege on the Yemeni people in a way more fierce than the military war.”
https://en.ypagency.net/273917/
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28699/Truce-Should-Reflect-Improved-Conditions-for-Its-Renewal
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31133.html
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UN envoy to Yemen arrives at Sanaa
https://en.ypagency.net/273886/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/28/un-envoy-to-yemen-arrives-in-sanaa-2/
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[Sanaa gov.] Yemeni diplomat reiterates need for immediate full opening of airports and harbours
Head of the national negotiating delegation Mohammed Abdulsalam on Tuesday affirmed Sana’a’s firm position on opening Sana’a airport and Hodeidah seaports immediately and to pay the state employees’ salaries and retirees’ pensions.
and, repeating again:
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Mohammed Abdulsalam: Non-Paying Salaries Will Prevent Making Peace
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UAE intelligence met Yemen Houthis in Oman
Emirati intelligence officials have met with officials from Yemen's Houthi movement in the Omani capital, Muscat, during President Mohammed Bin Zayed's visit to the Sultanate a few days ago [from Oct. 3], the Yemen Net news site revealed.
The site quoted a Gulf diplomatic source as saying that the Emirati delegation was headed by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for National Security, Ali Al-Shamsi.
According to the site, the meeting was arranged by the Omani Royal Office, headed by Minister Sultan Al-Numani.
During the meeting, the Emirati officials expressed concern to the Houthi military officials about the group's threats to strike the oil facilities that Abu Dhabi intends to reactivate in the southern Yemeni governorates to supply Europe with liquefied gas, according to the same source.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221003-report-uae-intelligence-met-yemen-houthis-in-oman/
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[from June 2021]: Feminist Peace Roadmap: A guiding framework to the peace process in Yemen
This document is a first draft of the Feminist Peace Roadmap. The Feminist Peace Roadmap aims at providing a guiding framework for achieving peace in Yemen in three phases, those are: the ceasefire phase, the comprehensive peace negotiation phase, and the political transition phase. The current draft is heavily focused on the first phase as the consultations process continues.
Feminist peace to us means achieving peace and security for all people through a localized, decolonized, inclusive and accountable peace building process that addresses structural violence and employs a gender lens.
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia sentences blogger to 25 years imprisonment for opposing normalization with Zionism
The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh has sentenced Saudi blogger Daoud Al-Ali to 25 years in prison for opposing the normalization of relations with the Zionist entity.
According to the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights, in a statement, the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, which is the Court for Terrorism Crimes, issued a sentence of 25 years in prison for Al-Ali on charges related to his writings on Twitter.
https://en.ypagency.net/274317/
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Four Years after Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawsuits Chasing Bin Salman
The Khashoggi file is not alone.. Agency: Various lawsuits are pursuing the Saudi Crown Prince outside the Kingdom
A series of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against the 37-year-old crown prince, the de facto ruler of the world’s largest oil exporter, in the United States, most notably those related to the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his country’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, according to France Press.
Prince Mohammed denied ordering Khashoggi’s murder, but said he ultimately bears responsibility, given that it happened while he was in a position of power.
After his appointment as prime minister, human rights advocates and critics of Saudi Arabia feared this week that the move was an attempt to bolster the demand for immunity and avoid prosecution.
The Executive Director of Democracy Now for the Arab World, Sarah Leah Whitson, confirmed that this is a “last attempt to conjure up a new title for him”, and a “ploy” to whitewash his image, according to AFP.
In October 2020, two years after Khashoggi’s murder, the organization “Democracy Now for the Arab World”, which was founded by the late Saudi dissident journalist, along with Khadija Cengiz, Khashoggi’s fiancée, filed a complaint in the United States accusing Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in a “conspiracy” that led to the kidnapping and restraint drugged, tortured and assassinated Khashoggi.
Legal cases targeting the Saudi crown prince in the courts are not limited to the Khashoggi case. His name was mentioned in a separate US lawsuit filed by former intelligence official Saad Al-Jabri, who is currently living in self-imposed exile in Canada.
https://news.trenddetail.com/middleeast/162248.html
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MBS's attorney here in Washington has just submitted to court the notice of his becoming prime minister. "The Court should rule that the Crown Prince is entitled to status-based immunity in light of his current status as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
https://twitter.com/skirchy/status/1576951056608608257
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Saudi-Arabien: Repression und Hinrichtungen
Saudi-Arabien wird immer repressiver. Digitale Überwachung und Einschränkungen der Reise-, Meinungs- und Versammlungsfreiheit häufen sich. Und es gibt deutlich mehr Hinrichtungen als in den vergangenen Jahren. Von Oliver Schulz
Menschenrechtsverstöße sind in Saudi-Arabien nicht nur weiter an der Tagesordnung, sie nehmen sogar noch zu. Aktivist*innen und Opposition werden mundtot gemacht. Gerichte verhängen nach unfairen Verfahren Todesurteile und lassen Hinrichtungen vollstrecken. Die Behörden sprechen Reiseverbote aus. Mindestens 3.000 politische Gefangene gibt es derzeit in dem Land. »Amnesty International dokumentierte bereits im vergangenen Jahr einen Anstieg um 140 Prozent der von den saudiarabischen Behörden vollstreckten Hinrichtungen. Sie stiegen von 27 im Jahr 2020 auf 65 in 2021«, sagt Regina Spöttl, Sprecherin der Koordinationsgruppe Saudi-Arabien und Golfstaaten von Amnesty Deutschland. Und im Jahr 2022 wurden noch mehr Exekutionen dokumentiert
Das gesamte saudische Justizsystem gilt als mangelhaft und grob unfair. Selbst aus dem Gefängnis entlassene Menschen unterliegen noch weiteren Restriktionen. Dazu zählen Einschränkungen der Meinungs-, Vereinigungs- und Versammlungsfreiheit. Vor allem aber werden immer wieder Reiseverbote verhängt. In der Regel handelt es sich um gerichtliche oder polizeiliche Anordnungen. Manchmal bemerken die Betroffenen die Restriktionen jedoch erst, wenn sie eine Reise antreten wollen. Amnesty hat mittlerweile 30 offizielle und 39 nicht offizielle Reiseverbote dokumentiert.
»Diejenigen, die ihre ›Strafe‹ verbüßt haben, werden mit einem Reiseverbot von bis zu 15 Jahren belegt«, sagt Regina Spöttl.
Seit Kronprinz Mohammed Bin Salman im Jahr 2015 de facto an die Macht kam, wurden die Menschenrechte weiter eingeschränkt.
https://issuu.com/amnesty_de/docs/amnesty-journal-september-oktober-2022/s/16708480
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Allen Schikanen zum Trotz standhaft
Wer sich in Saudi-Arabien für die Menschenrechte einsetzt, kann schnell im Gefängnis landen. Der Rechtsanwalt Waleed Abu al-Khair, der auch den Blogger Raif Badawi verteidigte, verbüßt wegen seines Engagements 15 Jahre Haft.
Am 6. Juli 2014 verurteilte das Sonderstrafgericht in Dschidda den saudischen Menschenrechtsverteidiger Waleed Abu al-Khair zu 15 Jahren Gefängnis, einem ebenso langen Reiseverbot und einer Geldstrafe in Höhe von 200.000 Rial (44.000 Euro). Der Richter ordnete an, dass fünf Jahre der Freiheitsstrafe aus gesetzt werden könnten, wenn der An geklagte seine »Vergehen« bereut, sich entschuldigt und die Legitimität des Sonderstrafgerichts anerkennt. Doch Abu al-Khair blieb standhaft.
https://issuu.com/amnesty_de/docs/amnesty-journal-september-oktober-2022/s/16708484
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Saudi activist sentenced to 16 years for tweet
The European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR)) has revealed that a court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced activist Nasser Al-Mubarak to 16 years in prison for sharing a post on Twitter. The ESOHR did not explain the content of the tweet in question, and the Saudi authorities have not made any comment on the case.
Prisoners of Conscience, which follows up on the affairs of prisoners in the Kingdom, confirmed the news of Al-Mubarak's unduly harsh sentence, again without providing further details.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220928-saudi-activist-sentenced-to-16-years-for-tweet/
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A Year On, No Justice for a Yemeni Man Beaten to Death by Saudi Security Forces
A year on, no justice for late Yemeni businessman, Abdul Samad Ismail al-Mohammadi who was beaten to death by Saudi security forces in Saudi Arabia. A few days ago, al-Mohammadi’s family launched a media campaign calling for justice after all their pleas to the Saudi authorities to investigate the matter and refer the case to the Saudi judiciary fell on deaf ears.
http://afrahnasser.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-year-on-no-justice-for-yemeni-man.html
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
Siehe / Look at cp8
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Saudi Arabia: 4 Years After Orchestrating Jamal Khashoggi's Killing, Crown Prince’s Predator-in-chief Remains Protected, Free
“Since Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination in 2018 and the subsequent botched trials of his killers in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, it has become clear that no accountability will be achieved in these countries,” denounces the Middle East Desk at Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The man accused of leading them, Saud al-Qahtani, never even stood trial.
Away from the public eye since 2019, the former royal advisor’s name has made a recent comeback within the Kingdom’s social media networks, amid reports hinting at his imminent return to the heart of government: a government now officially headed by none other than Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman himself.
Once the details of the crime started emerging to the public in 2018, al-Qahtani’s name found infamy as that of the man who planned and organized the hit job.
No one was sufficiently punished for the killing of Khashoggi. Under pressure, Saudi Arabia tried eight of the implicated men, in a secret trial behind closed doors that fell far short of international standards. Five of these men received prison sentences, and three the death penalty. But after extracting an apology from Khashoggi’s son in May 2020, the Kingdom reduced the death penalty to 20 year prison sentences. It remains unclear whether any of these prison sentences have ever been served. Last May, witnesses told The Guardian they had spotted three of the convicted men in luxury compounds in Riyadh.
Hopes were higher for the Turkish trial: a largely symbolic but politically important ordeal in which 26 men were tried in absentia. RSF monitored the court proceedings in Istanbul over the course of two years, until the judge ruled on 31 March to close the dossier and transfer it to Saudi Arabia, just weeks ahead of a reconciliatory visit from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Riyadh. The Saudi judiciary dismissed the case immediately.
https://rsf.org/en/saudi-arabia-four-years-after-orchestrating-killing-jamal-khashoggi-crown-prince-s-predator-chief = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28752/Saudi-Arabia-4-Years-After-Orchestrating-Jamal-Khashoggi-s-Killing%2C-Crown-Prince-s-Predator-in
cp9 USA
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US State Dep.: UN Truce Expiration in Yemen
The United States expresses its deep concern that the UN-mediated truce in Yemen expired on October 2 without the parties reaching agreement to extend it. Yemeni men, women, and children have experienced the tangible benefits provided by the truce: the longest period of calm since the war began, a dramatic reduction in civilian casualties, four times more fuel flowing into Yemen’s northern ports, and commercial flights enabling over 25,000 Yemenis to seek medical care and reunite with loved ones abroad. Much more is certainly needed.
The United States welcomes the support from the Republic of Yemen Government for the UN’s expanded truce proposal, as well as the strong support from countries across the region, the UN Security Council, and other international partners.
https://www.state.gov/un-truce-expiration-in-yemen/
My comment: Never forget, the US is a warring party in this conflict.
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"There's an opportunity to give millions of Yemenis additional relief. It's up to the Houthis to cooperate & expand truce benefits so that civil servants, teachers & nurses who haven’t been paid in years can get paid," said US Envoy to #Yemen Tim Lenderking.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1575938968008687616
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg to express the United States’ strong support for the UN Special Envoy’s efforts to extend and expand the UN-mediated truce in Yemen, which expires October 2. The Secretary noted that, after eight years of war, the truce presents Yemen’s best opportunity for peace in years.
The Secretary expressed concerns with recent Houthi actions that prevent the benefits of the truce from reaching millions of Yemenis.
https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-call-with-un-special-envoy-for-yemen-hans-grundberg-2/
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss the imminent expiration of the UN-mediated truce in Yemen on October 2. The Secretary welcomed Saudi Arabia’s commitment to extending the truce and its efforts to help secure an expansion of the truce with its life-saving benefits for millions of Yemenis.
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Omani Foreign Minister al-Busaidi
https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-call-with-omani-foreign-minister-al-busaidi-7/
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FORMER NSA CHIEF SIGNED DEAL TO TRAIN SAUDI HACKERS MONTHS BEFORE JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S MURDER
Retired Gen. Keith Alexander’s company IronNet signed an agreement with a Saudi Arabia cyberwarfare institute led by the official who oversaw Khashoggi’s killing.
IN EARLY 2018, former National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander worked out a deal with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the cyber institute led by one of his closest aides, Saud al-Qahtani, to help the Saudi ruler train the next generation of Saudi hackers to take on the kingdom’s enemies.
While the agreement between IronNet, founded by Alexander, and the cyber school was widely reported in intelligence industry outlets and the Saudi press at the time, it faced no scrutiny for its association with Qahtani, after the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi he reportedly orchestrated just a few months later.
Alexander officially inked the deal with the Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Technologies — a school set up to train Saudi cyber intelligence agents — at a signing ceremony in Washington, D.C., according to an announcement in early July.
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/26/keith-alexander-saudi-hackers-khashoggi/
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp9
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Tehran, Washington Exchanged More Messages to Bring Views Closer on JCPOA Revival: Iranian FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran and Washington have exchanged more messages in order to bring their views closer on the restoration of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and removal of anti-Iran sanctions.
The top Iranian diplomat said the messages were exchanged through a mediator while he was in New York to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly summit.
Amir-Abdollahian also said Tehran is seriously working to reach a good, strong and sustainable agreement.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/10/03/690284/Iran-FM-Tehran-Washington-exchanged-more-messages-JCPOA-revival = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28793/Tehran%2C-Washington-Exchanged-More-Messages-to-Bring-Views-Closer-on-JCPOA-Revival-Iranian-FM
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UN says detained Iranian-American was allowed to leave Iran
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Iran warns UAE against 'attacking' its territorial integrity
Iran's mission to the UN warns the United Arab Emirates that staking out a claim to the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb amounts to targeting the Islamic Republic's territorial integrity.
The Iranian mission issued the caution through a statement that was read out at the end of the 77th annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The statement came as a response to Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, the Emirati minister of state for international cooperation, who had alleged during her speech to the world body that Abu Dhabi enjoyed a "legitimate right" to the threesome islands.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/09/29/690033/Iran-warning-UAE-Persian-Gulf-islands
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AEOI chief: Iran stands committed to Safeguards regulations, bound to comply with NPT
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s commitment to the Safeguards Agreement and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), stressing that Tehran will continue to facilitate the UN nuclear agency’s monitoring of the country’s activities as in the past.
Eslami made the remark after attending the 66th annual regular session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s General Conference in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Thursday
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US imposes new Iran-related sanctions on several international companies
The United States has slapped illegal sanctions on a number of international companies saying they are involved in Iran's petrochemical and petroleum trade, including some firms based in China.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement on Thursday warned of further actions to enforce its economic curbs on Tehran.
Blinken said the US imposed sanctions on two China-based companies, Zhonggu Storage and Transportation Co. Ltd, and WS Shipping Co Ltd, saying these companies are helping Iran to sell its Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, according to Reuters.
The US Treasury Department also placed sanctions on a network of companies saying it was involved in the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian petrochemical and petroleum products to users in South and East Asia.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/09/29/690082/US-imposes-new-Iran-related-sanctions-on-companies
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Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 9 in Iraqi Kurdistan
Photos: https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1575143345495724034
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US Dep. of State: Iranian Attacks on the IKR
We strongly condemn Iran’s use of ballistic missiles and drone attacks against the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as an unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity
https://www.state.gov/iranian-attacks-on-the-ikr/
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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British Ambassador to #Yemen @RJOppenheim urges the Iran-backed Houthi rebels to work with the UN to extend the truce, affirming that it is “the only route that will provide an opportunity for them to deliver benefits for ordinary Yemenis."
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1576648801447645184
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Foreign Secretary statement on the truce in Yemen
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has called on the Houthis to engage constructively with UN efforts to broker an extension to the truce in Yemen.
Yemen must not return to conflict. The truce expires tomorrow, but the Houthis continue to endanger the talks and deny Yemenis a peaceful future.
The truce has brought tangible benefits to both Yemenis and regional security and we welcome the Government of Yemen’s commitment to extend it further if an extension can be agreed.
We call on the Houthis to engage constructively with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg’s efforts to broker an extension to the truce
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-on-the-truce-in-yemen
My comment: The UK clearly taking sides.
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[Sanaa gov.] Foreign Ministry condemns provocative language of UK Foreign Ministry in dealing with human rights of Yemeni people
The Foreign Ministry of the Government of Sana'a condemned the provocative criminal language of the United Kingdom's foreign affairs in dealing with the subject of human rights and the basic needs of the Yemeni people.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Foreign Office condemned the United Kingdom's foreign ministry statement which poses a disgusting threat to the denial of Yemenis' right to travel and movement and their right to access fuel, food and pharmaceutical goods.. Confirming that none of this will continue if Yemenis do not accept the extension.
The statement said: "This language reflected a miserable attempt to cover up the intransigence of the aggression states as well as the usual British barbarism from another standpoint, however, it provides clear recognition and public acknowledgement that Britain and the aggression coalition are taking the blockade of the Yemeni people and depriving them of their basic needs as a military weapon, a war crime and a crime against humanity ".
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205188.htm
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Group in Academia, in UK, Urge Government to Act Over Jailed Student in Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of UK professors and students have urged the government to take “urgent action” to free a student and women’s rights activist from prison in Saudi Arabia.
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Die Kopf-ab-Diktatur dankt - Kommentar zu den deutschen Rüstungslieferungen an Saudi-Arabien
Da hat die Ampel echt nicht lange gefackelt: Die kürzliche Reise des Bundeskanzlers in die Golfstaaten schlägt sich bereits in konkreten Ergebnissen nieder. Exporte von Rüstungsgütern, darunter Ausrüstung und Munition für Eurofighter und Tornado-Kampfflugzeuge, erhalten grünes Licht. Gas und Öl ohne Putin-Anhaftungen wollen verdient sein, und die Saudis wissen mit dem Equipment auch etwas anzufangen. Oder wieder, blickt man auf die brüchige Waffenruhe im Jemen, wo die bereits bis an die Zähne bewaffnete islamistische Erbmonarchie eine Kriegskoalition anführt.
Mit ihrer Ausnahmeregelung für den bisher geltenden Exportstopp für Rüstungsgüter als indirekte Gegenleistung für Rohstoffdeals beweist die Regierung von SPD, Grünen und FDP, dass ihre Moral käuflich ist und ihre Menschenrechtsrhetorik nur Fassade. Schwamm drüber: Auf einmal stellt die Beteiligung des Königreichs am Jemen-Krieg kein Hindernis mehr dar. Ähnlich wie beim Irak, bei Libyen oder Afghanistan gilt nun auch hier, dass für den Westen nur westliche Tote wirklich zählen.
Andere Länder, andere Sitten: Was wiegen schon die Entrechtung der Frauen, die Ermordung von Regimekritikern oder Hinrichtungen nach Art des Mittelalters, wenn es darum geht, Russland zu ruinieren? Die Handelsreisenden Scholz und Habeck wandeln bei ihrer Aufwartung für die Diktaturen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel ja nur auf den Spuren des Meisters. US-Präsident Biden hat die Autokraten in Katar und Saudi-Arabien vor ihnen umarmt. Statt von "wertegeleiteter" sollte man in Berlin künftig besser von skrupelloser Außenpolitik reden.
https://www.presseportal.de/pm/59019/5334367
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Ampel-Regierung genehmigt erstmals Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien
Die Ampel-Regierung hat trotz eines weitgehenden Exportstopps grünes Licht für die Lieferung von Ausrüstung und Munition für Kampfflugzeuge an Saudi-Arabien gegeben. Das geht aus einem Schreiben von Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck (Grüne) an den Wirtschaftsausschuss im Bundestag hervor, das der Deutschen Presse-Agentur in Berlin vorliegt. Die Exportgenehmigungen geschehen demnach im Rahmen eines gemeinschaftlichen Programms mit Italien, Spanien und Großbritannien.
Die Regierung von SPD, Grünen und FDP macht damit erstmals seit Beginn ihrer Amtszeit Gebrauch von einer Ausnahmeregelung für den Exportstopp an den höchst umstrittenen Kunden Saudi-Arabien.
Die Ausrüstung und Munition für Eurofighter und Tornado hat einen Wert von 36 Millionen Euro. Im Rahmen eines europäischen Kooperationsprojekts würden außerdem Ersatzteile für den Airbus A330 MRTT im Wert von 2,8 Millionen Euro geliefert.
und auch https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-103.html
Mein Kommentar: Man lese nochmal: „Ausrüstung und Munition für Eurofighter und Tornado hat einen Wert von 36 Millionen Euro“: Damit die Saudis den Jemen wieder bombardieren und Menschen töten können.
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Nach Scholz-Besuch in Saudi-Arabien: Waffen für den Kronprinzen
Das Königreich erhält trotz seiner Beteiligung am Jemen-Krieg und bekannter Vorwürfe von Amnesty International Ausrüstung und Munition aus Deutschland. Der deutsche Kanzler will zuvor in Dschidda alle Bürger- und Menschenrechtsfragen erörtert haben.
Die "wertebasierte Außenpolitik" ist flexibel: Während in Deutschland eine hochemotionale Debatte um die Lieferung schwerer Waffen an die Ukraine tobt, in der die Skeptiker gerne als herzlos und amoralisch dargestellt werden, hat die Ampel-Regierung ganz nebenbei trotz eines weitgehenden Exportstopps grünes Licht für die Lieferung von Ausrüstung und Munition für Kampfflugzeuge an Saudi-Arabien gegeben.
"Offensichtlich hat man alle Hemmungen verloren, autoritäre Regime aufzurüsten und Kriege in aller Welt zu nähren", kommentierte die deutsche Oppositionspolitikerin Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke) am Donnerstag das Ende der Eiszeit mit Saudi-Arabien und nannte die Entscheidung der "Ampel" für Rüstungsexporte an Golfdiktaturen "verbrecherisch".
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Baerbock rechtfertigt Rüstungsdeal mit Saudi-Arabien
Bundesaußenministerin Annalena Baerbock (Grüne) hat die umstrittene Exportgenehmigung für Ausrüstung und Munition für Saudi-Arabien gerechtfertigt. „Es gibt keine direkten Waffenlieferungen von Deutschland nach Saudi-Arabien – gerade auch angesichts der verheerenden Menschenrechtslage vor Ort und in der Region“, sagte Baerbock im Gespräch mit der „Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung“ (NOZ).
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Film, Janine Wissler, Linke: Das soll wertebasierte Außenpolitik sein? Die Ampel hat Waffenexporte nach Saudi-Arabien genehmigt. Munition für Kampfjets für ein Land, in dem Menschen- und Frauenrechte mit Füßen getreten werden und das einen verbrecherischen Krieg gegen den Jemen führt.
https://twitter.com/Janine_Wissler/status/1575835961040044032
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Berlin mordet mit
Scholz-Regierung genehmigt Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien – trotz Riads Krieg im Jemen. Bundesweiter Aktionstag der Friedensbewegung
Die Entscheidung soll schon kurz vor der Reise von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) in die Golfstaaten Saudi-Arabien, Katar und Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate im geheim tagenden Bundessicherheitsrat gefallen sein: Die beiden führenden Mitglieder der Kriegskoalition gegen den Jemen erhalten Rüstungsgüter im Wert von insgesamt 37,4 Millionen Euro aus der BRD.
Da sich alle Saudi-Arabien betreffenden Genehmigungen auf gemeinsame europäische Rüstungsprojekte mit Großbritannien, Italien und Spanien beziehen, weicht die derzeitige Bundesregierung rein formal nicht von der Praxis ihrer Vorgängerin ab.
An mehr außenpolitische Verantwortlichkeit appelliert auch der Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag. In einem Aufruf zum bundesweiten Aktionstag der Friedensbewegung am 1. Oktober kritisiert er das »gigantische Aufrüstungsprogramm der Bundeswehr« in Form des 100-Milliarden-Sondervermögens und der geplanten Erfüllung des Zwei-Prozent-Ziels der NATO in den nächsten Jahren. Weil er Mitverantwortung »an der fatalen Konfliktentwicklung mit Russland« trage, sei der Westen verpflichtet, »alles Erdenkliche zu tun, um einen drohenden Atomkrieg in Europa zu verhindern und sich aktiv an einer diplomatischen Lösung zu beteiligen«.
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/435766.westliche-werte-berlin-mordet-mit.html
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German government approves arms exports to Saudi Arabia: reports
The decision defies a 2018 ban over Saudi Arabia's involvement in the Yemen war. Deals were reportedly approved before Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to the region last weekend.
Germany's coalition government has approved new arms export deals to Saudi Arabia, media reported on Thursday.
The reports emerged after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar.
Berlin had imposed a ban on weapons exports to Riyadh over its involvement in the war in Yemen, as well as accusations of murdering the dissident US-Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
New export licenses
Robert Habeck, Germany's economy minister and vice chancellor, confirmed in a letter to the Bundestag that several deals on arms exports had been approved by Scholz before his trip to the region, Der Spiegel and the dpa news agency reported.
The export licenses are part of a joint program with Italy, Spain and Britain, according to the letter.
Riyadh will be able to purchase equipment and ammunition for Eurofighter and Tornado jets worth €36 million ($35.2 million), according to Der Spiegel.
The European cooperation project will also supply spare parts for the Airbus A330 MRTT worth €2.8 million, dpa reported.
What changed?
The ban was in line with Germany's stance of not exporting weapons to active conflict zones.
That stance has shifted this year as Germany came under pressure to provide Ukraine with weapons during Russia's invasion.
Berlin is also looking to improve its ties with energy exporters as it cuts its reliance on Russian gas during the war in Ukraine. Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most important energy exporters.
https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-approves-arms-exports-to-saudi-arabia-reports/a-63288334
My comment: Read again: “equipment and ammunition for Eurofighter and Tornado jets worth €36 million”: To better bomb Yemen and kill Yemenis.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
Frankreich / France: Siehe / Look at cp1
(A P)
Yemen - France laments the failure to renew the truce (October 3, 2022)
(A P)
EU: Yemen: Statement by the High Representative on the non-extension of the truce
The European Union is deeply disappointed by the inability to reach an agreement on the extension of the truce in Yemen as proposed by UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg. Maximalist positions have not facilitated this task.
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/yemen-statement-high-representative-non-extension-truce_en
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Government of Turkey: No: 307, 3 October 2022, Press Release Regarding the Situation in Yemen
We regret that the efforts to extend the truce declared in Yemen on April 2 were inconclusive this time.
We call on the parties in Yemen to show effort to reintroduce the truce
https://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-307_-yemen-deki-durum-hk.en.mfa
(A P)
[Iranian] Pres. Raeisi: Iran stresses need for ceasefire in Yemen, intra-Yemeni dialogue
President Ebrahim Raeisi has reaffirmed the country’s call for the establishment of a lasting ceasefire in Yemen and lifting of the Saudi-led blockade on the impoverished nation.
(A P)
Iran stresses importance of end to Yemen siege
Iranian Foreign Minister emphasized importance of ending the siege on Yemeni nation and extension of peace in the war-torn country.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday night held a phone talk with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the need for the extension of the ceasefire in Yemen.
During the phone talk, Amir-Abdollahian appreciated the UN secretary general for his contribution to establishing peace and stability in the region.
He emphasized the great importance of ending the siege of the Yemeni war-stricken nation and the continuation of the ceasefire there.
http://www.taghribnews.com/en/news/567540/iran-stresses-importance-of-end-to-yemen-siege
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
Siehe / look at cp1, cp11
cp13b Wirtschaft / Economy
Siehe / Look at cp1
(* B E P)
Energie aus dem Jemen
Wenig bekannt ist, dass der Jemen über ein Flüssiggas-Terminal verfügt, das bis zu Kriegsbeginn in Betrieb war.
Das Flüssiggas-Terminal liegt in Balhaf, am Golf von Aden in der Provinz Schabwa. Dortige Kämpfe zwischen Truppen der von Saudi-Arabien unterstützten Regierung und Einheiten des „Südlichen Übergangsrats“ brachten diese Provinz und das LNG-Terminal in den Fokus des Interesses. Abubakr al-Kirbi – er war zwischen 2010 und 2014 Außenminister des Jemen – forcierte das Interesse: Er sprach auf Twitter davon, französisches Militär solle in Schabwa eingesetzt werden, um das Terminal zu schützen und in Betrieb nehmen zu können.
Es versteht sich von selbst: Europäische Regierungen haben ein Interesse daran, sich neue Quellen von Erdgas zu erschließen, auch wenn es um geringe Mengen geht. Dazu gehört auch eine Vereinbarung über eine strategische Partnerschaft im Energiesektor zwischen Frankreich und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten – die selbst in den Krieg um den Jemen verstrickt sind. Doch Berichte über konkrete Planungen oder gar die Stationierung von Truppen sind bisher – bis auf den Tweet von Abubakr al-Kirbi – Fehlanzeige.
Die Regierung der Ansarallah nimmt diese Meldungen dennoch ernst.
https://www.unsere-zeit.de/energie-aus-dem-jemen-172624/
(A E P)
Giant Tanker on Way to Loot Approximately Two Million Barrels of Yemeni Crude Oil
Source at the [Sanaa gov.] Ministry of Oil and Minerals revealed that a giant oil tanker coming from China on its way to the Dabba port in Hadramout to loot large quantities of Yemeni crude oil.
The source said, in a statement to Almasirah, Thursday, that the tanker heading to the port of Al-Dabba is expected to loot approximately two million barrels of crude oil.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274050/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/09/30/yemen-reveals-large-scale-corporate-plundering-of-natural-resources-under-saudi-supervision/
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
(A P T)
[Aden] Yemeni gov't reiterates: Houthis cooperate with Qaeda, ISIS
The Iranian-backed Houthi group cooperates with al-Qaeda and Daesh in destabilizing security and stirring chaos in Yemeni liberated provinces, Yemen's defense minister said Monday, calling on the European Union to provide his official government with material support and lobby int'l stances in order to restore the State and stability.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31113.html
My remark: The Aden government and its militia obviously do themselves.
cp15 Propaganda
(B P)
There's a wall between western policymakers and Yemeni realists who are challenging their views. It is critical that the UN @OSE_Yemen & diplomats engage w/ CSOs & #Yemen's intellectuals who challenge their views to create resilient policies.
https://twitter.com/YemeniFatima/status/1576800990057009152
(A P)
On the UN envoy and the new truce
Houthis like it this way. They have not kept up their end of the previous bargain and now they demand new concessions in a new truce bargain.
There are roses and a UN envoy in their road. There is an excessive leniency from the party that represents the "government" and thinks negotiations are all about taking personal photos and nodding heads in agreement.
Whenever the Houthis refuse adherences and show intransigence, the UN envoy reverts to the bashful negotiating side to extract concessions and more concessions (the government's side).
The UN envoy on his part is indifferent to the Yemeni issue and all he wants is to secure truces, no matter how unfair, with a view to adding up more credit in his financial and professional accomplishments (as in his CV).
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-60986
(A P)
More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2388875
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2388818
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2388073
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Fast keine Luftangriffe seit Beginn des Waffenstillstands.
Almost no air raids since the beginning of the truce.
(* A K pH)
Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Sep. 30: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451423115008039/
Sep. 29: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451422031674814/
Sep. 28: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451421095008241/
Sep. 27: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451420305008320/
Sep. 26: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451308971686120/
Sep. 25: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451307821686235/
Sep. 24: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451306818353002/
Sep. 23: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451305715019779/
Sep. 22: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451303905019960/
Sep. 21: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451302481686769/
Sep. 20: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451301575020193/
Sep. 19: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451300605020290/
Sep. 18: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451299828353701/
Sep. 17: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451294061687611/
Sep. 16: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451293051687712/
Sep. 15: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2451281188355565/
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe / Look at cp16, cp18
Der Waffenstillstand hält überwiegend; beide Seiten werfen sich Verstöße vor.
The truce mostly holds; both sides accuse each other of violations.
(A K pS)
Heavy blast reportedly hear in al-Hazm of Al-Jawf Governorate short while ago. Local sources said Houthis tried to fire a ballistic missile, but failed.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1576719271497207808
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Yemen: fighting resumes after truce ends
Fighting has resumed between the Yemeni army and the Houthi militia on several fronts, hours after a truce ended and the UN failed to broker an extension. The truce has been in place for six months, but expired at 7pm local time yesterday.
The spokesman for the army in Taiz Governorate, Colonel Abdul Basit Al-Bahr, reported that fighting had erupted to the north, west and east of the city of Taiz. Al-Bahr tweeted late on Sunday evening that Houthi groups had tried to infiltrate army positions under heavy artillery cover.
The official confirmed that the government forces had thwarted the infiltration of the Houthis north of the Asaifra neighbourhood from their positions in Jabal Al-Awash in the centre of Taiz city. He pointed out that the army responded to the Houthi fire and forced the Houthis to return to their previous positions.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221003-yemen-fighting-resumes-after-truce-ends/
and
(A K pS)
Houthis intensify attacks in on Marib and Taiz cities as truce expires
Yemen's Houthi militia intensified its hostilities against two of the fe.w rema*ining cities under government's control, Taiz in the west and Marib in the east, on Sunday, informed sources have said, as soon as a six month truce expired.
The militia reportedly launched a fresh assault on the army's positions in south Marib and stepped up bombardments of neighborhoods in the north and west of the besieged city of Taiz.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61004
and
(A K pH)
Director of #AlMayadeen office in #Sanaa: Violent confrontations taking place in the city of #Taiz on several fronts, especially the northern and western fronts.
https://twitter.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1576665129311260672
and
(* A K)
Clashes have erupted between government and Houthi forces in different frontlines in Marib, Taiz and Al-Dhale provinces, according to local media. This comes after the UN envoy announced that no pact was reacted on truce extension.
https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1576658692111409152
and also https://twitter.com/Shuaibalmosawa/status/1576668163013763072
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1576665031387025408
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1576662801384280064
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1576669125430345728
and
(A K)
Calm returns to Taiz fronts after heavy clashes.
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1576670123447885824
(A K pH)
Aggression forces commit 170 violations of armistice within 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205367.htm
(A K pS)
Southern forces foil new Houthi attack north al-Dhale
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36699
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[Aden gov.] Taiz army says 255 people killed and injured by Houthis in Taiz since truce began
In a statement on Sunday, the army said 5015 Houthi violations of the truce were recorded in the past months, and the results were 188 casualties among soldiers and 67 among civilians.
The militia used armed drones, artillery fire, sniper shooting, landmines and other weapons in its unilateral hostilities as the truce handcuffed the army.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61003
(A K pS)
Civilian injured in Houthis mortar attack on al-Dhale
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35699
(A K pS)
KSrelief’s Masam Project Dismantles 947 Mines in Several Yemeni Governorates within One Week
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) "Masam" managed to dismantle 947 mines, during the 5th week of September 2022, planted by the Houthi militia in various Yemeni regions, including 3 anti-personnel mines, 412 anti-tank mines, and 515 unexploded ordnance, and 17 explosive devices.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2389097
(B K)
Time for another short Yemen UAV roundup for September 2022. Claim means no visual evidence.
https://twitter.com/VleckieHond/status/1576127604364484608
(A K pH)
Aggression forces commit 122 violations of armistice in past 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205168.htm
(A K pS)
Southern Forces Foil Houthi Infiltration Into Lahj
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35695
(A K pS)
Houthis launch drone attack on al-Had front in Yafa
http://en.adenpress.news/news/35694
(A K pH)
Aggression forces commit 140 violations of armistice in past 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204962.htm
(A K pH)
One citizen was killed by explosion of aggression mine remnants in Marib
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204924.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274071/
(A K pH)
Three Citizens Killed, Injured by US-Saudi Cluster Bomb, Mines
A woman injured Friday, in an explosion of a cluster bomb remnant by the US-Saudi aggression, in Saadah governorate, northern
(A K pH)
Citizen killed due to landmine explosion in Jawf
https://en.ypagency.net/274054/
(A K)
3 STC fighters killed in Houthi attack in southern Yemen
Three Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters were killed and two were wounded on Friday in a Houthi bombing that targeted the Lahij municipality in southern Yemen, according to an STC military spokesperson.
Southern Armed Forces (STC military formations) spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Naqib, told Anadolu news agency that "three soldiers were killed after a thermal rocket attack fired by Houthi militias at a Southern Armed Forces military unit in the Al-Had district in the Lahij municipality."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220930-3-stc-fighters-killed-in-houthi-attack-in-southern-yemen/
and also http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-09/30/content_78447411.htm
(A K pH)
Aggression commits 177 violations of armistice within 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204851.htm
(A K pH)
Aggression commits 224 violations of armistice within 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204703.htm
(A K P)
Jemen: UNO muss Zivilisten vor Minen schützen
Das Zentrum für die Durchführung von Minenräumungen im Jemen [der Sanaa-Reg.] hat die Vereinten Nationen aufgefordert, die jemenitischen Zivilisten vor den Minen zu schützen, die von den Angriffen der saudsich geführten Angreiferkoaliton in diesem Land verblieben sind.
https://parstoday.com/de/news/middle_east-i72442-jemen_uno_muss_zivilisten_vor_minen_sch%C3%BCtzen
(A K P)
[Sanaa gov.] Mine Action Program Demands Provision of Detectors for Yemen's Mine Clearance
National Mine Action Program renewed its demand for international and humanitarian organizations operating in Yemen support the Centre's efforts by providing detectors and supplies to enable it to clear the Hodeida areas in particular and Yemen in general.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3204583.htm
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are ongoing and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
(* A K)
Yemen: fighting resumes after truce ends
Meanwhile, Al-Zaraniq Media Centre reported that the Houthi militia launched an attack on villages in the Hais district, in the south of Hudaydah Governorate. According to the centre, fighting broke out between the joint forces affiliated with the recognised government and the Houthis, who were prevented from advancing towards Beit Al-Hashash and Al-Run, to the north-west of Hais, the rural district on the Red Sea coast.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221003-yemen-fighting-resumes-after-truce-ends/
(A K pH)
73 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274351/
(A K pH)
95 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205392.htm
(A K pH)
Three Citizens Killed, Injured in Mine Explosion, Remnants of US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
Our correspondent in Al-Hodeidah reported the killed of a citizen and the injury of two others as a result of the explosion from remnant of US-Saudi aggression north of At-Tuhayta district
My comment: More probably, a Houthi-laid landmine.
(A K pH)
50 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
(A K pH)
52 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274073/
(A K pH)
83 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
(A K pH)
73 violations of Sweden agreement recorded in Hodeida
https://en.ypagency.net/273791/
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-824-yemen-war-mosaic-824
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-824 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-824:
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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