Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 826, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 826, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-826-yemen-war-mosaic-826
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 importantcp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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? = 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)
Cargo truck drivers continue to strike in Aden, Abyan
https://en.ypagency.net/274935/
(A P)
Islah’s leading member survived assassination attempt in Taiz
https://en.ypagency.net/274931/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/10/prominent-islah-party-figure-survives-assassination-attempt/
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Violent infighting rocks Shabwah province
Violent clashes erupted on Monday among the Saudi-led coalition factions in Shabwah province, southern Yemen.
Local sources said the clashes broke out between militias of the UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Saudi-backed Islah militants, after Islah stormed a military site of the STC near Balhaf gas facility in Radhum district.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/10/violent-infighting-rocks-shabwah-province/
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Yemeni LC vows to respond to Houthi escalation
he Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) will respond harshly to any Houthi military escalation, LC member vowed on Sunday, after the Iranian-backed group threatened to target oil and gas sources in government-held areas.
The LC will not stay still at Houthi escalation, Sultan al-Arada said .
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31261.html
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STC forces seize Mahfad district south Yemen
The Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces on Saturday took control of the center of Mahfad district in the southern governorate of Abyan, spokesman for the STC forces tweeted.
Terrorist militants were forced out of the district, Mohamed al-Naqeeb added, as part of the 4th phase of a military campaign the STC forces started last August.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31250.html
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274819/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/09/uae-backed-forces-drive-islah-party-out-of-district-in-abyan/
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Fourth phase of anti-terror campaign begins in Abyan
Under the direction of the President of the Southern Transitional Council, Supreme Commander of the Southern Armed Forces, Major General Aidroos Qassem Al-Zubaidi, the Security Belt Forces continued on Saturday, to deploy their military units in al-Mahfed district of Abyan governorate.
The deployment of the Security Belt Forces in al-Mahfed comes as part of the fourth phase of a large-scale military operation launched last August by the Southern Armed Forces under the code-name 'Arrows Of the Orient' to liberate all the areas of Abyan governorate from terrorists, armed groups and outlaws.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36725
My remark: STC separatist militia fighting against internal foes (especially Islah Party militia) labeled as “terrorists”.
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Clashes break out between Trible gunmen, UAE-backed militias in Taiz
https://en.ypagency.net/274837/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/09/new-round-of-infighting-hits-occupied-yemeni-city-of-taiz/
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Coalition plans to overthrow pro-UAE Shabwa governor
A former official loyal to Saudi-led coalition revealed on Saturday upcoming decisions of the Saudi-led coalition countries on the fate of Shabwa province.
“All forces that entered Shabwa will be removed and will be replaced by other forces,” Mukhtar al-Rahbi, the advisor to the Minister of Information in the coalition-backed government”, said in a tweet on his twitter account.
Al-Rahbi added: “Conditions in Shabwa will be addressed.”
“Sacking off Shabwa governor, Awadh Al-Wazir Al-Awlaki, s being discussed on the table , because he caused the crisis,” Al-Arhabi said.
https://en.ypagency.net/274815/
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Al Jazeera correspondent reveals pro-coalition officials planning to flee Yemen
Al Jazeera correspondent Sameer al-Namri revealed on Saturday arrangements made by officials in the Saudi-led coalition-backed government to flee Yemen.
In a post on his Facebook account, al-Namri said: “Imagine that dozens of Yemeni government officials have applied for asylum in European countries.”
Al-Namri confirmed that pro-coalition “received protection support amounts” from European countries where they were granted asylum.
“The strange thing is that they are still on the job and receive their salaries in dollars from the coalition-backed government,” Namri said.
There is a belief among Yemeni officials loyal to the coalition that their stay in Yemen depends on the existence of the coalition that will not last long in the country, which led these officials to loot public funds. The looting was described as “the largest in the history of Yemen.”
https://en.ypagency.net/274804/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/08/al-jazeera-report-shows-puppet-government-officials-planning-to-flee-yemen/
(A P)
Film: Hadramout is neither Northern nor Southern." Peaceful marches in Hadramout in support of "Hadrami independence" from #Yemen. The Southern Transitional Council has some weight in Hadramout too. Hadrami independence has been years in the making.
https://twitter.com/YemeniFatima/status/1578725703675416580
Hadhramis do not want to be marginalized again by another hegemon north or south. They do not have strong opinions about remaining part of a unified #Yemen or becoming under a future South as long as they have autonomy & control over their affairs & resources.
https://twitter.com/Ndawsari/status/1578758346831978502
#Hadhramaut governorate raises the flag of its independent state. Decades of social #injustice, lead to more than that. It seems that each governorate in Yemen will has its own independent state (photo)
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwadeai/status/1578706662524739585
(A P)
Yemen’s PLC Affirms Commitment to End Houthi Coup
The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) is committed to achieving a just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace that meets the Yemeni people’s aspirations for restoring state institutions and ending the coup waged by Iran-backed militias, affirmed Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of the PLC.
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Yemen: Secession of the south?
“The Arab Coalition was involved in the Yemen conflict to stop Iranian expansion through its ally, the Houthis, and to reinstall the legitimate government in Sanaa,” said Abdel-Alim. “The Muslim Brotherhood’s mask is off and it turns out they are too weak to confront the Houthis. That is why the southern council seized the chance to eliminate them in preparation for the secession of the south. These conflicts are orchestrated, even implicitly, between the south and the Houthis, whereby the Houthis control the north where there are fewer Sunnis, making it easier for them to administer. But this cannot happen unless there is a Sunni state in the south.
“However, the Arab Coalition countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, will not accept this because it grants Iran a country the Houthis can manage,” Abdel-Alim noted.
According to many Yemeni politicians, the Transitional Council used the support of the Arab Coalition which gave it weapons and training to fight its own fight, not to fight for Yemen.
A number of Republican bloc members say the southerners are promoting the idea that an independent South Yemen will benefit the UAE, which can invest in Port Aden and balance out Qatari presence in Djibouti – the two paths leading to the Suez Canal.
The Yemeni Republican bloc is made up primarily of Zaidi tribes who oppose the Houthis and demand the return of the Royal Imamate state, overthrown by the 1962 Revolution, backed by Egypt at the time.
The Republican bloc in the north appears to be the most powerful in the face of the Houthis, because its members are mainly Zaidi. These make up “the middle class that ran the state during the time of the republic”, especially during the time of late president Ali Abdullah Saleh (1978-2011).
“South Yemen, which is not recognised internationally, will not be beneficial to the UAE or any other party. It will become a burden,” Abdel-Alim said. He cited the UAE presence in the unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which is not recognised internationally. “Somaliland’s leadership wanted the Emiratis to invest in the Port of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden in the south, opposite the Port of Aden, but Abu Dhabi’s presence is meant to provide humanitarian aid, given the conditions in the separatist region, which will be no different from the situation in South Yemen if it secedes.”
But the competition among Gulf states over the ports of the Horn of Africa and Yemen may be a “myth”, according to Seddik, but it may also be real: “The Gulf states entered the Horn of Africa after Iran became present in the Port of Assab in Eritrea in 2010.”
It seems that the Houthis and the southerners cannot announce their true intentions to divide Yemen between them, so they will work to consolidate their powers in the north and south until serious negotiations are held to claim a federal state in which they have semi-independence.
“This wouldn’t be bad for the Republicans,” Abdel-Alim said, because a unified Yemen, whatever the formula, would be good for the middle class.
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/50/477244/AlAhram-Weekly/Yemen-Secession-of-the-south.aspx
(A P)
At least three Yemeni civilians wounded in land mine explosion
in Malaha area of Majzar district in Ma’rib province, eastern Yemen
(A P)
Explosion targeting tribal leader shocks Taiz
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/06/explosion-targeting-tribal-leader-shocks-taiz/
(A P)
Armed clashes erupt between UAE factions in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/274677/
(A P)
Civilian killed by coalition forces in Aden
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/06/civilian-killed-by-coalition-forces-in-aden/
(A P)
Protests against presence of Islah gunmen continue in Hadramout
A protest rally was launched recently in Al-Quttn city of Hadramout province, demanding the exit of Islah “first military region” troops from all districts of Hadramout Valley.
Dozens of Southern Transitional Council supporters rallied in a demonstration that raised banners condemning
https://en.ypagency.net/274671/
and also, by STC news site: http://en.adenpress.news/news/36710
(A P)
Anti-STC Kathiri tribes, the most powerful and influential tribes in #Hadramaut al-Wadi and al-Sahra, called all hadramis to hold protests today in Seiyun to demand the rights of Hadramout and restore its sovereignty to its people (document in Arabic, in image)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1578233137678536704
(A E P)
Yemeni gov't reduces petrol price
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31219.html
(A P)
Yemeni, Coalition military leaders hold meeting after truce
The Yemeni defense minister (Gen Muhsin al-Dariri) and chief of staff (Gen Sagheer Bin Aziz) and commander of the Coalition Joint Forces Gen (Mutlaq al-Ozaimie) on Tuesday held a meeting in Riyadh to discuss military position in fronts after the UN-mediated truce with the Houthis expired.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31218.html
(A P)
Yemeni gov't expects EU to adopt int'l strict stance against Houthis
The Yemeni official government calls on the international community to adopt a unified, clearer stance at the Houthi obstinacy and obstruction of peace process, Yemen's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
The Yemeni government expects the European Union to adopt strict political positions at this Houthi obduracy, FM Ahmed Bin Mubarak said at phone call with the EU ambassador to Yemen, Gabriel Munuera Vinals.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31220.html
(A P)
Yemeni Govt Calls for Deterrence against Houthi Militarization of Red Sea
The Yemeni government demanded international deterrence against the Houthi group's threats to international shipping.
In a statement carried by Saba news agency, Yemen's Minister of Information Moammar al-Eryani said that the dangerous announcement made by the Houthis that the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandab, and the Arabian Sea are a military operations zone reveals the group's reality as a terrorist militia that does not care about international laws.
(A P)
Protest rally organized in Hadramout
A protest was launched on Wednesday demanding the exit of Islah “first military region” forces from all districts of Wadi Hadramout.
Dozens of supporters of ”Southern Transitional” rallied in a demonstration that raised banners condemning the presence of Islah militants in the Valley, and the deployment of elements of “Hadrami Elite”, instead of them.
https://en.ypagency.net/274470/
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Differences hit Riyadh-formed Presidential Council
Differences between members of Riyadh-formed Presidential Council returned to square zero after Aidaroos al-Zubaidi, who is backed by the UAE, rejected demands made by members of the Islah party and Tariq Afash regarding Shabwa and the eastern provinces.
Sources said that the return of UAE-backed governor of Shabwa, Awad al-Wazir after he had left it in preparation for the appointment of a new governor, blew up differences again between the members of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council.
The sources added that Al-Alimi, the head of Council prefers to stay in Riyadh because of his inability to run the council.
The same sources pointed out that the clash of policies is reflected in the differences between the members of the Council.
https://en.ypagency.net/274602/
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UAE ends STC’s role in Ataq, Shabwa
The UAE has ended the presence of the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias and tasks assigned to them in the city of Ataq, the capital of the oil province of Shabwa, in eastern Yemen.
Informed sources confirmed that the UAE directed the “STC” to withdraw its militants from positions in Ataq and hand them officially to the so-called “Saba axis” loyal to the military commander “Tariq Afash”.
The sources explained that the forces of the “First Brigade” in the so-called” Saba axis” led by Abdulhadi Abdullatif Al-Qibli Al-Muradi, officially received tasks to secure the city of Ataq, following the return of the pro-UAE governor, Awad Al-Awlaki, on Tuesday to the city coming from Abu Dhabi.
The sources said that the forces of the First Brigade have taken over the security and military points surrounding the city, obliterated the slogans of the STC, which calls for secession, and raised the flags of the Republic of Yemen .
This comes after the governor of Islah in Marib, Sultan al-Arada, called on Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman to dismiss the pro-UAE governor in Shabwa and appoint an independent governor as a result of clashes that led to the expulsion of Islah militants from the city and some directorates.
Observers believe that the UAE has made the “STC” and the people of the southern provinces as a cheap tool to get rid of Islah militants under false slogans to restore the so-called “southern state”.
https://en.ypagency.net/274607/
(A P)
One killed, another injured after UAE-backed militias target their car in Lahj
https://en.ypagency.net/274505/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/05/at-least-one-civilian-killed-by-mercenary-shelling-on-lahj-bayda-border-region/
(A T)
Official survives assassination attempt in Lahj
https://en.ypagency.net/274588/
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'Peace can't be realized without Houthis' defeat'
Peace cannot be realized without Houthis defeat and without ending their coup d'état, the chief of staff of the Yemeni army Lt. Gen. Saghir bin Aziz said on Monday/26 September (the Defense Ministry's news website)
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61027
My comment: Thus he wants and endless war. He demands “victory” not peace.
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Saudi-led puppet government in Yemen spends 1.85 billion dollars yearly on military expenses
Al-Masirah TV has on Monday obtained important documents from military intelligence, revealing details of the military expenses of the mercenaries working for the coalition of aggression.
The leaked documents revealed the number of Saudi-led aggression mercenaries, as well as their supplies and armament at a regional level and everything related to their military status, in addition to aspects of theft and manipulation of expenses by mercenary leaders.
According to the leaked documents, the budget of the Ministry of Defense of the so-called the mercenary government for the year 2022 amounted to one trillion and 237 billion riyals, while the salaries of the coalition fighters amounted to 462 billion riyals, or about 1.85 US dollars.
The documents also showed the leadership of the aggression mercenaries has spent 247,536,000,000 riyals in late salaries for the current year.
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Wahhabi terrorists destroy tomb of influential Sufi religious figure in Shabwah
A number of extremist elements of the UAE-funded Salafist militia attacked on Tuesday the dome and mausoleum of a Sufi symbol in Shabwah province, eastern Yemen.
Local source in the province said that Al-Amaliqa militia believed to belong to the takfiri elements of ISIS, detonated a bomb in the dome and mausoleum of the Sufi preacher, Jaafar bin Abi Bakr bin Omar Al-Mihdhar bin Sheikh Abi Bakr bin Salem, founder of Ribat Habban, south of Ataq city.
The source accused the UAE of bringing terrorist elements to the areas of Shabwah, considering the terrorist acts shameful against the sons of Habban.
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Seven oil company guards killed and wounded in bomb attack in Hadhramout
Two oil company guards were killed and five others were wounded in in a roadside bomb blast in southeastern Yemen's Hadharmout, one of the las.t fe.w remaining governorates under government's control on Tuesday, security sources have said.
The guards, affiliate to the Yemeni army's First Military Region, were escorting a convoy of gas tanker trucks in Al-Abr highway en route from Hadhramout to the neighboring Shabwa governorate when the blast occurred killing two and wounding five others who were rushed to hospital.
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61029
and
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2 killed, 5 injured due to IDE’s explosion in Hadramout
At least two soldiers [linked to Islah Party] in the first military region affiliated with Islah party were killed and five injured due to an explosion in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/274409/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/04/at-least-two-islah-troops-killed-in-hadhramaut-bomb-attack/
and also http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-10/05/content_78451339.htm
(A P)
Islah gives Saudi Arabia two days to release military commander Hantaf
The Islah party (the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood), has given defense ministry of Saudi-led coalition-backed goverment two days to release a military commander held by Saudi intelligence since early last month.
https://en.ypagency.net/274406/
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UAE establishes huge factories in Socotra to drain Yemen’s fish wealth
The UAE is preparing to open the largest factories to plunder Yemen’s fish wealth on the occupied island of Socotra, in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
“Yemen Press Agency” learned, from private sources, that the UAE is about to open the largest factories to transport fish and tuna to Abu Dhabi in the coming days, in a flagrant encroachment on the natural resources of the people of Yemen.
The sources stated that the two factories belong to the so-called “Khalifa Foundation” and are supervised by the Emirati delegate, Khalfan Al-Mazrouei.
https://en.ypagency.net/274443/
(A P)
Islah forces kidnap journalist in Marib
https://en.ypagency.net/274461/
(A P)
Yemen: Government Slams Houthi Threats To Attack Oil Ships
The internationally recognized government of Yemen has slammed Houthi threats to attack oil ships and called for international action to stop the group from damaging civilian infrastructure and power sources.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak described the threats as “criminal and terrorist activity,” adding that the Iran-backed Houthis had no respect for international agreements prohibiting attacks on civilian facilities.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/05102022-yemen-government-slams-houthi-threats-to-attack-oil-ships/
(A P)
Yemeni FM: We Don’t Want Houthi-Imposed War
Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak stressed on Monday the legitimate Yemeni government’s rejection of the was imposed by the Iran-backed Houthi militias on Yemen.
“We do not want this war imposed by the Houthi militias,” said bin Mubarak after meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, in Rabat.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3911111/yemeni-fm-we-don%E2%80%99t-want-houthi-imposed-war
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Women voice support for Iran protests
Yemeni women tell A24 that mass protests in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini give strength to Arab women who are also defending the freedom to choose their clothing and secure inheritance rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUNvFml90OE
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Security Council Press Statement on Yemen
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Michel Xavier Biang (Gabon):
The members of the Security Council expressed their deep disappointment at the passing of the 2 October deadline to extend the Yemen truce by six months. They welcomed the Government of Yemen’s engagement with the efforts of the Special Envoy and stressed that the Houthis’ maximalist demands in the final days of negotiations had hindered the United Nations efforts to broker agreement, risking negative consequences. They reiterated their expectation that the parties find a way forward to reinstate the truce.
The members of the Security Council underscored that the past six months had brought more calm and security than at any point in the past eight years, including a sharp reduction in civilian casualties, as well as the Government of Yemen’s efforts in enabling fuel to flow into Hudaydah and commercial flights to and from Sana’a.
The members of the Security Council underscored that with an extension to the truce, these benefits for the Yemeni people would continue to grow, including paying Yemen’s teachers, nurses, and other civil servants, opening roads in Taiz and around the country, expanding international flights and ensuring that fuel flows more freely into Hudaydah port. The members of the Security Council reiterated their support for the United Nations Special Envoy and underlined that an extension would also provide the opportunity to reach a ceasefire and ultimately a Yemeni-led inclusive and comprehensive political settlement, with the full, equal and meaningful participation of women, under the auspices of the United Nations, based on the agreed references and in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions, with the intention of addressing the broader issues underlying the conflict. They stressed that returning towards engaging in negotiations and reinstating the truce is the route towards permanently ending this war, and resolving Yemen’s humanitarian and economic crises.
The members of the Security Council stressed the major costs of an end to the truce, first and foremost for the Yemeni people. They expressed their deep concerns about rhetoric that deliberately threatened negotiations and actions which impeded the economic stability of Yemen.
The members of the Security Council urgently called on the Yemeni parties, in particular the Houthis, to refrain from provocation, prioritize the Yemeni people, and return to engaging constructively in negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations and to urgently work towards an extension and expansion of the truce. They reiterated the need to avoid resumption of hostilities inside of Yemen as well as attacks within the region and on the Red Sea. They stressed that the Security Council would continue to take all action to support efforts for peace, security and stability in Yemen.
https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc15054.doc.htm
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UN Security Council imposes sanctions on three Houthi commanders
The UN Security Council added three Houthi commanders to its sanctions list days after the breakdown of efforts to extend a six-month Yemeni truce that expired on Sunday.
The amended list, which was released on Thursday, included Ahmed Al Hamzi, commander of the rebels' air force and air defences, as well as its drone programme.
The UN said Mr Al Hamzi was listed for playing “a leading role in Houthi military efforts that directly threaten the peace, security and stability of Yemen”.
The committee also imposed sanctions on Houthi naval chief Mansour Al Saadi and the former deputy head of its National Security Bureau, Mutlaq Al Marani.
“[Mr Al Saadi] has masterminded lethal attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea and plays a leading role in Houthi naval efforts that directly threaten the peace, security and stability of Yemen,” the UN said.
Mr Al Marani was added to the list for his role in the “torture and other ill-treatment” of detainees under his supervision, the UN said.
He was also accused of directing the National Security Bureau to illegally arrest and detain humanitarian workers, as well as planning the diversion of humanitarian aid in breach of international law.
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[Sanaa gov.] Foreign Minister: UNSC Bias with US-Saudi Aggression, Ignors Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Yemeni Foreign Minister censured the press statement issued by the Security Council yesterday, and its attempt to overturn the facts in a clear bias with the US-Saudi party, ignoring the deteriorating humanitarian situation during the past eight years.
Minister Hisham Sharaf stressed that the demands of Sana'a are clear and purely human rights, which somewhat reduce the repercussions of the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world, created by the US-Saudi aggression, according to Saba news agency.
He demanded the Security Council to assump its responsibilities to end the military aggression and the comprehensive blockade, saying: “The aggression and the blockade in Yemen is contrary to the United Nations Charter in Preserving International Peace and Security. Thus the Security Council must not turn into an international platform that justifies and legitimizes the agenda and politics of the aggression.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274657/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/06/foreign-minister-hisham-sharaf-warns-un-against-becoming-platform-for-legitimising-aggression/
and
(A P)
Deputy FM to US Envoy: Sana’a's Demands Neither Difficult Nor Impossible
Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Al-Ezzi confirmed on Wednesday evening that demands of Sana’a are neither difficult nor impossible, as US envoy Tim Lenderking says.
"Our demands seem impossible to the coalition of aggression and the complicit International Community, because they are accustomed to taking away our rights and think that we are a people without rights," Al-Ezzi wrote on his Twitter account.
"The forces of aggression and the complicit International Community believe that our national wealth is the private property of those who sell their homeland on the sidewalk, and this is not true," he added.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274624/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/06/deputy-fm-of-yemen-our-demands-only-seem-impossible-to-those-used-to-stealing-our-rights/
and
(A P)
Al-Houthi: Security Council's Statement Extremist Not Yemenis’ Demands of Rights
Member of the Supreme Political Council Mohammad Ali al-Houthi confirmed on Wednesday evening that the statement of the Security Council is extremist, and Sana’a’s demands to lift the siege, hand over salaries and open the airport are not extremist.
"It is not extremism to lift the siege on Yemen, it is not extremism to hand over the salaries of employees from oil revenues, and it is not extremism to lift the ban on travelers to Sana’a Airport from all destinations," Al-Houthi explained in a tweet on his Twitter account.
He pointed out that “extremism is the statement of the Security Council.”
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274621/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/06/mohammed-al-houthi-un-security-council-statement-on-yemen-is-a-form-of-extremism/
and
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[Sanaa gov.] PM: UN Security Council’s Statement Unacceptable, Expresses Viewpoint of Saudi-led Aggression
Prime Minister of the Salvation Government Dr. Abdulaziz bin Habtoor considered on Thursday the recent Security Council statement on Yemen irresponsible and unacceptable that expresses the viewpoint of the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen, blaming the coalition and the United Nations for the failure of the truce.
“If the salaries and the lifting of the blockade on the airport and the port are extreme in the view of the Security Council, then let the whole world record that we are extremists for the rights of our people,” bin Habtoor said in a statement to Al Masirah TV correspondent.
He added that civil and military employees are subject to the Civil Service Law. “We do not have systems that allow the salary issue to be divided, as Washington proposes.”
The Prime Minister stressed that the countries involved in aggression, the weakness of the United Nations and its envoy, and the global hypocrisy are the ones who bear the failure of the truce.
He stressed that the entitlements and interests of Yemenis are not negotiable.
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Refusal to Pay Salaries Won't Guarantee Saudi-led Aggression Continuation of Looting Yemen's Wealth
division, fragmentation, and intransigence dominate the position of the Saudi-backed government, and behind it the US-Saudi aggression, not for a clear goal, but rather to fabricate pretexts that miss real peace in Yemen and the entire region.
Sana’a insists on disbursing the salaries of all state employees, according to the 2014 statements, without regional or factional division, including the salaries of 1.25 million employees in the civil and military sectors in all governorates. That is in accordance with a transparent mechanism and from secure funding sources so that the exchange process does not stop months after the agreement. However, the Saudi-backed government rejected this equitable demand for all Yemenis without exception.
Instead of its commitment to fulfill this pledge made before the United Nations and the international community, the Saudi-backed government, with the support of the coalition, is moving ahead with disavowal of these commitments, at pivotal moments in achieving economic and living peace for all Yemenis. Making such excuses is worse than refusal, by excluding 653,000 military and security employees from salaries under the pretext of their military and security qualities, and 125,000 employees under the pretext of belonging to economic units. It is a flagrant violation of their identity and affiliation as Yemenis who were affected by the economic war and its harsh repercussions on their families.
The Saudi-backed government - which was and still spends more than seven million dollars a month as fixed salaries for its employees outside the country according to bank documents - was not satisfied with this racist view. Rather, it excluded the employees of the central authorities, such as the office of the Presidency of the Republic and the utilities directly affiliated with the government, and the offices of ministries, i.e. 12.4% of the total civil employees. It also intended to divide 472,000 civilians among the governorates to reduce the total number of salaries due to 200,000 employees working in service areas.
This apparent intransigence does not only mean evading any financial commitments, but rather means making the intention of a long-term economic war, the gains of which will not be interrupted in the calculations of the coalition, which is keen to continue the war to continue to loot Yemen's oil and gas wealth.
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Film: Citizens hold Houthis responsible for failure to extend truce
Yemeni citizens expressed concerns about the failure to extend the truce of peace and permanently stop the war. Citizens blame the Houthi group for the failure to extend the truce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0St7Q2Azw0
My comment: From Aden. Biased and selected, as always in films like this one.
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Telephonic Press Briefing with Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking
Lenderking: e were concerned that the Houthis did not accept the UN’s proposal for a truce extension on October 2nd, but we do see that key elements of the truce continue to hold and that intensive UN-led negotiations and U.S. diplomacy continue unabated. When I talk about key elements of the truce holding, let me be clear what I mean. I mean that there is still a relatively low level of violence in the country. Fuel ships continue to offload into Hodeidah port. There will be more continuity in civilian – commercial flights from Sana’a airport. These particular elements of the truce have been extremely effective and have delivered tangible results to the Yemeni people over the last six months.
So, in our view, we think there’s a stark choice that lies ahead. On the one hand, there is a return to war, which will bring nothing but casualties and destruction on Yemen and will create further confusion as to where this conflict is headed. On the positive side, there is the opportunity to not only extend but expand the truce – that is, to bring more elements, positive elements of the truce
We already have a public commitment from the Yemeni Government, the Saudi-led coalition, on the salary issue. It’s been made public. The stumbling block to renewing the truce on Sunday was, in fact, the Houthis imposing maximalist and impossible demands that the parties simply could not reach, certainly in the time that was available. So I think if we see more flexibility from the Houthi side going forward, then this opens the road, I think, to this much better peace option.
I think it’s very important to note, as I said, that U.S. and UN and international diplomacy continue unabated.
https://www.state.gov/telephonic-press-briefing-with-special-envoy-for-yemen-tim-lenderking/
and media reports: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-yemen-sanaa-houthis-308e604fabc9ed568c4d9cfed1aa7e79
My comment: The US miming peace broker.
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[Aden] Yemen government 'determined' to renew truce with Huthis: FM
Yemen's government wants to renew a ceasefire with Huthi rebels and will not escalate the conflict, its foreign minister said Wednesday, three days after a six-month truce expired.
"We are determined to renew the ceasefire and address all problems through dialogue," Ahmed bin Mubarak said during a visit to Morocco.
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Sanaa confirms insistence on restoring employee salaries despite all pressures
Deputy Foreign Minister in the Sanaa government, Hussein Al-Ezzi, on Tuesday said that despite all the pressures, Sanaa is determined to restore public sector salaries in all of Yemen on a regular and sustainable basis, stressing “the rights of our people are sacred.”
Al-Ezzi said in a tweet on his Twitter page: “With regard to the salaries of six years that were looted, instead of sticking to recovering them in one go, we can give them the opportunity to commit to returning them in stages. This is undoubtedly a high flexibility, and it is credited to the great Sanaa.”
He added that what was mentioned is related to any new armistice.
“As for what is related to sustainable peace, it is always dependent on stopping the aggressive war, ending the siege and occupation completely, reconstruction, addressing the effects and repercussions of the war and permanent respect for the sovereignty and independence of Yemen,” he said.
https://en.ypagency.net/274426/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/04/yemen-determined-to-pay-all-public-sector-salaries-despite-all-foreign-attacks/
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Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen urges conflict parties to heed calls for truce extension
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, urged the parties to Yemen’s conflict to build on the gains achieved over the last six months and commit to extending and expanding the truce.
“I strongly urge the parties to the conflict to heed calls by the UN Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for Yemen for truce extension and expansion to build on the gains achieved over the last six months,”
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Yemen's U.N. envoy pushing for peace deal after truce ends
Yemen's warring parties should revive efforts for a broader deal to end its devastating seven-year conflict, the country's top United Nations envoy said on Tuesday after failed efforts to renew a truce deal on Sunday.
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg told Reuters in Amman that this is a particularly sensitive period of time in Yemen. "Any small incident could spark something that could have devastating consequences."
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UNO: Nichterneuerung des Waffenstillstands im Jemen ist enttäuschend
Nach der Nichterneuerung des Waffenstillstandsabkommens im Jemen infolge der Sabotagen der von Saudi-Arabien geführten arabischen Aggressorkoalition und der Verletzung dieses Abkommens in der Vergangenheit, brachte der Sprecher des UN-Generalsekretärs seine Enttäuschung und sein Bedauern diesbezüglich zum Ausdruck.
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Zobaidi: It's time to stop Houthi arrogance, provocative behavior
The Iranian-backed Houthi group obdurately refuses to engage in peace efforts aimed at an end to the 8-year-old war, member of the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) said Tuesday at meeting in Riyadh with the German ambassador to Yemen.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31205.html
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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Report: Saudi competes with UAE over freight transportation
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Saudi Arabia: Awad al-Qarni's Home Looked Like a 'Battlefield' during His Arrest, Says Son
Saudi Arabia: Awad al-Qarni's home looked like a 'battlefield' during his arrest, says son
Nasser al-Qarni, who recently fled Saudi Arabia for the UK, says the family house was surrounded by over 100 armed men
Nasser al-Qarni, the son of prominent detained Saudi Arabian preacher Awad al-Qarni, has detailed the violent arrest of his father five years ago in a newly released video.
Nasser, an industrial engineer, revealed to Bloomberg earlier this week that he had fled the Gulf kingdom and applied for asylum in the UK, after Saudi officials threatened him with jail or execution if he spoke out about his father.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-home-preacher-battlefield-arrest-awad-qarni-son-says
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Saudi-Arabien lässt Männer für Megastadt töten
Weil drei Männer sich der geplanten Megastadt Neom des saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman in den Weg gestellt haben, sollten diese bald sterben: Wie eine Menschenrechtsorganisation berichtete, wurden die Mitglieder des Howeitat-Stammes „zum Tode verurteilt, weil sie sich weigerten, ihre Häuser zu verlassen“.
Wie die Organisation Alqst schreibt, seien die drei Männer im Alter von 30 bis 40 Jahren bereits 2020 verhaftet worden. Ihr Stamm wurde gewaltsam vertrieben, um einer 170 Kilometer langen Megastadt in der nordarabischen Wüste Platz zu machen. Doch Shadli, Ibrahim und Ataullah al-Huwaiti weigerten sich, der Anordnung Folge zu leisten - Anfang Oktober fassten sie für diesen Ungehorsam die Todesstrafe aus.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Tribesmen to Death for Resisting Eviction
A Saudi court has sentenced three members of the Howeitat, a tribe forcibly ejected to make way for the $500-billion Neom project, to death for resisting displacement.Saudi Arabia
Shadli, Atallah, and Ibrahim al-Howeiti were arrested in 2020 for opposing the eviction of their tribe for the project and were handed down death sentences on October 2 by Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), according to UK-based rights group Alqst.
“On 2 October, the SCC sentenced Shadli (brother of Abdul Rahim al-Howeiti), Ataullah & Ibrahim Saleh al-Howeiti to death. The family members were detained in 2020 for opposing eviction to make way for Neom. We condemn the sentences and call for their release," Alqst said in a tweet.
In April 2020, Shadli’s brother, Abdul Rahim al-Howeiti, a 43-year-old Tabuk resident was shot dead by Saudi special forces after protesting the government's eviction orders.
In August, Abdulilah al-Howeiti and Abdullah Dukhail al-Howeiti, two other members of the family, were given 50-year prison terms and 50-year travel bans for supporting their family's refusal to be evicted from their homes in the Tabuk province.
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Saudi Arabia lowers oil prices for Europe but raises them again for the US as White House says OPEC+ is siding with Russia
Saudi Arabia is raising oil prices for US buyers, following a similar move a month ago.
Meanwhile, state-run Saudi Aramco lowered prices in Europe and left them largely unchanged for the Asian market.
The price moves come after OPEC+ slashed production quotas, which the White House said aligns the oil group with Russia.
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OPEC+ oil output cut shows widening rift between Biden and Saudi royals
The OPEC+ organization's decision this week to cut oil production despite stiff U.S. opposition has further strained already tense relations between President Joe Biden's White House and Saudi Arabia's royal family, once one of Washington's staunchest Middle East allies, according to interviews with about a dozen government officials and experts in Washington and the Gulf.
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The new oil war: Opec moves against the US
Saudi Arabia and Russia’s agreement to cut oil production in defiance of Washington may upend the global energy order
On Wednesday, the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, Saudi Arabia and its oil allies — which now include Russia in the Opec+ group — moved to upend the world’s energy order again. Their decision to slash 2mn barrels a day from production targets, or 2 per cent of global supply, might sound modest. But doing so while Brent crude was trading at a lofty $90 a barrel — almost twice its long-term historical price — is a threat to a global economy stalked by inflation and mounting consumer anxiety about energy prices and shortages. And it marks a new and perhaps dangerous breach between producer and consumer countries, especially between the US and Saudi Arabia. The timing of the cuts for the US was especially telling, coming just two and a half months after President Joe Biden had exchanged fist bumps with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, and five weeks before November’s midterm elections. Days earlier, envoys from the White House had travelled to Saudi Arabia to implore the kingdom not to cut.
While the Biden administration was bracing for the decision to cut, the reaction in Washington was still shock at the breach in the alliance. President Biden said he was “disappointed” and would be looking at “alternatives” to bolster supplies. The White House declared Opec had “aligned with Russia”, even as Moscow was escalating its offensive against Ukraine, and said it would consider releasing more oil from its strategic petroleum reserve.
In truth, Opec and western oil importers have been destined for a collision for years, as anxieties about global warming and energy security have prompted governments worldwide to curb fossil fuel use — an environmental necessity that many oil producers have taken as an assault on their livelihood. Biden’s election, with its campaign-trail promise to transition away from oil and make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi only deepened the rift. But the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Saudi Arabia’s ally in Opec+ since 2016, has erased all norms in the energy world. A battle for control over the oil market — and even the future of the energy industry itself — is now in plain sight.
https://www.ft.com/content/70853af8-b7a4-4a28-bdfe-b4f3e375a1f0
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Film: Oil is not a weapon: Saudi Arabian minister of state Adel Al-Jubeir
Saudi Arabian minister of state Adel Al--Jubeir responds to President Biden pinning high gas prices on Saudi Arabia and Russia on 'Special Report.'
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6313444332112?s=08
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Putin and the prince: fears in west as Russia and Saudi Arabia deepen ties
Prince Mohammed’s decision to strengthen relations has alarmed allies, but he has long admired Russian leader
Nearly eight months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, relations between Riyadh and Moscow are at a high point. As much of Europe, the US and the UK double down on attempts to combat an ever more menacing Russian leader, Prince Mohammed has instead chosen to deepen ties.
An Opec+ meeting in Vienna on Wednesday is the latest landmark in a growing relationship that is increasingly defying the demands of Riyadh’s allies and appearing to give Putin comfort at a critical juncture in the war. Both countries are likely to seek to raise oil prices by cutting global supply by 1-2m barrels a day.
Such a move would follow widespread disruption to gas supplies to Europe caused by the war and predictions of a worsening energy security crisis as the northern winter approaches. It would also alienate Washington, an ally that has tried to recruit Riyadh to the cause of decreasing supply pressures by opening valves to its enormous reservoirs.
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Right group warns over US collusion in bin Salman’s immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit
A human rights group warns that Washington may use the “premier” title that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman newly invented for himself as a legal ploy to shield the allied kingdom’s de facto ruler from lawsuits filed against him in the US, including those surrounding the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In an interview with Arabi 21 media outlet, Raed Jarrar, director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), slammed the administration of US President Joe Biden for adopting a “very weak” position on Khashoggi’s murder, despite promises of making the Saudis “pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
“We regret the weakness of President Biden’s position, which was reflected in the US relationship with most of the authoritarian regimes in the Arab world, especially at the level of relations with Israel, the Egyptian regime or the Saudi regime. These relationships have become cheap and disappointing,” he said.
“Biden could not change the course or approach of the previous US administration, but we are putting pressure on the Biden administration internally in Washington, whether as non-governmental organizations or with members of the US Congress, to change these failed policies,” the activist said.
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New book in Arabic:
Ibn Saud and the British the secret correspondence
Abdul Aziz's letters to the English
Official documents from the archives of the British Ministry of India
In this archival book, the honorable reader will get acquainted with about 210 private letters from the secret letters of Abdul Aziz bin Saud, written in Arabic and sent to the English, as well as about 250 draft letters and letters that are responses and reports of English officers to the letters of Abdul Aziz, and thus this book will serve as a A historical archive full of events through what was mentioned in Abdul Aziz's correspondence with the English, and through these letters the reader can learn the psychology, morals, and real attributes of Abdul Aziz bin Saud.
This book is a huge volume containing about 1330 pages
What the reader will find out in this book from Abdulaziz’s letters to the English is about 10-15% of the total of those correspondences, and the reason is that there are many letters that are still prohibited from publishing for various reasons that the British government considers justified because they may harm its own interests, not to mention that I did not I dig into everything that came in the archive, with this, I see that the 210 letters of Abdul Aziz are sufficient and adequate to know the mentality, religion and belief of this alleged Saudi imam.
https://payhip-com.translate.goog/b/Fabt?_x_tr_sl=ar&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
the letters from and to @KingSalman's father King AbdulAziz proofing #Saudi State was founded by #brtish invaders as part of its war on the #Arab #MUlism people
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1496490369311297539
cp8a Jamal Khashoggi
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Blinken marks Khashoggi murder as ‘attack on freedom of expression everywhere’
cp9 USA
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Murphy: US relationship with Saudis ‘broken’
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday called for a reassessment of the U.S. military alliance with Saudi Arabia after the country and its oil-exporting allies agreed to a production cut, describing the decades-long partnership as “broken.”
Speaking with co-anchor Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Murphy lambasted OPEC+’s cut of 2 million oil barrels per day that will likely lead to price gains, which came after President Biden visited Saudi Arabia in July to appeal to the oil-rich nation while drawing controversy given its human rights record.
“I don’t have any problem with American presidents meeting with our friends or adversaries,” Murphy said on Sunday. “I think it’s clear that right now the relationship is broken. But it’s been broken under Democratic presidents and Republican presidents.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3680006-murphy-us-relationship-with-saudis-broken/
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A failed truce renewal in Yemen could further complicate US-Saudi relations
“The unannounced reasons [for not renewing the truce] are speculated to be that the Iranians asked the Houthis, directly, to help escalate things in the region,” said Maged Almadhaji, director of the Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies.
“Iranians and Houthis are in a difficult political position,” Almadhaji told CNN, adding that Iranians are under immense pressure amid raging protests at home and might be trying to keep Gulf rivals at bay by keeping them occupied with Yemen’s conflict.
The Biden administration last August approved and notified Congress of possible multibillion-dollar weapons sales to both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing defense against Houthi attacks as a legitimate cause for concern.
“Now, the US is frustrated with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while it has no leverage with the Houthis,” said Johnsen. “The US has been lost at sea for the past year and a half when it comes to a Yemen policy,” he added, labelling it a situation largely “of its own making.”
While there is pressure within the US to sternly react to Saudi Arabia’s energy policies, it is yet to be seen how the US will respond to the developments in Yemen, where some say Washington would be wise to uphold its security guarantees.
“I don’t think it is in the best interest of America to reduce their military assistance to Saudi Arabia,” said Abdulla. “If they do, it will backfire on America more than many of these senators would imagine.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/10/middleeast/yemen-saudi-us-mime-intl/index.html
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MaryDiane Baker: End the torture, pass the Yemen War Powers Act
https://vtdigger.org/2022/10/10/marydiane-baker-end-the-torture-pass-the-yemen-war-powers-act/
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Biden’s Saudi trip faces new scrutiny after OPEC oil cut
The awkward visit was justified as necessary to boost ties. Now OPEC is slashing oil production, which will send gas prices up.
Some officials in the Biden administration bristled in the aftermath of the cut declared by the OPEC Plus cartel, viewing it as a direct affront to the president that threatens to hurt Democrats’ standing in the 2022 midterm elections because it will drive gas prices up.
U.S. officials now are left grappling with how to respond to a potential price spike that could help finance Russia’s war in Ukraine, compound the major challenges facing the American and European economies, and give Republicans a powerful new argument on inflation.
One White House official called the OPEC decision a “disaster.” Another said administration officials viewed the move as a deliberate provocation designed to boost Republicans’ chances so close to the elections. Other officials said they did not interpret malice in the Saudi decision, but they viewed it as a shortsighted effort to maximize oil profits despite the economic and geopolitical consequences.
Biden said Thursday that the cartel’s decision didn’t undermine the point of his visit in July, but that it was still disappointing. “The trip was not essentially for oil. The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and rationalization of positions,” he told reporters. “But it is a disappointment.”
National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said Biden’s advisers had all agreed to the trip over the summer. “There was consensus across the President’s senior national security team on the importance of this trip to advance U.S. national security interests,” she said in a statement.
But that didn’t assuage critics of the Saudi government.
“They’re spitting in the face of Joe Biden,” said Dean Baker, a White House ally and an economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank. “Whoever thought this trip was a good idea has some explaining to do.”
Some Democrats, already skeptical of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, seized on the OPEC Plus decision to criticize the trip.
“I think it’s time for a wholesale reevaluation of the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate foreign relations subcommittee on the Middle East, told CNBC.
One Democratic congressional aide close to administration officials, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss U.S. policy, said: “This trip was hotly debated inside the administration, and I don’t know how one could argue now that it wasn’t a mistake.”
White House officials have strongly denied that the goal of the trip was to spur Saudi oil production. U.S. officials who favor the U.S.-Saudi relationship said critics misunderstood the objectives of the visit and overestimated Riyadh’s ability to reduce gas prices for average Americans. They also emphasized that Saudi Arabia is pumping 11.1 million barrels per day, a rate the country hadn’t sustained in the past.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/06/biden-saudi-oil-trip-mbs/
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Film: At #HRC51, CIHRS called on member states to form an independent int'l investigative mechanism on #Yemen, to ensure #accountability & redress for the millions of victims, who have lost a loved one, whose home has been bombed, whose livelihood taken away.
https://twitter.com/CIHRS_Alerts/status/1578029473324470273
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Pentagon: Nothing new on provision of weapons to Saudi Arabia, UAE
The Pentagon calls on all Yemeni parties to work to resolve the situation in a more peaceful manner, completely turning a blind eye to the billions of dollars worth of weapons delivered to the coalition of aggression.
Today, Friday, Defense Department Spokesperson Pat Ryder confirmed to Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the United States of America that it is in the interest of all parties in Yemen to avoid any escalation of the crisis.
The Pentagon Spokesperson pointed out "the importance of all Yemeni parties pursuing the path of resolving the situation in a more peaceful manner," completely turning a blind eye to the billions of dollars worth of weapons delivered to the coalition of aggression.
In response to Al Mayadeen's question, Ryder said, "The Pentagon has nothing new to announce regarding the provision of weapons and ammunition to Saudi Arabia and the UAE."
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Blinken Underlines Close Cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Extend Truce in Yemen
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a joint press conference with Chile’s Foreign Minister Antonia Oriola in Santiago, that the United States was “working closely” with Saudi Arabia in an “attempt to extend the truce” in Yemen.
My comment: Sounds like a joke. The US is a warring party in Yemen.
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US welcomes UAE support for Yemen truce
The US has praised the UAE’s strong support for Yemen's truce and called for greater international backing after attempts to extend the ceasefire failed.
Tim Lenderking, the US envoy to Yemen, held a meeting with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation.
"We must support stability across Yemen and help the country get back on the path to durable peace," Mr Lenderking said during the meeting.
The US State Department issued a statement which said the envoy welcomed the UAE's backing for the UN-led truce and for Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/10/07/us-welcomes-uae-support-for-yemen-truce/
referring to https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/10/07/us-welcomes-uae-support-for-yemen-truce/
My remark: Again, as before.
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Produktionskürzungen bei Erdöl: Beendet Washington die Militärhilfe für die Saudis?
Die OPEC+ hat eine Reduktion der Ölförderung beschlossen, um so die Preise hoch zu halten. In Washington führt dies zu scharfer Kritik. US-Abgeordnete fordern nun auch ein Ende der Militärhilfe für Saudi-Arabien und die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Diese sollten sich an Putin wenden, um für ihre Verteidigung zu sorgen, so die Kongressabgeordneten.
Eine Gruppe demokratischer Abgeordneter hat einen Gesetzentwurf eingebracht, der die Beendigung der militärischen Unterstützung Washingtons für Saudi-Arabien und die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate vorsieht, während die Regierung Biden über eine Reaktion auf die jüngste Entscheidung der OPEC+ nachdenkt, die Fördermenge um zwei Millionen Barrel pro Tag zu senken. Damit wollen die Erdöl produzierenden Länder die Preise hoch halten und so ihre Einnahmen optimieren. Ein Schritt, der angesichts der aktuellen globalen Energiekrise und Rezessionsängsten in vielen Ländern, vor allem jedoch in den Vereinigten Staaten, zu Besorgnis führte.
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Dems propose full break from Saudi Arabia, UAE after OPEC’s ‘hostile act’
House lawmakers say decision to cut oil production yesterday is a “turning point” in the US-Gulf State relationship.
It seems OPEC’s major snub to the Biden Administration has done what the war in Yemen and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi could not: get members of Congress mad enough to call for the dissolution of the entire relationship with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by two million barrels yesterday has been described as “a blow against (President) Biden”, and members on both sides of the congressional aisle have been fuming. But a trio of House members are taking it one step further, introducing a bill that would take all U.S. troops, weapons, and missile defense systems out of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. From a statement by Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Susan Ellis Wild (D-Penn.):
“Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s drastic cut in oil production, despite President Biden’s overtures to both countries in recent months, is a hostile act against the United States and a clear signal that they have chosen to side with Russia in its war against Ukraine. Both countries have long relied on an American military presence in the Gulf to protect their security and oil fields. We see no reason why American troops and contractors should continue to provide this service to countries that are actively working against us. If Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to help Putin, they should look to him for their defense.
This decision is a turning point in our relationship with our Gulf partners. If Saudi Arabia and the UAE hope to maintain a relationship with the United States that has been overwhelmingly beneficial to them, they must show a greater willingness to work with us — not against us — in advancing what is now our most urgent national security objective: the defeat of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.”
Comment: Amazing how many people in congress know how dependent Saudi and UAE on US weapons. They also know that these weapons have been used against Yemenis for over 7 years. None of the war crimes and starving Yemenis moved them, but a cut in oil production did!
https://twitter.com/AishaJumaan/status/1578061367982137344
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Biden urged to press Saudi coalition to end Yemen blockade
A group of 38 members of US Congress has sent a letter to the Biden administration, urging Washington to press Saudi Arabia and its allies to lift a blockade on Yemen, as the negotiated truce expired and led to fears of a return to fighting in the years-long conflict.
The letter, led by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman Mark Pocan, was sent on 30 September, several days before the United Nations-backed ceasefire expired without an extension.
"We respectfully request that you use US leverage and relationships with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Yemen's PLC to fully lift the blockade," the lawmakers wrote, adding they wanted the US to help "maintain unity that will best support efforts towards an expanded truce, and ultimately, the end to the Saudi-led war in Yemen".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-lawmakers-press-biden-saudi-coalition-yemen-blockade
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Peace Groups Push US to Use 'All Points of Leverage' to End Saudi Blockade of Yemen
"The Biden administration must take urgent action to compel Saudi Arabia to completely lift this blockade as a humanitarian act, for the sake of millions of Yemenis in desperate need."
"Whether or not warring parties can reach a new agreement to extend the truce, the U.S. has a moral and political obligation to use any and all points of leverage with Saudi Arabia to end their collective punishment of Yemenis via the blockade, especially as we still maintain the backbone of their offensive military capabilities, which may be reactivated in the coming weeks," said Demand Progress policy adviser Cavan Kharrazian.
"The continued subservience to Saudi Arabia's disastrous foreign policy and complicity in blatant human rights abuses against the Yemeni people is a dark stain on the U.S.'s reputation and credibility," Kharrazian added. "We are going on eight years of fueling this war and humanitarian disaster. Enough is enough."
Demand Progress Educational Fund is among over a dozen groups that endorsed a letter 40 House Democrats sent last week
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Iran Still Committed to Talks on Reviving Nuclear Deal: FM Spokesman
Iran says it is still willing to continue the talks to address the remaining differences on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal as the United States and its European allies blame the protraction of the negotiations on Tehran.
“Iranian Foreign Minister [Hossein] Amir-Abdollahian recently reiterated that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s approach is to remain in the course of negotiations so as to reach a lasting and sustainable agreement that would simultaneously guarantee the fundamental interests of the government as well as those of the Iranian nation,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters on Monday.
Kanaani said the three EU parties to the deal – France, Britain and Germany – and the United States have linked the talks to the latest violent riots in Iran, asserting that Tehran will not allow other states to interfere in its domestic affairs.
“Iran’s positions and stances on the talks have been frequently declared, and we are prepared to follow the [diplomatic] path as before,” Kanaani said.
https://english.almanar.com.lb/1708313
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UK sanctions Iranian officials over protests crackdown
https://apnews.com/article/iran-middle-east-religion-tehran-7fabfc238e9d3290e34d9b0c70803772
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Tehran summons British ambassador for imposing sanctions on Iranian officials
https://en.ypagency.net/274963/
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US, UK hold drone drill in Persian Gulf after Iran seizures
The U.S. Navy held a joint drone drill with the United Kingdom on Friday in the Persian Gulf, testing the same unmanned surveillance ships that Iran twice has seized in recent months in the Middle East.
The exercise comes as the U.S. Navy separately told commercial shippers in the wider Mideast that it would continue using drones in the region and warned against interfering with their operations.
The drone drill — and the American pledge to keep sailing them — also comes as tensions between the U.S. and Iran on the seas remain high amid stalled negotiations over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers and as protests sweep the Islamic Republic.
Friday’s drill involved two American and two British warships in the Persian Gulf, as well as three Saildrone Explorers, said Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a spokesman for the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet.
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Iran knows no boundaries for international relations, urges EU not to sacrifice own interests for US policies
The Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic knows no restriction for interaction with other countries, calling on European states not to sacrifice the interests of their nations for the sake of US policies.
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Iran’s Lead Negotiator: Deal at Hand in Vienna if other Sides Give ‘Lasting Commitments’
Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani says an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), could be immediately achieved if the parties provide sustainable commitments to Tehran.
https://english.almanar.com.lb/1704716 = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28833/Iran-s-Lead-Negotiator-Deal-at-Hand-in-Vienna-If-Other-Sides-Give-%98Lasting-Commitments
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Biden juggles Iran nuke talks as Iranian repression grows
President Joe Biden has hit back at Iran over the government’s brutal crackdown on antigovernment protests. He’s praised the “brave women of Iran” for demanding basic rights and signaled that he’ll announce more sanctions against those responsible for violence against protesters in the coming days.
And while the Biden administration says it is dedicated to standing by the women of Iran, the president faces a tough question: Can he credibly side with the protest movement while also trying to salvage the languishing 2015 Iran nuclear deal that would pump billions into Tehran’s treasury?
“The risk of a nuclear Iran is terrifying on all levels,” Marjan Keypour Greenblatt, director of a network of activists that promotes human rights in Iran and a nonresident scholar with the Middle East Institute’s Iran Program, wrote in an analysis this week. “However, President Biden simply cannot offer the prospect of sanctions relief and de facto legitimize a regime that is ruthlessly gunning down its own citizens in the street.”
https://apnews.com/article/iran-biden-middle-east-nuclear-tehran-cf3678211f6b85c19244d42cb0041095
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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BRITAIN’S COVERT WAR IN YEMEN
The UK’s current war in Yemen is not the first time Britain has contributed to devastating the country. Sixty years ago, a coup in North Yemen prompted UK officials to begin a secret war that also led to tens of thousands of deaths - and, as now, no British minister was ever held to account.
Sixty years ago, in September 1962, the King and Imam of North Yemen, Muhammad al-Badr, was overthrown in a popular coup. Al-Badr had been in power for only a week having succeeded his father’s regime, a feudal kingdom where 80 percent of the population lived as peasants and which was controlled through bribery, a coercive tax system and a policy of divide and rule.
The coup was led by Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal, an Arab nationalist within the Yemeni military, who proclaimed the Yemen Arab Republic and who instituted close links to Egypt’s government under Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Nasser, the de facto leader of nationalist forces in the region, was the UK’s main enemy, promoting an independent foreign policy and who Britain had failed to destroy in its unsuccessful invasion of Egypt’s Suez Canal in 1956.
Royalist forces supporting al-Badr took to the hills and began an insurgency, soon to be backed by Saudi Arabia, against the new Republican regime, while Nasser deployed Egyptian troops in North Yemen to shore up the new government.
Britain chose, as in the present war, to ally with the Saudis to overthrow the new government and restore a pro-Western regime.
Ironically, the Yemeni royalists they supported were drawn from the Zaydi Shia religious group – whose present-day spiritual followers now mostly congregate around the Houthi rebel movement, which Britain and Saudi Arabia now seek to destroy.
The declassified files are fascinating in showing that British officials were aware they were supporting the ‘wrong’ side.
Christopher Gandy, Britain’s top official in North Yemen, noted shortly after the coup that the rule of the previous Imam was “unpopular with large elements” and that his “monopoly of power” was “much resented”.
This was exploited by the new republican government which soon appointed into office people from “classes, regions and sects previously neglected in the distribution of power”.
Gandy wrote that in contrast to the Imam’s “arbitrary autocracy”, the republicans were “much more open to contact and reasoned argument”.
Thus he recommended that the UK recognise the new Yemeni government, saying it was interested in friendly relations with Britain and that this was “the best way to prevent an increase” in Egyptian influence.
Gandy was, however, overruled both by his political masters in London and by officials in neighbouring Aden. This was Britain’s then colony that was surrounded by a British “protectorate” known as the Federation of South Arabia (later to become South Yemen).
The federation was a set of feudal fiefdoms presided over by autocratic leaders similar to al-Badr who had just been overthrown in Yemen, and kept sweet by British bribes.
An official in prime minister Harold Macmillan’s office noted that Nasser had been “able to capture most of the dynamic and modern forces in the area while we have been left, by our own choice, backing the forces which are not merely reactionary (that would not matter so much) but shifty, unreliable and treacherous”.
Macmillan himself admitted that it was “repugnant to political equity and prudence alike that we should so often appear to be supporting out-of-date and despotic regimes and to be opposing the growth of modern and more democratic forms of
https://declassifieduk.org/britains-covert-war-in-yemen/
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Basindowah discusses with German officials the latest events in Yemen
Dr. Wesam Basindowah, head of the Yemeni Coalition for Independent Women, held talks with a number of officials in the German Foreign Ministry and specialists in the Middle East and the Arab Gulf, in addition to German parliamentarians and civil society organizations.
This is part of a series of meetings that took place during a working visit carried out by Dr. Wesam to the German capital, Berlin, during the first week of October.
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Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien: Öl statt Menschenrechte?
Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, 24.09.2022: "Für die Zukunft wird es aber auch darum gehen, dass wir in großem Ausmaß Möglichkeiten schaffen, Wasserstoff in Deutschland einzusetzen, der hier und auch an anderen Stellen hergestellt wird."
Öl und Wasserstoff aus Saudi-Arabien. Darum geht es der Bundesregierung. Im Gegenzug hat sie offenbar auch ein Geschenk für den saudischen Prinzen im Gepäck. Die Ampel-Koalition genehmigt – wie schon die Vorgängerregierungen – Rüstungsexporte an Saudi-Arabien. Nur wenige Tage nach der Scholz-Reise teilte der grüne Vize-Kanzler Robert Habeck mit, man genehmige:
Zitat: "Zulieferungen zur Ausrüstung und Bewaffnung der Kampfflugzeuge Eurofighter und Tornado sowie Munition für Eurofighter."
Empfänger: "Saudi-Arabien". Doch Eurofighter und Tornado sind genau die Flugzeuge, die die saudische Luftwaffe auch im Jemen-Krieg einsetzt. Und seit dieser Woche droht eine erneute Eskalation des Krieges im Jemen, denn ein sechsmonatiger Waffenstillstand ist am vergangenen Sonntag – gescheitert.
Max Mutschler, Friedensforschungsinstitut BICC: "Und das sind eben genau die Waffensysteme, mit denen Saudi-Arabien in der Vergangenheit Luftangriffe im Jemen geflogen hat, dabei auch immer wieder systematisch zivile Ziele angegriffen hat, also im klaren Bruch auch des humanitären Völkerrechts. Und es steht natürlich jetzt, nachdem, nach der Nichtverlängerung des Waffenstillstandes zu befürchten, dass solche Angriffe auch wieder aufgenommen werden. Deswegen ist es gerade jetzt auch in der in der zeitlichen Nähe zu dieser Entscheidung, ist es natürlich hochproblematisch."
Deutsche Waffen könnten diese und andere Krisen verschärfen.
https://www1.wdr.de/daserste/monitor/sendungen/waffen-saudi-arabien-menschenrechte-100.html
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Doppelstandards der Bundesregierung
Zaklin Nastic, menschenrechtspolitische Sprecherin der Fraktion Die Linke im Bundestag, erklärte am Sonntag anlässlich des internationalen Tags gegen die Todesstrafe am 10. Oktober:
Viele Länder, mit denen Deutschland eng verbündet ist, praktizieren weiter die Todesstrafe.
Diese Bundesregierung kultiviert skandalöse Doppelstandards, wie der jüngste Besuch des Bundeskanzlers in Saudi-Arabien zeigt, wo er sich einträchtig mit dem saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman zeigte und den brutalen Mord am Journalisten Khashoggi nur am Rande ansprach. Der Tod von inzwischen über 400.000 Menschen im Jemen spielte offenbar gar keine Rolle, im Gegenteil: Scholz bescheinigte den Aggressoren Saudi-Arabien und Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, auf eine friedliche Entwicklung im Jemen zu setzen. Das ist an trauriger Ironie kaum zu überbieten.
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/436289.doppelstandards-der-bundesregierung.html
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So widersprüchlich ist die Grünen-Politik
Guter Autokrat, böser Autokrat? Die von den Grünen mitgetragene Waffenexportpolitik der Bundesregierung wirft Fragen auf. Warum Saudi-Arabien unbedenklicher ist als Russland, muss erst einmal erklärt werden.
Aber was schon Konrad Adenauer nachgesagt wird, gilt auch für die Grünen: Das Geschwätz von gestern kümmert sie nicht.
Dass grüne Wahl- und Grundsatzprogramme massakriert werden, ist spätestens seit dem 24. Februar, dem Tag des russischen Angriffs auf die Ukraine, Alltag. Dass aber ein ausdrücklich festgelegter Punkt im Koalitionsvertrag der Ampel-Regierung kommentarlos ad acta gelegt wird, hat eine neue Qualität.
Letztlich irritiert auch die Logik, dass gegen ein Land und einen Autokraten, Russland und Putin, schwerste Sanktionen verhängt werden und das angegriffene Land, die Ukraine, massivst auch mit schweren Waffen und Milliardenhilfen unterstützt wird, während hier der Angreifer, Saudi-Arabien, und ein mindestens gleich übler Autokrat, Mohammed bin Salman, hofiert werden und Waffenlieferungen bekommen.
Die Logik, weshalb der Eine das "Übel schlechthin" ist und "ruiniert" (Baerbock) werden muss, während der Andere hofiert wird, sollte zumindest einmal dem offenbar unwissenden Bürger erklärt werden. Vielleicht übersehen wir ja allen etwas Wesentliches?
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/So-widerspruechlich-ist-die-Gruenen-Politik-7288635.html
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Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien sorgen bei Grünen für Streit
Der Kurs der Bundesregierung sorgt für Unmut bei den Grünen. Ein Bündnis will beim Parteitag ein vollständiges Exportverbot für Rüstungsgüter nach Saudi-Arabien fordern.
Vor dem Bundesparteitag der Grünen in der kommenden Woche ist in der Partei ein Konflikt über den Kurs der Bundesregierung gegenüber Saudi-Arabien entbrannt. Das berichtet der Spiegel. Ein breites Bündnis aus Vertretern des linken Parteiflügels und sogenannten Realos will demnach bei der Delegiertenkonferenz in Bonn einen Antrag einbringen, in dem ein vollständiges Exportverbot von Waffen nach Saudi-Arabien gefordert wird.
In dem Antrag heißt es dem Bericht zufolge: "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen fordern den Bundessicherheitsrat auf, zu einer vollständigen Umsetzung des Waffenembargos für Saudi-Arabien zurückzukehren." Saudi-Arabien begehe nachweislich "massive Menschenrechtsverletzungen" und sei Kriegspartei im Jemen-Krieg.
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Eine "hochproblematische" Entscheidung
Deutschland genehmigt Waffenlieferungen an Saudi-Arabien, offenbar in der Hoffnung auf Öl und Wasserstoff. Es ist ein Bruch des Koalitionsvertrages, den Experten für höchst bedenklich halten.
Jetzt aber, in Zeiten der Energiekrise, setzt Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz offenbar auf gute Beziehungen zum Königshaus in Riad. Ende September besuchte Scholz den saudischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman.
Nur wenige Tage nach der Reise verkündete die Ampel-Koalition erstmals seit Beginn ihrer Amtszeit, dass Rüstungsexporte an Saudi-Arabien genehmigt würden. Konkret geht es um Zulieferungen zur Ausrüstung und Bewaffnung von Kampfflugzeugen sowie Munition."Das sind genau die Waffensysteme mit denen Saudi-Arabien in der Vergangenheit Luftangriffe im Jemen geflogen hat, auch immer wieder systematisch gegen zivile Ziele", sagt Max Mutschler. Er forscht am Bonner International Center for Conversion (BICC) zu Rüstungsfragen. Die Entscheidung der Bundesregierung hält er für hochproblematisch, gerade angesichts der zeitlichen Nähe zum Auslaufen des Waffenstillstands im Jemen.
Insbesondere die Grünen hatten sich jahrelang vehement gegen Rüstungsexporte in Krisen- und Kriegsregionen und für strengere Regeln eingesetzt.
Auch im Koalitionsvertrag hatten SPD, Grüne und FDP vereinbart, keine Exportgenehmigungen für Rüstungsgüter an Staaten zu erteilen, solange diese nachweislich unmittelbar am Jemen-Krieg beteiligt sind. Dass jetzt doch exportiert wird, sei nur eine Ausnahme, argumentiert die Bundesregierung. Schließlich gehe es bei Eurofighter und Tornado um europäische Gemeinschaftsprojekte. Der "engen Zusammenarbeit und Kooperation mit unseren EU bzw. NATO-Verbündeten" komme aktuell eine hohe Bedeutung zu, teilt das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium auf Monitor-Anfrage mit.
Allerdings sind heute fast alle großen Rüstungsprojekte Gemeinschaftsprojekte. Dadurch könnte die Ausnahme immer mehr zur Regel werden, warnt Rüstungs-Experte Mutschler: "Letzten Endes hebelt man damit die deutschen Regeln und Gesetze aus, weil man eben immer sagt, es ist eine europäische Kooperation mit den Partnern, dafür müssen wir eine Ausnahme machen."
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/monitor/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-jemen-101.html
Dazu Film: https://www.daserste.de/information/politik-weltgeschehen/monitor/videosextern/ruestungsexporte-nach-saudi-arabien-oel-statt-menschenrechte-100.html = https://www1.wdr.de/daserste/monitor/videos/video-ruestungsexporte-nach-saudi-arabien-oel-statt-menschenrechte-100.html
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Bundesregierung muss sofortiges Waffenembargo gegen Saudi-Arabien und Jemen-Kriegsallianz verhängen
Pressemitteilung von Sevim Dagdelen, 04. Oktober 2022
„Angesichts des Auslaufens der Feuerpause im Jemen drohen neue Angriffe der saudischen Kriegsallianz gegen die Zivilbevölkerung im Land. Gerade die jüngsten deutschen Waffenlieferungen an Saudi-Arabien sind für den mörderischen Bombenkrieg der islamistischen Kopf-Ab-Diktatur von hohem Nutzen. Die Bundesregierung muss jetzt umgehend ein Waffenembargo gegen alle Länder der Jemen-Kriegskoalition verhängen, allen voran gegen Saudi-Arabien, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate und Ägypten“, erklärt Sevim Dagdelen, Obfrau der Fraktion DIE LINKE im Auswärtigen Ausschuss.
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Morocco 'Strongly' Condemns Iranian Interference in Yemen, Arab Internal Affairs
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Iran rejects Morocco's accusation of meddling in Arab countries' affairs
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UAE tops UN list of repressive countries around world
The UAE has topped a list issued by the United Nations of repressive countries around the world, which are witnessing systematic targeting of opinion activists and human rights defenders.
The United Nations included the UAE among a list of 42 countries where reprisals and intimidation are practiced against people and groups because of their cooperation with the United Nations in the field of human rights.
According to the UN report, these practices include detaining people, targeting them with restrictive laws, and monitoring both online and offline.
All cases highlighted in the report entitled “Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights” covered the period from May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022.
The cases concerned individuals and groups who cooperated with UN human rights mechanisms, or used UN procedures to share information and testimonies and to seek redress for human rights violations and abuses.
https://en.ypagency.net/274421/
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EU Press and information team of the Delegation to YEMEN: Statement on UN truce expiration in Yemen
Heads of Mission of the European Union and its Member States accredited to Yemen are extremely concerned by the failure to extend the truce on 2 October as proposed by UNSE Grundberg. The Houthis’ maximalist demands have not facilitated the task.
The truce has delivered tangible benefits to the Yemeni people, including a substantial decrease of civilian casualties, providing Yemen the longest period of relative calm in more than seven years; as well as over 1M metric tons of fuel through the port of Hodaydah; and the possibility for more than 21,000 Yemenis to fly internationally from Sana’a.
UNSE Grundberg’s truce proposal offers the possibility of enhancing the truce’s impact, including payment of salaries to civil servants, additional flights to and from Sana’a, unfettered oil shipments through the port of Hodaydah and, importantly, the reopening of roads, notably around Taiz. This would improve the life of millions of Yemenis.
A return to armed conflict would result in indescribable suffering for Yemeni women, men and children
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/yemen/statement-un-truce-expiration-yemen_en
cp12b Sudan
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Sudan’s democracy groups approve charter opposing army rule
More than 50 Sudanese pro-democracy groups have agreed on a new draft constitution, in one of the largest shows of unity from the country’s opposition since the 2019 popular uprising. The document, signed Wednesday evening, is meant to put the country back on the path to democracy and remove the military from power, according to group leaders.
Sudan has been mired in political turmoil since its military seized power in a coup last October after three decades of repressive Islamist rule under former President Omar Al Bashir. Following the military takeover, Sudan’s top general and current ruler, Abdel Fattah Burhan, swept away his civilian partners in government and detained hundreds of officials and activists.
At least 54 mainly grassroots networks — known as the Resistance Committees — signed the charter late Wednesday in Khartoum, in what is a hybrid of two separate proposals drafted earlier this year.
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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From Yemen to Ukraine, how Iranian drone technology is wreaking havoc
Armed drones designed and manufactured by Iran have given Tehran’s militia proxies across the Middle East a unique capability to wreak havoc throughout the region.
The Houthi militia in Yemen, for instance, has frequently used explosive-laden drones to target Saudi Arabia. Tehran provided these militants with the means and the know-how to assemble and launch these drones to devastating effect.
In September 2019, Iranian drones and cruise missiles were used to attack oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in eastern Saudi Arabia
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2174446/middle-east
My remark: By a Saudi news site.
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Today, a Yemeni gun forum user posted photos of an M16, an AKS-74u, & an Iranian Tondar (copy of the MP5A3) in a Yemeni gun store in Sanaa, #Yemen. The Tondar has the DIO logo on the receiver & its serial # is 7507834. The vendor didn't list any prices.
In addition, the following arms can be observed in the background: Serbian M05E1s, Chinese Type-56s (-1 & -2), East German MPi-KMS-72s, a Hungarian AK-63D, & AKM pattern rifles (photos)
Today, a Yemeni gun forum user posted a photo of an Iranian RU90G/RU120G thermal optic.
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1577284520406970369
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1577445459374882817
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
Siehe / Look at cp1
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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Looting Yemeni Wealth Continued by US-Saudi Aggression During UN-Sponsored Truce
Foreign companies continue the systematic looting of Yemen's oil wealth in collusion with the US-Saudi aggression, through which the coalition imposes harsh choices in Yemen.
Sources at the Yemeni Oil Ministry in Sana'a revealed that a giant oil tanker coming from China on its way to the Dabba port in Hadramout, which is under the control of the aggression to loot approximately 2 million barrels of crude oil.
The source pointed out that the ship heading to the port of Al-Daba is “MARAN CANOPUS”. He pointed out that the arrival of the giant ship to the port of Al-Daba comes a week after the departure of a ship from the Al-Nashima port carrying the looted Yemeni oil.
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US-Saudi Aggression Wishes to Control Oil-Wealth in Yemen Must End
The aggression has transformed the southern and eastern Yemeni governorates, which has huge wealth of oil, gas, gold and the rest of the other minerals into a land that has no national sovereignty.
It established local militias consisting of herds of mercenaries working with them for money that has no national issue but protecting the new colonists and companies that have been brought in to loot Yeme
My remark: A Houthi view.
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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Yemen
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. This mission will not result in a Board discussion.
Yemen continues to face a major humanitarian crisis with food insecurity rising amid higher global commodity prices and a shortfall in humanitarian assistance.
The truce and key policy reforms, including to improve the foreign exchange market, have contributed to greater macroeconomic stability.
Consolidating these hard-won gains requires further strengthening the fiscal position while prioritizing pro-growth spending, and improving governance and transparency, together with continued progress in conflict resolution.
Additional external financing is critically needed to support the reform process and macroeconomic stability.
https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2022/10/05/pr22336-yemen-imf-staff-concludes-visit-to-yemen
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Investigation of Al-Masirah Reveals Imbalances in Yemeni Gas Agreements, Selling It at Low Prices
A new investigation by Al-Masirah within the series "Wealth Before the Revolution: Gas the Wasted Energy" monitored the results of the request of the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company, the government contribution to which is 21.73%, approving three agreements for the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas.
The investigation indicated that gas sales and purchase contracts were concluded with France's Total and Suez and Korea's Kogas for a period of 20 years, at an annual rate of 6.7 million tons of gas, the ratio of which varies from one company to another.
"The purchase and sale contracts were marred by imbalances at the level of the term of each agreement, the volume of quantities, delivery terms and selling prices," Ahmed Daris, Minister of Oil and Minerals, indicated to Al-Masirah.
The minister pointed out that the gas sales prices in the two contracts of the French companies, GDF Suez and Total, were just incomplete calculation equations and did not include values and ratios to calculate the price.
He explained that the imbalances in the sales contracts led to the sale of every million thermal units with two dollars in the upper limit and one dollar in the minimum for the two French companies, and at three dollars and 15 cents for the Korean Kogas.
“The prices of selling gas to the three companies were unfair,” the Minister of Oil stressed. "It is remarkable that the contract of sale to Kogas stipulates that prices should be adjusted every five years, unlike the two French companies' contracts."
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The cement war in Yemen summons the Egyptians
The competition between local investors in the cement industry and production, and the government-controlled cement factories controlled by the Houthis, has gone into an undeclared war, far beyond the market, price, and quality, reaching theft and attracting human cadres among these factories, including engineers and operating experts.
https://www.newsyemen.net/new/88142
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
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Al-Qaeda in Yemen: A 6-month outlook
Yemen’s shaky truce in a years-long civil war between Government forces, Houthis and separatists has recently been broken. All sides are backed by foreign powers such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In the midst of this Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has become increasingly active, inflicting heavy casualties in brazen attacks upon all actors. Government forces and the Security Transitional Council (STC) have launched offensives to try and wipe out AQAP’s long-ignored presence in the region.
KJ-1: It is likely that AQAP will retain its influence in the region in the next 12 months.
KJ-2: It is likely that a new truce will be agreed upon in Yemen in the next 6 months.
KJ-3: It is likely that the increased activity of AQAP will attract the attention of international actors in the next 6 months
https://greydynamics.com/al-qaeda-in-yemen-a-6-month-outlook/
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Pro-UAE extremists blow up historical cemetery in Shabwa
Extremists affiliated with the so-called “Al-Amaliqa brigades” backed by the UAE blew up a historic cemetery in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen, media sources said on Friday.
The sources said that extremist elements used explosive devices to blow up the historic cemetery in Habban district, on the pretext that there are shrines for visiting there, which is rejected by the extremist religious groups.
https://en.ypagency.net/274746/
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Film: Armed man deposited two bombs, Taiz
https://twitter.com/AhmadAlgohbary/status/1577350533656227840
cp15 Propaganda
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Biden needs a ‘plan B’ when it comes to Iran
Iran’s blatant military provocations and relentless demands for concessions likely reflect its assessment that President Biden is desperate to avoid having to resort to a “Plan B” military strike if the nuclear talks collapse. Preventing Iran, the most prolific and dangerous state sponsor of terrorism, from acquiring a nuclear weapon is a wickedly complex challenge. But the Biden administration had better have an alternative strategy at the ready or be prepared to face the consequences of a nuclear-armed terrorist state.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/oct/6/biden-needs-a-plan-b-when-it-comes-to-iran/
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2389715
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Nach Ende des Waffenstillstands nehmen die Kämpfe etwas zu; beide Seiten werfen sich Verstöße vor.
After the end of truce, fights are increasing a little bit; both sides accuse each other of violations.
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Eight civilians wounded as Houthi terrorists bomb their car with drones
Eight civilians were seriously wounded as Houthi terrorists bombed their car with a drone rocket in Shameer area in Yemen's central Taiz province today. The casualties come a day after two child sisters were wounded by a Houthi landmine in the besieged provincial capital and hours after the injury of six civilians by Houthi bombardment of Al-Hamra village in Hodeidah province. /Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61111
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Houthis intensify their attacks on Yafa'
Heavy armed clashes erupted on Monday evening between the Southern Armed Forces and the Iran-backed Houthi militia along the line of contact in a border area between Yafa' district in the north of Lahj governorate and the Houthi-held regions of al-Baidha province.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36733
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KSrelief's Masam Project Dismantles 739 Mines within a Week in Yemen
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Project (Masam) for clearing in Yemen, dismantled, during the first week of October 2022, a total of 739 mines planted by the Houthi militia across Yemen, including four anti-personnel mines, 233 anti-tank mines, 476 unexploded ordnance and 26 explosive devices.
Since the beginning of the project, as many as 361,312 mines have been dismantled.
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2391169
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Fears as new Yemen fighting sees more dead a week after ceasefire expires
Multiple casualties were reported over the weekend in Yemen, where at least six government troops and an unknown number of Houthi fighters were killed in fighting across the country.
Fighting continues in Yemen between Houthi rebels and the internationally-recognised Saudi-backed government days after the warring parties failed to extend a UN-brokered ceasefire that expired last week, according to multiple reports.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/yemen-fighting-sees-more-dead-week-after-ceasefire-expires
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Landmine blast leaves two Yemeni civilians killed in Nihm
Two Yemeni civilians were killed on Sunday when a Houthi-laid landmine exploded in Nihm district.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31262.html
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Another Houthi drone downed northwest of #Marib today, according to [Aden gov.] army media (photo)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1579139070919602176
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[Aden gov.] Yemeni gov't army foils Houthi attack in Sa'ada
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31251.html
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Six children have been killed and wounded by Houthi landmines during the past two days in Taiz, Marib and Hodeidah provinces/Taiz Time
The Houthi militia are bombarding the eastern and western neighborhoods of the besieged Taiz city./Alsahwa Net
Houthis engage in clashes with resistance forces in Dhale'aprovince with the confrontations causing the only road for food supply from Aden port to the country's north.
The Yemeni army repels a Houthi attack in the northern province of Saada/Yemen Monitor
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61085
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Civilian injured by Houthi sniper southwest Yemen
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31236.html
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To help ensure #Yemen's community safety & security, @UNDP supported the clearing of +3,300 explosive ordnance in 12 governorates & 47 districts across the country. With thanks to our local implementing partner, #YEMAC who helps make this possible!
https://twitter.com/UNDPYemen/status/1576484896650203137
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Yemen army downs 2 rebel drones in Marib
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemen-army-downs-2-rebel-drones-in-marib/2706096
and also https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1578450527729262592
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Fresh round of deadly violence in Yemen after failure to extend truce
Heavy clashes between Houthi militiamen and Yemen’s pro-government forces have killed at least 8 people, a security official confirmed Friday. The fresh round of violence comes amid heightened tensions following last week’s failure to extend a cease-fire between the warring sides.
The official said exchanges of fire broke out late Thursday night in the contested western area of Yafa, killing four troops from either side and injuring five others.
https://thearabweekly.com/fresh-round-deadly-violence-yemen-after-failure-extend-truce
Film: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1578226961414901760
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Al-Naqib: Houthis suffer most painful blows in Yafa'
Iran-backed Houthi putschist militia was subjected to heavy casualties and material losses in Yafa' district in the north of Lahj governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36718
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Pro-coalition commander killed in Hajjah near southern Saudi border
https://en.ypagency.net/274732/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/07/military-commander-killed-in-clashes-near-saudi-border/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-31237.html
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Film: Two sisters seriously injured in landmine explosion in east Taiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGY5er-u0Sw
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Yemeni official: Military clashes kill 8 after truce fails
Heavy clashes between Houthi rebel troops and Yemen’s pro-government forces have killed at least 8 people, a security official confirmed Friday. The fresh round of violence comes amid heightened tensions following last week’s failure to extend a cease-fire between the warring sides.
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Project Masam removes 360,573 landmines and explosive devices planted by the Houthis
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance Masam announced that it successfully removed 360,573 landmines, improvised explosive devices and various unexploded ordnance in Yemeni liberated areas, in accordance with the latest statistics published early this month.
http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/c48f09b3b3d04d96914f4cb0868cea6a
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Another Houthi Infiltration Bid Foiled in Lahj [by STC separatist militia]
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36709
Film: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1578226961414901760
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Two Houthis killed in surprise attack in al-Dhale
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36708
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Landmine kills 2 children in Marib
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205939.htm
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Dozens of buildings damaged in Sana'a in Houthi failed launch of ballistic missiles
Dozens of buildings suffered damages in a Houthi failed launch of two ballistic missiles in Yemen's capital Sana'a this early Tuesday, media outlets have reported.
The terrorist militia sought to fire the missiles from the First Armored Division military camp in the northern part of the sprawling Sana'a city but the launch failed and affected houses and buildings near the camp
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61028
but
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We still don't know for sure what caused the explosion this morning inside/around the September 21 Park formerly First Armored Division. Sanaa
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1577253123093311490
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Yemen: Houthis resume attacks on government forces after six-month truce ends
Yemen's Houthi rebels resumed attacks on government forces just hours after the end of a six-month UN-mediated truce between the country's warring parties.
The Iran-backed Houthis launched attacks in a number of governorates in an attempt to secure battlefield gains, The New Arab's Arabic sister service, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reported.
This includes attacks against government positions in the Taiz province in the southwest and the oil-rich Marib Governorate in Yemen's east.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/yemen-houthis-resume-attacks-government-after-truce-ends
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Confrontations break out between Sanaa forces, coalition’s militants in Marib
https://en.ypagency.net/274411/
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[Aden gov.] Yemeni army thwarts two Houthi attacks in Taiz
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31204.html
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 das Abkommen 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 agreement.
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Aggression commits 63 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3206740.htm
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Aggression commits 57 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3206595.htm
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Civilian Injured in Mine Explosion, Remnants of US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
My comment: Rather a Houthi-laid landmine.
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83 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274795/
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Joint forces repulse Houthi attacks south Hodeidah
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36723
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91 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274757/
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Aggression commits 75 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3206190.htm
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Aggression commits 131 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3205970.htm
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56 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274441/
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Hodeidah…Death of Non-Combatants
Explosive Objects and Destitution
Every time we hear about a child in a hospital as a result of UXO incidents, we realize how childhood and families in Yemen suffer due to the war and its economic effects.
The war bears the biggest responsibility for the suffering of many families and their fall into poverty.
Whoever leaves a home or land they love, they would leave it physically while their souls remain attached to it; so how about those who forcibly left it under the weight of war, and were prevented from visiting it, and they had nothing left of its homes and alleys but rubble and ruins.
This is the case of the child Nagib Mahfoudh, (16 years old), who left his home and village (Al Mandhar in Al-Hawk District of Hodeidah Governorate) in 2018, when the Giants Forces (UAE-backed joint forces) announced their entry to Hodeidah Governorate. He, his family, and all residents of his village left, fleeing with their lives, leaving everything behind. The passage of every second was increasing the risk of losing their lives.
The child has become responsible for his family in the place of displacement so that they can provide for a living and housing. He worked as a fisherman and lived in his aunt’s house in Al-Hawk neighborhood, Al Hawk District of Hodeidah Governorate.
He was always sad about his home and village, according to his aunt Zahraa (58 years old). He always remembered his home, as he had a strong desire to return to it. Najib seized the opportunity of the withdrawal of the Giants Forces from the village of Al Mandhar, in mid-November 2021, thinking that he could sneak into his village just to look at it.
It was known that his village had become uninhabitable, with no safety, not because of bullets and shells fired by the two parties to the war (Ansar Allah (Houthis) group and the Giants Forces), but because of what the two parties to the conflict have left behind in terms of killing tools ranging from mines, Booby-Traps and camouflaged explosive devices. He finished his work at the sea, sneaked out the eyes of Ansar Allah gunmen and entered his village. There were only rubbles and wreckage, as well as some odd metals lying on the ground. His curiosity and desire to make use of the metal prompted him to carry home two of those metals.
It was Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 5:00 pm, when the child left his home in Al-Hawk neighborhood and went to a philanthropist who was distributing ice to the families displaced from Al Mandhar village. There, women, children, and some elderly people were crowding to get a piece of ice, so that they quench the thirst of fasting with cold water.
He sat waiting for his piece of ice, and in his hand was one of the metal objects he wanted to sell and benefit from its price. On his right and left were a number of displaced children queuing to get some ice. Because of displacement and destitution, many people are seen in queues in Hodeidah. This time, the queue was not for cooking gas or oil derivatives, for these people’s dreams are simpler. It was for pieces of ice.
He was moving these objects in his hands as a fun thing to help him pass the time until it was his turn to get a piece of ice. Suddenly, the metal object exploded, killing him and injuring eight others, including six children.
The Unexploded ordnance exploded and the hearts of Najib’s family were broken by his death. The flesh and blood of the victims were scattered in the place, while the pieces of ice did not come after that. The blazing fire of war that extended from Al Mandhar village to the alley of Al Hawk neighborhood melted all feelings of longing and turned them into sorrows.
https://mwatana.org/en/death-of-non-combatants/
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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Film: I went to Yemen
Although it was only a short trip, my visit to Yemen was certainly an experience. Sadly, for the last few years Yemen has been associated with war, however there’s another side to this beautiful country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7UHvDMsAbs
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Film: Aden holds its first Asian cultural bazaar
Aden holds a cultural, educational and entertainment bazaar of Korean and Japanese culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6frjkCz_nl8
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The Chewing Khat and #mentalhealth disorders video produced by us to raise awareness in #Yemen. It got 121000 views on our Arabic Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/Bridges-to-Peace-and-Solidarity-101800655208289/videos/3448227135287440/
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-825-yemen-war-mosaic-825
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-825 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-825:
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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