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October 17, 2022: The Yemen Review, September 2022 – Final Report of the Yemen International Forum 2022 – Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce – The Pitfalls of Saudi Arabia’s Security-Centric Strategy in Yemen – Yemen’s Future Conflicts will be Over Water – From Farm to Factory: Investing in Yemen’s Food Value Chains for Sustainable Food Security – Hate Speech in the Digital Environment in Yemen – and more
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Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-827b-yemen-war-mosaic-827b
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Truce Expires as Internal Divisions Deepen – The Yemen Review, September 2022
The truce between the internationally recognized government and the armed Houthi movement, in place since April, was allowed to expire without renewal on October 2. The UN-facilitated agreement engineered the longest period of relative peace of the war. September saw intensive negotiations to extend and expand the truce, and optimism was high throughout the month, but talks broke down when the Houthis made an eleventh-hour demand for the payment of additional military salaries. Efforts to revive the agreement continue, and talks continue over public sector salaries, the reopening of roads, and flights out of Sana’a airport. There was no major resumption of hostilities after the truce expired, though low-level clashes remain frequent.
The Southern Transitional Council continues to expand its control in the south. Following last month’s battle for Shabwa, the group has begun a nominally counter-terrorist campaign against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Abyan, and has engineered demonstrations and protests again the presence of Islah-affiliated forces in Hadramawt.
Yemen’s dual currencies remained stable over the course of the month. The government continued its efforts to secure a long-promised funding package from UAE and Saudi Arabia, though the latter has now renewed an agreement to provide fuel for Yemen’s power plants. A fuel crisis in Houthi territory brought recriminations from both sides but was averted with the import of additional supplies.
Seasonal rains in Yemen continue to cause massive flooding, which claimed a number of lives this month. The UN announced that it has secured enough pledged funds to begin the salvage of the FSO Safer, a deteriorating oil storage vessel posing a massive environmental risk in the Red Sea.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022
Politics & Diplomacy: Houthis Scuttle Truce Talks with Last-Minute Demands
The truce between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the armed Houthi movement, in place since April, was allowed to expire without renewal on October 2. The UN-facilitated agreement birthed the longest sustained period of relative peace since the conflict began, with a concomitant drop off in civilian casualties. September was dominated by fruitless negotiations to extend and expand the agreement. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg shuttled across the region to build support for an extension, as government and Houthi negotiators sparred over the terms. Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) chairman Rashad al-Alimi, inNew York to attend the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, gave a speech accusing the Houthis of disregarding the provisions of the truce. In Yemen, Houthi leaders communicated their resolve to continue fighting with large military parades showcasing new weapons systems.
Negotiations for an extension and expansion of the agreement centered on the payment of public salaries, the reopening of roads, fuel imports to Hudaydah port and flights from Sana’a airport. Despite optimism that an extension would be agreed, talks broke down after Houthi negotiators made an eleventh-hour demand that the government pay some of its military salaries as well.
Efforts to revive the truce are ongoing, and no major military operations have taken place in the days following its expiration. The payment of salaries remains a major inducement for a new agreement as economic conditions deteriorate, though the Houthis may pursue the money by other means; the group has threats against international energy companies operating in the region should it not come through.
While the truce engineered a temporary peace between the major belligerents, internal tensions on both sides have increased in the interim, a trend which continued in September. Members of the PLC remain divided following the expulsion of Islah-aligned military and security forces from Shabwa by UAE-backed forces in August. With Alimi out of the country for most of the month, STC President Aiderous al-Zubaidi continued to expand his political footprint in STC-controlled Aden, presenting himself as the de facto leader of the PLC. The STC expanded its territorial control in Abyan and Shabwa with a nominally counterterrorist campaign and publicly supported calls to expel Islah and other non-STC forces from Wadi Hadramawt and Al-Mahra, and orchestrated local demonstrations. Toward the end of the month, the PLC was summoned to a meeting with newly-appointed Saudi Defense Minister Khaled bin Salman, marking the first time all its members had met together since the council’s formation in April 2022.
There were also signs of possible division within the Houthi leadership. With dueling military parades between the Houthi-aligned defense and interior ministries, contrasting rhetorics between movement leader Abdelmalek al-Houthi, Supreme Political Council President Mahdi al-Mashat and chief negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalem, and seeming ambivalence over a truce extension, the group may be divided about the best way forward amid deteriorating economic conditions and ongoing unrest in Houthi-held areas.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18807
Military & Security: STC Forces Move Farther into Abyan
The military situation between government and Houthi forces remained largely stable in September, with no major military operations undertaken by either side despite ongoing low-level clashes, mostly in Marib, Taiz, Hudaydah, Al-Bayda, and Al-Dhalea governorates. An uptick in Houthi attacks was reported along these fronts in the days following the expiration of the truce on October 2, but government military officials tended to characterize these attacks as conforming to existing dynamics. As of October 6, no large-scale military offensive had been reported.
Behind the frontlines, low-level conflict continued between various government-aligned units, with Islah-aligned and UAE-backed forces observing an uneasy detente along the Shabwa-Hadramawt border and along the international highway linking Al-Abr to Shabwa. Islah-aligned forces remain concerned that the UAE-backed Giants Brigades will attempt to advance toward the Al-Abr border crossing with Saudi Arabia en route to Islah-controlled Wadi Hadramawt. In Jawf Governorate, the continued house arrest of Islah-aligned government political and military officials may have provoked an attack on border guards that resulted in the death of a Saudi officer.
In southern Yemen, STC-aligned forces continued their nominally counter-terrorist campaign against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Abyan and Shabwa governorates. In Abyan, Operation Arrows of the East continued into the central and northern portions of the governorate, with STC and government security forces taking control of the Omayran Valley, one of the largest AQAP strongholds in Yemen. Forces in Shabwa launched Operation Arrows of the South to target AQAP positions along the governorate’s border with Abyan, securing several areas and reportedly arresting the brother of a prominent AQAP leader. AQAP fighters reportedly fled into Houthi-controlled Al-Bayda and the mountainous areas along the Abyan-Shabwa border, and AQAP publicly announced its “Arrows of Truth” campaign against STC-aligned forces in southern Yemen. As of the end of September, STC-aligned forces were awaiting further authorization from STC President Aiderous al-Zubaidi to launch the fourth phase of Operation Arrows of the East, targeting Al-Mahfad district in eastern Abyan.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18808
The Economy & Finance: Govt and Saudi Arabia Reach Agreement For New Fuel Grant
Economic developments in September centered on the fuel crisis in Houthi-held areas and the continued delay of the Saudi-Emirati economic support package to the government. In early September, Houthi authorities initiated an emergency plan in areas under their control amid reportedly severe fuel shortages. Houthi authorities accused the coalition of being behind the shortage, citing a backup of fuel ships outside the port of Hudaydah, while the government accused the Houthis of manufacturing the crisis by preventing fuel merchants from submitting agreed-upon import documentation. The fuel crisis was ultimately averted in mid-September when the government allowed eight fuel ships into Hudaydah.
Although new Yemeni rials remained relatively stable in government-held areas through most of September, the threat of renewed exchange rate instability persisted, with Riyadh and Abu Dhabi continuing to withhold promised financial support for the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden (CBY-Aden). At the end of September, Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government reached an agreement to provide the latter with a new oil derivatives grant, worth US$200 million, to support power plant operations in areas of Yemen under the government’s control.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18809
The Environment: First Phase of FSO Safer Operation Fully Funded
Yemen received some rare good news in September when the UN announced it had finally reached the threshold (retroactively reduced from $80 to $75 million) to begin the first phase of the operation to salvage the FSO Safer. Despite the expiration of the truce, preparations surrounding the FSO Safer operation appeared to continue in early October.
Although weather conditions improved compared to August, flooding and torrential rains continued to affect areas across the country in September, with several civilians killed in flooding or lightning storms.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18810
Commentary by Hussam Radman: STC Talks with Baoum Could Shift Alliances in Southern Yemen
The STC is trying to pursue a “zero-problems” policy with the southern groups. For the STC, rapprochement with other southern powers would strengthen its claim of representing the south. Unifying southern voices would enhance the STC’s political position before a negotiating team is formed to represent the internationally backed Yemeni government in any future peace talks and would allow the STC leadership to devote full attention to its political battles in the eastern governorates of Hadramawt and Al-Mahra against the Islah party. Other southern groups largely welcome working out their differences and the prospect of gaining a voice in political and peace settlement decisions, but they may not rush to rapprochement with the STC– as Hassan and Fadi Baoum have – if the outcome of their power arrangement remains “zero gains.”
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18840
Photo Essay: Lessons in Survival
Photographer Ahmed al-Basha visited the Ibrahim Aqeel School on the western outskirts of Taiz city, which became a battleground when Houthi forces tried to seize control of nearby Taiz University in 2016. Artillery fire, landmines and other explosive devices destroyed some of the school’s buildings and severely damaged others. Still, finding no other nearby options, the school’s 800 students, boys and girls, largely returned after fighting shifted despite the prospects of hidden mines exploding or damaged buildings collapsing.
Across Yemen, the physical and economic impacts of the war provide barriers to parents’ ability to educate their children, with recently published results of a 2021 nationwide household survey indicating 40 percent of school-age children were not attending school. Parents cited high fees and transportation costs among the reasons.
At the Ibrahim Aqeel School, school director Abdulghani al-Haidari said overcrowding and structural concerns prompted him to organize two shifts, morning and afternoon, and to hold many classes outside.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/september-2022/18829
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Final Report of the Yemen International Forum 2022
Executive Summary
With few advances in Yemen’s formal peace track since the 2016 Kuwait negotiations, the UN-led effort to achieve a sustainable peace must be better integrated with Yemeni initiatives if it is to succeed. This was the premise of the Yemen International Forum (YIF), held on June 17-19, 2022, in Stockholm, Sweden, which brought together international actors with Yemeni political stakeholders, individuals involved in parallel initiatives to the formal political process, youth and civil society representatives, experts and academics. By providing a platform for these 205 stakeholders, 71 percent of them Yemeni, to envision a post-war Yemen and explore creative solutions for the many challenges en route to it, the forum aimed to ensure progress in six critical areas: Political Settlement, Political Life, The Southern File, The Economy, Reconciliation & Justice, and Security.
YIF participants widely viewed ending the war as the overarching requirement for significant progress across all themes; while a series of truces have instilled relative calm nationwide since April and allowed for piecemeal progress in some areas, even these gains will remain tentative unless integrated within formal peace negotiations. Track I settlement actors, including UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg and regional, American and European envoys, briefed YIF participants in plenary sessions and held focused, private bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the forum.
Political Settlement sessions acknowledged the need for a final framework to address regional security concerns, especially those of Saudi Arabia. However, Yemeni and international participants generally agreed that, for a lasting peace, Yemenis must decide Yemen’s needs. Doing so requires localizing peace by seeking out, supporting and adapting promising local-level initiatives nationwide, and ensuring inclusivity in shaping the final settlement. Beyond those actors with forces on the ground, inclusivity means drawing in political parties outside the internationally recognized government’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), along with civil society actors, tribes, marginalized groups and others. Several of these actors, focusing on the specific themes of the forum, explored what work could begin prior to a settlement deal that would both ease socio-economic burdens on Yemeni civilians and prepare the way for post-war stability.
The Yemeni government body now primarily responsible for guiding the war to a close is the eight-member PLC, led by Rashad al-Alimi. Formed in April in Riyadh as a replacement for the Yemeni presidency, its members represent the main political-military factions on the ground fighting Houthi forces. Creation of the PLC was generally supported by Yemen’s political parties, the international community and by many YIF participants, despite concerns about its exclusion of non-military civil-political actors.
Yemeni political life encompasses a wide array of actors and organizations, many of which have been fundamentally weakened by the prolonged conflict. Representatives of political parties, civil society organizations (CSOs), syndicates, trade unions and tribes used YIF sessions to look at how they can rebuild internally, the roles they can play now and in the future, and how they can influence the parties to the conflict and the UN peace process to ensure their concerns and interests are taken into account. Post-war Yemen will be defined in large part by how well these sectors of society reform and engage. Civil society, trade unions and professional syndicates were early victims of Yemen’s war, with most unions closing and many of the surviving CSOs shifting their activities to the humanitarian response. During the YIF, civil society actors focused on how to prepare to shift again, to participate in Yemen’s reconstruction and reconciliation.
Formation of the PLC brought with it a formal role at the highest level of decision-making for southern actors, which was broadly welcomed — with caveats — by YIF participants in sessions focused on southern Yemen. The Southern Transitional Council (STC), strengthened by its affiliated, Emirati-backed fighting forces, has cast itself as the sole representative of the south, but other southern actors present agreed the PLC cannot be effective if it marginalizes 0ther southern constituencies. They advised the PLC to be transparent about its appointments, end armed groups’ control of population centers, act quickly to provide public services and support an intra-southern dialogue, which participants saw as critical to unifying southern positions ahead of peace talks. Another key issue of consensus among southern leaders present was the desire for local control of the south’s natural resources and to begin a structured decentralization of public revenue collection and decision-making.
Within the economic file, YIF participants engaged in discussions on how to ameliorate the country’s economic deterioration, with a focus on the central bank and commercial banking sector, development and humanitarian aid, Yemen’s private sector and missed opportunities. Banking and financial sector actors from throughout Yemen hammered out a three-pronged initiative to: restore the banking sector’s capacity to facilitate foreign trade and reduce the cost of imported goods; restore currency stability, narrow the divergence of old and new rials and prepare the groundwork for reunifying the currency; and address the country’s liquidity crisis. To succeed, participants agreed technical and financial support is needed from the international community along with the direct involvement of the UN special envoy’s office.
YIF participants identified short-term socioeconomic improvements that could help support a peace settlement and provide the foundations for a stable political and security environment. These included supporting local food production, improving service delivery and preventing further deterioration of state institutions. Participants also noted the obstacles to such projects, such as insecurity, endemic corruption and water scarcity.
Once the war ends, Yemenis will not only be left to rebuild their state structures, economy, institutions and organizations, they will also need to reckon with the deep divisions, personal trauma and scars to the national psyche created by wartime abuses and crimes. YIF participants, including torture survivors, relatives of victims and victims’ advocates, sought ways to ensure reconciliation and justice are incorporated into the peace process, despite the reluctance of political actors and warring parties.
In examining the imbalances within the military and security sectors, YIF participants considered how a post-war restructuring of Yemen’s armed forces could ensure national security and the specific needs of individual governorates. These discussions focused on the need to develop national defense and security strategies, the challenges of integrating fighters into the armed forces and the private sector, and salary payment schemes to incentivize accountability and professionalism among fighting forces before and after the war ends. Participants also sought to shift security priorities on the ground away from the battlefield and toward human security by, for example, emphasizing community policing.
https://sanaacenter.org/publications/main-publications/18858
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Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce: April-October 2022
On 2 October 2022, the UN-mediated truce in Yemen came to an end as the warring sides rejected a proposal presented by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg to extend and expand the agreement (Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, 2 October 2022). The truce had first come into effect on 2 April 2022 and was renewed twice for two-month periods, in June and August. Among other things, it provided for a halt to offensive military operations by both the Houthi and Internationally Recognized Government (IRG)1 sides. Overall, the six months of truce brought several tangible benefits to the Yemeni population, including improved access to humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb, 31 May 2022), greater economic opportunities (ACAPS, 17 May 2022), and a significant reduction in violence and casualties countrywide. ACLED's report on the first two months of truce highlighted that April and May 2022 saw the lowest levels of reported fatalities from political violence in Yemen since January 2015. This trend has continued for the whole truce period: reported fatalities from political violence between April and September 2022 have consistently been lower than any other month since January 2015.
These outstanding achievements should not conceal the fact that political violence continued to befall Yemen even during the truce. Between April and September 2022, ACLED records an average of more than 200 reported deaths per month from organized political violence across the country. Although much lower than what was recorded before the truce, when the reported fatality average stood at over 1,750 per month from January 2015 until March 2022, this number is still alarmingly high when measured on a global scale. Critically, civilian fatalities accounted for 22% of the overall reported fatalities during the truce, a disproportionately high ratio compared to pre-truce trends. Three factors contribute to an explanation for the high incidence of civilian fatalities during the truce: the widespread presence of explosive remnants of war, including mines on land and at sea, improvised explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance; increased civilian mobility in former conflict areas; and continued violence in key conflict areas, such as the city of Taizz.
This report interrogates why the conflict in Yemen, despite a months-long truce, has continued to claim the lives of hundreds of civilians and combatants, highlighting how ongoing political violence could constitute a challenge for achieving sustainable peace in the near future. The report identifies four main drivers of protracted political violence during the truce: continued violence between Houthi and IRG forces; competition within the anti-Houthi camp; resurgence in activity from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; and increase in tribal violence. While political negotiations continue behind the curtains, a thorough understanding of these dynamics will help identify the underlying factors that might continue to fuel political violence in case of a renewal of the truce.
Continued Violence Between Houthi and IRG Forces
Continued violence between Houthi and IRG forces accounts for more than 65% of all political violence events recorded during the truce. Out of approximately 1,300 reported fatalities recorded between April and October, an estimated 35% can be attributed to the conflict between the Houthi and the IRG. Shelling has continued to rock the frontlines of Hajjah, Hodeidah, Marib, Sadah, and Taizz (in grey on map below). Albeit rarer, armed clashes have also taken place in Hodeidah, Marib, and Taizz (in teal on map below). Occasionally, Houthi drones have targeted IRG forces in Ad Dali, Hodeidah, Marib, and Taizz (in burnt orange on map below). Yet, the nature of violence has changed compared to the pre-truce period, being consistently less lethal. Arguably, this change indicates a shift towards deterrence.
This is best exemplified by shelling activity, which increased eightfold between April and October compared to the previous six months, while the reported fatalities from these events decreased by 97% during the same period. Most of the reported fatalities from violence between Houthi and IRG forces came from armed clashes, with more than half of those taking place in Marib and Taizz governorates. In late August, an attempted Houthi offensive in the west of Taizz city, which resulted in a reported 23 Houthi and 10 IRG fatalities, constituted the truce’s deadliest episode. The incident led the IRG to pull out from a military coordination committee set up by UN Special Envoy Grundberg to facilitate the reopening of roads around Taizz mandated by the truce.
Aerial warfare has also subsided significantly.
While the low lethality of shelling events suggests that most of this violence was intended to mark continued military presence at the frontlines rather than inflict fatalities, the continued violence shows enduring tensions between the two sides. At the time of writing, both sides have shown relative restraint despite the expiration of the truce, but the potential for re-escalation remains latent. Were the truce to be renewed, the need for confidence-building measures and de-escalation mechanisms, which had been initiated by UN Special Envoy Grundberg during the truce, would be of the utmost importance.
Competition Within the anti-Houthi Camp
Beyond the conflict between Houthi and IRG forces, tensions also run deep within the anti-Houthi camp. Most notable are the tensions in southern Yemen between the UAE-backed secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) and pro-unity politicians and forces, often affiliated with the Islah party.
Resurgence of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Increase in Tribal Violence
During the truce, tribal violence events grew by 59% compared to the six months prior, outnumbered by a 64% spike in the number of reported fatalities associated with these events. Overall, tribal violence proved to be disproportionately lethal, accounting for around 11% of the total reported fatalities during the truce period.
Looking Forward
After more than seven years of war, the UN-mediated truce has yielded several positive developments in Yemen. The most evident is perhaps an unprecedented drop in the number of fatalities produced by the conflict. The countrywide halt to offensive military operations brokered by the UN has led to a 90% reduction in the reported fatalities associated with confrontations between the warring parties, compared to the six months prior to the truce. Concurrently, airstrikes from Saudi-led coalition fighter jets – the second deadliest form of violence in Yemen – have completely stopped.
This truce’s arguable success should not conceal the fact that confrontations between Houthi and PLC factions have continued throughout the truce, resulting in over 450 reported fatalities. The mechanism set in place by the UN – a military coordination committee and a joint coordination room – provided important channels of communication to de-escalate the conflict, but it did not tackle the several drivers of violence at the local level. Should the truce be renewed, violations would likely rebound in the absence of trust-building measures aimed at promoting political dialogue between the warring parties.
Furthermore, the conflict between the Houthis and the IRG is just the tip of the iceberg in Yemen. During the past six months, political violence continued to befall the country, adapting to the new political environment produced by the truce. As the warring parties temporarily diverted resources and fighters from the frontlines, local conflicts regained momentum. Concurrently, civilian casualties remained at high levels due to heightened repression and increased mobility in conflict zones. Political violence in Yemen is multifaceted and bound to inherently local dynamics. While broadly successful in temporarily cutting down on conflict, the truce had the side effect of fueling ongoing drivers of future conflict in the country, and obscuring them from the attention of the international community.
https://acleddata.com/2022/10/14/violence-in-yemen-during-the-un-mediated-truce-april-october-2022/
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The Pitfalls of Saudi Arabia’s Security-Centric Strategy in Yemen
SUMMARY
Saudi Arabia’s security-oriented approach to Yemen has foundered. The Saudi-led coalition has failed to defeat the Houthis militarily or to restore the government the group toppled. Moreover, Saudi militarization of the border with Yemen has damaged the Yemeni economy—with negative consequences for Saudi Arabia. Crucially, Saudi Arabia’s security is contingent on Yemen’s stability and economic prosperity. As such, Riyadh should contribute to reviving Yemen’s moribund economy, both in the borderlands and in the inland agricultural sector.
KEY THEMES
Yemenis have long nursed historical grievances against Saudi Arabia. The loss of Asir, Najran, and Jizan occurred nearly a century ago but continues to breed resentment today. The Houthis have proven adept at capitalizing on such resentment as well as on that generated by Saudi Arabia’s military campaign and related policies.
The Saudi tendency to view Yemen through a security lens increased following the Houthis’ capture of Sanaa in 2015. The subsequent Saudi-led military intervention failed to achieve its goals and hastened the collapse of the Yemeni state.
Riyadh’s militarization of areas on either side of the Saudi-Yemeni border, restrictions on the entry of Yemeni goods into Saudi territory, and clampdowns on Yemeni nationals in Saudi Arabia have disrupted cross-border communal and economic life, and done little to improve Saudi domestic security. Divorcing the Yemeni border areas from their hinterland, which the Saudis are attempting to do, is futile.
INTRODUCTION
In February 2022, Salem, a twenty-five-year-old man from Yemen’s Ibb Governorate, returned to his family in a coffin.1 Salem was killed in action; his unit had engaged in battle with the Saudi military in the borderland governorate of Al-Jawf, where he and others had been deployed by Ansar Allah, an Iran-backed Zaydi Shia rebel group better known as the Houthis. Following his burial, several members of Salem’s immediate community, among them one of his brothers and six other men from his family, joined the Houthis.
At first blush, Salem comes across as an unlikely candidate for recruitment into the ranks of the Houthis. Ibb Governorate, in west central Yemen, is far from the Houthis’ heartland in the country’s northwest, and Salem, like most of the governorate’s inhabitants, was a Shafi’i Sunni. Yet he was hardly alone. Houthi inroads beyond the Zaydi community and its traditional areas of influence make for a significant, albeit little-known, dimension of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, which erupted in 2014 and drew in regional actors the next year. The Houthis often tailor their narrative to appeal to Yemenis who, irrespective of their areas of origin and religious persuasion, are angered by the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, Riyadh’s militarization of Yemen’s border regions, and even Saudi Arabia’s historical encroachment on Yemeni territory. This narrative eschews the sectarian slogans that the Houthis employ when targeting Zaydis, and focuses instead on the issue of defending Yemen’s sovereignty, thereby feeding into patriotic sentiment shared by all.
Indeed, recent stringent Saudi security policies coupled with historical Yemeni grievances over Saudi Arabia’s decades-old perceived usurpation of Yemeni territory have generated deep resentment, resulting in thousands of young Shafi’i Sunnis joining the Houthis. This has complicated Riyadh’s strategy for bringing the Houthis to heel, and appears to have played a role in convincing the Saudis to settle for a ceasefire in spring 2022 and seize a chance to extricate themselves, at least partially, from a quagmire.
But the larger picture is even more important to take in. There are several indications that Saudi Arabia’s security-centric strategy has failed. The most obvious sign is the condition in which Yemen finds itself today. Yemen is very nearly a failed state, and Saudi Arabia is one of the parties that bears responsibility for this development. A failed state on its doorstep hardly guarantees security for Riyadh. Moreover, with the latter’s Yemeni adversaries armed with missiles and drones, any attempt by the Saudis to protect their country by creating buffer zones or building border walls is unlikely to have the desired effect. In order to achieve true security, Saudi Arabia should stop thinking about militarization, all the more so as its policies in this regard are generating pushback from Yemenis, and start thinking about shoring up what little political stability exists in Yemen and supporting economic projects in the country that benefit both Yemenis and Saudis. This is the only way to bring lasting security to Saudi Arabia’s border regions with its neighbor, and to Saudi Arabia itself – by Ahmed Nagi
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Yemen’s future conflicts will be over water
Ravaged by war, the country is also running out of water. That is leading to local conflicts that could grow.
This atypical degree of flooding represents a compounding catastrophe for a country that experts have predicted could soon run out of usable water and that has been ravaged by war for the last eight years.
Rain is rare, but “when it comes it is very intense for a short period of time, causing floods, which in turn causes significant damage to farmland and buildings, as well as the loss of life,” Dr Walid Saleh, the chief technical adviser at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Aden, told me.
Indeed, as temperatures have risen, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have also increased, combining with the destruction of water sources across the country by warring parties to deepen Yemen’s crisis.
And the crisis will only get worse. According to new research conducted by the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), local conflicts are breaking out over water and other resources across Yemen. In Hadramout governorate, for instance, we found that two groups of farmers have been fighting over water after flooding destroyed a canal.
Such conflicts have the potential to grow larger and become more intractable if climate change and environmental destruction are not immediately addressed.
Over the last half-century, average temperatures in Yemen have increased by 1.8 degrees Celsius, setting off a chain reaction — unpredictable rainfall, extended periods of drought and severe flooding. These climate trends have devastated arable land, destroyed critical infrastructure and displaced tens of thousands of people.
With no infrastructure to properly capture and channel the rainfall towards the country’s water basins, water levels in Yemen’s aquifers are running dangerously low.
As a result, wells connected to the basins have begun to dry up. Indeed, in the capital, Sanaa, water could previously be found at a depth of just 180 metres. Today, some wells drilled to a depth of 1,000 metres don’t yield potable water.
Once a country that largely depended on agriculture, the percentage of the population that lives in rural Yemen has decreased from 91 percent to 61 percent between 1960 and 2020. As farming has become increasingly unviable, agrarian communities have migrated to cities in search of alternative livelihoods. Meanwhile, irrigation remains unregulated for those who remain in agriculture. Qat, Yemen’s primary cash crop, is a major water guzzler.
Climate change and over-irrigation are not the only major drivers of water scarcity in Yemen. The war between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi armed group has also left critical water infrastructure damaged and destroyed.
And if climate change and conflict aren’t each bad enough, they have begun partnering in devastation.
Of course, community conflicts over water in Yemen are not new.
Yet our research suggests that many more fresh conflicts will emerge as water sources are depleted in the future.
Displacement adds to the resource strain on communities hosting those fleeing war – by Niku Jafarnia
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/14/yemen-conflicts-water-displaced
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From Farm to Factory: Investing in Yemen’s Food Value Chains for Sustainable Food Security
New approach brings together various elements of food value chain to yield results
Amid Yemen’s ongoing conflict, millions suffer from extreme hunger. After nearly eight years of fighting, two-thirds of the country´s population need humanitarian support to improve their living standards.
In a country that imports nearly 90 percent of its food, other factors like climate change, COVID-19, and global supply-chain issues have put even more pressure on households facing significant economic challenges. These include rising inflation, lack of job opportunities, non-payment of salaries, low incomes, and skyrocketing prices of even the most basic essentials.
According to the UN´s World Food Programme, 17.4 million Yemenis are food insecure – a number that is projected to reach 19 million by December 2022. Malnutrition rates among women and children remain among the highest in the world with 1.3 million pregnant or breastfeeding women and 2.2 million children under the age of five requiring treatments for acute malnutrition.
In these conditions, small changes can make a big difference allowing people to be able to feed their family. In partnership with the World Bank’s International Development Association and the United Nations Development Programme, the Yemen’s Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service (SMEPS) have previously supported livestock smallholders. But now, a new approach led by SMEPS joins the food value chain from the breeder to the veterinarian, and from intermediaries to the factory, in a bid to further support those most at need.
IMPROVING FOOD VALUE
Already impoverished and heavily reliant on food imports, the impact of war, inflation, global supply-chain issues and much more has meant that the cost of everyday staples has massively increased – making life even harder for most Yemenis.
The SMEPS’s approach to developing the food value chain revolves around improving production assets as well as investing in local food producers, supporting supply chains, suppliers, and value-added activities to address food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen. It works to not only support individuals but to create sustainable and resilient food value chains that benefit the community – and the economy – as a whole.
The project is an essential pillar in improving the lives of women like Afrah and Haifa whom you will meet below, but is also about connecting key elements of the food value chain to bring even greater benefits to women, their families and their communities – offering diversified sources of income and developing livestock value chains, all of which will contribute to food security resilience in the long term.
A CENTRAL ROLE FOR WOMEN
In rural communities, Yemeni women play a pivotal role in maintaining food security to help prevent hunger and malnutrition. Women build food resilience through their land management and by learning how best to use fertilisers and pesticides to tend their crops – all helping to ensure their families and communities have enough food to eat. Communities also rely on women to tend livestock and to produce meat, milk, ghee, eggs, and honey – contributing to reduced poverty and creating job opportunities.
SUPPORTING VETERINARIANS TO REDUCE LIVESTOCK MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
As ESPECRP brings the key elements of the food value chain together, it has also started to support local veterinarians. The project recognizes that their work is crucial to raising and keeping healthy animals and improving milk production (with photos)
https://undpyemen.exposure.co/from-farm-to-factory
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3qAXN8sAQ&t=4s
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Hate Speech in the Digital Environment in Yemen
The report brings into light the repercussions of hate
speech and the the most eminent measures that would limit the spread of this discourse through the digital space.
The report, titled: “Hate Speech in the Digital Environment... Diagnosis and Treatments” stated that “the Yemeni media had a significant role in fueling the civil conflict and hatred, and that the parties' media machines practiced fomenting “blatantly to demonize their opponents.”
The report further stated that hate speech is not a product of the current war, but it rather is rooted in the collective conscience, since before the current war, as one of the structural factors of conflict between groups. However, the consequences of hate speech at the present time are more destructive and dangerous than ever, given what social media platforms represent a major contributor to amplifying and spreading hatred on a large scale, as well as increasing the severity of social division and fragmentation.
The report stated that the war contributed to creating new derogatory terms which were not known before, in addition to bringing into the surface old terms and reinforced their use among the conflicting parties and their supporters (individuals and media organizations) who use them to stigmatize the other with deeply negative and hostile traits.
In the same regard, the report pointed out that hate speech played a pivotal role in deepening the division and the emergence of a state of extreme disharmony between the Yemeni conflicting parties, in addition to leading to acts of violence, fragmenting the social fabric, and contributing to war prolongation. Furthermore, it revealed that there is a close link between hate speech that is broadcast through cyberspace and the violence that is exercised on the ground, given that much of the hostile and discriminatory behavior that target some groups/individuals was the result of accumulated grudges and hatred fueled by hate speech.
The report added that hate speech represents a real threat to coexistence and social stability, which necessitates that all actors (social, political, civil, etc.) must face it by all means, based on the opinion that: "The more we can undermine hate speech with friendly words, rationality, and the truth, the weaker hate speech becomes.”
It also pointed out that the spread of hate speech online and the popularity it is gaining over time is both a problem and a challenge, and therefore understanding and monitoring the dynamics of hate speech across diverse online communities and platforms is essential to developing new and proper responses to it.
“Hate Speech in the Digital Environment report” further warned that social media risks creating new hierarchies rooted in discrepancies, and often creates isolation, with many users interacting mostly with like-minded people, which exacerbates the polarization and societal divisions.
The report issued by the Digital Rights Project pointed out that “Facebook’s lack of local linguistic expertise and cultural knowledge, and the platform’s reliance primarily on complex algorithms to detect and remove harmful content has made the task of suppressing
sectarianism through the digital space and other forms of harmful content which targets local vulnerable groups more difficult.
The report cited the opinions of journalists and media professionals regarding measures to limit the spread of hate speech.
Report in full: https://samrl.org/pdf/455Hate_speech_SAM2.pdf
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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USAID: In just 2 weeks, health ministry teams in Yemen, w/ campaign, cold chain & transport support from @USAID
& partners
@WHO & @UNICEF, vaccinated 263k people against #COVID19! It’s a big boost in vaccinations, as just 865k Yemenis had been vaccinated since the start of the pandemic. (photos)
https://twitter.com/USAIDMiddleEast/status/1580647159703035904
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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Latest Updates on Yemen, Oct. 17
https://english.iswnews.com/25064/latest-updates-on-yemen-17-october-2022/
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MILITARY SITUATION IN YEMEN ON OCTOBER 16, 2022
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-yemen-on-october-16-2022/
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Audio: Zum Welternährungstag: Kriegsgefahr nach Ende der Waffenruhe im Jemen?
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Film: What impact did the six-month truce in Yemen have?
A six-month ceasefire between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition has expired, and attempts to extend the truce have failed. Hassan el Tayyab, the director for Middle East Policy at Friends Committee on National, discusses how the break in fighting was able to affect the humanitarian situation in the war-torn country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRj02nj0DNQ
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Films: Hadi Jumaan is honored at a ceremony by #Aurora Organization for the Awakening of Humanity Among the three most prominent humanitarian individuals in the world. This honor motivates us to keep going. #Humanity_Mediators #HMD
https://twitter.com/HMD_yemen/status/1581375981398659072
"The feeling I get when I return bodies to their families helps me continue this work." 2022 Aurora Humanitarian @HadiGumaan & his team of trained volunteers have retrieved the bodies of over 1,800 fighters from the frontlines and negotiated the release of 300 prisoners of war.
https://twitter.com/auroraprize_/status/1580955339125579781
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180 Days For Justice For Abductees An advocacy campaign launched by Abductees' Mothers Association to demand justice for the abductees, forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained persons in Yemen and to hold the violators accountable.
https://twitter.com/abducteesmother/status/1581347243897913344
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At least three people killed in bus accident north Lahj
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36758
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2 passengers died, 47 others injured in passenger bus accident on line linking Lahj, Taiz
https://en.ypagency.net/275420/
Photos: https://twitter.com/mohgezan/status/1581541102355873793
https://twitter.com/RiyadhAldubai/status/1581645730837540865
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MSF: Today, a bus reportedly carrying over 40 people overturned while traveling on the road between Aden and Taiz, leaving several people injured. @MSF team quickly dispatched ambulances to the scene of the accident, and 26 injured were transported to the ER. read the full statement
https://twitter.com/msf_yemen/status/1581708292883353600
and
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Photo: This is Najd Thamran, one of the most dangerous roads that links Taiz to Aden. Deadly accidents happen almost every week. This road is used for 7 years now as an alternative one
https://twitter.com/HanaShowafi/status/1581613236817866752
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[Sanaa gov.] Land Transport Authority condemns coalition mercenaries' blocking of main roads
The General Authority for Land Transport Affairs on Sunday condemned the continued mercenaries of the US-Saudi-led aggression coalition in blocking main roads and endangering the lives of citizens.
In a statement issued today and Saba received a copy of it, the authority explained that a mass transit bus had a tragic accident at dawn today, Sunday, in Naqil Dhamran in Al-Qabayta District of Lahj province, on the road linking the provinces of Taiz, Lahj, and Aden, with 47 passengers on board due to the continued blocking of main roads by the aggression coalition mercenaries.
The statement stated that the accident resulted in the death of a number of bus passengers and the injury of others with moderate, severe and light injuries.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207455.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275508/
My comment: This is odd as the Sanaa government itself still blocks better roads leading to Taiz.
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Audio: Ende der Waffenruhe: Im Jemen droht ein Aufflammen der Kämpfe
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Film: End of the Truce in Yemen
The six-month truce between the Yemen government forces and Houthi rebels is over. What happened? Will The fighting resume?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjLjPr7HN3M
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ICTJ: Yemen
ICTJ partners with civil society and victim groups to advance accountability initiatives and strengthen transitional justice. We also support the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights.
The only local accountability mechanism in Yemen is the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (National Commission), which was established in 2012 by Presidential Decree No. 140. The commission is mandated to investigate violations of human rights and international humanitarian law since 2011.
Since 2021, ICTJ has supported the National Commission as part of a broader effort to lay the foundation for future accountability, truth-seeking, and reparations processes.
https://www.ictj.org/where-we-work/yemen
My remark: The National Commission isn’t neutral, it’s biased anti-Houthi.
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Yemen: Yemeni oil facilities under threat from Houthis
[Aden ] Yemeni government stresses danger to country's energy infrastructure after failure to reach agreement to renew truce
"Houthi damage to oil facilities will not be limited to Yemen's economy," warned Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak after a meeting with the US ambassador to Yemen.
https://atalayar.com/en/content/yemen-yemeni-oil-facilities-under-threat-houthis
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“Yemeni Woman as Peace Builder, Reality and Ambitions” Panel Discussion Organized by Abductees Mothers Association as Part of She Builds Peace Campaign.
In conjunction with the International Day of Peace, Abductees’ Mothers Association held, in collaboration with the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), a panel discussion titled “Yemeni Woman as Peace Builder, Reality and Ambitions”, as part of She Builds Peace campaign.
The first topic of the session, titled “Women’s Role at Peacebuilding during War”, was presented by the activist, Dalia Mohammed, who worked as an emergency medical technician at the front-line during the war, participated at violations documenting and monitoring, and is a member of Taiz Women for Life Initiative, whose main concern was lifting the siege of Taiz. Dalia said that while Yemen has been in eight long years of war, making thousands of dead, wounded, displaced, exiled, detainees and forcibly disappeared individuals, as well as destroying cities and infrastructure, women have played a major role in peacemaking, conflict mitigation, and continuous peace searching. She explained that, since 2015, women have participated at various events and consultative meetings, both locally and internationally, that aimed to make peace.
She added that women have evacuated the wounded and the civilians out of war-affected areas. They have, also, negotiated humanitarian aid access, lifting siege, and releasing abductees and detainees.
Added to that was their great efforts to achieve a long truce throughout the country, and limit the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
http://ama-ye.org/index.php?no=1928&ln=En
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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YPC: aggression seizes two fuel ships
YPC company spokesman Issam Al-Mutawakil said the aggression coalition detained the diesel ship "Cornet" and the gasoline ship "Sea Hart" despite their inspection and obtaining entry permits from the United Nations.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207065.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29002/YPC-US-Saudi-Aggression-Seizes-Two-Fuel-Ships
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YPC: the aggression seizes new diesel ship
YPC official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakil said the aggression detained the diesel ship "Princess Khadija" despite its inspection and obtaining entry permits from the United Nations.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3206922.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28986/US-Saudi-Aggression-Seizes-New-Fuel-Ship
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Film: World Food Day 2022-WFP Yemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eju53b9XBsM
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Film: Over 17 million people in Yemen are facing acute food insecurity. So far in 2022, YERF has distributed 21,991 food baskets across Yemen reaching 131,946 individuals. Please consider supporting food basket distributions this #WorldFoodDay with a donation.
https://twitter.com/yemenrrf/status/1581695063234859010
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Real time pictures: @monarelief's team distributing now food aid baskets to the most vulnerable families on the occasion of #WorldFoodDay Our distribution is funded by @monareliefye's fundraising campaign in Patreon.
https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1581607956549754880
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#Yemeni children suffer from #PTSD. The Anxiety & Promoting #Resilience program gives children the space & safety to discuss taboo issues. Students in Taiz schools wrote on balloons their fears of #war, #domesticviolence & the loud sounds associated to explosions. (photos)
https://twitter.com/KawkabAlwadeai/status/1581190521133096960
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Yemen Education Cluster - Humanitarian Dashboard (January - August 2022)
Yemen: Education Cluster Coverage and GAP Analysis (as of Aug 2022)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-education-cluster-coverage-and-gap-analysis-aug-2022
Yemen: Increased Inclusive Classroom Capacity (as of Aug 2022)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-increased-inclusive-classroom-capacity-aug-2022
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Yemen: Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) 2022 - Funding Status (14 October 2022)
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Film: Jemen: Ein Psychiater für eine halbe Million Menschen
Depressionen, Kriegstraumata, Psychosen: Im Jemen kämpfen unzählige Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen. Ein staatliches Krankenhaus versucht zu helfen, wo es kann. Doch die Mittel sind begrenzt und das Personal überfordert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95PmzP8Lwc = https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139966681/jemen-ein-psychiater-fuer-eine-halbe-million-menschen?ref=rss
and Engslish version, text and film:
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War-torn Yemen battered by mental health crisis
Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis: Yemen's seven years of brutal civil war have caused an explosion of mental illness overwhelming the basic health care services.
"We try to provide treatment, but we cannot treat everyone", said Adel Melhi, director of a psychiatric hospital in the rebel-blockaded city of Taez, one of the places hardest hit by the conflict.
Aid groups have raised alarm with more than 23 million people -- more than two-thirds of Yemen's population -- dependent on aid.
While the government-run Taez psychiatric hospital has space for 200 patients, the numbers needing care because of the "tragedies caused by the war" have surged far higher, Melhi said.
Yemen, with around 30 million people, had just 59 psychiatrists in 2020 -- or one for every half a million people -- according to health ministry figures.
Add in therapists, caregivers and nurses, and the number of professionals dedicated to mental health rises to 300, divided across seven hospitals.
The authorities have not published any recent data on mental illness in Yemen, long the Arab peninsula's poorest country.
One 2017 study, by Yemen's Family Development and Guidance Foundation based in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, estimated that nearly a fifth of all residents had mental health issues.
The report said the population "faces constant pressure, loss and serious shocks -- whether as a result of food insecurity, unemployment, cholera, arbitrary detention, torture, indiscriminate attacks, air strikes or poor basic public services."
The United Nations, in a report this year, said the number could now be even higher because of the additional strain of the Covid pandemic and the "continuing toll of the conflict".
In Hajja, northwest of Sanaa, the aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) runs a specialised mental health clinic.
"We help people who went through a traumatic situation, mostly related to violence because of the context of war," said Aura Ramirez Barrios, who leads the clinic's operations.
"We have a lot of people who lost family members, their homes, and suffer from displacement."
About three-quarters of the patients present "severe mental health disorders", she added, including "psychosis, depression, bipolar disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder".
Barrios said she sees the clinic as a place of hope, where Yemenis feel safe "after all the violence they have and continue to suffer".
One challenge is that many Yemenis only seek medical advice once symptoms have become "unmanageable", after a suicide attempt or experiencing hallucinations, for example.
Part of that is due to the stigma of mental illness in Yemen, she explained.
Coming to the clinic is particularly difficult for women, who must ask permission from their family or their husbands.
"It is heartbreaking because when you hear their stories, you realise they needed help a long time ago," Barrios said.
"Women suffer through a lot of losses, traumatic events and violence -- and what was grief, with the years, becomes depression." (with photos)
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221014-war-torn-yemen-battered-by-mental-health-crisis
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d565IzU4cI0
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Audio: Ohne Helfer keine Chance: Berichten über den Jemen
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We are still waiting for UN to achieve peace that ends the suffering of Yemen children!! #But they do not care because they do not live the suffering & tragedy that we live. #we need ur support to provide urgent food aid to poor families, Plz #Donate http://gogetfunding.com/food-and-medicine-for-yemen… (film)
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1580677598635765763
Hey dear friends, I received new photo this week for girl Makia, which provided her treatment from malnutrition in Sana'a in Aug, thanks Allah, then humanity & generosity of our donor friends. Yemen children lives a worst disaster, You can save more lives http://gogetfunding.com/food-and-medicine-for-yemen (photos)
https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1580668848399077376
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Yemen: Conflict leaves millions of children without proper education
After nearly eight years of armed conflict, Yemen is experiencing a crisis in education. Over two million children are out of school and countless others are growing up with uncertain access to education. Given the importance of education in supporting Yemen’s post-conflict recovery, these lost years of learning will have far-reaching consequences.
According to UNICEF figures, over two million children are out of school, over four million need support to access education, and over 20 per cent of all primary and secondary schools are closed.
Students and teachers have been killed or injured at or on their way to school, while a lack of salary has forced thousands of teachers to look for other work. The danger and economic impact of the conflict has also forced thousands of families to stop sending their children, notably girls, to school.
“My father lost his leg and arm and cannot work anymore, so all my siblings had to stop their education and find jobs instead,’’ said Afaf, an 11-year-old girl living in a camp for internally displaced people in Hodeida. She is the only one in her family who goes to school. “I go to class but the school at the camp cannot pay salaries for teachers, so we rely on volunteers to teach.”
Schools in Yemen have not been spared during the protracted conflict. Over the last eight years, at least one out of every four educational facilities has been destroyed, damaged, or used for non-educational purposes. Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict must ensure that all necessary measures are taken to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. Violence against students, education personnel and schools or universities causes long-lasting harm. It also hinders the recovery process once conflict ends.
In the highly volatile context of Yemen where many children have only ever known life in conflict, safe access to education can alleviate the psychological impact of violence by offering children a sense of routine. Addressing Yemen’s education crisis requires a comprehensive and multisectoral approach that addresses all basic needs, as all essential needs are interconnected.
‘’The magnitude of humanitarian needs was already beyond what aid actors can cover. Now significant funding cuts mean millions of Yemeni children will have even less access to food, health shelter and education,’’ said Katharina Ritz, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Yemen. “Only political efforts will resolve this desperate humanitarian situation. It is therefore vital that efforts to find a resolution are intensified.”
https://www.icrcnewsroom.org/story/en/2031/yemen-conflict-leaves-millions-of-children-without-proper-education/0/yJrb2DAeWL = https://www.icrc.org/en/document/yemen-conflict-leaves-millions-children-without-proper-education
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Film: Education crisis in Yemen after years of unrest
As one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Yemen, education remains disrupted for millions of children. As Sarah Jane Bell reports, just getting to the classroom can be a life or death situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uyjGiRgRA0
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A bridge to livelihood! - RDP Success Story - Oct, 2022
Since RDP took over the GFD in 2019, supported by WFP, Sayda has been already listed in the general food distribution program as one of the most vulnerable and conflict-affected households headed by women in the district. It was a surge of relief and happiness for her when receiving food rations to secure her children with daily sustenance. “Receiving food rations has not only helped us have food into our mouths, but it has given us a chance to save a little money to look for livelihood. That was when I first bought two sheep, benefiting from their milk and raising them to have even more,” Sayda stated. This case is just a living example of other 7,630 HHs RDP supports through the general food distribution program over 3 districts of Al-Bayda governorate. We are forever grateful for the generous support we continue to receive from the World Food Programme (WFP) that helps us provide crucial assistance to most in need families to save their lives.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/bridge-livelihood-rdp-success-story-oct-2022
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Zehn krebskranke Kinder nach Injektion abgelaufener Medikamente gestorben
Mindestens zehn an Leukämie erkrankte Kinder sind in einem jemenitischen Krankenhaus gestorben, nachdem ihnen ein verfallenes Krebsmedikament injiziert wurde. Dutzende weitere im Kuwait-Krankenhaus in der von Huthi-Rebellen kontrollierten Hauptstadt Sanaa seien nach den Injektionen schwer erkrankt, teilte das Gesundheitsministerium mit. Die gestorbenen Kinder seien drei bis 15 Jahre alt gewesen.
Die Medikamente für eine Chemotherapie, deren Verfallsdatum abgelaufen war, seien an mehrere Privatkrankenhäuser geschmuggelt worden, hieß es weiter. Gesundheitsbeamte und medizinisches Personal sagten der Nachrichtenagentur AP am Freitag, rund 50 Kinder seien mit ursprünglich aus Indien stammenden Medikamenten behandelt worden. Nach ihren Angaben starben sogar 19 Kinder nach der Behandlung mit dem als Methotrexat bezeichneten Medikament. Sie sprachen unter der Bedingung, dass ihre Namen nicht genannt werden.
Fotos: https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1581745915781877760
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Expired drug kills 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen
At least 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen have died, and dozens more left seriously ill, after being administered expired doses of a cancer treatment in the rebel-held capital, medical officials and workers said on Friday.
The children were aged between three and 15 and died at Sanaa’s Kuwait Hospital after being injected with old doses of smuggled medicine at a number of private clinics, the rebel-run Health Ministry said in a statement Thursday. The officials did not says when the 10 deaths occurred.
According to a half dozen health officials and workers who spoke to The Associated Press, some 50 children received a smuggled chemotherapy treatment known as Methotrexate that was originally manufactured in India. They said a total of 19 children had died from the expired treatment. The officials and workers spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not briefed to speak with the media.
Amid Yemen’s war, the lack of access to basic resources, including food and medicine, has created large smuggling networks across both rebel-held Houthi and Saudi coalition-run areas.
Several doctors in Sanaa said that Houthi officials secretly work in partnership with medicine smugglers who sell often expired treatment to private clinics from storage houses across the country. In doing so, they said the Houthis were limiting the availability of safe treatments.
The Houthi health ministry said it has opened an investigation into the incident. In their statement, they blamed the deaths on the Saudi coalition forces for causing a lack of available medicine in Houthi-controlled areas.
https://apnews.com/article/health-covid-cancer-yemen-leukemia-2683dd6532594f6e570d913e530c7e5f
and, with photos: http://en.adenpress.news/news/36756
Photos: https://twitter.com/ghalebalsudmy/status/1581745915781877760
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‘Contaminated’ medicine kills at least 10 children in Yemen
Children between the ages of three and 15 suffering from leukaemia died after receiving smuggled doses in war-torn Yemen.
“Ten children suffering from leukaemia have died” at the Kuwait Hospital, the Houthi rebels’ health ministry said on Friday, adding they were among a group of 19 patients aged between three and 15.
It said “bacterial contamination” had been detected in the injections administered to the children, adding that the medication had been smuggled into the country.
Another child was in “highly critical condition”, it said.
The officials did not say when the 10 deaths occurred.
The medication had passed its expiry date, a medical source in Sanaa told the AFP news agency, asking not to be identified for security reasons.
According to a half dozen health officials and workers who spoke to The Associated Press news agency, some 50 children and teens received a smuggled chemotherapy treatment known as methotrexate that was originally manufactured in India.
They said a total of 19 children and teens had died from the expired treatment. The officials and workers spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not briefed to speak with the media.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/14/at-least-10-children-died-from-contaminated-medicine
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[Sanaa gov.] Health Ministry: 10 children with leukemia died due to repercussions of aggression, siege
The ministry explained, in a statement issued by it and Saba received a copy of it, that "in light of the current situation of aggression and siege on Yemen, and the continued tampering of the humanitarian file by the aggression coalition, which left, and still is, the worst disaster in the world, according to the description of the United Nations, the daily bleeding continues, threatening the lives of millions of people, including children."
"Ten children with blood tumors have been added to the list of martyrs, because the ministry's capabilities have been limited and could not secure some vital medicines for them, due to delay in the ports under the control of the aggression countries," the statement said.
The ten children were among 19 children with blood tumors who suffered from complications due to the unavailability of standard medicines according to the specifications of the Ministry of Health, due to the ongoing siege, the statement added.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207136.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275275/
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After the death toll rose to 20 children: Human rights organizations call for an urgent international investigation into the death and injury of dozens of children with cancer in a hospital under the authority of the Houthi group after they had been given expired medicines
https://samrl.org/l.php?l=e,10,A,c,1,74,77,4593,html
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[Aden] Yemeni government calls for investigation into deaths of child cancer patients in Sanaa
Yemen's internationally recognised government has called for the World Health Organisation to investigate the deaths of at least 10 child cancer patients in the rebel-held capital after they were given expired chemotherapy injections.
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Film: Citizens from Taiz and Aden in a struggle with war and food insecurity
Malnutrition in Yemen is a preexisting health problem but the conflict that started nearly seven years has exacerbated malnutrition in Hajjah Governorate and surrounding areas in northwestern Yemen. Malnutrition is highly prevalent among children under the age of five, as Doctors without Borders data indicated an alarming rise in the number of cases this year. A total of 3,377 patients were admitted to hospitals between June and November of 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hmKa3WNeI
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How RDP managed to fend off malnutrition among children - RDP Success Story - Oct, 2022
In Yemen, the majority of children look like skin and bones, yet the world doesn’t hear about it!
Over 60% of population here still struggles to provide some of the most basic vital needs to their children. Especially those who live in rural areas and women are in greater disadvantage.
Khayran Al Muharraq district in Hajjah governorate is considered as the most conflict-affected area, in which a massive number of IDPs and affected host communities live. It is classified as IPC phase 4 with the highest displacement ratio and among the 193 food insecure districts.
In this district, it’s tragic to see the number of acutely malnourished children is increasing to the point where 1 member in a household is suffering from malnutrition. Khalid, a 9-month-old child with severe acute malnutrition, is a case in point. The child’s family has displaced from the war in Haradh district to Khayran district, Al-Namaghah area. Khaled has suffered from severe acute malnutrition due to the poor living condition the family has been going through.
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2022 Third Quarterly Meeting for Members of the Localization and Optimization of Response Mechanisms Initiative in Yemen
Members of the Civil Society Organizations Initiative to Localize and Optimize Humanitarian Response Mechanisms in Yemen held the 2022 third quarterly meeting, to discuss developments of the most important achievements over the past three months, and the next steps towards further Localization with all humanitarian partners and stakeholders.
https://tamdeen-ye.org/en/media/510
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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150 displaced families returned to their homes in Bayda
About 150 families from Burkan area in Mukayras district, Bayda province, have returned to their homes after being displaced for years due to the war.
https://en.ypagency.net/275339/
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IOM Yemen - Ma'rib Response update (September 2022)
In September 2022, similar to recent months since the start of the UN-brokered truce, the situation in Ma’rib remained relatively calm with no major clashes reported or change in front lines. Yet, by the end of the month as the truce’s expiration date approached (2 October), reinforcements were reported as both sides repeatedly exchanged accusations of targeting opposing positions mainly in Ma’rib, Harib, Sirwah and Raghwan districts.
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) teams recorded 195 households (HHs) displaced to or within Ma’rib governate during the month of September. The majority of displaced households came from Shabwah and Al Hodeidah governorates to areas in Ma’rib City. DTM teams also observed the return of some internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Al Wadi to Raghwan district. Due to recent flooding and resulting fragile conditions in IDP sites, during the month of September displaced individuals also moved to areas within host communities as site conditions are not adequate to host new families. As IDPs seek safety in areas outside of sites, Housing, Land and Property (HLP) issues remained a concern due to complaints raised by landowners.
IOM continues to work closely with local authorities and landowners to find a compromise however the lack of HLP actors in Ma’rib continues to strain the situation and restrict certain interventions.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/iom-yemen-marib-response-update-september-2022
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UN flight from rebel-held Yemen capital returns 129 migrants
The U.N. returned 129 Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen to their homeland Tuesday in its first humanitarian repatriation flight to depart from the rebel-held capital of Sanaa this year.
The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration has facilitated the voluntary return of more than 1, 800 mostly East African migrants from Yemen this year. However, all of 2022′s previous returnees flew from airports controlled by Yemen’s internationally recognized government in the cities of Aden and Marib.
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
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19-year-old Ayman al-Aulifi was killed for no apparent reason by a Houthi-affiliated Abdulkareem al-Marani in Sana'a a few hours ago, locals told me. Family and relatives of Ayman will crowd into the police station of Habrah to demand the perpetrator be brought to justice.
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1581835338657718272
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Former Yemeni ambassador and governor Darhm al-Hakimi assassinated in front of his house in Sana'a this evening
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1581724459324518402
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Increased tension btw the Houthis and civilians in Saraf area, Bani Hushaish, Sana'a, as the Houthis killed Sheikh Adel al-Sarfi and Bakil al-Sarfi a few days ago. Dozens of Houthi vehicles besieging the area,too, accor to locals. Houthis trying to seize lands of locals by force
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1581525798473072640
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Security Forces Arrest Man Accused Of Murdering Dirham Numan Al-Hakimi In Sanaa
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/558539
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Paintings exhibition underway in Yemen
Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, is hosting the first paintings exhibition with the participation of artists from the Resistance Axis countries, including Iran.
In the exhibition held on the occasion of Unity Week and the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), about 285 works were displayed, out of which 95 are Yemeni artists' paintings and 195 works are presented by artists from other countries of the Resistance Front.
https://iranpress.com/content/67609/paintings-exhibition-underway-yemen
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Houthi 'Zeinabeyyat' Wing Storms Women Union HQ in Ibb
The women's wing of the Houthi militia intelligence, known as Zeinabeyyat, stormed the second headquarters of the Yemen Women's Union in Ibb governorate a year after they took over other offices, dismissing the leadership and appointing the group's loyalists.
After expelling over 60 women in a craft skills training program, the offices were converted into private residences.
"Thugs" were allowed to storm the building of the Writers Union in the governorate and destroy its contents, and according to three local sources and officials, the situation remains the same.
Local sources in the province told Asharq Al-Awsat that armed members of the Zeinabeyyat brigades, led by Suad al-Shami, stormed the second headquarters of the Yemeni Women's Union in Ibb.
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3933936/houthi-zeinabeyyat-wing-storms-women-union-hq-ibb = http://en.adenpress.news/news/36762
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YPC in Sanaa announces reduction in prices of oil derivatives
https://en.ypagency.net/275538/
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Houthis have sent threats to detain the families of 19 children who died of expired leukemia treatment in a Sana'a hospital if they speak to the media/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61179
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Houthis loot more than two trillion dollars in retirement pensions
The Houthi terrorists who seized the capital Sana'a in September 2014 have looted amounts equal to more than two trillion US dollars in retirement pensions from the General Authority for Social Insurance and the General Authority for Social Security and Pensions. The amounts belong to retirees from the public and private sector./Al-Islah Net and other websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61179
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Houthi militants assault two traders and seize millions of rials money in their possession in a high-way robbery in Aljawf/Multiple websites
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61179
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Abdulwahab Shaje'a, a government soldier whom Houthis arrested in Marib frontlines last year, has died under torture in one of the terrorist Houthi militia's jails in Sana'a. By the end of last year, the Human Rights Ministry documented Houthi torture of 1635 detainees and the death of 350 of those people./Alsahwa Net
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61179
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Defense Minister stresses confronting coalition forces is irreversible strategic choice
Minister of Defense, Major General Mohammed Nasser al-Atefi, and the Chief of the General Staff, Major General Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Ghomari, affirmed that confronting the Saudi-led coalition forces would be an irreversible strategic choice.
https://en.ypagency.net/275265/
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President Al-Mashat calls on coalition countries to urgently respond to Sanaa’s fair demands
President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, on Thursday called on the Saudi-led coalition countries to urgently respond to Sanaa’s fair demands, “Which will have a positive impact on the path towards peace and an end to the war.”
In his speech this evening, on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the October 14 revolution, President Al-Mashat said that “The day of October 14 represents one of the most important and immortal national days in the history of Yemeni people, and everyone who knows what freedom and independence mean.”
President Al-Mashat stressed that the anniversary of the October revolution is an important station for enriching experiences, reviewing and evaluating people and positions.
https://en.ypagency.net/275277/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/13/president-of-yemen-mahdi-al-mashat-speaks-on-59th-anniversary-of-october-14-revolution/
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Mohammed Al-Houthi gives advice to Saudi Arabia
Member of the Supreme Political Council in Sanaa, Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, on Thursday advised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to pressure “OPEC” to reduce oil production by 5%.
Al-Houthi tweeted on Twitter saying: “I advise the Kingdom that the best response and the least response it can take against the sanctions to be implemented against it by America is to put pressure again on OPEC to reduce production by 5%.”
“The more America increases the sanctions, the more Saudi Arabia puts pressure on OPEC to increase the reduction,” Al-Houthi added.
https://en.ypagency.net/275283/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/14/mohammed-al-houthi-advises-saudi-arabia-and-opec-to-reduce-oil-output-by-another-5-as-pressure-on-the-west/
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Film: Mark McAlister's cell mate describes meeting him in a prison in Yemen
Mark McAlister's cell mate describes the Yemeni prison they were held in
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Yemen's Ministry of Industry and Trade says it seized clothes with Israeli flag in Sanaa, closed shop, and referred the case to court (photos)
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1580226722934317057
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Houthis yesterday publicly flogged a #Yemeni citizen in Damt, al-Dhale governorate, for drinking alcohol, according to activist Abduljaleel al-Haqab. (photo)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1580367090565144577
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What Defencive Role Does Yemen's Naval Force Have Against US-Saudi Aggression?
The naval force in Yemen, with the growth of its capabilities, has become a defensive force, and it is able to strike the aggressor warships of the Saudi coalition forces, in their various forms and types, and this has been confirmed by the Yemeni Armed Forces.
The development in capabilities was evident during the military parade held by the Yemeni Armed Forces, on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the "September 21 Revolution", in Sana'a.
The Yemeni naval force will have a very important role, and it will have an impact in terms of changing the military equation, in which aggression was superior in the maritime domain. This is what Yemeni Brigadier General Yahya Abdul Ghani told Al-Mayadeen Net.
Regarding the American concerns about this Yemeni naval weapon, Brigadier General Abdul Ghani said that "the Americans believe that the shipping lines are a monopoly for them, and that they can make a sea landing at any time, but now they have failed".
He pointed out that the sea lanes have become for the Yemeni army. And the American ships came under the army's range, adding that "the Yemenis are present in the maritime domain today, which impedes the American movement there. The Yemeni threats are clear in this regard."
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How did Yemenis celebrate the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammad?
Despite a fuel crisis, high prices and destroyed roads, massive demonstrations took place across 14 Yemeni provinces on Saturday — including Sana`a, Sadaa, al-Houdeida, Hajjah, al-Jawf, al-Beyda, Taize, Amran, Ibb, Dhamar, al-Mahwit, Raymah, Shabwa, and the oil-rich Marib.
The protests, organized by Ansar Allah (Houthis), were not only to celebrate the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammad, but also to send local, regional and international political messages, including supporting the demanding of paying salaries & ending blockade on Hodeida port & Sana’a Airport,as a condition to the extension of the truce.
Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFe5GxmbKhg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkRQyDHTVI
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Film: Speech of Mr. Abdul-Malik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi on the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday 03-12-1444
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8silCdvrzEM
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Film: Sayyed AbdulMalik message to the West (with subs)
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29048/Sayyed-AbdulMalik-message-to-the-West
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As part of the Campaign “Justice for Abductees” Carried out by Abductees’ Mothers Association Victims of Detention, Torture and Enforced Disappearance Demand Justice for them and Accountability for the Perpetrators of Violations Committed against them
Abductees’ Mothers Association revealed at a hearing for a number of victims part of the violations suffered by the abductees, detainees and forcibly disappeared persons that require accountability and justice.
At the hearing, the kidnapped lawyer, "Abdul-Malik Ahmed Al-Sabai", who was kidnapped in June 2017 during the Eid Al-Adha holiday and remained disappeared for a year and eight months and was released in December 2019 said: “I was kidnapped by gunmen affiliated with the Houthi group in several military pickup trucks while I was walking out of a restaurant with my wife and children in the city of Taiz and I was traveling to visit my family in the capital, Sana'a. Then I was taken into a dark building in the prison of Al-Saleh City in Taiz. I was dead, not knowing night from day, which requires international law and civil society organizations to hold those responsible for these crimes committed against me and my fellow abductees and detainees accountable.”
http://ama-ye.org/index.php?no=1931&ln=En
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Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK
Nadia Al-Sakkaf served as editor in chief at the Yemen Times from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen’s first female Minister of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the coup and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular TED talk called “See Yemen through my eyes” which had over three million views.
Seeing my name on the list of traitors sentenced to death in absentia by the Houthi rebels had a strange, almost surreal, effect on me. It was if I were reading about a fictional character, not a real person, and definitely not about me.
It wasn’t that I cared for the Houthis’ mockery of the justice system, or that I was worried for my life now that I was living in the UK. It was more sadness at how harsh life in Yemen had become.
First there were the direct threats and intimidation while I was in the country because of my role as Minister of Information. When I managed to flee with my two children from the Houthi militia, they raided my home and took everything. Then they put up my photo among others in the streets of Sana’a, branding us as traitors. They launched a campaign against me on social media and in the mainstream media they control. They even created playing cards with names of so-called traitors, giving me the five of hearts, printed along with a curse and defamation.
Since the Houthis’ coup in 2014, the situation for Yemeni women has become more dangerous than ever. I dread to think what would have happened to me had I not managed to escape. We keep hearing news of Yemeni women detained and even tortured in Houthi prisons, not least the story of 21-year-old Intisar Al-Hammadi, who is being held under inhumane conditions.
The Information Ministry and various state media institutions were raided, and I found men with Kalashnikovs in my office. Along with other government officials, I became a target. In 2014 and 2015, I bore witness to the crumbling of the state and used every tool at my disposal to inform Yemenis and the world about what was going on.
The Houthis used a good cop/bad cop strategy with me, as they hoped to win me over, but when I would not yield they started targeting me. At one point, I found myself confined to my home, using my personal Twitter account to tell the story of Yemen. Eventually, I had to flee the country in disguise with my two little children in early April 2015, leaving everything behind.
It’s been seven years since I had to reinvent myself for the second time. I came to the UK on a scholarship to do my PhD in Political Science. These days, not many people know my history, and if they discover that I was once a minister, they are surprised. Now I work as a researcher and consultant, and have expanded my areas of expertise beyond media, gender and politics. I explore economic development, climate change and even digital safety. But while I am safe with my family, my country continues to burn, and like many other members of the diaspora, I suffer from survivor’s guilt. My goal now is to continue informing the world about Yemen, but also to support knowledge-sharing and empowerment of citizens anywhere under the sun.
https://themarkaz.org/yemens-feminist-trailblazer-flees-death-threats-for-uk-asylum/
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
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Emirati Intelligence Appointed to Run Yemen's Island (Socotra), Israel-Arab Normalization Enthusiast
Informed sources revealed on Sunday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has returned its first intelligence man in Yemen, Mahmoud Fath Al Khaja, to the island of Socotra.
The sources said that Al Khaja arrived in the past hours at Socotra International Airport, on board an Emirati military plane, after leaving the island more than a year ago.
The sources indicated that the return of Al Khaja comes within Emirati arrangements to install him as a military ruler of Socotra, to succeed Al-Anoud Ahmed Al-Saadi, who was recently appointed as a replacement for Khalfan Al-Mazari.
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/558556
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Militants blow up oil pipeline in Shabwa
According to the sources, it is believed that members of pro-UAE factions known as the “Shabwa Defense” who were laid off from their units by the Southern Traditional Council (STC) planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under a pipeline transporting oil from the fields in Ayadh and Al-Uqla areas to the port of Nashmiyah.
https://en.ypagency.net/275463/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/16/oil-pipeline-destroyed-in-shabwah-province/
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Citizen Killed by STC Militia in UAE-Saudi Occupied Aden
A citizen was killed in the city of Aden by the "security belt" militia's gun fire of the so-called "transitional council" backed by the UAE.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29054/Citizen-Killed-by-STC-Militia-in-UAE-Saudi-Occupied-Aden
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Saudi Arabia detains senior commander in Yemeni army
An informed military source, who asked not to be named, said Hantaf arrived in Saudi Arabia - after receiving assurances from senior military leaders in the Yemeni army - to settle his problems with Saudi military leadership, including "financial dues relating to the Northern Axis forces of the border guards in Al-Jawf border governorate, adjacent to the kingdom".
According to the military source, upon his arrival Hantaf was informed that an arrest warrant had been issued against him by the Saudi-led coalition leadership.
"After that, the Yemeni military commander was transferred to a hotel in the city of Jeddah and was detained there," the source said.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-detains-yemen-army-commander-arabic-press-review
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A Leader In The Mercenaries Of Aggression Kills A Young Man In Aden
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/558171
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Emirati Occupation Is Tampering with Natural Environment on Socotra Island
Activists warned of the continued death of the rare dragon blood tree, on the island of Socotra, which is under the control of the UAE occupation.
Activists pointed out that among the reasons that led to this matter is that the Emirati aggression and occupation turned the island into a military barracks, and caused great damage to the island, its environment and its reputation as a nature reserve.
The Environmental Protection Authority in Socotra said that the dragon blood tree fell as a result of repeated attacks in Dixum Park.
The phenomenon of the death of the dragon blood tree continues, along with other species, despite the appeals made by the residents of Socotra Island from time to time to save the unique diversity of the island from extinction.
It should be noted that foreign reports have confirmed, in recent years, that the UAE state has placed the dragon blood trees in exhibitions for sale in Abu Dhabi, after looting and transporting them from the Yemeni island of Socotra.
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/558180
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STC militia continues to suppress celebrations of October 14 revolution in occupied areas
https://en.ypagency.net/275413/
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Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Abyan
An emir in Al-Qaeda’s terrorist organization was killed on Saturday in clashes that broke out in Al-Mahfad district of Abyan province, southern Yemen, sources familiar with the issue reported.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/15/senior-al-qaeda-leader-killed-in-abyan-2/
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Jawf tribes set up sit-in tents near the Saudi border
A number of Jawf tribesmen loyal to coalition set up on Saturday sit-in tents near the Saudi border to demand the release of the leader of Islah party Sheikh Amin Al-Aukimi, the governor of “Hadi government” and the leader of the so-called Jawf axis previously.
https://en.ypagency.net/275411/
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[Pro-STC separatists’ rallies in Hadramauth]
Seiyun Reiterates its Rejection of Yemeni Military Presence
Under the slogan "Salvation" thousands of people staged a huge rally in Seiyun, the largest city of Wadi Hadramout on Friday, with a remarkable participation of women to reiterate their complete rejection of the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked military forces (First Military Region) in the oil-rich province.
The demonstrators, who came from all the districts of Hadramout (Sahel and Wadi) raised the national flags of the South and Arab Coalition's countries.
In the final statement, the participants affirmed that Friday's rally is an extension of the previous demonstrations demanding full implementation of the military side of the Riyadh Agreement.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36754
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Photos: Hundreds of Vehicles Roam Aden to Mark Revolution Day
Hundreds of vehicles adorned with the national flags of the South roamed the main roads and streets of Aden's districts on Friday, to mark the 59th anniversary of the Revolution Day (14th of October 1963 revolution anniversary).
On Wednesday, the Southern Transitional Council called on all the Southerners to attend and participate actively in the annual celebrations of the Revolution Day.
The southern revolution hastened the end of British rule in Aden and the South which had begun in 1839.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36752
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UAE-backed militias suppress event in Socotra
The UAE-backed militias have suppressed an event organized by a non-governmental organization on the Yemeni island of Socotra.
https://en.ypagency.net/275330/
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Three members of STC killed, two injured in bomb blast in Abyan
At least three members of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia have been killed while two others have been injured in a bombing attack in Abyan province, southern Yemen.
https://en.ypagency.net/275343/
and also, reporting one killed: http://en.adenpress.news/news/36753
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Yemeni FM: Houthis seek to return to war
The Iranian-backed group seeks to bring Yemen back to war, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Wednesday
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31313.html
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Saudi Arabia threatens to punish Southern Transitional Council (STC)
Saudi Arabia has hinted to punish the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) over its crowds in Yemen’s eastern Hadramout province to topple the valley directorates as part of its secession plan in contravention of its agreement with Riyadh to postpone it.
Abdullah Al Hatila, assistant editor-in-chief of the official Okaz newspaper, said in a tweet, “In response to an event mobilized by the STC in Hadramout: demanding to put cart before the horse through unprecedented armament with projects, some of which are rightfull and others driven by anti-coalition currents before achieving the desired goal. The horse will stop and the cart will not move.”
https://en.ypagency.net/275213/
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Film: [Pro-STC separatists] Yemenis commemorate victory over British colonialism
The October 14, 1963 revolution was launched in the southern regions of Yemen against British colonialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhDi1lPZRPg
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Policy Paper: Does South Yemen Have the Prerequisites of a State?
A policy paper concluded that “South Yemen” relatively has the prerequisites required for the establishment of an independent state, but it faces challenges that should not be underestimated. It called on international decision makers not to draw a link between Yemen’s stability and the unity between North and South or relying upon old narratives whose circumstances and contexts have changed after the Yemeni civil war since 2014.
The paper, issued by “South24 Center” - the original version is in Arabic -, particularly addresses South Yemen’s reality after 2015 and raises an important essential question about the possibility of the establishment of a Southern state in light of the current data and its dynamic shifts on the ground.
The paper, prepared by Researcher Farida Ahmed said: “15 years after the emergence of the Southern Movement (Hirak), Southerners still propose the same ideas and visions related to finding a solution to the crisis of the Yemeni unity signed in 1990. The most prominent among their proposed solutions is the independence from North, especially in light of the current political and military facts and the entitlements obtained by Southerners after 2015.
However, the paper said: “some international, regional and local actors still avoid addressing this option in an attempt to create approaches for alternative solutions which don't suit the current reality”.
According to the paper which consists of 41 pages, “South Arabia has not witnessed stability since the North-South unity in 1990. It has suffered ongoing conflicts beginning with the 1994 War to the six Wars of Saada to the latest civil war in 2014.Yemeni political and military forces played a negative role throughout different stages and contributed in drawing the map of the Yemeni scene in a complicated and divergent way”.
The paper sought to open this debate to encourage local, regional and international actors to support Southerners in dealing with their proposed options. The most important of which include gaining independence and the building of a federal Southern state which is independent from North. This would pave the way for sustainable peace and stabilization in the region as a whole. It would also support the liberation and stability of the North”.
“It will become important to begin developing more logical approaches to dealing with reality through policies which are open to all solutions and possibilities without being restricted by traditional and fixed concepts related to the unity crisis between North and South. This needs international and regional and local determination to bring about this change” the paper added.
https://south24.net/news/newse.php?nid=2973
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Al-Qaeda announces new assassination attempt on UAE officer
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UAE-backed mercenaries resort to infighting amongst themselves in Shabwah
Militants loyal to UAE occupation forces have looted ammunition depots from camps in the west of the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwah province.
According to the sources, members of the “Shabwah Defence Forces” backed by the UAE looted weapons and several military vehicles from Marra Camp, as a result of disputes between them and elements of the “Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias coming to the camp from the areas of Dhale and Yafa.
The sources confirmed that the camp witnessing violent clashes, resulting in deaths and injuries on the two sides.
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United Arab Emirates sends new group of mercenaries to Socotra archipelago
The UAE occupation has sent new batch of its military reinforcements on Wednesday to Abd al-Kuri Island of the Socotra archipelago, the deep south of Yemen.
Sources familiar with the matter said that dozens of members of the Emirati forces arrived on helicopters at a newly developed Emirati military base on the Island, coming from Hadibo Airport.
The sources indicated that the forces began to deploy on the strategic island, accompanied by units of the “Southern Transitional Council (STC)” militia.
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UAE positions in Shabwah hit by violent explosion
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/12/uae-positions-in-shabwah-hit-by-violent-explosion/
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Clashes break out between coalition, tribes in Marib
Violent clashes broke out between tribes of Bani Nouf Dahm and the Saudi-led coalition forces at checkpoint near “Al-Masoud al-Abed area in the city of Marib, Tribal sources reported on Wednesday.
The sources explained that the tribes were able to cut the international line in the area of Al-Alam, which connects the city of Marib, Al-Abbr area and the border crossing in Al-Wadea.
https://en.ypagency.net/275081/
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Aden Out of Electricity Service
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28976/Aden-Out-of-Electricity-Service
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Yemeni PM urges int'l economic development support
The Yemeni prime minister on Monday called for international economic and developmental support, in line with humanitarian aid, to cope with the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
"We're before huge challenges in humanitarian aspect,"
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31290.html
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Six Iranian sailors among traffickers referred to Prosecution
Yemeni security authorities in the eastern governorate of Mahara have referred to the Hadhramout-based Criminal Prosecution sixteen people accused of drugs and arms trafficking, Saba said on Monday.
Among the accused are 7 people smuggled arms from Iran to Yemen and 6 Iranian sailors trafficked drugs to the war-torn country, the Aden-based news agency quoted a security source as saying.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31289.html
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Truck drivers continue protest against puppet regime in Aden for tenth day in a row
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Al-Okimi stripped of all his posts after months of detention in Saudi Arabia
Rashad Al-Alimi , the so-called “president” of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, has issued a decision to dismiss of Amin Al-Okimi, the most prominent leader in the Islah Party, from the post of Governor of Jawf governorate, months after he had already been placed under house arrest in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Alimi, at Saudi Arabia’s behest, issued a decision to appoint Hussein al-Ajji Ali al-Awadhi as the new governor of Jawf
https://en.ypagency.net/274971/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/11/as-saudi-hold-on-jawf-province-crumbles-riyadh-fires-puppet-governor-of-the-region/
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Tariq Saleh gunmen rape two minors in Mocha
Tensions escalated on Tuesday between militants of “Tariq Afash” and the people of the coastal city of Mocha, southwestern Yemen, following a rape crime committed by the militants against two girls under the age of 12 years.
Local sources in Taiz province told the ‘Yemen Press Agency’, that militants of in the Second Brigade of the so-called “Guardians of the Republic”, led by the Emirati man on the west coast, Tariq Saleh, raped two girls after abducting them while they were leaving school on the way back to their homes.
The sources confirmed that the two girls, who are only 12 years old, were severely beaten by the kidnappers before taking turns raping them.
According to the sources, the crime caused a shock and great discontent among the people.
https://en.ypagency.net/274966/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/11/mercenaries-clash-with-local-population-in-mocha-following-horrifying-rape-of-two-minors/
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Hadramout tribes call on UAE-backed militias to leave province
The tribes of Hadramout on Sunday dealt a new blow to the militias affiliated with the United Arab Emirates, in conjunction with their calls on the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s factions to leave the oil plateau.
Local media said that Brom Mayfa Tribal gunmen prevented military reinforcements of the STC’s militia from entering the province, which has been witnessing unprecedented tension between the Saudi-led coalition’s factions for days.
The sources explained that the tribal gunmen forced the UAE-backed militias to return to the outskirts of Shabwa province.
https://en.ypagency.net/274973/
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The momentum of demonstrations in Wadi #Hadhramout is unusual and continues day & night. These pro-STC demos call for the departure of the First Military Region(FMR) from their areas & “replacing them with local recruits”. Ppl could be heard chanting “get out” at the FMR. (film)
https://twitter.com/SalehAlBatati1/status/1579481883758714881
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Transitional Council imposes large royalties on motorcycles in Abyan
https://en.ypagency.net/274703/
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UAE Occupational Forces Arrest Shabowa's Elites for Refusing Gas Looting
The Emirati occupational forces in Shabwa governorate carried out a massive arrest campaign against elites (sheikhs) who opposed the presence of foreigner forces.
According to sources, dozens of occupational forces surrounded the house of the most prominent sheikhs of the Radhum district, explaining that the campaign was launched from the most important Gas production facility in Yemen.
The sources pointed out that the targeting of Badas comes a day after his call for a broad tribal meeting at the level of Radhum district; In order to prevent any agreement to loot Yemeni gas, which is under the control of the Emirati occupation and other foreign forces.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/274980/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/11/uae-occupation-launches-mass-arrest-campaign-in-shabwah/
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UAE occupation continues its efforts to annex Socotra, builds 10 new telecommunication towers
“The Emiratis established 10 new towers to strengthen the telecommunications network and the Internet in the city of Hadibo, the governorate center, and the Qalansiya district,” according to the local sources.
Citizens complained about the weakness of the Yemeni local network after the installation of these towers, and the high prices of the service provided by the new Emirati networ
https://en.ypagency.net/274984/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/11/emirati-occupation-force-expands-telecommunications-network-on-socotra-island/ = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/28951/UAE-Occupational-Forces-Expand-Its-Control-over-Telecommunications-in-Socotra
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Saudi Defense Minister, Al-Alimi Discuss Efforts to Extend Yemen Truce
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held in Riyadh talks on Monday with Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi.
Their meeting focused on United Nations efforts to extend the nationwide truce that expired on October 2.
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-827b-yemen-war-mosaic-827b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-826-yemen-war-mosaic-826
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-826 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-826:
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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