Dies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 828, Teil 1 / This is the sequel of Yemen War Mosaic 828, part 1:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-828-yemen-war-mosaic-828
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 1 / In Italics: Look in part 1
Klassifizierung / Classification
Für wen das Thema ganz neu ist / Who is new to the subject
cp1 Am wichtigsten / Most important
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
cp2 Allgemein / General
cp2a Allgemein: Saudische Blockade / General: Saudi blockade
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
cp6 Separatisten und Aden-Regierung im Südjemen / Separatists and Aden government in Southern Yemen
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
cp9 USA
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
Klassifizierung / Classification
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? = Keine Einschatzung / No rating
A = Aktuell / Current news
B = Hintergrund / Background
C = Chronik / Chronicle
D = Details
E = Wirtschaft / Economy
H = Humanitäre Fragen / Humanitarian questions
K = Krieg / War
P = Politik / Politics
pH = Pro-Houthi
pS = Pro-Saudi
T = Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
(A T)
Two senior al-Qaeda leaders killed in Abyan
Two senior al-Qaeda leaders were killed on Friday night in a special operation conducted by the Southern Armed Forces in al-Wade'e district in the east of Abyan governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36783
(A T)
Four southern soldiers killed in blast in Abyan
Four soldiers of the Southern Armed Forces were killed in a bomb explosion targeting their vehicle in Abyan governorate on Saturday morning.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36784
and also https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/22/at-least-four-separatist-forces-killed-in-abyan/
and
(A T)
Explosion targets military ambulance in southern Yemen, 5 killed
An explosion struck on Saturday an ambulance carrying a medic team of the southern pro-government Yemeni forces in southern Abyan province, killing five medics on board, a security official told Xinhua.
"A remotely detonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck an ambulance carrying a medical military team of the southern tro
https://english.news.cn/20221023/14c40069b9ee418e9c5b2055a2feff17/c.html
(A P)
Taliban delegation meets with prominent Yemeni Islah Party official in Turkey
(A P)
UAE evacuates its forces from Aden
The UAE on Saturday evacuated its forces from the headquarters of the Riyadh-formed “Presidential Council” and the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen.
Southern media reported that this comes amid mounting fears of a possible attack that might target Emirati forces in Aden and Ma’ashiq Palace.
https://en.ypagency.net/276032/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/22/emirati-occupation-forces-retreat-from-saudi-led-coalition-headquarters-in-aden/
(A P)
Al-Huraizi declares war on STC in response to selling Qishn port to Saudi Arabia
Head of the peaceful sit-in committee in Mahra province, Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Huraizi, on Saturday affirmed that the people of Mahra would not give up an inch of their land.
This comes in response selling Mahra’s Qishn port by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s leader in the province to the Saudi forces.
“A leader in the STC sold the port of Qishn to the Saudi occupation and signed a contract as if the port belonged to his father,” Al-Huraizi said in a meeting with the leaders of the peaceful sit-in council in Huswain district.
He stressed that “the sons of Mahra will not give up an inch of their land and will defend it whatever the cost.”
Sheikh Al-Huraizi pointed out that the sons of Mahra do not recognize the so-called “Presidential Council,” because its members were appointed by “the Saudi and Emirati occupation”, and do not recognize “their legitimacy,” considering that the real legitimacy is the legitimacy of the people.
https://en.ypagency.net/276095/
(A P)
Yemeni gov't allocates 5 million dollars to avoid Red Sea disaster
The Yemeni official government has assigned US$ five million in contribution to the UN plan to salvage Safer FSO anchored off Hodeida city on the Red Sea, the Yemeni minister of water and environment said on Thursday.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31410.html
(A P)
Yemen's National Defense Council labels Houthis as terror group
Decision taken in accordance with International, regional conventions adopted by Yemen
Yemen’s National Defense Council said Saturday that the Houthis are defined as a terror organization and strict measures will be taken against people and entities that support the rebel group.
The Council decided on the move in accordance with its decision no. 1 dated 2022, according to state news agency, Saba.
It added that the decision was taken in accordance with international and regional conventions adopted by Yemen, as well as the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Penal Code.
The National Defense Council, chaired by the President of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, is the largest defense and security authority in the country.
referring to http://sabanew.net/story/ar/91308
(A P)
One citizen shot dead by aggression militia in Marib city
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207996.htm
(A P)
Gunmen storm into security center in Yemen's Shabwa
Unidentified armed men on Wednesday stormed into a security center in the Yemeni southeastern governorate of Shabwa.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31397.html
(A K P)
[Separatist STC] Southern Forces Foil Terrorist Attack in Abyan
The Southern Armed Forces managed on Thursday, to thwart an infiltration of terrorist elements of al-Qaeda into al-Mahfed district of Abyan governorate.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36774
My comment: Or what they label as “terrorsits”.
(A P)
Sheikh Al-Huraizi: Next Stage Will Witness Direct Confrontation with Occupation, Mercenaries
The head of the Al-Mahra sit-in committee, Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Huraizi, confirmed that the next stage of the national struggle is the most serious, directing the confrontation with the Saudi occupation and its mercenaries.
Sheikh Al-Huraizi made it clear during his meeting with the leaders of the Peaceful Sit-in Committee in Qishn District and a number of social leaders in the district, Thursday, that the people of Mahra are able to defeat all invaders projects, calling on everyone to prepare for the next stage.
He pointed out that Al-Mahra has become strong and that the time of humiliation and weakness is over, pointing out that the free people of Al-Mahra and Yemen have thwarted many foreign plans and conspiracies against Yemen, for all free people in the struggle, rejecting the occupying arrogance of the US-Saudi aggression.
Sheikh Al-Huraizi ridiculed the so-called “Saudi reconstruction” project
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275889/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/20/mahrah-protest-leader-confirms-that-next-stage-of-struggle-will-be-most-dangerous/
(A P)
Armed clashes leave wounded in Shehin outlet in Mahra
A number of gunmen were injured on Thursday in clashes that broke out in the middle of Shehin outlet market in Mahra province, eastern Yemen, which is under control of coalition.
According to local sources, clashes broke out between the gunmen of Raafit and Zaabnut tribes, which led to the injury of two gunmen and the destruction of a car belonging to the militants due to dispute over a piece of land in the market.
Saudi Arabia and UAE have been working since the beginning of 2018 to deepen the differences between Mahra tribes
https://en.ypagency.net/275896/
(A T)
2 members of Al-Amailiqa forces injured in Ataq bomb attack
https://en.ypagency.net/275866/
(A T)
Former Security Chief Survives Assassination Attempt in Shabwa
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36773
(A P)
Film: Aden inaugurates activities of Youth and Development Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEAa6DNUr4E
(A P)
Yemeni gov't adds STC representatives to negotiating team
The Yemeni official government on Tuesday reshuffled its negotiating panel, adding representatives from the Southern Transitional Council (STC), political and media sources said.
The government formed a new team to negotiate with the Houthi group, a Yemeni politician said, with FM Ahmed Bin Mubarak chairing the team that includes four members representing the Islah Party, Nasserite Party, politburo of the National Resistance (Guards of the Republic), and the Emirati-backed STC.
The other four members will represent the four governorates of Aden, Hadhramout, Marib and Sa'ada
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31386.html
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/36778
(A)
Explosion reportedly heard near Balhaf facility in Shabwa
https://en.ypagency.net/275771/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/19/violent-explosion-hits-balhaf-oil-facility-in-yemen/
(A P)
STC threatens with withdrawing from Riyadh-formed Presidential Council
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) threatened on Wednesday with withdrawing from the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council.
Southern media reported that Aidarous al-Zubaidi, president of STC and member of the Presidential Council, had submitted his resignation.
Sources in the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition said that al-Zubaidi had threatened to resign and put several conditions on Saudi Arabia, including allowing him to visit Hadramout province.
https://en.ypagency.net/275782/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/19/southern-transitional-council-threatens-to-fully-withdraw-from-saudi-backed-puppet-government-coalition/
(A T)
Saudi Arabia recruits terrorist groups in southern Yemen
Saudi Arabia intensified on Wednesday its recruitment for terrorist groups in areas southern Yemen.
This coincides with the repositioning of Al-Qaeda and ISIS elements in those areas.
The southern expert in Saudi affairs, Muhammad bin Faisal, considered the activity and recruitment of “terrorist groups” in southern Yemen as “very frightening”, trying to hold the “Brotherhood” associations responsible for facilitating that activity.
https://en.ypagency.net/275790/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/20/saudi-forces-intensify-recruitment-for-terrorist-organisations-in-occupied-territories/
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/559454
(A P)
STC requests Saudi mediation for reconciliation with “Hadrami” forces
President of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, has requested Saudi mediation for reconciliation with the “Hadrami forces to pave the way for his visit to Hadramout province next month, southern media reported on Wednesday.
According to tribal sources in the province, Al-Zubaidi wanted to visit Hadramout to meet with Amr bin Habrish, the most prominent tribal leader and the first undersecretary of Hadramout, but the Hadrami forces refused Al-Zubaidi’s visit at this time as an attempt to portray Hadramout as following Aden, which they considered would spark a conflict with other forces.
Al-Zubaidi’s offer of reconciliation came after the STC escalated against these forces and questioned their origins due to their refusal of his factions’ control of the oil plateau (Hadramout).
https://en.ypagency.net/275787/
and
(A K P)
STC urges Coalition to expel Yemeni official troops from Hadhramout
The Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Tuesday urged the Saudi-led Coalition to expel the Yemeni government-affiliated 1st Military Region troops from the eastern governorate of Hadhramout.
The pullout of these troops is a "must to secure stability of security situation" in Hadhramout, the STC chairmanship board said at a meeting in Aden, citing the "public rejection of these troops".
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31385.html
and by a STC news site:
(A K P)
STC demands transfer of Yemeni troops from Hadramout
Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) reiterated its calls to the Arab Coalition to transfer troops of the First Military Region from Wadi Hadramout to fronts in the fight against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in line with the military side of the Riyadh Agreement and as imperative to ensure stability in the province.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36765
My comment: STC asks this because they want to overtake Hadramaut province.
and
(A P)
Pro-coalition government evacuates last “STC” brigades from Hadramout
The government loyal to Saudi-led coalition began on Wednesday evacuating the last of the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s brigades from Hadramout province.
This is coinciding with the escalation of tribal demands for the exit of those forces stationed west of Mukalla city.
https://en.ypagency.net/275792/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/19/saudi-led-coalition-forces-evacuate-separatist-camps-in-hadhramaut/
(A)
Unidentified drone plane crashes near Balhaf facility in Shabwa
https://en.ypagency.net/275799/
(A P)
Young man tortured to death in UAE prisons in Mocha
Citizens have found one of the detainees in the UAE’s prisons killed in the center of Mocha city, which is controlled by UAE-funded forces led by “Tariq Afash”, west of Taiz province.
On Wednesday, activists on social networking sites confirmed that citizens found the dead body of Tariq Muhammad Zaid Saeed, a month after his kidnapping and placing him in prisons belonging to the UAE in Mocha city, western Yemen .
Nasser Al-Kholani, activist on Twitter, stated, quoting Saeed’s family, that the detainee was subjected to various types of torture, including electric shocks and ironing with flaming welding sticks while he was in the Emirati detention.
https://en.ypagency.net/275840/
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/559789
(A T)
Citizens Killed, Injured Due to Explosive Device in Taiz
Number of citizens were killed and injured, Wednesday, in an explosive device explosion in the occupied city of Taiz.
Local sources reported that an explosive device blew up a military crew of mercenaries in front of the Waddah Al-Dabai restaurant in Al-Qubba market, which resulted in killed girl and a young man, and woman, child were seriously injured.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275809/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/19/child-killed-and-four-civilians-injured-in-taiz-bomb-attack/
and
(A P)
Shops closed in Taiz in protest against ongoing insecurity
and also https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/559571
and
(A P)
Taiz students protest against ongoing insecurity in occupied city
(A P)
UAE-backed mercenaries abduct tribal sheikh in Lahj province
(A P)
Tribal coalition in Hadhramaut protests STC propaganda in city of Seiyoun
The Al-Kathir tribe, one of the largest tribes in Hadhramaut province, denounced on Tuesday the raising of pictures of the UAE-backed head of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias at the Al-Kathiri Palace gate in the city of Seiyoun.
(A P)
Emirati Military Cargo Arrives Socotra
A military cargo ship, belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) occupation, arrived on Wednesday at the port of Hulav in the occupied Socotra archipelago.
Sources said that the new cargo carries military equipment and others related to communication and surveillance equipment.
The sources indicated that the cargo was unloaded at the
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29134/Emirati-Military-Cargo-Arrives-Socotra
and
(A P)
Suspicious cargo reportedly unloaded on Emirati-occupied Socotra archipelago
The sources suggested that the ship was Israeli and carrying a shipment of military hardware and equipment, after the Yemeni Socotra turned into an operations headquarters for suspicious Zionist-Emirati activities, staying away from the so-called “legitimacy.”
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/18/suspicious-cargo-reportedly-unloaded-on-emirati-occupied-socotra-archipelago/ = https://en.ypagency.net/275819/
(A E P)
Power plants in Aden in imminent threat of shutdown due to lack of fuel
In a statement issued on Monday, the corporation stressed that it is operating according to the available resources to stabilize electricity generation, calling on the coalition-backed government to provide fuel regularly without interruption or reduce the quantities allocated to the plants.
(A E P)
Complete darkness falls over Shabwa due to lack of diesel
https://en.ypagency.net/275716/
(A P)
Al-Alimi: We will work tirelessly to meet people's needs
The President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, affirmed that he will work tirelessly with the members of the council and the government to meet all the needs of Yemenis, foremost of which is achieving security and stability, and the continuation and expansion of the truce.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36769
and
(A P)
Yemeni President: Houthis disappointed Yemenis' hopes in truce
The Iranian-backed Houthi group has disappointed the Yemeni people's hopes in peace, stability, continuation of an expanded truce, and paying the salaries of public "oppressed employees in Houthi-held areas," President of the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) tweeted on Tuesday.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31387.html
(A P)
Yemeni President returns to Aden
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31372.html
(A E P)
Saudi-Yemeni Business Council Formed to Complete Joint Projects
Saudi Arabia and Yemen are strengthening investment and economic cooperation by building partnerships between their private sectors to seize available opportunities. This affirms Riyadh’s commitment to development and economic projects in Yemen.
The Federation of Saudi Chambers announced on Monday accrediting the final formation of the Saudi-Yemeni Business Council for its new session
and also http://en.adenpress.news/news/36766
(A K P)
Yemeni govt instructs high military alertness amid stalled truce
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31353.html
(A P)
Islah forces advance towards Mukalla
Pro-Islah forces began redeployment in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, tribal sources said on late Monday.
According to the sources, groups of the so-called First Military Region’s forces advanced from their positions on the outskirts of the city of Seiyun towards the districts of Sah and Wadi al-Ain, south of the city.
https://en.ypagency.net/275653/
(A P)
Public Electricity Corporation in Aden issues shocking statement
Public Electricity Corporation in the southern port city of Aden said that a number of power plants are gradually become out service due to the depletion of fuel.
In a statement issued on Monday, the corporation stressed that it is operating according to the available resources to stabilize electricity generation, calling on the coalition-backed government to provide fuel regularly without interruption or reduce the quantities allocated to the plants.
https://en.ypagency.net/275629/
(A)
Armed gang breaks into citizen’s house in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/275632/
(A P)
Taiz University students demand disclosure of their colleague’s fate
Dozens of students from Taiz University, which is under coalition authorities control, demanded on Monday the disclosure of one of the student’s fate who disappeared mysteriously on the university campus last Thursday.
https://en.ypagency.net/275601/
(A P)
New escalation of STC militants in Shabwa
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s on Monday began a new round of escalation against Islah militant in Shabwa province, southern Yemen, amid efforts to remove the party’s last representation in the oil province.
The STC mobilized its supporters and took to the streets in Mayfa’a district, east of Ataq, demanding the dismissal of the director general and security director of the district, who are affiliated with the Islah party.
https://en.ypagency.net/275642/
(A E P)
Yemeni gov't discusses with WB fundraising for economic recovery
The Yemeni two ministers of planning (Waed Ba-Theeb) and finance (Salem Bin Boraik) on Saturday met with the World Bank's Vice-president for the MENA region, Farid Belhaj, in Washington and discussed joint efforts to raise funds in order to achieve economic recovery and stability.
The WB support for Yemen constantly helps cope with the economic deteriorating situations, Ba-Theeb said, amid the exceptional conditions experienced by Yemen, according to Saba.
Yemen's government looks forward to WB assistance to apply its five-year plan for food security and investment in climate-smart agriculture and to expand the local production of wheat and other food corpses, he added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31344.html
(A P)
Violent confrontations erupt in Abyan in defense of flag of unity
Violent clashes erupted on Monday between the UAE-backed militia and tribal gunmen in Abyan province, southern Yemen.
Local sources stated that the confrontations broke out between the elements of the so-called “security belt” loyal to the UAE and gunmen from Al Shama’a tribe,
https://en.ypagency.net/275574/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/17/clashes-between-uae-forces-and-tribal-militias-continue-in-abyan/
cp7 UNO und Friedensgespräche / UN and peace talks
Siehe / Look at cp1
(A P)
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL ENVOY FOR YEMEN ON THE ATTACK AGAINST THE VESSEL AT AL-DUBBA OIL TERMINAL
I condemn the aerial attack claimed by Ansar Allah yesterday, 21 October, against the vessel at Al-Dubba oil terminal in Hadramawt governorate. This is a deeply worrying military escalation.
At this critical juncture, I call on the parties to show utmost restraint and double their efforts to renew and expand the truce and lay the groundwork for a permanent ceasefire, and activating a political process to end the conflict.
I reiterate that all parties must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
(B P)
A Pivotal Moment for Yemen
Yemen is diverting from the path to peace due to Houthi inflexibility, said Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations Richard Mills.
“It is the Houthis who must take action to prevent further suffering and enable even greater benefits for Yemenis under an expanded truce agreement. They have a moral responsibility not to deprive Yemenis of these benefits...”
Nonetheless, “[t]he United States is encouraged that the parties largely continue to abide by the terms of the truce, and that U.N.-led negotiations are continuing,” said Ambassador Mills.
“We hope the Houthis do not reject the pleas of the Yemeni people for peace and ignore the international consensus to extend the truce. Rather, we urge them to engage in good-faith negotiations to ensure an inclusive, durable peace in Yemen,” said Ambassador Mills.
“We stand ready, with the rest of the international community, to support Yemen’s path to an inclusive, durable peace settlement and subsequent recovery efforts,” said Ambassador Mills. “But it is up to the Yemeni parties, and specifically the Houthis, to choose peace.”
https://editorials.voa.gov/a/a-pivotal-moment-for-yemen/6799953.html
my comment: The US is a warring party in Yemen – this statement is propaganda BS.
(B P)
Will Saudi Arabia This Time Be Honest in Resolving Prisoners' Issue with Sanaa?
Both Sanaa and Riyadh signed the final list of prisoners before their delegations left to their countries, after mutual visits that lasted 4 days, during which they were able to correct the prisoners’ data and solve many problems in this regard, in the hope of concluding a comprehensive exchange deal.
While the Saudi party had refrained from making any statement about the results of the visit until writing this article, the head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs in Sana’a, Abdul Qader Al-Murtada, considered that it had yielded “positive results that solved a large part of the problems related to the prisoners’ issue and the lists between us and the Saudi side.”
He added: "However, there are obstacles and problems with the Yemeni mercenary parties... and the Saudi side has pledged to work on solving them, pending the resolution of all problems, the prisoners' issues remain suspended between optimism and fears of failure again.
In order not to be overly pessimistic, we will mention the positive indicators achieved by the mutual visits between Sana’a and Riyadh regarding the prisoners’ issue, as follows:
(A P)
[Sanaa gov.] Safer Agreement Committee meets security coordinator at UN Representative's Office
The Supervisory Committee for the Implementation of the Urgent Maintenance Agreement and the Comprehensive Assessment of the Safer Floating Reservoir met Thahabi Wld Sidi Mohamed, Security Coordinator at the Office of the United Nations Resident Representative-Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, William David Gressly.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3208003.htm
and
(A P)
Houthis call for UN plan to salvage Safer FSO
The Houthis on Friday asked the UN to present an official action plan to save the Yemeni floating storage and offloading facility of Safer on the Red Sea, amid fears that the Iranian-backed group would hinder again a start of the UN plan application.
The Houthi team (tasked with monitoring the Safer maintenance deal) met with the security coordinator of the UN resident representative's office and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, William Grassley, and discussed efforts exerted to carry out the UN plan, Houthi media said on Friday.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31412.html
and
(A P)
Yemeni LC orders to secure oil strategic stock
The Yemeni Leadership Council's President on Thursday ordered oil strategic stock to stabilize inflow of supplies to local markets and tackle emergent crises.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31409.html
(A P)
[Aden] Govt. waits for results from UN envoy's meetings with Houthis
Yemen's government is waiting for a clarification from the UN envoy, Hans Grundberg, on the latest findings of the ongoing consultations with the Houthis in Oman and Jordan on the process of extending and expanding the armistice and stopping violations.
Well-informed sources affirmed that the government side will not last long while awaiting the Houthi intransigence and its continued procrastination in implementing matters related to the lives of civilians, especially payment of salaries and reopening main roads in Taiz and other governorates.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36776
(A P)
Saudi Arabia Confirms Support for Grundberg's Efforts to Revive Yemen Truce
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg is resuming regional action to revive the truce in Yemen at a time when Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its continued support for his efforts, according to the Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber.
In a tweet, Al-Jaber confirmed that he met Grundberg and assured him of the Kingdom’s continued support for UN efforts to extend and expand the truce in Yemen.
(A P)
Yemen [Aden gov.] forms political committee to oversee peace process
Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak to take charge and push towards ending war
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has formed a political committee that will oversee the peace process, an official told The National on Wednesday.
The committee will be led by Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak and top officials, said the official, who did not want to be named.
“The political committee will be responsible for managing the peace process, technically and politically,” they said.
It will report to Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council and is composed of members from the country’s north and south.
(* A P)
UN Envoy's Statement Justifies US-Saudi Aggression, Siege, Preventing Peace
Over 10 days after Sanaa showed restraint and sought peace after the end of the truce; Because of the arrogance of the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression against the people’s needs and rights, the forces of aggression, the United Nations and the international community, Thursday, closed all doors to achieving a just and honorable peace.
Meanwhile, the international mediator has become, in a scandalous manner, into a spokesperson who expresses the policies of aggression and its arrogance, but with a humanitarian and political cover, which is causing the situation to explode more than ever.
Before the "United Nations Security Council", the UN mediator and the international community returned with false testimonies and false briefings that are supposed to be avoided at this time, in order to spare the arrogant enemy the dire consequences that it promised Sana'a, as the United Nations announced that the horizon for calm opportunities was blocked, but it strived to hide the identity of the culprit.
By its envoy’s briefing, he exercised a political and humanitarian maneuver in order to recycle logic and truth to transform legitimate and just demands into impossible conditions! While he used its humanitarian and political "paint" in that briefing to whitewash the escalator clauses that the aggression and its tools brought as response issues, although they are nothing more than attempts to break up the demands.
In his briefing to the Security Council, the UN envoy said, "Unfortunately, the parties did not reach an agreement on the extension and expansion of the truce, which created a state of uncertainty and increased the risks of a renewed outbreak of war in the country."
However, he concealed the reasons for the blockage of the peace, among the most prominent of these is the non-commitment of the aggression countries to open flights from Sanaa airport to the two agreed destinations, as well as the continuation of piracy on fuel ships and the disavowal of the payment of salaries, which is the basic condition under which the truce was extended for two months from last August 2 until the second of this month.
In the context of “briefing the declaration of bias,” the UN mediator boldly obscured the political and humanitarian image of the international community and manipulated the conditions for blocking the paths of peace, by thanking the countries of aggression and the pro-aggression government for agreeing to the proposal he put forward after they formulated, submitted and adhered to.
On the other hand, he accused the national government that announced its three just conditions in public, that it did not respond to his proposal, which he sees as a means for peace, which is the same vision that the aggression and its sponsors and tools for peace see.
In attempts to hide the fact, the envoy claimed in his briefing that the flights to and from Sanaa airport took place according to what had been agreed upon, despite his acknowledgment two weeks ago that the agreed-upon flights to Cairo had not been implemented; Because the latter ignored the demands.
He also claimed that the fuel ships sailed regularly, ignoring the piracy against four oil ships that are still being detained, although they are still among the number agreed upon in the truce entitlements.
He tried to exaggerate his achievement of entering certain quantities of ships
My remark: The Sanaa gov./Houthi viewpoint. And also:
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UN Envoy Gives US-Saudi Aggression Permission to Continue Its Economic War Against Yemen
In a tweet on his Twitter account, UN envoy Grundberg expressed his regret at what he considered “the additional demands of Sana’a that cannot be met,” referring to the demand for paying salaries of employees and retirees.
While the briefing of the UN envoy to the UN Security Council, Thursday, was nothing more than a complicit statement with the US-Saudi aggression to disrupt the rights of the Yemeni people. He announced the delay of Sana’a’s demands, of the salaries, to the stage of final settlements of the crisis in Yemen, providing the aggression an open check to pressure the Yemenis to make unfair concessions.
Since the first day of the US-Saudi military attack on Yemen, international law and humanitarian norms have been absent from what is happening against Yemenis in terms of systematic killings as a result of the siege and bombing.
It appears from Grundberg's briefing to delay Yemenis' legitimate demands for salaries that the United Nations does not expressly object to the continuation of the grave violations that Yemenis are subjected to by the US-Saudi aggression, including direct killings by bombing.
My comment: The Houthi side claims that its demands must be fulfilled without any negotiation – as precondition for any further negotiations – but at the same time reject all similar claims by the other side (reopening roads to Taiz). This way, since Pharaonic days peace negotiations never worked.
and also
[Sanaa] Parliament condemns UN envoy’s bias
https://en.ypagency.net/275660/
and also https://debriefer.net/en/news-31371.html
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UN Envoy for Yemen concludes visit to Riyadh
During his visit, Grundberg held separate meetings with the Yemeni foreign affairs minister, Ahmed Binmubarak, Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al-Jaber, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Nayef M. Al-Hajraf and diplomats from the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36768
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Houthi rebels reject offers to extend truce: [Aden] Yemeni gov’t
The Yemeni government has accused Houthi rebels of rejecting all offers to extend a UN-brokered truce in war-torn Yemen.
“The Houthi group turned down all offers to extend the truce,” Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak said during a meeting with UN envoy Hans Grundberg in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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[Aden gov.] Yemeni FM: Houthis benefit from war, hindering peace
The Iranian-backed Houthi group is involved in widespread money laundry, importing oil derivatives through shadowy companies and using such suspicious funds to finance war and terrorist acts, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Monday.
The Houthi benefiting from the 8-year-old war, which they raged in the country, is the direst obstacle facing the peace process in Yemen, Ahmed Bin Mubarak added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31355.html
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UN Rights Body Fails Yemeni People, Again
Zero Accountability for War Crimes in Yemen at UN
On October 7, the Human Rights Council adopted, without a vote, a toothless resolution on Yemen that fails to establish a credible independent and impartial monitoring and accountability mechanism. This means that grave human rights violations, including apparent war crimes, are likely to continue to go unchecked.
The item 10 resolution requires only that the Office of the UN High Commissioner provide technical assistance and capacity building to the Government of Yemen for human rights, abysmally short of the demand from Yemeni civil society and international rights groups to establish a new international accountability mechanism for Yemen.
The adoption comes a year after the same body rejected the renewal of the mandate for the Group of Eminent Experts (GEE), an international, impartial, and independent body established by the Human Rights Council in 2017 that reported on rights violations and abuses in Yemen.
The lack of any strong and effective follow up is further evidence of Saudi Arabia and other coalition member’s unbridled impunity and success at evading accountability for human rights violations, including apparent war crimes, in Yemen. Yemeni civil society is now left with the devastating reality that there will be zero accountability mechanisms for Yemen at the UN.
While the US, UK, and EU expressed “disappointment” over the lack of independent reporting in the resolution, members of the Council fundamentally failed to respect the will of Yemeni civil society who have been unequivocal in their demands for an international independent criminal accountability mechanism.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/18/un-rights-body-fails-yemeni-people-again
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Why the Houthis refused to extend Yemen's truce
With the Yemeni government fragmented and weak, the Houthi movement knows that it has a clear advantage in terms of military power.
Their inflexibility on dialogue points to a reliance on their military capability should the war erupt afresh. It also reveals an understanding of the weakness of their rivals.
One demand the Houthi defacto authorities have made is that their opponents should pay the salaries of public servants, including their fighters, in areas under their control.
The Yemeni government and the UN envoy to Yemen did not expect such a request, which effectively doomed efforts on a truce extension.
No matter how hard the UN envoy tries to persuade the Houthis to moderate their demands, they keep displaying an unwillingness to change their attitude. It is no exaggeration to say that Houthi flexibility could be decisive in reviving the truce or reaching a peaceful solution in Yemen.
Indeed, regional or international diplomatic pressure may lead to a temporary calm, like the past six-month truce. However, such an approach is not a recipe for better Houthi political engagement.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Houthi spokesperson, reiterated their demands on Thursday for the truce to be extended.
Yemeni government's deepening fragility
The fragility of the Yemeni government has deepened over the last seven years of war, and its position on the truce extension has exposed the extent of its military weakness.
It accepted many of the UN proposals and offered multiple concessions in the hope of extending the ceasefire while insisting on expanding the period of calm.
Though the government has displayed concern about the humanitarian situation, its inadequate military preparedness for a new cycle of war is the prime reason for wanting to extend the truce.
Any renewed strife could bring the government further territorial losses, given the military strength of their opponent, the Houthis.
While the Yemeni government is internationally recognised, it is internally fragmented, and all attempts to restore its leverage have failed.
These threats are very real, and downplaying the Houthis’ military strength is a miscalculation
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/why-houthis-refused-extend-yemens-truce
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Saudi-Houthi prisoners’ deal sparks hope for peace in Yemen
On Saturday, the Houthi militias announced the signing of a final list for a prisoner swap with Saudi Arabia.
Observers of Yemeni affairs were optimistic on Monday following a recent breakthrough over prisoners, an issue which has consistently prolonged tensions between the Iran-backed Houthi militias and Saudi Arabia.
The deal, observers told The Arab Weekly, may lead to an agreement on renewing the humanitarian truce in the war-torn country.
Over the last few months, Saudi Arabia has shown considerable keenness to resolve differences with the Houthis, conceding that the renewal of the war will not be in the interests of any of the parties, according to observers.
On Saturday, the Houthi militias announced the signing of a final list for a prisoner swap with Saudi Arabia, under which detainees will be exchanged between Sana’a and Riyadh.
Head of the committee Abdulqader al-Murtada said the database which had delayed making the agreement had been corrected.
Murtada said a visit by the Houthi delegation to Saudi prisons was successful as the Yemeni prisoners were reassured that the swap deal would go ahead. He hoped that the reciprocal visits would be a first step toward settling the humanitarian issue of the prisoner exchange.
https://thearabweekly.com/saudi-houthi-prisoners-deal-sparks-hope-peace-yemen
cp8 Saudi-Arabien / Saudi Arabia
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#Saudi govt hatred of #ProphetMohamed & his daughter #FatimaAzzahrra. The govt removed the name of #Fatima of a mosque in #Jeddah
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1583129830002143232
referring to https://twitter.com/akhbar/status/1582726514956648448
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Now on
@ErinBurnett @OutFrontCNN, the son of #American hostage #Saudi prison, sentenced to die, speaks for the first time on television. #SaadAlMaadi & @StateDeptSpox refused to condemn the #Saudi racist monarchy.
https://twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en/status/1582517340821893120
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Tunisian Doctor Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison in Saudi Arabia for Twitter Post
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a 51-year-old Tunisian doctor residing in Saudi Arabia to 15 years in prison for her interaction with a Twitter post that supports Hezbollah.
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US-Bürger in Saudi-Arabien wegen Kritik am Königshaus gefoltert und verurteilt
Wegen seinen Nachrichten auf Twitter sei der gebürtige Saudi-Araber bei der Einreise am Flughafen in Riad festgenommen, gefoltert und Anfang Oktober zu 16 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt worden.
Der Fall eines US-Bürgers, der wegen kritischer Kommentare über das Königshaus in Saudi-Arabien zu einer langen Haftstrafe verurteilt wurde, belastet das ohnehin angespannte Verhältnis zwischen Washington und Riad. Das US-Außenministerium erklärte am Dienstag, der Fall werde auf hoher Ebene in Riad angesprochen, die USA seien immer wieder deshalb vorstellig geworden.
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Saudi Arabia sentences U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets
The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets he posted while inside the United States, some of which were critical of the Saudi regime. His son, speaking publicly for the first time, alleges that the Saudi government has tortured his father in prison and says that the State Department mishandled the case.
In fact, despite that Saudi Arabia is supposedly a U.S. ally, the Saudi government under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is dealing with its U.S.-citizen critics more harshly than ever. The latest and most egregious example concerns Saudi American Saad Ibrahim Almadi.
Almadi is not a dissident or an activist; he is simply a project manager from Florida who decided to practice his right to free speech inside the United States. But last November, when he traveled to Riyadh to visit family, he was detained regarding 14 tweets posted on his account over the previous seven years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/17/almadi-sentenced-tweets-saudi-arabia/
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US Citizen Jailed in Saudi Arabia for Tweets on Khashoggi, Yemen: Son
On Wednesday, Ibrahim shared with AFP a list of Twitter posts he said had been used in evidence against his father -- information he said had been confirmed by the State Department.
They include posts on taxes as well as controversial demolition work in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, and the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
One post questions why Saudi Arabia is unable to prevent attacks by Huthi rebels in war-wracked Yemen, where the kingdom heads a military coalition in support of the internationally recognized government.
Another refers to the "sacrifice" of Khashoggi, whose killing by Saudi agents in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate sparked global outrage.
Saudi officials also found an unflattering caricature of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, on Almadi's phone, Ibrahim said.
Almadi was charged in part with supporting and funding terrorism and trying to destabilise the kingdom, Ibrahim said.
Ibrahim accused the State Department of having "mishandled" his father's case
https://www.voanews.com/a/6796365.html
and
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Why is a US ally jailing Americans for mean tweets?
Saudi Arabia convicted and sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for criticizing the kingdom on Twitter while living in the United States.
This is certainly not the first time that the kingdom has targeted Americans in a brutal crackdown that has ensnared regime critics, women’s rights activists, and business and political elite. Under MbS’s leadership, Saudi has also more readily engaged in the targeting of dissidents, defectors, and rights defenders abroad, including in the United States.
One such message, sent as demonstrations against police brutality swept the country, read: “You think that you are safe, but we will take advantage of the protesting and chaos in the U.S. and we will take care of you.”
Particularly chilling are acts of state hostage-taking, a common tool used by the Saudi government, where family members are kidnapped, detained, or tortured to pressure their relatives abroad.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/10/20/why-is-a-us-ally-jailing-americans-for-mean-tweets/
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Saudi authorities release Al-Khodari
The Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” announced on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has released the former representative of the movement in Riyadh Mohammed al-Khodari, who has been detained in the Kingdom since 2019.
https://en.ypagency.net/275777/
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„Sportswashing ist der Kern, aber es geht um mehr“
Vor einem Jahr kaufte Saudi-Arabien den englischen Traditionsklub Newcastle United. Die Kritik war groß. Aber was hat der Staat eigentlich vor? Und wie hängt die Übernahme mit der WM in Katar zusammen?
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Drohnenaufnahmen zeigen Bau von Mega-Stadt "The Line"
Die Stadt in Saudi Arabien soll 170 km lang und 500 Meter hoch sein und Platz für 9 Millionen Menschen bieten.
Saudi Arabien hat mit dem Bau der futuristischen Mega-Stadt "The Line" begonnen. Das 2021 angekündigte Projekt wurde im Juli von Kronprinz Mohammad Bin Salman vorgestellt. Inzwischen hat der Bau der riesigen Stadt begonnen. Eine Drohnenaufnahme der Firma Ot Sky zeigt das enorme Ausmaß der Bauarbeiten.
Die Bandstadt soll 170 km lang sein und 500 Meter hoch, bei einer Breite von nur 200 Metern. Sie befindet sich im Planstadtgebiet Neom, im Nordwesten des Landes. Dort soll neben The Line auch ein Technologiepark entstehen sowie das Hafengebiet Neom Bay am Roten Meer.
Sie soll Raum für 9 Millionen Menschen bieten. Dafür wurde die Stadt ohne Autos geplant. Alle wichtigen Erledigungen sollen maximal 5 Minuten zu Fuß erreichbar sein. Zudem ist ein High-Speed-Zug geplant, der schnell von einem Ende der Stadt zum anderen fahren soll. Die Planstadt Neom inklusive The Line soll bis 2030 fertiggestellt werden.
Obwohl man betont, wie umweltfreundlich und nachhaltig The Line geplant wurde, fürchten Kritiker*innen einen schweren Eingriff in das Ökosystem.
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Film: Drone footage reveals The Line megacity under construction in Saudi Arabia
Footage released by Saudi Arabian aerial photography company Ot Sky shows work commencing on The Line megacity, which is being built as part of the Neom development. The drone footage shot by Ot Sky shows construction underway on the linear city, which is being built in the north west of Saudi Arabia. In the video, numerous excavators can be seen digging a wide linear trench in the desert. Within the trench, foundations for the city, which is planned to be 170 kilometres long, are expected to be built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfiWYKTgRxI&t=2s
cp9 USA
Siehe / Look at cp1, cp9a, cp9b
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US general on rare visit to nuclear-armed sub in Arabian Sea
The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East boarded a U.S. ballistic missile submarine in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday, a rare move that highlighted U.S. nuclear undersea capabilities during tense times with Iran and Russia.
Gen. Erik Kurilla was shuttled out to the USS West Virginia and went aboard for about eight hours as the submarine rose to the surface in an undisclosed location in international waters in the sea.
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Blinken fordert die Houthis auf, inhaftierte Botschaftsangestellte im Jemen freizulassen
US-Außenminister Antony Blinken forderte am Mittwoch die Houthi-Rebellen im Jemen auf, 12 derzeitige und ehemalige US- und UN-Mitarbeiter freizulassen, die letztes Jahr von den vom Iran unterstützten Militanten festgenommen worden waren.
„Vor einem Jahr durchbrachen Houthi-Streitkräfte das von der US-Botschaft in Sanaa, Jemen, genutzte Gelände und begannen, unsere jemenitischen Kollegen festzunehmen“, twitterte Herr Blinken am Mittwoch.
„Ich fordere die Houthis auf, diese jemenitischen Bürger mit ihren Familien wieder zusammenzuführen.“
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Sec. Anthony Blinken: One Year of Detention for Our Locally Employed Staff in Sana’a
The ongoing detention of these Yemeni employees shows gross disregard for diplomatic norms and constitutes an affront to the entire international community. The United States will unceasingly continue diplomatic efforts to secure their release, working with our international partners. These actions continue to call into question Houthi willingness to see Yemen return to peace. The UN Security Council has condemned these Houthi actions in the strongest terms, as has the U.S. Congress and many international partners.
The United States is committed to advancing a durable resolution to the Yemen conflict
https://www.state.gov/one-year-of-detention-for-our-locally-employed-staff-in-sanaa/
and also https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1582712894986543104
My comment: Don’t forget that the US is a warring party in Yemen and it never cared for “the rule of law” in whatever country it interfered from Afghanistan t0 Yemen. This is part of a broader US campaign:
The rebel's actions are an "affront to the entire international community, but more importantly to Yemenis themselves", Mr Lenderking said.
https://twitter.com/StateDept_NEA/status/1582898252982415361
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyYemen/status/1582727807486296065
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Ever wonder how Saudi Arabia maintains its influence in DC? One man, Norm Coleman, plays a central role. He's a Saudi lobbyist AND overseer of TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in dark $$$ contributions to GOP House races. Watch our explainer video
https://twitter.com/EliClifton/status/1582776761057935361
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Bombs & guns: Biden’s ‘business as usual’ approach to US arms sales
A new report shows the White House is still ‘checking its values at the door’ when it comes to arms transfers abroad.
The conventional wisdom among many Washington policymakers is that arms sales are a critical tool of U.S. foreign policy — cementing alliances, projecting power and influence without putting boots on the ground, and fostering regional stability.
But as my new paper for the Quincy Institute explains, the risks of arms sales in fueling conflicts, enabling human rights abuses, and drawing the United States into conflicts that don’t promote its national interests are too often discounted in favor of their alleged benefits. As a result, the United States has long been the world’s largest arms-supplying nation, cornering 39 percent of the market in recent years and providing weapons to over 100 recipient nations.
Long-term U.S. interests would be much better served by a more restrained approach to arms transfers. Early on, it seemed that the Biden administration recognized this fact and was going to do something about it. As a candidate, Joe Biden said that if he was elected, the United States would “no longer check its values at the door” when it came to selling weapons abroad.
And he took the occasion of his first foreign policy speech to announce that his administration would end support for offensive operations in Yemen, including relevant arms sales. Following up on that pledge, he briefly suspended sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to conduct a review of the wisdom of U.S. sales to those regimes, which have been the key players in a devastating intervention in Yemen that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 people through direct and indirect means, including thousands of civilians killed in Saudi airstrikes carried out with U.S.-supplied equipment and logistical support.
But aside from suspending one bomb deal with Saudi Arabia, the administration cleared both nations for further U.S. sales. This return to business as usual has also encompassed sales to repressive regimes like Egypt, Nigeria, and the Philippines with severely negative human and security consequences and little if any corresponding benefit to the United States.
and
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Promoting Stability or Fueling Conflict? The Impact of U.S. Arms Sales on National and Global Security
From Executive Summary
Following Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to cut oil production, a move that will raise prices in the West and is widely seen as a slight to the United States, two Democratic lawmakers have called for a freeze in all arms sales and military support to the Kingdom.1 For years, U.S. politicians and commentators have claimed that American support for Saudi Arabia — which includes providing 70 percent of its weapons and technical support that its air force relies on to conduct its bombing campaign against Yemen — is necessary to ensure the Kingdom will provide stable energy supplies and side with the United States in geopolitical disputes. But the latest Saudi move has given the lie to these claims. It provides yet another urgent prompt to rethink U.S. arms transfer policies to Saudi Arabia and, in fact, around the world.
The administration needs to address a number of key issues if U.S. policy on arms sales is to be made consistent with long-term U.S. interests. The key policy consideration is how to restrict sales to those that will help allies defend themselves without provoking arms races or increasing the prospects for conflict. Of particular note, the Australia-UK-U.S., or AUKUS submarine deal will benefit U.S. contractors but risks fueling arms competition and increasing tensions with China.
Finally, Washington needs to take steps to ensure that the financial interests of a handful of weapons contractors do not drive critical U.S. arms export policy decisions.
and a shorter survey. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/20/us-arms-sales-weapons-biden-election-pledge
cp9a USA-Iran Krise: Spannungen am Golf / US-Iran crisis: Tensions at the Gulf
Siehe / Look at cp9
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West and Russia clash over probe of drones in Ukraine
The United States and key Western allies accused Russia on Friday of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine in violation of a 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution and international humanitarian law.
Russia countered by accusing Ukraine of attacking infrastructure and civilians for eight years in the eastern separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk
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USA fordern UN-Untersuchung zum Einsatz iranischer Drohnen
Die USA haben vor dem UN-Sicherheitsrat eine Untersuchung der Vereinten Nationen zu den Vorwürfen des Einsatzes iranischer Drohnen durch Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine gefordert. »Die UN müssen jede Verletzung von UN-Sicherheitsratsresolutionen untersuchen und wir dürfen nicht zulassen, dass Russland oder andere die UN am Ausüben ihrer festgeschriebenen Verpflichtungen hindern oder sie bedrohen«, sagte der US-Vertreter Jeffrey DeLaurentis am Freitag bei einer Sitzung des Sicherheitsrates in New York.
mein Kommentar: Ein Witz angesichts von US-Waffenlieferungen und US-Kriegen.
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Iran Ready to Use All Its Capacities to Bring an End to War in Europe: Iran's President
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Amir-Abdollahian: Arms, drones delivery to Russia to be used in Ukraine war 'not Iran’s policy'
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s strong opposition to the war in Ukraine, dismissing Western-backed allegations that Iran sends weapons and drones to Russia to be used against the former Soviet country.
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a post on his Twitter account on Thursday after a telephone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, during which the foreign minister rejected as baseless accusations about Iran’s delivery of arms and drones to Russia in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine.
“Today, I reminded Burrell in a phone call that our clear policy is to oppose the war and its escalation in Ukraine,” the top Iranian diplomat said.
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US: Iranian troops in Crimea backing Russian drone strikes
The White House said Thursday that Iranian troops are “directly engaged on the ground” in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s power stations and other key infrastructure, claiming it has troubling evidence of Tehran’s deepening role assisting Russia as it exacts suffering on Ukrainian civilians just as the cold weather sets in.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Iran has sent a “relatively small number” of personnel to Crimea
https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-8b085070758120c31d421f68a65e4b14
My comment: It would be a mistake to believe every thing claimed by US politics and media.
and
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Iran is slowly entrenching itself as a player in the Ukraine war
As Russia faces growing setbacks in Ukraine, it appears to be increasingly turning to Iran for help, in a development that has sparked concern from the West and Tehran’s regional adversaries.
Sources familiar with US intelligence have told CNN that Iran has sent military trainers to Crimea to train and advise the Russian military on the use of Iranian-built drones that Moscow has used to rain down terror on cities across Ukraine.
The presence of Iranian personnel in occupied Ukrainian territory would mark a significant escalation in Iran’s involvement in the war in support of Russia, and a new phase in the two countries’ budding military alliance.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/19/middleeast/iran-weapons-in-ukraine-war-mime-intl
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Analysis: Iran pushes militarily abroad amid unrest at home
As protests rage at home, Iran’s theocratic government is flexing its military muscle abroad: Tehran has supplied drones to Russia that killed Ukrainian civilians, ran drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombed Kurdish positions in Iraq.
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EU preparing sanctions against Iran over Russia drone sales
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Iranian commander threatens Saudis: Your borders unsafe
Saudi Arabia promotes evil acts and interferes in Iran's internal affairs by inciting the ongoing protests in the Islamic republic, IRGS commander said on Monday.
"I advise Al Saud regime to observe its behavior and its propaganda trumpets that not only promote for evil acts, but also seek blatantly to incite our youth to protest," Hussein Salami added.
"You interfered in our internal affairs via these media outlets which you fund, but know that you're weak and that the smoke would harm your eyes," he said in remarks carried by IRNA.
While "Iran is a safe country, and its borders are safe, we'll strongly defend against any threats or risks affecting the Islamic Republic's stability. These are important messages to our neighbors.
"Our policy is friendship and brotherhood with all the neighbor countries, but this policy will completely change once we feel any danger, conspiracy or hostility from those countries."
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31354.html
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U.S. to penalize Iran, third parties for missile sales to Russia
A U.S. official issued the warning following reports that Tehran was expanding its military aid to Moscow.
The United States intends to further crack down on Iran for helping Russia in the war on Ukraine, a U.S. official said Monday following reports that Tehran plans to send Moscow missiles to use on the battlefield.
The penalties — likely to include economic sanctions and possibly some export controls — would also target third parties that help Tehran and Moscow.
“Are we going to do more about Iranian military sales to Russia? Absolutely, yes,” the U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/17/iran-russia-missile-sales-00062075
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US Iran envoy on reviving the Iran deal: 'Right now it's not even on the agenda, not the focus'
The reason the talks are at a standstill is that “Iran has taken a position in those talks for the past two months, which is simply inconsistent with a return to the deal,” Rob Malley told CNN.
Reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic “is not even on the agenda” and “not the focus, because there is no movement,” according to Rob Malley, the Biden administration’s Iran envoy.
The administration believes the US needs to stop the regime from acquiring a nuclear weapon, he told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Monday.
“Diplomacy is the way to do that,” he said. “We will see whether this is a government that is interested in reaching a deal, but at this point, the focus is on what’s happening... because the talks are stalled.
President Joe Biden made it clear from the first day he came into office that one of his priorities was to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Malley said, and “he believes, and we continue to believe, that diplomacy is the best way to achieve that goal.”
“But the reason the talks are at a standstill and an impasse, and why they’re not so far moving at all and why they’re not the focus, is because Iran has taken a position in those talks for the past two months, which is simply inconsistent with a return to the deal,” he said. “They’re making demands that have nothing to do with the JCPOA. And as long as that’s the case, the talks will be stopped.”
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-719894
My comment: Be sure: From the very beginning, the US are “making demands that have nothing to do with the JCPOA.“.
cp9b Beziehungen der USA zu Saudi-Arabien und den VAE / US-Saudi and UAE relations
Siehe / Look at cp9
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Wie der brutale Krieg im Jemen enden könnte
Saudi-Arabien hat die Ölproduktion gedrosselt – entgegen dem Willen der USA. Seither kriselt es zwischen den Verbündeten. Was lange hartnäckig verhindert wurde, könnte jetzt erreicht werden: das Ende der US-Waffenlieferungen für den blutigen Krieg im Jemen.
Diese »unzerstörbare« Beziehung macht derzeit die vielleicht schwerste Belastungsprobe überhaupt durch. Es fehlt nicht viel und die beiden langjährigen Verbündeten gehen sich gegenseitig an die Kehle. Der Auslöser dafür – und das ist ein makabrer, aber stimmiger Detailaspekt der aktuellen politischen Großwetterlage – ist aber nicht das immer länger werdende Sündenregister der Saudis inklusive der erwiesenen Mittäterschaft ihres Geheimdienstes an den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001, bei denen Tausende amerikanischer Zivilisten getötet wurden, sondern die Tatsache, dass das saudische Herrscherhaus sich mit Blick auf den stetig eskalierenden Krieg in der Ukraine auf die Seite Russlands schlägt und sich damit gegen Washington stellt.
In Washington, das ebenso energisch wie erfolglos gegen diese Entscheidung protestierte, wird dieser Schritt bereits als »feindseliger Akt« des Kronprinzen Mohammed Bin Salman gewertet. Viele Beobachter deuten die Fördermengendrosselung als Versuch des saudischen Regierungschefs, der Biden-Administration eine »Oktoberüberraschung« zu bereiten und gerade rechtzeitig zu den im November anstehenden US-Zwischenwahlen die Inflation in die Höhe zu treiben. Inzwischen redet Joe Biden bereits davon, das Verhältnis der Vereinigten Staaten zu der brutalen Autokratie »neu zu bewerten«.
Ein Gesetzentwurf, den einige Demokraten im Repräsentantenhaus einbrachten, sieht vor, dass die Truppen und Waffensysteme aus Saudi-Arabien und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten (VAE) abgezogen werden.
Es hat etwas Absurdes, dass ausgerechnet dieser Punkt – die stillschweigende Unterstützung der Saudis für ein Land, das rechtswidrig ein kleineres Nachbarland angreift – bei den US-Verantwortlichen das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt, wenn man bedenkt, dass Saudi-Arabien seinerseits mit Unterstützung der USA einen längeren und noch brutaleren Krieg gegen den Jemen führt und die Saudis offenbar bei einem Angriff auf amerikanischem Boden ihre Finger im Spiel hatten. Doch im Kern geht es nicht um Russland und seinen Krieg gegen die Ukraine.
In Wahrheit geht es mit dem amerikanisch-saudischen Verhältnis schon seit Längerem bergab. Beschleunigt wurde der Abwärtstrend durch die Wahl von Joe Biden, der im Wahlkampf feierlich versprochen hatte, Saudi-Arabien wegen der Ermordung des Journalisten Jamal Khashoggi und – in geringerem Maße – wegen des brutalen saudischen Vorgehens im Jemen zum »Paria« zu machen. In der Praxis fasste Biden das Regime dennoch weiterhin mit Samthandschuhen an
Der Balanceakt, an dem Biden sich seither versucht, hat den unberechenbaren und zur Gewalt neigenden Kronprinzen offenbar nicht zufriedengestellt. Er genießt es anscheinend, dem US-Präsidenten eine Nase zu drehen.
Das Spiel, das Bin Salman spielt, ist gewagt, ergibt aber für ihn durchaus Sinn: Man verschafft Saudi-Arabien kurzfristige Mehreinnahmen und schwächt den US-Präsidenten, der gegen die eigene Person opponiert hat. Dann wartet man die nächsten zwei Jahre ab, bis womöglich der Saudi-freundliche Donald Trump wieder auf dem Präsidentensessel Platz nimmt.
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Auf Distanz zu Amerika
Mitten in der Energiekrise drosselt Saudi-Arabien seine Ölproduktion und macht gemeinsame Sache mit Russland. In den Vereinigten Staaten reagiert man empört und droht dem Golfstaat mit Konsequenzen. Aber der saudische Kronprinz sieht sich am längeren Hebel. Der Fall ist ein weiterer Beleg für die Erosion der globalen Vormachtstellung des Westens.
US-Präsident Joe Biden hat Saudi-Arabien vorigen Juli in der Hoffnung besucht, den saudischen König Salman und Kronprinz Mohammad bin Salman davon zu überzeugen, alles in ihrer Macht Stehende zu tun, um die Energiemärkte zu beruhigen und die Kraftstoffpreise zu stabilisieren. Außerdem forderte er sie dazu auf, die Zusammenarbeit mit China, dem dominierenden Wirtschaftspartner in der Region, zu verringern. Bei den Saudis stieß er offenbar auf taube Ohren. Trotz Bidens Aufforderung, die Ölproduktion nicht zu drosseln, kündigten die Energieminister der Opec+ nach einem Treffen in Wien Anfang des Monats an, die Produktion um zwei Millionen Barrel pro Tag zu kürzen.
Diese unerwartete Entscheidung löste Forderungen des US-Kongresses aus, Saudi-Arabien zu bestrafen. Sie verblüffte auch die Regierung Biden, denn alle früheren saudischen Regierungen hatten es vermieden, Washington in Verlegenheit zu bringen, selbst in turbulenten Zeiten ihrer Beziehungen. Der amerikanische Außenminister Antony Blinken erklärte, sein Land werde Optionen prüfen, um auf diesen Schritt zu reagieren, den er als kurzsichtig und enttäuschend bezeichnete. Er sagte auch, die USA würden nicht gegen ihre eigenen Interessen handeln – und spielte damit auf die Forderung von Kongressmitgliedern an, wichtige in Saudi-Arabien und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten stationierte US-Militäreinrichtungen abzuziehen. Ein Hinweis auf die schwierigen Entscheidungen, vor denen Washington heute steht.
https://www.cicero.de/aussenpolitik/saudi-arabien-usa-energiekrise-opec-erdoel-russland-foerdermenge
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Saudi-Arabiens Freundschaft mit Wladimir Putin sollte den Westen wachrütteln
Der saudi-arabische Kronprinz und Premierminister Mohammed bin Salman darf nicht länger privilegierten Zugang zu westlichen Staatschefs und deren Unterstützung erhalten [nur im Abo]
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Audio: Why did Saudi Arabia cut oil production and why is Britain in political crisis?
Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute explains why Saudi Arabia cut its oil production dramatically
https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-october-20-2022/ = https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S221020
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Who Lost Saudi Arabia?
First, the Cold War is over. The Saudis are a deeply religious people who strongly opposed communism. As their long-serving ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, noted about their co-operation in Afghanistan. "We did not use East-West arguments or America's anti-communist rhetoric, we used religion. We said the communists are atheists, they do not believe in God.... We galvanized the Muslim world behind us." Today, Moscow no longer promotes either atheism or the overthrow of Arab monarchs.
Second, King Salman is not operating a global gas station or an international charity. He pursues his nation's interest and maintaining oil revenue is part of his job description. Between June and September, oil prices fell by 30 percent. The International Energy Agency has lowered its oil demand forecast due to the "relentless deterioration of the economy."
Third, the Saudis now question the reliability of Western security commitments. They urged the U.S.-led multinational coalition not to withdraw completely from Iraq and accurately predicted the subsequent rise of Islamic State. They were unsettled by the hasty Western retreat from Afghanistan.
All this has left the Saudis feeling unappreciated. They believe that they have supported Western efforts to maintain regional stability, resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and fight terrorism. They continue to trade oil in dollars, which strengthens the U.S. currency and the Western financial order that relies on it. They resent politicians who condemn their production cuts without ever noting their equally frequent production increases.
Finally, personal relationships matter. The Saudis understand that Western politicians on the campaign trail say things that may not reflect their true intentions. References to them as a "pariah state" were hurtful but taken with a grain of salt in Riyadh.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-lost-saudi-arabia-opinion-1753279
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SAUDIS SOUGHT OIL PRODUCTION CUT SO DEEP IT SURPRISED EVEN RUSSIA
OPEC+ slashed oil production following a Saudi pressure campaign that experts say aims to hurt Democrats in the midterms.
But Saudi Arabia actually pushed to cut oil production twice as much as Russian President Vladimir Putin, surprising the Russians, two Saudi sources with knowledge of the negotiations told The Intercept, suggesting that Riyadh’s motives run deeper than what top Democrats want to admit.
“People in D.C. think MBS is siding with Putin, but I think MBS is even more Putinian than Putin,” one of the sources, a Saudi close to the royal family, said, referring to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
But experts say the cut is targeted squarely at the Democratic Party — something Democratic officials have been loath to admit publicly.
“The Saudis are well aware that the price of gasoline at the pump has been a crucial political issue in the United States since 1973,” Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told The Intercept in an email. “They want a big increase to help the Republicans,” he added, explaining that MBS sees the GOP winning back Congress as the “first step to Trump winning in 2024 and a setback for Biden.”
“MBS enjoyed a sweetheart relationship with Trump,” Riedel said. “Trump stood by MBS when he murdered Khashoggi and his war in Yemen which has starved tens of thousands of children; there was never any criticism of the Saudi’s human rights abuses from the Trump administration.”
“You don’t need to look hard to understand that MBS is deliberately and persistently acting against U.S. interests and the Biden administration in particular. His actions are not just ‘snubs’ but punches in the face,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy in the Arab World Now. “He’s very nakedly using oil as a lever to try to influence the midterm elections with the aim of bringing in more compliant Republicans, trying to show us all who’s boss even in our own democracy.”
The notion that Saudi Arabia could intervene in domestic American politics, verboten in Washington, has been publicly acknowledged by top Saudi officials themselves.
“The U.S. has helped artificially make Saudi Arabia more powerful on the energy markets by sanctioning the oil of other major producers,” Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, told The Intercept. “Just as [Secretary of State] Tony Blinken said that the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline was an opportunity for Europe to reduce its dependence on Russian gas, Biden should turn the current crisis into an opportunity to reduce its own dependence on Riyadh by rethinking its unsuccessful energy sanctions on Venezuela and Iran.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/20/saudi-oil-production-cut/
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Bernie Sanders in interview: The Saudi Arabian regime treats women as third-class citizens, tortures civilians, and now is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. Yes, we must pull US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons, and end its price-fixing oil cartel.
https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1581713130815528960
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With OPEC cutting oil production, Biden should respond by ending support for war in Yemen
Saudi Arabia would like to control Yemen for many reasons, but two of the most important are oil-related. Yemen borders the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Millions of barrels of Saudi oil pass through it daily on ships. Saudi Arabia would also like to build an oil pipeline through eastern Yemen, allowing easier access to the Indian Ocean. With the pipeline up and running, Saudi Arabia could avoid exporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, near Iran.
All of this adds up to an unpleasant truth: While the U.S. is not directly engaged in the war in Yemen, American actions make us deeply complicit in the torment experienced by the Yemeni people. It also means that President Biden, seeking to rebuke Saudi oil policy, has an action channel connected directly to Saudi Arabia’s oil ambitions. Congress has already shown interest in this matter. H.J.Res.87, which would prevent further U.S. involvement in the Yemen War without Congressional approval, has bipartisan support and 116 Members of Congress signed on as co-sponsors. Its Senate companion, S.J.Re
https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article267442797.html
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U.S. Democrats turn up the heat on Saudi Arabia
In Washington, or at least some corners of it, knives are being sharpened for Saudi Arabia.
In recent days, Democratic lawmakers have touted a series of punitive measures against the kingdom.
“Policy decisions have consequences, and these steps would right-size the relationship with Saudi Arabia and help Ukraine,” Murphy said in an emailed statement.
Across the Democratic caucus, a lurking dissatisfaction with the United States’ long-standing entanglements with the Saudis exploded into full-bore rage. There remains disquiet over the outsize Saudi role in the attacks of 9/11, a long record of human rights abuses culminating garishly in the abduction and murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, as well as wariness over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s partisan affections for Republicans and former president Donald Trump.
After Biden’s reticent fist bump with MBS, the OPEC Plus decision was seen as a deliberate punch in the gut that had to be met with a tough response. The anger has given new life to the so-called NOPEC bill, long-mooted congressional legislation that would make the cartel’s member states subject to antitrust laws. That some lawmakers now believe a bill that could cause further havoc to energy markets has a chance, albeit a slim one, of passing is a sign of the appetite for confrontation with Riyadh. “It’s time for our foreign policy to imagine a world without this alliance with these royal backstabbers,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) tweeted.
In public remarks, Saudi officials have treated the American reaction with bemusement.
Jubeir cast the OPEC Plus decision as one made entirely on technical and economic grounds by oil producers minding their collective interests. There’s an obvious truth to that — and some analysts have stressed the need for U.S. officials to look beyond their domestic frames of reference. “The Saudis weren’t thinking about Ukraine — like many people in Asia and Africa, they don’t think in absolute terms of being pro- or anti-Russian — although that was certainly shortsighted,” wrote Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. “And it’s frankly narcissistic for Democrats to imagine that the Saudis are adjusting their national grand strategy around the upcoming midterm vote.”
On Sunday television, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden would address the anger in Congress, while also cautioning against calls for an abrupt change to U.S.-Saudi relations.
Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. diplomat and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told me that what we are seeing now is “the fraying of this essential trade-off.” The United States no longer needs Saudi oil imports (though it remains vulnerable to Saudi influence over global energy prices), while MBS and his cohort have made clear that the kingdom in the long run is going to diversify its geopolitical portfolio, cultivating closer ties to countries elsewhere from China to Brazil.
“The bottom line is that MBS doesn’t care,” said Miller, “and that he really does believe he has enormous leverage over the United States and is dealing with a president who is in his eyes an inconvenient speed bump.”
For now, though, the Saudis have few cheerleaders in Washington.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/18/saudi-congress-democrats-midterms-oil-biden/
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Biden admin officials considering trying to discourage American companies from expanding business ties with Saudi Arabia
Officials said it's one option on the table as the administration weighs how to respond to OPEC's cut to oil production without undermining U.S. objectives in the Middle East.
Biden administration officials are considering trying to discourage American companies from expanding business ties with Saudi Arabia as part of a U.S. response to a recent Saudi-led push by oil-producing countries to cut global production, said three current and former U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.
The administration also will not send any U.S. official to Saudi Arabia’s annual Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh next week, officials said, although a senior administration official said the determination was made before the OPEC+ alliance announced Oct. 5 that it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. The official said the administration was unable to make scheduling work to send a U.S. government official to the high-profile conference, sometimes referred to as “Davos in the desert,” which has been a prized event for Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Exploring ways to use American businesses as leverage against Saudi Arabia comes as President Joe Biden says he’s re-evaluating his administration’s relationship with the kingdom and considering how to retaliate against Riyadh over the oil production decision.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-admin-officials-consider-discouraging-us-companies-expanding-bus-rcna52525 = https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-admin-officials-consider-discouraging-103035635.html
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The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden
Despite widespread disgust at Saudi perfidy, odds are that crackpot realism will once again trump human rights—or even the national interest.
The Democrats are spitting mad at the government of Saudi Arabia. Again. The United States’ long-standing alliance with the House of Saud, which dates back to the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt eight decades ago, is in crisis, again. There is talk about the USA scaling back its alliance with the Saudi regime, again.
It’s hard not to feel a sense of déjà vu over the current imbroglio over Middle East policy.
These statements, though, prompt a question: If there are so many good reasons to see the Saudi monarchy as a bad ally, why has the alliance persisted until now? After all, if a horrendous human rights record, “unanswered questions” about the 9/11 terrorist attack, the murder of a journalist (Jamal Khashoggi) employed by an American newspaper, and a long history of fomenting religious extremism around the world haven’t been enough to shake the relationship, will a spike in oil prices do it? There were far bigger oil shocks in the 1970s that didn’t do any long-term harm to the relationship. In fact, they made Washington more mindful of how dependent it is on the Saudi alliance.
A good example of this tendency is an article in early October by Washington Post reporter Adam Taylor describing the relationship as a “marriage of convenience” based on “oil.” According to Taylor, “Arms sales have lost their luster, given the kingdom’s use of American weapons in its disastrous war in Yemen and the gruesome murder of Khashoggi, a U.S. resident who was well-known and well-liked in Washington.”
But as Johnson points out, the war in Yemen isn’t something the Saudi government dragged the United States into. Rather, it’s a policy carried out with the active participation of the national security state. Johnson noted that “a months-long Washington Post investigation just this week detailed the extent to which Biden, despite lofty words to the contrary, has carried on supporting Saudi’s virtually one-sided slaughter of Yemeni civilians without pause.”
As Johnson notes, “The narrative that the U.S. is ‘forced’ into backing Saudi Arabia over gas prices is an ahistorical, power-serving, racist myth. The U.S. supports the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia because that’s exactly what the Saudi regime was set up by Western powers to do, and it’s why the alliance is maintained and defended—despite the occasional wrist slapping.” The United States needs Saudi Arabia as a linchpin of its alliance system with the other Arab monarchies as well as with Egypt and Israel. This alliance system allows the United States to counter regional foes like Iran—and also limit any Russian or Chinese inroads to the Middle East. The US-Saudi alliance is a prime example of what the magisterial sociologist C. Wright Mills called “crackpot realism.” It does enormous real-world harm—but allows the existing power structure to function, often at the expense of the self-interest of ordinary Americans, who might not like high gas prices and a regime that exports its own dysfunctional autocracy. Elected Democrats are beginning to realize the price of crackpot realism, but it’s an open question whether that is enough to overturn the status quo of many decades.
As long as the American foreign policy elite is committed to maintaining hegemony in the Middle East, it will be loath to break the Saudi alliance. The current squabble, like earlier disputes, is likely to end with public expressions of discontent—followed by a renewal of support.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/us-saudi-relationship-oil/
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Audio: In Search of Monsters Miniseries — OPEC Oil Cuts w/ Annelle Sheline
The OPEC+ oil cartel’s plan to cut oil production by two million barrels per day will drive up the cost of fuel — hurting Americans’ pocketbooks while bolstering Russia’s fragile economic position.
QI’s Annelle Sheline joins In Search of Monsters (I.S.O.M.) — a limited pocast series from Open Source with Christopher Lydon and the Quincy Institute — to argue that it’s past time the U.S. re-evaluated our relationship with Saudi Arabia, and break down the options available to Washington policymakers looking to respond to the Kingdom’s recent slights.
https://quincyinst.org/2022/10/14/in-search-of-monsters-miniseries-opec-oil-cuts-w-annelle-sheline/
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Film: Rep. Ro Khanna on U.S. Reevaluating Relations with Saudi Arabia
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks about President Biden’s decision to reevaluate relations with Saudi Arabia in a conversation with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The review follows the OPEC+ oil production cuts and Saudi Arabia’s role in it
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523613-1/rep-ro-khanna-us-reevaluating-relations-saudi-arabia
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
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UK statement @UKinYemen on the Houthi attack on Al-Dhabba oil export terminal in #Yemen
https://twitter.com/UKinYemen/status/1583799856178425856
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Yemen's Houthi rebels must extend truce, says UK
Yemen’s Houthi rebels must co-operate with the United Nations to renew a truce that has brought much-needed calm to the country, the UK said on Thursday.
“The time has come for Houthi leaders to engage constructively with the UN," Rosie Dyas, spokeswoman for the UK government in the Mena region, wrote on Twitter.
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
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Film: Grüne und Rüstungsexporte: Menschenrechte egal?
"Die Ampel-Koalition hat Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien abgesegnet und das, obwohl der Koalitionsvertrag dem eigentlich unmissverständlich entgegensteht. Die Begründung: Es handle sich um eine Ausnahme und ein gemeinschaftliches europäisches Rüstungsprojekt. Nun liefert Deutschland also Rüstungsgüter an ein Land, das Menschenrechte systematisch untergräbt und im Jemenkrieg laut Kritiker:innen maßgeblich für Tod, Hunger und Vertreibung verantwortlich ist. Die Genehmigung der Rüstungsexporte kam übrigens zeitgleich zur Reise von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz nach Saudi-Arabien - ein Thema des Besuchs: mögliche Energielieferungen aus dem ölreichen Land nach Deutschland."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B2ezgh6yr4
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
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Statement on the Houthi attack targeting a vessel on 21 October 2022 on Yemen’s Al-Dabba port
The Delegation of the European Union together with the diplomatic missions of the EU member states accredited to Yemen, issues the following statement.
We strongly condemn the October 21 attack targeting VLCC Nissos Kea vessel, on Yemen’s Al-Dabba port. Fortunately, no lives were lost and the vessel was able to depart safely, but the flagrant menacing of international maritime commerce is unacceptable. Houthi attacks on international shipping are an affront to core principles of the Law of the Sea, jeopardizing freedom of navigation through the region’s waterways and blocking access to Yemeni ports. They deprive Yemenis the ability to afford fundamental necessities and could impact the flow of essential goods into Yemen.
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US-Zionists Extending Military Conflict in Red Sea to Control Yemens' Islands
Political sources revealed serious Zionist-US tendencies regarding the Yemeni islands located in the Red Sea, aiming to fully control the Bab al-Mandab strait.
The sources confirmed that the Zionist entity, in coordination with the US Navy and with Saudi and Emirati funding, is working to push Eritrean forces towards the Yemeni islands with the aim of creating a new military conflict in the Red Sea that leads to the internationalization of the Yemeni islands.
The sources reported that the plan aims to completely control the Yemeni islands, and deploy international forces there under the pretext of keeping peace and securing international navigation at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, “the Bab al-Mandab Strait.”
The sources indicated that the Zionist entity instructed the Eritrean naval forces to move militarily along the Yemeni coasts and islands to the Bab al-Mandab strait starting from the port of Assab, which became a station for the Emirati-Zionist military supplies to the UAE militants in the port of Mocha, west of Taiz governorate, in addition to the two islands of Mayon in the Bab al-Mandab strait and Socotra is in the Indian Ocean.
Eritrea had signed a security cooperation agreement with the Zionist entity in February 1996, granting Mossad freedom of movement within the Eritrean regions, and nominating 3 military bases for the Zionist entity inside Eritrea, in Jabal Hamed and Jabal Mahklawi in western Eritrea, and Haqr mountain in northern Eritrea.
Allowing an Israeli military presence on the islands of the “Dahlak” archipelago, the “Daqmahari” base in the Eritrean plateau, the “Marinai” island in “Massawa”, the “Ras Santiyat” island, the “Fatima” island, and the “Halib” island, not to mention the intense Zionist intelligence presence inside Eritrea and its border with Sudan, have been shown since the agreement.
Eritrea designated one of those bases as a military port to provide services to the Zionist navy and Israeli submarines, as reported by Western sources armed with nuclear-tipped missiles, and the second base for wiretapping and spying on sensitive areas overlooking Bab al-Mandab.
The Zionist entity has completed its largest military observatory in the Red Sea basin,
cp12b Sudan
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Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south
Tribal clashes in Sudan’s southern province of Blue Nile have killed at least 170 people over the past two days, two Sudanese officials said Thursday, the latest in inter-communal violence across the country’s neglected south.
The officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said the clashes erupted on Wednesday and that sporadic fighting continues. Government troops were deployed to the area to try to de-escalate the conflict. The dead include women and children, the two officials said.
Blue Nile has been shaken by ethnic violence over the past months
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UN says renewed tribal clashes kill 13 in southern Sudan
The violence in the Blue Nile province came as the country’s ruling generals and the main factions of the sprawling pro-democracy movement have made progress in internationally backed talks. The discussions aim to find a way out of last year’s military coup that plunged Sudan into worsening turmoil.
https://apnews.com/article/africa-9f423c96dfa71188089970c8c714c4fc
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
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The Iranian Arms Dashboard has been updated. It now includes a new possible appearance of an Iranian HM-15 81mm mortar in Sanaa, #Yemen. The HM-15 has only appeared in one governorate in 2022.
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/joshua.koontz5272/viz/IranianArmsDashboard/IranianArmsMap
and see also, photos. https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1582783140254584832
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKoontz__/status/1582810476278272000
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
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Photos: The woman reviving Yemen’s dressmaking heritage through dolls
Nujood al-Wazir started making woollen dolls after she became unemployed during the war. Now she uses them to draw attention to the country’s rich design heritage
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/yemen-woman-making-traditional-dolls-in-pictures
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Stolen Rare Antiquities Of Yemen Are Sold In Auctions Within London
The US-Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition and its mercenaries and agents continue to loot Yemeni antiquities, artifacts and manuscripts. These antiquities are then sold in auction homes in the American, European and British markets.
The Yemeni researcher specializing in antiquities, Abdullah Mohsen, revealed that more than 40 gold and bronze artifacts from the ancient history of Yemen were stolen and looted by the coalition of aggression and the mercenary government will be auctioned in the British capital, London, on November 30.
Researcher Mohsen said, in a post on his personal Facebook page, that Timeline Auctions in London will display more than six thousand antiquities from around the world, including (110) Egyptian artifacts, and more than (40) gold and bronze pieces from the antiquities of Yemen. He added that the artifacts were from groups of antiquities dealers from France, Britain, Japan and Israel, most notably Shlomo Musaev. (photos)
https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/559476
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Archaeologists uncover ancient city buried under sands in Zabid
Activists circulated photos on social media on Thursday showing what they said “the remains of an ancient city buried under the sand in Tihama region of Hodeida province, western Yemen.
Four archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city called “Manama”, located northwest of Zabid,” one of the oldest Yemeni cities in history.
According to the archaeologists, the city looks older than Zabid (with photos)
https://en.ypagency.net/275931/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/20/ancient-city-uncovered-under-the-sands-in-tihama-region-of-hodeidah/
The archaeologist is Jaber al-Zarnwqi.
Photos also here: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1583315794292678657
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Photos: Yemen, Historic cities
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Photos: rural village Elman of Amran in Yemen
https://twitter.com/Naseh_Shaker/status/1583100887223844864
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
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Al-Mashat Allows Transport of Oil For Aden's Electricity
The tanker (HANA) received permission from [Sanaa] President Mahdi Al-Mashat, with an exception to allow it to transport a shipment to Aden Governorate power station, and not consider it looting Yemen's Oil," the supreme economic committee said.
In a statement, the committee indicated that the tanker is currently docked at Bir Ali port, in preparation for transporting the aforementioned shipment. The committee indicated that the president's directives were an affirmation of the leadership's continuity of approach in neutralizing the economic and service aspect, and its keenness to continue providing services to citizens, alleviating their suffering
Recently, A source in the Supreme Economic Committee denied the correctness of the information reported by "Reuters" about the Bank of Aden's report on oil and gas revenues during the first half, stressing that the numbers are misleading and that oil revenues exceeded $2 billion.
The source emphasized that the report issued by the Bank of Aden, which showed that the revenues of oil and gas exports amounted to $739.3 million from January to June is misleading and did not reveal the truth.
"The revenue sector in the Ministry of Finance of the mercenaries in the city of Aden does not receive any data on the volume of actual exports of crude oil, nor the amount of its revenues," the source said.
He pointed out that the proceeds are submitted to the National Bank of Saudi Arabia, and the US-Saudi aggression do not show any data about the export, which is controlled by a mini-committee headed by Saudi Ambassador Al Jaber and Maeen Abdulmalik.
"The volume of exports of Yemeni crude oil from January to June this year is 18 million, 299 and 400 barrels, while the volume of domestic gas production from January to August this year is 300 thousand and 37 thousand metric tons," the source said.
He explained that the revenues from crude oil production and domestic gas sales that have been looted by the US-Saudi aggression since the beginning of this year cover the employee's salary bill for a year and half.
At a high rate, the forces of aggression continue the series of organized looting of the country's sovereign wealth of oil and gas.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29112/Al-Mashat-Allows-Transport-of-Oil-For-Aden-s-Electricity
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275745/
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WFP Yemen Food Security Update, October 2022
Highlights
The local currency exchange rate in IRG-controlled areas fluctuated around similar levels of the previous month. However, the rial lost 19 percent of its value against the US dollar since mid-April. Meanwhile, the local currency in areas under Sana’a-based authorities remained stable at around YER 558/USD since the announced truce in April. External financial support is needed for Yemen to keep up with the demand for essential food imports and to address the crucial social spending needs (IMF, Oct 2022).
Fuel imports through Red Sea ports are up by 259 percent during the first three quarters of 2022 compared to the same period last year. Thanks to the truce, the flow of imported fuel through Red Sea ports during Apr-Sep 2022 was nearly five times the level of the corresponding period in 2021.
Local prices of petrol and diesel decreased countrywide compared to August.
This is mainly due to the truce-related fuel supply improvement and the continued decrease in the global prices of fuel. Nonetheless, the pumping prices for both petrol and diesel were one-and-half their levels in September 2021 across the southern governorates, while they increased by five percent for petrol and 15 percent for diesel in the north.
During the first three quarters of 2022, the overall food imports through Al Hodeidah and Salif ports were seven percent higher than their levels in the same period last year. Nonetheless, this increase could not make up for the 44 percent decline observed through the southern ports of Aden and Mukalla.
In September, the global FAO Food Price Index decreased for the sixth consecutive month. It is down by 15 percent since the all-time high of March 2022. This drop was mainly driven by the sharp fall in global price indices of vegetable oils and cereals, down by 39 and 13 percent respectively since then.
However, global food prices remained five percent higher than their levels in the last year.
WFP faced critical shortages in funding and food stocks, leading to reduced food rations throughout 2022, particularly during the fourth cycle. From the fifth cycle onwards, WFP targets 13 million people with a food ration amount to 65 percent of the standard food basket, providing around 1,100 Kcal per person per day.
The cost of the minimum food basket slightly decreased month-on-month across the country, while remaining year-on-year up by 42 percent in IRGcontrolled areas and 27 percent in areas under Sana’a-based authorities. High local food prices continued to be reported as a main impediment for adequate diets in September by 20 percent of households in southern governorates and 10 percent across the north.
Food insecurity remained at elevated levels in September. More than half of the surveyed households (56 percent) in IRG-controlled areas and 48 percent in areas under Sana’a-based authorities indicated lacking access to adequate food. This represents a yearly increase of around 22 percent in both areas. In 16 out of the 22 governorates, the proportion of households reporting inadequate food consumption exceeded the “very high” threshold of ≥40 percent.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/wfp-yemen-food-security-update-october-2022
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Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative: September 2022 Situation Overview
The Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) is led by REACH in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and the Cash and Market Working Group (CMWG). The objective of the JMMI is to support humanitarian actors with the harmonisation of market monitoring and to facilitate information products for evidence-based Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and market-based programming (MBP).
The JMMI tracks the price and availability of all components of the WASH and food Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB), as well as other food and nonfood items. In addition, the JMMI monitors the functionality of the markets by assessing the supply chain and vendors’ perceptions of the market and their businesses.
cp15 Propaganda
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Cartoon: School books in areas under the control of the #Houthis.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1583698538914926592
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The Houthis obstruct the truce in Yemen
The legitimate Presidential Council spare no efforts to find points in common with the Houthis and to make many concessions for Yemen. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed this when he clarified Washington's concern about the recent Houthi actions, stressing the importance of the international community's support for the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen despite the Houthis' failure to fulfil their obligations.
The US Special Is Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking also said that the Houthi militias are responsible for obstructing the truce extension and returning to war by imposing impossible demands like paying their fighters' salaries first and that disrupts the efforts to continue the truce. On the other hand, the failure of the meetings of the UN representative for Yemen Hans Grundberg's recent visit to Oman with Houthi leaders clearly shows the Houthis are not serious about the truce extension.
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More Saudi coalition „We are benefactors“ propaganda
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2394512
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2394499
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2394097
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2394034
https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2393556
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
Fast keine Luftangriffe seit Beginn des Waffenstillstands am 2. April.
Almost no air raids since the beginning of the truce April 2.
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Saudi coalition air raids and shelling day by day
Oct. 9: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467316283418722/
Oct. 8: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467315490085468/
Oct. 7: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467317460085271/
Oct. 6: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467313913418959/
Oct. 5: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467312766752407/
Oct. 4: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467312236752460/
Oct. 3: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467311530085864/
Oct. 2: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467310803419270/
Oct. 1: https://www.facebook.com/lcrdye/photos/a.551858951631141/2467306436753040/
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Injuring Civilian with Spy Drone's Air Raid, Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275796/
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
Siehe cp5 zum Angriff auf den Ölhafen / Look at cp5 for Oil harbour attack: Siehe / Look at cp18
Nach dem Ende des Waffenstillstands nehmen die Kämpfe etwas zu, aber beide Seiten halten sich immer noch weitgehend daran und wollen die Lage nicht eskalieren. Beide Seiten werfen sich Verstöße vor.
After the end of the ceasefire, fighting has somewhat increased, but both sides are still largely in compliance and do not want to escalate the situation. Both sides accuse each other of violations.
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A Houthi sniper has killed a young civilian in the besieged city of Taiz (this (Saturday afternoon), local sources have said. The man was shot while he was in Saba roundabout near Al-Rowdha Hospital and died immediately./Crater Sky
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61302
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3 children killed in landmine explosion in central Yemen
Three Yemeni children were killed in a landmine explosion in central Bayda province, a local NGO said Saturday.
The children were killed when the device exploded as they were grazing sheep in the al-Zaher district, the Yemeni Landmine Records said in a statement
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/3-children-killed-in-landmine-explosion-in-central-yemen/2718576
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61302
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Houthis' spying drone downed in Yafa'
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36793
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Saudi army bombards border areas in Saada
https://en.ypagency.net/275925/
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Sanaa receives notification from Korean ship to leave territorial waters
Sanaa authorities on Saturday received a notification from a Korean oil tanker that it had officially left the Yemeni territorial waters.
Media, quoting navigational sources, reported that the ship “Tissos Kia”, which came from a South Korean port and was about to enter Al-Dhaba port to smuggle a new oil shipment, informed the Yemeni Coast Guard that it was in international waters.
The sources noted that the ship had refused to respond before the recent warning attack on Al-Dhaba port.
https://en.ypagency.net/276024/
and
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Greek ship cancels plans to steal Yemeni oil following Yemeni warning missile strike
Foreign ships on Saturday canceled contracts to smuggle Yemeni oil, in the wake of a warning attack by Sanaa, which targeted the main export ports in eastern Yemen.
Southern media, quoting a statement of the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, revealed that a Greek ship called “Marna Konbas” refused to smuggle a new shipment and retreated from near Al-Dhaba oil port of Hadramout.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/22/greek-ship-cancels-plans-to-steal-yemeni-oil-following-yemeni-warning-missile-strike/ = https://en.ypagency.net/276017/
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Jemenitische Behörden behaupten, der Angriff der Huthi auf den Ölhafen Dabba sei gescheitert
Die jemenitischen Behörden meldeten einen fehlgeschlagenen Drohnenangriff der Huthi-Rebellen auf den Ölhafen von Daaba im südlichen Gouvernement Hadramaut, das fast den gesamten zentral-östlichen Teil des Landes einnimmt.
Der Gouverneur der Region, Mabjut bin Mubarak, erklärte, der Angriff sei gezielt von zwei Drohnen mit Sprengladungen in Richtung des Ölterminals in der Stadt Shihr durchgeführt worden, als der Tanker «Nissos» gerade in den Hafen einlaufen wollte.
Nach Angaben des Gouverneurs wurde der Angriff aus einem Gebiet zwischen den Gouvernements Marib und Al Jauf (im Mittelwesten und Nordwesten des Landes) gestartet, und die beiden Sprengsätze wurden von Luftabwehrsystemen zerstört, bevor sie den Hafenanlagen materiellen Schaden zufügen konnten
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Yemeni rebel drones target Greek ship in government-run port
Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels said they targeted a cargo ship Friday off an oil terminal in the war-wrecked Arab country’s south to prevent pro-government forces from using it for oil exports. A Greek company owning the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker said it sustained no damage in the attack by explosive-laden drones.
The attack apparently targeting the Nissos Kea marks the first announced military action since a truce between the country’s warring sides expired earlier this month. It also again signals potential danger for commercial ships that pass by or stop in Yemen.
The attack happened in Ash Shihr, Yemen, near the city of Mukalla, some 585 kilometers (360 miles) east of the rebel-held capital of Sanaa in territory held by pro-government forces for years.
The Nissos Kea’s owner, Athens-based Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., said there were “two drone-driven explosions in close proximity” as it tried to load at the port. Ash Shihr’s port has a crude oil pipeline at it that has a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day.
“Neither explosion impacted the vessel. All crew is safe and unharmed,” the company said. “There was no damage to the vessel and no pollution.”
Satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press showed the Nissos Kea far off Yemen’s coast in the Gulf of Aden in international water and sailing away toward Oman on Saturday.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Mideast sea traffic, acknowledged “an incident” off Ash Shihr on Friday, but only said the ship and its crew were safe. The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet said it was aware of the attack, but declined to comment further.
The Houthis called the attack a “warning strike.”
The government denounced the attack and said “all options are open in dealing with this terrorist action,” and warned it could negatively affect any further peace talks.
It also said Friday’s strike was the third in recent days by Houthi drones on shipping in their territory, after another ship was targeted on Tuesday and Wednesday night in the port of Radoum, in the central part of Yemen’s coast on the Gulf of Aden. International authorities have not previously acknowledged those strikes.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-houthis-middle-east-sanaa-yemen-04ce841d3268f200e393bf7d71e767e3
and
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Yemen government forces intercept Houthi drones attacking southern oil terminal
Yemen's Saudi-backed government said on Friday its forces had intercepted armed drones launched on a southern oil terminal in Hadhramaut province by Houthi fighters as an oil tanker was preparing to dock, Reuters reports.
A Yemeni government official said Houthi drones attacked Al-Dhabba oil terminal, located in the southern town of Al-Shihr, as "Nissos" oil tanker was preparing to enter the terminal.
"Nissos" was scheduled to load 2 million barrels of crude from the terminal, the official said, adding that there was no damage to the port and the tanker. The office of Hadhramout's Governor, Mabkhout bin Madi, confirmed the attack to Reuters.
There was no immediate reaction from Houthi officials but a member of the group, Nassruddine Amer, said on Twitter: "Yemen's resources are for the Yemeni people; oil revenues should cover the salaries."
The incident is the first major escalation since the Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed government failed to renew an UN-brokered truce
and
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Yemen's Sana'a govt has reportedly prevented an oil tanker approaching al-Dhaba port from exporting oil by launching drone strikes nearby.
https://twitter.com/Shuaibalmosawa/status/1583486965202432000
Both Hadramout governor and the company owning the tanker suggest there was no interception. According to Sana'a based army's spox, the two drone bombs were just warning attacks as the tanker ignored Sana'a instructions that were sent to the tanker before
https://twitter.com/Shuaibalmosawa/status/1583532581475127296
and
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[Sanaa gov.] Armed Forces Announce carrying out Warning Strike to Prevent a Ship Attempting to Loot Crude Oil through Al-Dabba Port
Yemen's armed forces announced Friday carrying out a minor warning strike, in order to prevent an oil ship attempting to loot raw oil, through the port of Al-Dabba in Hadramout governorate, after its violation of the decision of the competent authorities to prohibit the transfer and export of Yemen's sovereign oil derivatives.
In a statement, the Armed Forces explained that "this warning letter has come to prevent the continuation of extensive looting operations of oil wealth and not earmarked to serve the people of Yemen in what concerns the salaries of its employees and the improvement of the service aspects of it ".
"This warning message came after the competent authorities had addressed this ship and informed it of the decision based on Yemeni laws in force as well as relevant international laws, when the ship was treated with precautionary measures, we ensured that the safety and security of Yemen's infrastructure as well as the security of the ship and its crew. "
The armed forces confirmed that they would not hesitate to fulfil their duty to stop and prevent any vessel attempting to plunder the wealth of the Yemeni people,
with God's aid, it is able to launch more warning operations in defence of the great Yemeni people and protect their wealth from absurdity and looting.
It renewed the warning to all domestic and foreign companies to fully comply with the decisions of the Authority in the Yemeni capital Sana'a by moving away from any contribution to the plunder of Yemeni wealth.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3208025.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275987/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/21/yemeni-armed-forces-carry-out-warning-strike-against-petroleum-theft-in-occupied-hadhramaut/
and thus a pro-Houthi agency tells:
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Oil port in Hadhramaut hit by unidentified explosions
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/21/oil-port-in-hadhramaut-hit-by-unidentified-explosions/
and
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Okeanis crude tanker involved in failed drone attack near Yemen oil terminal
Greek owned tanker sees one drone explode ahead of it and another on its starboard side [paywalled]
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[Aden] Yemeni government condemns Houthi attack on oil port in Hadhramaut
The Yemeni government on Friday condemned a recent attack by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on a port in Hadhramaut.
“All options against the attack are on the table,” said state news agency Saba, citing a statement by the government.
The statement urged all countries to take firm steps to condemn the attack.
and statement of governor (in Arabic): https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1583534878251159552
and
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The [Aden] oil ministry said in a separate statement that all oil companies remain operational , adding that the Houthis carried an attack on 19 and 20 October on an oil ship Hana and on another ship anchoring at the port.
https://twitter.com/mohammedalqadhi/status/1583536543838646272
and
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Al-Kathiri: STC has the right to respond to Houthi terrorist attacks
The Southern Transitional Council affirmed in a statement on Friday that it reserves the right to respond to the terrorist attacks carried out by the Iran-backed Houthi militia against al-Dhabba oil terminal in Hadramout
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36782
and
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Yemen’s separatists call for placing Houthi rebels on terror list
“The terrorist Houthi militia continues its aggression with drones on oil facilities,” STC spokesman Ali al-Kathiri said in a statement.
He called on the international community “to place the Iranian-backed Houthi militia on lists of terrorist groups.”
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395 civilians killed, injured due to coalition’s remnants in Yemen
395 civilians have been killed and injured as a result of mines, bombs and coalition remnants in Yemen since the signing of the truce agreement in Yemen on the second of last April.
The National Mine Action Center said in a tweet on its ”Twitter” account todat that the center recorded a total of 395 victims of bombs, mines and War Remnants since the signing of the truce agreement in April 2022, including 134 martyrs due to cluster bombs and war remnants in the governorates and contaminated areas.
According to statistics, the total number of child victims amounted to 131 victims, including 25 martyrs.
https://en.ypagency.net/275905/
My remark: Many of them obviously killed and injured by Houthi-laid landmines.
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Citizens Killed, Injured in Mine Explosion from Remnant of US-Saudi Aggression in Al-Jawf
and also https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207843.htm
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMD_ll9pI4M
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Mercenaries of US-Saudi Aggression Kill Citizen in Front of His Wife in Taiz
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29110/Mercenaries-of-US-Saudi-Aggression-Kill-Citizen-in-Front-of-His-Wife-in-Taiz = https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29109/Citizen-Killed-in-Front-of-His-Wife%2C-Taiz
and also https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/10/18/civilian-killed-by-unknown-gunmen-in-taiz-province/
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The Houthi militia launch a fierce attack on the army's positions in Han mountain west of the besieged government-held city of Taiz. The army repelled the attack/Yeni Yemen
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61228
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Citizen Killed by Aggression’s Snipers in Taiz
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/29088/Citizen-Killed-by-Aggression-s-Snipers-in-Taiz
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275584/
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Balhaf guards down drone near Yemen's gas facility
An unmanned aerial vehicle has been downed in the vicinity of Balhaf gas facility, Shabwa governor said late on Tuesday.
Balhaf facility's guard forces shot down the drone believed to be sent by the Houthi group, military sources said, as the plane fell in an unpopulated area after hovering over the facility and HANA oil tanker in Bier Ali port.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31398.html
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
Seit dem Abkommen von Stockholm vom 13. Dezember 2018 gibt es einen Waffenstillstand für Hodeidah. Zwar bleiben größere Offensiven aus, kleinere Gefechte gibt es aber laufend, und beide Seiten werfen sich ständig Verstöße gegen den Waffenstillstand vor.
Since the Stockholm Agreement of December 13, 2018, a ceasefire has been in place for Hodeidah. There are no major offensives, but smaller battles are ongoing and both sides constantly are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
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Aggression forces commit 39 violations in Hodeida within 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3208140.htm
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54 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275914/
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Aggression commits 55 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207823.htm
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50 Recorded Violations by US-Saudi Aggression in Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275713/
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Aggression commits 63 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3207593.htm
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Child Injured in Mine Explosion from Remnant of US-Saudi Aggression, Hodeidah
and also https://en.ypagency.net/275612/
My remark: More certainly a Houthi-laid landmine, as claimed by the other side:
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A child lost his two legs as he stepped on a Houthi-laid landmine in Aldorayhimi area in Hodeidah governorate/Crater Sky
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61228
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Saudi-led coalition launches massive attack on Yemen Hudaydah
News sources on Sunday reported that attacks of the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Al Hudaydah are still continuing.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/192489/Saudi-led-coalition-launches-massive-attack-on-Yemen-Hudaydah
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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3288 Yemen villages photos
https://www.shutterstock.com/d
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-827-yemen-war-mosaic-827
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-827 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-827:
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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