... Wie Europäer helfen können, den Konflikt im Jemen zu beenden – Das Sicherheitsabkommen zwischen den VAE und der Regierung von Aden – Die Republik der Angst: Eine Rückkehr nach Jemen – und mehr
Dec. 18, 2022: The Yemen Review, Nov. 2022: Politics & Diplomacy; Military & Security; Economy & Finance; Climate-Driven Catastrophe; Protests in Iran and Yemen; Civilian Harm from Explosive Weapons in Yemen – How Europeans Can Help End The Conflict in Yemen – The UAE-Aden Gov. Security Agreement – The Republic of Fear: A Return to Yemen – and more
Schwerpunkte / Key aspects
Kursiv: Siehe Teil 2 / In Italics: Look in part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-834b-yemen-war-mosaic-834b
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
cp9b Beziehungen der USA zu Saudi-Arabien und den VAE / US-Saudi and UAE relations
cp10 Großbritannien / Great Britain
cp11 Deutschland / Germany
cp12 Andere Länder / Other countries
cp12b Sudan
cp13a Waffenhandel / Arms trade
cp13b Kulturerbe / Cultural heritage
cp13c Wirtschaft / Economy
cp14 Terrorismus / Terrorism
cp15 Propaganda
cp16 Saudische Luftangriffe / Saudi air raids
cp17 Kriegsereignisse / Theater of War
cp18 Kampf um Hodeidah / Hodeidah battle
cp19 Sonstiges / Other
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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
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Film: Krieg im Jemen
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Jemen – das gefährlichste Land für Kinder in 6 Punkten
420 Millionen Kinder wachsen in einem Kriegs- oder Konfliktgebiet auf. Einer der gefährlichsten Orte für Kinder ist der Jemen, wo rund 11,3 Millionen Kinder leben – oder besser gesagt: versuchen zu überleben
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Yemen Crisis Explained
After seven years of war, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Nearly 6 million people have been uprooted from their homes and more than 23.4 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The risk of a large-scale famine in the country has never been more acute. Tens of thousands are already living in famine-like conditions, with a staggering five million more just one step away from it.
Here's What You Need to Know:
- When did the crisis in Yemen begin?
- Where are Yemenis fleeing to?
- What are some of the biggest challenges facing people in Yemen?
- How are Yemeni women and children being impacted by the conflict?
- What is the UN Refugee Agency doing to help in Yemen?
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/yemen-crisis-explained/
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The Yemen Review, Nov. 2022
Hopes faded that the expired truce would be revived in November, as Houthi authorities dug in their heels over maximalist demands that caused the talks’ collapse and then upped the ante with a series of drone and missile attacks on southern ports. The attacks crippled oil and gas revenues, though International Monetary Fund, Saudi, and Emirati support has given the government the lifeline it needs for now. Following the international financial agreements, the government-run Central Bank of Yemen in Aden moved to increase its oversight of banking data. Though there has been no return to full-scale war, intense if low-level clashes were seen in Taiz, Lahj, and Hudaydah.
Reports persisted of back-channel Houthi-Saudi talks, but they appear to have stalled for now over Houthi demands for salary payments. The talks could become problematic for the government if they go beyond the question of the truce and extend to a unilateral settlement, which would be contrary to its interests. Divisions continued to wrack the Presidential Leadership Council, whose head Rashad al-Alimi was the sole member to spend significant time in Aden when he returned in early December after a regional tour that included Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE.
The STC-Islah dispute, which has been at the heart of PLC wrangling, eased up slightly under UAE and Saudi pressure as their priority shifts to preventing a fiscal collapse after the Houthi strikes on oil facilities. This led to Alimi removing a key Islah military official in Hadramawt governorate, where STC-led protests were threatening to descend into violent clashes. The PLC’s Tareq Saleh strengthened his position as the scion of the Saleh family, leading government-backed celebrations to mark the death of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2017. The opening of Al-Mokha airport raises the importance of his UAE-backed National Resistance forces, which guard a critical section of the Red Sea coast.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022
Politics & Diplomacy
Govt Pushes Ahead with Terrorism Designation as Port Attacks Continue
When the UN-backed truce expired on October 2, there was hope that it might be quickly reinstated, with negotiated agreements on outstanding issues such as the payment of public sector salaries and the reopening of roads. But efforts to restore the truce stalled in November. Despite multiple visits with regional officials by UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and US Special Envoy Tim Lenderking, the former reported no progress during a brief report to the UN Security Council on November 22.
Both the Houthis and the internationally recognized government have instead pursued escalatory measures. Houthi attacks on government-controlled oil terminals paralyzed exports for a second straight month, an attempt to pressure the government into paying civil servant and military salaries in Houthi-held areas. The government responded by designating the Houthi movement a terrorist group, but there are fears that resulting measures could cause further harm to Yemen’s economic stability, while doing little to push the Houthis to the table.
Within the government, internal strife continued between members of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) for much of November, although tensions appeared to ease as various factions united around sanctioning the Houthi leadership. After months of barely contained conflict, relations between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Islah showed some improvement given the prospect of a return to full-scale fighting with the Houthis. Still, November was characterized by heightened tensions in Aden, where the STC exercises security control, and most PLC members were absent from the interim capital for much of the month. PLC President Rashad al-Alimi embarked on a regional tour, attending the Arab League summit in Algeria, the COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt, and the UAE’s Commemoration Day in Abu Dhabi. STC President and PLC member Aiderous al-Zubaidi was reportedly kept in the UAE at the behest of his Emirati backers to reduce tensions in Aden. Despite this, political maneuvering continued, particularly in Hadramawt, where STC-aligned leaders continued to mobilize public demonstrations demanding the removal of the Islah-aligned military commanders of the 1st Military Region in Seyoun.
Tareq Saleh, a PLC member and commander of the National Resistance forces on Yemen’s West Coast, appeared to strengthen his military and political clout when the first humanitarian flight landed at a new, UAE-financed airport in the port city of Al-Mokha. Saleh’s UAE-backed National Resistance forces control the coastal strip where Al-Mokha is located, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The new airport’s strategic significance will be in facilitating the activities of Saleh and his forces, who until now have been obliged to use distant airstrips and rely on UAE helicopters for movement and resupply.
November also saw the signing of the much-awaited US$1 billion agreement between the government and the Arab Monetary Fund, financed by Saudi Arabia. The agreement is part of the US$2 billion in financial support that Riyadh and Abu Dhabi committed to the government in April this year, the release of which was purportedly delayed pending the implementation of governance and institutional reforms. The value of the new Yemeni rial, which circulates in government-held areas, was briefly buoyed by the announcement.
The Houthis continue to institutionalize their political and sectarian ideology as they further tighten their rule. Authorities in Sana’a arranged for the implementation of a newly published “Code of Conduct and Work Ethics for Public Work,” which includes a requirement to recognize the group’s divine right to rule. New guidelines were also issued by the Education Department in Sana’a, banning female students from using mobile phones, playing music, and talking or laughing loudly during school excursions. Unrest over Houthi land seizures continued in various parts of northern Yemen, with protests reported in Sana’a city and tribal clashes in Al-Jawf.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19202
Military & Security
Frontlines Remain Relatively Calm Despite Houthi Drone Attacks Against Southern Ports
Although there were no major ground offensives in November, military tensions have increased amid continuing Houthi drone attacks on government oil ports and reports of increased Houthi and anti-Houthi reinforcements arriving at various frontlines. While the truce largely continues to hold, in that no major ground offensives have materialized, intense clashes were reported along fronts in Taiz, Lahj, and Hudaydah. There was also growing concern among the Saudi-led coalition leadership that the Houthis were preparing for a major attack. Houthi reinforcements to southern Marib have prompted the deployment of several Giants Brigades battalions to the Marib-Shabwa border area, and intensified Houthi attacks along the Taiz-Lahj border have prompted the creation of a government-STC joint operations room in Lahj.
Behind the frontlines, insecurity and internecine conflict continue to play out in government-held areas. In Marib, tribal clashes were reported in Marib al-Wadi district, which was also the site of multiple assassinations of pro-government commanders. In Taiz, attacks linked to militia leader Ghazwan al-Mikhlafi were reported, and the seizure of a weapons shipment by bandits in neighboring Lahj governorate prompted a joint government-STC security campaign. In Abyan, STC-led counterterrorism operations against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) continued, with multiple suspected AQAP IED attacks reported against STC and government forces.
In addition to ground fighting, Houthi forces carried out multiple drone attacks on government-held coastal positions. In addition to the November 9 attack on Qan port in Shabwa and November 21 attack on Al-Dabba oil terminal in Hadramawt, Houthi forces launched a drone attack on a government-aligned Yemeni coast guard headquarters in Hayma in Hudaydah on November 10. On November 17, Houthi forces reportedly tested an anti-ship missile, which was launched from Nehm in the east of Sana’a into the Red Sea.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19203
The Economy & Finance
Oil Exports Remain Halted As Govt Agrees Terms for International Support
Oil production in government-held areas ground to an almost complete halt early in the month as Houthi drone attacks continued to strangle exports. With oil revenues representing the largest source of income for the government, any prolonged halt to its production and export would have dire effects on economic conditions, including an inability to pay salaries and depreciation of the rial in government-controlled areas.
The government successfully scrambled to find more regional and international financial support. On November 17, the International Monetary Fund agreed to provide US$300 million to the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden’s foreign exchange reserves, with US assistance in facilitating transfers through the Federal Reserve. Separate deals to receive long-awaited financial support from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, promised after the formation of the PLC in April, were agreed on November 25 and 27.
Amid these developments, the value of the Yemeni rial in both government- and Houthi-held areas remained relatively stable, with some loss of value in the government rial. One notable trend was reduced subscriptions to the CBY-Aden’s weekly currency auctions, ostensibly due to concerns over the continued suspension of oil exports and the anticipation of a new Saudi deposit. Compared to a 50 percent subscription the previous week, the November 1 auction was only 8 percent subscribed, although this appeared to recover later in the month with the November 22 auction 84 percent subscribed.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19204
Editorial
Yemen Needs Help to Avert Climate-Driven Catastrophe
The government’s limited capacity and the volatile politics and violence of the civil war create a huge risk that the country could lose out on desperately needed assistance as it addresses more immediate threats.
The environmental problems facing Yemen are formidable. Yemen ranks 171 out of 182 countries on the ND-GAIN index, which assesses vulnerability and readiness to adapt to climate change. Most of Yemen’s 30 million people continue to live in rural settings that are highly vulnerable to erratic weather patterns, while the country contributes relatively little to global emissions. Models forecast a change in annual average rainfall of -7 to +69 percent by the year 2100, with temperatures expected to rise by 1.2-1.9°C by 2050 and 1.5-2.3°C by 2100. Cycles of flooding and drought could critically impact the country’s already fraught ability to feed itself and increase reliance on imports of basic food commodities. Yemen is already almost totally reliant on foreign wheat and rice.
Torrential rain is causing more and more havoc.
Yemen is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Climate change is one of a number of reasons for the depletion of underground aquifers, alongside the proliferation of qat, unchecked population growth, and poor water management. Rising sea levels have caused seawater to leak into coastal aquifers, contaminating municipal water supplies and damaging agriculture. Falling groundwater levels since the 1970s have forced many farmers to abandon their lands in places such as the Sa’ada basin. Higher temperatures will increase water evaporation rates, and the extra rains brought by climate instability will not be enough to prevent the depletion of aquifers. In 2010, the World Bank estimated that groundwater reserves could be completely gone as early as 2040 – a scenario that would require heavy reliance on desalination, which is expensive, problematic for agriculture, and is itself environmentally problematic.
A range of other problems follow from these crises.
Serious work is required to press these issues at COP28 and make Yemen’s case to the international community. There is also a need to engage donors on the question of climate change and the fragile nature of Yemen’s situation.
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19205
Commentary
How the Protests in Iran Will Affect Yemen
What does the prospect of the survival of a weakened Islamic Republic mean for its foreign policy, both in general and specifically in Yemen?
In general, Iran’s approach to foreign policy is premised on the notion of forward defense. The Islamic Republic builds relationships with non-state armed groups throughout the region and provides them with weapons, cash, technical assistance, and intelligence. Iran can then threaten, implicitly or explicitly, that its allies will target the United States and its regional partners – especially Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE – should they attack Iran or its partners.
With the Islamic Republic increasingly vulnerable domestically, we can expect it to double down on its usual tactics in the coming weeks and months: faced with a perceived threat or provocation, its threshold for retaliation risks becoming lower, while the amount of force it employs could become stronger.
The effects of such a turn could be particularly impactful in Yemen. Ties between Iran and the Houthis predate the launch of the Saudi-led intervention, but it was really after 2015 that they expanded.
The foundations of the Iran-Houthi partnership will remain stable even as the Islamic Republic becomes increasingly vulnerable domestically. What will evolve is how these dynamics play out in practice. This could manifest itself in the Houthis’ and Iran’s approach to the truce.
Overall, the internationally recognized government of Yemen does not have sufficient power to defeat the Houthis; there is no prospect of the group losing its tight control over Sana’a and northwest Yemen for the foreseeable future. Houthi-controlled Yemen, however, has no prospect of international recognition or economic growth; it is bound to remain a poor, de facto statelet under repressive Houthi rule. This status quo suits a vulnerable Iran: it keeps the Houthis dependent on its external patron, while Houthi territory remains a base from which Tehran can project power on the Arabian Peninsula. This was the calculus for the Islamic Republic before the protests escalated in September; as the regime’s vulnerability grows, the Houthis will become an even more valuable asset in the regime’s efforts to assure its survival and counter pressure from adversaries – by Thomas Juneau
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19206
Commentary
Abdelaziz al-Maqaleh: The Passing of a Yemeni Cultural Icon
In solemn mass gatherings, Yemenis paid their respects to Abdelaziz al-Maqaleh, who passed away on November 28 at 85 years old. Al-Maqaleh, one of the most prominent Yemeni figures of the past century, was a critic, academic, writer, and Yemen’s most beloved modern poet, known for bringing Yemen’s voice to the world and that of the world to Yemen.
For two decades, Al-Maqaleh served as President of Sana’a University and headed the Yemeni Center for Research and Studies for more than 40 years. During his tenure, Sana’a University opened its doors to his friends, among whom were the Arab world’s most prominent intellectuals and literary figures. Thanks to Al-Maqaleh, the very small window Yemen had onto the outside literary world was broadened, making way for ideas and developments that flowed in and out of the country. It was also thanks to him that the finest Arab poets had access to Sana’a salons and streets, taking back with them its distinctive flavor to the rest of the world – by Tawfeek Al-Ganad
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19207
Commentary
Local Deadlock and Regional Understandings: Analyzing the Houthi-Saudi and Islah-UAE Talks
Early 2022 saw rekindled hopes for progress toward resolving the war in Yemen with the UN-sponsored truce between the internationally recognized government and the Houthi movement, and the formation of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC). Both moves were considered potential precursors to formal talks between the warring parties, with the PLC specifically viewed as an example of power-sharing that could be expanded as a part of a comprehensive settlement of the conflict.
But the situation threatened to return to square one in the second half of 2022, as the internal contradictions within the PLC burst the fore following the August fighting in Shabwa between Southern Transitional Council (STC)- and Islah-affiliated forces. The fallout from the battle has led to increased political tension and protests in Hadramawt governorate involving the same parties as well as local actors, as well as heightened divisions among the PLC’s members, causing most of them to spend their time outside the interim capital, Aden. On the other side, the Houthis refused to extend the truce in October, have carried out unprecedented attacks on oil export terminals in southeast Yemen in October and November, and appear to be preparing their ground forces for possible battles in Marib, Taiz, and Lahj.
Despite the bleak outlook, two tracks of ongoing talks – between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi authorities, and, according to three sources who spoke with the Sana’a Center, the Islah party and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – have led some to hope that progress is around the corner. However, these contacts must be understood within the context of current local and regional political dynamics, and past efforts at dialogue between rival actors in the conflict in Yemen. Taking these realities into account indicates that there should be caution, rather than optimism, for the prospect of imminent breakthroughs.
In short, news of Saudi-Houthi dialogue and a UAE-Islah talk could lead to a conclusion that the two major supporters of the government are trying to settle their conflicts in Yemen quickly and unilaterally while bypassing their local allies – Riyadh talks to the Houthis, ignoring the PLC; the UAE talks to Islah, ignoring the STC. But when seen in their broader context, these dialogues conform to the traditional pattern of political maneuvering used by local and regional actors involved in Yemen throughout eight years of war. What these maneuvers in fact indicate is a state of significant deadlock rather than new pathways to resolving crises – by Hussam Radman
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19208
Photo EssayYemen Experiences the Magic of the World Cup
https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/november-2022/19209
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Not a Single Body in One Piece: How Civilian Harm from Explosive Weapons in Yemen Calls for Immediate Action
The Ansar Allah armed group (also known as Houthis) and the Saudi/UAE-led coalition have used explosive weapons extensively in populated areas in Yemen for nearly eight years, as investigated in a new report published by Mwatana for Human Rights and PAX today. Both organizations call on states to urgently establish an independent international criminal accountability mechanism for Yemen. “Not a Single Body in One Piece: How Civilian Harm from Explosive Weapons in Yemen Calls for Immediate Action” is based on Mwatana’s field investigations between January 2019 and March 2021. The report documents ten incidents of harm resulting from attacks by the Saudi/UAE-led coalition and the Houthis. In all the incidents explosive weapons, most notably unguided artillery projectiles and air-launched missiles, were used in populated areas. What all the incidents have in common is that they show a pattern of grave human harm that goes beyond the direct injuries and deaths, extending to grave psychological suffering, loss of income and loss of homes.
“States should immediately cease the sale or transfer of weapons to all conflict parties, whether states or non-states actors,” said Radhya Almutawakel, the chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights. “An international mechanism is essential to investigate human rights abuses including all the incidents in which explosive weapons were used in Yemen, which caused the death of civilians and the destruction of civilian objects.”
These ten incidents documented by Mwatana do not constitute a comprehensive catalogue of all violations committed by the parties to the conflict in Yemen. Rather they are examples of attacks in which civilians were harmed and civilian objects were destroyed.
The incidents included in the report demonstrate the urgent need for all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to better protect civilians.
”The bombing and shelling of towns and cities create a distinct and long term pattern of harm that needs to stop. We call upon all parties, in Yemen and elsewhere to avoid the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.”, said Roos Boer, project leader humanitarian disarmament for PAX and co-author of the report.
Since the beginning of the armed conflict in September 2014, Mwatana has documented attacks committed by all warring parties in Yemen including the Saudi/UAE-led coalition, Ansar Allah, the internationally recognized government of Yemen, and UAE-backed forces including the Southern Transitional Council (STC); some of them may amount to war crimes.
Between September 2014 and 31 August 2022, Mwatana visited the scene of and documented 1,044 airstrikes in which civilians or civilian objects were hit. In these incidents, 3,618 civilians were killed, including 459 women and 1,207 children. A further 3,973 civilians were injured, including 464 women and 1,013 children. Also, hundreds of civilian objects, such as hospitals, homes, schools, and other service facilities, were damaged or destroyed. In the same period, Mwatana visited and documented 805 incidents of ground-launched attacks. These attacks killed 751 civilians, including 122 women and 310 children. Another 1,885 civilians were injured, including 288 women and 785 children. In addition, hundreds of civilian objects, such as houses, schools and hospitals, were damaged or destroyed.
https://mwatana.org/en/continuing-civilian-harm/
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Fragmentation nation: How Europeans can help end the conflict in Yemen
Summary
For eight years, Yemen has suffered a civil war, whose conduct has been exacerbated by outside powers, principally Saudi Arabia and the UAE on one side, while Iran has supported the other.
Yemen is a politically, socially, geographically, and religiously fragmented country, including within the two broad areas controlled by the internationally recognised government and the Houthis respectively.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE may soon decrease their military interference in Yemen – but their exit could expose divisions in both government and Houthi areas.
Yemen was poor before the conflict, but a corrupt war economy has now taken hold, strengthening an array of local power holders, while the Yemeni people slip into ever-deeper destitution.
Short-term measures introduced with the support of the international community have failed to stabilise the situation.
Europeans should take a longer-term approach to Yemen. They should promote the country’s cause in their diplomacy with Gulf Arab states and make a commitment to economic support, a values-based approach, and an emphasis on human rights in Yemen.
Introduction
Yemen is becoming an ever more fragmented country – to such an extent that it may soon be impossible ever to piece it back together again. A combination of internal dynamics exacerbated by the actions of neighbouring states has brought Yemen to this pass. For the international community, and the European Union and European states, addressing this will be difficult – but they can do so by providing long-term help, rather than lurching between short-term fixes.
The notion, and reality, of Yemen as a divided nation is not new. The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) each existed as separate states before their unification in 1990. Divisions between north and south remain strongly relevant today, and for the past eight years Yemen has experienced civil war between the Houthis and the internationally recognised government (IRG). Numerous factors and historical legacies risk splitting Yemen irreparably. These include the ‘divide and rule’ approach of the country’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh; the funding and encouragement of centrifugal tendencies within the country by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; and rising sectarianism across Yemen. All this has resulted in the country breaking down into a multiplicity of areas under the control of a range of militias and local leaders.
International policymakers looking to understand Yemen and restore peace – and perhaps one day even help a single government return to run the whole country – will need to take account of this increasing fragmentation and tailor their policies accordingly. They will need to take a long-term approach to address structural problems; doing so will help them to establish internationally supported political peace processes. The recent truce gave some respite to Yemenis during 2022, and its expiry only re-emphasises the need to take on this formidable task. In particular, Europeans can help Yemen transition away from its war economy and improve basic public services. Better economic prospects will help ease some of the wider tensions across the country.
Europeans can also offer support to bring Yemen’s divided communities together and help foster a sense of nationhood, which has been damaged by the experience of recent decades. The truce brought some momentum with it; and, crucially, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are looking to scale back their involvement in the country. Yet, even as their retreat carries the potential to alleviate Yemen’s problems – which Riyadh and Abu Dhabi each spent a decade stoking in their own interest – it could also expose old fault lines, especially in Houthi-controlled areas, where the Houthis have relied on opposition to external interference to consolidate support.
This paper argues that, rather than narrowly focusing on quickly drawing up a new political process – though this remains a worthy goal – Europeans need to adopt a wider, longer-term lens when revising their Yemen policy, addressing the country’s fundamental structural weaknesses. Regardless of whether a new truce is agreed, they should undertake efforts to slow and reverse fragmentation trends and economic collapse. This paper lays out specific ideas for how Europeans can achieve this.
Conclusion
The EU and European states can and should play a major role in helping bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. Indeed, 2023 provides a moment of opportunity for increased European involvement to address Yemen’s problems. Sweden will hold the presidency of the EU for the first half of the year; as a state, it has been increasingly and deeply committed to Yemen for many years, most prominently since the 2018 Stockholm agreement. Switzerland will join the UN Security Council, thus adding another committed voice. The United Kingdom remains the pen holder for Yemen at the UN Security Council.
All processes, whether political, social, or economic, must be led by Yemenis. But European actors have a unique role to play in encouraging the external states most closely involved in the crisis – namely, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – to change their approach. Europeans should seek to persuade Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to desist from attempting to influence political outcomes in Yemen, and to provide financial and diplomatic support to help Yemenis return their state to viability. Bringing Yemen closer to the GCC economically will assist in this.
Europeans and others can also contribute by providing mediation, information, technical knowledge, experience, and financial support. This should include far greater focus on the provision of basic services across Yemen, from education to water and energy supplies: the failures of these sectors are fundamental causes of Yemen’s long conflict. Any sustainable pathway out of the war will depend on a strategy that places as much, if not more, focus on addressing these long-term development issues as it does on reaching elite-level agreements – by Helen Lackner
https://ecfr.eu/publication/fragmentation-nation-how-europeans-can-help-end-the-conflict-in-yemen/ = https://www.eurasiareview.com/13122022-fragmentation-nation-how-europeans-can-help-end-conflict-in-yemen-analysis/
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Will coalition supporting legitimacy disintegrate into bilateral agreements with a weak authority?
The past week has witnessed remarkable developments on the Yemeni scene, the most prominent of which was the signing of a surprising agreement for military and security cooperation and combating terrorism, between the UAE and Yemen, on the side-lines of a visit by the Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Mohsen Al-Daari, and the Minister of Legal Affairs, Ahmed Arman, and on the other side was the UAE Minister of Justice, who signed the agreement, on behalf of the Emirati Minister of Defence Affairs. This is a dangerous indication of the possibility that the Coalition Supporting Legitimacy will disintegrate and the two countries of the coalition will resort to making bilateral agreements with a fragile, weak and fully controlled authority.
This agreement may appear, on the surface, to reflect strong and distinguished relations between two equal countries but, in fact, it is not so at all. It reflects an urgent Emirati desire to legally re-adapt its troublesome mission in Yemen, which has been associated during the past years with a hostile agenda, which allowed for its participation within the Arab Coalition Supporting Legitimacy, but its goal was nothing but a selective fight against political parties and currents absorbed within the legitimate authority and the national movement for change. This is far from the goals that the coalition sought to achieve, which include defeating the Iranian-backed Houthi coup, restoring legitimacy and returning Yemen to the path of peaceful transition.
During the past years, we have seen the serious violations committed by the UAE that crosses all lines. It used hired killers and mercenaries from different countries, and it was doing all this under the umbrella of the coalition, and the result is the dark chain of secret prisons that witnessed systematic operations to torture and kill Yemenis, under the pretext of combating Al-Qaeda and Daesh. However, the facts have proven that most of those who ended up in these prisons were subjected to all these violations for political and ideological motives, as revealed by reports by local and international human rights organisations and investigative reports by a reputable international news agency.
Through this agreement, the UAE wants to push its role and its associated indiscretions, violations and crimes under the umbrella of the coalition and start over. Most importantly, it wants to reinvest its local military tools and bases that still exist in Yemen, separately from the coalition, and within the framework of Abu Dhabi's own agenda.
Abu Dhabi will remain committed to its claims about combating terrorism in Yemen, and this will make it reuse its military tools and bases in Balhaf (Shabwa) and Al-Rayyan (Hadramout), in addition to the available security and military control capabilities that are available without fear of accountability. It is continuously keen to fortify its role with the American umbrella, and with the logistic participation of Washington through liaison officers stationed at Al-Rayyan base on the coast of Hadramout governorate, and at Al-Ghaydah base in Al-Mahra governorate, in the south-east of the country.
It can invest its influence in the south of the Red Sea, particularly in the port of Mokha, Bab Al-Mandab, the Mayyun base and in the Socotra archipelago, in strengthening its role as a controller in this important strategic strait, and in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, through regional and international solidarity that the UAE seeks to build and through which it can strengthen its regional and international position.
A very important question comes to mind at this point, related to the magnitude of the UAE's impact on the future of the relationship of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia with the legitimate authority, and whether this step will prompt Saudi Arabia to re-adapt its role in Yemen as the UAE did, based on the fact that the Kingdom has the opportunity to control the legitimate authority and redirect it in a way that serves the interests of Riyadh, first and foremost – by Yassin Al-Tamimi
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‘Republic of fear’: A return to Yemen after 11 years
In April, a nationwide truce provided a much-awaited opening for a return home.
When I left Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2011, with just carry-on luggage, I didn’t think I would be away for so long.
But a dictatorship, threats, and then a war kept me away.
Before leaving Yemen I worked as a journalist.
In my phone calls with my family, the main way I have been able to keep in touch during the long years of my exile, the warnings continued.
“If you come back and continue your journalism, you’ll end up in prison,” my mother would say. “I have no connections to get you out, and I will not come to visit you in your cell. You’ll be tortured and raped. Do not come back.”
This April, a truce – which ended on October 2 after the Houthis failed to agree on its renewal – brought the opening I was waiting for.
An opportunity to spend the final days of Ramadan, and celebrate Eid, with the people I loved the most.
But my entire family, apart from Ahmed, remained oblivious to my plans. After all their warnings, I didn’t want to have them worrying while I made the arduous journey.
The trip from Aden to Sanaa was never an easy one – it passes from Yemen’s southern coast through the mountains, along winding roads with huge drops, and some of the most beautiful scenery you’ll see, the landscape changing from Ibb’s green mountains, to Dhamar’s fields, and then to the dustier, and yet still majestic, mountains of Sanaa.
That beauty was still there, but the trip was now far harder to make.
To avoid front lines, the route takes several detours, sometimes along roads that can barely be described as such, which occasionally flood in the summer rainy season.
Reunited with family and friends
As we travelled, the physical effects of this war became visible. Refugees and migrants, seemingly east African, walked along the roads, having picked a country at war to be their transit point to the Gulf. Tents housing internally displaced people dotted the landscape.
Infrastructure – such as roads, bridges and houses – was destroyed. Air raids and shelling had left roads impassable, forcing cars onto alternate routes.
“The car accidents that happen because of these unpaved roads are horrific,” Ahmed told me, almost nonchalantly.
The Houthi state
As I travelled around Sanaa, I was reminded that I was in a city ruled by the Houthis.
The signs had been there even as we travelled to the city. At the checkpoints, the guards were less interested in where we were from, than they were in whether we observed the rules of their state, such as the use of old and tattered bank notes instead of the new ones used in government and STC-controlled territory.
The Houthis had banned the new currency, printed since 2019, seeing it as a way of undermining their control.
While the vibe of Aden – laid-back, cosmopolitan and welcoming – had been much the same as when I left Yemen in 2011, Sanaa had changed.
Without exaggeration, it feels like a city that has been invaded. When the Houthis marched in from the mountains of the far north of Yemen, they brought with them the visible signs of their rule – the green posters depicting their slogan: “God is Great, Death to the USA, Death to Israel, Curse the Jews” – as well as the things that were harder to see, such as the way they have enforced their religious and political ideology on the people.
It felt like everywhere I went I could hear the voice of the group’s leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
His location is unknown, hidden away out of fear of a Saudi air attack, but his voice could be heard from cars with large speakers on top, replaying his latest speech.
The brainwashing has had its effect. On the walls of Sanaa, alongside the Houthi slogan, are posters of their “martyrs”.
‘Death to this and death to that’
The Houthis have sent thousands to the front lines to fight the government and the STC. Many of the faces staring back at me from the posters were children. Seeing that was devastating.
“Death to this and death to that,” said Najat, as we passed by one of the Houthi posters. “It’s terrifying. I don’t know how I can protect my seven-year-old daughter from hearing that, it’s everywhere I go. Imagine your children growing up in a culture that glorifies death. What kind of future will we have? What kind of generation are we creating?” – by Afrah Nasser
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/12/18/republic-of-fear-a-return-to-yemen-after-11-years = https://bbcgossip.com/news/republic-of-fear-a-return-to-yemen-after-11-years/
cp1a Am wichtigsten: Coronavirus und Seuchen / Most important: Coronavirus and epidemics
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We've run out of cholera vaccines: WHO official
The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is “currently empty or extremely low,” a WHO official said on Friday amid a resurgence of the disease around the world.
The UN health agency says global fatality rates are rising and there are around 30 countries around the world that have reported cholera outbreaks this year, about a third higher than in a typical year.
“We have no more vaccines. More countries are continuing to request (them) and it's extremely challenging,” said Dr Philippe Barboza, WHO Team Lead for Cholera and Epidemic Diarrhoeal Diseases.
He was referring to an emergency stockpile held by the International Coordinating Group on vaccine provision that is managed by the WHO and other partners. Typically, it has about 36 million doses available a year. The shortage of vaccines has already prompted the WHO to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination strategy in October.
Barboza said part of the crunch was due to the decision by an Indian manufacturer to halt exports, without giving details. He said a South African manufacturer was planning to start production but it would take “a few years.”
“It’s probably far less attractive to develop a vaccine for cholera, so basically a vaccine for poor countries, than to develop COVID-19 vaccines where the income made for the vaccine is much higher,” he said. A batch of more than 1 million doses arrived in Haiti this week.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/37010
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Measles kills 15 children in Yemen: UNICEF
1,400 children suspected to have measles across war-torn Yemen, UN agency says
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/health/measles-kills-15-children-in-yemen-unicef/2760427
cp2 Allgemein / General
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Interactive Map of Yemen War
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Ukraine - Yemen: the tragic parallels of the two wars
The war in Yemen, in fact, is a kind of small-scale Middle Eastern Ukrainian war. The anti-Tehran hawks who rally in Washington strenuously support it because it is a way to erode the resources of Tehran, which supports the Shiite rebels, I think Tehran has its beacon.
But above all to deny Iran a victory on the ground, since this would be interpreted as a resolution of the conflict that does not see the outright defeat of the Houtis (just as a Putin victory in Ukraine is unacceptable).
So they pushed Saudi Arabia and the UAE into this war, assuring them that American backing, arms and intelligence (again you can see the parallels here with Kiev) would ensure a speedy victory for the invaders
That did not happen and the Gulf countries began to rethink their involvement in this tragic adventure.
But the Biden administration pressured Congress not to vote on the resolution, even threatening to use the veto power that the Constitution grants to the president.
So Sanders backtracked, stating that the White House had explained to him that any vote in favor of this resolution would have prevented peace, which the president would also like, adding that he couldn't wait to work with them on this perspective.
A somewhat surreal justification, because it is not seen how a resolution that imposes peace is harmful to it. In the specific case, what happened for the Ukrainian war was repeated, another tragic parallel, when the progressive wing of the Democratic Party sent a letter to Biden urging him to take the path of diplomacy, a letter disavowed by the same authors only 24 hours after its publication .
It can be noted, of course, that if the United States withdrew from the war, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates would immediately sign the peace agreement, unable to support the war effort. Indeed, as Forbes writes : the United States "has supplied tens of billions of dollars in bombs, missiles, fighter planes and attack helicopters to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), armaments that have been the backbone of the Saudi/UAE war effort". Besides, of course, the intelligence on goals and more ( Reuters ).
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War in Yemen kills 4 children every day but safety requires more than a truce
Experts say UNICEF report won’t motivate the parties to negotiate peace
Regardless, to ensure the safety of the country’s children, much more than just a truce is required. Children in Yemen are not only endangered by airstrikes and gunfire but from effects of the war that can persist for a long time after the fighting ends.
However, despite that the truce, which with its extensions lasted more than half a year and represented the most peaceful period in the country since 2015, Yemeni children were never safe.
Yemeni Ambassador Mohamed Qubaty, a former minister who held the tourism and information portfolios in the Yemeni cabinet, told The Media Line, “The overall suffering of the children of Yemen has continued to be the same and never actually changed over time since the beginning of the talks of the so-called truce,” he says.
“The people of Yemen need to raise awareness regarding the criminal practices of recruiting children to the war effort, besides debunking all corruption, mismanagement, and inefficiency of the Yemeni government officials and their mishandling of all the international aid received,”
Ambassador Mohamed Quabaty
Kendall explains that children in Yemen die not only because of violence directly caused by the active war; the danger comes from many different directions.
“It’s not just a result of airstrikes, which have subsided in recent months, but starvation, lack of access to clean water, the destruction of health facilities, and the spread of preventable diseases,” she says. “Even during the truce, children continued to be killed by landmines,” she adds.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-725093
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Benomar criticizes US’s justifications in thwarting decision to end Yemen war
Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jamal Benomar, has criticized the US administration’s justifications for thwarting the efforts of the US Congress to vote on the war powers resolution to end the US intervention in the war on Yemen.
“The White House’s claim that putting the resolution to a vote in Congress would jeopardize diplomacy is just unrealistic,” Benomar said in statements to the American “Interest” website.
He explained that there was no diplomatic and political progress absolutely, or negotiations towards ending the war, so an all-out war could resume at any time.
https://en.ypagency.net/281314/
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Yemen war could stop tomorrow if ‘humanitarian desire’ exists: Activist
A human rights activist has said that the long, ongoing Saudi-led war on Yemen could come to an end tomorrow if there is political will and humanitarian desire on the side of the invaders.
Fra Hughes, also a journalist and director of Palestine Aid, made the comments on Press TV’s Monday edition of Spotlight, after UNICEF announced the heavy, tragic toll the war is taking on the civilian population, especially children, in the war-ridden country.
Elijah Magnier, a political analyst, also slammed the West’s “double standard” in this regard, saying that while according to UNICEF about 2.2 million Yemeni children, a quarter of whom are under five, are acutely malnourished, the figures are “invisible” to mainstream media.
He also criticized the West for “lecturing” people about what is happening in Ukraine, since the beginning of Russia’s “special operation” about 10 months ago, but overlooking the “massacre” of under 5-year-old children for the past eight years in Yemen.
The atrocities, he said, are “just invisible to mainstream media, the Saudis, Emiratis, Americans, and Europeans, who pretend to be supportive of the humanitarian cause of the world.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Magnier explained that while Saudi Arabia has enough money to reconstruct Yemen, it would rather spend it on curbing nations and states that are “not obedient to the US directives and policies.”
“They can even direct all the resources to the media to concentrate on something false and promote an incorrect narrative just to topple regimes and create coup d'etat, but to invest money in reconstructing Yemen is not possible,” he said, lamenting that they loot Yemen’s oil instead of helping the impoverished country.
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America pushes Egyptian forces to Bab al-Mandab Strait of Yemen
America and the Zionist entity have pushed the Egyptian forces to the forefront of military operations in the Red Sea the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden, which is under the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen.
The United States, at the behest of the Gulf states, entrusted the Egyptian Navy with commanding the so-called “Joint Tasks 153” force, in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Gulf of Aden, under the pretext of combating terrorism and smuggling, and confronting illegal activities.
Last April, the US announced the formation of the Joint Task Force 153, as the fourth force to join the Combined Maritime Forces Alliance (CMF), to join the Joint Task Force 150 and its counterparts 151 and 152.
The Combined Maritime Forces “CMF”, a multinational military alliance consisting of 34 countries, including the Zionist entity, in addition Egypt that joined in April 2021, ranking 34th among the members, and the ships of those forces participate in what is called “enhancing security and stability” in global shipping lanes.
https://en.ypagency.net/281164/
while Southern separatists welcome it: https://en-smanews.org/south-arabia/the-stc-welcomes-the-egyptian-navys-assumption-of-the-cmf-153-command/
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US-Saudi Aggression Against Yemen Reveals Reality, Truth of International Law
The war in Yemen calls for a redefinition of international law, and whether the world needs international rules regulating relations between states at the present time.
According to international law, Yemen is a sovereign state, and it is a member of the United Nations. In no way can it be the target of bombing with weapons of mass destruction, or the imposition of a blockade that leads to creating a state of mass death among civilians.
The truth is that the war waged by the US-Saudi aggression against Yemen is entirely taking place outside international law, international humanitarian law and humanitarian norms. The pretext of the “coup” adopted by the US-Saudi aggression is an excuse for war and the killing of civilians. It cannot be used to justify war according to international law.
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Al-Sharjabi: 9,000 Killed, Injured Due to Direct US-Saudi Airstrikes
The spokesman for the [Sanaa gov.] Supreme Council for Humanitarian Affairs, Talaat Al-Sharjabi, confirmed that the council has statistics confirming that 9,000 children were killed and injured due to the direct raids of the US-Saudi aggression.
He stated to Almasirah, Tuesday, that UNICEF reports that 11,000 children are dead and wounded, only a third of them due to raids, while our statistics confirm that 9,000 children were killed and wounded as a result of direct raids.
Al-Sharjabi pointed out that the United Nations talks about victims and malnutrition without taking any step to stop the humanitarian catastrophe, and that international organizations always evade and do not talk about the direct cause of this humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.
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Krieg im Jemen: Die Welt stiehlt sich aus der Verantwortung
Seit Jahren ist der Jemen gefangen in Krieg, Armut und Hunger. Doch die Staatengemeinschaft unternimmt zu wenig, um das Leid der Menschen zu beenden.
Das Versagen beginnt bei der humanitären Hilfe. Fast acht Jahre nach der Eskalation des Konfliktes durch das Eingreifen einer Militärkoalition unter Saudi-Arabiens Führung sind im Jemen mehr als 23 Millionen Menschen auf Unterstützung angewiesen, darunter fast 13 Millionen Kinder.
Ähnliches gilt für Politik und Diplomatie. Beide machen sich seit Jahren einen schlanken Fuß, wenn es um die Lösung des komplizierten Konflikts geht.
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YEMEN’S LASTING CRISIS: CAUSES FOR CONCERN AND HOPE
Few modern conflicts have been as destructive or long-lasting as Yemen’s. In 2014, Houthi rebels called for the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and seized the capital, Sanaa, proclaiming a new government and attacking regions still loyal to Saleh’s regime. The conflict, protracted by mutual suspicion, involvement by Iran and Saudi Arabia and grotesque human rights violations enters its eighth year with no long-term solutions in sight. More than three-quarters of the population lives in poverty, with high levels of disease and 4 million Yemenis requiring humanitarian assistance.
https://borgenproject.org/yemens-lasting-crisis/
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The Abductees’ Mothers in an appeal to the world: "The ball is in your court to save our abducted sons in Yemen so that they can obtain their full freedom."
The abductees’ mothers addressed the world, saying, “How great it is for you to gather from all over the world these days for one goal in the World Cup, which united peoples and hearts and directed all eyes towards who will achieve the goal and win the cup.”
http://ama-ye.org/index.php?no=1959&ln=En
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Entisaf Org: Over 13,000 Yemeni women and children killed or wounded by Saudi aggression since 2015
The number of women and children who have been victims of the direct bombing of the US-Saudi aggression over eight years has exceeded 13,437 dead and wounded, a rights group revealed.
Entisaf Organization for Women and Children’s Rights revealed on Sunday catastrophic figures for the repercussions of the aggression and blockade on Yemen.
“The children and women of Yemen are killed and their rights violated as a result of the aggression and the siege imposed by the US-Saudi aggression under UN and international cover,” the human rights organization said in a statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. “In Yemen, all the laws and charters launched by the United Nations have fallen. The international days that it declared have no longer played any role in preserving even a small part of the rights of women and children in Yemen.”
The organization stated in its statement that the number of dead among women and children reached six thousand and 312, including two thousand and 436 women and three thousand and 876 children. The number of wounded women and children reached 7,125, including 2,862 women and 4,263 children.
It pointed out that the number of the displaced rose to five million and 159 thousand and 560 displaced until the end of August 2022, including 740 thousand and 122 families. It noted that half of the displaced are women, 27 percent of whom are under the age of eighteen, which increases their risk of violence.
https://en.ypagency.net/280955/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/11/over-13000-yemeni-women-and-children-killed-or-wounded-by-saudi-aggression-since-2015/
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Film: Fifth Women's Summit concludes in Aden
About two hundred Yemeni women leaders from all Yemeni governorates, working in the areas of security, peace and women's rights, participated in the women's summit. The UN envoy to Yemen and the US envoy, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the representative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation also participated in the event through visual communication technology. The summit aims to unify the efforts of women's movements and increase their influence in bringing about change, confronting discrimination, violence and human rights violations to which Yemeni women are exposed, in addition to evaluating the truce process and its impact on women in Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2u4H6Lm13w
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Abductees Mothers Association Holds Psychological Support Session for the Families of Detainees and Forcibly Disappeared in Aden.
http://ama-ye.org/index.php?no=1948&ln=En
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On International Human Rights Day, Yemen is a Critical Test of Global Commitment to Human Rights
Yet, today, the people of Yemen have been abandoned by the international community. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s vote to dismantle the United Nations Group of Eminent of Experts (GEE) is a setback for the multilateral human rights system: not only it has ensured total impunity for all parties to the armed conflict in the country, but it has also left victims of gross human rights violations without any prospect of justice, reparations and redress.
In Yemen, impunity for egregious human rights violations and abuses and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, is shocking. It underlines the complete lack of respect for international law by all parties to the armed conflict and for the values of human life and dignity that it is meant to protect.
For eight years, all parties to the armed conflict have perpetrated widespread and systematic abuses, including the indiscriminate killing and injuring of tens of thousands civilians, unlawful airstrikes, and laying landmines indiscriminately. The Saudi/UAE-led coalition, the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) of Yemen, the Ansar Allah (Houthi) armed group, the UAE-backed forces, including the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and other warring parties have caused massive civilian harm in Yemen, committed serious international law violations, and failed to conduct credible investigations, ensure justice or provide reparations.
The Yemeni people need an unambiguous commitment to lasting peace. The way to achieve this is through strong support for the rule of law and human rights, which ought to be addressed by the international community in a coordinated and inclusive manner, since all parties to the armed conflict have shown utter contempt for international law and for the lives and dignity of civilians in the country.
Whether the international community will renew its commitment to protecting the millions of Yemenis whose lives hang by a thread, and to ensuring accountability for victims, or whether the international community will persist in its dereliction of duties for political convenience is a defining, momentous test for human rights globally.
https://mwatana.org/en/critical-test/
and
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In an event held in the occasion of Human Rights Day
Human Rights Defenders: Accountability for violations in Yemen is a must
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights, opened the event by saying that Mwatana’s celebration of Human Rights Day is an affirmation of Yemen’s connection to the world and of the universality of human rights that should not be enjoyed by only certain communities. She also said that Mwatana chose the issue of arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and torture as the focus of this event. They are patterns of violations in which all parties to the conflict in Yemen are equal.
In response to the questions of the attendees, Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Chairperson of Mwatana, said that the least Yemen deserves is an international criminal accountability mechanism, a mechanism capable of collecting and preserving evidence. She affirmed the determination of Mwatana and its partners to move forward in this direction, hoping that the international community will not let Yemen down again at the session of the Human Rights Council next March.
https://mwatana.org/en/human-rights-day-2022/
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salman affirms the kingdom’s full support for efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive solution to the crisis in #Yemen in accordance with the three references: The Gulf Initiative, the NDC, and UN Resolution 2216.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1601278011202211840
My comment: LOL. The “3 references” demand the Houthis must capitulate. They are a blockade to any peaceful solution.
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The Houthis' embargo on Yemen's oil exports
The Houthis’ rejection of the truce with the Yemeni government was based on three fundamental factors. The first is the rebels’ inability to fulfill their obligations under the agreement to lift the siege on Taiz because their control over the city keeps pressure on their opponents and gives them increased leverage in any peace negotiations. The second is a lack of interest in the peace process itself as the current status quo gives the Houthis access to Yemeni resources without committing to a power-sharing agreement that could threaten their monopoly over the war-torn country’s northern territory. The third is a desire to return to violence as swiftly as possible because this tactic had proven to give them the upper hand in negotiations in the past.
To make good on their threats, the Houthis imposed an embargo on oil exports by attacking Yemeni ports. This was a part of a broader operation to pressure the national government to share extractive resources in areas Houthi forces do not control. The attack also reminded the Gulf countries, which had shown a willingness to engage in the peace process, that the Houthis can stage drone attacks on vulnerable targets without any risk of retaliation.
The Houthis demand that the Yemeni government pay the salaries of civil servants in Houthi-controlled areas, including their militia members who are fighting the coalition. This unreasonable request echoes the Houthi movement’s behavior in other matters and reflects its view that it is entitled to state resources. However, given that most of the oil exported from Yemen’s southern terminals is pumped out of fields in the southern part of the country, the Houthis’ attacks could reignite historical grievances over the distribution of resources.
At the same time, the Houthis hold themselves above accountability for the financial and natural resources in the areas they do control. They collect millions of dollars off the revenues generated by Hodeida port, on the Red Sea.
The Houthis control significant commercial resources under monopoly conditions, which allows them to collect national revenues from land, electricity, water, and internet utilities, businesses, and telecommunications companies located in territory under their control.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/houthis-embargo-yemens-oil-exports
My comment: By an anti-Houthi author, from a Saudi-supported think tank.
cp2a Saudische Blockade / Saudi blockade
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YPC: Aggression coalition holds petrol ship
Spokesman for the Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC), Essam Al-Mutawakel, told the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that the US-Saudi aggression coalition seized the gasoline ship "Gh Austen" and prevented it from reaching the port of Hodeida.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3215748.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/281517/
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Saudi-Arabien verhindert weiterhin, dass Treibstoff in den Jemen gelangt
Die von Saudi-Arabien geführte Koalition hat erneut zwei Treibstoffschiffe festgenommen und sie daran gehindert, den wichtigen westjemenitischen Hafen von Hudaida zu erreichen. Die Jemenitische Erdölgesellschaft gab an, die beiden Treibstoffschiffe seien festgenommen worden, obwohl sie die erforderlichen Genehmigungen erhalten hatten.
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YPC: Aggression seizes 2 fuel vessels
YPC official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakil said the US-Saudi aggression coalition is still practicing piracy on the ships loaded with oil derivatives designated for humanitarian fields.
The aggression coalition detained on Thursday the two ships, Viviana and Anhuna, after they have been checked and cleared in Djibouti, he said.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3215551.htm
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YPC: Aggression coalition detains 2 fuel vessels
YPC official spokesman Issam al-Mutawakil said the aggression coalition is still continuing piracy on oil derivatives ships, as it has detained the gasoline ship "Cosmograph" and the diesel ship "Daytona" despite their humanitarian nature and being subject to inspection in Djibouti.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3215416.htm
and also https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/30183/US-Saudi-Aggression-Prevents-two-Fuel-Ships-from-Entering-Hodeidah-Port and https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/30192/US-Saudi-Aggression-Prevents-two-Fuel-Ships-from-Entering-Hodeidah-Port
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UNVIM Operational Analysis - November 2022
Food and Fuel Discharged in November 2022
There was a 61% increase in food discharged in November 2022 (501,855 t) compared to the 2021 monthly average (310,856 t) and a 60% increase compared to the monthly average since May 2016 (313,898 t).
There was a 382% increase in fuel discharged in November 2022 (215,079 t) compared to the 2021 monthly average (44,589 t) and a 44% increase compared to the monthly average since May 2016 (149,835 t).
Food and Fuel Vessel Delays in November 2022
In November 2022, food vessels spent an average of 2.1 days in the Coalition holding area (CHA), 1.4 days in anchorage, and 7.1 days at berth. This compares to an average of 2.4 days in the CHA, 1.6 days in anchorage, and 8.4 days at berth in November 2021. Food vessels therefore spent 12% less time in the CHA, 13% less time in anchorage, and 15% less time at berth, compared to November 2021.
In November 2022, 13 food vessels proceeded from the CHA to anchorage, 14 berthed, and 19 discharged their cargo and sailed.
In November 2022, the average time spent by fuel vessels in the CHA was 5.9 days, whereas it was 41.1 days on average in November 2021, or an 86% decrease year-on-year. In comparison to the 2021 monthly average of 73.3 days, the month of November 2022 saw a 92% decrease.
Seven (07) fuel vessels were permitted from the CHA to anchorage, seven (07) berthed, and eight (08) discharged their cargo and sailed during the reporting month.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unvim-operational-analysis-november-2022
and also https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unvim-situation-report-november-2022
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Al-Junaid: Yemeni airports' closure is contrary to international laws
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3214427.htm
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Mit dem Teufel schlafen
Die »wertebasierte Außenpolitik«, von der man in den Ministerien des Westens gerne schwadroniert, zeigt sich im Verhältnis zum Blutbad auf der arabischen Halbinsel erstaunlich flexibel. Saudi-Arabien erhält trotz aller bekannten Vorwürfe weiter Waffen aus deutschen Rüstungsschmieden. Die Ampel-Regierung gab erst vor wenigen Monaten grünes Licht für die Lieferung von Ausrüstung und Munition für Kampfflugzeuge an Riad. Im Westen drückt man beide Augen zu, solange das Öl fließt. »Sleeping with the devil« (Mit dem Teufel schlafen) heißt der Bestseller des Ex-CIA-Agenten Robert Baer, indem er die saudisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen kritisch analysiert. Ein Titel von beklemmender Aktualität – auch was das Verhältnis Berlins zu Riad angeht.
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1169297.jemen-mit-dem-teufel-schlafen.html
cp3 Humanitäre Lage / Humanitarian situation
Siehe / Look at cp1
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75% of Yemen's Population Live Without Water, Sanitation Services
A joint methodological note on the conditions of water and sanitation services explained how the number of People in Need (PIN) of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) assistance and the WASH Severity Scores for each district in Yemen would be calculated for the 2023 Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO).
The organizations pointed out that Yemen has been the world's worst humanitarian crisis during the past five years, and the humanitarian situation remains critical as the country enters its eighth year of the war.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen remains critical, with economic decline and protracted armed conflict causing many Yemenis to need assistance.
In the 2022 HNO, the Yemen WASH Cluster (YWC) reported an increase from 2021 in the number of people in need of support to meet their WASH needs by 16 percent (17.8 million people in need), while the number of people in acute needs increased by 28.7 percent (11.2 million people in acute need).
According to these numbers, less than a quarter of the population has access to safe WASH services.
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Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (November 2022)
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.
Data for the JMMI is collected every first week of the month through structured surveys with vendor key informants (KIs) in urban and rural marketplaces. KIs are purposefully selected and enumerators are instructed to visit at least three different vendors per monitored item. The interviews are conducted by partner organisations using a harmonised data collection tool after receiving a training from REACH. Following data collection, REACH compiles and cleans the data through detailed follow-up with partners.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-joint-market-monitoring-initiative-november-2022
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In Our Hands, $15 Becomes 60 School Meals for Young Girls Like Ferdous in Yemen
It may seem like $15 dollars wouldn’t make any difference in places like Yemen where the humanitarian needs are overwhelming. “Pocket change thrown at a catastrophe,” you might say. But you’d be wrong. For young girls like Ferdous whose health and education are on the line, $15 can be life-changing.
Every day, as the morning sun fills her classroom with light, 11-year-old Ferdous passes out High Energy Biscuits (HEBs) to her classmates, courtesy of the U.N. World Food Programme.
“I love to distribute (school meals) to my classmates. I feel like I am like their big sister,” she says.
At such a young age, Ferdous already understands the immense impact school meals have on all children’s futures, but especially for girls. Here’s a closer look at the long-term impact of our school meals program:
https://www.wfpusa.org/articles/15-dollars-becomes-60-school-meals-for-young-girls/
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Yemen: FAO welcomes an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution from the World Bank to strengthen resilience and address growing food insecurity
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution provided by the World Bank to scale up restoration of rural livelihoods, boost household food production and provide emergency assistance to vulnerable households in Yemen.
Since 2021, the $127 million Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP) has been jointly implemented by FAO, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now joining the UN agencies in the implementation of the project.
The additional funding was provided in response to a sharp deterioration in food security conditions in Yemen.
The Integrated Food Security Phase (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity projection update, conducted in September 2022, indicates that approximately 17 million people, or over half of the country’s population, will likely experience high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between October and December 2022. Of these, 6.1 million people are classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency).
FAO will receive $79.4 million from the additional financing. This adds to the $61.1 million initially allocated to support FAO activities aimed at increasing production of crop, livestock and fish products, including backyard and garden production; promoting climate-smart agriculture; strengthening local agrifood systems; and establishing national agricultural value chains.
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Yemen: Methodological Note for the 2023 Calculation of WASH PiN and Severity (November 2022)
Water and sanitation systems and services throughout the country have suffered from damage and underdevelopment. In the 2022 HNO, the Yemen WASH Cluster (YWC) reported an increase from 2021 in the number of people in need of support to meet their WASH needs by 16% (17.8 million people in need), while the number of people in acute needs increased by 28.7% (11.2 million people in acute need). Moreover, only less than quarter of the population has access to safe WASH services.4 Despite these pressing needs, global funding has fallen short of meeting all required funding for WASH by 2.7 billion dollars (USD). Identifying and prioritizing the communities most in need, and determining their vulnerabilities and risks, is therefore highly necessary.
In order to understand the WASH needs, risks and vulnerabilities of the population in Yemen, the 2023 HNO assesses WASH-related indicators across all districts in Yemen.
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Yemen: Organization Monthly Presence October 2022
In October 2022, 131 aid organizations implemented Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) activities in all of Yemen’s 333 districts. Eight UN agencies implemented response activities in 333 districts, while 79 national NGOs were active in 299 districts, and 44 international NGOs in 238 districts.
Across response sectors, the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) has the largest number of organizations implementing activities, with 51 active in 308 districts. The Protection and Health clusters came second and third in terms of the number of implementing organizations, with 48 organizations active in 253 districts and 41 organizations active in 332 districts, respectively.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-organization-monthly-presence-october-2022-enar
and more: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-yemen-national-cluster-strategy-2023-2024
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/cccm-yemen-cluster-situation-overview-october-2022
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Mehr als 11.000 Kinder durch Bürgerkrieg im Jemen getötet oder verstümmelt
Seit Jahren tobt im Jemen ein Bürgerkrieg. Bei den Kämpfen zwischen Regierungstruppen und Rebellen haben Tausende Kinder bereits ihr Leben verloren.
Seit der Eskalation des Bürgerkriegs im Jemen vor fast acht Jahren sind nach Angaben der Vereinten Nationen in dem Land mehr als 11.000 Kinder getötet, verstümmelt oder verletzt worden. »Die tatsächliche Zahl der Opfer dieses Konflikts ist wahrscheinlich weitaus höher«, erklärte das Kinderhilfswerk Unicef am Montag. Tausende Kinder hätten ihr Leben verloren, Hunderttausende weitere seien vom Tod durch vermeidbare Krankheiten oder Hunger bedroht, sagte Unicef-Direktorin Catherine Russell.
Etwa 2,2 Millionen jemenitische Kinder sind laut der Uno-Organisation akut unterernährt, jedes vierte Kind ist unter fünf Jahre alt, und die meisten sind von Cholera, Masern und anderen durch eine Impfung vermeidbaren Krankheiten bedroht. Knapp 4000 Jungen seien zudem seit 2015 rekrutiert worden, um als Kindersoldaten im Krieg zu kämpfen.
https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/jemen-mehr-als-11-000-kinder-durch-buergerkrieg-getoetet-oder-verstuemmelt-a-859da817-2531-407e-b20c-b46d48b2b48b = https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2022-12/uno-jemen-buergerkrieg-kinder?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.feed-reader.net%2F
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More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen
More than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed as a result of the conflict in Yemen, according to UNICEF – an average of four a day since the escalation of the conflict in 2015. As these are only the UN-verified incidents, the true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher.
While the UN-brokered truce led to a significant reduction in the intensity of the conflict, a further 62 children have been killed or injured between the end of the truce at the start of October and the end of November. At least 74 children were among the 164 people killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance between July and September 2022 alone.
Almost eight years since the escalation of the conflict, more than 23.4 million people, including 12.9 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection – almost three-quarters of the entire population. An estimated 2.2 million children in Yemen are acutely malnourished, including nearly 540,000 children under the age of five suffering from severe acute malnutrition and are struggling to survive.
“For children like 7-month-old Yasin and his mother Saba, who I visited at a hospital in Aden, life has become a struggle for survival,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, who launched UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal from Yemen last week.
More than 17.8 million people, including 9.2 million children, lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. For years, the country’s health system has been extremely fragile: only 50 per cent of health facilities are functional, leaving almost 22 million people – including around 10 million children - without adequate access to healthcare.
At the same time, Yemen is facing a severe education crisis, leading to tremendous long-term consequences for children. Two million children are out of school, and this number could rise to 6 million children having their education disrupted as at least one out of four schools in Yemen are destroyed or partially damaged.
“If the children of Yemen are to have any chance of a decent future, then the parties to the conflict, the international community and all those with influence must ensure they are protected and supported,” said Russell
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-11000-children-killed-or-injured-yemen
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Jemenhilfe: Die Unterstützung der Menschen ist wichtiger denn je
Im kriegsgeschüttelten Jemen hungern viele Menschen. Die Aichacher Jemenhilfe versucht, die Not zu lindern. Das ist in Zeiten des Ukrainekriegs nicht einfach.
Die Jemen-Kinderhilfe wird im nächsten Jahr 20. Wie die Aichacher Vereinsvorsitzende Aenne Rappel in ihrem Jahresbericht mitteilt, waren es zu Beginn acht bedürftige Kinder, die in Taiz in einer kleinen, angemieteten Wohnung ein neues Zuhause fanden. Inzwischen unterstützt der gemeinnützige Verein etwa 100 Kinder, 15 Kriegswitwen und acht alte Männer, die alle ihre Familienmitglieder sowie Haus und Hof verloren haben. 20 Jahre nach der Gründung ist Hilfe notwendiger denn je. Denn im Jemen hungern viele Menschen.
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@monarelief CCCM team finished today installing and distributing 5 latrines to 69 HHs at al-Khamees eastern IDPs hosting site in Bani al-Hareth district of Sana'a city. The latrines installation & distribution was funded by Mona Relief. #monarelief (photos)
https://twitter.com/monarelief/status/1601691335920353281
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Launchgood. Yemen projects
https://www.launchgood.com/communitypage/yemen#!/community/yemen/
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Support Yemeni Society Organization for Development SYS
Support Yemeni Society Organization SYS seeks to provide distinctive and effective contributions to the Yemeni people in need through inclusive humanitarian and developmental projects that maintain human dignity. OUR GOALS 1. Provide sustainable projects that alleviate poverty in Yemen. 2. Work in partnership with international and local organizations to achieve global goals. 3. Education development. 4. Spread Social peace culture. OUR VALUES 1. Transparency 2. Integrity 3. Sustainability 4. Equality 5. commitment 6. Humanism 7. Mercy 8. Partnership and Cooperation
https://www.globalgiving.org/donate/72713/support-yemeni-society-organization-for-development-sys/
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Yemen: USG Response to the Complex Emergency (Last Updated 12/09/22)
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-usg-response-complex-emergency-last-updated-120922
Yemen - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
Through USAID/BHA, the USG will provide up to $20 million in humanitarian assistance funding to support WFP in transporting grain donated by the Government of Ukraine to assist food-insecure people in Yemen.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-complex-emergency-fact-sheet-2-fiscal-year-fy-2023
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UK aid and Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
This briefing summarises the humanitarian situation in the country, including the impact of the conflict on civilians and the significance of the conflict in Ukraine on food supplies to Yemen. It also describes the funding shortfalls in UN appeals, and the amount and purpose of UK aid.
The UK has provided more than £1 billion in aid to Yemen since 2015. However, partly reflecting the wider reduction in UK aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of Gross National Income, UK assistance has fallen from a peak of £260 million in 2019 to £114 million in 2021.
For 2022/23, the UK has pledged £88 million compared to £87 million in 2021/22. At the UN pledging conference in March 2022, the UK was the fourth largest donor to the country.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9326/
cp4 Flüchtlinge / Refugees
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Yemen: Rapid Response Mechanism-First Line Response RRM Cumulative Report, Jan - Nov 2022
The conflict remains the leading cause of displacement in Yemen. Although a significant decrease in conflict-related displacement has been witnessed since the beginning of the truce, displacement continues sporadically within active frontline areas, while natural disasters such as floods add to the levels of displacement.
Since January 2022, RRM partners enrolled and assisted affected families across 21 governorates (232districts, 765 sub-districts), reaching 62,188 households (435,316 individuals); accounting for 74 percent of the Cluster HRP target. 61 percent were newly displaced families (264,915 individuals), while the remaining 39 percent (170,401 individuals) were affected by torrential rains or flooding.
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IDP Hosting Sites Flood Hazard Analyses - Abs District & Marib Governorate Presentation to the National CCCM Cluster Meeting
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Clean water for Yemen's displaced families: WASH support in Marib
Lutheran World Relief partners with the Field Medical Foundation (FMF) to implement the Provision of Life-Saving Emergency WASH Support for IDPs project in Yemen’s Marib Governate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjOcJbPjyI
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Durch das «Tor der Tränen» in den kriegsgeschüttelten Jemen
Alle wollen nach Europa? Von wegen: Viele Ostafrikaner flüchten auf die Arabische Halbinsel – und riskieren ihr Leben.
Eine hierzulande weitgehend unbekannte Fluchtroute befindet sich in Ostafrika: Zehntausende versuchen, das Meer dort, wo es zur Arabischen Halbinsel am schmalsten ist, zu überqueren.
ARD-Afrikakorrespondent Norbert Hahn ist nach Dschibuti gereist, wo die Flüchtenden die Boote besteigen. Dort hat er mit den Menschen gesprochen und sie gefragt, was sie sich vom Leben auf der anderen Seite der Meerenge erhoffen. Die einhellige Antwort: «Arbeit».
Viele der Migrantinnen und Migranten stammen aus Äthiopien, in dem verbreitet Armut herrscht und wo seit zwei Jahren in der Provinz Tigray ein Krieg tobt. Andere kommen aus den Nachbarländern Dschibutis.
Schlepper verteilen die Menschen auf Fischerboote, um das Bab al-Mandab zu überqueren, das «Tor der Tränen» – eine 27 Kilometer breite Meerenge zwischen dem Horn von Afrika und der Arabischen Halbinsel. Auf der anderen Seite wartet der Jemen – und damit der Krieg.
Dies ist vielen aber nicht bewusst. Oder es hindert sie schlicht nicht an der Flucht. «Sie gehen nicht ins Internet und informieren sich über die Lage im Jemen. Sie haben nicht diesen Weitblick, diesen Weltblick», erklärt Hahn. «Sie sehen aber, was ohne die Flucht vor ihnen liegt – und das ist ein Leben, das für nichts reicht.»
Manchen geht nach erfolglosen Versuchen, nach Saudi-Arabien zu gelangen, das Geld für Schlepper aus. Wer nicht wieder zurück in seine Heimat will, strandet im Jemen. «Der landet dann unter der Brücke, würde man in Europa sagen. Er muss sich irgendwie durchschlagen.»
Zudem gibt es Berichte über Migrantinnen und Migranten, die als Geiseln genommen werden und erst freikommen, wenn ihre Familie ein Lösegeld zahlt. «Tut sie das nicht, wird die Person ermordet», sagt Hahn. (mit Film)
cp5 Nordjemen und Huthis / Northern Yemen and Houthis
Siehe / Look at cp1
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Houthi-run specialized court last week sentenced 16 people to death by firing squad & 13 others to prison on alleged charges of aiding the aggression countries,awa espionage for them, accord 2 #Yemeni lawyer Abdulmajid Sabrah. All these convicted r from Saada Governorate.
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1604177103171092481
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Photo: Absolutely horrified seeing a school in #Yemen full of posters of students & teachers who died fighting for the glory of the Houthi militia
https://twitter.com/RepYemenEnglish/status/1604167132052439040
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US actions in Bab al-Mandab threaten safety of maritime navigation: Military commander
Major General Mohammed Al-Qadri, a commander of the Coastal Defense Brigade said that moves of the US, Israeli enemy and their allies in the Red Sea aimed to threaten the safety of maritime navigation in Bab al-Mandab Strait.
He affirmed that the actions of the hostile forces in the Red Sea being monitored accurately, posting a danger to the regional waters and the global trade movement.
https://en.ypagency.net/281560/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/18/yemeni-coastal-defence-commander-vows-protection-of-coastline-against-enemy-incursions/
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Sanaa receives 10 returnees from ranks of coalition
The National Center for Returnees in the capital Sanaa on Saturday received 10 returnees from the ranks of the Saudi-led coalition in a number of border areas, the coast and Marib province.
During the reception, Brigadier General Hisham Mansour Radman considered the return of the deceived to the homeland ranks “an additional victory for what the heroes of the armed forces achieved during the battle to defend the homeland against the aggression coalition.”
https://en.ypagency.net/281520/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/17/ten-yemeni-defectors-from-saudi-led-ranks-welcomed-in-sanaa/
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Occupying South of Yemen not Acceptable
The deputy speaker of the Yemen’s Shura Council, Abdo Al-Jandi, affirmed that what is happening in the south is a dangerous conspiracy that threatens the unity of Yemen, its territorial integrity and international navigation.
Al-Jandi told Almasirah: "As long as Yemen’s drones reach long distances, the occupation in southern Yemen will not remain." For his part, Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Shura Council, Yahya Al-Mahdi, affirmed that the aggression will not end except by striking force and bombing strategic targets deep inside Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/30221/%C2%A0Occupying-South-of-Yemen-not-Acceptable%C2%A0
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Ansrullah warns UAE of retaliation if war on Yemen not stopped
A member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has warned the United Arab Emirates that the resistance movement will respond with missiles and drones if the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen is not halted.
Abdullah Muhammad al-Naimi said in a tweet on Friday that “the UAE thinks it is playing smart by handing over some of the Yemeni provinces and islands it occupies to the Israeli, British and American forces, but it should know that the answer to that will be ballistic missiles and drone attacks.”
He said the UAE is bullying the Yemeni people and is treating them as if these people are a backward nation, warning the UAE that it should reconsider its calculations and its role in Yemen.
“Now that we have ballistic missiles and drones, we will force this small country (the UAE) to come to its senses and repent before the world [for participating in the attack on Yemen],” al-Naimi added.
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Film: “Houthis are militarising schools turning them into recruiting camps!
https://twitter.com/yemeniradar/status/1603416239749079042
My remark: By an anti-Hpouthi propaganda org.
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1000 illegal immigrants deported from Saada
Saada province’s police deported on Thursday 1000 illegal immigrants, all of whom were of African nationalities.
A security source at the province police stated that the illegal immigrants were transported from the shelter center in the province to the Immigration and Passports Department in the capital, Sanaa, to be later returned to their countries.
https://en.ypagency.net/281437/
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Houthis commit 267 violations against human rights defenders
Musawah Organization for Rights and Freedoms has revealed that it monitored 287 different forms of violation cases committed by Houthi terrorist militia against defenders of human rights in 13 Yemeni provinces during the period between March 2015 until December, 10, 2022.
In a report for the organization, it made it clear that the violations included killing and injuring cases, kidnapping, forcibly disappearance, illegal arrest, displacement, threatening, sacking from public jobs, banning from travel and looting private possessions, pointing out that all these violations have been committed in the areas under the militia's control.
The report mentioned that the reported cases do not include all violations against defenders of human rights in Yemen in general but were limited on the violations, which the organization has been able to monitor them.
https://en.26sepnews.net/2022/12/17/militia-committed-267-violations-against-human-rights-defenders-report/ = http://en.adenpress.news/news/37009
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Film: Supreme #Houthi leader continues to employ propaganda against the US in a bigoted sermon addressing Biden's same-sex marriage law, stating that it will lead to crime, vice & drug abuse, etc. The way he is attacking the law, you think it's happening directly in #Yemen
https://twitter.com/YemeniFatima/status/1603432655231619072
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Detainees start hunger strike in Yemeni capital
A group of detainees in the Sana'a-based central reformatory on Sunday went in hunger strike in protest of Houthi maltreatment.
In a statement initialed by their names, the detainees said they started an "open, inclusive hunger strike until we are released, rehabilitated and compensated for the morale and material harms" due to the Houthi forced disappearance.
The Houthi-run criminal prosecution, judicial system led by Mohamed Ali al-Houthi and criminal court imprison detainees for more than two years on false charges they could not prove at some 30 hearings, the statement said.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32004.html
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Houthis Accused Of Torturing Prisoner, Concealing Death From Family For Years
A Yemeni human rights group and relatives have accused the Iran-backed Houthis of torturing and killing a prisoner of war and then for years concealing his death from family.
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said that Omar Ahmed Al-Samae, a Yemeni government fighter seized from a battlefield in the province of Saada in 2018, was mercilessly tortured before being murdered. The militia group later told his family that he was being held in jail.
But when his parents traveled from Taiz city to Sanaa to see their son, the Houthis escorted them to 48 Model Hospital’s mortuary and showed them his body. It was then that the relatives spotted clear signs of torture.
A medical report showed that Al-Samae had passed away on Nov. 16, 2020. However, the Houthis continued to demand money from his family to make them believe he was still alive, the rights network claimed.
In a statement, the network said: “During this time, the Houthi jail superintendent repeatedly asked the victim’s family for expenditures for their son Omar, despite the fact that Omar had died two years ago as a consequence of electric shock torture.”
and also https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-62046
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Ansarullah condemns Saudi attempts to circumvent Yemeni demands as “unacceptable”
Member of the Political Bureau of Ansarullah, Ali al-Qahoum, on Monday confirmed that the Saudi-led coalition’s prevarication and attempt to circumvent the demands of the Yemeni people is unacceptable.
In a series of tweets on “Twitter”, Al-Qahoum said that “the equations are changing and the reality is different”, calling on the coalition not to bet on the time factor and the misleading movements of the envoys.
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Defense Minister: Maritime Security in Yemeni Waters Priority in Next Stage
Yemen's Minister of Defense, Major General Mohammad Al-Atifi, confirmed that the maritime security of Yemens' territorial waters will be a priority in the next stage.
The Minister of Defense said, Tuesday, "The Bab Al-Mandab Strait, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the territorial extension of the Socotra archipelago, and the Yemeni islands are Yemeni lands over which we have full sovereignty."
He explained that the Armed Forces have taken all measures to ensure that they deal forcefully and firmly with any development that poses a threat or prejudice to national sovereignty maritime sovereignty.
and also https://en.ypagency.net/281152/
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Human Rights Minister: UN Envoy, US-Saudi Aggression Ignore Facts
The Minister of Human Rights, Ali Al-Dailami, affirmed that the UN envoy and the ambassadors of the countries involved in the aggression ignore the facts, forgetting that there are crimes, violations, and international complicity, as if nothing had happened.
Al-Dailami said, on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "Our Islamic principles are a red line that we do not allow anyone to interfere with, whoever he is, and we are against any calls that contradict them." He wondered, where are the basic rights stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, where are the investigations into major crimes recognized by the United Nations?
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Oil Minister: Sana'a Will Not Stand Idly by in Face of Any Economic Escalation by US-Saudi Aggression
The Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ahmed Daris, affirmed that Yemen's Salvation Government will not stand idly by in front of any economic escalation of US-Saudi aggression.
"Sana'a will not stand idly in front of any escalation by the aggression with the economic card," Daris stated to Almasirah on Saturday.
He called on foreign companies that intend to carry out new looting operations in the future to return to Sana'a before taking any step related to sovereign wealth. He warned of undesirable consequences if Sana'a's warnings were not taken seriously.
https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/30116/Oil-Minister-Sana-a-Will-Not-Stand-Idly-by-in-Face-of-Any-Economic-Escalation = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/11/yemeni-minister-of-oil-warns-that-yemen-will-retaliate-against-any-escalation/
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Vizepremierminister: Militärische Option gegen totale Blockade des Jemen auf dem Tisch
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General Al-Ruwaishan Confirms Options Open in Face of US-Saudi Aggression
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State of No Peace Nor War Is Extension of US-Saudi Aggression Against Yemeni People
The Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Al-Moshki, explained that we are living in a state of no peace and nor war, indicating that if the enemy wants peace or otherwise we are ready, and fighting the battle of liberation and national independence.
Al-Moshki stressed that the armed forces will not hesitate to
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Al-Ezzi: Agreement between the UAE and Pro-aggression Government Illegal
Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Al-Ezzi affirmed that the alleged agreement between the UAE and Mohsen Al-Daeri, the appointed by the US-Saudi aggression as minister of defense, is an illegal act and absurd Emirati insult aimed at undermining the will of Yemenis and the interests of Yemen.
He stressed that Abu Dhabi, by this agreement, is trying to use mercenaries as a miserable cover to prolong its illegal presence in Yemen’s lands, and this is unacceptable.
"There is no legitimacy for mercenaries appointed from foreign countries. Therefore Sana'a considers the alleged agreement between the UAE and the so-called Daeri an illegal act and a ridiculous Emirati insult aimed at undermining the will of our people and the pride and interests of our country," Al-Ezzi said in a series of tweets on his Twitter account.
and other voices https://en.ypagency.net/280775/
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/10/various-yemeni-political-movements-condemn-continue-occupation-of-southern-provinces/ = https://en.ypagency.net/280778/
and
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Politicians warn of danger of occupation establishing its feet in southern Yemen
https://en.ypagency.net/280778/
cp6 Südjemen und Aden-Regierung / Southern Yemen and Aden government
Siehe / Look at cp1
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The-terrorist-brotherhood-organization-resorts-to-explosive-devices-war-in-the-south
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Military commander affiliated with Islah party killed in Marib
https://en.ypagency.net/281472/
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STC militias kidnap military commander in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/281504/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/17/southern-yemeni-separatists-abduct-military-commander-in-aden/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/17/aden-puppet-government-withdraws-southern-transitional-council-forces-from-key-city-in-abyan/
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Pro-coalition government evacuates STC militia from Abyan
The Ministry of Defense in the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition on Saturday evacuated the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia from the most important strongholds of its opponents, east of Abyan.
https://en.ypagency.net/281483/
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Saudi Arabia accuses Islah Party of kidnapping Italian diplomat
Assistant editor-in-chief of the official Saudi “Okaz” newspaper and the most prominent foreign policy theorist of his country, Abdullah Al Hatayla, has accused the Islah Party of being behind the movement of the tribes against what he described as “legitimacy.”
Al Hatayla accused tribal militants from Al Hariqadan of being behind the kidnapping of Italian diplomat “Alessandro Ciadotto” from Sanaa in 2012.
https://en.ypagency.net/281510/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/17/saudi-newspaper-accuses-islah-party-of-undermining-aden-government/
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Yemeni gov't reiterates anxiousness at int'l missions safety
The Yemeni official government is anxious at the safety of international agencies active in the war-torn country, interior minister said Wednesday, few days after IOM convoy was targeted by an attack in Hadhramout.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32030.html
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STC dubs EU statement as harmful for Yemeni LC's coherence
The disappointing statement released by the European Union (EU) harms the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) coherence, spokesman for the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Wednesday.
On Monday, the EU issued a statement on Yemen, expressing their support to the LC.
Having read the EU statement, the STC sees the words about the STC with regard to the LC's unity as "negative, untrue and disappointing,"
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32029.html
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Dozens of prisoners in Aden begin hunger strike
For the second day in a row, dozens of detainees in the UAE-run prison of Bir Ahmed in Aden are on a hunger strike over their arbitrary detention and ill-treatment.
The former leader of the UAE-backed Southern Resistance, Adel al-Hassani, said that about 50 detainees in Bir Ahmed prison are subjected to inhumane treatment by the prison officials.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/16/dozens-of-prisoners-in-aden-begin-hunger-strike/
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Violent clashes between mercenaries flare up in Mahrah
Violent clashes erupted on Thursday in the border area of Shehn in Mahrah province, eastern Yemen.
Local sources in the province reported that the clashes broke out between the commander of the border guards loyal to Saudi Arabia, Kamel Za’bnoot, and other militants from “Ra’feet” tribe, to which the pro-UAE governor of Mahrah, Mohammed Ali bin Yasser, belongs .
Various types of light and medium weapons were used in the confrontations, according to the sources.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/16/violent-clashes-between-mercenaries-flare-up-in-mahrah/
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Tihama Brigades threaten violent retaliation against UAE-backed troops in Taiz
The Saudi-funded organisation known as the “Tihama Brigades” have on Thursday vowed to storm the UAE-funded Republican Guard camps led by Tariq Afash in Mocha city, in the west of Taiz province.
The Tihama Resistance and the Tihama Movement demanded, in a statement Thursday, the immediate release of leader of the Tihama Movement and director of the transportation office in the city of Mocha, Rafiq Doma, after he was kidnapped from his office Wednesday and taken to a secret prison in the city.
The statement threatened with military escalation against the forces of Tariq Afash on the western coast, stressing that the Tihama Brigades would not accept what it described as “continuous insults” by the forces of Tariq Afash.
The Brigades vowed to kidnap officers and commanders of the Republican Guard in retaliation, if they refuse to release Doma.
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Massive fire devours palm plantations in Socotra
https://en.ypagency.net/281455/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/17/fire-destroys-palm-plantations-on-occupied-socotra-locals-blame-uae/
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Roadside bombs kill two soldiers in Abyan's Moudiya
http://en.adenpress.news/news/37005
and also https://en.ypagency.net/281433/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/16/several-stc-militia-members-killed-in-ied-attacks/
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7 citizens killed by aggression mercenaries shelling on Marib
The mercenaries of the US-Saudi aggression on Friday killed 7 people, when fired artillery shells on Ghwirban area east of Marib province.
A local source in the province told Saba that the Islah party militia shelled a gathering of Al-Hureeqdan tribe, a branch of Obeida tribe, in Ghwirban area. Besides the 7 killed tribesmen, many others were seriously injured, he said.
According to the source, the aggression mercenaries' militia intensively launched artillery shells on the populated villages and used tanks and heavy weapons, caused a fire in one of the fuel trailers.
Violent clashes erupted between the tribesmen and the mercenaries' militia, after the mercenaries had stopped Al-Hureeqdan's diesel quota for watering their farms.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3215635.htm
and also https://en.ypagency.net/281438/
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32031.html
and also, photos: https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1603827747033227264
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Explosive device blast injures STC soldiers
A group of the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) soldiers were injured on Thursday, when an explosive device went off in the Yemeni southern governorate of Abyan.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32032.html
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Thousands of people (right) reportedly rallied in Radfan of #Lahj governorate on Thursday to protest murder of soldier Majid al-Hamili (left) by STC-affiliated 5th Support & Backup Brigade last week, demanding perpetrators be brought to justice. People bn protesting for days. (photos)
https://twitter.com/Alsakaniali/status/1603516266689486848
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Violent confrontations at Shehn border crossing in Mahra
Violent clashes erupted on Thursday in the border area of Shehn in Mahra province, eastern Yemen.
Local sources in the province reported that the clashes broke out between the commander of the border guards loyal to Saudi Arabia, Kamel Za’bnoot, and other militants from “Ra’feet” tribe, to which the pro-UAE governor of Mahra, Mohammed Ali bin Yasser, belongs.
https://en.ypagency.net/281400/
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two-soldiers-of-shabwa-defense-get-wounded-by-explosive
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Saudi field hospital administration expels number of workers in Marib
The medical staff of Saudi field hospital in the city of Marib, on Thursday, held a protest in which they demanded treatment for their conditions.
”Their contracts with the Saudi committee were renewed seven months ago, and a month after the contracts were renewed, they were informed that their names had been dropped,” the protesters said.
They added that they had received promises from the chief of staff of the Defense Ministry in the coalition-funded government to return their names and they explained that everything that was said was just false promises without implementing any steps to address their situation by officials.
They pointed out that they have been working in the Saudi hospital without salaries for seven months.
https://en.ypagency.net/281370/
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Tihama Brigades” threaten with storming UAE-backed “Republic Guard” camps
Saudi-funded “Tihama Brigades” on Thursday vowed to storm the UAE-funded “Republic Guard” camps led by “Tariq Afash” in Mocha city, west of Taiz province.
The “Tihami Resistance” and the “Tihami Movement” demanded, in a statement Thursday, Tariq Afash to immediately release the leader of the “Tihami Movement” –director of the transportation office in the city of Mocha, Rafiq Doma, after he was kidnapped from his office Wednesday and taken to a secret prison in the city.
The statement threatened with military escalation against the forces of “Tariq Afash” on the western coast
https://en.ypagency.net/281386/
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50 detainees announce hunger strike inside prison of UAE in Aden
Dozens of detainees in UAE-backed Bir Ahmed prison in Aden city have begun a hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention and ill-treatment for the second day in a row.
The former leader of UAE-backed Southern Resistance, Adel al-Hassani, said that about 50 detainees in Bir Ahmed prison are subjected to inhumane treatment by the prison officials.
https://en.ypagency.net/281359/
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Explosion targets military vehicle of STC militia in Abyan
https://en.ypagency.net/281364/
and also https://en-smanews.org/south-arabia/two-soldiers-of-shabwa-defense-get-wounded-by-explosive/
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Zionist experts are present in several occupied areas in Yemen, political sources say
The Minister of Defense in the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition has signed agreements legitimizing the presence of the Zionist entity in a number of Yemeni regions, well-informed political sources revealed.
The sources confirmed that Mohsen Al-Daari officially approved the Zionist presence in the military bases established by the UAE occupation forces in the western coast and the occupied southern governorates.
Adel al-Hassani, a former detainee in UAE person and political leader in the so-called “Southern Resistance” , said in a tweet , that Al-Daari agreed that the UAE can send experts from the Zionist entity to a number of military bases for the UAE, including in the west coast and Bab al-Mandab under the protection of Tariq Affash and his brother “Ammar”.
He pointed out that there is an Emirati-Zionist military base between the provinces of Aden and Abyan, under the protection of former al-Qaeda leader Abdul Latif al-Sayed, who was appointed by the UAE as commander of the so-called “security belt” in Abyan.
“There is another military base on the oil coast of Shabwa province, protected by the so-called Al-Amaliqa Brigades, which includes militant elements from Salafist groups close to al-Qaeda and ISIS, which is funded by the UAE, in addition to the military base at al-Ghaydah airport in Mahra province, which falls under the protection of Mohsen Marsa, who was recently appointed as the commander of the al-Ghaydah axis, Al-Hasani explained.
Al-Hasani pointed out that he was unable to know the force that is assuming the protection of the UAE-Zionist military base on the island of Socotra .
https://en.ypagency.net/281331/
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Yemeni gov't reiterates commitment to fair peace approach
The Yemeni official government appreciates the European Union stance deploring the Houthi attacks on oil facilities and infrastructure and warning of their disastrous complications on humanitarian situation, the cabinet said Tuesday in a statement carried by the Aden-based Saba.
The government hails the EU's evaluation the constructive approach adopted by the Yemeni Leadership Council and government during the truce, the statement added.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-32014.html
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What’s Behind UAE Security Pact with Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council?
On Sunday, Yemeni media outlets revealed a “secret security pact” signed between the UAE and the puppet Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) of Yemen based in Aden.
New era of UAE militarism in Yemen
One the main driving factors behind signing the secret deal with Yemen is allowing Abu Dhabi to legitimize its military intervention and occupation in Yemen, especially that the Emiratis now have forces stationed in the provinces of Mukala and Aden in the south and Hadhrahmaut in the east, and the oil-rich Belhaf region of Shabwa in the southeast. Also, the agreement intends to cover up the Emirati occupation of the Yemeni islands on the world stage.
The presence of the Emiratis in the Saudi-led coalition in invasion of Yemen was at times even opposed to by the cabinet of the resigned and fugitive former President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, especially at the end of 2018, when the tensions between the southerners supported by the Emirates and the forces loyal to Mansour Hadi rose. Clashes ensued, leading to the seizure of the presidential palace by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). At the time, Aden authorities said the request for intervention in Yemen was made only to Saudi Arabia not the UAE.
The UAE even in later 2019 said it planned to remove all of its troops from Yemen.
But ever since, Abu Dhabi sought an alternative formula to legitimize its presence and launch operations on Yemen soil especially against its opponents to continue its intervention and advance its expansionist agenda.
For a long time, the Emirati leaders were eyeing domination of Yemen’s islands, ports, coasts, and international waterways, especially after 2012, the year Sana’a canceled an agreement with UAE’s DP World, a port operation company. This agreement granted the Emirati company the right to operate Aden port, which is one of Yemen’s most important ports in the Gulf of Aden. The agreement would have disrupted the operation of this port to the detriment of Yemen’s maritime and economic interests and to benefit of the UAE ports of Dubai and Jebel Ali.
Two weeks ago and following Aden leaders’ visit to Abu Dhabi, the UAE government announced a plan to deposit $300 million in Central Bank of Yemen.
“This agreement grants Emirates a mandate of Yemen and a permit to intervene in its security and military affairs,” said Yemeni political expert Ali al-Dhahab.
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Academic survives assassination attempt in Aden
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/14/academic-survives-assassination-attempt-in-aden/
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STC threatens Islah party with holocaust in Seiyun
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias on Tuesday threatened Islah forces stationed in the city of Seiyun in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, with a large holocaust.
https://en.ypagency.net/281253/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/14/southern-transitional-council-threatens-total-destruction-of-islah-party-in-hadhramaut/
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Soldiers violently suppress peaceful protest in Seiyun
Yemeni forces of the First Military Region reportedly opened fire on demonstrators to repress a peaceful protest staged on Thursday night in Seiyun city of Wadi Hadramout.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/37002
Film: https://twitter.com/gnob1234/status/1603510510707687424
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Head of court in Marib survives assassination attempt
https://en.ypagency.net/281263/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/14/judge-in-occupied-marib-survives-assassination-attempt/
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UAE-backed militia kidnaps academic official in Shabwa
https://en.ypagency.net/281273/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/14/shabwah-mercenary-units-abduct-academic/
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American forces expand weapons stores inside Al-Ghaydah airport
American forces are working to expand their weapons stores inside Al-Ghaydah airport in Mahra province, east of Yemen.
Sources familiar with the matter said a number of strategic depots being prepared by the US forces inside the civil airport, which was closed to civil flights in early 2018.
The American and British forces took Al-Ghaydah airport, far from the confrontations with the Sanaa forces, as their military base, after the Saudi forces took control of the airport at the end of 2017.
Last August, head of the anti-foreign forces sit-in committee in Mahra, Sheikh Ali Salem al-Huraizy, pointed out the presence of Zionist forces inside al-Ghaydah Airport, who arrived with British reinforcements under the pretext of tracking down the attackers of the Israeli ship “Mercer Street” in the Arabian Sea in early August.
The British newspaper “Daily Express” admitted that its country sent 40 soldiers, in addition to a specialized electronic warfare unit that can eavesdrop on communications, last August, to Al-Ghaydah airport to track down those behind the drone attack that targeted the Israeli oil tanker off the Gulf of Oman, which resulted in the death of a British security guard.
https://en.ypagency.net/281297/
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Yemen Renews Call for Stronger Int’l Position against Houthi Terrorism
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Terrorist attack destroys damn in Dhalea governorate
Gunmen believed to belong to extremist groups blew up a dam on which the people officially rely to provide drinking water and agriculture in Al-Dhalea province, southern Yemen.
Media outlets reported, quoting sources, that gunmen detonated, on Monday evening, Al-Nakhila Dam in Al-Azariq district in Dhalea.
The sources added that the bombing came several days after the spread of armed men wearing Afghan uniforms.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/13/terrorist-attack-destroys-damn-in-dhalea-governorate/
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Head of Pro-coalition government takes escalatory step against STC in Aden
Moeen Abdul Malik, prime minister of pro-coalition government, took an escalatory step against leaders in the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’ militia over their storming the building of the Ministry of Higher Education in the southern Yemeni city of Aden.
According to media sources, Moeen directed Aden security chief to arrest Abdul Nasser Al-Baawa, “Abu Hammam” and refer him to the prosecution in a new escalation that threatens to explode the situation in Aden.
https://en.ypagency.net/281125/
and
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“Southern Resistance” vows to respond to Moeen Abdul-Malik’s decision in coming hours
The so-called Southern Resistance Command on Tuesday held an emergency meeting in Yemen’s southern Port city of Aden to respond to threats of Moeen Abdul Malik, the head of pro- coalition’s government
The resistance indicated that the measures taken by Moeen Abdul-Malik against the so-called “leader of the Southern Resistance”, Abdel Nasser Al-Bawa “Abu Hammam”, over the closure of the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education, comes within the framework of covering up corruption in his ministries.
https://en.ypagency.net/281222/
and
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STC deploys its militia across Aden
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’ militia on Tuesday intensified its deployment in the city of Aden.
Southern media sources reported that groups affiliated with the so-called “Southern Resistance” loyal to the STC arrived from the governorates of Lahj and Abyan to Aden in support for its leader Abdul Nasser Al-Baawa “Abu Hammam” after the head of pro-coalition government, Moeen Abdul Malik issued directives to arrest him, over storming the Ministry of Higher Education.
https://en.ypagency.net/281129/
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STC militia assault farmers, loot their lands in Lahj
UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council militia stormed on Tuesday the farms of citizens in Al-Mallah district of Lahj province, southern Yemen.
Hawashb tribes said in a statement that the leadership of the Tribal Council of the sons of Hawashb followed up on the bloody riots carried out by terrorist elements and thugs outside the law and supported by external parties with the aim of provoking chaos, disturbing public peace and destabilizing security and stability and its attendant tragic repercussions and consequences.
https://en.ypagency.net/281195/
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Gunmen target communications building in Hadramout
https://en.ypagency.net/281197/
(A P)
STC abducts citizen in Aden
https://en.ypagency.net/281182/
(A P)
Young man died in coalition-run prison in Hadramout
https://en.ypagency.net/281192/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/13/prisoner-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-illegal-saudi-run-prison-in-hadhramaut/
(A P)
Court Summons Minister Following Corruption Scandal
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36987
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Saudi Arabia mocks cooperation agreement between “Abu Dhabi, Pro-coalition government”
Abdullah Al Hatila, assistant editor-in-chief of the Saudi official Okaz newspaper, said in a post on (Twitter): ” It is useless as a chocolate teapot”, referring to the cooperation agreement.
This comes after Saudi leaders clash with Emiratis over the agreement through which Abu Dhabi is trying to establish its presence in Yemen, away from the Saudi-led coalition.
https://en.ypagency.net/281018/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/12/saudi-arabia-mocks-and-condemns-uae-agreement-with-yemeni-puppet-government/
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6 family members abducted in Shabwa
Son of Shabwa governor, Awad al-Wazir, loyal to Saudi-led coalition , on Monday, kidnapped six people from the same family in Shbawa, Yemen’s oil-rich southern province, which is witnessing great tension between the Emirati factions.
https://en.ypagency.net/281110/
(A P)
President al-Alimi praises American efforts to enforce weapons embargo resolution
(A P)
Violent infighting between mercenary factions rocks Aden
Local sources in the city confirmed that the confrontations broke out between the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia loyal to the UAE in the vicinity of Block 13 in Al-Mimdara area, in Sheikh Othman district, in a surprising manner, without mentioning the reasons.
https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/11/violent-infighting-between-mercenary-factions-rocks-aden/ = https://en.ypagency.net/280945/
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Islah deploys its militants in Seiyun
Forces of the First Military Region, a unit affiliated with the Islah party, deployed its forces in the streets of the city of Seiyun, the capital of Wadi Hadramout, amid escalating crisis with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia.
https://en.ypagency.net/280986/
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Clashes between UAE-backed factions leave casualties in Shabwa
According to the sources, forces of the so-called Saba axis affiliated with Al-Amaliqa brigade attacked a checkpoint of Shabwa Defense Forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias in Harib Bayhan, west of Shabwa.
https://en.ypagency.net/280981/
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Demonstrations-of-protests-expanded-in-wadi-hadramout-rejecting-brotherhood-in-the-region
(A P)
Brotherhood-checkpoints-in-seiyun-to-track-down-leaders-of-stc-and-youth-of-anger
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Islah militants chase young people protesting on streets of Seiyun
Forces of the First Military Region, a unit affiliated with the Islah party, chased dozens of “Youths of Anger ” in the city of Seiyun, the capital of Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, on Sunday.
Local sources in the city confirmed that military vehicles belonging to the Islah militants launched a chasing campaign against young people in the streets of the cities of Seiyun and Al-Qatn.
https://en.ypagency.net/280974/
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Lawdar tribes refuse to bury Al-Najdi after he was killed in UAE-run prison
Tribes of the district of Lawdar in Abyan province, have on Sunday threatened to launch war on the UAE-backed militia after one of their sons was killed due to brutal torture inside one of their prisons.
Local sources in the province confirmed that the Lawdar tribes refused to bury the body of Hilmi Al-Najdi, after his death due to the torture inside a prison of the “Security Belt” militia
https://en.ypagency.net/280967/
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Violent infighting between mercenary factions rocks Aden
Violent clashes broke out Sunday between the pro-UAE factions in the center of Aden city, southern Yemen.
Local sources in the city confirmed that the confrontations broke out between the Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia loyal to the UAE in the vicinity of Block 13 in Al-Mimdara area, in Sheikh Othman district, in a surprising manner, without mentioning the reasons.
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Al-Qaeda denies its connection to recent Marib bombings
In a statement issued by the organization said that it did not carry out any bombings in Wadi Obeida, especially since these explosions targeted what the statement described “Ahl al-Sunnah.”
https://en.ypagency.net/280964/
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Islah expresses surprise at Al-Awadhi's baseless claims
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-61999
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STC: Southerners are victims of human rights violations
The people of the South have been victims of perfidy, murder, confiscation of rights and violations since 1994, the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs of the Southern Transitional Council said on Saturday.
In a statement issued on the occasion of the Human Rights Day which is observed annually on December 10, the STC drew attention to attacks conducted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on civilians and economic facilities all over the South.
The statement warned of the ongoing hostile practices of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood forces of the First Military Region against the southern people of Hadramout (Wadi and Sahara).
The STC stressed the need to combine local, regional and international efforts to safeguard human rights in the South and in Yemen in general.
http://en.adenpress.news/news/36979
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Al-Ajji exposes “Islah” looting of Jawf’s allocations
Jawf governor in pro-coalition government, Hussein Al-Ajji, accused Islah of rejecting the decision of his appointment to succeed the party’s leader Amin Al-Okimi, in order to keep looting of the financial allocation to the governorate, which is effectively controlled by Sanaa forces.
Al-Ajji said in a post on his Facebook page that the “Islah” refuses, since its appointment in early October, to deal with the delivery and receipt committee and continues to manage Jawf allocations and withdraw them from the Central Bank in Marib with the complicity of Sultan Al-Arada, pro-Saudi governor of Marib.
https://en.ypagency.net/280789/
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Islah attacks Al-Alimi, describing him as worthless
The Islah Party launched a scathing attack on the head of Riyadh-formed Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, describing him as worthless.
“Neither Al-Alimi’s speeches nor his foreign movements are worth as long as he does not have a clear political project,” The editor-in-chief of “Akhbar Al-Youm” newspaper, Saif Al-Hadari, wrote on his twitter account, commenting on Al-Alimi’s attendance at the Arab-Chinese summit.
https://en.ypagency.net/280792/
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Saudi-affiliated forces attack STC militia in Lahj
The so-called “Dera’ Al-Watan Forces” affiliated with Saudi Arabia attacked areas in Lahj province, southern Yemen, arrested militias members of the recruit of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).
According media sources, the “Dera’ Al-Watan Forces” stationed Al-Madhariba” and “Ras Al-Ara” areas launched arrests against recruits of the “9th Commandos Brigade”against the background of their detention with tribal gunmen a water truck for the brigade in order to pressure the brigade commander to leave the area.
https://en.ypagency.net/280801/
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IOM considers stopping its work in wake of Marib terrorist attack
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Saturday announced that it is currently assessing its ability to continue working in Yemen safely.
This came a day after a convoy of its employees was targeted by an armed ambush east of the city of Marib, which resulted in the death of two soldiers and the wounding of four others from the security forces.
In a statement, the organization confirmed that the convoy survived the attack, and that none of its employees were harmed, but it expressed its deep sorrow over the killing of two security personnel
https://en.ypagency.net/280842/ = https://hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2022/12/10/international-organization-for-migration-unsure-if-work-in-yemen-can-continue/
and
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2 Yemeni soldiers escorting UN convoy killed in ambush
Two troops from Yemen’s pro-government forces were killed in an armed ambush on a United Nations convoy in eastern Yemen, the U.N. said Saturday.
According to a statement from the U.N.’s International Office of Migration spokeswoman, the two soldiers were killed while escorting a convoy traveling west from Seiyun to Marib. No IOM staff, who were on an unspecified humanitarian mission, were injured in the attack, it said. No further details about the Friday incident were given.
A tribal leader from the area and a U.N. official told The Associated Press that the ambush took place near the town of Al-Abr, in Yemen’s eastern Hadramout province. Both spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals.
and
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[Aden gov.] Yemen Defense source says gang who killed soldiers escorting UN convoy are Houthi-linked
https://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/en/p-62082
My comment: Not very probable anyway.
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Bomb attack targets UAE-backed militias, leaves several injured in Abyan
https://en.ypagency.net/280748/
(A P)
UAE-backed militia torture young man to death in Abyan
https://en.ypagency.net/280784/
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Yemeni President receives final report on military unification
President of the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) on Thursday received final report from the military-security committee tasked with unifying all the military and security divisions under the defense and interior ministries, respectively.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31978.html
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STC protest calls for Yemeni troops departure from Hadhramout
Hundreds of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) supporters on Thursday staged a rally and blocked a number of main roads in Seyoun, the second largest city in Hadhramout, calling for the departure of First Military Region (FMR) troops from the Yemeni eastern governorate.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31979.html
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Yemeni gov't blacklists local firms for funding Houthis
The Yemeni UN-recognized government on Tuesday blacklisted 12 local companies on charge of funding the Houthi group, which the government had already designated as a terrorist organization.
The Aden-based Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) chose to ban and freeze the accounts of 12 companies, the government-run CBY said in a circular sent to exchanging and banking firms, following a decision made by the Public Prosecution to add bodies to terror list.
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31960.html
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Yemeni President sacks military, local officials in Hadhramout
President of the Yemeni Leadership Council (LC) late on Tuesday fired Islah Party-affiliated leaders of the Hadhramout-based First Military Region (FMR) and a local official, amid growing tensions with the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).
https://debriefer.net/en/news-31959.html
Fortsetzung / Sequel: cp7 – cp19
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-834b-yemen-war-mosaic-834b
Vorige / Previous:
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-833-yemen-war-mosaic-833
Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 1-833 / Yemen War Mosaic 1-833:
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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