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Politics => News => Topic started by: guest5 on July 10, 2020, 04:18:10 pm
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“We’re not going to be able to put the broken pieces of the egg back together again here.”
Alan Eyre, former US-Iran nuclear deal negotiator, says that the latest escalation in Yemen will mean the region will be a “lot trickier to navigate in all senses of the word.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X72YnhU6aCc
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The East-West pipeline was meant to keep Saudi oil flowing when the Strait of Hormuz became impassable. Now that route has also been hit, while the Houthi advance near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is putting Saudi Arabia's export options under new pressure.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 East-West pipeline and Bab el-Mandeb Strait explained
01:38 How serious is the pipeline shutdown?
02:46 Oil prices and export bottlenecks
05:12 What does this mean for consumers?
07:25 Why are markets reacting now?
09:30 Has the Iran war gone regional?
11:01 Iran's strategy and Houthi leverage
15:16 Are the Houthis an Iranian proxy?
16:42 Trump rejects Saudi request to strike Houthis
19:20 What security options does Saudi Arabia have?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZDWtoqVU28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKeoHc8svkM
Larry speaks on his experience working with the Saudis and their fighting forces. Doesn't look good for the KSA.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKOvHndGp7w
Here comes the real pain...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpfNYpCBHm0
Go Houthis!
One failure after another for the KSA it seems...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dioeX0E6PBw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-MksQs5mM
Roberts is a realist. He gets into 9/11 here too.
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When did Yemen ever colonize these refugees' countries? (Answer: never.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tniYd1a8SGM
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UAE says it is withdrawing all remaining forces from Yemen | DW News
The United Arab Emirates says it is withdrawing its remaining forces from Yemen. Saudi Arabia has backed the Yemeni government's demand that all UAE troops should leave. The move comes after Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen, saying it was targeting an arms shipment from the United Arab Emirates. Riyadh says the weapons were intended for a UAE-backed separatist force.
Chapters:
0:00 UAE withdraws from Yemen
2:30 Hannah Porter, Journalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXx2LWl7EiE
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Yemen is Dead. Here's What Will Replace It.
A rebel blitz in Yemen may birth the world’s newest country. As global powers maneuver and the Houthis loom, the Southern Transitional Council’s bid for statehood could redraw Middle East geopolitics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOgc3IKBU4
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Yemen Is About to Break In Two. Here's What that Means.
Yemen’s fragile balance has shattered. The UAE-backed STC surges across Hadhramaut, seizing oil, cities, and power from Saudi allies. Explore the new proxy war reshaping Yemen’s future in days ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gu3mcLSZ9o
Iran losing control over Houthis as proxy has 'gone rogue,' officials say
Iran has lost significant control over the Houthis in Yemen, exposing fractures within Tehran’s remaining regional proxy network, Iranian officials told The Telegraph on Tuesday.
A senior Iranian official told The Telegraph the Houthis “have gone rogue” and “they do not listen to Tehran as much as they used to,” adding, “It’s not just the Houthis. Some groups in Iraq are also acting as if we never had any contact with them.”...
Entire article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/houthis-have-gone-rogue-and-no-longer-take-orders-from-tehran-iranian-officials-say/ar-AA1R6mIp?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QubVPPrIXeo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynzyTfKbnU
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Folkist move!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B9xqROXOJk
If every country with missiles that can reach Israel launched them at Israel simultaneously, Israel would not be able to focus on Iran alone. This is what the UN should be about.
Woke comments:
Shame on Egypt and Jordan
And Saudi
Saudi, Emirate, Egypt, Jordan and other Arab monarchy is the big embarasment for Islam.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8nhYD8R6EI
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Well done Houthis!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKLVQvGLmLM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vMsDAwzug
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Houthis Make US Burn Through $200M Munitions In 3 Weeks, Turkey's Olive Branch To Israel In Syria?
Yemen’s Houthis claimed a second attack on the USS Harry S. Truman in 24 hours, vowing retaliation for US “aggression” and support for Israel. Despite Trump’s claims of success, US officials admit limited impact, with Houthi bunkers shielding key weapons. Operation Rough Rider could cost $1 billion by next week.
Meanwhile, Turkey warned Israel against further strikes in Syria. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Israeli attacks weaken Syria’s fight against ISIS and risk future instability. He also urged diplomacy over Trump’s threats against Iran.
0:00 INTRO
1:41 US SPENDING MAY HIT $1 BILLION ON HOUTHI STRIKES BY NEXT WEEK
3:30 TURKEY DOESN’T WANT CONFRONTATION WITH ISRAEL IN SYRIA
#yemen #houthiattack #trumpnews #worldnews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSFPNm7e9w
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LIVE | Pentagon Emergency Briefing On Explosive Report Of "Limited" Success In US Strikes On Houthis
President Trump shared video footage of an apparent US military airstrike against Houthi terrorists in Yemen, including the aftermath of a devastating bomb blast. This comes amid reports of the total cost of the US military’s operation against the Iran-backed Houthi militants nearing $1 billion in just under three weeks, even as the attacks have had limited impact on destroying the terror group’s capabilities.
#iran #tehran #khamenei #donaldtrump #trump #nuclear #nuclearwar #pentagon #usa #usnews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBOdHSlgRY
Lest we forget the leader of the Houthi's just said that the U.S. cannot stop the Houthis, and that the Houthis will continue to fulfill their obligation to end the genocide in Gaza that the U.S. is funding...
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Lest we forget that the Houthi's stated before they even began attacking shipping in the Red Sea that they would stop doing so the instant a ceasefire was implemented in Gaza...
US Deploys B-2 Stealth Bombers in Diego Garcia Amid Tensions with Houthis |Vantage with Palki Sharma
US Deploys B-2 Stealth Bombers in Diego Garcia Amid Tensions with Houthis | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
The United States has sent at least 7 B-2 stealth Bombers to Diego Garcia. The strategic bombers took-off from Whiteman Air Base in Missouri, and were accompanied by C-17 cargo planes and air-to-air refuelers. This comes as tensions remain high as the US continues to conduct airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen. Meanwhile, Washington is sending more military assets to West Asia. USS Carl Vinson will now join operations with USS Harry Truman which is already extending its deployment. Trump says he wants to attack the Houthis and weaken the group in a message to Iran. How will the deployment of the B-2 stealth bombers shape geopolitics in the region? Palki Sharma tells you more.
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USA | Diego Garcia | B-2 Stealth Bombers | Yemen | Houthis | Bombs | West Asia | Iran | Firstpost | World News | News Live | Vantage | Palki Sharma | News
#usa #diegogarcia #yemen #houthis #bombs #westasia #iran #firstpost #vantageonfirstpost #palkisharma #worldnews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0xOAiBtDA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2JRZetozv0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74q2WAuu7cI
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Israel says Yemen’s Houthis modified drone in unprecedented Tel Aviv strike
Israel says the unprecedented Houthi attack on Tel Aviv was a result of a reengineered drone, which flew 500 kilometres longer than its known range. It’s the first known Houthi strike on the city and has put the Houthis’ growing capabilities in the spotlight, as Soraya Lennie explains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZXPDrVcxuk
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Britain and US launch new air strikes on Houthis in Yemen
The UK and US on Saturday night launched a fresh wave of strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen in a bid to “disrupt and degrade” the Iran-backed group’s capabilities.
The strikes were launched at 18 Houthi targets across eight locations which had been linked to underground weapons and missile storage facilities, one-way attack unmanned aerial systems, air defence systems, radars, and a helicopter, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The latest joint effort comes after the Iran-backed militia carried out more than 45 drone and missile attacks on commercial and naval vessels in the Bab al Mandab, Red Sea and Gulf of Eden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTId3G2pf0k
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Fun fact, the Houties are in war situation and the UK didn't sit for talks with them, instead aligned with a country who is killing innocents and the ships are aiding them. If UK stays out of this and makes deal, UK ships will be safe to go to Britain. But not to aid the killings.
An exercise in futility by two impotent nations who are doomed to fail here. The USA have already lost at least one reaper drone and things will get worse. The Houthis only need a low success rate to keep the red sea closed. The UK and US need to succeed every time to avoid being laughed at. So far they have failed every time as the Houthis keep on coming.
This is disgusting, how dare they kill people in our name, the Houthies do not have the capability to seriously damage any ships in the gulf
Seem to be doing quite well at doing so, so far. USN and RN looking rather incapable of defending 'international' shipping.
Houthies are the real saviours. They are God's hands on the earth.
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https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-788303
Yemen's Houthis 'ban' Israeli, US and British ships from Red Sea
Ships that are wholly or partially owned by Israeli individuals or entities and Israel-flagged vessels are banned from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea, said statements from an agency controlled by Yemen's Houthi group seen by Reuters on Thursday.
The statements, sent to shipping insurers and firms from the Houthi's Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center, also said ships owned by US or British individuals or entities, or sailing under their flags, are also banned.
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So then, it's the Houthi's who have listened to my call and are the first to rise with me. Just as God protects me, now he will extend his protection to you.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/10220864/us-uk-houthi-airstrikes-yemen-red-sea/
U.S., U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen in response to Red Sea attacks
The United States and Britain conducted a series of airstrikes on Houthi military positions in Yemen Thursday night in a massive “direct response” to escalating attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed.
The move marks a dramatic escalation of a simmering regional conflict in the Middle East sparked by Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel last October and Israel’s responsive offensive on Gaza.
In a new joint statement Thursday, those same countries said the airstrikes “were intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities the Houthis use” in their attacks.
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a spokesperson for the Houthis, said on the social media platform X that the U.S. and Britain “will realize that the direct aggression against Yemen was the greatest folly in their history.”
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Ballistic missiles fired toward US Navy ship in Gulf of Aden
Ballistic missiles were fired from Yemen after the U.S.S. Mason responded to a distress call from a commercial cargo ship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFdgoB_Oz-c
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Israel-Linked Vessel With Crew From India, Other Nations Attacked Off Yemen Coast | Details
A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company was seized off Yemen Sunday by armed individuals, a US defence official confirmed, following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. The maritime security firm Ambrey said that "US naval forces are engaged in the situation" after the incident involving the Central Park, which is owned and managed by a UK-based, Israel-linked company. Owner Zodiac Maritime said that among the 22 crew were Russian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Indian, Georgian and Filipino nationals, as well as a Turkish captain, according to Ambrey. Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels had previously threatened to attack the tanker if it did not divert to the port of Hodeida, it said. Watch the video for more details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVBt61BEDI&t=10s
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/yemen-s-houthi-rebels-hijack-an-israeli-linked-ship-in-the-red-sea-and-take-25-crew-members-hostage-1.6651634
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route Sunday and took its 25 crew members hostage, officials said, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war(opens in a new tab) were playing out on a new maritime front.
"All ships belonging to the Israeli enemy or that deal with it will become legitimate targets," the Houthis said.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Houthis' chief negotiator and spokesman, later added in an online statement that the Israelis only understand "the language of force."
"The detention of the Israeli ship is a practical step that proves the seriousness of the Yemeni armed forces in waging the sea battle, regardless of its costs and costs," he added. "This is the beginning."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office had blamed the Houthis for the attack on the Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier affiliated with an Israeli billionaire.
The Israeli military called the hijacking a "very grave incident of global consequence."
Israeli officials insisted the ship was British-owned and Japanese-operated. However, ownership details in public shipping databases associated the ship's owners with Ray Car Carriers, which was founded by Abraham "Rami" Ungar, who is known as one of the richest men in Israel.
The Houthis have repeatedly threatened to target Israeli ships in the waters off Yemen.
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Japan ‘Directly Approaching’ Yemen Rebels Over Seized Ship | Dawn News English
Japan said it was “directly approaching” Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels after they seized a ship owned by an Israeli businessman and operated by a Japanese firm with around 25 crew on board, AFP reports.
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Tokyo was “communicating with Israel, and in addition to directly approaching the Huthis, we are also urging Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran and other countries concerned to strongly urge the Houthis for the early release of the vessel and crew members”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23nngB5PlU
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'Just The Beginning': Houthis' Deadly Warning After Hijacking India-Bound Cargo Ship | Details
Iran-backed Houthi rebels seizure of so-called 'Israeli ship' in the Red Sea has sparked a storm. At least 25 crew members have been taken hostage by the Yemen group, as per reports. In an alarming statement, Iran-backed militant group said this is just the beginning. Houthis claimed it hijacked the ship over its alleged connection to Israel amid war. However, Israel denied links to the ship & said it was travelling from Turkey to India. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the incident & called it an "Iranian act of terrorism". Watch this to know more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFxfQs1y7o
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Israel says Yemen’s Houthis seize ship in Red Sea, no Israelis on board
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea as it sailed from Turkey to India, the Israeli military says.
It called the move “a very grave incident on a global level”.
In a social media post, the military added that the vessel, which it did not name, is not Israeli-owned and has no Israelis among its crew.
The Houthis, an ally of Iran, have been launching long-range missile and drone salvoes at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in recent weeks.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his country is not involved in the vessel’s ownership, operation, or the makeup of its international crew.
What we understand is the shipping company is partly owned by an Israeli businessman and this wouldn’t be the first time one of his ships was intercepted. In 2021 one of his vessels was targeted.
The Houthi rebels in Yemen released a video statement about 12 hours ago saying they will begin targeting ships in the southern Red Sea that they deem to be Israeli because of the situation in Gaza.
That is a main shipping lane for the whole of the world. The Houthis are really trying to target Israel with drone and missile attacks – and now this. The international community will be quite concerned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-0PY_TovA
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https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/15/714646/Yemen-declares-all-Israeli-ships-in-Red-Sea-will-be-targeted
Yemen declares all Israeli ships in Red Sea will be targeted
Yemen's Ansarullah movement has announced that all Israeli ships in the Red Sea will be targeted by the Arab country’s Army in response to the regime’s crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/14/yemens-houthis-say-they-fired-ballistic-missiles-towards-israel
Yemen’s Houthis say they fired ballistic missiles towards Israel
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched ballistic missiles on various Israel targets, including in the Red Sea city of Eilat, the group’s military spokesperson has said.
The launch came “after 24 hours of another military operation by drones on the same Israeli targets,” the spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Earlier, the leader of Yemen’s Houthis said that his group would continue to launch attacks against Israel.
“Our eyes are open to constantly monitor and search for any Israeli ship in the Red Sea, especially in Bab al-Mandab, and near Yemeni regional waters,” Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Iran-backed group, said.
The Houthis have emerged as a major player in the Arabian Peninsula, withstanding efforts to dislodge them by a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen that began in 2015 with the support of the US.
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https://news.yahoo.com/humanity-just-witnessed-first-space-201000696.html
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https://twitter.com/IranObserver0/status/1722707309460099549
Iran Observer
@IranObserver0
The spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces:
"We announce that ballistic missiles were launched towards Eilat and military targets, and despite Israel's denial, they accurately hit the targets"
Axis of Resistance has really stretched Israeli air defenses and it certainly gives Hamas opportunities to launch rockets and successfully hit some places.
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You are correct!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_tribe
The Houthi tribe (Arabic: قبيلة الحوثي; literally "the tribe from Huth") is a Hamdanid Arab tribe that lives in northern Yemen. The tribe is a branch from Banu Hamdan tribe.[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Hamdan
The Hamdan stemmed from the eponymous progenitor Awsala (nickname Hamdan) whose descent is traced back to the semi-legendary Kahlan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlan
Kahlan (Arabic: كهلان) was one of the main tribal confederations of Saba' in Ancient Yemen.
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By the 2nd century BC Saba' was declining gradually and its southern neighbor Himyar was able to settle many nomadic tribes that were allied to Himyar and create a stronger Himyarite nation in the lowlands. Eventually Saba' was incorporated into Himyar and resistance was reduced to the Kahlan tribes who were overpowered by Himyar and forced out of Highlands in Yemen.
By no coincidence, the Houthis are Shias despite the majority of Muslims in Yemen being Sunnis.
More about Himyar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himyarite_Kingdom#Jewish_monarchy
The Himyarite kings appear to have abandoned polytheism and converted to Judaism around the year 380
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As mentioned earlier on Aryanism.net, the conflict between the West-backed Saudis and Iran-backed Houthi Yemenis seems to be a revival of the struggle between Bedouin (Turanian) and Sabaean (Aryan) blood memory.
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https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1719497824000213316
Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸
@jacksonhinklle
🚨🇮🇱🇾🇪 Yemen has successfully launched MISSILES at EILAT, ISRAEL
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/yemen-s-houthi-rebels-claim-attacks-on-israel-drawing-their-main-sponsor-iran-closer-to-hamas-war-1.6624737\
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war
Yemen's Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting.
The Houthis had been suspected of an attack earlier this month targeting Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea, an assault that saw the U.S. Navy shoot down the projectiles.
This time on Tuesday, however, Israel said its own fighter jets and its new Arrow missile defense system shot down two salvos of incoming fire hours apart as it approached the country's key Red Sea shipping port of Eilat.
The Houthis, who have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 as part of that country's ruinous war, claimed three attacks on Israel in a later military statement,
"Our armed forces launched a large batch of ballistic missiles and a large number of drones at various targets of the Israeli enemy," Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a televised statement. "The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that this operation is the third operation in support of our oppressed brothers in Palestine and confirm that we will continue to carry out more qualitative strikes with missiles and drones until the Israeli aggression stops."
For Israel, Tuesday's attack marked an incredibly rare reported in-combat use of the Arrow missile defense system,
Saudi Arabia also did not respond to questions. The kingdom saw four of its soldiers killed in its southern Jazan province in recent days in fighting with the Houthis
The Houthis' declaration further draws Iran into the conflict. Tehran has long sponsored both the Houthis and Hamas, as well as the Lebanese Shiite militia group Hezbollah, which continues to trade deadly cross-border fire with the Israelis.
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Israeli military plan to occupy Yemen's Socotra Island in UAE-built facilities: Report
The island is situated near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, considered strategic for the passage of Israeli nuclear-armed submarines
A UAE-backed construction project is being developed on Yemen's Socotra Island for the purposes of hosting Israeli soldiers, officers, and other military experts and personnel, according to a report by Yemen News Portal on 8 March.
The report, citing anonymous sources, states that the joint Emirati-Israeli base on the strategic island will have housing units built for Israeli officers under the auspices of the Khalifa bin Zayed Institute.
This is allegedly part of a plan to turn the Yemeni island into a center for regional espionage as well as increasing military control over maritime routes.
In September 2021, Yemen News Agency reported that the UAE and Israel were setting up a military outpost on Socotra Island. The purpose of this joint outpost would be to gather intelligence for the Israeli military.
Their joint cooperation includes allowing the Israeli air force an intelligence center in Socotra Airport.
Socotra Island recently made headlines due to the controversy of Israeli tourists visiting the Yemeni island under a UAE-issued visa.
Socotra is a strategic island located near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The strait is a flashpoint for potential confrontation between Israel and Iran.
In December 2020, the Washington Institute published an analysis titled 'Submarine Movements on Iran's Doorstep,' examining how Israeli submarines, which have the capability of being armed with nuclear warheads, are able to pass through the Suez Canal and then, from positions in the Persian Gulf near Yemen and Oman, can strike Iran with conventional or nuclear warheads.
Israel’s advanced Dolphin II submarine can remain submerged for up to thirty days owing to its air independent propulsion (AIP). It can also reportedly carry cruise missiles with an unconfirmed range of about 1,500 kilometers, armed with conventional or nuclear warheads. In theory, then, the vessel could threaten inland targets near Iran’s coast while standing off in the Arabian Sea, or even the sensitive Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities if it risked sailing further north into the Gulf of Oman. Israel chose to send its submarine through Suez, which requires surfaced transit, to avoid circumnavigating Africa. The timing of the journey may have been coordinated with the [USS] Georgia’s transit, but more likely not, given the highly secretive nature of US submarine operations. Another possibility is that Israel timed the move to coincide with the Iranian navy’s change of guard in the Gulf of Aden. Iran’s Task Force 70 had already returned home, and Task Force 71 had just set off on December 19 to take its place, leaving the Gulf of Aden and northern Arabian Sea without an active Iranian naval asset for a few days. One of the stated duties of Iranian naval task forces is to monitor potentially hostile activities in these waterways and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Increasing military presence in the Bab al-Mandab Strait could help bolster Israel's naval capabilities to potentially enable an attack against Iran.
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-officers-plan-to-occupy-yemens-socotra-island-in-uae-built-facilities-report
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Attacks on US military in Middle East stoke fear of regional war
The Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed the USS Carney shot down three land attack missiles as well as several drones that were launched by Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. The incident was one of a series in recent days with US bases being targeted by drones in Syria and Iraq amid increasing tensions in the region as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POm7qqRaNnM
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US Navy warship near Yemen intercepts multiple missiles, officials say
A US Navy warship operating in the Middle East intercepted multiple projectiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday, two US officials told CNN. Asked whether this incident was tied to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, a Pentagon official said the US is still assessing the attacks. CNN's Jim Sciutto and retired general Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. have more. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQZwDDLHR_A
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/empty-kitchen-yemeni-family-struggles-070642679.html
"Nowadays, I swear, we can't afford flour," Umm Hani says. "Look at the kitchen and everywhere. Even flour, simply flour, we don't have it. And we don't have rice..."
"We have a little bread I've just brought from the bakery. We'll eat it with tomato sauce or anything available."
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The United Nations says 19 million people - or 60% of the population - are experiencing what it calls acute food insecurity, where shortages put people's lives or livelihoods in immediate danger.
Aid from donor states meets only half of the country's need, according to World Food Programme (WFP) which is running the largest operation in Yemen it has ever undertaken anywhere, supplying flour, pulses, oil, sugar and vouchers for food.
The long-term carrying capacity of the country has been lowered. This is not a problem that can be solved with aid. It is time for 19 million people to emigrate. Aid should only be used to buy people time to get out.
Families like the Sharaabis have battled on. Those who could, sold assets or family heirlooms, even parcels of land. Others have been supported by neighbours or relatives overseas.
"The Yemen people's coping capacity in this time of conflict is enormous," WFP's Yemen representative Richard Ragan said. "(They are) doing all the coping things that someone does in a time of crisis. But it's not easy. I think many people in the country are at a breaking point."
Selling assets to buy food merely delays starvation. Selling assets to by what is needed to move out and begin a new life somewhere else is the correct answer.
In the second half of the year, the number of people whose food insecurity was deemed an emergency has risen by a quarter to 7.14 million while those "in catastrophe" rose five-fold to 161,000, according to UN estimates.
"The biggest challenge ... is that the inadequacy of the aid compared to the number of those in need continues to increase daily," said Nabil al-Qadasi of the Houthi-run School Feeding and Humanitarian Relief Project, which delivers food to 3 million people in 12 of Yemen's 21 provinces.
The more people emigrate, the less food would need to be delivered, and the easier those who do remain can access it.
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/climate-refugees/msg15991/#msg15991
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Yemen's dirty war | DW Documentary
At least 370,000 people have already died in the Yemen conflict, while millions have been displaced. The United Nations ranks the bloody proxy war and its effects as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The conflict in Yemen, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, has been going on for years, and has recently seen renewed intensity. In January, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a prison in the north of the country killed at least 70 people and left hundreds injured. The war has now effectively divided Yemen in two. Its causes are more than just economic and religious ones. It is seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. At stake are regional dominance, untapped oil reserves and access to the Red Sea, including the all-important Suez Canal.
Sana’a, the erstwhile Yemeni capital, is now considered one of the most inaccessible places on the planet. For the past six years, the city has been controlled by a Houthi political and military movement calling itself "Ansar Allah." But Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates view the Houthi rebels, who belong to the Zaydism branch of Islam, as heretics who pose a threat to Wahhabism. Using weapons provided by the West, they have relentlessly bombarded the north of the country. Meanwhile, a strict embargo is starving the population, with some 400,000 children at risk of death from famine.
#documentary #dwdocumentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apxtznjBasU
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Emigration is the solution!
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We should aim to get back down to the pre-colonial population in Yemen itself. The remainder should emigrate, preferably to Britain (its former colonizer).
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Approximately 161,000 people in war-torn Yemen are likely to experience famine over the second half of 2022—a fivefold increase from the current figure, with the situation expected to deteriorate further with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
“We are on a countdown to catastrophe in Yemen and we are almost out of time to avoid it,” said David Beasley, head of the World Food Program.
The stark warning came in a report published on March 14 by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
The IPC report also said that out of a population of more than 30 million in Yemen, 19 million will likely be unable to meet their minimum food needs between June and December of 2022.
Also, 2.2 million children, including 538,000 already severely malnourished, and about 1.3 million women, could be acutely malnourished by the end of the year, which puts them at increased risk of physical and cognitive impairment, and even death,” the report said.
According to UN agencies, Yemen depends almost entirely on food imports, with 30 percent of its wheat imports coming from Ukraine.
“Peace is required to end the decline, but we can make progress now. The parties to the conflict should lift all restrictions on trade and investment for non-sanctioned commodities,” said David Gressly, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen.
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How Children in Yemen Became Collateral Damage
Yemen's humanitarian crisis has never been worse, with fighting around the strategically important city of Marib escalating by the day.
Vice News were the first international journalists to embed with Yemen's government armed forces there and witnessed firsthand how the conflict is injuring, killing and recruiting the most vulnerable citizens: children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nJTA4uBTgo
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Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland
Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpqjCH5CxPk
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Yemen clashes intensify in north
Dozens of people have been killed during overnight fighting in northern Yemen. The Houthi rebels have intensified their attacks against forces of the internationally-recognised government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mge5T4HDGjU
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Biden Just Did What No One Thought He Would Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywyeb6dM0Ao
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Rival Saudi, UAE-backed militants engage in clashes in Yemen's Socotra
Once-allied rival militants, backed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have engaged in intense clashes in Yemen’s strategic Socotra Island, exposing a deep rift in a Riyadh-led coalition.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/05/02/624411/Saudi-UAE-Yemen-Socotra
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UAE-backed separatists stage 'coup' in Yemen’s Socotra: Former official
Yemen's former Saudi-backed government says the militants funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have staged “a full-fledged coup" in the strategic island of Socotra.
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Taking 'very close' look at Houthi designation, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the State Department was taking a “very urgent and very close look” at the Trump administration designation of Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization and wants to make sure aid groups can deliver assistance to the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPjBeOiUxBM
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Yemen FM condemns 'silly' Ansarullah terror designation
As Joe Biden takes over the White House many are asking what changes will be made to American foreign policy, in particular, towards Yemen. Trump's terrorist designation of Yemen's Ansarullah and continued US support for the Saudi-led aggression have both hampered peace efforts. Amid this uncertainty, Press TV secured an exclusive interview with the Foreign Minister of Yemen's Ansarullah-led government who spoke to us from the besieged nation's capital.
Slim hopes of progress towards peace in Yemen were swiftly dashed this month as then outgoing US President Donald Trump designated Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement as a "foreign terrorist organization."
A move widely condemned as deeply damaging to the peace process and pushes the country towards famine.
Amid fears for Yemen's future, I secured an exclusive interview with the foreign minister of the Ansarullah-led government in Sana''a for a response to these disturbing developments.
The foreign minister explained that he felt the US decision was "silly" and that Trump was probably paid into making the choice.
I asked the FM whether Yemen would consider a military response. He warned that if the peace process totally fails, Yemen is strong enough to fight back.
The FM also sent a message to the new president, Joe Biden.
It's been reported that Biden's foreign policy team disagrees with the terror designation and that many of Trump's policies will be reversed in quick succession.
But even if the US ends its support for the Saudi coalition's aggression, peace may be unachievable so long as the Ansarullah-held areas are sanctioned.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/21/643572/Yemen--Ansaruallah-Biden-policy
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Yemen’s Houthis: Detained Saudi pilots will only be exchanged for Palestinian inmates
The Houthi Ansarullah movement has conditioned the release of Saudi pilots in Yemeni custody on the freedom of Palestinian inmates held in the kingdom’s prisons.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/12/31/641921/Houthi-Yemen-Saudi-pilots-prisoners-swap-Palestinians
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Yemeni forces launched 253 retaliatory missile strikes, 974 ops against Saudi-led coalition in 2020: Army spox
The spokesman for Yemeni armed forces says the country’s army, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, launched 253 missile strikes as well as 974 offensives against the positions of Saudi-led forces and their mercenaries last year in reprisal for the atrocious bombardment campaign waged by the Riyadh regime and its allies against the impoverished country.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/04/642254/Yemeni-forces-launched-253-retaliatory-missile-strikes,-974-ops-against-Saudi-led-coalition-in-2020-Army-spox
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UAE’s illegal operations in Yemen revealed
Al Jazeera has published exclusive documents and footage indicating that the UAE has used commercial aircraft for arms transfers and charities for intelligence and political work in war-torn Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJ8LuagF1I
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Yemenis rally against Saudi war, world's inaction
Yemenis staged another rally to show their unity and strength in the face of adversity. People from all walks of life took to the streets protesting the deadly war Saudi Arabia has been waging against their country since March 2015.
Protesters said the world must act without double standards and hold to accountable perpetrators of violations and abuses anywhere in the world and particularly in Yemen.
Yemenis once again expressed their total support for retaliatory operations against the Saudi invaders. Yemenis have managed to inflict heavy blows on Saudi Arabia through retaliatory strikes.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/08/09/631415/Yemen-protest-aggression-rally-Saudi-Arabia-war-
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UN warns 10 million face acute food shortages in Yemen
World Food Programme says it needs $737m to avert a famine in the war-torn country.
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Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations's World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the year to keep its aid programme running in the war-torn country, which is gripped by what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
"The humanitarian situation is deteriorating at an alarming rate, pushing people to the edge," WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told a virtual briefing in Geneva.
"We must act now. If we wait for famine to be declared, it will already be too late as people will already be dying."
She said the famine warning signs were already present.
"Yemen is facing a crisis on multiple fronts. Imports have declined, food prices are soaring, the riyal is in freefall, and foreign currency reserves are nearing total depletion," said Byrs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/warns-10-million-face-acute-food-shortages-yemen-200710135744483.html