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  1. #391
    Yemen Resistance Watch
    ISIS releases threatening footage demanding Yemenis to submit to Saudi occupation
    https://yemen-rw.org/isis-releases-t...di-occupation/


    any questions?


    Ahmad Algohbary
    Civilians were Killed & injured by Saudi led coalition airstrikes on bus station in Hodeidah City.
    The warplanes are preventing the paramedics from getting into the attack scene.

    Update:
    At least 9 were killed and 17 injured by Saudi led coalition airstrikes on bus station in Hodeidah City.

    amin dada
    Not the Onion:
    Pompeo says Saudi, UAE trying to avoid civilian harm in Yemen
    https://en.trend.az/world/us/2950768.html
    Last edited by goldenequity; 09-12-2018 at 01:38 PM.



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  3. #392
    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he has "certified" that coalition partners Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are acting to reduce risks to civilians from their military operations in Yemen.
    Pompeo said he delivered the certification on Tuesday to Congress, as required by US law to continue American refueling of Saudi and UAE warplanes in the conflict, which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
    In a statement, Pompeo said both countries "are undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure resulting from military operations of these governments."

    More at: https://www.france24.com/en/20180912...emen-civilians
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  5. #393
    Wolf Blitzer, "but what about the jobs?"

    "The Patriarch"

  6. #394
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    Wolf Blitzer, "but what about the jobs?"
    I remember it well...

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    https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1040015653653147653

  7. #395
    Quote Originally Posted by Firestarter View Post
    In the wake of the poll, MPs have scheduled an emergency debate on Yemen: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8532191.html
    In a 3 hour debate in the British House of Commons, UK Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt defended Britain's arms sales to Saudi Arabia saying it was "right" to do so. The Foreign Office minister also said he believes that Saudi Arabia has not breached international law during the conflict, and stressed that MPs need to acknowledge “the threat” posed by Houthi “rebels”.
    On Emily Thornberry’s question whether UK arms have been used to kill civilians in Yemen, Burt admitted that “he could not answer” and claimed “there was no feasible way of determining if British ordinance was used by Saudi Arabia”.

    MP Alison Thewliss criticised British report for the war against Yemen:
    Important to first note that the people paying the price for this conflict are the people least responsible for it, and it is the children of Yemen.
    In this three-hour debate, 18 children will have died. Imagine them lined up in front of this green bench. How many more?
    The children dying in Yemen could sadly fill this chamber in no time at all.
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-government-defends-arms-sales-saudi-during-debate-on-yemen-755945369



    Quote Originally Posted by goldenequity View Post
    Pompeo says Saudi, UAE trying to avoid civilian harm in Yemen
    https://en.trend.az/world/us/2950768.html
    With the backing of Britain and the US, Saudi UN ambassador Abdulaziz al-Wasil completely rejected the findings and conclusions of the recent GEE report by the UN, which concluded that the coalition deliberately targets civilians in Yemen. The GEE report points out that these attacks lack a clear military objective and utilise precision-guided missiles which indicate that civilians are intentionally targeted.
    The GEE report also describes torture and sexual abuse against children, women, and men, throughout secret detention centres under US-backed Emirati control.

    Al-Wasil said Saudi Arabia will submit a comprehensive legal response against the UNHRC “exposing the falsehoods presented in the report”.

    The GEE report “forgets” to mention the more than 250,000 deaths from the land, sea, and air blockade by the “coalition”, which has put 22 million of Yemen’s 29 million population on the brink of famine. The blockade has also severely limited access to medical care.

    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva over Yemen's conflict were officially canceled after Houthi rebel representatives failed to arrive, Gulf News reported Sept. 9. The Houthi delegation claims the Saudi-led coalition never granted them the necessary authorization to fly, a claim the Saudi-led coalition denies.
    Yemeni UN ambassador Ali al-Majawar (of the so-called “internationally recognised government”) also addressed the UNHRC. Al-Majawar claims that the Ansarullah delegation (a.k.a. Houthi) deliberately didn’t attend peace talks, scheduled 6 September in Geneva, because they don’t want to participate in any peace process.
    The special UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, admitted that the Houthis did everything in their power to attend the peace talks but the “coalition” prevented their arrival in Geneva:
    I think it is important to know that Ansarullah also wanted to be here and that they are disappointed not to be here, and it is important to make that point very clear. We have had extensive discussions with their representatives in Sana’a and in Muscat this past week, and I have no doubt about that, whatever you may think. And they are very keen to take this process forward, and so is the international community who are remarkably united.
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/unhrc-...-yemen/249253/
    (archived here: http://archive.is/1a5rj)
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  8. #396
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
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  9. #397
    The UN's Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths has met the country's Huthi rebels in a push for new peace talks, as fighting continued Friday around the strategic port city of Hodeida.
    Griffiths travelled to the Omani capital Muscat to meet the rebels after they refused to attend negotiations in Geneva last week.
    Mohammed Abdulsalam, head of the Huthi delegation, and fellow rebel official Abdelmalak al-Ajri discussed the reasons for their absence from Geneva with the United Nations envoy, the rebel-run Saba news agency said.
    The first negotiations between Yemen's warring sides in two years were scheduled to start last Thursday, but a Yemeni government delegation left after the Huthis decided not to attend.
    The rebels had accused the UN of failing to guarantee the return of their delegation from Switzerland to the Yemeni capital Sanaa and to secure the evacuation of wounded rebels to Oman.
    This Thursday's discussions also covered the "necessary measures" needed for fresh talks set for "as soon as possible", Saba reported.
    Hamid Assem, a member of the Huthi delegation, told AFP on Friday there had been no breakthrough.
    "There has not been progress regarding the discussions while we have not received the guarantees," he said by phone.
    Griffiths is also scheduled to visit the Yemeni capital Sanaa, held by the Huthis, and Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition against the rebels.

    More at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/af..._campaign=1490
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  10. #398
    NEW! IMPROVED!


    BreakingNews
    Saudi coalition declares on starting huge military operation from three directions to liberate Hodeidah province

    Fatik Al-Rodaini
    Massive explosions rocking the city of Hodeidah in western Yemen now, following the declaration by Saudi led coalition
    of the start of a 3-direction military operation to free the city.

  11. #399
    After the US and UK, confirmed their support for the Yemen genocide, the bombs on civilians continue.

    On Tuesday evening, Saudi warplanes struck fishing boats in waters 90 kilometres (56 miles) south of Hodeidah, killing 18 people.

    Elsewhere artillery rounds and mortar shells were launched by the Saudi army in the Razih district in Yemen’s north-western province of Sa’ada.

    As the result of another Saudi airstrike, two civilians were killed and a bulldozer destroyed in the al-Durayhimi district of the Hodeidah province: https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/...f-Khokha-coast

    See a malnourished boy in al-Sabeen hospital in Sana’a, 11 September 2018
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  12. #400
    Yemen

    Mike 'Schoolbus' Pompeo
    Memo by U.S. State Department’s military/area experts urged Pompeo to reject certification
    “due to a lack of Saudi/UAE progress on mitigating civilian casualties in Yemen.
    Pompeo overruled them and certified.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-u-s...aff-1537441200



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  14. #401
    Mercenaries receive training for Hudaida battle in UAE-funded camps in Israel
    https://en.muraselon.com/2018/09/tra...ah-uae-israel/


    UAE-funded camps are situated in Negev Desert under the personal supervision of Israeli army officers.

    Mohammed Dahlan, security adviser to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
    visited these camps on more than one occasion while he personally oversaw the recruiting of the foreign mercenaries,
    led by the Colombians and Nepalese, to fight alongside UAE-backed forces in Yemen.
    Hundreds of these mercenaries of various nationalities are taking part in the attack on Hudaida.
    (shalom.)

  15. #402
    The sale of arms to parties in the Yemen conflict is against the German government’s coalition agreement.
    But Berlin has now approved a delivery of equipment to Riyadh and the UAE, despite allegations of war crimes.
    Germany has approved the delivery of military equipment to Saudi Arabia despite a commitment not to export arms to countries fighting in the war in Yemen.

    Economy Minister Peter Altmaier greenlighted the shipment of four artillery positioning systems for armored vehicles, according to a letter he provided to a parliamentary committee. The mounted radars can locate the origin of enemy fire and enable precise counterstrikes.
    Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats agreed in their coalition deal early this year not to sell weapons to any side fighting in Yemen’s civil war. The agreement excluded already approved exports, so long as they stay in the recipient country.
    The Federal Security Council, which includes several ministers alongside Merkel, also authorized the export of 48 warheads and 91 homing heads for ship-based air defense systems to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    More at: https://www.infowars.com/germany-app...yemen-war-ban/
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  16. #403

    https://twitter.com/YemeniObserv/sta...59557344391168



    Saudi-led Coalition Deploys Additional Troops And Heavy Weapons In Western Yemen (Videos)
    http://dlvr.it/Qkvhw9







    Leaked Memo Shows US Overlooked Mass Civilian Deaths In Yemen To Preserve Arms Sales
    https://southfront.org/leaked-memo-s...ve-arms-sales/

  17. #404
    The Emirati news site Al-Khaleej Online has published that many of the mercenaries murdering for the UAE were trained in Israel by Israeli soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). These mercenaries are now leading the renewed assault on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, which began last Tuesday.
    Are these by chance Erik Prince, Reflex Responses (R2) mercenaries?!?

    It’s no secret that when the assault on Yemen first began, in March 2015, the coalition was using Israeli-made weapons.
    Al-Khaleej Online has previously reported that Israel has continue to covertly sell weapons and ammunition to the Saudis, including internationally prohibited weapons. These arms have been used in the coalition’s brutal bombing campaign in Yemen.

    Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated to consider sending Israeli troops to Yemen to fight for the Britain-led coalition if the Houthis would gain control over the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, through which Saudi oil is exported.
    The US directly helps the coalition in choosing strike targets; so last month 43% of the coalition’s targets were civilian structures: https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel...naries/249637/
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  18. #405
    UAE completes Yemen withdrawal.
    http://parstoday.com/en/news/middle_...ahrah_province


    Looks like Saudi Arabia is alone with their Colombian, Sudanese and Ukraine mercenaries.

  19. #406
    The internationally recognized president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, transferred his military powers to the coalition’s commander in coinciding with his mysterious treatment trip to the United States, according to an official military document issued by the coalition’s leadership in Marib.
    The document, was declared by commander of the Saudi coalition’s forces in Marib Al-Anzi, and addressed the Chief of Staff of Hadi Forces, which includes the orders of Hadi and the commander of coalition’s forces in Yemen Turky Al-Saud.

    More at: https://www.globalresearch.ca/yemen-...-to-us/5654948
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    Alexis de Torqueville

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  20. #407
    Conflict News‏ @Conflicts · 2 min.
    BREAKING: Saudi-led coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen's Hodeida - @AFP
    (yup. classic strategy to infiltrate using humanitarian 'cover'.... using the UN... of course.)

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/coalition...143540634.html
    Last edited by goldenequity; 09-24-2018 at 09:03 AM.

  21. #408
    poor Houthis...


    ^^^^see this
    yeah... ever wonder if 'Yemen'
    is really 'all about'
    Djibouti?
    Last edited by goldenequity; 09-25-2018 at 08:44 PM.



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  23. #409
    no wait..



    Strafor.com 'intel' .mil map is very deceiving.
    Last edited by goldenequity; 09-26-2018 at 03:58 AM.

  24. #410

  25. #411
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
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  26. #412
    Since 28 August, when the UN experts group issued a report saying that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “could be” responsible for war crimes, describing violations like: arbitrary detention, rape, torture, enforced disappearances and child recruitment by the “coalition” and the Yemeni puppet “government” there have been lots of “big words”, while nothing is being done to stop the human catastrophe in Yemen.

    A UN resolution from the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada and Ireland called to extend the experts' mandate by a year.
    The "Arab Group" led by Tunisia, proposed another resolution calling for "capacity building and technical assistance" to Yemen's puppet government, but without a mandate for the experts commission to continue its “investigation”.

    Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted for the resolution to continue the “investigation” - 21 nations voted for against 8, with 18 abstentions.
    The approved resolution gives the UN “investigators” the task to deliver another report September 2019 (during which time nothing will be done to stop the genocide).

    The Saudi UN ambassador, Abdulaziz Alwasil, explained that he voted “no” because the resolution did not address his "legitimate concerns", about the "lack of balance" in the probe's first report: https://www.expatica.com/ch/news/cou...e_2109360.html


    The timing of this resolution is suspect, as recently Saudi Arabia began construction on a pipeline in the Al-Mahra province in Yemen — which will allow transporting oil directly to the Arabian Sea through the Rub’ al Khali Desert.
    The start of the construction follows a brutal late 2017 military campaign in Al-Mahra carried out by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) even though there are hardly any Houthis or other armed “rebels” in the province.

    Seventeen % of petroleum imports to Yemen enter from Oman through a border crossing in Al-Mahra, which is under Saudi and UAE control.
    Saudi Arabia and the UAE also claim that arms smuggling operations by Ansarullah (Houthis) are carried out from Oman into Yemen via the Al-Mahra border crossing (which is under Saudi and UAE control...).
    Saudi Arabia is also establishing Islamic extremist centres in the Al-Mahra province with the same Salafi ideology as ISIS and al-Qaeda (to make Yemen a better place of course).

    Residents in the Al-Mahra province have protested against the pipeline. They reject the violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and promise to carry on protesting against the Saudi and Emirati presence in Al-Mahra.
    Saudi-led coalition forces arrested Al-Mahra’s former deputy governor, Ali bin Salem al-Huraizy, after he called for protests against the “coalition” claiming that the Saudi ambassador is in control of Al-Mahra: https://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-...-yemen/249936/


    The following report shows that in 2015, 2016 many civilian targets were hit by the coalition.
    From October 2015 to March 2016 more civilian targets than military targets were hit every month with the exception of January 2016.

    http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-...544/story.html
    (archived here: http://archive.is/qpngS)


    On Wednesday, US Special Envoy Brian Hook talked at the think tank Hudson Institute, where he took aim at the 2015 Iran nuclear deal while praising sanctions against Tehran.
    He also accused Iran for what it’s doing in Yemen!

    After he had finished his speech, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin stormed the stage; she was dragged out of the room by 3 security guards.
    That is the most ridiculous thing I have seen. The world community wants to keep the Iran nuclear deal.
    Let’s talk about normal countries. Let’s talk about Saudi Arabia. Is that who our allies are? They are the biggest threat to the world community.
    And how dare you bring up the issue of Yemen? It’s the Saudi bombing that is killing most people in Yemen.
    They’re [the sanctions] hurting the Iranian people. You are making a case for war with Iran. How did the war with Iraq turn out? You’re doing exactly the same thing we did in the case of Iraq. We don’t want another war in the Middle East.
    So let’s get real. No more war! Peace with Iran!
    Hook wasn’t able to respond to any of the shouted accusations by Benjamin, but after she had been dragged out of the room he was able to make a joke: I think she had her coffee this morning”.
    Starting at the 1:00 mark, Medea Benjamin enters the scene.


    See a Yemeni child treated in hospital for malnutrition, 19 September 2018.
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  27. #413
    The transparency organization WikiLeaks just released a new document that sheds light on the corruption behind a lucrative French-German arms deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), weapons that are currently being used to wage a disastrous and genocidal war against the people of Yemen.
    The document details a court case from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration regarding a dispute over a “commission payment” made to Abbas Ibrahim Yousef Al-Yousef, an Emirati businessman, as part of a $3.6 billion arms deal between France’s state-owned weapons company Nexter Systems (then GIAT Industries SA) and the UAE. Per the deal, which was signed in 1993 and set to conclude in 2008, the UAE purchased 388 Leclerc combat tanks, 46 armored vehicles, 2 training tanks, and spare parts, as well as ammunition.
    Those weapons have been an important part of the UAE and Saudi coalition’s war in Yemen since it began in 2015. The war has killed over ten thousand civilians, largely the result of the Saudi/UAE bombing campaign, which has targeted and crippled the country’s civilian infrastructure. The result of those bombings, as well as of the UAE/Saudi blockade of Yemen, has been over 17 million people near starvation – including 5.2 million children – and preventable disease epidemics that have claimed tens of thousands of additional lives.


    The court case described in the leaked document resulted from a claim made by Al-Yousef that Nexter Systems had failed to honor its commitment to pay him a 6.5 percent commission fee on the arms deal, amounting to a $235 million dollars. Nexter Systems made payments regularly for a period of time to the Emirati businessman, totalling over $195 million, through Al-Yousef’s company, Kenoza Consulting & Management Inc. Al-Yousef demanded that the company pay him the nearly $40 million that remained outstanding.
    However, subsequent arguments from Nexter Systems’ lawyers asserted that payments stopped because of French anti-corruption legislation enacted in 2000, and that Al-Yousef’s business “intended to commit and indeed committed corruption acts.” Nexter Systems effectively claimed in court that the exorbitant “commission fee” given to Al-Yousef was for the use of bribing government officials of the UAE and apparently other countries so that Nexter Systems could secure the $3.6 billion weapons contract. However, the ICC tribunal did not rule on this point, as they claimed that Nexter’s proof for this allegation lacked sufficient evidence.
    Yet, the tribunal did seek to determine why Al-Yousef had been able to justify the excessive commission fee, especially considering that he did not play an important role in the development of the Leclerc tanks. In investigating this point, the tribunal found that Al-Yousef had convinced German officials to waive Germany’s then-ban on providing German-made weapons to Middle Eastern nations like the UAE — a necessary step, as the Leclerc tanks were fitted with German engines.
    RELEASE. Dealmaker: Secret ruling by ICC arbitration court on alleged corruption linked to $3.6 billion French/German/UAE arms deal. https://t.co/GLQTyaZBdV pic.twitter.com/cfoP80LN8t
    — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 28, 2018
    According to Al-Yousef’s witness statements, the way in which he obtained this waiver “involved decision-makers at the highest levels, both in France and Germany,” though Al-Yousef failed to remember the names of the German officials and claimed to have not met them directly.
    The tribunal ultimately determined that there was no good reason for Al-Yousef’s exorbitant commission fee. Yet, the arguments from Nexter Systems as well as the statements from Al-Yousef himself regarding his “lobbying” of anonymous German officials, suggest that the approximate payment of $190 million was indeed used to commit “corruption acts.”

    More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...ling-war-yemen
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  28. #414
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  29. #415
    Saudi Airstrike Kills Family of Beekeepers on Their Farm

    A family of beekeepers was killed when the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, targeted their family bee farm with multiple airstrikes on Monday in a residential district of Hodeida. ...

    airstrikes targeted Ayesh Clip’s bee farm at Deir Essa in the Bajjel district of southern Hodeida, killing Ayesh and four of his family members. The attack also destroyed the farm, which was the family’s sole source of income in a country gripped by famine and a devastating humanitarian crisis.

    In a separate attack on a civilian target, three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a Saudi warship targeted a market in al-Duraihimi city in the same province. Three civilian workers were also killed and four others injured when Saudi coalition airstrikes hit a stone factory in Sanhan district south of Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a. ...





    ....

    Comment -
    Saudis: Winning! Those bees, that farm, the family were all terrorists. And oh - Yemen belong to us.
    Neocons: Well, the family should not have been farming bees in a genocide zone. Its their own fault.
    The Left: Oh, those poor bees.
    MSM: [crickets]
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  30. #416
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing." - Dr. Ron Paul. "Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone." - Sophie Magdalena Scholl
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  32. #417
    Yemen’s Navy Uses New Missile to Destroy Saudi Military Vessel Near Hajjah

    While Yemen’s military has increasingly achieved victories over coalition forces, it faces one of the most well-funded and -equipped military coalitions in the Middle East.



    SANA’A, YEMEN — Yemen’s navy targeted a military vessel belonging to Saudi Arabia off of the northwestern coast of Hajjah on Wednesday, reportedly killing all aboard the vessel. The boat, which was in the Medi port, was carrying out attacks on the residential districts of Heiran and Medi in Hajjah when it was hit, according to a statement from Yemen’s navy. A source in Yemen’s navy confirmed to MintPress News that it targeted the Saudi vessel with a new type of domestically-manufactured missile, but did not name the missile.

    The Saudi-led coalition has not yet commented on the attack, which occurred during an increase in coalition airstrikes on the residential area of Hajjah and other provinces — strikes that have killed and injured more than 50 civilians over the past 72 hours in the strategic Red Sea port.

    Yemen’s military, loyal to the Ansar Allah (Houthis) has demonstrated increasing success in repelling major coalition attacks, and has successfully carried out attacks on military targets belonging to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including attacks on their own soil.

    These attacks usually come in response to major military offensives carried out by the coalition. In September, Yemen’s navy targeted a Saudi warship off of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern coast in retaliation for a coalition attack on Yemeni fishing boats the day before. And in July, Yemen’s navy targeted a large Saudi warship, dubbed the Dammam, which was carrying out maneuvers off of Yemen’s western coast. That attack came in retaliation for a deadly Saudi-led coalition military offensive against Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, a lifeline for the majority of Yemen’s population.

    A source inside of Yemen’s air force recently told MintPress that an unmanned long-range drone, known as the “Qassif,” targeted troops and allied mercenaries belonging to the UAE at the Anber military base in western Yemen.

    Yemen’s air force has increasingly relied on domestically-made drones to carry out attacks on forces belonging to Saudi Arabia and UAE, including a strike last month on an important military target which the Air Force said was a command center for Saudi and UAE troops in the country’s western coastal province of Hodeida.

    While Yemen’s military has increasingly achieved victories over coalition forces, it faces one of the most well-funded and -equipped military coalitions in the Middle East. The Saudi-led war on Yemen, which began in 2015, has triggered one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, owing largely to the coalition’s targeting of civilians and reliance on scorched-earth tactics, including tens of thousands of airstrikes. Moreover, the United States has provided the bulk of bombs and weapons to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, and provides logistical and intelligence support for selecting airstrike targets.

    Supported by the United States and other Western military powers, the war in Yemen has transformed this country from the poorest in the Middle East to a glaring humanitarian disaster zone — a deadly place for anyone with failing kidneys, infectious disease, or chronic illness.

    Top Photo | A screenshot from video showing a previous attack on a Saudi warship.
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    https://twitter.com/YemeniObserv/sta...81544656285697




    https://twitter.com/aldin_ww/status/1050473936755060736

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    Yemen’s Military Adopts More Aggressive Strategy, Captures Saudi Military Sites in Jizan

    The Yemeni army, loyal to Ansar Allah (Houthis), has changed its approach from hit-and-run attack, in which troops target a military outpost or base and quickly withdraw, to a strategy in which Yemeni military forces would seize control of and retain Saudi military sites.



    JIZAN, SAUDI ARABIA — The media branch of Yemen’s Ansar Allah military released footages on Friday showing the moment that strategic Saudi military locations were captured in the eastern al-Doud mountains and al-Reqa’h military bases deep inside of Saudi Arabia. The bases are located in the southwestern region of Jizan, some 900 kilometers (559 miles) south of the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has not yet commented on the recent attacks.

    Yemen’s army launched two ballistic missiles at a gathering of Saudi military forces, including mercenaries, just east of al-Doud. A group of Saudi-allied mercenaries south of al-Khobeh in Jizan was also targeted. Later in the day, Yemen’s army struck a Saudi military base in the kingdom’s Jizan region with two ballistic missiles, killing a number of Saudi soldiers, according to two military sources in Yemen’s army.

    In Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Asir, Yemen’s military also fired a short-range ballistic missile at a Saudi military base. The missile reportedly struck its target, according to a Yemen military source’s statement to MintPress. The source went on to say the missile attack killed an unspecified number of Saudi mercenaries and inflicted damage to the base and its equipment. MintPress has not been able to independently verify the claim.

    Earlier this week, Yemeni forces seized military sites inside of Saudi territory as part of a recent offensive against the kingdom and its coalition allies in retaliation for the U.S.-backed coalition’s ongoing military assault against Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, a lifeline for the majority of Yemen’s population. The coalition’s offensive has sparked a humanitarian crisis in the region, spurring human-rights groups and the United Nations to call for an end to hostilities. The coalition recently stepped up attacks on Hodeida’s al-Dreihimi district, the scene of massive clashes between Saudi-allied mercenaries and Yemen’s resistance.

    Watch | Footage of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) attack on the al-Reqa’h military base in Saudi Arabia


    https://www.mintpressnews.com/wp-con...h-site.mp4?_=1

    A source inside of Yemen’s military, who wished to remain anonymous, told MintPress that the Yemeni army, loyal to Ansar Allah (Houthis), has changed its approach from hit-and-run attack, in which troops would target a military outpost or base and quickly withdraw, to a strategy in which Yemeni military forces would seize control of and retain Saudi military sites. The source went on to reveal that the army plans to launch military operations in a bid to control more Saudi military sites in the Saudi regions of Jizan, Asir, and Najran, as long as the coalition continues its military campaign against Hodeida.

    Although Saudi Arabia is equipped with the latest U.S.-supplied weaponry — everything from M1A2 Abrams tanks and M2 Bradley fighting vehicles to AH-64D Apache helicopters, as well as having an air force equipped with a high-tech arsenal — footage of the attacks shows Saudi troops and mercenaries fleeing their posts upon confrontation, leaving behind weapons caches including American-made armored vehicles, Kalashnikovs, and sniper rifles.

    Not much bang for the Saudi buck


    Yemen frogmen stand beside new “Mersad” marine mines, October 13, 2018. Photo | Ansar Allah Media Center

    Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s largest military budgets but, despite access to advanced equipment, Saudi troops have been unable to repel regular attacks on Saudi territory by Ansar Allah. The kingdom has resorted to employing mercenaries from Yemen and as far away as Sudan in an effort to shore up its ground forces.

    Yemen’s military has demonstrated increasing success in seizing Saudi military sites in the three Saudi regions bordering Yemen, including Jizan, Asir, and Najran. Ansar Allah, known colloquially as the Houthis, comprise a major component of Yemen’s military and show no sign of surrender. Despite a massive coalition bombing campaign supported by the United States, the Houthis still control important cities inside of Yemen, including Sana’a, Hodeida, and most other major cities. They have also been able to thwart Saudi efforts to occupy their cities.

    Yemeni forces, which focused primarily on defending against the Saudi coalition incursion since it began in 2015, have recently increased offensive attacks against coalition forces, making it clear in statements that the attacks will continue until coalition withdraws from Yemen.

    In addition to the attacks on military sites inside of Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s military recently revealed its domestically-manufactured marine mines, dubbed the “Mersad.” The military says the mines will be deployed against Saudi coalition battleships and watercraft in the Red Sea surrounding Yemen.

    Ansar Allah’s media branch also released new footage of Yemeni forces targeting an HSV-2 Swift hybrid catamaran operated by the United Arab Emirates. The vessel was hit off the shores of Mukha, Yemen on October 1, 2016.

    Top Photo | Saudi soldiers stand atop Mt. Doud, a high strategic position recently taken by Ansar Allah in the southern Saudi province of Jizan, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 27, 2010. Hassan Ammar | AP
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    You only show up to attack Trump when he is wrong
    Make America the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave again

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