Yemen - Civil War

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What is the sniper pod used in the operation? Is it the XR? DB-110? @BLACKEAGLE

I think both are used, the XR on F-15 and DB-110 on Tornado GR-4.

 

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GCC in tough U.N. talks with Russia on Yemen

Smoke billows near military barracks in the Jabal al-Jumaima mountain following an air strike near Sanaa March 30, 2015. (Reuters)

AFP, United Nations
Thursday, 2 April 2015

Gulf countries are locked in tough negotiations with Russia on a U.N. draft resolution to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on Yemen, diplomats said Wednesday.

The resolution would seek to re-launch a political dialogue that broke down after Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels pressed ahead with an offensive, forcing President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been negotiating with the five permanent Security Council members and Jordan on a text after Saudi Arabia launched an air campaign on Yemen on March 26, without a U.N. mandate.

The GCC is no longer seeking a resolution that supports Saudi-led military action in Yemen, which Saudi Arabia argues is legal because it is being carried out at Hadi’s request, diplomats said.

But its push for an international arms embargo and sanctions targeting the Houthis has run into major opposition from Russia, which has friendly relations with Iran.

Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of backing the Houthis in their power grab as part of a bid to extend its regional influence.

“The GCC will now need to lobby the Russians very, very hard,” said a Security Council diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

During negotiations, Russia presented amendments to the draft resolution that would extend an arms embargo to all sides, including Hadi’s forces in the conflict, diplomats said.

Moscow also opposed sweeping sanctions against the Houthis and requested that a list be submitted of individual names of rebel leaders who could be targeted for a global travel ban and assets freeze.

Spokesman Aleksey Zaytsev from Russia’s U.N. mission confirmed that "there are problems" with the resolution, but declined to give details.

Talks on how to address the crisis in Yemen came amid mounting U.N. concern over the civilian toll from the seven-day Saudi-led air campaign.

At least 62 children have been killed over the past week, according to the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, and aid agencies are alarmed about the fate of civilians trapped in the fighting.

The United Nations’ peace envoy for Yemen, Jamal Benomar, was in New York on Wednesday for meetings amid reports that Gulf countries were demanding that he be replaced.

U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said, however, that Benomar “is continuing to go about his work and has the full support” of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

U.N. negotiations on Yemen are being held against the backdrop of six-power talks in Switzerland with Iran on a nuclear deal that could change the power dynamics in the Middle East.

Last Update: Thursday, 2 April 2015 KSA 07:42 - GMT 04:42
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/02/GCC-in-tough-U-N-talks-with-Russia-on-Yemen-.html

 

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Combat search and rescue (CSAR).










MH-60G Pave Hawk would be much better, no ? ? ?





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My condolences to Saudi people for the lost of the border guard Al-Maliki.

Rest in Peace.

 

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People of Adan are gathering " spoils " after coalition strikes on weapons storages :

 

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People of Adan are gathering " spoils " after coalition strikes on weapons storages :

Soviet era scraps I doubt they still work.

 

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Yemeni govt stronghold of Aden ‘stable’

Warplanes of the Saudi Air Force - similar to these - have been striking Houthi rebel targets in Yemen for a week (File photo: AP)

Staff writer, Al Arabiya News
Thursday, 2 April 2015

The situation in the port city of Aden - the last refuge of Yemen’s internationally-recognized government - is stable, the Saudi-led coalition spokesman said Thursday according to Al Arabiya News Channel.

Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have failed to take control over any government buildings in the southern city, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said in a televised press conference.

Additionally, local armed groups are in pursuit of Houthi rebels and Saleh loyalists – concentrated in two parts of the city - as Operation Decisive Storm central command continues to coordinate with locals, he said.

As for the Saudi-led airstrikes which have been targeting Houthi-held areas, Asiri reiterated that the aim of the military campaign is not to destroy infrastructure but block support from reaching Houthi militias.

Thursday’s airstrikes also targeted areas in Yemen's fourth-largest city of al Hudaydah where surface-to-air launchers had been placed, he added.

Last Update: Friday, 3 April 2015 KSA 00:42 - GMT 21:42
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/02/Yemeni-govt-stronghold-of-Aden-stable-.html

 

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More at :
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/03/Pakistan-PM-concerned-by-overthrow-of-Yemen-govt-stands-by-Saudi-Arabia.html

 

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Houthis militias burned the biggest Mosque in Aden :