Yemen - Civil War

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Few hit and run incident with no casualties at all. Desperately trying to achieve media propaganda.

That's true, they have been desperately trying to show anything to raise their fighters' morale, but these videos show that they made it into hitting a number of tanks and APCs. I don't know what was wrong with the Saudi forces not to fire back immediately.

 

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Those could be old but were recently published:

Nice videos:

 

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Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi Arabia's Najran and Jizan| Reuters

Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its army allies said on Saturday it had shelled various areas in Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Najran, killing and wounding several soldiers.

The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said 13 shells had been launched on Friday, targeting several areas including Jizan's airport.

The shelling also led to the destruction of military equipment, the agency said, quoting an unnamed military source.

The source did not say how many Saudi soldiers had been killed.

An alliance of Gulf Arab nations has been bombing Yemen's Houthi militia and allied army units loyal to powerful ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh since March 26 in an attempt to restore exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power.

Saudi forces and the Houthis have been trading fire across the border since the Arab alliance began its military operations.

Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 16 people in Yemen on Friday as the European Union and United States appealed for a pause in the war to enable aid deliveries to stricken civilians.

 

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Yemen airstrikes hit Saleh’s party headquarters

Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 2, 2015. (Reuters)


By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Monday, 6 July 2015

The Sanaa headquarters of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's General People's Congress was hit by Saudi-led strikes on Sunday, Reuters news agency reported.

The air raids came as U.N. special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was visiting the Yemeni capital, in an effort to arrange a humanitarian pause in fighting between Houthi militias, whom Saleh is allied to, and the Saudi-led coalition.

The coalition has orchestrated a more than three-month bombing campaign against the Houthis and army units loyal to Saleh to try to restore President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi, who is in exile in Riyadh.

The General People's Congress party's assistant secretary general, Faeqa al-Sayed, told Reuters the party headquarters had been destroyed.

"This will not make us back down on our efforts .... to create the suitable environment to cooperate with the United Nations," she said in a statement on the party's website.

The strikes late on Sunday also struck the home of former president Saleh's nephew and several houses belonging to Houthi supporters in the south and west of the capital Sanaa, according to Reuters.

[With Reuters]

Last Update: Monday, 6 July 2015 KSA 10:31 - GMT 07:31
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/07/06/Yemen-airstrikes-hit-Saleh-s-party-headquarters-.html

 

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Reuters / Monday, July 06, 2015
Guards walk on the rubble of the house of Brigadier Khaled al-Anduli, an army commander loyal to the Houthi movement, after it was hit by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Reuters / Sunday, July 05, 2015
Dust rises from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Taiz July 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Reuters / Thursday, July 02, 2015
Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa July 2, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Reuters / Monday, June 15, 2015
People display fragment of shells they collected from their house amid clashes between members of the anti-Houthi Popular Resistance Committees and Houthi fighters in Taiz, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

 

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Yemen: Classified document reveals extent of Iranian support for Houthis

Government-run Iranian Martyrs Foundation will up financial support for Houthis to $3.7 million, sources say

A copy of a document sent from the Iranian Martyrs Foundation to its subsidiary the Yemen Martyrs (R), obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat, and its Arabic translation (L). (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—A copy of a high-level classified document obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat has revealed the extent of Tehran’s support for the Houthi movement currently in control of large parts of Yemen.

The document, marked “secret,” is a message from Mohammad Ali Shahidi, the head of the Iranian Martyrs Foundation, a charitable organization overseen by Iran’s Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addressed to the organization’s subsidiary the Yemen Martyrs Foundation.

Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat the message is a reply to a request by the Quds Force on behalf of the Yemen Martyrs Foundation.

The Quds Force is an elite division of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps involved in various operations outside Iran, including fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq.

The sources say the Quds Force requested the Iranian Martyrs Foundation to increase its financial support for the Houthis to 3.7 million US dollars due to the heavy losses the Houthis have sustained in recent months following Saudi-led airstrikes targeting the group in Yemen.

In the message, Shahrati says the Iranian Martyrs Foundation is ready to meet the requests for support to the families of the Houthis, addressing them as “Ansar Allah,” an alternative moniker for the group.

“In response to your message regarding the harsh and difficult circumstances which the brothers from Ansar Allah [the Houthis] are currently experiencing in Yemen, and the large number of martyrs we have lost, I would like to inform you with all respect and esteem that after consultations and discussions with the relevant parties in this affair, we have taken the decision to fulfil all your esteemed requests relating to sending all forms of support to the families of all the Yemeni martyrs and victims who have fallen as a result of the current conflict,” the message says.

It continues: “It is incumbent upon me to inform you that the [Iranian Martyrs Foundation], its employees, and all those who cooperate with it, will not delay in supporting all the demands of the great Yemeni people and the martyrs and victims, and we will continue all forms of support for them with all respect and esteem . . .”

The Iranian Martyrs Foundation was founded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the early 1980s following the start of the Iran–Iraq War. The Foundation aims to help the families of soldiers killed in the conflict through financial and other means of support.

The Yemen Martyrs Foundation was set up in 2009 as a subsidiary of the Iranian Martyrs Foundation, following fighting between the Houthi movement and forces loyal to then-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, the sources said.

They added that a list of Houthis killed in the current conflict has been sent from the Houthi leadership to Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Suleimani twice a month since the conflict in Yemen began.

Once Suleimani has authenticated the list, requests are made to the Iranian Martyrs Foundation for support, on behalf of the Yemen Martyrs Foundation.

Families of Houthi “martyrs” are then able to obtain the same compensation offered to their Iranian counterparts, including financial support, clothing, and access to healthcare.

Iran has been accused by Yemen’s internationally recognized government and Saudi Arabia and its allies of aiding the Houthi coup in Yemen.

The Houthis overran the capital Sana’a and took over government and military buildings and facilities last September. They then launched a coup in February, dissolving the cabinet and putting President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi under house arrest.

Hadi eventually fled to the Saudi capital Riyadh where he formally requested Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies to intervene in Yemen in order to restore political legitimacy. The Saudi-led aerial campaign targeting the Houthis began in late March.


Yemen: Classified document reveals extent of Iranian support for Houthis

 

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U.N. announces humanitarian pause in Yemen

The house of Brigadier Khaled al-Anduli, an army commander loyal to the Houthi movement, is seen after it was hit by Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. (Reuters)

Agencies
Thursday, 9 July 2015

The United Nations has announced an “unconditional humanitarian pause” in the Yemen conflict starting at midnight local time Friday and is seeking commitments from all parties to stop all violence.

“The Secretary-General looks forward to the commitments of all parties to the conflict in Yemen to an unconditional humanitarian pause to start on Friday, 10 July at 23:59 (GMT + 3) until the end of Ramadan,” said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday.

“We feel we have the expressions necessary by all parties to announce the start of this pause on Friday,” said Dujarric.

He added: “It is imperative and urgent that humanitarian aid can reach all vulnerable people of Yemen unimpeded and through an unconditional humanitarian pause.”

Dujarric said Thursday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received assurances from Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and through his special envoy from Shiite Houthi of their support for a halt to fighting through the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan ends on July 17.

The announcement came eight days after the United Nations declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale, with nearly half of the country’s regions facing a food crisis.

More than 21.1 million people -- over 80 percent of Yemen’s population -- are in need of aid, with 13 million facing food shortages.

Access to water has become difficult for 9.4 million people, according to the United Nations.

Ban had repeatedly called for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow badly needed aid to be delivered to civilians suffering from the air war and the miilta offensives.

Yemen slid deeper into turmoil when a Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes in late March to stop an advance by the Iran-backed Houthi militia group who drove the president into exile.

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are demanding that the Houthis pull back from territory seized in their offensive and that Hadi be restored to power.

Last Update: Thursday, 9 July 2015 KSA 20:15 - GMT 17:15
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/07/09/Pause-in-Yemen-fighting-to-start-Friday-until-end-Ramadan-U-N-.html

 

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Arab-led strikes, Houthi clashes continue in Yemen

Guard stands on the collapsed roof of the house of General Ali al-Dhafif, a Yemeni army brigade commander, after it was hit by Saudi-led air strikes near Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters)

Al Arabiya News, AFP
Monday, 13 July 2015

Arab-led warplanes bombed Yemeni Houthi militias who clashed with pro-government fighters in the south on Sunday.

The coalition air raids targeted positions of the Iran-backed militias and their allies, forces loyal to deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Aden and Lahj provinces.

Earlier this week, the Arab-led coalition said it did not receive a request from Hadi's government to halt attacks, amid U.N. calls for a truce to take effect.

The leader of the Houthi militia said he did not expect the truce to take hold.

Air strikes hit rebel positions on the outskirts of the port city of Aden as well as a convoy in the city's neighbourhood of Khor Maksar, a military source told Agence France-Presse.

Meanwhile, clashes intensified in Aden, where rebels have laid siege to many areas that are controlled by southern fighters loyal to Hadi and known as the Popular Resistance.

The southern fighters managed to push back the rebels in the coastal Ras Amran area, west of Aden, according to General Fadhel Hasan, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance.

The fighting left 17 gunmen dead, including 11 militias, according to Hasan, who said the southern fighters have "received sophisticated weapons from the coalition".

Three air raids struck Al-Anad air base which is controlled by rebel forces in Lahj, north of Aden, another military source told AFP.

After the Houthis overran Sanaa unopposed in September, they went on to seize control of several regions, and advanced on Aden where Hadi had taken refuge after escaping house arrest.

(With AFP)

Last Update: Monday, 13 July 2015 KSA 12:53 - GMT 09:53
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/07/13/Air-strikes-clashes-continue-to-flout-Yemen-truce-.html

 

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Yemeni Popular Resistance forces retake Aden airport

Southern Resistance fighters stand with a tank destroyed during fighting against Houthi fighters in the Emran outskirts of Yemen's southern port city of Aden. (Reuters)

AFP, Aden
Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Pro-government fighters in south Yemen seized Aden's airport on Tuesday as they launched a new offensive supported by Saudi-led warplanes and ships against Iran-backed militias, military sources said.

The fighters from the Popular Resistance also pushed back the Houthi militias and their allies from areas within the war-torn port city, the sources said.

Warships off the coast of Aden took part in the battle which a presidential official said was part of a new military campaign to regain control of all of the city.

Exiled President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi is "personally supervising the operation" dubbed "Operation Golden Arrow for the Liberation of Aden," said his office director Mohammed Marem from Aden.

Soldiers of the 39th Armored Brigade had captured Aden's airport on March 25 after switching allegiance to the Houthi militias.

The Houthi militias and their allies have since gone on to seize the presidential palace and other parts of Aden, the second largest city in Yemen and its main sea port.

Retaking the airport of Aden is the first significant achievement for pro-Hadi fighters since the embattled president fled the port city late March due to an all-out rebel offensive.

The militias overran Sanaa in September unopposed and went on aided by troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to expand their control to several regions.

Last Update: Tuesday, 14 July 2015 KSA 13:18 - GMT 10:18
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Saudi MRAPs for the local resistance:

 

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Hadi loyalists seize more ground in Yemen’s Aden

Soldier loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi takes position at an army post in al-Abr on the border with Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

AFP, Aden
Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Loyalists of Yemen's exiled president seized more ground in second city Aden on Wednesday after recapturing the airport held by Iran-backed militias for four months, military sources said.

The offensive, dubbed Operation Golden Arrow, is the first major advance by the loyalists since the Houthi militias entered the port city in March, forcing President Abedrabbu Mansour Hadi into exile in neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-led warplanes carried out six raids on rebel positions before dawn, witnesses and military sources said.

Popular Resistance fighters -- a southern militia that has been the mainstay of support for Hadi -- recaptured the provincial government headquarters in the Mualla district by Aden's main commercial port, militia spokesman Ali al-Ahmadi told AFP.

They also advanced in the Crater district of the city, he added.

On Tuesday, the militia, backed by reinforcements freshly trained and equipped in Saudi Arabia, retook the airport and much of the surrounding Khormaksar diplomatic district.

"After the recapture of Khormaksar, there was a collapse in the ranks of the Houthis and their allies," renegade troops loyal to Hadi's predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh, Ahmadi said.

It was the defection of the 39th Armored Brigade on March 25 that had enabled the militias to take the airport.

Much of Aden has been reduced to rubble by four months of ferocious fighting.

The retreating militias pounded residential districts in the north and east of Aden with Katyusha multiple rocket launchers, provincial officials said.

At least 12 civilians were killed and 105 wounded, Aden health department chief Al-Khader Laswar told AFP.

Eight loyalist militiamen were killed and 30 wounded in the fighting, Laswar added.

There was no immediate word on militia losses.

Last Update: Wednesday, 15 July 2015 KSA 13:08 - GMT 10:08
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/07/15/Hadi-loyalists-advance-in-Yemen-s-Aden-.html

 

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Crucial medical supplies arrive in Yemen’s Aden

A boy wounded in one of Friday's suicide bomb attacks lies in a hospital bed in Sanaa March 21, 2015. (Reuters)

Geneva, Reuters
Tuesday, 14 July 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had delivered life-saving medical supplies to the southern city of Aden in Yemen, where most health facilities are “non-functional” due to fighting and critical shortages of supplies.

In a statement, the WHO said it had brought 46.4 tons of assistance including trauma kits, medicines for treating malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, and water and sanitation supplies for more than 84,000 people in six trucks as part of a United Nations convoy.

“Access to health care in Aden is extremely limited due to constant fighting and most of the governorate’s 31 health facilities are non-functional due to critical shortages in medical supplies and fuel needed for generators,” it said.

Humanitarian pause failing
More than 3,000 people have been killed and over a million displaced in a conflict between Shiite Houthis and forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh. The United Nations says 21 million people need help, about 80 percent of the population.

Johannes Van Der Klaauw, the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, said that the U.N. convoy arrived in Aden at the weekend, but that rations supplied by the World Food Program (WFP) aboard several dozen trucks had been delayed.

“It took days and days to organize safe passage. It did arrive in Aden last Saturday. It was the first time we got a convoy into Aden for weeks,” Van Der Klaauw told reporters in Geneva.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “very much disappointed” that a U.N.-brokered humanitarian pause in fighting in Yemen did not take hold over the weekend, his spokesman said on Monday.

“We had wanted to use ports, vessels which try to dock in Aden. But since the pause didn’t take place, we still have a big problem that aid is not reachable by sea,” Van Der Klaauw said, adding that vessels are diverted to Hodeida port.

Last Update: Tuesday, 14 July 2015 KSA 22:27 - GMT 19:27
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