Yemen - Civil War

[Rowe992]

This operation was a failure since ISIS is going strong and recruiting members daily! They need to have an all out war with these terrorist in Iraq and Syria and cut off their supply chain.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Arab coalition deploys Patriot to Yemen
Jeremy Binnie, London and Sean O'Connor, Indianapolis - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
08 October 2015

Airbus Defence and Space imagery showing Arab coalition helicopter and Patriot air-defence systems deployed at the Safir airstrip in Yemen's Marib province on 1 October. The 4 September ballistic missile attack may have hit the military base to the southwest where the coalition was building new structures. (Copyright PLEIADES © CNES 2015, Distribution Airbus DS / IHS)

Key Points

• The Arab coalition has deployed two Patriot fire units to defend its base in Yemen's Marib province
• The deployment corroborates claims that the base was hit by a ballistic missile on 4 September

The Arab coalition fighting to reinstall Yemen's ousted president has deployed Patriot air-defence systems to defend its forward operating base in Marib province, satellite imagery from Airbus Defence and Space has confirmed.

The imagery from 1 October shows two Patriot fire units, each with an AN/MPQ-53/65 radar and just two launchers, at either end of the airstrip at the Safir refinery in Marib. Six AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, two UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and one CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter can be seen on the airstrip.

The deployment of the Patriot systems effectively confirms there is an ongoing ballistic missile threat to the base as Yemen's air force has not resisted the coalition since it launched its intervention in March and most (if not all) of its aircraft have now been destroyed on the ground.

The Ansar Allah group that the coalition is fighting claimed on 4 September that it launched a short-range OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missile at the Safir base. The coalition never confirmed that claim, but reported suffering heavy casualties on that day.

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) official WAM news agency initially reported that 22 Emirati soldiers had been killed in Yemen; Saudi media cited Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri, the kingdom's military spokesman, as saying that 10 Saudi soldiers were killed in a missile attack in Marib; and the Bahrain News Agency announced the death of five soldiers that the country had deployed to protect Saudi Arabia's southern border without saying they were killed in the same incident inside Yemen.

The satellite imagery may show signs of the Tochka attack at a Yemeni military garrison located less than 2 km to the southwest of the airstrip where the coalition was erecting new structures to support its operations.
Arab coalition deploys Patriot to Yemen - IHS Jane's 360

 

[Gabriel92]

 

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[UAE]

This operation was a failure since ISIS is going strong and recruiting members daily! They need to have an all out war with these terrorist in Iraq and Syria and cut off their supply chain.

How so? The operation is carried out effectively and so far managed to take control of almost 80 per cent of Yemen. I don't really get the correlation between ISIS and the situation in Yemen if you can elaborate on that please do so.

 

[Gasoline]

 

[Scorpion]

I can't see the pictures you posted @Gasoline

 

[Corzhens]

Oh, so there is no ceasefire and it looks like just a change of the campaign name. I see some new terms again, houthi and ali saleh. In one post, there was Shia Houthi so I get it. Saudi Arabia's Sunni Muslim are anti-Shiite a.k.a. Shia. But what grou is that Ali Saleh? Anyway, it seems that Saudi Arabia is serious in its military campaign in Yeman and also in Syria, they have their hands full.

 

[Gasoline]

I can't see the pictures you posted @Gasoline

What about now ?

Qatari Boeing C-17A landing at Najran airport :

 

[Falcon29]

@Scorpion @Gasoline

What's happening in Yemen recently? Seems like Houthi's are reversing some of coalitions gains. They are able to sustain months long offensive and still go on offensive. This obviously means they are very well armed. Iran probably spent just as much money on them that they did on Hezbollah. Of course when it comes to Sunni groups like Hamas back in pre-2011 when they supported them, the support was very minimal.

 

[Scorpion]

@Scorpion @Gasoline

What's happening in Yemen recently? Seems like Houthi's are reversing some of coalitions gains. They are able to sustain months long offensive and still go on offensive. This obviously means they are very well armed. Iran probably spent just as much money on them that they did on Hezbollah. Of course when it comes to Sunni groups like Hamas back in pre-2011 when they supported them, the support was very minimal.

Nothing significant is happening. Saudi Arabia has recently announced its last military phased in Yemen. Almost 80 per cent of Yemen is under control. They are preparing for to retake the Capital Sana'a and move on from there.

 

[Falcon29]

Nothing significant is happening. Saudi Arabia has recently announced its last military phased in Yemen. Almost 80 per cent of Yemen is under control. They are preparing for to retake the Capital Sana'a and move on from there.

Well brother let's wait for a moment and think about it, there is no plan to retake capital. Houthi's are regaining what they lost in the south currently. In the East they aren't doing many offensives or simply not capable. I don't know, but point is it is better for us not to be optimistic. We can have high morale but should be realistic in this matter. Arab States need to mimic Iran's strategy which is supporting militias. The problem is Arabs fear they can't control Sunni militias. But reality is if we don't begin supporting Sunni militias then the Iranians will have advantage and sadly may achieve what they want in Yemen. Let them mock and laugh at us all they want. Let's ignore them and start initiative. If our state institutions don't begin seeing it as Sunni Arab struggle to defend all of us from Iran, it's supporters and select Western nations wanting to harm us then we will have a split like we do now that will continue. Which is the Sunni militias on their own, Arab states on their own. In end both Sunni militias and Arab governments are in lose-lose situation.