Yemeni Forces Prepared to Thwart US, ‘Israeli’ Plots Against National Resources, Islands

December 20, 2022

By Staff, Agencies

The Yemeni Supreme Political Council underlined that the country’s Armed Forces are prepared to stand up to any bids by the US and the ‘Israeli’ occupation regime that would be directed at Yemen’s resources, islands and waterways.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces are prepared to confront the avaricious plots of the United States and the ‘Israeli’ regime against the country’s resources, islands and waterways. They are ready to face up to any threat against the national sovereignty,” the council announced in a statement on Monday, stressing the full combat preparedness of Yemeni soldiers and fighters from Popular Committees.

This came as a report said in September that a delegation of ‘Israeli’ military experts had apparently been stationed to the Yemeni island of Socotra, more than six months after it was reported that the United Arab Emirates was constructing a settlement on the strategic island to accommodate dozens of Zionist soldiers, officers and military experts.

The Arabic-language Yemen Press Agency, citing informed sources speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that an ‘Israeli’ military delegation along with a number of UAE intelligence officers have been present on Socotra Island since a few days ago.

Home to some 60,000 people, Socotra overlooks the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a main shipping route that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, and has a unique ecosystem.

‘Israel’ and the UAE are currently making all logistical preparations to establish spying bases to collect information from across the Gulf of Aden, including Bab el-Mandeb and south of Yemen, which is under the control of forces backed by the UAE, the report said.

Meanwhile, the US is also making aggressive attempts to wrest control over energy reserves and plunder natural resources in conflict-plagued Yemen.

In the Monday statement, the council also said that it will “adopt proper measures when the time is ripe, and will not allow the Saudi-led coalition of aggression to get Yemen caught in an endless cycle of chaos and uncertainty.”

“We once again reiterate that we are striving for an honorable peace that would ensure Yemen’s sovereignty and independence, and would safeguard its territorial integrity. We welcome any meaningful and viable initiative in this regard,” the council added.

The Yemeni Supreme Political Council also underlined the need that humanitarian issues must be separated from political and military matters. “Progress in this regard will strongly indicate the success of any future mediations, negotiations or contacts.”

Saudi Arabia launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies and with arms and logistics support from the US and other Western states.

The objective was to reinstall the Riyadh-friendly regime of Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and crush the Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functional government in Yemen.

While the Saudi-led coalition has failed to meet any of its objectives, the war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis martyred and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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Israeli naval delegation deployed to Yemen’s Socotra Island: Report

Over the past year, Israel has been collaborating with the UAE to establish a military and intelligence presence on the Yemeni island

September 02 2022

A Soviet-era tank rusts on the coast of the Yemeni island of Socotra. (Photo credit: AFP)

ByNews Desk- 

Yemeni media reported on 2 September that a delegation of Israeli military experts has been deployed to the UAE-controlled Yemeni island of Socotra, located in the Gulf of Aden.

According to the report, the Israeli team has been on the island for the past few days, and is accompanied by several Emirati intelligence officers.

The report adds that the delegation, who belong to Tel Aviv’s navy, have been carrying out search operations and excavations across Socotra Island.

The island, inhabited by around 60,000 people, overlooks the Strait of Bab Al-Mandab, a major shipping corridor that links the Red Sea to both the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. Over the past year, Israel has reportedly been working with its Gulf partner to establish a presence on Socotra.

According to a Yemeni media report from March, the UAE is involved in the development of a construction project to build facilities on the island for the purpose of hosting Israeli soldiers, officers, and other military experts and personnel.

This is allegedly part of a plan to turn the Yemeni island into a center for regional espionage, as well as to increase military control over maritime routes.

Last year, Israel signed an agreement with the UAE, allowing it to establish an intelligence center at the island’s Hadibu Airport.

Israel is also interested in the strategic Yemeni island because it serves as a potential flashpoint for a confrontation with Iran. In 2020, the Washington Institute published an analysis examining how Israeli submarines could potentially strike the Islamic Republic from positions near Yemen.

In January of this year, Socotra Island made headlines due to controversial photos of Israeli tourists who had visited the island under a UAE-issued visa.

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— مجلة ميم (@MeemMagazine) January 12, 2022

In June of 2020, the UAE established control of the island by bribing its tribal authorities.

Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi described the UAE’s takeover of the island as “a full-fledged coup,” however.

Since the start of the war on Yemen in 2015, the UAE has been an integral part of the Saudi-led coalition, backing mercenary groups across the country and taking part in indiscriminate bombing campaigns.

The Saudi-led coalition, which continues to violate the UN-brokered ceasefire agreement, receives logistical and military support from the US, the UK, France, and most notably Israel.

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Drinking Water in Yemen Contaminated with Radioactive Substances, Heavy Metals

August 29, 2022

By Staff, Agencies

The Yemeni Ministry of Water and Environment warned about the level of pollution in drinking water in the country’s strategic coastal province of al-Hudaydah, raising alarms about the serious health hazards derived from the repeated exposure to traces of heavy metals, including lead, mercury, and arsenic.

During a press conference held in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa on Sunday afternoon, the ministry elaborated on the adverse consequences of the tight Saudi-led blockade on the water and environment sectors of Yemen.

Abdul Karim al-Safiani, deputy director of Yemen’s Water Resources Organization, stated the organization has discovered high levels of radioactive substances and toxic metals in a number of fresh water resources in al-Hudaydah province.

He also underlined that the Saudi-led military coalition has destroyed more than 2,995 water facilities, including dams, barriers, pumps, reservoirs, and irrigation systems and networks, since 2015.

Safiani also sounded the alarm that more than 20 million Yemenis, according to statistics provided by international organizations, do not have access to clean drinking water.

Abdulsalam al-Hakimi, deputy minister of Water and Environment, also said that the damage to Yemen’s water and environment sector as a result of the ongoing Saudi-led aggression and siege is estimated to stand at more than $1.7 billion.

Hakimi stressed that irregular diesel fuel distribution and its high price have forced water pumping systems to decrease their capacity.

He noted that Yemeni authorities have tried to import spare parts to expand national water and sewage treatment networks in light of a UN-sponsored ceasefire, and several water wells and treatment plants have come on stream as a result.

The Saudi-led aggression on Yemen has resulted in a lack of clean drinking water and sanitation services for nearly half of the country’s population.

According to the United Nations, Yemenis are in urgent need of water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance, while access to clean and safe drinking water remains crucial for the good health and survival of a whole nation.

The International Organization for Migration [IOM] has said that Yemen is suffering from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, as nearly 15.4 million people lack access to safe water and sanitation.

Saudi Arabia launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies and with arms and logistics support from the US and other Western states.

The objective was to reinstall the Riyadh-friendly regime of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and crush the Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functional government in Yemen.

While the Saudi-led coalition has failed to meet any of its objectives, the war has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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Ansarullah Leader: Alliance with US, ‘Israel’ Greatest Threat to Muslim World

February 15, 2022

By Staff, Agencies

Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement Sayyed Abdul Malik Badreddine al-Houthi warned against the establishment of alliances with the United States and the ‘Israeli’ entity, stating that such moves constitute the most significant threat to the Muslim world.

“The most serious hazard to Muslim nations is association with their implacable and bitter enemies, namely the United States and ‘Israel’,” Sayyed al-Houthi said at a ceremony in the capital Sanaa on Monday evening as he received a group of tribal leaders from the al-Jubah and al-Abdiyah districts of the central Yemeni province of Marib.

He said the enemies are trying to strike the Muslim Ummah [nation] from within, adding that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [UAE] are playing the leading role in pursuit of the foes’ goals.

“Our main duty is to unite the Ummah and foster brotherhood among Muslims,” the Ansarullah leader pointed out.

Sayyed al-Houthi further made clear that “those who have opted to side with enemies and joined their ranks have actually committed an act of high treason against their homelands and nations.”

“Anyone who sides with Saudis and Emiratis has in fact allied himself with the US and ‘Israel’,” the Ansarullah leader noted.

Earlier this month, Sayyed al-Houthi warned against forging an alliance with the United States.

“Anyone who thinks they will be victorious by allying themselves with the Americans is seriously wrong and their certain destiny is loss [and defeat],” he was quoted as saying on February 3.

The Ansarullah leader also referred to the UAE as the “Americans’ primary tool” in the ongoing Yemen war, stressing that the Abu Dhabi regime has upped the ante by launching more airstrikes against Yemen under orders from the US, Britain, and the ‘Israeli’ regime.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies, backed by the United States and European powers, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power and crushing the Ansarullah movement.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

Despite Saudi Arabia’s incessant bombardment of the impoverished country, the Yemeni armed forces have gradually grown stronger, leaving Riyadh and its allies, most notably the United Arab Emirates, bogged down in the country.

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Yemeni Military Media Circulates Footage of Launching Drones at Targets in Saudi & Emirates 

February 15, 2022

Military media documents the moment the marches were launched 15 02 2022

The Yemeni military media department circulated on Tuesday which shows past operations of launching drones at targets in Saudi and Emirates.

Scenes of the launch of the air force’s cross-border drone on the Emirati and Saudi depths – “previous operations”

https://english.almanar.com.lb/ajax/video_check.php?id=107098

Yemen has been since March 25, 2015 under aggression by the Saudi-led coalition in a bid to restore power to fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is Riyadh’s ally.

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have been killed or injured by US-Saudi-led airstrikes.

The Arab impoverished country has been also under harsh blockade by the coalition which includes in addition to the Kingdom, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Source: Al-Manar English Website

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Yemen: The War That Should Have Never Been & How To Achieve Peace

13 FEBRUARY 2022

By John Smith

Source

A Government of National Unity should be overseen by the UN, if possible, or else allow Yemen to split into North and South Yemen as per pre-1990 boundaries.

In military history, the term “we learn from history, that we never learned from history” could be no truer than in Yemen. Two wars are raging in Yemen that the United States and the UK are complicit in: the first conflict has been a continuous counterterrorism battle against a Yemeni Al Qaeda’s affiliate, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and ISIS; the other is an intense civil war that has spread into other Middle East nations, initially Saudi Arabia but now also the United Arab Emirates.

How did we get to where we are today? Yemen’s history is complex but we can make it simple by bringing the person who is mainly responsible for what we have today, former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed in December 2017 during an ambush.

Ali Abdullah Saleh was the President of North Yemen, initially, and after the fall of the Soviet Union, he became the President of a unified Yemen. Although his country was awash in poverty, Saleh was accused of surpassing the greed of many other Middle Eastern authoritarian leaders by siphoning off vast sums of public money for himself and members of his family. Not only known for his greed, Saleh was also a political snake in using groups against each other to maintain his and his family’s personal power in Yemen, notably by supporting Sunni jihadist groups to do his dirty work.

As a result of 9/11, Saleh allied with the United States in the War on Terror but used this cooperation to shake down the US government of President George W. Bush to extort funds, which then became part of his personal financial stash. Saleh was no real ally of the United States as Hani Muhammad Mujahid, told Al Jazeera in a 2015 documentary Inside Al Qaeda that “many Al-Qaeda leaders were under the complete control of Ali Abdullah Saleh,” and that “Ali Abdullah Saleh turned Al-Qaeda into an organized criminal gang. He was not only playing with the West. He was playing with the entire world.”

In April of 2011, Saleh was facing large protests against his rule. This was during the “Arab Spring” protests that occurred throughout the Arab world. Saleh would initially agree to step down, but then renege and would attempt to return to power but then ultimately step down to allow Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to become the President of Yemen; who, currently to this day, is supported by Saudi Arabia as a puppet leader of part of Yemen.

Saleh in his typical role as a political snake, encouraged the Houthi invasion of Yemen spearheaded by Zaydi Houthi fighters under Saleh’s allegiance. The Houthis’ rise to power was aided by tribesmen and government soldiers loyal to Saleh. Saleh and the Houthis rebels formed a formal cooperation pact against the Saudi-led military alliance of the Hadi government. So, you can say Saleh helped get the Houthis to where they are today but this backfired when the Houthis determined that Saleh was making another deal with the Saudi-led military alliance, in order to return back to power. A spokesman for the Houthis, Mohamed Abdel Salam, said that three months prior to Saleh’s death, his organization had discovered communications between the UAE and Saleh. This betrayal ultimately led to the Houthis ambushing Saleh and killing him.

The reason we must spend so much time explaining Saleh is because he was the entire antagonist in this tragedy in Yemen. The West used Saleh, as they have used authoritarian leaders throughout the Arab world in the fictious “War on Terrorism” in order to keep US influence in the region prominent. The Houthis mainly rose up because the people of Yemen were basically tired of the tyrannical rule of Saleh and the Saudi and Emiratis were against any political movement that had any ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran; as the Houthis had.

Initially, General Officers within the US Pentagon advised not to attack the Houthis because the Houthis were fighting AQAP (Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula) and IS-YP (Islamic State of the Yemeni Peninsula) and if the Houthis were forced to defend themselves against the Saudi led coalition, AQAP and IS-YP would gain substantial ground in Yemen and become a problem for the coalition forces in the future.  However, President Obama did not listen to this advice and supported the UAE-Saudi led coalition against the Houthis and thereby created a Yemen that is basically divided into four parts: Western and Northern Yemen is Houthi controlled, the Southwestern part of Yemen is controlled by the Southern Transitional Council which is UAE backed, and parts of Middle Yemen and Eastern Yemen are controlled by the Saudi led Hadi government. The fourth part is the territory in the middle of Yemen controlled by AQAP and IS-YP. See the below map for a reference.

Had the Western governments, US and UK, plus the Saudis and Emiratis not got themselves involved in Yemen during the period of the Houthis uprising; you would at the worst scenario have seen a Houthi led Yemen or conservatively saw Yemen split once again, as it was before Saleh took over after the Unification of North Yemen and Southern Yemen. See the image below.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/5/will-yemens-southern-peace-deal-really-help-end-the-war

How do we end this conflict? The United States, UK and allies should stop all weapons sales and agreements with Saudi Arabia and the UAE if they do not end their military actions in Yemen and release the embargo that is in place against the Yemenis.

All U.S. and UK military troops and contractors should be removed from Yemen, along with UAE and Saudi troops and military contractors. This is the first step and should be non-negotiable. Additionally, any Iranian personnel should likewise be removed.

Secondarily, the United States, Iran, and UK should support the Houthis and STC in their ongoing efforts to control and eliminate AQAP and IS-YP. There should be a commitment financially to help rebuild Yemen’s infrastructure and economy without political interference by any outside parties, including the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Any military bases constructed by the UAE, Saudis, Israel, the US and UK should be dismantled and handed over either to the Houthis or STC, depending upon the location.

Damages to Yemen perpetrated by the US, UK, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ought to be compensated directly to the National Unity government or to North and South Yemen as per pre-1990 boundaries.

Yemen needs a democratic process, supported by the UN, that begins making all sides in the crisis disarm their own militias. A Government of National Unity should be overseen by the UN, if possible, or else allow Yemen to split into North and South Yemen as per pre-1990 boundaries. If separated, the United Nations should assist each division in the formation of their own respective governments without the meddling of the West, GCC, Israel, or Iran.

Yemeni Resistance Kills Dozens of Saudi Mercenaries in Strike on Yemen’s Oil-producing Marib

January 27, 2022

By Staff, Agencies

Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president have been killed when Yemeni army forces and their allies fired a ballistic missile at their camp in the country’s oil-producing central province of Marib.

Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yehya Saree said late on Wednesday that Yemeni missile defense units launched a ballistic missile at a position of Saudi mercenaries at the so-called Third Military Region.

He added that the missile hit the designated target with great precision, leaving dozens of Saudi-paid militiamen killed and tens of others injured.

The development came hours after Saudi Arabia launched a new round of airstrikes against various areas across Yemen, as the Riyadh regime and its allies continue their brutal military aggression and siege against the impoverished Arab nation.

Saudi jets carried out nine air raids against the al-Jubah district in Marib province, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network said.

There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.

Saudi fighter jets also launched more than a dozen other airstrikes against different areas in the same Yemeni province.

Al-Masirah TV reported that the aerial assaults hit Wadi Obeida and Harib districts. No reports of casualties or extent of damage were quickly available.

Saudi aircraft also bombarded al-Balaq area in the Wadi Ubaidah district of Yemen’s oil-producing central province of Marib, located some 175 kilometers east of the capital, Sana’a, on 16 occasions, though no reports about possible casualties were quickly available.

Five further aerial raids targeted an area in the Bayhan district of the neighboring province of Shabwah as well.

Four airstrikes were also carried out by Saudi jets against al-Yatma area in the Khabb wa ash Shaaf district of Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf.

An air raid was also carried out by Saudi military aircraft against the Harf Sufyan district in the northwestern Yemeni province of Amran. There were no reports of possible casualties right away.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi’s government back to power and crushing the Ansarullah resistance movement.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

Despite heavily-armed Saudi Arabia’s incessant bombardment of the impoverished country, the Yemeni armed forces have gradually grown stronger, leaving Riyadh and its allies, most notably the UAE, bogged down in the country.

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Yemeni Army seizes control of 5 border camps

31 Dec 2021

Source: Agencies

By Al Mayadeen Net

Al Mayadeen correspondent reports that 20 UAE-backed Giants Brigades members were killed and many others were injured as a result of missile strikes.

20 members of the UAE-backed Giants Brigades were killed

The Yemeni Army and Popular Committees had seized control of all 5 Hadi Forces border camps at Al-Yatama area, the administrative center of the Khub Washaaf District, which shares borders with Najran, Saudi Arabia.

Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that 20 members of the UAE-backed Giants Brigades were killed and many were injured as a result of a missile attack on Khammuma camp in the lower Markha District, northwest of Shabwa Governorate in the country’s east.

Our reporter added that “the Giants’ forces had sent large military reinforcements to Shabwa governorate to redeploy there, claiming to regain control of the strategic districts of Baihan, Ain, and Usaylan from the grip of the Yemeni armed forces.”

“During the past hours, Saudi coalition fighter jets launched more than 10 raids on Usaylan and Baihan districts to back the Emirati-backed Giants Brigades,” he concluded.

Al Mayadeen correspondent reported on Tuesday a violent explosion that took place in the airport of Ataq, the capital of Shabwah Governorate, eastern Yemen.

The correspondent confirmed that the explosion happened hours after the arrival of the UAE-backed Giants Brigades to the airport controlled by Al-Islah party forces.

UAE-backed Giants Brigades arrived in Shabwa Governorate only 3 days after President Hadi dismissed the governor, affiliated with the  Al-Islah party, Muhammad bin Adyo, and appointed Awad Al-Awlaqi, affiliated with the Transitional Council, in his place.

Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced that operation Fajer Al Sahra (Desert Dawn) liberated a total area estimated at ​​more than 1,200 square kilometers.

Tomorrow at 4 p.m., a press briefing of the armed forces to reveal the details of the large-scale military ( Fajer Al Sahra'a operation) with special scenes documenting the operation and other important details.

— Yahya Sare'e (@Yahya_Saree) December 28, 2021

He revealed that the operation inflicted heavy losses on the Saudi-led coalition, including 35 deaths and 45 prisoners, and damaged 15 vehicles, noting that the air defense units shot down a US-made ScanEagle spy plane during Al-Yatama Battle.

Saree underlined that the aggression is circulating lies with the aim of dividing Yemenis using sectarian slogans, stressing that Al-Jawf tribes actively participated in the Fajer Al Sahra operation.

التصعيد السعودي في اليمن قبل فيينا الثامنة

الثلاثاء 21 12 2021

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بصورة غير مسبوقة صعد السعوديون هجماتهم الجوية على الأماكن والمنشآت المدنية في اليمن، بإعلان رسمي يقول إن المنشآت المدنية فقدت حصانتها القانونية والإنسانية، لأنها تحولت إلى غطاء للنشاط العسكري اليمني لإطلاق الصواريخ البالستية والطائرات المسيرة نحو الأراضي السعودية، وكان يوم أمس ذروة للتصعيد السياسي والإعلامي في تغطية هذا التصعيد العسكري الذي أدخل مطار صنعاء رسمياً إلى لائحة الأهداف، وخلال سنوات الحرب لم يحيّد السعوديون المدنيون عن استهدافاتهم، لكنهم هذه المرة يصرحون أن المدنيين يتحملون مسؤولية التواجد في مناطق سيتم قصفها، وسيتم ابلاغ المدنيين عبر الإعلام عن ضرورة إخلائها قبل ساعات، وتأتي هذة الجولة التصعيدية تتويجاً لمحاولة إقامة ردع جوي مقابل ما أظهر اليمنيون من قدرة على مواصلة استهداف العمق السعودي على رغم الغارات الجوية السعودية، أملاً بأن يتحقق عبر هذا التصعيد ما لم يتحقق قبله.

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أصل التعقيد الذي يواجهه السعوديون سابق لتبادل قصف العمق، ومصدره التطورات الجارية في البر اليمني في غير صالح الرؤية السعودية، والحسابات السعودية، في مجالات بات من الصعب اصلاح الخراب اللاحق فيها، ولا يجيب عليها الحديث عن أن أنصار الله يتخذون المدنيين درعاً بشرياً لسلاحهم، فالإخفاق السعودي يبدأ من الفشل المتمادي خلال سنوات في تطبيق مستدام لاتفاق الرياض الذي يجمعهم بالإمارات، ويضم جماعة الفريقين السعودي والإماراتي من اليمنيين، لضمان وحدة الحركة والأداء، ويعرف السعوديون أن لا علاقة لأنصار الله في هذه الأزمة التي تحولت إلى صراع دموي دائم بين الفريقين، وإلى عجز عن تحقيق الحد الأدنى من التنسيق والتكامل، ويكفي استعادة مشهد الانسحاب الأخير من الحديدة، وبما  تشهده عدن، لفهم أول وجوه الاخفاق التي باتت فوق القدرة السعودية على السيطرة.

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الوجه الثاني للإخفاق تمثل في ظهور جماعة منصور هادي التي يتخذها السعوديون واجهة لحربهم، كجماعة معزولة عن الشعب والمجتمع، فالحكومة تسكن الفنادق السعودية كما الرئيس، ووكلاء الوزارات يتوزعون فنادق الرياض و القاهرة، وجميعهم بنظر المواطن اليمني مجموعة من المرتزقة والفاشلين، وتظاهرات تعز وعدن وشبوة وسواها ضد الحكومة، تقول ما يكفي عن هذا الاخفاق، ويعرف السعوديون أنهم ما لم يتولوا مباشرة المواجهة مع أنصار الله فإن جماعة منصور هادي لا تستطيع البقاء على قيد الوجود في أي بقعة يمنية، وهذا يجلب القلق السعودي من أي حل سياسي ينتهي برحيلهم، ويجعل مصير جماعة منصور هادي شبيهاً بمصير جماعة أشرف غني الأفغانية، ومن تداعيات هذا الاخفاق هو القبول السعودي بأن تتولى جماعة الإخوان المسلمين تحت اسم حزب الاصلاح، قيادة الوضع في أكثر من محافظة يمنية بصفتها الجهة القادرة على تأمين المسلحين، لخوض المواجهة مع أنصار الله، وهذا هو الحال في مأرب.

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الوجه الأهم للإخفاق هو التطور المستدام في جبهة مأرب، لصالح أنصار الله، فالوقائع الميادنية تؤكد أن التقدم مضطرد ومتواصل في الجبهات، ولو بمئات الأمتار كل يوم، وأن التلال المحيطة بمأرب قد حسمت خلال الأيام الماضية لصالح الأنصار، ويعرف السعوديون أن التقدم يوشك على بلوغ النقطة الفاصلة، وأنه إذا وصلها صار الحديث عن ميزان القوى الذي سيحكم كل الحلول والتسويات مختلفاً، وهم يعرفون أيضاً أن هذا بات محسوماً والمسألة مسألة وقت، ولكنهم لا ينتبهون إلى أن كلامهم عن تجاوز الاعتبارات القانونية الإنسانية في استهداف الأماكن المدنية، يحرر الأنصار من هذا الاعتبار الذي يقيد حركتهم العسكرية نحو مدينة مأرب، حيث الذي يتخذ المدنيين دروعاً بشرية ليسوا أنصار الله القادمين إلى جبهات القتال بوحداتهم العسكرية وليس بجماهيرهم، بينما يحتمي خصومهم داخل معسكرات النازحين وشوارع المدينة وأحيائها.

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يحاول السعوديون خلق أمر وقائع عسكري يقوم على تجميد القتال، مقابل تجميد عمليات القصف، قبل أن تستأنف المفاوضات في فيينا في الجولة الثامنة، التي يبدو أنها ستكون حاسمة، أملاً بدخول تفاوض على الملف اليمني من دون تغييرات دراماتيكية، لكن يبدو أنهم يسرعون حدوثها بخطواتهم التصعيدية.

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Yemeni Forces Score Significant Advances on Marib’s Southern Gates

Nov 26, 2021

By Staff, Agencies

The Yemeni forces advanced on the southern gates of the central Marib city, pushing Saudi-backed militants loyal to former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi further back.

According to a report published on Friday by Lebanese al-Akhbar daily, Saudi forces and their mercenaries failed to stop Yemeni soldiers and their allies from making rapid advances on the southern flank of the provincial capital city.

Hadi loyalists have already withdrawn from most of their positions in the eastern and central parts of the Balaqin sub-district over the past two days, despite intense airstrikes carried by Saudi warplanes in their support.

The paper, citing local military and tribal sources, said Yemeni army troops and Popular Committees fighters have made major advances on the western outskirts of Falaj area after establishing control over all heights overlooking the region.

Sources close to pro-Hadi forces said their defeats appear to have been an inside job.

Pro-Hadi Marib governor general Sultan al-Arada expressed his disappointment over the unfolding developments in the province, confirming that the al-Balaq al-Awsat district and surrounding areas in Wadi al-Zannah region had been taken over by the opposite side.

On Thursday, Saudi warplanes conducted more than a dozen air raids against al-Jubah and Sirwah districts in Marib province.

The military aircraft also launched two airstrikes against the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa late on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and other key Western powers, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi’s government back to power and crushing the popular Ansarullah resistance movement.

Having failed to reach its professed goals, the war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

Despite heavily-armed Saudi Arabia’s continuous bombardment of the impoverished country, Yemeni armed forces and the Popular Committees have grown steadily in strength against the Saudi invaders and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country.

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Yemeni Army Forces Capture Key Military Base in Marib

Nov 5, 2021

By Staff, Agencies

Yemeni forces and allied fighters from Popular Committees have captured a key military base occupied by Saudi militants loyal to former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the country’s strategic oil-rich province of Marib, and moved closer to the heart of energy reserves in the area.

Local military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said army troops and their allies launched intense attacks in the al-Jubah district of Marib, and managed to seize Umm Reesh base following hours of fighting with Saudi mercenaries on Friday.

The sources added that the Yemeni forces raided the military base from various directions, and forced the Saudi-backed militants to withdraw from the area.

They noted that the base includes training centers, and it is the last bastion for Saudi-sponsored forces in the southern part of Marib.

The sources went on to say that the withdrawal of Saudi mercenaries from Um Reesh base came after the Yemeni army soldiers and Popular Committees fighters targeted the military site with ballistic missiles and heavy artillery rounds.

The fall of Umm Reesh means quickened the advance of Yemeni army forces and their allies towards Safar region, where oil and gas fields of Marib province are located.

The Yemeni military sources highlighted that fierce clashes between the two sides continue in several highlands overlooking al-Khashina base. Neither side has managed to score any field progress yet.

A high-ranking member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has denounced the United States over approving a 650-million-dollar sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi stated that the major weapons deal with the Gulf kingdom shows that the administration of President Joe Biden is not committed at all to Yemen peace, and in contrast supports the Saudi war on the impoverished Arab country.

He stressed in a post published on his Twitter page that the deal clearly shows Washington’s lack of seriousness and credibility to stop the ongoing devastating onslaught against Yemen, and will adversely prolong starvation and suffering of the Yemeni nation.

In a statement on Thursday, the Pentagon said the US State Department had approved the sale of air-to-air missiles to Riyadh.

It added that Massachusetts-based firm Raytheon would be the “principal contractor” for the sale of AIM-120C-7/C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles [AMRAAM] and related equipment.

The sale comes months after Biden said he would end US support for Saudi Arabia’s “offensive operations” in Yemen, including “relevant arms sales.”

Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the Hadi government back to power and crushing Ansarullah. The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis martyred, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases.

Yemeni armed forces and the Popular Committees have grown steadily in strength against the Saudi-led invaders, and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country.

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الجمعة 5 تشرين الثاني 2021

ألأخبار اليمن الحدث

لقمان عبد الله

تمثّل جولة ليندركينغ محاولة أميركية متكرّرة لقطع الطريق على استعادة ما تبقّى من محافظة مأرب (أ ف ب )

حطّ المبعوث الأميركي إلى اليمن، تيم ليندركينغ، مجدّداً، في المنطقة، حاملاً مبادرة تستهدف، على ما يبدو، استدراك التطوّرات الميدانية المتسارعة في محيط مدينة مأرب، وهو ما أدلى به صراحة بحديثه عن «الحاجة الملحّة إلى خفض التصعيد» هناك. والظاهر أن ليندركينغ، الذي تُظلّل جولته نصائح خبراء أميركيين بالعمل على محاصرة الخسائر بدلاً من السعي خلف «معجزة» لن تَتحقّق، سيحاول إقناع السعودية بتلبية جانب من مطالب «أنصار الله» أملاً في دفْع الأخيرة إلى وقْف هجومها. لكن إلى أن يتمكّن المبعوث الأميركي من إنجاز مهمّته، تتسارع المفاوضات بين قبائل مأرب وقيادة صنعاء، وسط أنباء عن تحقيقها تقدّماً كبيراً، وهو ما قد يفوّت الفرصة الأخيرة على كلّ من الرياض وواشنطن وحلفائهما المحليين

على رغم توالي سقوط المواقع والحاميات في محيط مدينة مأرب بيد قوات صنعاء، إلّا أن الجانب السعودي لا يزال يضع رهانه على حرب استنزاف طويلة الأمد ضدّ الجيش اليمني و«اللجان الشعبية»، أملاً في منعهما من السيطرة على المدينة. ولذا، فهو يعاكس رغبة السكان في تسليم مناطقهم من دون قتال، ويحثّ القوات الموالية له على تعزيز خطّ الدفاع الأخير عن مركز المحافظة، عبر حفر الخنادق ونصْب المتاريس وزرع الألغام الأرضية. وعلى خطّ موازٍ لذلك، بدأت الولايات المتحدة تحرّكاً متجدّداً، بهدف قطع الطريق على قوّات صنعاء لاستعادة ما تبقّى من المحافظة. وفي هذا الإطار، تأتي زيارة المبعوث الأميركي تيم ليندركينغ، الجديدة إلى المنطقة، حيث يحمل في جعبته مبادرة يُرجّح أن تكون السعودية قد وافقت عليها، خصوصاً أن الأيام الماضية شهدت مشاورات مكثّفة بين ليندركينغ ومسؤولين آخرين في وزارة الخارجية الأميركية من جهة، وسفيرَي السعودية في اليمن وواشنطن (محمد آل جابر، وريما بنت بندر بن سلطان) من جهة أخرى.

وفيما ذكر الحساب الرسمي للخارجية الأميركية على «تويتر» أن مهمّة المبعوث الجديدة ستُركّز على مناقشة مسألة واردات الوقود عبر ميناء الحديدة، واستئناف الرحلات الجوية عبر مطار صنعاء، في إشارة واضحة إلى رفع الحصار، نصح العديد من الخبراء العسكريّين الأميركيّين حكومتهم بعدم تجاهل المعطيات الجديدة على الأرض، معتبرين أنه يمكن تلافي العواقب الخطيرة لاستمرار المعارك باتّفاق سلام يلبّي شروط حركة «أنصار الله» أو أكبر قدر ممكن منها. ومن بين هؤلاء الخبراء، المتخصّص في الاستراتيجيات العسكرية، آرون ميلير، الذي أوصى الإدارة الأميركية بالدفْع باتفاق سلام يوقف المعارك في مأرب لانعدام الخيارات البديلة، وفق ما سمّاه «تغيّر معطيات مسرح المعارك». واعترف ميلير بأن إيقاف تقدّم قوات صنعاء باتجاه المدينة «بات مستحيلاً من الناحية العسكرية، ونحتاج إلى معجزة حتى نوقف الهجوم»، معتبراً أن «أقصر الطرق لإيقافهم هو القبول باتفاق سلام يراعي شروطهم». ورأى ميلير أن استمرار المعارك «يصبّ في مصلحة المهاجمين وليس المدافعين، والضربات الجوية لطيران التحالف لم تَعُد في هذه المرحلة مجدية بسبب تغيّر التضاريس الميدانية بشكل متتالٍ والالتحام المباشر لمقاتلي قوات صنعاء والقوات الحكومية»، لافتاً إلى أن الجيش و«اللجان» «لديهما خطوط إمداد أفضل».

ينصح خبراء عسكريون الإدارة الأميركية بالدفْع باتفاق سلام يوقف المعارك لانعدام الخيارات البديلة

إلّا أنه من غير المعلوم حتى الآن مدى استعداد السعودية لقبول تسوية من هذا النوع. إذ طوال فترة الحرب، لم تستطع المملكة مغادرة الشروط الإلغائية ومنطق الغلبة والفوز. وعلى رغم فقدانها الكثير من الأوراق، إن لم يكن معظمها، على مرّ سنوات الحرب، سواءً لناحية الخريطة الميدانية أو المزاج العالمي، إلّا أن الرياض بقيت أسيرة المربّع الأوّل. وقد كانت التسوية الوحيدة التي قبلت بها «اتفاقية استوكهولم» بخصوص مدينة الحديدة عام 2018، والتي فرضتها الضغوط الدولية على ولي العهد، محمد بن سلمان، على إثر الضجة العالمية الناتجة من قتل الصحافي جمال خاشقجي. ومع أن قيادة صنعاء عادت وقدّمت، الصيف الماضي، مبادرة بشأن مأرب للوفد العُماني الذي زار العاصمة اليمنية آنذاك، إلّا أن الرياض لم تكلّف نفسها عناء الردّ على المبادرة. بل عمدت، بدلاً من ذلك، إلى إمداد الجبهة بالمزيد من الذخائر المتوسّطة والثقيلة، واتّخاذ إجراء احتياطي تمثّل في سحب السلاح النوعي خوفاً من وقوعه بيد قوات صنعاء، فضلاً عن تكثيف إصدار البيانات المفخّمة حول القدرة على تحقيق الانتصار.
على أيّ حال، وإلى أن تُعرَف تفاصيل المبادرة الأميركية الجديدة، يستمرّ مسؤولو ما يسمّى «الشرعية»، وبعض الأحزاب المحسوبة على التحالف السعودي – الإماراتي، بدفْعٍ من الرياض، في التحريض على تأخير تسليم مدينة مأرب ومديرية الوادي لقوات صنعاء، خصوصاً بعدما انضمّت قبيلة عبيدة، ثاني أكبر قبيلة في المحافظة بعد قبيلة مراد والمتركّز تواجدها في الوادي، إلى طاولة المفاوضات، التي تتوالى الأنباء عن تحقيق تقدّم ملحوظ فيها منذ ليل أول من أمس. وفي هذا الإطار، يحاول مسؤولو حكومة هادي التقليل من أهمية تراجع قواتهم، مدّعين أن خيارات الجيش و«اللجان» محدودة، ما بين الاتّجاه عبر الصحراء نحو منطقة حقول الغاز والنفط شرق مأرب، حيث سيكونان فريسة لمقاتلات «التحالف»، وما بين تطويق مدينة مأرب من جهات ثلاث، وهو المرجّح بالنسبة إليهم. والظاهر أن هذه التصريحات تأتي ردّاً على البيان الذي أصدرته يوم الاثنين الماضي، الأحزاب المنخرطة في القتال إلى جانب السعودية، وعلى رأسها «الإصلاح»، والذي فُهِم على أنه اعتراف مسبق بالهزيمة، ورسالة إبراء ذمّة إلى كلّ من «التحالف» و«الشرعية»، علماً أن البيان المذكور حمّل مسؤولية الهزيمة لـ«سوء إدارة التحالف العربي للمعركة»، واتهم حكومة هادي بـ«الخذلان والفساد».

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بين سورية واليمن قراءة أوروبيّة Between Syria and Yemen, a European reading

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بين سورية واليمن قراءة أوروبيّة

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لا ينتبه بعض المحللين للمعاني العميقة التي أفرزتها كلٌّ من الحربين الكبيرتين اللتين هزتا المنطقة، الحرب على سورية والحرب على اليمن، والنتائج المتعاكسة لكل منهما، خصوصاً أن بعض المسؤولين الأوروبيين السابقين الذين شاركوا في مرافقة سنوات من الحربين، يكشفون خلال مداخلاتهم في ورشات عمل تعقدها مراكز لدراسات الأمن والاستراتيجية، عن أن حرب اليمن كانت محاولة لاستنساخ عكسي للحرب على سورية بالاستثمار على مصادر القوة التي اعتقد السعوديون أنها عوامل تأثير حاسمة في مسار الحرب على سورية، التي كانت في مرحلة التوازن السلبي عندما انطلقت الحرب على اليمن، في ظل قراءة سعودية أميركية اوروبية تقول إن الجماعات المناوئة للدولة السورية تستمدّ قوتها من وجود حدود سورية مفتوحة على دول داعمة تؤمن لها الظهير والسند والتمويل والتسليح وجلب الآلاف من المسلحين، وبالمقابل فإن الدولة السورية تستمدّ قوتها من كونها تمثل الشرعية الدستورية المعترف بها دولياً، والتي تقوم بإدارة المؤسسات الأمنية والمالية والخدميّة، فجاءت الحرب على اليمن تستثمر على حصار كامل يقطع حتى الهواء عن أنصار الله براً وبحراً وجواً، وبالتوازي الاستثمار على عنوان الشرعيّة الدستورية اليمنية كغطاء لخوض الحرب ومحاولة تفعيل مؤسسات هذه الشرعية عسكرياً وأمنياً ومالياً وخدميّاً، لامتلاك موقع متفوّق في القدرة على حسم الحرب، التي توقعت الدراسات أنها ستحسم خلال أسابيع أو شهور، لهذين الاعتبارين.

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تقول القراءة الأوروبيّة الأشدّ تعمقاً في قراءة سرديّة عن الحربين أن عام 2015 الذي كان مفصلياً فيهما، كعام لتوازن سلبيّ في سورية ولبدء الحرب على اليمن، شكل نقطة انطلاق لمسارين متعاكسين في الحربين، ففي سورية بدأت الانتصارات تظهر لصالح الدولة السورية، ثم تتدحرج على مساحة الجغرافيا السورية، بينما بدأت التعقيدات تكبر بوجه ما يفترض أنها الدولة اليمنيّة المدعومة سعودياً ومن خلفها حلف دولي إقليميّ كبير، وجد فيها فرصة لحرب بالوكالة على إيران في مرحلة وصفت بمرحلة الضغوط القصوى على إيران، وفي ظل إدارة أميركية برئاسة الرئيس السابق دونالد ترامب وفرت لهذه الحرب كل أسباب الفوز، ويقارن المسؤولون الأوروبيون السابقون الذين رافقوا من مواقع مسؤولياتهم مراحل هامة من الحربين، أن حجم الدعم الذي حصلت عليه الدولة السورية من روسيا وإيران وحزب الله، أقل بكثير من حجم المشاركة السعودية والغربية في الحرب التي اتخذت من عنوان دعم الدولة اليمنيّة شعاراً لها، سواء بحجم قوة النار أو حجم الأموال أو عديد المقاتلين، بينما حجم الدعم الذي حازته الجماعات المناوئة للدولة السورية عبر الحدود مالاً وسلاحاً وعديداً، بما في ذلك التحدي الذي مثله ظهور تنظيم داعش، يمثل أضعافاً مضاعفة لما وصل لأنصار الله في ظل حصار تمكّن من إغلاق محكم للمنافذ البرية والبحرية والجوية، ولا يمكن بالتالي قراءة النتيجتين المتعاكستين للحربين إلا بقراءة الفوارق بين “الدولتين” و”المعارضتين”.

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يقول المسؤولون الأوروبيون السابقون في ورش عمل شاركوا فيها حديثاً، إن على الضفتين الافتراضيتين في التسمية لمفردة الدولة والمعارضة هنا وهناك تكمن كلمة السر، فعلى ضفة الدولة نرى في سورية رئيساً لم يغادر بلده ومكتبه في قلب الساعات الأشدّ خطراً في الحرب فيما كانت القذائف تتساقط قرب القصر الجمهوري، وجيشاً متماسكاً يقاتل بروح استشهاديّة، وشرائح واسعة من الشعب السوري تعتبر الحرب حربها بكل يقين وإيمان، وتتحمّل الحصار والضغوط والتضحيات، بينما على الضفة اليمنيّة رئيساً ووزراء وقادة وصولاً الى مستوى معاون الوزير وما دون من مستشارين ومعاونين يتوزّعون بين الرياض والقاهرة وعمان، يعيشون في فنادق خمسة نجوم، ويشمل ذلك كبار المسؤولين العسكريين، بينما يقع عبء القتال على الجيش السعوديّ والجيش الإماراتيّ، والجيوش التي ساندتهما كالجيش السودانيّ، أما على ضفة المعارضة فنرى قائداً وشعباً ومقاتلين يشكلون في اليمن وحدة متكاملة لم تغادر معاقلها رغم ضراوة النيران وشدة الحصار، تملك اليقين بنصرها، وتقدّم التضحيات بلا حساب من قادتها، وبالمقابل نرى في سورية قادة يقيمون في فنادق خمسة نجوم في باريس واسطمبول والقاهرة والرياض ودبي، يتنعّمون بالمال المفترض أنه مخصص لدعم معاركهم، وقد تحوّل مَن يفترض انهم ثوار الى مرتزقة ينتقلون من بلد الى بلد لحساب دول أخرى، فيما يستندون في معاركهم التي يسوّقونها في الإعلام على جماعات مصنفة إرهابية أمسكت الأرض التي يزعمون أنها مناطق سيطرتهم، قتلت وذبحت الشعب الذي زعموا أنهم حماته.

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يخلص المسؤولون الأوروبيون السابقون في مقاربتهم الى القول إن المقارنة تكفي للاستنتاج أن الأرض لمن يحميها ويضحّي لأجلها، وأن الصادقين في إيمانهم بما يدافعون عنه تظهرهم الحروب، حيث خطر الموت داهم، ولا مكان أمامه للاستعراض والغش، فكما النار تكشف المعادن، تكشف الحروب معادن القادة وصدق قضاياهم، ولذلك يبدو بديهياً أن يكون النصر في اليمن للسيد عبد الملك الحوثي، وأن يكون النصر في سورية للرئيس بشار الأسد، لأن القضية باتت واضحة ليست قضية دولة ومعارضة، بل قضية الصدق والتضحية.

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Between Syria and Yemen, a European reading

Nasser Kandil

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Some analysts do not pay attention to the deep meanings produced by each of the two great wars that shook the region, the war on Syria and the war on Yemen, and the opposite results of each of them, armed, especially since some former European officials who followed the years of the two wars, revealed in the workshops of centers for security and strategic studies, that the Yemen war was an attempt to reverse the war on Syria by investing in the sources of power that the Saudis believed were decisive influencing factors in the course of the war on Syria, which was in the phase of negative power balance when the war on Yemen began. The Saudi, American, European reading that the groups opposed to the Syrian state derive their strength from the presence of Syrian borders open to supportive countries that secure the back, support, financing, arming, and bringing in thousands of militants, on the other hand, the Syrian state represents the internationally recognized constitutional legitimacy that manages the security, financial and service institutions. As for the war on Yemen, it has wagered on a complete land, sea and air blockade, and investing in the title of Yemeni constitutional legitimacy as a cover for waging war and activating military, security, financial, institutions to have a superior position and ability to resolve the war, within weeks or months.

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While the complications began to increase in the face of what is supposed to be the Yemeni state supported by Saudi Arabia and behind it a large international regional alliance, there was an opportunity for a proxy war on Iran in a stage described as the stage of maximum pressure on Iran, and under an American administration headed by former President Donald Trump, it provided for this war all Reasons for winning. The most in-depth European reading on the two wars says that 2015, the year of negative balance in Syria and the start of the war on Yemen, constituted a starting point for two opposing tracks in the two wars. The size of the support that Syria received from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah is much less than the size of Saudi and Western participation in the war of support for the Yemeni puppet state, whether by the size of the firepower, the amount of money, or the number of fighters. The amount of support that the anti-Syrian state groups have acquired across the borders, with money and weapons, including the challenge posed by the emergence of ISIS, represents a multiples of what Ansarallah acquired under a tight siege that closed the land, sea and air ports, and therefore the opposite results of the two wars can only be read by reading the differences between the “two states” and the “opposition.”

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In recent workshops, former European officials say, the keyword lies on both sides of the default doctrine of the state and the opposition here and there. On the bank of the state we see in Syria a president who did not leave his country and his office in the heart of the most dangerous hours of war while the missiles were falling near the Presidential Palace, and cohesive army fighting in a spirit of martyrdom, and large segments of the Syrian people consider the war its war with certainty and faith, and bear the siege, pressure and sacrifices, while on the Yemeni bank, there is a president, ministers, and leaders down to the minister’s assistant level and below of advisers and assistants distributed between Riyadh, Cairo and Amman, living in five-star hotels, including senior military officials, while the burden of fighting falls on the Saudi and the Emirati army, and the armies that have supported them, such as the Sudanese army. On the Yemeni bank of the opposition we see a leader, people and fighters form in Yemen an integrated unit that did not leave its strongholds despite the ferocity of the fire and the severity of the siege, has the certainty of its victory, and it makes sacrifices without expense from its fighters and leaders, and in return we see in Syria opposition leaders staying in the hotels of five stars in Paris, Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai, enjoying the money supposedly intended to support their battles, has turned the supposed rebels into mercenaries moving from country to country, on behalf of other countries, while basing their battles in the media on terrorist groups that have captured the land they claim to be their areas of control, killing and slaughtering the people they claimed to be their protectors.

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Former European officials conclude in their approach that the comparison is enough to conclude that the land is for those who protect it and sacrifice for it, and that those who believe in what they defend are shown by wars, where the danger of death is imminent, as fire reveals minerals, wars reveal the minerals of leaders and the sincerity of their causes, and therefore it seems self-evident that victory in Yemen is for Mr. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, and that victory in Syria for President Bashar al-Assad, because the issue has become clear is not a state and opposition issue, but the issue of honesty and sacrifice.

The strategic importance of Ma’rib: Saudi-backed Hadi’s ‘last stronghold’

Middle East Observer

February 25, 2021

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TV report on the strategic importance of Ma’rib province for the fate of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, particularly following reports that Sana’a-led forces were on the verge of taking control over the entire Ma’rib governate.

Source: Al Maydeen TV

Date: Feb 20, 2021

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Transcript:

Television presenter:

Welcome. The Yemeni army and armed forces are advancing in Ma’rib. We are witnessing a decisive battle because we are talking about the last northern city in Yemen that remains under the control of the government of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Establishing control over this city would deal a heavy blow to this government and would be a major advantage to the (Sana’a-led) armed forces and the tribes of Ma’rib. So why Ma’rib?

The strategic, oil-rich governorate of Ma’rib lies to the east of the capital, Sana’a, about 120 km away from it. Al-Mayadeen sources confirm that Sana’a-led forces have taken control of Tala’at al-Hamra and surrounding sites in the Sarwah district, west of the (Ma’rib) governorate. This is taking place after a series of concentrated military operations on multiple fronts over the past year. (Following these operations, Sana’a-led forces) have gained control over multiple regions in Ma’rib, including Mahliya and Rahba in the south, Serwah about 30 km west of Ma’rib, and have seized control over the Coufal camp (i.e. the largest Hadi government military camp). In the meantime, hit-and-run raids continue in the north and northeastern districts of Ma’rib, such as Raghwan, Hailan, Al-Kassara, Jabal Murad, and others.

For the forces of Sana’a, gaining control over Ma’rib represents the fall of the last stronghold of the Hadi administration, and a further step towards controlling northern Yemen as a whole. It also provides an open road to the southern governorates such as Shabwa and Hadramout, leading to “the liberation of every inch of Yemen”, as a military commander in Ansarullah says.

According to the Carnegie Middle East Center, for the Hadi administration, Ma’rib is the last resort in the north for its political team, especially for the Islah party. AFP says the city was seen as a Saudi protectorate in which Riyadh invested heavily. Perhaps this is what explains the information gained by Al Mayadeen sources indicating that Hadi’s forces and the Saudi coalition are trying to use refugee camps in Ma’rib as human shields to prevent the (Sana’a-led) army and (popular) forces from advancing.

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In a new achievement, Yemeni army troops, backed by allied revolutionary Popular Committees, have taken full control of a sprawling military base in the country’s central province of Marib, following fierce armed clashes with Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Local news outlets reported late on Friday that the Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters had established control over the strategic Maas base, which lies approximately 57 kilometers from the provincial capital city of Marib, after they exchanged heavy gunfire with militants from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Salafist Islah Party.

The military base reportedly overlooks the city of Marib, and was the last major bastion of the militants in the area.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen, has hailed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ warning that the war-torn Arab country is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades, saying it sheds light on the plight of Yemenis as a result of the Saudi-led bombardment campaign and siege.

This comes as UN chief says an imminent danger of the worst famine threatens Yemen, warning against any unilateral moves by the US.

Al-Houthi, in a brief statement, called on the UN chief to condemn the Saudi-led blockade and work towards its removal as the siege violates international principles, and the Saudi-led coalition has illegally impounded Yemen-bound ships as the vessels have all acquired international permits beforehand.

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ماذا تمثل استعادة القوات اليمنية لمعسكر ماس الاستراتيجي بالنسبة للتحالف السعودي؟

المصدر: الميادين

اليوم 21 نوفمبر 2020

القوات المسلّحة اليمنية تسيطر على معسكر ماس الاستراتيجي بالكامل، ما أهمية هذا المعسكر في الميدان بالنسبة لقوات هادي والتحالف السعودي؟

بعد سقوط مئات القتلى والجرحى من الأسرى من قوات التحالف السعودي على وقع  سيطرة القوات المسلحة اليمنية على معسكر ماس في مأرب، اليوم السبت، مراسل الميادين في اليمن يؤكّد أن السيطرة على معسكر ماس الاستراتيجي جاءت بعد معارك طاحنة وغير مسبوقة على مدى أشهر.

مراسلنا قال إن قوات صنعاء تمكّنت من الوصول إلى المعسكر وإسقاطه كلياً، ما دفع قوات هادي والتحالف السعودي إلى الهروب وترك المعسكر.

وأِشار إلى أن “هذا المعسكر يقع على بعد 25 كيلومتر من مدينة مأرب، وبالسيطرة عليه تكون قوات مأرب قد تمكنت من كسر أهم خطوط دفاع قوات هادي، رغم الغارات الجوية المكثفة بالأمس وخلال الأيام الماضية”.

وأضاف أن هذه الغارات حاولت منع تقدّم قوات صنعاء، “لكنها فشلت رغم أنها كانت مكثفة خلال الأيام الماضية، وفي النهاية تمت السيطرة على هذا المعسكر وجميع والمناطق والأودية والنقاط والمرتفعات المحيطة”.

وتابع أن “قوات صنعاء ما زالت تخوض معارك عنيفة في محاولة للتقدم باتجاه مدينة الدشوشة المطلة على معسكري صحن الجن وتداويل، وبالسيطرة عليهما نارياً تكون قوات صنعاء حققت خرقاً كبيراً في عملية السيطرة على مدينة مأرب الاستراتيجية والمهمة”.

وعن الإعلان الرسمي عن السيطرة على معسكر ماس، قال مراسلنا إنه “في جميع العمليات الأخيرة صنعاء تركز العملية ولا تعلن، وكذلك لا تترافق هذه العمليات بتغطيات إعلامية من حركة أنصار الله، وبعد انتهاء المعركة تعلن عنها بشكل كامل”.

وأكّد مراسل الميادين أن المناطق المحيطة بالمعسكر سيطرت عليها القوات المسلحة اليمنية أيضاً، مشيراً إلى أن المعسكر كان يستخدم لتدريب قوات هادي.

من جهته، أكّد وزير السياحة في حكومة صنعاء أحمد العليي أن معسكر ماس بات فعلياً بيد القوات اليمنية، وأضاف في حديث للميادين أنه “وبعد أكثر من 6 سنوات من القتل والإجرام لم يعد أمامنا من خيار سوى استرداد الأرض بقوة السلاح”.

العليي أضاف أن المناطق المحتلة تتعرض لعمليات إجرام وقتل يومياً، وبالتالي أصبح من واجب القيادة والجيش تحريرها.

في السياق، أكّد الخبير العسكري محمد عباس أن استعادة معسكر ماس يمثل ضربة قاصمة للتحالف السعودي في مساعيه لتهديد صنعاء، وأشار في حديثه للميادين أنه “لم يعد هناك بنك أهداف للتحالف السعودي، لذلك هو يحاول الضغط عبر قصف الأهداف المدنية”.

وتوقّع عباس أن تقدّم الولايات المتحدة حلاً سياسياً، و”ستنزل السعودي عن الشجرة”، وفق تعبيره. وأِشار إلى أن المقاومة ستصعّد من عملياتها في اليمن، خصوصاً في مأرب لأهميتها العسكرية والسياسية والاقتصادية، قبل نهاية ولاية الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب. 

العقيد مجيب شمسان أشار من جهته إلى أن معسكر ماس من أهم القواعد التي كانت تعتمدها قوات التحالف منطلقاً لعدوانها على صنعاء.

وكشف في حديثه للميادين أن القبائل اليمنية تنسحب تدريجياً من صف تحالف العدوان وتعود إلى كنف الوطن، معتبراً أنه ومع تقدّم القوات اليمنية نحو مدينة مأرب أصبحت صنعاء آمنة على نحو كامل ومن جميع الجهات.

بدوره، قال الباحث في الشؤون العسكرية العميد الركن عابد الثور للميادين إنّ الجبهة الشرقية بما فيها الجوف ومأرب تمثل جبهة رئيسية، لأن التحالف جعلها مرتكزاً لتحركه. ورأى أن استعادة معسكر ماس تعطي امتداداً جغرافياً يصل إلى المناطق الجنوبية في مأرب. كما ذكر الثور أنه لدى القوات اليمنية وسائط قادرة على كشف حركة طائرات التحالف والتصدي لها.

من جهته، قال الأمين العام المساعد لحزب الشعب الديموقراطي اليمني سفيان العماري للميادين إنّ التحركات الدولية تظهر سعياً لإعادة ترسيم الجنوب. 

• العماري للميادين: التحركات الدولية تظهر سعياً لإعادة ترسيم الجنوب

يذكر أن طائرات التحالف السعودي عاودت الخميس استهداف مديرية شدا الحدودية غربي محافظة صعدة شمال اليمن صباح أمس الجمعة.

وذكر العماري أنّ “مأرب هي هدف أساسي، ومنطقة مستهدفة بالنسبة لنا لأنها منطقة حيوية وفيها ثروات طبيعية”.

ورأى أنه هناك بعد سياسي للمنطقة كمدخل “مهم ومريح لتحرير المناطق الجنوبية”.

وأضاف أنّ التحركات الموجودة على الساحة الدولية تنم عن محاولة لإعادة ترسيم الجنوب وتقسيمه ما بين الدول المتدخلة والتي سوف تتدخل”.

وقتل وجرح، الخميس، العديد من قوات هادي، المسنودة بطائرات التحالف السعودي، إثر مواجهات عنيفة مع قوات حكومة صنعاء، في منطقة وادي حَلّحَلان بمديرية رغوان شمالي محافظة مأرب. فيما تتواصل المعارك بين الطرفين في مناطق محيطة بمعسكر ماس الاستراتيجي، على وقع غارات مكثفة لطائرات التحالف السعودي، على مناطق سيطرة الجيش واللجان الشعبية في مديرية مَدْغِل الجِدْعان شمالي غرب المحافظة. 

Coalition Forces Lose Control, American Reports Expect Ansarullah to Take Control of Marib within Days

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Translated report – YPA

The military events are accelerating in Marib province, in such a way that the coalition forces lost control of the situation, pushing them to accuse eachother of responsibility for the relapse.

The Military Watch magazine, a provider of reliable and insightful analysis into military and military related affairs across the world, said in a report published last Sunday that “the Houthis are about to storm Marib city in the coming days.”

“The field information indicates that the Houthis have great chances this time in controlling the oil-rich Marib,” it added, “the Hadi government (pro-aggression government) will lose its last strongholds in northern Yemen, except parts of Taiz province.”

The American magazine said in its report that the coalition forces are living a death state in Marib, in light of the rapid advance of Sana’a forces towards the city.

Islah Party Threatens the Countries of Coalition 

On the other hand, a military source affiliated with the Islah militia who was controlling the province threatened that what he described as the National Army had documents and facts that reveal the failure of the coalition to support the legitimacy (pro-aggression government) in Marib. The documents will be revealed if the position of the coalition continues to let down legitimacy,” he added.

This accusation for the coalition comes within a massive wave of mutual accusations between the components of the coalition about the reasons for their defeat in Marib.

The Military Watch considered that all the coalition’s attempts to repel the attack of Sana’a forces had failed, due to the good preparation made by the latter in order to gain control of Marib, stressing that the loss of Marib represents a fatal blow to the coalition, and that will change much of the equation of the battle in Yemen.

Tribal Splits

Meanwhile, media sources revealed that major splits occurred in the Murad tribe, one of the largest tribes in Marib province. In addition, 30 sheikhs from the Murad tribe visited Sana’a, during which an understanding was reached with civilian and military leaders in the Salvation Government, in order to form a military brigade, from the sons of the tribe, to fight with the Army and Committees to liberat Marib province from the coalition forces.

The Military Watch considered that the bad management that the Islah Party followed towards the citizens and tribes is among the most important reasons that contributed them to a popular desire to join the Sana’a government, and get rid of the corruption of the Islah Party, which had been controlling the province for nearly six years.

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Video Shows British Soldier Being Arrested for Opposing UK Arming of Saudi Arabia

By Alan Macleod

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A British soldier has been arrested for opposing the United Kingdom’s role in the Saudi-led war against Yemen. Video shows Lance Corporal Ahmed Al-Babati of the Royal Signals being led away by military police from his protest outside Britain’s Ministry of Defense in London.

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Al-Babati earlier released a video explaining his decision to risk his freedom rather than participate in what he feels is a grossly immoral war. “Our government continues to arm and support Saudi Arabia,” he said. “We tried to make our voices heard by protesting in London, Manchester, Liverpool and many other cities. We’ve even tried to email our MPs, but clearly our words mean nothing to [Prime Minister] Boris Johnson.”

I joined the army in 2017 and took an oath to protect and serve this country, not to be part of a corrupt government that continues to arm and support terrorism. What made this decision so easy for me and why I choose to sacrifice a lot of things including possibly my freedom is for the simple fact that me, myself as somebody that was born in Yemen, I could have easily fell victim to one of those air strikes or died out of hunger. I’ve seen enough not to speak out and I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a paycheck.”

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Yemen is suffering through what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” the organization estimating that 14 million people — over half the country’s population — are at risk of famine, and 20.5 million need help accessing drinkable water. The situation is largely the result of the five year conflict, misleadingly labeled the Yemeni Civil War, which, in reality, is largely a Saudi-led struggle against the Houthi rebels, situated in the west of the country. Between 2014 and 2015, the Houthis overthrew the government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, with the Saudi government spending five years attempting to reinstall him as the leader of a united Yemen.

Eschewing diplomatic solutions or boots on the ground, however, the Saudis have largely resorted to sustained bombing campaigns, which have destroyed the country’s already limited infrastructure. A recent report from Oxfam calculated that there had been almost 200 air raids on hospitals, clinics, wells or water tanks since the conflict began in 2015, around one every ten days. As a result, Yemen is beset with twin epidemics of COVID-19 and cholera, their stretched medical system unable to cope with either. The war is estimated to have killed almost a quarter of a million people to date.

“It is clear this government has blood on their hands, so with that being said I refuse to continue my military service until the arms trade with Saudi Arabia has been put to an end. It is reported that a child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen, so I’ll be standing outside 10 Downing Street blowing a whistle every 10 minutes so that they can hear every time a child dies due to a war they continue to arm and support,” Al-Babati said. He was reportedly arrested after protesting for 9 hours and 30 minutes, blowing his whistle 57 times during that period.

The British role in Yemen’s anguish is well documented. The United Kingdom is a key ally of the Kingdom, supplying it with billions of dollars worth of military equipment. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Saudi Arabia is by far Britain’s most important arms customer, responsible for 49 percent of total weapons purchases, buoying the booming industry. In addition, Britain has around 200 military personnel in the country, responsible for training, repairing and maintaining the Saudis’ costly warplanes, keeping the conflict going. Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had promised to put an immediate end to U.K. sales to Saudi Arabia if elected. However, the Conservative victory in the December elections effectively put an end to the debate, sending the stocks of British weapons manufacturers soaring.

Al-Babati has now not been seen for two days, with the Army refusing to discuss the matter with the media. His fate remains unknown. However, Al-Babati clearly did not make the decision lightly and knew what his fate could be. In 2010, British soldier Joe Glenton was sentenced to 9 months in prison after he refused to return to Afghanistan on conscientious grounds. Whether Al-Babati is given the same treatment remains to be seen.

ANSAR ALLAH FORCES RESISTING SAUDI-LED AGGRESSION RELEASE MORE VIDEOS SHOWING LATEST CLASHES

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04.08.2020 

The military forces in Yemen (Ansar Allah) resisting the Saudi-led aggression have released more video footage of the resistance forces spearheading the efforts to expel the invaders from their country and some of the latest clashes that have taken place.

The footage includes several tanks and other vehicles being destroyed by anti-tank missiles.

Meanwhile, the Saudi’s have made another attempt to win over the leadership of the Southern Transitional Council, which receives backing from the United Arab Emirates, and secure their acquiescence to support the administration of former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in areas under Saudi occupation.

According to a report by Press TV the rival forces, sponsored by the Saudis and the UAE respectively, have agreed to share power in the country’s south as part of an agreement brokered by Riyadh in an attempt to end infighting in the military coalition that has been waging war against the people of Yemen since March of 2015.

On Tuesday of last week, Saudi Arabia said it had proposed a resolution aimed at renewing the groups’ commitment to implement a deal that the kingdom had brokered in Riyadh last November between militants loyal to the Saudi-allied Hadi administration and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).

Under the Saudi-proposed resolution, the STC agreed to rescind its proclamation of ‘self-rule’ in the southern port city of Aden, which serves as the seat of the Hadi administration, according to a press release posted by the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) and the Saudi Foreign Ministry early on Wednesday.

The sides also renewed an agreement to observe a ceasefire which was supposed to come into effect on June 22, and agreed to jointly appoint a ‘governor’ for the regional capital Aden and form ‘a government’ there within 30 days.

Shortly after the report, STC spokesman Nizar Haitham tweeted that his group was abandoning self-administration.

The Riyadh agreement signed last year was intended to end the power struggle and deadly clashes between the two sides, which are allies under the Riyadh-led military coalition. However, in April the STC declared a state of emergency in areas under its control and announced “self-administration rule” in Yemen’s south. LINK

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ما هو مستقبل اليمن؟

د. علي أحمد الديلميّ

تحتاج عملية التحوّل السياسي في اليمن إلى صياغة رؤية للمستقبل تعمل على معالجة الخلل في النظام السياسي الحالي من خلال العمل على إتمام المصالحة الوطنية الشاملة وتحديد شكل الدولة ودستورها.

من خلال قراءة سريعة لواقع العمل السياسي في اليمن عبر التاريخ، نجد أنّ الصراع على السلطة ظلّ يأخذ بالأبعاد الطائفية والدينية والمناطقية نفسها، كل ذلك بسبب فشل النخبة السياسية في بلادنا في بناء نظام سياسي شامل يساوي بين الجميع ويتجاوز الطوائف والمناطق والمذاهب.

بعد أكثر من خمس سنوات من العدوان على اليمن، تعزّزت الانقسامات الداخليّة بسبب هروب الرئيس عبدربه منصور هادي إلى السعودية وطلبه تدخلاً سعودياً تحت شعار «استعادة الشرعية»، وبدلاً من عودة الشرعية واستعادة سلطه الدولة، شهد اليمن انقساماً لم نعرف له مثيلاً من قبل، نتيجة التحالفات والاختلافات السياسية والطائفية والمناطقية والمذهبية داخل الأطر المؤيدة لـ«الشرعية». فقد بدأ التجمع اليمني للإصلاح (جماعة الإخوان المسلمين) في اليمن والفريق علي محسن ومن تحالف معهما من القبائل والأحزاب وغيرها إقامة سلطة مستقلة عن الشرعية في مأرب، كما قام المجلس الانتقالي في الجنوب ببسط سلطته على عدن وبعض مناطق الجنوب في ظلّ صراعات جنوبية ـ جنوبية تتداخل فيها الصراعات مع الشمال ومع «الشرعية».

على وقع هذه الانقسامات والعدوان المستمرّ، ظلّ هادي وحكومته يمارسان «شرعيتهما» من الرياض بعد أن سلّم هادي كلّ أدوات الحكم لدول التحالف لعجزه عن فعل أيّ شيء يؤكد شرعيته. وتأتي استقالة وزير التجارة والصناعة في حكومة هادي محمد الميتمي التي تقدّم بها أمس، لتعكس مدى التخبُّط والتفكك داخل حكومة الشرعية نفسها وخروج الأمور عن السيطرة، حيث علّل الميتمي استقالته بأنّ «دولاً إقليمية ضمن التحالف السعودي تسعى إلى تمزيق اليمن والانقلاب على الشرعية».

وفي المقابل، تعزّزت سلطة «أنصار الله» في المناطق الخاضعة لسلطتهم، الأمر الذي أثار انزعاج منافسيهم من المكونات السياسية الأخرى المتحالفة مع الرئيس عبدربه منصور هادي.

في حقيقة الأمر، كانت لهذا التنافس أبعاد طائفية ومناطقية ومذهبية تمّ تغليفها سياسياً، إذ ينظر المتحالفون مع «الشرعية» إلى «أنصار الله» على أنهم إماميون يريدون حكم اليمن على أساس العرق، وأنهم يُميّزون الهاشميين عن غيرهم من باقي فئات المجتمع اليمني، وأنهم سلاليون وكهنوتين ورافضة، يمارسون السلطة الحديدية بالقهر والقتل، كما يتّهمونهم بأنهم يريدون القضاء على النظام الجمهوري وبأنهم يتلقون الدعم من إيران وحزب الله اللبناني ويريدون أن يكونوا كياناً مشابهاً لهذا الحزب، وغيرها من الاتهامات تُساق في حق «أنصار الله» والتي تزيد من حدة الانقسامات.

في المقابل، ينظر «أنصار الله» إلى المتحالفين مع هادي على أنهم استدعوا الخارج للتدخل في شؤون اليمن وأنهم باتوا مُرتَهنين للخارج بعد أن فرطوا في سيادة اليمن، ويمارسون حملات تشويه وكراهية ضدهم وضدّ كثير من اليمنيين الذين ينتمون إلى «أنصار الله» وهم من كلّ اليمنيين. كما يرى «أنصار الله» أنّ المبادرة الخليجية للحلّ السياسي في اليمن بعد أحداث ما يُسمّى «الربيع العربي» همّشت القوى اليمنية الثورية وأعادت توزيع السلطة بشكل غير عادل وأبقت النظام القديم فاعلاً. كما يتّهمون السلطة والمتحالفين معها بتهميشهم وظلمهم ومحاربة المذهب الزيدي وإغلاق مدارسهم وقتل علمائهم وقادة الرأي المتعاطفين معهم، وبالدفع بصحف «الشرعية» و«حزب الإصلاح» و«الإخوان المسلمين» والأحزاب المتحالفة معهم لشنّ حملات تضليل وكراهية، إضافة إلى حملات التشويه المستمرة التي يقوم بها من يسمّون أنفسهم «أقيال» سبتمبريين مثقفين جمهوريين وغيرها ضدهم.

عند التعمُّق في أسباب الصراع الدائر اليوم في اليمن، نجد أنّ معظم أطراف الصراع تعلن أنها جمهورية ومع النظام الجمهوري ضدّ العنصرية والطائفية والمناطقية والمذهبية وأنها مع بناء دولة مدنيّة تكفل حقوق الجميع في المواطنة والمساواة لتحقيق العدالة، وأنّها مع التداول السلمي للسلطة وتقوية قيم الحرية والديمقراطية وتعزيزها، لكنّ الواقع على الأرض مختلف تماماً، ومن هنا نرى أنّ المدخل الأساسي لبداية الحلّ السياسي الشامل في اليمن، هو وعي أبناء الشعب اليمني، بكافة أطيافهم وفئاتهم، وإدراكهم أهمية بناء الدولة ووضع الأسس القوية لها من خلال بناء المؤسّسات بشكل علمي ووطني بعيداً عن ممارسات الماضي المتخلِّفة في الإقصاء والقهر.

على اليمنيين جميعاً التماسك والتكاتف والضغط على كلّ من أوصلهم إلى هذا الحال. فالعالم يتغيّر والشعوب تتطور وتطالب بالأفضل لها في الأمن والسلام والحياة الكريمة.

السؤال الذي يطرح نفسه دائماً: أين قادة الرأي والمثقفون ومنظمات المجتمع المدني في اليمن اليوم. أليس حريّاً بهم أن يقوموا بدورهم الوطني الجامع، بدلاً من أن يكونوا أدوات مأجورة في أيدي من يريدون تشتيت المجتمع اليمني وانقسامه؟

أين دورهم اليوم في الضغط على كلّ من يتحكمون بالمشهد السياسي في اليمن وحثهم على الجلوس إلى طاولة حوار وإطلاق المصالحة الشاملة وبناء الدولة التي تحقق الأمن والسلام والحياة الكريمة للجميع؟

قد يقول البعض إنّ هذا الكلام مثالي وغير قابل للتطبيق، لكنني أقول إنّ إرادة الشعوب لا تقهر إذا كان هناك صدق في العمل والإرادة من أجل الأفضل، أما الذين شاركوا في سفك دماء اليمنيين، فهؤلاء سيظلون أدوات للخراب والتدمير وانقسام الناس في صراعات عبثية لا تسمن ولا تغني من جوع، وإذا لم يتكاتف اليمنيون من أجل مستقبل بلادهم فسيظلون ضحايا لهذه الصراعات العبثية.

حفظ الله اليمن وأهلها من كلّ مكروه.

*دبلوماسي يمني.

Saudi-led Militants Start Takeover of Yemen’s Socotra after Fierce Infighting

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2020-05-06

Saudi Arabian-backed militants loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have started to take control of Socotra Island’s provincial capital of Hadibo after fierce fighting with UAE-supported mercenaries.

Socotra governor’s information secretary Muhammad Abdullah al-Socotri told Anadolu Agency that the takeover process began on Saturday, adding that it came as part of an agreement reached on Friday to end infighting on the island. 

According to the report, the process began simultaneously with the withdrawal of armed units of the so-called Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is backed by the UAE, from positions they seized after intense clashes.

Last week, the STC declared a state of emergency and announced “self-administration rule” in Yemen’s southern regions, including the port city of Aden — which has served as the seat of Hadi’s former regime during the Saudi military aggression, sparking the tensions.

In August 2018, the UAE deployed more than a hundred troops with artillery and armored vehicles to Socotra. A few months later, a UAE official visiting Socotra said the island would become part of the UAE and its residents would be given Emirati citizenship.

In 2019, the UAE announced a surprise plan to withdraw part of its troops from Yemen in a major blow to its coalition allies.

Both the UAE-sponsored separatists and Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists serve a Riyadh-led military coalition which has been waging a bloody war on Yemeni people since 2015.

Source: Press TV

Update: Saudi-backed forces abruptly abandon Yemen’s Socotra Island