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Scores of Yemenis Killed in Attacks, Saudi Air Strikes and Houthi Drone Attacks Continue

July 11, 2019 

Yemeni National Oncology Center Threatened of Closure because of the war, July 28, 2019	Gunmen assassinate brother of Hadramout Reform Party leader Salah Batis, July 28, 2019

 

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The following news stories are from the Yemeni independent website Al-Masdar ( http://www.almasdaronline.com/category/42  ):

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A child killed, others injured in Houthi shelling north of Taiz

July 29, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٢٩ يوليو ٢٠١٩

A child was killed and two other children and a civilian from one family were injured when Houthi militias shelled a residential neighborhood north of Taiz -southwestern Yemen .

A local source told Al-Masdar Online that Houthi militias based in Al-Hawban, east of Taiz, shelled the al-Rawda neighborhood north of the city.

According to the source, Zakaria Khaled Saleh Hatem, a one-and-a-half-year-old child, was killed and his sister Khuloud Khaled Saleh Hatem, 10 years old, and their relatives, Thekra Ali Hamid Abdullah  5 years old, and Rushdi Khaled Hassan Saleh 38 years old, were injured.

Gunmen assassinate brother of Hadramout Reform Party leader Salah Batis

July 29, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٢٩ يوليو ٢٠١٩

On Sunday, unidentified gunmen assassinated the brother of Yemen's Shura Council member and Reform “Islah”  Party  leader Sheikh Salah Batis.

A source close to the victim told Al-Masdar online that gunmen opened fire on Jamil Batis in the center of Sieyun, the center of Hadramout Valley.

He said the motives for the incident were not yet known and security authorities had not yet issued an explanation.

Killings and assassinations are repeated from time to time in the shadow of a marked security weakness attributed by officials to poor support for the security services. 

The third assassination in 72 hours. Unidentified gunman kills two young men in Dar Saad, north of Aden

July 27, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٢٧ يوليو ٢٠١٩

A local source told Al-Masdar Online an unidentified gunman shot two young men in Dar Saad district north of the southern city of Aden late Friday evening, killing them on the spot in the third attack in 72 hours in Yemen’s interim capital

According to the source, an unidentified gunman riding a motorcycle fired at two young men who were together near The Abdu Fadel School in Dar Saad district before fleeing to unknown area, and the  two citizens from the neighborhood who were killed rushed to a hospital, but they had died.

According to the source, the two young men belong to Crater district south of Aden.

Yesterday, a young man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Sheikh Othman's district, and another killing occurred 24 hours later, targeting a soldier in the UAE-backed security belt.

Taiz.. 5 children injured by Houthi fire and soldier killed by unknown assailants

July 27, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٢٧ يوليو ٢٠١٩

Unidentified gunmen assassinated a government soldier on the lower Tahrir Street in the center of the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz on Saturday.

A local source told Al-Masdar Online that unidentified gunmen opened fire on a 22nd brigade member, Mohammed Abed, at dawn near Al-Abbas Hospital on the Lower Tahrir Street, killing him instantly as the gunmen fled.

Meanwhile, five children were injured, two of them seriously, on Saturday afternoon when Houthi militias shelled al-Humaira neighborhood in Sala district , east of Taiz.

A bloody summer in Ibb,,,, "Al-Masdar Online", monitors the death and injury of more than 20 people in separate incidents within 4 days

July 27, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٢٧ يوليو ٢٠١٩

Three people were killed in a number of areas of Central Yemen's Ibb province in separate incidents on Friday, amid widespread security chaos in the Houthi-controlled province.

A local source told Al-Masdar Online that Riyadh Musleh al-Adwar was shot dead by gunmen in the Al-Al-She’er Directorate, while two other people were killed in two separate incidents in al-Sayani district, south of the province.

According to local sources, Ahmed Mohammed al-Tayeb, 65, was shot dead by a gunman, while Ahmed Ali Iskandar was killed under mysterious circumstances.

The number of dead and wounded in the Ibb governorates has risen to 18 and 7 injured, including children and elderly, over the past four days, amid an alarming rise in the number and victims of murders in the province.

Ibb, the country's most famous tourist province, is experiencing security chaos, with which crimes, daily killings, looting and theft of citizens' property have increased.

 

 

 

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The following news stories are from the pro-Houthi website Yemen Extra (http://www.yemenextra.net/):

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National Yemeni Oncology Center Threatened of Closure

On Jul 28, 2019, YemenExtra, M.A.

Dr. Abdullah Thawabah, head of the National Oncology Center, said that the radiation section will be closed if National organizations do not intervene. “The Yemeni patient is deprived of radiation therapy for cancer because of the siege imposed by the US-Saudi aggression,” he added.

He explained that the Radioactive Iodine is simple, inexpensive material and is used in the treating of the patients and “today this substance is banned from entering Yemen because of the siege.” He noted that chemotherapy for cancer is no longer possible in Yemen because of the closure of Sana’a Int. Airport.

The head of the Oncology Center pointed out that the surgical option in the treatment of cancer patients is partly available because some of these cases need to be treated abroad, stressing that “Yemeni patients are suffering and we’re suffering from the Saudi aggression and the neglection of the international community regarding this problem.” He said that “we treat all patients according to the possibilities in the treatment plan and today most of these possibilities do not exist.”

The head of the National Oncology Center called on the international community to take its responsibilities seriously, open Sana’a Airport and provide services to cancer patients.

Saudi Arabia wants to kill Yemenis with their money

On Jul 28, 2019, YemenExtra, Y.A

The so-called “legitimacy” government held meetings in Riyadh during the past days to discuss an agreement between Hadi’s government and Saudi Arabia to enable the latter to benefit from some Yemeni territories for exchange of money, sources close to the government reported on Saturday.

The head of Hadi’s government Moeen Abdulmalik, his deputy interior minister Ahmed al-Misari, head of “Sayoun parliament” Sultan al-Barakani and Hadi’s advisor Rashad al-Alimi attended the meetings .

The sources said that Saudi Arabia had pressured al-Barkani to approve the draft agreement during the next meeting of Sayoun parliament after Eid al-Adha, confirming that negotiations are still ongoing with Hadi’s government and al-Barakani by the Saudi party that is determined to pass the project by all available and unavailable means.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

Al-Houthi Holds US-Saudi Aggression and UN Responsible for Safer Floating Oil Tank

On Jul 28, 2019, YemenExtra, M.A.

Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohamed Ali Al-Houthi, said that Yemen is holding the countries of Saudi-led coalition and the United Nations responsible for any leak from the Safer, a floating oil tank in the Red Sea.

He mentioned in his Twitter account, “We do not deny the existence of maintenance of the floating oil tank, it is what we always demanded,” stressing that “the refusal of the forces of aggression to sell oil in the tank to pay the salaries of employees is illogical and inhumane.”

It is noteworthy that the Saudi-led coalition has been preventing the maintenance of the tank since November 2016. The tank is not getting any fuel to operate generators for cooling and discharging gas from crude oil. They have prevented buyers of the crude oil from entering the territorial waters to get 3000 tons of fuel oil from Safer.

July 27: Saudi American War Crimes in Yemen

On Jul 28, 2019, YemenExtra, M.A.

The Saudi-led coalition continued last Saturday to launch raids and carrying out bombardments on a number of Yemeni provinces, leading to casualties and great damage to public and private property. Additionally, the Saudi/UAE mercenaries continued their violations of the cease-fire agreement of Hodeidah coastal province.

In the Yemeni province of Hodeidah, a civilian was killed and 5 civilians were injured as a result of artillery shells conducted by the mercenaries of the Saudi-led coalition on Musa Street in the Meana’a district.

Moreover, a woman was wounded by the forces of coalition in the al-Mughars within the district of Tuhita. Meanwhile, Saudi mercenaries used various machine guns in targeting the al-Dhibiani neighborhood and al-Ittihad Hotel in the residential area of 7-Yolio. In addition, the forces of aggression struck with missiles the Yemani intersection, Dhibani neighborhood and the vicinity of the al-Ittihad Hotel.

The Saudi mercenaries also attacked, using heavy and medium machine guns, the Shabab city in 90th Street and various areas of the 7-Yolio residential area. Moreover, the aggression forces shelled with artillery and machine guns al-Jah area in the district of Beit al-Faqih and the also the besieged city of the al-Durayhimi.

It is worth mentioning that Apache helicopters were seen in the atmosphere of the al-Jah area in the district of Beit al-Faqih.

In the Hajjah province, the Saudi military aircraft carried out a number of four raids on the districts of Harad and Hiran.

In the northern province of Saada, the Saudi-led coalition carried out a missile and artillery shelling, targeting populated villages in the district of Munebah bordering district with Saudi Arabia. Moreover, a mosque was damaged by the Saudi rocket and artillery bombardment on populated villages in the bordering province of Razih within the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia’s sky rains Yemeni drones

On Jul 26, 2019, YemenExtra, Y.A

On Thursday night, the Air Force launched large-scale offensive operations with Qasef 2K drones on vital targets at Abha International Airport in Asir.

The spokesman of the armed forces, Brigadier Yahya Sari, said that the Air Force carried out large-scale operations and targeted airfields and other military used sites, adding that the drones hit their targets accurately and led to a disruption in air traffic to and out off the airport, and threatening the Saudi regime with more painful days as long as it continued its war, siege and continuous raids, which reached 25 airstrikes in the past 12 hours.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

Yemeni drone hits Saudi King Khalid Air Base

On Jul 25, 2019, YemenExra, Y.A

The Air Force waged large-scale offensive operations with Qasef 2K drones on vital targets at King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushayt, Asir on Wednesday night.

The spokesman of the armed forces, Brigadier Yahya Sari, said that rapid operations of the Air Force targeted the warplanes and areas of warplanes’ loading and sensitive sites in the King Khalid Air Base, stressing that the operations hit their targets with high accuracy.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

Yemen is Ready to Stop Attack on Saudi if they First Do: President

On Jul 24, 2019, YemenExtra, SH.A.

President Mehdi Al-Mashat, Head of the Supreme Political Council, said that “Yemen is ready to stop its rocket and air attacks against Saudi Arabia if Saudis do the same and facilitate the access of basic aid through seaports; hen start a political process in a calm atmosphere.” During his meeting with the delegation of the International Crisis Group, the president affirmed that “the Yemenis will reach out to peace at all stages” during facing the US-Saudi aggression. He pointed out that the Yemenis are not seeking to continue the war except in defense of themselves.

The President stressed that Yemen does not accept the US and Israeli presence on its borders, and that “the countries of aggression must know that Yemen is a country that has sovereignty and is not subject to anyone’s agenda, and once they understated that, the solution will be easy.

” He pointed to the commitment of the Army and the Popular Committees to implement nearly half of the commitments in the Hodeidah’s agreement unilaterally while the other pro-aggression party did not implement any step. This exposes the behavior of the mercenaries.

As for the relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the president said, “With regard to the false allegations of dependence on Iran, it is false is just a repeated cylinder and we confirm that there is no dependence on Iran.”

“The countries leading the aggression against Yemen have a problem with us is not the alleged subordination to Iran, but the problem with us is that we do not follow anyone. If we were people who are in the market of slavery, the Saudi regime had bought us a long time ago. we are people of history and greatness that prevents us to be owned by anyone.”

He pointed out that the Supreme Political Council has no objection to dealing with what the delegation of the International Crisis Group suggested about the possibility of launching a Yemeni-Saudi dialogue to achieve a just peace for all.

Dead bodies spread all over the UAE-controlled Yemeni cities

On Jul 28, 2019, YemenExtra, Y.A

Assassinations and security disorder spred in Aden ,Hadramout which are under the control of UAE, main part of the Saudi-led coalition while Yemeni sources reported the almost daily assassinations in July.

Governor of Aden province Tariq Sallam , for his part ,warned of an attempt to blow up the situation in the province and activate the role of terrorist groups recently made with the support of Saudi-led coalition countries, backed by the US.

“The coalition countries are planning to blow up the situation in the southern provinces and fuel the war between their people,” he said.

A citizen was assassinated on Sunday evening by unknown gunmen in Sayoun city of the occupied Hadramout province, eastern Yemen where unknown gunmen opened fire the citizen Ba Tais while riding his car in central the city, killing him immediately.

They added that the gunmen who are likely affiliated to the so-called Southern Transitional Council loyal to the UAE and opposed to Hadi government fled after committing their crime, while the citizen’s body was transferred to the Public Hospital of Sayoun.

A Saudi-led coalition’s recruit on Tuesday was assassinated by unknown paid fighters .The paid fighter riding a motorbike opened fire towards the recruit Abdullah Awadh Harish in Seiyun city.

Meanwhile, a young man was shot by the UAE paid fighters in an attempt to disperse protesters against the power outages in Mukalla city .

A citizen was assassinated on Friday by unknown gunmen in Yemen’s southern province of Aden, according sources.

The gunmen fired shots at the citizen Mufaid al-Wahishi in al-Sheikh Othman district.

A motorbike driver was killed on Wednesday by unknown paid fighters in Yemen’s southern province of Aden.The unknown gunmen on motorbike opened fire towards the driver Ammar Arafah in al-Sheikh Othman district.

Meanwhile, paid fighters affiliated to so-called of Southern Transition Council backed by the UAE forces of the UAE fired shots at photographer Saleh al-Obeidi

Residents found the body of a citizen . The young was shot to the head in al-Sheikh Othman district.

A UAE-backed paid fighters’ military vehicle killed and wounded four citizens in a traffic accident .The vehicle overturned and collided with a citizen’s car in al-Mansourah district.

Unknown gunmen executed a young man after he was abducted , “”The young man, Ammar al-rugby was kidnapped while he was passing through Sheikh Othman district, then unknown gunmen took him to Al-Samoum school in Sayelah to eliminate him there.

The gunmen fled the scene after the killing of al-rugby.

Unknown gunmen assassinated a 30-year-old citizen.The unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Ali Abdel Rahman while driving his car in the city of Sheikh Othman, killing him instantly.Then the gunmen fled the scene, while the reasons and motives of the killing still unclear.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

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