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7 Yemenis Killed, Scores Injured, in Saudi-Emirati Air Strikes, Hospitals  Announce State of Emergency

February 24, 2022

 

People inspect a damaged building at the site of a Saudi-led airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen, February 2, 2022

 

12 Citizens Killed And Injured By Saudi Bombing On Sa’ada Province

Yemen Exra, Feb 23, 2022  

Three civilians were killed, while nine others were wounded, including African migrants, children and women, as a result of missile shelling targeting the northern province of Sa’ada, in a new Saudi crime.

According to sources in the governorate, the missile strikes targeted villages in the Munabaphh district killing and wounding 12 people.

The Saudi’s army continue their crimes on a daily basis in Sa’ada governorate, causing deaths and injuries and on daily basis.

Coalition Saudi-Emirate Wages Raids On Hajjah

Yemen Extra, Feb 23, 2022  

The Coalition Saudi-Emirate warplanes launched raids on Hajjah province, a source said.

A source added Coalition Saudi-Emirate’s warplanes targeted Haradh district .

A source that the Coalition Saudi-Emirate’s warplanes launched 9 raids on the district of Hiran and Bani Hassan area in Abs district.

125 Recorded Violations By Coalition Saudi-Emirate In Hodeidah

Yemen Extra, Feb 23, 2022  

The source, which monitors violations of the Stockholm Agreement and Ceasefire in Hodeidah, reported 125 violations staged by Coalition Saudi-Emirate forces . A source pointed out that the violations included developing new military fortifications in Al-Jabalyah, in addition to the flying of two spy drones over Maqbna . They staged 42 attacks by 126 missiles and artillery shells, and 78 attacks with live bullets.

On other hand, the Coalition Saudi-Emirate violates the UN-backed agreement, reached between the warring sides during a round of UN-sponsored peace negotiations in Sweden in December 2018.

The agreement committed the parties to an immediate ceasefire in the city of Hodeidah and the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa, redeployment of forces, securing the ports, the establishment of the joint Redeployment Coordination Committee chaired by the United Nations, and the use of the revenues of the ports to support civil service salary payments.

The continuous violations by Coalition Saudi-Emarite in Hodeidah come in light of an international silence.

A Woman Killed, 16 Others Injured In Hajjah And Saada Provinces

Yemen Extra, Feb 22, 2022  

A female citizen was killed and 16 others were wounded by an air raid and the Saudi-Emirati aggression artillery shelling was fired on Hajjah and Saada provinces, and violations continued in Hodeida province, a military official at the operations room said.

A woman was killed and 10 others were wounded, most of them women, as a result of an air raid of aggression on the house of Ahmed Tamri in Abas district in Hajjah province, the official added.

The official confirmed the injury of 6 citizens by the Saudi bombing of Al-Raqo area in the Monabbeh border district in Saada province.

The aggression forces on Monday committed 258 violations in Hodeida province over the past 48 hours, also the aggression forces created 7 combat fortifications in Hays and al-Jabaliya area while 14 spy planes flew over the al-Jabaliya area.

He said the aggression forces carried out 78 violations in which they fired 275 artillery shelling and 132 various bullets.

The official stated that the aggression warplanes launched 18 raids on Haradh district, 4 raids on Bani Hassan area in Abas district, and one raid on Hairan district in Hajjah province.

The aggression launched a raid on Bir Basha area in Al-Ta’aiziya district in Taiz province and 2 raids on Al-Balaq in Al-Wadi district in the Marib province. Aggression also targeted with 3 raids Al-Yatama area in Khab Washa’af district in Jawf province.

Three Civilians Killed By A Landmine Explosion In Marib

Yemen Extra, Feb 22, 2022  

Three civilians were killed on Monday in a mine explosion left by the mercenaries of the Saudi-Emirati aggression in Serwah district in Marib province.

District director Muree al-Amiri called for urgent action to cleanse the villages and areas of the district of the remnants of the aggression of cluster bombs, missiles and mines, which pose a threat to the lives of civilians.

In turn, the Executive Center for Mine Action confirmed that civilian casualties were recorded on a daily basis due to the large spread of cluster bombs and other remnants of air raids by the US-Saudi aggression.

The center pointed out the difficulties it faces due to the failure of the United Nations Development Program to provide the requirements for marking areas contaminated with cluster bombs, remnants of war and raids.

Hospitals Declare An Emergency State Because Of The Siege On Oil Tankers

Yemen Extra, Feb 22, 2022  

Today, Tuesday, the Yemeni Private Hospitals Federation announced a state of emergency due to the siege on oil tankers. The federation assured costs of obtaining fuel increased as a result of the Saudi-led detention of oil ships and preventing their entry to Yemen, stressing that this matter will lead to a complete inability to provide medical services.

In a statement, the Federation of Yemeni Private Hospitals renewed its condemnation of the piracy and detention of oil derivatives ships off the port of Hodeidah and the prevention of their entry to Yemen.

The union explained that as a result of the siege, the services provided to the patient decreased by 50%, and a number of departments were closed in some hospitals

He pointed out that the lack of oil derivatives led to the death of many patients in the intensive care, emergency and operations departments; As well as the inability of hospitals to save and store medicines for chronic diseases such as diabetes and tumors.

The statement called on the United Nations and the international envoy to use the strongest means of pressure on the coalition of aggression and allow the entry of oil vessels, holding the UN fully responsible for the repercussions of this siege.

The Yemeni Private Hospitals Federation also called on all humanitarian organizations to stand with the health sector and enhance its role in providing primary medical services and saving lives in light of the exceptional circumstances the country is going through.

A Rally To Warn Of A Near Catastrophe As A Result Of Siege On Oil Vessels

Yemen Extra, Feb 21, 2022  

The service sectors in the capital, Sanaa, and the employees of the Yemeni Petroleum Company organized on Sunday a protest in front of the United Nations office, to denounce the US-Saudi-Emirati continued detention of oil ships.

In the protest, various service sectors, renewed the warning of an imminent humanitarian disaster, as a result of the continued detention of oil tankers by the US-Saudi-Emirati coalition of aggression.

Statements issued by the service sectors in the capital Sanaa demanded an urgent intervention to release oil tankers and allow them to enter the port of Hodeidah.

Moreover, the statements denounced the shameful international silence and the complicity of the international community and international organizations towards the arbitrary practices of the aggressive countries, which doubled the human suffering of the Yemeni people, who are being subjected to aggression and siege for seven years.

The statements also pointed out the catastrophic consequences for the environment and health sectors in the Yemeni capital, as a result of the continued detention of fuel ships due to the siege on oil from entering the country. It added that the consequences will include the suspension of the health sector and hospitals, the disruption of the hygiene sector and the accumulation of waste in the streets.

Participants at the protest called on the international community and humanitarian organizations to play the humanitarian role to prevent an imminent humanitarian catastrophe affecting all sectors, holding the United Nations and the Security Council fully responsible for the repercussions of the continued detention of fuel ships.

Moreover, the protesters called upon the free people of the world to intervene urgently and put pressure on the countries of aggression, led by the US, to stop piracy on oil ships and allow their entry to the port of Hodeidah, and ensure that the service sectors are provided with the necessary fuel, and to ensure that they continue to provide their services to citizens.

UNICEF Interventions In Health, Education, Water Sectors Discussed In Sana’a

Yemen Extra, Feb 23, 2022  8  Share

The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ibrahim Al-Hamali, discussed on Tuesday with UNICEF Resident Representative in Yemen, Philippe Duamelle, the organization interventions and projects, especially in health, education and water sectors.

During the meeting, Al-Hamali valued UNICEF’s efforts in providing services and paying attention to projects that the community needs in the areas of health, education and water.

Al-Hamali pointed to the extent of the suffering, burdens and challenges imposed on the Yemeni people as a result of the aggression and the siege.

He called on humanitarian organizations to denounce the violations against civilians, including the closure of Sanaa Airport and the deprivation of thousands of patients from traveling to receive treatment, as well as the detention of oil derivatives ships.

For his part, the UNICEF representative praised the Council efforts, which led to the successful implementation of service projects in various fields.

Duamelle confirmed the organization’s endeavor to provide possible support to the health sector and child care, as well as the provision of water and education needs. 

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Yemen War Victims Beyond the Headlines

Despite Renewed Attention, Reality Little Changed for Beleaguered Civilians

By Afrah Nasser

Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division

HRW, February 2, 2022

While the dramatic escalation of fighting in Yemen since mid-January has renewed international attention, the day-to-day reality beyond the ballistic missiles and airstrikes rarely gets the same attention and scrutiny. Beyond the headlines, civilians in Yemen have been caught between hammer and anvil for years.

Civilians in Yemen are routinely subjected to injustices by all parties to the conflict, not just one side. For instance, while the Saudi and UAE-led coalition is responsible for a naval and air blockade on Yemen, and has a sordid record of unlawful attacks, targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in areas held by the Houthi armed group, Houthi forces have also been committing serious abuses. The Houthis’ record of abuses and war crimes is long and growing, including holding people arbitrarily, forcibly disappearing them, and torture. The group also abuses religious minority groups, wrongfully convicts journalists and threatens to execute them, unlawfully shells internally displaced people, and forcibly displaces civilians. Houthi authorities have spread disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic, subjecting civilians and health workers to risks. And the list goes on.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s role in Yemen goes well beyond just airstrikes. Saudi Arabi’s recent decision to not renew work contracts for Yemeni professions could result in a mass forced return of Yemeni workers, a move that would devastate Yemen’s collapsing economy by cutting off at least two million Yemenis’ remittances sent to their families in Yemen.

Likewise, despite removing its ground forces from southern Yemen in late 2019, the UAE continues to support abusive local forces that have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, tortured, and abused dozens of people during security operations, including by transferring weapons to these forces.

The war in Yemen isn’t a football match where one gets to cheer for one side over the other. Behind the headlines about the escalation, there are human victims who have suffered these abuses long enough.

There is no magic bullet for solving Yemen’s problems, but there is no doubt that the path forward should include accountability and redress measures for all abuses, no matter whether they are committed by states, armed groups, or others.

Yemen War Victims Beyond the Headlines | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)

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Houthis abduct two more Yemeni employees of US embassy in Sanaa

Arab News, 24 February 2022

A former spokesperson for the Houthis who defected and now lives in the UK, said the militia seized his house and other property in Dhamar province

AL-MUKALLA: 

The Iran-backed Houthis have abducted two more Yemeni employees of the US embassy in Sanaa, according to a lawyer in the city. Meanwhile the militia has ordered the seizure of more properties belonging to its opponents.

Abdul Majeed Sabra, a Yemeni lawyer who defends abductees held in Houthi prisons, told Arab News on Thursday that two press officers at the shuttered US embassy in Sanaa have been detained. They were identified as Abdul Rahman Al-Sharabi and Nabiel Sultan.

The latest detentions come almost four months after the Houthis stormed the embassy compound, seized the property and detained about two dozen local workers.

When Arab News contacted the US Department of State, a spokesperson refused to confirm or deny the latest reports of abductions, citing concerns about the safety of embassy staff, but said that efforts are being made to secure the release of all detained workers.

“We condemn the Houthis’ continued detention of US and UN local Yemeni staff in Sanaa in the strongest possible terms,” he said. “This action sends worrying signals about the Houthi commitment to peace and intentions toward the international community.”

The US closed its embassy in the Yemeni capital in 2015 and American staff left the country as the Houthis tightened their grip on power after overthrowing the internationally recognized administration of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

Armed Houthis occupied the US embassy compound in November and detained at least two dozen Yemeni staff. Nearly half were released but the militia has refused to free the rest despite mounting local and international pressure and condemnations.

In December, two UN organizations accused the Houthis of abducting two members of their staff a month earlier and called on the militia to release them immediately.

Meanwhile, a former spokesperson for the Houthis said on Wednesday that the militia’s authorities had seized his house and other property in Dhamar province.

Ali Al-Bukhaiti defected from the movement and fled the country, first to Jordan and then the UK. He said that a group of Houthi officials led by his brother, Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, who governs Dhamar, had taken his house in their home province as part of new seizure orders targeting opponents of the militia. He added that the Houthis previously stole furniture from his law office in Sanaa, but vowed that he would continue to oppose the movement and its leader, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi.

“What happened confirms what we had said earlier, that Abdul Malik Al-Houthi is just a thief and a gang leader,” Al-Bukhaiti said on Twitter.“By the way, I say: Just as the confiscation of the law firm and the furniture of the villa in Sanaa did not affect me, the confiscation of my house in Dhamar will not change my position.”

Since seizing power militarily in Yemen in late 2014, the Houthis have used judicial authorities in the areas they control to issue seizure orders and justify looting the properties of hundreds of Yemeni military officials, politicians, lawyers, human rights activists and journalists who fled rebel-held territories.

Also on Wednesday, a court run by the Houthis in Sanaa sentenced three people, including the principal of a private school in the city, to death. They were charged with forming armed groups and colluding with the Yemeni government and the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen.

Elsewhere, warplanes from the coalition reportedly have destroyed a large amount Houthi military equipment in the northern province of Hajjah, where the militia is attempting to seize strategic areas controlled by the government in the districts of Haradh and Abes.

The coalition said it carried out 27 operations in Hajjah that destroyed 16 military vehicles belonging to the rebels. And Yemen’s Defense Ministry said that six airstrikes by coalition warplanes hit Houthi fighters and military vehicles in Haradh on Thursday morning.

Houthis abduct two more Yemeni employees of US embassy in Sanaa (arabnews.com)

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