Yemen Civil War News and Discussion.. an evolving situation

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UAE propaganda failed miserably.

It was KSA and the Yemeni army that liberated Aden and defeated ISIS and AQAP in Yemen. It was KSA that captured and killed AQAP and ISIS leaders in Yemen as well. It is the usual UAE propaganda/bot farms online that are behind this nonsense.

They are trying to frame any group/people that are not doing their bidding as terrorists/Islamists/MB and other nonsense in order to get Zionist and Western support but outside of the Zionists (which are extremely frustrated that KSA keeps ignoring them since 1948 - being the country they would like to have relationship with the most in all of Muslim world for obvious reasons), but for the most part the US/West is not buying it as they realize that KSA is the strongest and most important country in the region and that is only going to increase in the future. We are no longer a sleeping giant which is what frustrates UAE because their previous plans/economic/tourism etc. hegemony is ending and KSA is sweeping the floor with them on all fronts.

KSA is the one supporting the official government in Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the nationalist/traditionalists factions. Same in Syria.

KSA enjoys popular support in every Arab country, including all the Arab tribal and clan factions everywhere from Libya, Sudan, Yemen to Syria. The pro-Yemen/pro-KSA forces in Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra are all local groups composed of all main tribes and clans that represent every sector in society and viewpoint. Those people do not have a unified ideology but are merely defending their lands from outside forces. That is why KSA is eventually winning those proxy wars.

It is opportunistic foreigners/non-Arabs/Zionists that are mostly failing with their plots and support for marginal groups and troublemakers.

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The Houthi cult are also only ruling through terrorism, oppression, (hence the miserable state of North Yemen) of locals. They are not representatives of traditional Zaydi culture or civilization in North Yemen. Those factions are allied with KSA. Northern Yemeni intellectuals, educated people, former Zaydi royal family (based in KSA) etc. are all allied with KSA and support us.

Any way, people of North Yemen and KSA are brothers and sisters and have historically had close/cordial ties throughout all of recorded history and that will remain the case in the future as well because the Houthi cult is not going to hijack North Yemen forever nor will Yemen remain a failed state forever. It is one of the oldest and richest countries/regions of the world/region of Arabia in terms of historical depth, civilization etc.
 
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Good resume of what has occurred in recent days/hours.

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"Temporary Victories: The Illusion of Decisiveness and the Fall of the Wager in 36 HoursIn 36 hours, a swift transformation occurred that redrew the balance of power.

The Yemeni government , with strategic support from the Kingdom , regained Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra (with Shabwa isolated), after the Transitional Council refused to withdraw and attempted to impose a fait accompli in coordination with its sponsor, coinciding with Israel's recognition of Somaliland territory. How does one faction desperately threaten the national security of two neighboring countries at the same time, in coordination with non-neighboring states?

Let us go back a bit. The Southern Transitional Council had extended its control over Say'un and Al-Mahra on December 3–4, just hours before Dr. Obeid Al-Qatwani—head of the special committee—arrived in Al-Mukalla to arrange the deployment procedures for the Watar Shield forces. According to human rights and military sources, the limited clashes with members of the First Military Region in Say'un resulted in more than 40 killed, a hundred injured, and about 5,000 displaced, in addition to raids, arrests, and illegal looting operations. As for Al-Mahra, like Sana'a, it adapted quickly in peace.

In this context, President Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi demanded the withdrawal of "incoming" forces from outside the governorate, and keeping the governorate away from the path of escalation, prioritizing Yemeni interests, respecting Yemen's commitment to the security of neighboring countries, and rejecting "unilateral decisions" which he later described as "rebellion against the state" and against the directives of the transitional phase.

However, the head of the Transitional Council, Presidential Leadership Council member Major General Aidarus Al-Zubaidi, first refused to withdraw the forces, relying on Emirati reassurances, and second, a visit to Riyadh for negotiations. As a result, a joint Saudi-Emirati delegation visited Aden on December 12, but left without achieving any significant progress. In response, Al-Qatwani continued consultation and coordination efforts in Hadhramaut calmly, patiently, and openly. During these events, three members of the Presidential Council affiliated with Abu Dhabi aligned with Aidarus, not surprisingly.

On December 27, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman renewed the red lines in a statement vigilant over Yemen as a people, land, and system, implicitly granting an unannounced grace period estimated at about 72 hours for positive engagement with the demands and reaching an exit that saves face and preserves what can be preserved of the gains for the Transitional Council and the Emirates together. The Defense Minister is a minister of war and peace, and his statement carries clear and direct deterrent implications.

But the intransigence and escalation continued, so came the coalition's warning "limited" strike in Al-Mukalla on December 30, thereby sending messages to the Transitional Council and the Emirates, targeting military supplies that arrived from Fujairah to support the Transitional Council near the Saudi and Omani borders. That strike represented a shift to hard bargaining and confirmation of a non-negotiable ceiling of demands, in hope of a withdrawal that meets the Yemeni-Saudi-Omani demands. President Al-Alimi also announced, after the continued intransigence, a request for strategic support from the "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" to "protect civilians" and restore security and stability, which Riyadh actually agreed to, as it accomplished what President Hadi did not complete: ending the UAE's participation in the coalition and its military presence within 24 hours.

It is a miscalculation and a bet on continued overlooking and adaptation to the fait accompli. But the bet quickly backfired: the Emirates was sidelined "of its own volition," the margin for maneuver narrowed, and the Transitional Council was exposed militarily, thus entering its first decisive battles without air cover.

Amid yesterday's clashes, and with news of the loss of Wadi Hadhramaut, its political intransigence increased, so it lost even Al-Mukalla, which was not part of the demands at the start of the crisis. Thus, the cost of the project to impose hegemony by force rose, and the Transitional Council's future entered a harsher test, politically and on the ground. The Transitional Council's approach was the primary determinant of the expansion of military operations and upcoming targets.

Hours later, Riyadh announced an initiative to hold a comprehensive southern-southern dialogue conference in Riyadh in response to President Al-Alimi's call. Thus, the Southern Transitional Council may attend the southern dialogue as a component, not an exclusive representative; and during that, discussion about its future may open.

Legitimate questions remain: Has the time come to correct the course of the partnership on all levels? Can entry into the southern dialogue occur without implementing all items of the Riyadh Agreement?

And representing entities and individuals with equal weight and in a safe manner for all participants, including those coming from Transitional Council-controlled areas? And creating a possible environment for constructive and fair dialogue? And how can past dialogue experiences be benefited from with weapons, especially the National Dialogue?

As for the big question: How did we get here after ten years? The need is urgent to adopt a new strategic approach that saves Yemen, meets the aspirations of its patient people yearning for just and prosperous peace, and safeguards the security of neighboring countries and international navigation. From here, there must be thinking, review, and reorienting the compass … towards Sana'a!"

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"Aerial footage of #Defenders_of_the_Homeland forces as they surround the three brigades of the Transitional Council's militias in the Al-Adwas camp north of Mukalla, and the leader of the Transitional militias in Hadramaut, Muhammad Al-Zubaidi, and Ali Al-Kathiri, were arrested, as they surrendered after their weapons were seized..#Yemen_Wins"

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"A leaked recording of a field commander in the Transitional Militia reflects the state they have reached due to the head of the council, "the holder of the Emirati nationality," Aidarus al-Zoubeidi..The commander attacks al-Zoubeidi because of his political stupidity and his causing the destruction of the Transitional's military power and the withdrawal of the foreign supporting state that left him alone to face his fate."

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The moment of the arrest of the head of the transitional council in Hadhramaut, Muhammad Al-Zubaidi and Ali Al Kathiri.

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The picture speaks for itself.


Huge convoys of local Hadhrami fighters and patriots entering the outskirts of Al-Mukalla.
 
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every time the Saudis post this map it becomes more comical as they allocate even more land to the Saudi - backed forces
 
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The map is incorrect
Taiz isn't all with the Saudi government
Al-Bayda as a province is all with the Houthis

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at least someone is honest
 
With the UAE being forced out of Yemen by KSA, there is no outside actor that is willing or capable (for now at least) to support them directly. Not only are they outnumbered on the ground and losing most of their gains at an extremely fast rate, they are also getting bombed (very lightly for now) by the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force. Not to mention blocking air travel by KSA. As well as Saudi Arabian Navy imposing a blockade and increasing patrols.

Their ally Tariq Saleh (son of dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh), is now meeting with KBS in Riyadh and it looks likely that he is abandoning the sinking ship as well.

Looks very bleak for the STC and their stupid little stunt orchestrated by Abu Dhabi.

Anyone having illusions of KSA not being involved in affairs of Yemen, while that directly impacts KSA, given the 1500 + long border, shared millennia old history and ties on all fronts, is delusional.

I predicted this situation 1 month ago when certain non-Arab trolls were salivating at the thought of Yemen being further divided. Not so fast. This is only the beginning as well as the entire calculus has been changed.

UAE (Abu Dhabi) will face additional defeat/trouble in Sudan and Somalia as I have covered yesterday.

KSA has taken the gloves off and publicly called UAE out as much as this can be done. Change cause or face the consequences.

Yemen was the first chapter of this. Their entire plan went up in smoke overnight.

Their plots in Syria with the likes of Al-Hijri and other terrorists and troublemakers will end similarly.

KSA, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and others are aligning in all of those countries. Abu Dhabi and the Zionists and their plans look like going up in smoke.
 
Long but interesting post from one of the most followed Yemeni political observers (1.2 million followers) on Arabic X and for the most part correct from what every knowledgeable person can observe on their own.

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There is a limited and cautious thaw—and low blows as well—in relations between the Kingdom and the Emirates, and the statements issued by the four members of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council aligned with Abu Dhabi are part of the Emirates' repositioning to avoid losing everything it invested in Yemen over the past decade, emerging entirely empty-handed as Iran did from Syria.

Saudi policy is characterized by a great deal of wisdom and rationality; it does not engage in zero-sum battles, especially with its allies even if they have wronged it, leaving them room to return and preserving their interests within boundaries that do not conflict with its vision.

But there are some files that I expect are causing concern for the decision-maker in Riyadh, for in exchange for this tolerance toward Abu Dhabi and the currents aligned with it in Yemen after all that has happened from them, they see no quid pro quo for that—and here I am not talking about the public statements, but about what transpires behind closed doors or what I call low blows. Based on my monitoring of many incidents, sites, press, foreign research centers and what they issue, especially regarding Yemen, I have noticed dangerous Emirati tendencies embodied in the following:

1/ Pushing books and foreign researchers aligned with Abu Dhabi to write against the Kingdom and portray its recent operations in Yemen as if they undermine international efforts to combat terrorism.

2/ Linking the Kingdom to the Muslim Brotherhood—and even to Al-Qaeda and other groups—in hopes of provoking the anger of the United States, which recently classified some branches of the international Brotherhood organization as terrorist entities.

3/ There is a possibility that Emirati intelligence agencies will direct some extremists—managed without their knowledge—to carry out bombings and suicide operations in Hadramout, Al-Mahra, and other areas, and evidence for this includes numerous tweets from Emirati writers paving the way for those events.

4/ Working to tarnish the Kingdom's image among a broad segment of southerners who support the Southern Transitional Council, presenting the Kingdom as if it opposes the southern cause and sides with northern forces in imposing unity by force—and I have video clips of numerous demonstrations in Socotra, Al-Dhali', and many other areas chanting offensive slogans against the Kingdom that contradict the statements issued by Al-Zubaidi and the Transitional Council.

5/ There are signs of outreach to the Houthi group and inciting it against Riyadh—and to be fair, I have no information on this—but tweets from some Emirati writers and activists, headed by Dhahi Khalfan and Abdul Khaleq Abdullah and others, praising the movement and its strength, and mocking the Kingdom-led coalition for its failure to liberate Sana'a, indicate a dangerous trend that must be nipped in the bud. They forget that the failure to liberate Sana'a stems fundamentally from differences in vision between the Kingdom and the Emirates in Yemen, and Abu Dhabi's waging of internal battles against the legitimate government and its coup against it more than three times in the Presidential Palace in Aden. Friendly fire emanating from Abu Dhabi has become greater than that directed at the Houthi group since 2018—and here I do not diminish the role of the Emirates, the Transitional Council, and the Giants in confronting the Houthis before the coalition fractured from within since 2018.

6/ No one is unaware of the incitement that the Emirates carries out against Saudi Arabia with the Israeli side and the Zionist lobby in the United States, accusing the Kingdom of opposing the Abraham Accords and portraying it as closer in its positions to Hamas and Iran, in addition to depicting the separation of southern Yemen from its north, the Republic of Somaliland from Somalia, and Kordofan from Sudan as being in Israel's interest—especially after Aidarous Al-Zubaidi and the Transitional Council announced their future state's readiness to normalize with Tel Aviv—and presenting the Kingdom as an obstacle to these peace-seeking efforts between the peoples of the region from Abu Dhabi's perspective.

7/ And in Britain specifically, to make my words precise, I learned by chance that Abu Dhabi is communicating with research centers, institutes, and active entities in Britain—particularly those close to Israel, with which I also have contact as an expert on the Houthi movement and the Yemeni file—and has asked them to support the Southern Transitional Council in its steps and present that as being in Israel's interest and for peace in the region, while portraying Saudi steps accordingly as the opposite.

I do not wish to prolong listing more of what any researcher can observe regarding what some Emirati agencies are doing against Saudi Arabia—and here I do not accuse Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, President of the State, of being behind those policies, but rather influential agencies playing this dangerous game that could deepen wounds between brothers. And frankly, I fear the escalation of disagreement between them because it will severely harm the Yemeni file, strengthen Houthi authority even more, and distance us further from liberating Sana'a. Therefore, I hope that Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed will intervene and direct all state institutions to commit to de-escalation with the Kingdom outwardly and inwardly, secretly and openly. And I hope to see Sheikh Mohammed in Riyadh soon, or Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Abu Dhabi, for such disputes are only resolved by meetings of the elders.

@The SC

UAE (Abu Dhabi) foreign policy in the Arab world is deeply disliked and resented by the Arab street as a simple visit to X or Arab social media can instantly confirm. Almost across the entire board from Morocco to Oman.

We even saw that on a few actions (don't agree with the actions though personally) during the FIFA Arab Cup when fans from various Arab teams heckled Emirati fans for this very reason.

No amount of bot farms and paid bots/hired Western X users (who don't care but only take the money) will change this.

Even the Omanis have had enough.

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"Who would have expected that there is an Arab country that puts its hand in the hand of the thieving Zionist entity and helps it in its goals of division and normalization and the like!!!".

Even Western media is calling them out for their opportunism.

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"Reuters Agency:The UAE supports groups opposing the internationally recognized legitimate governments in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen, and believes that its relations with Israel will grant it greater influence in the region."
 
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"The influx of Emirati tourists to Riyadh Season is increasing significantly, and everyone welcomes them to their second home because these are our people and our loved ones, and they bear no blame for what the Abu Dhabi government does.The success of tourism in Saudi Arabia increases every day, praise be to God, and on the other side (the well-known resentful one) his resentment towards us increases every day."

Very good to see. The people of UAE are not our enemies and never will be but fellow Arab and Muslim brothers and sisters.

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Hopefully a settled political solution will be reached.

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STC forces have completely withdrawn from Al-Rayyan Airport in Al-Mukalla.

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:)

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"The coalition: In coordination with the King Salman Center, the arrival of humanitarian aid to Hadhramaut has begun."

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Well said by our friend Al-Ansari.

https://x.com/Salansar1/status/2007859275897696724?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2007859275897696724|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=

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Suffice to say that Hadhramaut like much of Yemen and Arabia as a whole is home to some of the most beautiful and historical areas out there.

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I have very fond memories of this part of Yemen.
 
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UNSEEN YEMEN - The country that looks like another planet " on Youtube. 1.9 million views.


Another great video, mainly Hadhramout and Socotra only.

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Mashallah.

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Yemeni president:


Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi
@PresidentRashad
:-I congratulate the people of #Hadramout and Al-Mahrah governorates, the leadership of the local authorities, and the heroes of the Nation Shield Forces on the success of the operation to take over military camps in the two governorates.
The operation was completed swiftly and efficiently, exceeding expectations, and contributing to the consolidation of security and stability and the preservation of social peace.

-I commend the responsible and courageous role of the local authority leaderships in Hadramout and Al-Mahrah, and their wisdom in managing this phase and prioritizing the public interest.

-This success reflects the alignment of local communities with the state and its institutions, and lays the foundation for a new phase of coexistence, the resumption of services, and the improvement of citizens’ living conditions.

-I highly appreciate the efforts of the Joint Forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy, led by Saudi Arabia, which played a decisive role in securing the handover of the camps, de-escalating tensions, protecting civilians, and ensuring the success of the operation in accordance with laws and international norms.

-I call on Yemeni political and social forces to avoid peripheral conflicts and focus on state-building, and moving forward with implementing the priorities of the transitional phase in line with nationally, regionally, and internationally agreed references, including restructuring the armed forces under the Ministries of Defense and Interior and extending state authority and the rule of law nationwide.

-The future belongs to the state and institutional work. What has been achieved today is proof that when Yemenis unite around the state and the law, they are capable of achieving victory and building the secure and prosperous tomorrow they all deserve.#Yemen
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Houthi's and Saudis have learnt to coexist. Houthi's can't be dependent on Iran on anymore. They aren't they just want their place in the north of Yemen which has been historically their home.

The Yemeni's in the south were getting ready to negotiate (however long it may take) with Houthi's regarding future of Yemen.

UAE then tried to suddenly shake up Yemen.

Saudi response was firm. Keep state of peace in Yemen. Yemen won't revert to tribalist war especially at a sensitive time where Somalia is being divided up and Israel is seeking greater role in immediate vicinity of Arabian Peninsula.
 
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"The influx of Emirati tourists to Riyadh Season is increasing significantly, and everyone welcomes them to their second home because these are our people and our loved ones, and they bear no blame for what the Abu Dhabi government does.The success of tourism in Saudi Arabia increases every day, praise be to God, and on the other side (the well-known resentful one) his resentment towards us increases every day."

Very good to see. The people of UAE are not our enemies and never will be but fellow Arab and Muslim brothers and sisters.

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Hopefully a settled political solution will be reached.

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STC forces have completely withdrawn from Al-Rayyan Airport in Al-Mukalla.

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:)

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"The coalition: In coordination with the King Salman Center, the arrival of humanitarian aid to Hadhramaut has begun."

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Well said by our friend Al-Ansari.

https://x.com/Salansar1/status/2007859275897696724?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2007859275897696724|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=

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Suffice to say that Hadhramaut like much of Yemen and Arabia as a whole is home to some of the most beautiful and historical areas out there.

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I have very fond memories of this part of Yemen.
 

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