Casino67 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia and a coalition of regional allies have launched a military operation in Yemen against the Houthi rebels, who drove out the US-backed Yemeni president. Adel al-Jubair said on Wednesday that a coalition consisting of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), had begun airstrikes at 7pm Eastern time. "The operation is to defend and support the legitimate government of Yemen and prevent the radical Houthi movement from taking over the country," Jubair told reporters in Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia building up military near Yemen border - U.S. officialsStarted by Valin, Today, 10:38 AM@Casino67 Thanks For This. I sure hope this doesn't interfere with Barry's watching the March Madness Games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Oman apparently sitting it out....Interesting. I wonder what the story is on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Turkey backs Saudi military operations in Yemen 26 March 2015 Turkey said it supports Saudi Arabia's military operations in Yemen against the Shiite Houthi group, which seized the capital Sana'a and several other provinces. "We support the military operation launched by a coalition force consisting of the countries in the region, led by the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council against the Houthi movement upon the request of the legitimately elected President Hadi, about which Saudi Arabia informed Turkey in advance," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The statement continued: "We believe that this operation will contribute to the prevention of the threat of civil war and chaos that has emerged and to the restoration of the legitimate state authority." (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Saudis seen short of options to change tide in Yemen's war GLEN CAREY Bloomberg NewsMarch 26, 2015 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The collapse of Yemen's government in the face of a rebel offensive leaves Saudi Arabia with no easy way of fulfilling a pledge to stand by its ally. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies started bombing Shiite Houthi targets in Yemen Thursday. They launched "the military operations in support of the people of Yemen and their legitimate government," Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al- Jubeir said in a statement. Shiite Houthis have advanced into the southern stronghold of Yemen's President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi. Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's main Sunni power, says the Houthis are tools of its Shiite rival Iran, and has vowed to do what's necessary to halt them. That resolve may stop short of sending troops against an enemy that has bloodied them in the past, analysts say. Three months of clashes on the border starting in late 2009 left more than 100 Saudi soldiers dead. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Gulf stock markets slide despite oil price bump as Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes on YemenAssociated PressMarch 26, 2015DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Stock markets across the Gulf Arab region and other parts of the Middle East have closed slightly lower, an expected tumble that began as markets opened after Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes overnight on neighboring Yemen.Oil prices rose on the backs of jitters over the escalation in Yemen with Brent crude up $2.34 at $58.81.The biggest drops were in Oman and Kuwait, where markets closed around 2.5 percent lower. Markets in Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai slipped just under one percent.Egypt's EGX 30 dropped 1.6 percent at closing Thursday, the final day of trading for the week across the region.Saudi Arabia's stock market had lost 5 percent on Wednesday, but gained nearly a half percent by closing Thursday, alongside the bump in higher oil prices.(Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 https://twitter.com/yemen_updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 https://twitter.com/yemen_updates Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Warships move in key strait as airstrikes widen in YemenAHMED AL-HAJ and HAMZA HENDAWI 3/27/15 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — As airstrikes in Yemen intensified on their second day Friday, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were considering an intervention on the ground, aimed at giving the president a secure foothold to return to the country, while backing Sunni tribesmen to fight against Shiite rebels and their allies, military officials said. A likely entry point for troops from the Saudi-led Arab coalition was the southern port of Aden, the Yemeni and Egyptian military officials told The Associated Press. But that could be a tough prospect: The city is already a battleground, and on Friday forces loyal to the rebels' top ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, were advancing toward it. The officials' comments to the AP draw broad outlines for the likely strategy for the ambitious campaign launched Thursday, led by Saudi Arabia with a major role by its ally Egypt. The aim, they said, was to carve out enough room for President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was forced to flee the country from Aden, to return. Longer-term, the campaign aims to wear down the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, and Saleh's forces, enough to reach a power-sharing accord. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 NBC’s Engel: US allies fear Obama admin leaking information to IranEd Morrissey March 27, 2015 Just how badly has Barack Obama and his administration damaged relations with our allies in the Middle East? NBC’s Richard Engel reports that the Sunni nations in the region have begun to fear that the Obama administration leaks intel to Iran as part of its efforts at rapprochement with the mullahs, which is why the US got blindsided by the Saudi-led coalition’s operations in Yemen. The White House’s “incoherence” in policy, Engel reports, has most of them losing confidence in American leadership, according to Engel’s contacts (via Free Beacon): (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia with suicide bombingsShia fighters threaten to undertake suicide operations in the kingdom if Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen continue. 28 Mar 2015 Yemen's Houthi fighters have threatened to undertake suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia if the kingdom continues to launch airstrikes against the group's positions. Abdel Mon'em Al-Qurashi, a senior member of the Houthis Executive Committee, said on Saturday that the group would destroy the Saudi regime for its "aggressive" policies, Iran's Fars news agency reported. "If Saudi Arabia continues its aggressions against the oppressed Yemeni people, [Houthi] fighters will pave the way for the Saudi regime's destruction by conducting martyrdom-seeking operations inside Saudi Arabia in the coming hours," Quraishi told Fars. (Snip) H/T Conflict News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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