...and Yemen!

[frogwoman]

International human rights organisations have claimed Saudi and coalition forces may have repeatedly broken international humanitarian law (IHL).

“Yemen after five months looks like Syria after five years,” ICRC head Peter Maurer told the Associated Press in August.

 

[YouSir]

Anyone have anything on what sort of internal dissent their may be in Saudi over the Yemen war? If any?

 

[teqniq]

With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen | GlobalPost

 

[yield]

Yemen's Aden governor killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State
Sun Dec 6, 2015

A local official and residents said earlier on Sunday a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into the governor's car.

Islamic State's local branch has stepped up operations since the outbreak of civil war in Yemen, emerging as a forceful rival to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the main militant group in the country in recent years.

Spectacular attacks have been launched on security bases and on mosques run by Houthi forces who control the capital, Sanaa. The Houthis, who follow the Zaydi branch of Shi'ite Islam, have been fighting a coalition of mainly Gulf Arab forces, which began air strikes against them in March.

 

[frogwoman]

Saudi Arabia forms Muslim 'anti-terrorism' coalition

this'll go well.

 

[teqniq]

Yes and no direct mention of ISIS

 

[frogwoman]

Yes and no direct mention of ISIS

well given saudi arabia have just said atheists are terrorists ...

 

[kebabking]

Saudi Arabia forms Muslim 'anti-terrorism' coalition

this'll go well.

yes, i though it would get a good laugh from those who enjoy cynicism and irony...

perhaps we can look forward to the Peter Sutcliffe Home for Distressed Ladies, or the King Herod Sure Start and Childrens Health Centre?

 

[frogwoman]

yes, i though it would get a good laugh from those who enjoy cynicism and irony...

perhaps we can look forward to the Peter Sutcliffe Home for Disressed Ladies, or the King Herod Sure Start and Childrens Health Centre?

the adolf hitler centre for interfaith relations

 

[teqniq]

Saudi Arabia has formed a global Muslim anti-terror coalition - without mentioning Isis

It said they had declared “a duty to protect the Islamic nation from the evils of all terrorist groups and organizations whatever their sect and name which wreak death and corruption on earth and aim to terrorise the innocent”.

Saudi Arabia’s main regional rivals, Iran, were not included in the list, nor was the Shia-dominated government of Iraq or the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.

And the statement made no direct reference to the growing dominance of the Isis militant group on its border, instead citing the general need to “combat terrorism and to save international peace and security”.

 

[teqniq]

Should read

Saudi Arabia has formed a global Muslim anti-terror coalition to pretect their own interests - without mentioning Isis

 

[frogwoman]

it's not just saudi tbf. i think sometimes people get a bit too fixated on them without mentioning everyone else that's involved in yemen. and the countries such as Indonesia where up until very recently ISIS supporters have been openly marching with the police just chilling and hanging out, not doing anything

 

[frogwoman]

if you search for isis demo indonesia there's some absolutely shocking pics of tonnes of supporters marching down the road with ISIS flags etc and a couple of policemen looking on bored . and that's a country that's involved in this "coalition" as well.

 

[klang]

prisoners exchange:

Yemen conflict: Warring parties 'exchange prisoners' - BBC News

 

[klang]

truly shocking, those pie charts in that ^ article.....

 

[teqniq]

Government breaking the law supplying arms to Saudi say leading lawyers

 

[teqniq]

Britain: Saudi Arabia’s silent partner in Yemen’s civil war

 

[Greasy Boiler]

Yeah, that's why despite being against the extension of airstrikes into Syria I couldn't help feeling very jaded about the whole thing. One way or another the Great British Arms Industry does alright.

 

[frogwoman]

 

[klang]

absolutely no respite from the horror, is there?

 

[frogwoman]

Al-Qaeda stones woman to death for adultery in Yemen: Reports

Just seen this. Of course there is also the houthi siege of another city which is still going on.

 

[frogwoman]

Life under siege: inside Taiz, the Yemeni city being slowly strangled

 

[teqniq]

Yep. It appears, much like Syria that there's little in the way of 'good guys'.

 

[teqniq]

SNP challenges UK Government on reported war crimes complicity in Yemen

 

[klang]

Life under siege: inside Taiz, the Yemeni city being slowly strangled

Taizz had hit very hard since the Arab Spring. At the time of the failed revolution there was very little media reporting from there, so Saleh released a lot of anger at the city. Even then it felt like it was under siege. Gunmen on the streets, snipers, , gun battles, death, destruction, little electricity, barely any food or water. People couldn't get in or out.
Taizz used to be a beautiful city, rich in culture and music, and easy going. Many famous artists used to live there.
I used to have quite a few friends there and the stories they told me when Saleh cracked down on the revolution were truly shocking. Most of them i have lost touch with....it has been impossible to help them since money transfer services haven't been operating there since 2011 or so.
There hasn't been a let off for the people of Taizz in the last 4 or 5 years.

 

[klang]

He is a friend of mine from Taizz who I lost touch with. He was a famous and talented musician who used to run a recording studio in Taizz, 'Saba Sound':

 

[mather]

Yep. It appears, much like Syria that there's little in the way of 'good guys'.

Your wrong, in Syria there is the YPG.

 

[teqniq]

Your wrong, in Syria there is the YPG.

I have already mentioned the YPG on the Syria thread I think as being one of the few groupings who could in any way be described as 'good guys' and they are concentrated in mainly in the North hence my use of the word 'little'.

 

[frogwoman]

“Damn the Jews” proving more than just a slogan

 

[hash tag]

Looks like a hospital has suffered colleteral damage Rocket hits Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen, killing three: MSF