...and Yemen!

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a feathered 'spy' worth looking after and protecting:

A Bulgarian vulture's odyssey into Yemeni war zone

 

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Saudi Arabia says its oil infrastructure attacked by drones

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Araba said drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as other assaults targeted energy infrastructure elsewhere in the kingdom on Tuesday, shortly after Yemen’s rebels claimed a coordinated drone attack on the Sunni power.

The assaults marked the latest incidents challenging Mideast security after the alleged sabotage of oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates earlier this week amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

 

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Saudi Arabia says its oil infrastructure attacked by drones

took SA quite a while to acknowledge the attacks. They denied them for quite a few hours at first.

 

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No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the oil tankers?

 

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No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the oil tankers?

apparently not, no.

 

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The article sort of gives the impression that Yemen used drones to attack key installations. Things have taken a turn if Yemen are carrying out attacks with drones.

 

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Hope for 'turning point' in Yemen after Houthis' Hodeidah withdrawal

Largely gives the impression the withdrawal is a sham.

 

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Hope for 'turning point' in Yemen after Houthis' Hodeidah withdrawal

Largely gives the impression the withdrawal is a sham.

yes. and it wouldn't surprise me. the Houthis have no reason to give up such an important strategic spot. I can't really see them doing it out of kindness / change of heart.

 

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This just hit my inbox. FYI A view from inside the UK’s biggest arms company

 

[planetgeli]

Looks like we don’t need to decide whether the withdrawal was a sham or not.

New fighting in Yemen threatens UN deal

Nothing like a few air strikes to knock out any peace plan. While blaming Iran.

 

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I am not sure what good this might do but in the spirit of optimism it is to be welcomed.

Citizens committee puts Saudi arms sales under scrutiny

 

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And then there's the UK. And Jeremy Cunt. And Liam Cocks.

UK negotiates loophole in Saudi export ban to sell planes to Yemen

Andrew Murrison, the new Middle East minister, argued: “If we did not sell arms in the way that we do for legitimate self-defence in accordance with international law then other countries would so and probably a lot less ethically.”

 

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The usual bullshit then.

 

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This has popped up again. Is there no way forward
‘Citizens’ committee’ votes to ban ‘illegal’ sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia after MPs’ failure to act

 

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if true it would be quite a worrying development in terms of peace talks:
Yemen's Houthis claim seizing 20 positions in Saudi Arabia

 

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He really is our Trump. No depths unplumbed.
Boris Johnson allowed arms sales to Saudis after Yemen bombing

 

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This is what he is enabling.

 

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If nothing else, it's a step in the right direction. Well done caat, it's good to know my donations are being put to good use

BBC News - Saudi arms sales: Court of Appeal demands review
Court demands review of Saudi arms sales

 

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This is what came through from CAAT earlier today

Amazing news!

In the last few minutes the Court of Appeal has ruled that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are UNLAWFUL.

The Court found that the government had failed to properly assess whether there have been breaches of International Humanitarian Law.

This historic judgment means that the government must now stop issuing new arms exports licences and suspend existing licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen, and retake all decisions in accordance with the law.

These sales should never have been licensed in the first place. Even as schools, hospitals, weddings, and funerals have been bombed, the government has licensed the sale of billions of pounds of weapons for use in the conflict.

We have now shown that these arms sales were not just immoral, but also unlawful.

But even now the government is likely to resist. Every step of the way it has done all it can to keep the weapons flowing.

We need MPs to know about this ruling, to keep building the pressure to stop these sales once and for all.

Please email your MP today and help us make this count: caat.org.uk/unlawful

 

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UK ministers challenge court ruling on Saudi Arabia arms sales

Ministers have asked the courts to set aside a landmark ruling that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful, a legal manoeuvre that prompted Jeremy Corbyn to accuse the Conservatives of prioritising military exports over civilian lives.

The government has applied for a stay of last month’s judgment pending an appeal, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade, which is fighting the case, at a time when conflict between the Saudis and Houthi rebels in Yemen has intensified....

 

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UK ministers challenge court ruling on Saudi Arabia arms sales

Shit but not really surprising.

 

[tim]

The Hadi government seems to have been driven out Aden by their supposed allies, the allies being Southern separatists supported by the UAE. Al Jazeera (Qatari owned) implies that this reflects different objectives of the UAE who support the separatists and the Saudis

Aden in 'state of war' as separatists seize gov't military camps

Aden attack exposes splits in Yemen's anti-Houthi alliance - Reuters

Saudi Arabia slams flare-up in Aden violence between pro-government forces and separatists

 

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The Hadi government seems to have been driven out Aden by their supposed allies, the allies being Southern separatists supported by the UAE. Al Jazeera (Qatari owned) implies that this reflects different objectives of the UAE who support the separatists and the Saudis

Aden in 'state of war' as separatists seize gov't military camps

Aden attack exposes splits in Yemen's anti-Houthi alliance - Reuters

Saudi Arabia slams flare-up in Aden violence between pro-government forces and separatists

Southern Transitional Council demanding a seat at the table of/when negotiations begin. They've never supported Hadi, no one has really, but they're stuck with him as figurehead for the moment.

 

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The Gulf's latest proxy war has just started in east Yemen

 

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Am worried as to where this may go. It will almost certainly fan the flames Drone strikes set Saudi oil facilities ablaze