Hundreds of civilians have been fleeing their villages along the border with Saudi Arabia following clashes between Yemen's Houthi-led Shia freedom fighters and the Saudi armed forces, according to a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) official. "Over the past three days we had over 100 families arriving in the [al-Mazraq] camp every day - more than 300 families [2,100 people]," UNHCR team leader Mai Barazi told IRIN on 10 November. The camp, which is about 40 minutes drive from Haradh, in the northwestern province of Hajjah,
Is it an inter tribe thing, Blondinho?
AntwortenLöschenthis is not one I know much about & complex
AntwortenLöschen.... but sad to see the poor always suffer
Might be of interest:
AntwortenLöschenYemen On The Brink – by Stephen Brown
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/23/yemen-on-the-brink-%E2%80%93-by-stephen-brown/
Saudi Arabia's King Abdallah receives the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as both countries become more involved in the deadly war in Yemen.
AntwortenLöschenThe meeting between King Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud and CIA Director Leon E. Panetta took place in Riyadh on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Apparently, King Abdallah also held another meeting on the same day with the Head of Russian Federal Commission of Military and Technical Cooperation Michael Dimitriv.
The report, however, did not include any specific details about the topics that were discussed during the two meetings, simply announcing that there was an exchange of greetings between the king and US President Barack Obama through the CIA director.
http://geopolitics.multiply.com/journal/item/606/CIA_And_WAHABISM_Again_Brutality_In_Yemen_Another_GAZA_?replies_read=15
Yemen was subjected to much Imperailism & interference in the past
AntwortenLöschenhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652831/Yemen/45273/The-age-of-imperialism
wherver we were we left a mess !
Good article for background from Sept gives a new slant me finks
Yemen rebels deny breaking truce, accuse govt
SANAA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Yemen rebels on Sunday denied government accusations that they had broken a truce and said authorities were using humanitarian issues as a pretext to press ahead with attacks against them in the north of the country.
Yemen said on Saturday the northern rebels reignited fighting in Saada province by breaking a truce designed to allow access for humanitarian aid.
In August, a new wave of fighting erupted between rebel Shi'ite Muslims of the Zaydi sect and government forces trying to impose central authority. The conflict first began in 2004.
"The continued attacks on villages immediately after its declaration (shows) that it (the government) is not seeking to stop the war, but trying to deceive and exploit the issue of the displaced people and deliver military supplies to sites besieged in the provinces of Saada and Amran," said a statement from the office of the opposition group's leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL6342972._CH_.2400
complex
Allah bless these people..
AntwortenLöschenThey might not willingly live like this but they have to.
So, I just can say that Allah, with the truthfulness of his justice, punish those who cause such in wanted situations.
Civil War in Yemen
AntwortenLöschenAn Uncertain Peace
Civil war has been waged in Yemen for years, largely unnoticed by the world community. In the northern Yemeni province of Saada, Zaidi Houthi rebels fight against government military forces. The conflict increasingly seems to be turning into a proxy war over regional supremacy, however. By Hanna Labonté
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After the peace agreement in June of 2007, Yemeni soldiers thought the fighting was over. Since then, war has broken out again twice
| When Yemeni rebel leader Abdul Malak al-Houthi agreed to a peace offer by the government in Sana'a on 8 August, this development, like the fighting during the past five months, was lost in the excitement of Olympic fever.
Just in time for his thirtieth anniversary in office on 17 July, Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, completely unexpectedly and without any explanation declared an end to the fighting, although the rebels in the north had reported heavy clashes the day before. Since then, the situation has been calm except for minor incidents.
In April of this year, after more than four-years of continually interrupted fighting, the conflict between Houthi rebels in northern Yemen and government troops flared up again and eventually spread to approximately 20 kilometers outside the capital city of Sana'a.
Religious, political, and tribal
Whether the conflict is in fact religious, political, or tribal cannot be said with certainty. It is clear that the Houthi rebels are primarily Shiite Zaidis, while the ruling majority in Yemen are Sunnis, with the exception of President Saleh, who is also a Zaidi.
Yemen is generally very concerned about emphasizing the religious unity and balance of the country, so most Yemenis think that the numbers of Shiites and Sunnis are roughly equal, although, in fact, Sunnis make up approximately 70% of the population. Political calculation is behind the distorted information that the people believe.
When the fighting flared up again at the end of 2007, however, shortly before the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice, Yemeni newspapers reported for the first time on Sunni army commanders who called the Zaidi Houthi rebels heretics and infidels and thus saw them as grounds for holy war. Although the government quickly took countermeasures, the bitter aftertaste remained.
Thank you Jan for sharing and discussing these news. It is really necessary to be spread at a time when Yemeni and Saudi governments blocked the region to reporters.
AntwortenLöschenIf you don't mind, i would like to note that the word "insurgent" is not a fit word for those people who are fighting for their rights. This word is used as Shia insurgents in the second line of the text.
They are brave freedom lovers who are now involved in a defensive war against Saudi after the Yemeni army found unable to defeat them.
According to last updates Saudi army is also defeated and retreated leaving several US made armoured and artilleries behind, but bombing innocent villagers.
Wahhabism, a scourge upon our earth. And the West is in bed with it but for what? The dirty green...
AntwortenLöschenSharia , I dont agree with you that often but I certainly agree with you there .....
AntwortenLöschenand I repect the way you listen and consider the opinions of others ....