Analysis: Saudi-led coalition opens new front in Yemen

[Saif al-Arab]

lol the GCC having trouble in marib, twice they bombed their own due to panicking generals and lack of coordination Yemeni pro-government forces stall in push toward capital - The Washington Post

houthis filming from marib with ease

‫شاهد| صمود الجيش واللجان الشعبية مع إقتراب عيد الأضحى المبارك بمحافظة مأرب 21-09-2015‬‎ - YouTube

‫شاهد| دور الجيش اليمني في ثورة 21 سبتمبر 21-09-2015 #قرن_الشيطان_سينكسر‬‎ - YouTube

republican guard and houthis still standing strong



sources please.......if there was video evidence or photo military forums would be discussing them......not just looking at geared up paras undertaking special ops taken by a profession photographer at various times of the day lol who also forgot to take pictures of houthis or yemeni army. What were the objectives of these special ops which was ignored by the world media? To hunt the houthi leader? a top aid? intel? destroy mystery weapon x? Saana residents talked about airstrikes not fierce gun battles.

I have met various saudis before at uni and i think saudis users on here give the perfect representation of most saudis

The Arab coalition, the Yemeni government and allied tribes have been advancing for months. The battle of Marib is ongoing while we speak. Nothing tells us that the Houthi's will be successful on the long run.

I have posted videos, photos and reports in Arabic from those operations. I am using my iPhone right now so I don't bother looking after those previous posts. Make a search in Arabic on Youtube or Google.

Arabs and in particular Arabians have a very good reputation in the UK and are very much integrated considering their relative small numbers (500.000 or so). They don't cause any problems whatsoever, are not engaged in crime, do not live on benefits etc. In fact they are a big asset for the UK.

Some of the most affluent areas in London are inhabited mainly by Arabs from the GCC, GCC Arabs also own tremendous capital in London and there are 1000's of Arab students at leading universities in the UK. I have relatives that live in London so I know this from first hand experience.

British Arabs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arab supercars are back on London’s streets, but they are facing fines

Wealthy Gulf Arabs are buying up huge swathes of London | Daily Mail Online

Fashion Plus Magazine | Arab Investors Taking Over London: What it Means for Britain |

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=56580

Keep hating bro.

Let's not talk about Bradford or Birmingham and the minorities that cause problems there and their origin.

P.S. I am still pretty sure that you have never talked with a Saudi Arabian student about those issues that we talk about now. As I wrote your knowledge is limited to some forums (lol) and UK tabloids for the reasons that I explained earlier.

@mike2000 is back can confirm.

 

[beast89]

just pathetic

still waiting for vids on saudi special ops in yemen

 

[beast89]

Regime soldier Abdul wahed al zahrani has been taken out. Saudis will not confirm this and will probably lie about the circumstances. He was one of the regime soldiers running for his life when yemen army and houthis took over the saudi base.

Still waiting for saudi spec ops al-hasani. Just admit it you fell for the psyops your regime did on you and your people.

@BLACKEAGLE i find it funny that you are disregarding that 9min video, since it shows 4 M2s, 1M-ATV, 1 M113, 2 HMMWVs being taken out, the base being over run and saudi soldiers running. Then again you're the same genius doing forensics on a picture to clear your king buying expensive wine with your nations money on rammadan lol.

 

[Barmaley]

Losses of armored vehicles in Yemen
Based on photo and video proofs only

Lost Armour | Потери военной техники в Йемене

upgrading everyday

just pathetic

This is even more pathetic:

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Losses of armored vehicles in Yemen
Based on photo and video proofs only

Lost Armour | Потери военной техники в Йемене

upgrading everyday


This is even more pathetic:

Less than 150 coalition soldiers have been killed in 6 months of fighting in highly mountainous terrain (mountains taller than 3000 meters) in enemy territory. Against an actual army (the Ali Abdullah Saleh crook faction in the Yemeni army) and the arguably most heavily armed militia in the world the Houthi terrorist cult. In one of the most heavily armed nations on the planet.

They (Houthis, Ali Abdullah Saleh and the few tribes loyal to those two) have lost 3000 men in comparison.

Moreover congratulations to them for destroying 2-3 abandoned vehicles in the middle of nowhere. The Houthi propaganda channel that you are quoting has been reposting the same video 3-4 days in a row now just changing the dates of the upload and the title of the videos and editing the camera angles a bit. Every fool can see that.

In the real world:

Yemen: How Saleh and the Houthi insurgency came to a dead end​

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Less than five months after seizing power, Yemen’s rebels are now in a catastrophic situation.

They are trapped without petrol or diesel. They have no electricity, port, airport, financial resources or international recognition. On top of that, due to the heavy shelling, the isolated former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his leaders are sleeping in basements, and the Houthis are hiding in the mountains.

This is a victorious war that faced difficult circumstances. In March, the Houthis had taken over much of Yemen, with the help of the former President Saleh’s forces. They refused all political solutions, although they were granted the majority of seats in the government.

The rebels will be forced to negotiate – and accept a lower offer than was presented to them a month ago.

Today, however, they are hiding in Sanaa and some isolated cities in the north. Hudaydah port has come under heavy shelling by coalition forces to prevent insurgents from using it, and as a result, it is now closed.

Strategic cities lost
The capital Sanaa is now besieged; legitimate government forces, backed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are positioned a few kilometers away. These forces came from the province of Marib after taking that over and changing the course of the war. Whether these forces enter Sanaa or not, the situation in Yemen has completely changed for the rebels affiliated to Iran and Saleh. They lost the strategic cities of Aden in the south and Marib in central Yemen. Keeping what they already seized will now cost them dearly.

The United Nations and major countries are now officially dealing with Aden as the temporary capital of Yemen. They are collaborating with the government, which returned to Aden from its exile in Riyadh, led by Khaled Bahah. This is the only representative of the Yemeni people in terms of diplomatic norms and legal recognition. On the ground, the victories in Aden and Marib have encouraged regions to declare loyalty to the government, and against the rebels, without significant clashes. This is why Houthis are trying to lead propaganda battles on the remote northern Saudi border, to keep the morale of their militias and followers high.

Alternative capital
Even without Sanaa, the legitimate government is considered to be presiding over a country with Aden is the alternative capital, as well as the main port and with the only operational airport. Marib is the country’s oil center and vital economic force; without it, Saleh will have to pay for the cost of war and the salaries of his troops from his personal safe at home. Similarly to Saleh, the Houthis also lost their main source of money – and will have to wait until Iran pays them to finance their operations outside Saada.

With the support of Saudi Arabia and its allies, the government in Aden will neither need to run oil-production plants in Marib, nor reopen the 500-km pipeline to the Red Sea. It will deprive its opponents of the main refinery products, without which, they will run out of their stock of fuel and their forces will be impaired. They might also shut down the electricity plant that is also based in Marib. This power plant also provides Sanaa, 80km away, with electricity.

For this, the Yemeni government forces do not have to liberate the rest of Yemen, and can be content with their current victories. For they are already in control of the oil, money and power. The rebels will be forced to negotiate – and accept a lower offer than was presented to them a month ago.

This article was first published in Asharq al-Awsat.
__________________________________________________________
Abdulrahman al-Rashed is the former General Manager of Al Arabiya News Channel. A veteran and internationally acclaimed journalist, he is a former editor-in-chief of the London-based leading Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, where he still regularly writes a political column. He has also served as the editor of Asharq al-Awsat’s sister publication, al-Majalla. Throughout his career, Rashed has interviewed several world leaders, with his articles garnering worldwide recognition, and he has successfully led Al Arabiya to the highly regarded, thriving and influential position it is in today.

Last Update: Sunday, 20 September 2015 KSA 09:39 - GMT 06:39
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/vie...the-Houthi-insurgency-came-to-a-dead-end.html

A Russian of all people should not really talk about insurgencies and failures on that front given what happened in Afghanistan and Chechnya.

 

[Malik Alashter]

No actually, 300,000 Houthis/Pro Saleh fighter have been killed.
Keep repeating this same baseless, retarded claim and hope that, maybe one fool might just believe it.

It's wishful thinkings since they get beating on daily bases so they come with these fake news of killing thousands of Yemenis.

These incompetent sand apes are losing dozens and dozens of their armoured vehicles on a daily basis.
It seems their strategy is to send and have as many of their armoured vehicles destroyed, hoping the houthis would run out of anti armour weapons and then they'll surrender

I don't understand these gulfies don't see that they keep loosing every where they go to weather their proxies loose or them selves loose have they ever ask why our butt been whooped like that yet they keep humiliate them selves.

 

[The Last of us]

It's wishful thinkings since they get beating on daily bases so they come with these fake news of killing thousands of Yemenis.

I don't understand these gulfies don't see that they keep loosing every where they go to weather their proxies loose or them selves loose have they ever ask why our butt been whooped like that yet they keep humiliate them selves.

Indeed bro, they pull numbers out of their arse.
However, in reality, this is happening, news from today:

The Saudis have admitted probably for the first time that a high ranking officer by the name Hassan Ghashoum has died in fighting and not by "natural cause" or "accidents".

https://twitter.com/x/status/647495767779770369

 

[beast89]

40 plus armoured vehicles destroyed in one week in saudi territory.....ouch

border guard chief general ibrahim al hamzi and col.dr hasan ageeli killed

Republican guard fired a flurry of katyusha at the GCC coalition in marib. They are still stalled

 

[beast89]

footage from marib, sh**ty GCC tactics

 

[beast89]

tribute to the republican guard. Guflies worst nightmare. These guys operate the ballistic missiles not the houthis that took out 60 plus invaders along with the uae prince. The Saleh family is like the bunny boiler girl friend, bet the saudis wished they never crossed paths. nearly 3 weeks and marib battle is still ongoing.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

tribute to the republican guard. Guflies worst nightmare. These guys operate the ballistic missiles not the houthis that took out 60 plus invaders along with the uae prince. The Saleh family is like the bunny boiler girl friend, bet the saudis wished they never crossed paths. nearly 3 weeks and marib battle is still ongoing.

What an absolute joke.

Ma'rib is almost in complete control of the Arab coalition. Yes, a "nightmare" if losing less than 200 coalition troops in 6 months of combat against heavily armed opponents and in a heavily challenging geography (fighting occurring in well over 3000 meter tall mountains, in valleys, deserts, urban fighting) while the enemy has lost 3000 men in total in comparison.

P.S. The nasheed in your video is sung by an Saudi Arabian. The Ali Abdullah Saleh crook and his fanboys can't even be original when they upload their nonsense.

P.P.S. All the clips in that video are age old, from training exercises or past combat operations against the Houthi's who the Ali Abdullah Saleh crook fought against numerous times in the past 20 years until those two made their short-lived and doomed to fail alliance.

Keep entertaining us, buddy.

 

[beast89]

What an absolute joke.

Ma'rib is almost in complete control of the Arab coalition. Yes, a "nightmare" if losing less than 200 coalition troops in 6 months of combat against heavily armed opponents and in a heavily challenging geography (fighting occurring in well over 3000 meter tall mountains, in valleys, deserts, urban fighting) while the enemy has lost 3000 men in total in comparison.

P.S. The nasheed in your video is sung by an Saudi Arabian. The Ali Abdullah Saleh crook and his fanboys can't even be original when they upload their nonsense.

P.P.S. All the clips in that video are age old, from training exercises or past combat operations against the Houthi's who the Ali Abdullah Saleh crook fought against numerous times in the past 20 years until those two made their short-lived and doomed to fail alliance.

Keep entertaining us, buddy.

still waiting for your regime spec op videos. What fraction of those 6 months have been on the ground buddy? You keep repeating 3000 houthi/army killed who told you? Saudis are preventing independent enquires. Does your regime tv even report how many friendly fire incidents there has been?The same regime officials who targeted a bottle factory saying they killed scores of soldiers pure lies.

There is utter carnage in south KSA, and your regime has the dishonesty not to show how its soldiers are dying for some fat prince's powerplay.

face it the two main points you state, the number of lost troops in 6 months and your k/d ratio don't hold up and you have nothing else to say.

Saleh prepared well to get revenge on your royals. The billions its costing your royals, how much millions are lost in each houthi video upload?

Now those exercises are being used on the GCC invaders and that's all that matters. Furthermore, that nasheed burnt my ears and im not going to spend time and make a yemeni video with heavy metal.

 

[somebozo]

@beast89 Please stop going like a parrot over same line..again and again...you do not understand internal arab politics..and their implications...

Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman| Reuters

Arab solidarity, fear of Iran bring hi-tech Gulf troops to Yemen desert| Reuters

Hadi men advance in Maarib; Sanaa in sight | Arab News

 

[beast89]

@beast89 Please stop going like a parrot over same line..again and again...you do not understand internal arab politics..and their implications...

Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman| Reuters

Arab solidarity, fear of Iran bring hi-tech Gulf troops to Yemen desert| Reuters

Hadi men advance in Maarib; Sanaa in sight | Arab News

im not the guy stating 3000 k/d ratio in every post or blatantly lying by stating saudi have been carrying out ground combat for 6 months.
Arab politics is an oxymoron. Who takes gulf arab media seriously; here's a western article about the battle 8 days later from that bias gulfie piece
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/22/world/middleeast/ap-ml-yemen-stalled-advance.html?_r=0

There is no electricity in parts of aden and AQAP is running wild. Is Hadi permanently going to reside there or is he going to leave shortly, just diverting attention from the stalled marib offensive? Still where are arab journalists reporting from the battlefield, this is meant to be one of the most historic moments in gulf history!

 

[somebozo]

Saudi Arabia did not pioneer the role of air force for regional power projection so their campaign is a hit and miss trial..
Beside a lot of ground has been taken from rebels and their will to fight has been broken..Earlier Saudi Arabia was not prepared for Houtis which allowed them to mount a surprise attack and capture Jizan and demand a 70M bounty to relive it.

UAE pays Yemeni government salaries to restore utilities in Aden | The National