Operation 'Decisive Storm' | Saudi lead coalition operations in Yemen - Updates & Discussions.

[Takaavar]

^ Houthis are aligned with Iran, but nobody said they are Iran's proxy or whatever. Iran arms Hezbollah, arms Shia militias in Iraq (both of which are successful). Houthis? No way. The most well-equipped militia is Hezbollah btw (possibly replaced by Isil), not Houthis. Still, yes they are relatively well-equipped, but they don't have any effective air defence. You are calling this "war", that's ridiculous. Put those American fighters aside, come on the ground and they will show you. Zaidis are war-like people.

Who said Saleh is representative of Yemenis? They are fighting alongside Houthis, that's all. FSA also fought alongside al-Nusrat and ISIL, sometimes coordinatig with each other. It is Saudi Arabia who consider that clown Mansur Hadi representative of Yemenis.

You say "legitimacy" that's sheer BS and irrelevant. Ghaddafi's government was legitimate and an internationally recognized govt too. Who is Saudi Arabia to intervene in another country's internal affairs? Anyway what ectually matters here is Yemenis' opinion about Saudis aggression, and the average Yemenis are cursing Saudi clowns, they are suffering mostly by the imposed naval blockade rather than bombings.

Saudi's "war" (huh!) against Yemen is NOT supported by UN. UN's stance was slightly negative. Non-Arab Muslim governments are either opposed to the aggression or were neutral.

P.S. You Arabs are envious of Iran being an influential regional power. Arabs are killing defenceless Arabs and you are cheering that "Iran is losing", how pathetic.

 

[Solomon2]

Written by : Nasser Al-Haqbani
on : Thursday, 11 Jun, 2015
Iranian advisers to accompany Houthi delegation in Geneva meetings: sources
Moscow and Tehran both pushing for a second meeting in the Swiss city to delay enactment of UN resolution

Rockets fly from a missile base which was hit by an airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, in this April 21, 2015 file picture. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)​

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian advisers will be accompanying the delegation which the Shi’ite Houthi movement will send to Geneva to hold talks with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday.

“The Iranian advisers will be present during the meetings in Geneva in an indirect way, so they will not necessarily be present inside the main meeting room. But the Houthis will nonetheless be receiving directions from them regarding Iran’s political view regarding the current crisis in Yemen,” the sources said.

The advisers will comprise those from the military, political and legal fields, the sources said.

They will be seeking to help the Houthis delay the enactment of the outcomes of a UN Security Council resolution on Yemen which stipulates the group, which staged a coup in February against internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, vacate areas of the country under its control.

Yemen’s government has set compliance with the resolution as a precondition for attending the meetings and withdrew from a previous Geneva meeting with the Houthis, which was due on May 28, citing the group’s noncompliance with Resolution 2216.

UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has reportedly obtained promises from the Houthis they will abide by the outcomes of the resolution, though he has received no ironclad agreement from the group.

The sources said that along with Iran Russia has also been advising the Houthis, and both are seeking to gain international legitimacy for the group.

According to the sources, Moscow and Tehran have worked out a plan to help the Houthis ensure nothing concrete is agreed during the meetings in Geneva, due on June 14, and to force another round of meetings to take place in future.

The current crisis in Yemen began when the Houthis’ militias occupied Sana’a in September of 2014, taking over government, military and media buildings and facilities.

The group then began to spread across the country, and eventually placed President Hadi as well as Prime Minister Khaled Bahah under house arrest in Sana’a when they staged a coup in February.

Both Hadi and Bahah eventually escaped their house arrest, with Hadi heading to Riyadh in March to ask for military intervention from Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in order to restore political legitimacy in the country.

The Saudi-led air campaign began on March 26. It officially ended a month later but airstrikes have continued due to the Houthis launching attacks near the Saudi border and continuing to target civilians.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Written by : Nasser Al-Haqbani
on : Thursday, 11 Jun, 2015
Iranian advisers to accompany Houthi delegation in Geneva meetings: sources
Moscow and Tehran both pushing for a second meeting in the Swiss city to delay enactment of UN resolution

Rockets fly from a missile base which was hit by an airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, in this April 21, 2015 file picture. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)​

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian advisers will be accompanying the delegation which the Shi’ite Houthi movement will send to Geneva to hold talks with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday.

“The Iranian advisers will be present during the meetings in Geneva in an indirect way, so they will not necessarily be present inside the main meeting room. But the Houthis will nonetheless be receiving directions from them regarding Iran’s political view regarding the current crisis in Yemen,” the sources said.

The advisers will comprise those from the military, political and legal fields, the sources said.

They will be seeking to help the Houthis delay the enactment of the outcomes of a UN Security Council resolution on Yemen which stipulates the group, which staged a coup in February against internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, vacate areas of the country under its control.

Yemen’s government has set compliance with the resolution as a precondition for attending the meetings and withdrew from a previous Geneva meeting with the Houthis, which was due on May 28, citing the group’s noncompliance with Resolution 2216.

UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has reportedly obtained promises from the Houthis they will abide by the outcomes of the resolution, though he has received no ironclad agreement from the group.

The sources said that along with Iran Russia has also been advising the Houthis, and both are seeking to gain international legitimacy for the group.

According to the sources, Moscow and Tehran have worked out a plan to help the Houthis ensure nothing concrete is agreed during the meetings in Geneva, due on June 14, and to force another round of meetings to take place in future.

The current crisis in Yemen began when the Houthis’ militias occupied Sana’a in September of 2014, taking over government, military and media buildings and facilities.

The group then began to spread across the country, and eventually placed President Hadi as well as Prime Minister Khaled Bahah under house arrest in Sana’a when they staged a coup in February.

Both Hadi and Bahah eventually escaped their house arrest, with Hadi heading to Riyadh in March to ask for military intervention from Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in order to restore political legitimacy in the country.

The Saudi-led air campaign began on March 26. It officially ended a month later but airstrikes have continued due to the Houthis launching attacks near the Saudi border and continuing to target civilians.

Junk reporting from al-sharq al-awsat .
By the way this hadi guy they talk so much about finished his term ages ago.

 

[azzo]

Junk reporting from al-sharq al-awsat .
By the way this hadi guy they talk so much about finished his term ages ago.

Thus, attack him and put him in house arrest, refuse to abide by the road plan laid down by the joint government that the Hothis themselves were part of and signed on, and enter the military barracks, take their heavy weapons and warplanes and declare Yemen under the "supervision" of the Great Abdulmalik al Houthi until "AlQaida" is "elimenated" and he deem the situation suitable to hold any kind of election.

No.

 

[Hindustani78]

ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) Sailors and civilian contractors assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat carrying underwater unmanned vehicles are craned onto the ship during mine countermeasure training operations aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15). CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron (HM-15) approach the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) as crew members prepare to launch an MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System during mine countermeasures training operations aboard Ponce. HM-15 is assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 52, promoting mine countermeasure activities in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) Sailors assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 unload an underwater unmanned vehicle from a rigid-hull inflatable boat during mine countermeasures training operations aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15). CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Tyler Johnson, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, prepares an underwater unmanned vehicle on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during mine countermeasures training operations aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15). CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns/Released)

Reuters / Wednesday, June 10, 2015
A Houthi militant walks past a building of the Defence Ministry compound damaged by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa, June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

 

[Serpentine]

Saudis are now blindly bombing Sana'a residential buildings, out of desperation

Parts of Sana'a old city, a world heritage site, was destroyed by American-made Saudi bombs.

 

[Takaavar]

UNESCO Condemns Saudi-Led Airstrike on Yemen's Sanaa Old City - NBC News

All they have learned to do is destruction. Wahhabis and Mongols are disgrace to human race.

 

[بلندر]

Saudis are now blindly bombing Sana'a residential buildings, out of desperation

Parts of Sana'a old city, a world heritage site, was destroyed by American-made Saudi bombs.

they don't bomb them blindly ... they have some hatred toward any historical site .... just look at their brethren from Afghanistan to west of Africa ...

UNESCO Condemns Saudi-Led Airstrike on Yemen's Sanaa Old City - NBC News

All they have learned to do is destruction. Wahhabis and Mongols are disgrace to human race.

if Iran does something like this , UNESCO would ask for military strike against Iran ... Himan Rights wings will kill themselves , all western media will talk about "Evil Iran" , UN will hold the meeting about it and ...

 

[haman10]

Saudis are now blindly bombing Sana'a residential buildings, out of desperation

Parts of Sana'a old city, a world heritage site, was destroyed by American-made Saudi bombs.

SCUD on riadh . that'll be the best response from yemenis .

they did it once . they can do it again

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

SCUD on riadh . that'll be the best response from yemenis .

they did it once . they can do it again

They can't

 

[haman10]

They can't

the last time you said that , they rained hell on you :tornado tongue:

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

the last time you said that , they rained hell on you :tornado tongue:

 

[Hack-Hook]

SCUD on riadh . that'll be the best response from yemenis .

they did it once . they can do it again

Well As Scud has a range of 300 to 400 km then I guess it would be a little hard for them to reach Riadh with them.
Well unless they are gonna march into riadh with them.

 

[Solomon2]

UNESCO Condemns Saudi-Led Airstrike on Yemen's Sanaa Old City - NBC News
All they have learned to do is destruction. Wahhabis and Mongols are disgrace to human race.

BUT according to the U.N. World Health Organization, only Israel is guilty of violating human health rights, so we can be absolutely sure that even if the buildings are destroyed all the people are perfectly fine and don't need medical attention! That goes double and triple in Libya, Iraq, etc.!

 

[بلندر]

BUT according to the U.N. World Health Organization, only Israel is guilty of violating human health rights, so we can be absolutely sure that even if the buildings are destroyed all the people are perfectly fine and don't need medical attention! That goes double and triple in Libya, Iraq, etc.!

they are useless ... the only time they have any credibility is when USA want to use their report against another country ...