Auch nach den jüngsten Luftschlägen vom gestrigen Montag billigt die Bundesregierung den Krieg eines von Saudi-Arabien geführten Militärbündnisses gegen Aufständische im Jemen. Man habe "Verständnis" für die bewaffnete Intervention, heißt es im Auswärtigen Amt. Saudische Luftschläge trafen gestern unter anderem ein jemenitisches Flüchtlingslager; dabei starben mindestens 45 Personen. Riads neuer Krieg richtet sich gegen einen angeblichen Machtzuwachs Irans, dem gute Verbindungen zu den schiitischen Huthi-Rebellen nachgesagt werden. Er entspricht den Interessen der NATO-Staaten: Man wolle verhindern, dass Teheran mit Hilfe der Huthis "neben der Meerenge von Hormuz auch noch die Meerenge zwischen dem Jemen und Afrika kontrollieren könnte, durch die jeden Tag Millionen Barrel Erdöl transportiert werden", erläutert ein renommierter Kommentator.
No, it isnt a battle between Shia and Sunni, Iranian and Arab or the much-ballyhooed Iran-Saudi stand-off. Yes, these narratives have played a part in defining sides, but often only in the most simplistic fashion, to rally constituencies behind a policy objective. And they do often reflect some truth.
But the sides demarcated for our consumption do not explain, for instance, why Oman or Algeria refuse to participate, why Turkey is where it is, why Russia, China and the BRICS are participants, why the US is so conflicted in its direction and why, in a number of regional conflicts, Sunni, Shia, Islamist, secularist, liberal, conservative, Christian, Muslim, Arab and Iranian sometimes find themselves on the same side.
Operation Decisive Storm and the Expanding Counter-Revolution
.............For those with longer historical memories, this military campaign suggests a previous proxy war between Gamal Abdel Nassers Egypt and Saudi Arabia, when both countries intervened in the Yemeni civil war (1962-1967) to support the Yemeni republicans, on the one hand, and the Yemeni monarchy, on the other. In that conflict, the Saudis backed the deposed Zaydi imam while Egyptian troops fought on the side of the free officers. Although the republican officers prevailed, Egypt suffered a kind of defeat, and Saudi Arabia ultimately extended its hegemony over what was then North Yemen.
A closer historical analogy might be the Iranian, Jordanian and British intervention in Oman against the rebellion of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO) in the 1960s and 1970s. In that case an alliance of conservative monarchies joined forces to support the Omani sultanate against popular forces that had threatened to spread into the greater Persian Gulf. While the Houthis in no way resemble the leftist PFLO in ideology or revolutionary practice, the forces gathered against them have a great deal in common. ...............
Saudi Arabia and Israel are the two most malign influences in the Middle East. In a region blighted by (mostly western-backed) dictatorships, these two regimes stand out because of their influence. They are what I have termed, the permanent counter-revolution.
President Obama has pointed to Yemen as a model for the U.S.'s counter-terrorism strategy. But now, an anti-American rebel group known as the Houthis has ousted the president and thrown the country into turmoil. As a Saudi-led military campaign bombards Yemen, FRONTLINE in conjunction with BBC Arabic brings this special report from inside the war zone.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365460557/
Das Video wegen Copyright kannt in Deutschland nicht gezeigt werden .... aber hier kann es sehen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lk5o07trKM
Dieses Video hat gleich Thema aber ist eine compilation von verschiedenen Quele .
Saudi War in Yemen - Video Compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ22F83wl6s
Saudi Arabia and the War of Legitimacy in Yemen
On 21 April 2015, the Saudi-led war coalition of Arab states announced that Operation Decisive Storm, the military campaign against Yemen that started on 25 March, had transitioned to a new, more peaceful phase, codenamed Operation Restore Hope. Shortly thereafter, Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi delivered his first speech to the nation from exile in Saudi Arabia, repeating many of the same accusations against, and ultimatums to, the Houthis. The bombing resumed mere hours after the coalitions announcement and, more than a week later, it shows no signs of slowing. It seems that little has changed except for the branding of the war. But what this new phase has confirmed is that any of Saudi Arabias attempts at peace in Yemenwhether under the guise of Operation Restore Hope or otherwisewill likely be more violent and permanent than its current war.
Die Luftangriffe Saudi-Arabiens auf den Jemen werden auch mit deutschen Kampfflugzeugen geführt. Dies geht aus mehreren voneinander unabhängigen Berichten von der Arabischen Halbinsel hervor. Demnach werden Eurofighter, an deren Produktion deutsche Rüstungsfirmen maßgeblich beteiligt sind, für sogenannte Präzisionsschläge gegen Stellungen der Huthi-Rebellen eingesetzt.
MoD confirms Britain is arming Saudi Arabia in Yemen conflict
Britains Ministry of Defence has confirmed it is providing technical support and arming Saudi Arabia in its ongoing war against Yemen, RT has learned.
http://rt.com/uk/268324-uk-arming-saudi-yemen/
The worlds newest humanitarian catastrophe, and how Britain helped to create it
Britain has actively contributed to the creation a humanitarian disaster in Yemen, and potentially helped turn the Middle Easts poorest state into the new Syria. Not hyperbole or rhetoric, just a bald statement of fact. Ill leave it to others to try to explain the near total silence on this issue throughout the British media and across the political spectrum. For now, it will suffice simply to tell the story.
Millions in Yemen on brink of starvation, Oxfam warns
More than 6 million people in Yemen are on the verge of starvation, Oxfam warned on Tuesday, adding that months of war and a blockade on imports were pushing an additional 25,000 people into hunger every day.
One in two of Yemen's people - nearly 13 million - are now struggling to find enough to eat, the aid agency said.
"As the warring parties continue to ignore calls for a ceasefire, the average family in Yemen is left wondering when their next meal will be," Oxfam's Yemen country director Philippe Clerc said.
Nearly 4,000 people have been killed and more than 1.2 million displaced in a conflict between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Four fifths of the population need help, the United Nations says.
Oxfam said the number of hungry people had risen by 2.3 million to 12.9 million since March, when a Saudi-led coalition backing Hadi began bombarding the Houthis and imposed a blockade in a bid to cut off arms supplies.