Yemen.....2
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#BREAKING: Iranian civilian plane defies no-fly zone, attempts to land in Sanaa
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 28, 2015
#BREAKING: Coalition: Sanaa airport runway bombed to prevent Iranian plane which defied the no fly zone from landing
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 28, 2015
Yemen conflict: Saudi-led jets destroy Sanaa airport runway; fighting kills at least 30 people
Jets from a Saudi-led alliance have destroyed the runway of Yemen's Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian plane from landing there, Saudi Arabia said, as fighting across the country killed at least 30 people........ Air force planes from the Saudi-led coalition bombed the runway of the country's main airport to stop an Iranian flight landing, officials from both sides said, in a move that will further complicate humanitarian efforts to fly urgently needed aid into Yemen.
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri said the airport was bombed after an Iranian aircraft refused to coordinate with the coalition and the pilot ignored orders to turn back. He said the bombing of the runway made it unusable for planned aid flights.
Airport officials said the strikes set a civilian aircraft operated by Yemeni Felix Airways ablaze, adding that a cargo plane was also hit. An official at the Yemeni civil aviation authority said the runway was targeted by 20 sorties that destroyed both the take-off and landing runways.
Iranian state news agency IRNA confirmed the incident, and said the pilots had ignored "illegal" warnings from Saudi jets to turn back before the runway was bombed. IRNA said the plane was carrying humanitarian aid to Sanaa. The Houthis' al-Masirah television station said the plane was scheduled to carry wounded victims of the Saudi-led strikes for treatment in Iran.
A civil aviation official said the airport at the Red Sea city of Hodeidah had also been bombed, but appeared to be still operational. Officials said aid flights would be diverted to Hodeidah until Sanaa airport is repaired.......
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 28, 2015
#BREAKING: Coalition: Sanaa airport runway bombed to prevent Iranian plane which defied the no fly zone from landing
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 28, 2015
Yemen conflict: Saudi-led jets destroy Sanaa airport runway; fighting kills at least 30 people
Jets from a Saudi-led alliance have destroyed the runway of Yemen's Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian plane from landing there, Saudi Arabia said, as fighting across the country killed at least 30 people........ Air force planes from the Saudi-led coalition bombed the runway of the country's main airport to stop an Iranian flight landing, officials from both sides said, in a move that will further complicate humanitarian efforts to fly urgently needed aid into Yemen.
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri said the airport was bombed after an Iranian aircraft refused to coordinate with the coalition and the pilot ignored orders to turn back. He said the bombing of the runway made it unusable for planned aid flights.
Airport officials said the strikes set a civilian aircraft operated by Yemeni Felix Airways ablaze, adding that a cargo plane was also hit. An official at the Yemeni civil aviation authority said the runway was targeted by 20 sorties that destroyed both the take-off and landing runways.
Iranian state news agency IRNA confirmed the incident, and said the pilots had ignored "illegal" warnings from Saudi jets to turn back before the runway was bombed. IRNA said the plane was carrying humanitarian aid to Sanaa. The Houthis' al-Masirah television station said the plane was scheduled to carry wounded victims of the Saudi-led strikes for treatment in Iran.
A civil aviation official said the airport at the Red Sea city of Hodeidah had also been bombed, but appeared to be still operational. Officials said aid flights would be diverted to Hodeidah until Sanaa airport is repaired.......
Iranian state news agency IRNA confirmed the incident, and said the pilots had ignored "illegal" warnings from Saudi jets to turn back before the runway was bombed. IRNA said the plane was carrying humanitarian aid to Sanaa. The Houthis' al-Masirah television station said the plane was scheduled to carry wounded victims of the Saudi-led strikes for treatment in Iran.
This is getting messier by the day.
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Iranians Fire Warning Shots at Ship In Gulf
.......Another possible maritime showdown emerged this week.
The United States has demanded that an Iranian aid ship bound for Yemen change course and head towards Djibouti, where the United Nations is overseeing humanitarian efforts for the Yemen conflict. But a senior Iranian commander rejected the request and warned the Americans that "a fire might start" if there were attempts to block Tehran's aid efforts.
Although Iran has said it would provide a naval escort for the aid ship, so far the vessel has no warships guarding it. The Iranian cargo ship is currently heading southwest off the coast of Oman, Warren said.......
.......Another possible maritime showdown emerged this week.
The United States has demanded that an Iranian aid ship bound for Yemen change course and head towards Djibouti, where the United Nations is overseeing humanitarian efforts for the Yemen conflict. But a senior Iranian commander rejected the request and warned the Americans that "a fire might start" if there were attempts to block Tehran's aid efforts.
Although Iran has said it would provide a naval escort for the aid ship, so far the vessel has no warships guarding it. The Iranian cargo ship is currently heading southwest off the coast of Oman, Warren said.......
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Iranian ship carries aid and activists into waters off Yemen
May 17: An Iranian cargo ship carrying aid and activists crossed into the Gulf of Aden on Sunday and will reach Yemen's Hodaida port on May 21, Iranian media reported, in a challenge to Saudi-led naval forces controlling Yemeni waters. A coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia has imposed searches on all ships trying to enter Yemen in a bid to prevent weapons being smuggled to the Iran-allied Houthi rebel group which controls much of the country, including Hodaida.
Iranian officials last week said they would not allow the Saudi-led forces to inspect the Iran Shahed, which is under military escort, and warned of war if the cargo ship was attacked.
"After entering the Gulf of Aden today... we expect to be in the confines of Hodaida port early on May 21," the Iran Shahed's captain, Massoud Ghazi Mirsaid, was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Iran says the ship is carrying food aid, medical volunteers and seven Western activists, one of whom was identified by the Tasnim news agency as Caleb Maupin, a native of Ohio who has campaigned against war and the U.S. financial system. "If they prevent (the ship from docking), which is likely, this is a major human rights violation," Tasnim quoted Maupin as saying in an interview on board the ship.
The presence of foreign activists has previously complicated plans to intercept ships carrying them. Israel faced criticism in 2010 when its forces raided a Gaza-bound flotilla, resulting in the deaths of nine Turkish activists on board. A 10th Turk died in May 2014 from wounds sustained in the incident. Maupin also criticised a plea from his native United States that Iran redirect the ship to Djibouti, where the United Nations is coordinating relief efforts.
Reuters ship tracking data showed the Iran Shahed located off the coast of eastern Yemen at 1110 GMT, heading west towards the Bab el-Mandeb strait, one of the world's busiest oil shipping routes.......
May 17: An Iranian cargo ship carrying aid and activists crossed into the Gulf of Aden on Sunday and will reach Yemen's Hodaida port on May 21, Iranian media reported, in a challenge to Saudi-led naval forces controlling Yemeni waters. A coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia has imposed searches on all ships trying to enter Yemen in a bid to prevent weapons being smuggled to the Iran-allied Houthi rebel group which controls much of the country, including Hodaida.
Iranian officials last week said they would not allow the Saudi-led forces to inspect the Iran Shahed, which is under military escort, and warned of war if the cargo ship was attacked.
"After entering the Gulf of Aden today... we expect to be in the confines of Hodaida port early on May 21," the Iran Shahed's captain, Massoud Ghazi Mirsaid, was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Iran says the ship is carrying food aid, medical volunteers and seven Western activists, one of whom was identified by the Tasnim news agency as Caleb Maupin, a native of Ohio who has campaigned against war and the U.S. financial system. "If they prevent (the ship from docking), which is likely, this is a major human rights violation," Tasnim quoted Maupin as saying in an interview on board the ship.
The presence of foreign activists has previously complicated plans to intercept ships carrying them. Israel faced criticism in 2010 when its forces raided a Gaza-bound flotilla, resulting in the deaths of nine Turkish activists on board. A 10th Turk died in May 2014 from wounds sustained in the incident. Maupin also criticised a plea from his native United States that Iran redirect the ship to Djibouti, where the United Nations is coordinating relief efforts.
Reuters ship tracking data showed the Iran Shahed located off the coast of eastern Yemen at 1110 GMT, heading west towards the Bab el-Mandeb strait, one of the world's busiest oil shipping routes.......
Iranian officials last week said they would not allow the Saudi-led forces to inspect the Iran Shahed, which is under military escort, and warned of war if the cargo ship was attacked.
Iran says the ship is carrying food aid, medical volunteers and seven Western activists, one of whom was identified by the Tasnim news agency as Caleb Maupin, a native of Ohio who has campaigned against war and the U.S. financial system. "If they prevent (the ship from docking), which is likely, this is a major human rights violation," Tasnim quoted Maupin as saying in an interview on board the ship.
Maupin also criticised a plea from his native United States that Iran redirect the ship to Djibouti, where the United Nations is coordinating relief efforts.
Iran says the ship is carrying food aid, medical volunteers and seven Western activists, one of whom was identified by the Tasnim news agency as Caleb Maupin, a native of Ohio who has campaigned against war and the U.S. financial system. "If they prevent (the ship from docking), which is likely, this is a major human rights violation," Tasnim quoted Maupin as saying in an interview on board the ship.
Maupin also criticised a plea from his native United States that Iran redirect the ship to Djibouti, where the United Nations is coordinating relief efforts.
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Saw some other news from Yemen, apparently SecState Kerry has come out in support of the resumption of air strikes among the Saudi led coalition.
"The Houthis were engaged in moving some missile-launching capacity to the
border and under the rules of engagement, it was always understood that if there
were proactive moves by one side or another, then that would be in violation of
the ceasefire agreement," said Kerry, according to the Reuters news agency.
border and under the rules of engagement, it was always understood that if there
were proactive moves by one side or another, then that would be in violation of
the ceasefire agreement," said Kerry, according to the Reuters news agency.
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UAE Mirage Fighter Jet Crashes Over Yemen
DUBAI — A United Arab Emirates fighter jet has crashed in the southern port city of Aden during a combat operation in the early morning hours of Monday, killing two pilots.
A statement from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen confirmed that the fighter jet was one of the French-made Dassault Mirage 2000-9s participating in the operations. The UAE operates alongside the Mirage 2000-9s F-16 block 60s in their Operation Restoring Hope missions over Yemen as well as other logistical and transport aircraft.
"The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces announced today that a fighter jet taking part in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia ... in Yemen was missing," a statement on the official WAM news agency said Monday afternoon, without giving further details. According to a statement released by the coalition, the Mirage crashed “due to a technical fault.”
According to the UAE armed forces, clashes last night and earlier this morning took place in Aden between security forces and al-Qaida militants in the southern capital.
A government official told AFP that a coalition jet had carried out an air raid against the home of a local ISIS commander at dawn, killing the target’s 18-year-old son, near the plane crash site. Coalition Apache helicopters were also taking part in the fighting on Monday, security officials said. “We saw Apache helicopters fire rockets and open machine gun fire at al-Qaida militants” in the al-Mansoura district of Aden, one witness told the news agency.
This is the first known case of a UAE jet from the coalition crashing since the campaign began in March last year. In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a "technical error." The pilot was saved and the plane's wreckage was found.
It was the second coalition jet to crash after a Moroccan warplane went down during a mission over Yemen in May. Its pilot was later found dead and his body was returned home. The coalition said at the time that the crash had been caused by a technical fault or human error, and it denied rebel claims that they downed the plane.
DUBAI — A United Arab Emirates fighter jet has crashed in the southern port city of Aden during a combat operation in the early morning hours of Monday, killing two pilots.
A statement from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen confirmed that the fighter jet was one of the French-made Dassault Mirage 2000-9s participating in the operations. The UAE operates alongside the Mirage 2000-9s F-16 block 60s in their Operation Restoring Hope missions over Yemen as well as other logistical and transport aircraft.
"The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces announced today that a fighter jet taking part in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia ... in Yemen was missing," a statement on the official WAM news agency said Monday afternoon, without giving further details. According to a statement released by the coalition, the Mirage crashed “due to a technical fault.”
According to the UAE armed forces, clashes last night and earlier this morning took place in Aden between security forces and al-Qaida militants in the southern capital.
A government official told AFP that a coalition jet had carried out an air raid against the home of a local ISIS commander at dawn, killing the target’s 18-year-old son, near the plane crash site. Coalition Apache helicopters were also taking part in the fighting on Monday, security officials said. “We saw Apache helicopters fire rockets and open machine gun fire at al-Qaida militants” in the al-Mansoura district of Aden, one witness told the news agency.
This is the first known case of a UAE jet from the coalition crashing since the campaign began in March last year. In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a "technical error." The pilot was saved and the plane's wreckage was found.
It was the second coalition jet to crash after a Moroccan warplane went down during a mission over Yemen in May. Its pilot was later found dead and his body was returned home. The coalition said at the time that the crash had been caused by a technical fault or human error, and it denied rebel claims that they downed the plane.
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Rebels sink UAE warship (ex-USN) HSV-2 Swift off Yemen coast.
https://www.rt.com/news/361339-uae-w...-attack-yemen/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSV-2_Swift
https://www.rt.com/news/361339-uae-w...-attack-yemen/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSV-2_Swift
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Pentagon believes attack on Saudi frigate meant for US warship
The Iranian-backed suicide attack targeting a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen on Monday may have been meant for an American warship, two defense officials told Fox News.
The incident in question occurred in the southern Red Sea and was carried out by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Two Saudi sailors were killed and three were wounded. At first the ship was thought to have been struck by a missile.But based on new analysis of a video showing the attack, American intelligence officials now believe this was, in fact, a suicide bomber whose small boat rammed the side of the Saudi vessel.
In the audio heard on the video, a voice narrating the attack shouts in Arabic, "Allahu akbar [God is great], death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory for Islam."
U.S. defense analysts believe those behind the attack either thought the bomber was striking an American warship or that this was a “dress rehearsal” similar to the attack on the USS Cole, according to one official......
The Iranian-backed suicide attack targeting a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen on Monday may have been meant for an American warship, two defense officials told Fox News.
The incident in question occurred in the southern Red Sea and was carried out by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Two Saudi sailors were killed and three were wounded. At first the ship was thought to have been struck by a missile.But based on new analysis of a video showing the attack, American intelligence officials now believe this was, in fact, a suicide bomber whose small boat rammed the side of the Saudi vessel.
In the audio heard on the video, a voice narrating the attack shouts in Arabic, "Allahu akbar [God is great], death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory for Islam."
U.S. defense analysts believe those behind the attack either thought the bomber was striking an American warship or that this was a “dress rehearsal” similar to the attack on the USS Cole, according to one official......
One thing holds true....there's Submarines and Targets.
Proved to be a game changer in more than a few dust ups of varying sizes.
Proved to be a game changer in more than a few dust ups of varying sizes.
UAE nuclear power plant targeted by Houthis?
Yemen's Houthis report missile launched towards UAE | News | Al Jazeera
And from the UAE and Saudi Arabian viewpoint: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ear-plant.html
Even the fact that people are actually threatening this is appalling. A new and very dangerous step for humanity.
Yemen's Houthis report missile launched towards UAE | News | Al Jazeera
And from the UAE and Saudi Arabian viewpoint: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ear-plant.html
Even the fact that people are actually threatening this is appalling. A new and very dangerous step for humanity.
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Yemen is like Afghanistan - easy to get into a war there and bloody awful to get out in one piece
I'm not really sure who wants what - the Houthis want power but are (apparently) totally incompetent, the Saudis want a client state preferably run by Sunnis, and Iran just enjoys meddling..............
I'm not really sure who wants what - the Houthis want power but are (apparently) totally incompetent, the Saudis want a client state preferably run by Sunnis, and Iran just enjoys meddling..............
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Looks like an optimism about intercept of a 55 y.o. missile by a Saudi-operated Patriot was a bit premature.
Or maybe these are just fake news from NYT to prick and laugh at Trump?
From: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...e-defense.html
“Our system knocked the missile out of the air,” President Trump said the next day from Air Force One en route to Japan, one of the 14 countries that use the system. “That’s how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we’re selling it all over the world.”
But an analysis of photos and videos of the strike posted to social media suggests that story may be wrong.
Instead, evidence analyzed by a research team of missile experts appears to show the missile’s warhead flew unimpeded over Saudi defenses and nearly hit its target, Riyadh’s airport. The warhead detonated so close to the domestic terminal that customers jumped out of their seats.
Or maybe these are just fake news from NYT to prick and laugh at Trump?
From: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...e-defense.html
“Our system knocked the missile out of the air,” President Trump said the next day from Air Force One en route to Japan, one of the 14 countries that use the system. “That’s how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we’re selling it all over the world.”
But an analysis of photos and videos of the strike posted to social media suggests that story may be wrong.
Instead, evidence analyzed by a research team of missile experts appears to show the missile’s warhead flew unimpeded over Saudi defenses and nearly hit its target, Riyadh’s airport. The warhead detonated so close to the domestic terminal that customers jumped out of their seats.
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well Ali Abdullah Saleh is now gone so that's one of the meddlers out of the game
I really despair about it TBH - no-one is in the right here - it's just people meddling for the sake of it.
At least the West and Russia have stayed out so far
I really despair about it TBH - no-one is in the right here - it's just people meddling for the sake of it.
At least the West and Russia have stayed out so far
Harry, when's the last time you worked with a ballistic missile defense systems? (my last time was in 2004).
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Yes, I was meaning that "hi-tech stuff in hands of ....(well, put your own word there) is nothing but a piece of metal". Well applicable to Russian arms exported to that region, too.
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"Harry, when's the last time you worked with a ballistic missile defense systems? (my last time was in 2004)"
I wasn't being serious..........................................
I wasn't being serious..........................................
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Saudi-led coalition warplane crashes in Yemen: Saudi statement
DUBAI (Reuters) - A warplane from Saudi Arabia’s air forces fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen crashed on Sunday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations, a statement carried by the Saudi state news agency SPA said.
The Houthi armed movement’s TV channel al-Massirah earlier said Houthi forces had shot down the fighter in Saada province, adding it was a Britain-made Tornado.
The Saudi statement said the plane had crashed in the war zone. It said the Saudi-led coalition conducted a special operation to evacuate the two pilots who survived the crash.
DUBAI (Reuters) - A warplane from Saudi Arabia’s air forces fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen crashed on Sunday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations, a statement carried by the Saudi state news agency SPA said.
The Houthi armed movement’s TV channel al-Massirah earlier said Houthi forces had shot down the fighter in Saada province, adding it was a Britain-made Tornado.
The Saudi statement said the plane had crashed in the war zone. It said the Saudi-led coalition conducted a special operation to evacuate the two pilots who survived the crash.