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At the same time, Washington began supplying intelligence and aerial refuelingon demand for a Saudi bombing campaign against the militias Iran favors in Yemen. Iran continues to advise and assist Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom Washington .
Haider al-Abadi, Adel al-Jubeir spar over Yemen
A day after meeting with President Obama, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi slammed the U.S.-supported campaign led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt in Yemen, saying it has ���no logic��� and warning it could explode into a regional sectarian war between Iran.
Saudi Arabia appears to scale back its military intervention.
Saudi Arabia appears to scale back its military intervention in Yemen Washington Post SANAA, YEMEN ��� Saudi Arabia appeared Tuesday to be scaling back its military intervention in Yemen, after more than three weeks. Campaign against Yemen rebels enters new phase, Saudi saysMiami Herald RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Daily Mail -MSNBC �� all 2,219 news articles ��. Leave a Reply. Click here to cancel reply. (Required). (Will not be published) (Required).
Make No Mistake ��� the United States Is at War in Yemen.
This time, its Yemen. Late Wednesday evening, March 25, the White House posted a statement declaring: ���President Obama has authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council]-led. The United States is providing targeting intelligence, as the Wall Street Journal reported: ���American military planners are using live intelligence feeds from surveillance flights over Yemen to help Saudi Arabia decide what and where to��.
Iraqi Premier Softens Tone About Saudis
WASHINGTON ��� One day after he sharply criticized Saudi Arabias military intervention in Yemen, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq on Thursday said that he still wanted to maintain good ties with the Saudis and hoped that they would open an.
Saudi war on Yemen: rising tensions in the Middle East and.
Apart from 100 fighter jets, Saudi Arabia has dedicated 150,000 soldiers to the campaign, amassing them on its long porous border with Yemen and threatening an even bloodier ground invasion. The United States and Britain have said they would not participate directly in the campaign, but that they will provide ���logistical��� and ���intelligence��� support. Israel has also openly supported the campaign. However, the EU has been vacillating, and although it did condemn the��.
Saudi Arabia says it will scale back its military campaign in Yemen
SANAA, YEMEN ��� Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it is scaling back its military intervention in Yemen, after more than three weeks of punishing airstrikes failed to drive back the Shiite rebels that have plunged the Arabian Peninsula nation into chaos. At a.
SMART POWER: Saudis Launch Military Campaign in.
A coalition of Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, launched airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen early today, The Washington Post reports: The strikes were a startling turn of events that came as the Houthis,��.
Yemen Ground Invasion By Saudi, Egyptian Troops Imminent
According to coalition military sources, the answer is no, but that remains to be seen: Three Egyptian military and security officials told The Associated Press that a coalition of countries led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia will conduct a ground invasion into. Egypts presidency said in a statement Thursday that its naval and air forces were participating in the coalition campaign already.. and a legal vote by Yemenis will take place after the takeover instead of before it.
M of A - Why Wage War On Yemen?
No war was ever won through air campaigns and the Saudis will not get what they want through bombing. Despite the bombing campaign the Houthis and their army allies are taking the southern port city of Aden. A ground��.
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Civilians Killed As Saudi-led Forces Attack Yemen | Counter.
Ground operation planned in Yemen: Egyptian officials: Egyptian security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a campaign of airstrikes to weaken them.. Russian expert: Saudi Arabia may suffer defeat in Yemen: A military intervention by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen will trigger a large-scale conflict in the region and most probably end with Riyadhs defeat, said expert��.
Rebel forces push farther into key Yemeni port city of Aden
The showdown over Aden, a key port and gateway to Yemens south, underscores the imperatives on both sides in the widening conflict ��� in which Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have launched a campaign to beat back the rebels, thought to be backed by.
Heres How Obamas Foreign Policy Is Working Out in the Middle East
Reports from The New York Times warn that the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen may turn what has been a civil war between competing sects of Islam into a wider regional conflict. The decades-long cold. As ground troops begin to take land.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia are considering holding large-scale military.
Sanaa (AFP) - Saudi Arabia and Egypt are considering holding large-scale military manoeuvres after launching air strikes on Yemeni rebels who have been slapped with a UN arms embargo and sanctions. In a possible sign the Saudi-led air campaign .
Expanding Qaeda seizes airport in southeast Yemen
For years, Yemen has been a key US ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda, allowing Washington to carry out drone attacks on its territory. But the deeply tribal country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula sank further into chaos after a Saudi-led.
USA and Saudi Arabia invade Yemen to defend their oil.
The Huthis said that coalition airstrikes in Yemen would lead to a large-scale war in the region. ���This aggression and we will respond with a counter-attack,��� the leader of Ansarullah, Ali al-Imad said. ���Saudi Arabia has taken a��.
saudi arabia is fighting united states war in yemen
Riyadh fighting Washingtons war in Yemen by Syarif Hidayat Saudi Arabia is fighting the United States war in Yemen since the Obama White House has decided to ���lead from the behind,��� an American journalist says. US Army. ���And now they are bringing [the troika] to bear in Yemen, where the net effect of their military aggression will be to vastly increase the influence of al-Qaeda,��� he concluded. The God... Please come Back Again for The Latest Updates!
Al Qaeda Exploits Yemen Crisis
The brigades initially refused to hand control of the facility to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, but after brief clashes the military units withdrew. Not only does al Qaeda control the air base, it allegedly has access to the remaining air defense.
Despite Saudi-led airstrikes, Shiite rebels continue to advance in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen ��� Shiite rebels reached the outskirts of the key southern city of Aden on Friday, boldly defying a bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia that is seeking to push them back and carve out a protected space for the countrys beleaguered.
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Another Middle East War Breaks Out: Saudis Begin.
Earlier today we reported that, on very short notice, Saudi Arabia had moved heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, raising the risk that the Middle Easts top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni. Moments ago all these warnings were borne out when Al-Arabiya reported that the latest middle-east war is now official after Saudi Arabia and Arab Gulf States had launched a bombing campaign against Yemen.
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But we cant shake the feeling the storys not over. ���A Saudi military spokesman said the coalition it leads would step up pressure on the Houthis and their allies in the next few days,��� Reuters reports.. Iran-backed rebels have knocked out the former government in Yemen, which was friendly to both Saudi Arabia and the U.S. The Saudis have a full-scale religious war on their southern border, with opponents fully backed by. Forty more and its back above 18,000.
Saudi Arabias American-Backed War in Yemen Went.
Through its backing of Saudi Arabia ��� with bombs, intelligence, refueling, and search-and-rescue capabilities ��� and Riyadhs military intervention in Yemen, the United States is effectively at war with the impoverished land that occupies the. ���The days of a Yemen that could be run by one person who could be dealt with and who could take care of things are gone,��� Farea al-Muslimi, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, told the Washington Post.
M of A - The Wahhabis War On Yemen
This is an attack on a larger scale, a US-supported strategic move from the Saudis and its Coalition of Henchmen (the Gulf Counterrevolutionary Council, et al) that will definitely alter the geopolitics of the region, effectively displacing the attention from the proxy wars against.. Egyptian security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a campaign of airstrikes to weaken them.
For Saudi Arabia, struggles in Yemen have deep roots
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ��� In the two weeks since Saudi Arabia launched a bombing campaign in Yemen, the kingdom has barely slowed the advance of Shiite rebels who appear to be digging in for a long fight. But so far, Saudi. Saudi Arabias.
Hard National Security Choices
As The Washington Post reported, the United States pulled its military and intelligence personnel from the country as violence escalated, and our Yemeni counterterrorism partners are now in disarray. The unrelenting torrent of drone strikes that.
Oil Markets Blow Yemen Crisis Out Of Proportion
���We will do whatever it takes in order to protect the legitimate government of Yemen from falling,��� Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, said in Washington DC. A Saudi official told Reuters that a ���land��.
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Losing Aden Puts Houthis on Dangerous Ground
Not only does this ��� combined with the other operations in Lahj and Lawder ��� leave Houthi and Saleh forces stranded in Aden with finite supplies of ammunition and fighters, but it also cuts off their withdrawal route. Further. A victory in Aden.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia are considering holding large-scale
Sanaa (AFP) - Saudi Arabia and Egypt are considering holding large-scale military manoeuvres after launching air strikes on Yemeni rebels who have been slapped with a UN arms embargo and sanctions. In a possible��.
Land Destroyer: Might Makes Right? US Can Save Fleeing.
March 30, 2015 (Eric Draitser - NEO) - The military intervention in Yemen by a US-backed coalition of Arab states will undoubtedly inflame the conflict both in Yemen, and throughout the region. It is likely to be a. While in Yemen, the initiation by Saudi Arabia and other US-backed countries of an unprovoked war with the expressed goal of regime change, this is not aggression as it furthers Washingtons interests. Language Versus Reality.. The question of scale is critical. Russia��.