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Arabia

Local tribes push UAE mercenaries out of military camp at Bab al-Mandab coastline

2023-08-07

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sana’a government, Hussein al-Ezzi, commented on Saturday on the military developments in the Bab al-Mandab strait.

Al-Ezzi published a picture on his Twitter account, commenting on it by saying: "Al-Sabiha fighters salute the people from Bab al-Mandab and force the Mocha mercenaries and dealers of ’shabu’ and drugs to reposition."

This comment comes after the al-Sabiha tribes forced Tariq Saleh’s UAE mercenary forces to withdraw from a camp that was created in Bab al-Mandab.

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UAE-backed forces continue incursion into Islah territory in Taiz

2023-07-17

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Large military units of the so-called "Guardians of the Republic", backed by the UAE, continued on Saturday their incursion into the western coast and the city of al-Turbah in Taiz province, southwest Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, local media sources said.

This comes with the aim of controlling the sites under the control of the Islah Party forces loyal to the Saudi-led coalition in al-Hujaria areas in Taiz.

According to the sources, elements affiliated with the Guardians of the Republic led by "Tariq Saleh", a member of the coalition-formed "Presidential Leadership Council", began to establish military sites in the areas adjacent to al-Turbah city, which hosts one of the largest camps of the so-called "Taiz axis" controlled by the Saudi-backed Islah forces.

The sources added that the elements of "Tariq Saleh" are planning to establish new camps in the mountain range overlooking the al-Shamaytain district, whose center is the city of al-Turbah, which is of strategic and geographical importance.

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Puppet government official assassinated in Taiz province

2023-06-08

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] An official of the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition was killed in a mysterious liquidation operation near Bab al-Mandab, west of Taiz province, on Tuesday.

This comes one day after a prominent military commander in the armed factions loyal to the UAE was injured in the same area.

There were conflicting reports about the details of the liquidation, as local residents reported that the director of al-Kadha’s electricity facility, Saleh Rabah, was killed in a kaboom that targeted his car while he was in the Thubab area in Bab al-Mandab, which is under the control of the UAE-loyal factions.

Local media loyal to the coalition reported that Rabah was assassinated by button men affiliated with the so-called "Guardians of the Republic" faction led by Tariq Saleh, a member of the "Presidential Leadership Council" formed by the coalition.

In a related context, the engineering staff officer of the "Second Tihama Brigade", Muhammad Jarmesh, and his son Ezzedine, were maimed by the earth-shattering kaboom of a landmine left over from the war between the districts of Hays and al-Khokhah of Hodeida province.

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Commander of the National Resistance Forces and member of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Brigadier General Tariq Saleh, warned that war would be an option if the Houthi militias continued to waste peace opportunities

2023-02-24

[TWITTER]

The commander of the National Resistance Forces and member of the Presidential Leadership Council #(PLC), Brigadier General Tariq Saleh, warned that war would be an option if the #Houthi militias continued to waste peace opportunities. pic.twitter.com/tBXVKuFTnJ
— Al-Estiklal English (@alestiklalen) February 23, 2023

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Prominent Security Official Assassinated in Taiz

2023-01-31

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Unidentified button men assassinated on Monday a prominent security official in the city of Taiz, southwestern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, media sources reported.

The sources stated that unidentified button men shot Brigadier General Abdullah al-Qaisi, the former advisor to the Director of Taiz Security and an academic at Taiz University, while he was leaving his house at dawn today in al-Jamhouri neighborhood, abruptly ejecting him from the gene pool.

The reasons and motives for the liquidation, or the party responsible for it, are not yet known, according to the sources.

The liquidation comes in the context of the collapse of the security situation in the city, which is witnessing widespread liquidations, amid the escalation of conflicts between the Islah Party and the UAE-backed factions led by Tariq Saleh.

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Southern Transitional Council admits to being plagued by large-scale defections as infighting with Saudi forces escalates

2022-11-27

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s admitted that defections hit its ranks after Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
targeted its entity and presence in the city of Aden, neutralizing its forces and replacing them with Tariq Saleh’s forces.

Hadhramaut militia leader Abdullah Mubarak al-Ghaithi said in a post on Twitter: "The Southern Transitional Council, Hadi’s wing, and Ali Nasser Mohammed are in the process of formation."

"This wing will be joined by 5 to 8 members of the current STC leadership," he added.

Al-Ghaithi accused Islah of assassinating the STC’s leaders, similar to the liquidation operations against the Socialist Party leaders after reunification of Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
by former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh

... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
and Islah party.

"After the formation of the Presidential Leadership Council, the military elements of the transitional will be subjected to physical liquidation operations in the name of "al-Qaeda" and "ISIS", which is a duplicate of what the Socialist Party officers were subjected to after reunification of Yemen at the hands of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s services," he claimed

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Saudi-led forces accused of engaging in sex trafficking and forces prostitution of refugees

2022-11-17

[HODHODYEMENNEWS] Displaced women in camps on Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s western coast on Tuesday accused the government, loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, of turning the camps into prostitution and sex trafficking headquarters, according to Yemen News Portal.

If their menfolk lack the power and ability to defend them, they’re meat for cats, who respond in accordance with their nature.

Activists circulated on social media videos of several girls talking about the administration of the IDP camps on the west coast distributing sexual objects to displaced women and forcing them to commit adultery under duress.

One victim noted that the director of the administration in al-Khokha , Najib al-Saadi, was forcibly pressuring displaced women to have sex.

Earlier this week, a massive fire broke out in al-Jisha camp in al-Khokha district, which is under the control of Tariq Saleh’s forces, which are accused of committing rape crimes, in an attempt to hide evidence and force the displaced people to leave the city, while activists described it as a Dire Revenge operation.

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Large explosion hits occupied city of Aden

2022-11-12

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful explosion rocked Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s southern port city of Aden, which is controlled by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC).

This was reported by Yemen News Portal on Friday, based on testimonies of local sources.

According to the sources, button men attacked a house belonging to a military command in the STC’s support brigade behind the fish market near the Dar Saad cop shoppe north Aden city.

The commander of the Fifth Support Brigade, and another person were maimed in the attack, one of the sources said.

The same source pointed out that the earth-shattering kaboom caused fear among the residents and was heard in the outskirts of Sheikh Othman and Mansoura districts.

The explosion comes in light of military mobilization between the STC militias and Tariq Saleh’s, which took over the protection of the al-Ma’ashiq Presidential Palace after expelling the so-called "Presidential al-Asifah Forces" led by Aidarous al-Zubaidi

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Islah Party accuses Saudi-led Chief of Staff of involvement with assassinations of its members

2022-11-09

[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The Islah Party accused on Tuesday Chief of Staff of forces in the coalition-backed government, Saghir bin Aziz, of being involved in the assassination of its most prominent military leaders.

The accusation came, a few hours after the assassination of a military advisor, and the commander of the 81st Infantry Brigade, Mohammad al-Jaradi, one of the most prominent military leaders affiliated with the party, in the city of Ma’rib.

The Party-affiliated “Belqees TV Channel” reported in a report that the assassination of Al-Jaradi at this particular time came to cover major crimes committed by some leaders loyal to the UAE in Ma’rib.

The report stated that Al-Jaradi was at odds with Saghir bin Aziz over corruption cases within the ministry, pointing out that a quarrel occurred between them days before his murder, in an explicit accusation of the involvement of the top leader backed by the UAE in the assassination.

The accusations also came in light of the escalation of conflicts between the coalition factions in Ma’rib, especially after Islah brought direct accusations against Saghir bin Aziz and leaders loyal to Tariq Saleh, of being behind the bombing of weapons stores in the third military region in Ma’rib.

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Video footage shows new Al-Qaeda forces deploying in Yemen

2022-10-30

Video footage of a new military batch of al-Qaeda recruits circulated on social media, showing that the new recruits are ready to take part in fighting within the "Tariq Saleh" militias on the west coast.

Activists accused the UAE of recruiting elements of al-Qaeda led by Mohammed Tariq Saleh, the son of military commander Tariq Saleh, whom he gave birth to from his secret marriage to a girl from Raymah province.

The activists added that the terrorist elements led by Mohammed Tariq Saleh were recruited into two battalions within the militias of the so-called "Guardians of the Republic" in the coastal city of Mocha in southwestern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
They pointed out that the terrorist elements received military training for two weeks inside one of the camps in the same port city

The video shows al-Qaeda elements recruited from the west coast and Raymah province in military uniform belonging to the "Guardians of the Republic" militias.

The activists confirmed their intention to publish more videos in the coming hours to show the terrorist organization members slaughtering citizens and prisoners of war.

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Further infighting threatens to engulf occupied Shabwah province

2022-05-15

Shabwah province in eastern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, has on Saturday witnessed a mutual military build-up between armed factions loyal to the UAE.

This coincided with the escalation of tensions between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia on the one hand and the faceless myrmidons of Tariq Saleh and Shabwah governor militias on the other, in light of the efforts of each faction to control the oil sources in the province.

According to media sources, the STC militia has sent new military reinforcements to the outskirts of Ataq city, the capital of Shabwah, coming from Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
province.

For their part, the so-called al-Amaliqa Brigades and the faceless myrmidons of the so-called Shabwah Defence Force have reinforced their presence in the areas near the oil fields with dozens of military personnel.

Tribal sources said that hundreds of al-Amaliqa members affiliated with the so-called joint forces led by Tariq Saleh arrived during the past hours to Markha district and the outskirts of Usailan district, where the oil wells are located.

The STC had earlier warned the governor of Shabwah, Awad al-Awlaqi, against facilitating the control of Tariq Saleh’s forces over the oil sources in the province, threatening to prevent this by force.

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Explosion targets Southern Transitional Council rally in Yemeni city of Ataq

2022-03-20

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful explosion has targeted a demonstration held by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Shabwah province.

This was reported by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
News Portal, based on testimonies of local sources.

According to local sources, unknown button men threw bombs at the STC’ demonstration in the city of Ataq.

Security forces tried to block the demonstration against the announcement of the Political Bureau of Tariq Saleh (also known as Tariq Afash), the nephew of the late President former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh

... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
The STC fears that the Political Bureau will represent an end to its future in the oil-rich province, as the STC aspired to acquire it to boost its gains in eastern Yemen.

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