| mai said: While entire world is undoubtly recovering from the global economic crisis :D for unknown reasons Yemen is place of violent outbreak for quite some time now and certainly it's not getting better. So what we have here? The Yemeni "revolution" created situation of instability by removing president Saleh (North, zaidite ~ shia) and putting his vice-president Hadi (South with allegiance to North, sunni) in power. Shia rebellion (aka Houthi insurgency, named after the imam al-Houthi, aka Ansar Allah) has long history in North Yemen, but we're interested only in recent years, starting from 2011 of so called Arab spring and Yemeni "revolution" that fueled the conflict, which in turn led to Hadi being captured, eventually he managed to escape. That's one side on the conflict, roughly located at the north, potentially (if not already) a proxy of Iran. Another side is government forces (Hadi), roughly located at the south (starting today de-facto Saudis proxy). Third side is AQAP (currently it's a branch of ISIL), US proxy. And fourth side is South separatists about whom I have even less idea than about the former sides. Worth mentioing that Yemen in current shape and form is relatively young nation, North and South has been unificated in 1990. Insightful comments about what is happening in Yemen are appreciated, the place for me (and likely for the majority) is an informational black hole aside from a bunch of banalities posted above.
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen, launches coalition op against Houthi rebels Saudi Arabian forces, joined by nine other countries, have launched a military operation in Yemen against Shiite Houthi rebels, the Saudi ambassador to the US said. The offensive, which started with airstrikes, will also involve “other military assets.” According to Ambassador Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, the military operation in Yemen started at 7 p.m. EST (11 p.m. GMT). The US is not participating in the operation, the envoy stressed. Al Arabiya reported that warplanes of the Royal Saudi Air Force bombed positions of Yemen’s Houthi militia, targeting their air defenses. The Saudi-led coalition has declared Yemeni airspace a “restricted zone.” Ships in the region have also been urged not to approach Yemen’s ports due to the ongoing military operation. More than 20 people have reportedly died and over 30 others were injured following Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes in Yemen, Sputnik news agency cited local security and medical sources as saying. The majority of the strikes around Sanaa hit residential areas located near the capital’s international airport. Government buildings and the airport were also hit during the offensive. |
When making posts about an international topic, it's best to use an unbiased source. RT is the Russian equivalent of Fox News, but even more overt about it's agenda. Reuters or Al Jazeera will give better articles on the topic.
Saudi will annihilate the uprising and won't let Iran get a foothold. However, just like the proxy war in Ukraine, the real victims are the population who just know that their towns are being burnt and their friends and families killed.
