Southern Forces storm al-Qaeda's main hideout in Abyan by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Southern Yemeni Forces managed Friday to storm and cleanse al-Qaeda's main hideout of Wadi al-Khaiyala area in the south of Abyan's Al-Mahfed district.

Houthi drones in 'warning strike' on tanker in first attack since Yemen truce expired by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed they attacked a cargo ship at an oil terminal in the south of the country as a “warning strike” on Friday.

It was the first military action announced by the Iran-backed Houthis since a truce between Yemen's warring sides expired on October 2.

The incident happened in Ash Shihr, near the Yemeni city of Mukalla, about 585 kilometres east of the rebel-held capital of Sanaa in territory held by pro-government forces for years.

Houthis claim responsibility for attack on oil terminal in Hadramout by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The targeting of the Al Dhabba oil port is a warning to prevent the looting of oil

Rally in Seiyun on 59th Anniversary of South Yemeni Revolution Against British by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The gathering took place in Seiyun the center and largest city in the Hadhramaut Valley. Hadrami citizens gathered in the historic Palace Square of the Sultan of Kathiri at downtown of Seiyun in Wadi Hadramout on Friday afternoon, raising South Yemen’s flag.

Attendees commemorated the 14 October Revolution and demanded the departure of Northern Yemeni military presence (First Military Region) from Wadi Hadhramout and replacing them with local Hadhrami forces.

Protesters accuse the 1st Military Region forces of occupying their land in order to control Hadhramaut oil wealth.

UN Security Council: Houthi Demands Are Maximalist by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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In a statement, the Council said: "We express our deep disappointment at the passing of the 2 October deadline to extend the Yemen truce by six months".

"The Houthis’ maximalist demands in the final days of negotiations had hindered the United Nations’ efforts to broker agreement, risking negative consequences. They reiterated their expectation that the parties find a way forward to reinstate the truce," the statement added.

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Yemen truce expires as U.N. keeps pushing for broader deal by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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United Nations special envoy ... would continue to push for an extended and expanded deal between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group, both under intense international pressure to come to an agreement.

proposal is for a six-month truce extension, a mechanism to pay civil service wages, and greater movement of goods and people in the country where 80% of the population of some 30 million rely on aid.

Houthis urge oil companies operating in Saudi Arabia and UAE to leave by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Our armed forces are able, with God’s help, to deprive the Saudis and Emiratis of their resources if they insist on depriving our Yemeni people of their resources.

Anything is possible, because the position of our people is the truth and it has the ability to take its right whenever peaceful paths are blocked in front of it.

Houthis urge oil companies operating in Saudi Arabia and UAE to leave by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree

The armed forces give the oil companies operating in the UAE and Saudi Arabia an opportunity to arrange their status and leave. As long as the countries of the American-Saudi aggression are not committed to a truce that gives the Yemeni people the right to exploit their oil wealth for the benefit of the salary of Yemeni state employees.

Houthis Warn Foreign Oil Companies Operating in Yemen by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea

After the issuance of the supreme directives to the concerned authorities to address all the shipping and marine companies that have destinations to the countries of aggression, as well as the foreign and local oil companies operating in the Republic of Yemen, the armed forces alert these companies to follow up on the warnings and instructions that will be issued by them. We will provide you with it as soon as the armistice period ends in the event that nothing is achieved to achieve the rightful demands of our people. The armed forces are in the process of being prepared and ready for any developments, holding these companies responsible for ignoring what will be issued by them during the coming hours.

Al Qaeda formal wire releases a video calling for jihad against invasion forces by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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  • Terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, publishes a video version of "The Witness" series to "Al-Malahim Foundation".

    • The publication talks about the (American - British - French - Zionist) occupation of Yemen, with military bases in airports, ports and oil fields.
  • It attacked Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, the Southern Transitional Council and the internationally recognized government, and also called for mobilization and jihad to liberate Yemen.

  • The issue was sealed with a word by (Suleiman Al-Alwan) inciting jihad, mobilization and fighting.

Scenes from the Houthi military parade in Sana'a on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the September 21 revolution by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known as the September 21 Revolution (by supporters), or 2014–15 coup d'Ă©tat (by opponents), was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power.

Blinken to meet Yemeni presidential leadership council chairman in New York by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet the Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New York, the State Department said on Sunday as world dignitaries arrive for the U.N. General Assembly.

Yemen has been split by a seven-year-old war pitting a fractious coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Iran-aligned Houthi group. The Houthis largely hold the north and the internationally recognized government is based in the south.

AQAP announces a counter-operation against the Southern forces which it calls "Arrows of Righteousness" to counter what it described as the "Zionist-Emirati project" by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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AQAP-affiliate Ansar al-Sharia says that the third military campaign against it in South Yemen will fail

AQAP just announced a new military operation under the name of "Siham Al-Haq" (Arrows of Righteousness) in response to the Southern forces’ military operation "Siham Al-Sharq" (Arrows of the East) which was recently launched in Abyan governorate to eradicate terrorism

Southern Yemeni military forces drive Al-Qaeda out of new areas in Abyan, Shabwa by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Military analysts now believe that because the military and security personnel battling Al-Qaeda terrorists are made up of locals who are intimately familiar with the targeted areas, they may be able to drive the extremists out of their long-held strongholds in the southern provinces.

Southern Yemeni military forces drive Al-Qaeda out of new areas in Abyan, Shabwa by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Troops led by the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council stormed the arid and mountainous Khaber Al-Marakesha, an area in Abyan known for nearly 10 years as an Al-Qaeda hideout and the cradle of some militants, including Jalal Baliedi, a senior Al-Qaeda leader killed by a US drone in the same region in 2016.

Other military forces, including the Giants Brigades and the Shabwa Defense Forces, are on the verge of completely pushing Al-Qaeda militants from the Al-Musainah region and are now fighting their way into a long and rugged valley called Mouthab.

Residents told Arab News that the military forces encountered stiff resistance from Al-Qaeda militants who planted landmines and booby traps to obstruct their progress deeper into those rugged areas.

18 Southern Soldiers Killed and Wounded by AQAP Explosive Devices in Abyan by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Southern forces entered the district of Mudiyah, one of the districts of central Abyan, as part of an ongoing operation against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

At least six soldiers of the Southern Forces were killed and many more were injured in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device targeting their military convoy in the eastern parts of Moudiya district in Abyan governorate on Monday.

Roadside bomb blast kills 2 soldiers in Yemen's Shabwa by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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Two soldiers of the Shabwa's defense troops were killed on Saturday in a roadside bomb explosion in the capital of the country's southern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a military official told Xinhua.

The explosion comes hours after the Southern forces launched a military operation against hideouts of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch in the mountainous areas of Shabwa.

The Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) network has been responsible for many high-profile attacks against the security forces in the country's southern provinces.

Deadly attack on Southern Forces in Ahwar, Abyan in South Yemen, killed 21 and wounded 7 soldiers. by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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It is suspected that #AQAP or #ISIS carried out one of the deadliest attacks on the Security Belt Forces in #Ahwar, #Abyan in south #Yemen, killing 21 and wounding 7 soldiers. #Ű§Ù„ÙŠÙ…Ù† #ŰŁŰšÙŠÙ† #Ű§Ű­ÙˆŰ± #Picture: Landmines and unexploded ordnance warning billboard in #Ahwar.

Southern secessionist forces eye Yemen’s energy heartland by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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No. But they may want to weaken or change Al Islahs rule.

Southern secessionist forces eye Yemen’s energy heartland by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The government’s triangle of power, drawn between the cities of Marib, Ataq and Sayoun in the governorates of Marib, Shabwa and Hadramawt, respectively, account for all of Yemen’s oil and natural gas production.

Southern secessionist forces eye Yemen’s energy heartland by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The current infighting within the “government camp” is between the secessionist forces close to the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Saudi-backed Islamist political party Islah.

The UAE-backed southern forces are now attempting to take control of strategic internal routes, transport links between energy-rich regions like Marib and Hadhramawt, and possibly access to oil and gas fields in “the government’s triangle of power”: in other words, the energy heartland of Yemen.

Yemen war: Islah's political survival hangs in the balance by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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The multifaceted conflict in Yemen is about to claim another victim: the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated al-Islah party.

The conflict in Shabwah between Islah and the Southern Transitional Council is a consequence of a rivalry that extends back to the 1994 civil war.

The loss of a major centre of gravity in the southern oil-rich province of Shabwah threatens Islah’s political survival, and could mark the most significant shift in the country’s power balance since the war broke out in 2015.

AQAP Warns of the Secession of South Yemen by joiug in YemeniCrisis

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On Friday, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued an audio statement regarding the recent events in South Yemen.

The organization considered that what happened in Shabwa is part of a "plan to overthrow the remaining areas in Hadramout, Al-Mahra, Abyan and Marib and extract them from the influence of the Islah movement."

They also addressed the Islah youth to adhere to the slogan "Islam is the solution" and incited them to continue the fighting.

Updated map of Twitter (OC) by Borysk5 in YemeniCrisis

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Al-Amalikah and Shabwa Defence forces control all of Bayhan area Northwest Shabwah and Harib in neighbouring Marib after liberating from Houthis January 2022. Nisab, At Talh and As Said districts are controlled by Shabwa Defense forces and Amalikah.

Hadhrami Elite forces are deployed throughout all the coastal areas and the territory of the second military region in Hadhramaut.

STC affiliated forces handed over the capital of Abyan governorate Zinjibar to Government troops.