Monthly Archives: June 2021

2021-06-24: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2021-06-24). Infighting: Two Killed, 15 Wounded as Yemen Separatists Clash. news.antiwar.com Yemen is no stranger to fighting, and the city of Aden on Wednesday night Fighting centered around a checkpoint and the education ministry building, as one tried to disarm the other. The STC leader ended the fighting by ordering both brigades to withdraw from the area, and calm quickly returned. | The STC intends to restore the Republic…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-24). Houthi Drones Keep Coming: At Least Six Shot Down Over Southern Saudi Arabia. southfront.org Illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing | The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a total of six "booby-trapped" drones launched from Yemen by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) over the last few days. | A single drone was intercepted on June 22. It was reportedly heading to attack a target in the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait. Early on June 23, the second drone was shot down while it was on its way to the southern city of Jizan. In the afternoon of the same day, four drones were shot down over the Kingdom's so…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-24). Military Situation In Yemen On June 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 96 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 13 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Kitaf area | On June 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Hazm area | On June 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-24). Persian Gulf sheikhdoms back Azerbaijan's war in the Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Persian Gulf sheikhdoms back Azerbaijan's war in the Caucasus The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Saudi Arabia. The former stated, "the GCC has always supported the fair position" of Azerbaijan and its Turkish sponsor in last year's war against Nagorno-Karabakh. …

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-24). Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms Back Azerbaijan's War in the Caucasus. news.antiwar.com The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Saudi Arabia. The former stated, "the GCC has always supported the fair position" of Azerbaijan and its Turkish sponsor in last year's war against Nagorno-Karabakh. The same GCC that supported the "fair position" of …

Jason Ditz (2021-06-23). Report: 90 Fighters Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Yemen's Maarib. news.antiwar.com Following reports of heavy fighting over the city of Maarib, in northern Yemen, pro-government sources are claiming that 90 fighters were killed over the past 48 hours, Maarib is the last government-held city in the north, and has been challenged for months by Houthi offensives. This fight has been ongoing, in between offensive and counter-offensive, since February. | Fighting in Maarib has been particularly bloody, with hundreds dead on both sides, and most troubling, l…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-23). Military Situation In Yemen On June 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 92 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the east of Saadah city | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Khab and Shaaf area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 21 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-23). Four Of Khashoggi's Assassins Received Paramilitary Training In The U.S. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Four of the Saudi citizens who partook in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi back in 2018 received paramilitary training in the United States, The training took place in 2017, and w…

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2021-06-23: News Headlines

Anonymous007 (2021-06-23). Military Situation In Yemen On June 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 92 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the east of Saadah city | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Khab and Shaaf area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 21 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On June 22, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted…

Jason Ditz (2021-06-23). Report: 90 Fighters Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Yemen's Maarib. news.antiwar.com Following reports of heavy fighting over the city of Maarib, in northern Yemen, pro-government sources are claiming that 90 fighters were killed over the past 48 hours, Maarib is the last government-held city in the north, and has been challenged for months by Houthi offensives. This fight has been ongoing, in between offensive and counter-offensive, since February. | Fighting in Maarib has been particularly bloody, with hundreds dead on both sides, and most troubling, l…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-23). Four Of Khashoggi's Assassins Received Paramilitary Training In The U.S. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Four of the Saudi citizens who partook in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi back in 2018 received paramilitary training in the United States, The training took place in 2017, and w…

Juan Cole (2021-06-22). Iran's Raisi: Supports renewed Nuclear Deal, Seeks Lifting of US Sanctions, and Restored Saudi Diplomatic Relations. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In his first press conference on Monday, newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi expressed support for the negotiations in Vienna toward restoring the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the United Nations, as long as, he said, they achieve benefits for the Iranian nation and do not drag on forever. He …

Anonymous007 (2021-06-22). Military Situation In Yemen On June 22, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 109 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On June 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Kitaf area | On June 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Haradh area | On June 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Boqa area | On June 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 24 airstrikes on th…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-22). Houthis Claim Downing Another US-Made ScanEagle Drone. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 21st, Yemen's Houthis claimed to have shot down a US spy drone in the central Marib province, the second in two days. | The drone, operated by the Saudi-led military coalition, was downed while flying above the central province of Ma'rib. | The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said that Yemeni air defense forces had used a domestically-developed surface-to-air missile to shoot down the unmanned aerial vehicle that was o…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-22). UN criticized for leaving out Israel and Saudi coalition from list of violators of children's rights. peoplesdispatch.org Despite having verified cases of child right violations, Israel, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and several parties in Afghanistan were not included in this years' UN report on Children and Armed Conflict…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-22). Israel and Saudi coalition absent from UN CAAC Report's 'list of shame' and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the UN's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict, the final trials of Cuba's Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccines, and more…

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