(2022-01-03). Nearly 200 Houthis Killed in Yemen's Maarib. news.antiwar.com Yemen's war in continuing into the new year with the same story of high death tolls. On Saturday, reports are that Yemeni soldiers fought Houthis south of Maarib, reporting 37 killed. They also claimed to have taken key positions from them. | On top of that, the Saudis reported 23 airstrikes in the same area, claiming 160 Houthis killed and 17 vehicles destroyed. The Houthis made no comment. | The Houthis first started contesting Maarib in February. Now, nearly a y…
(2022-01-03). Saudi-led coalition launch airstrikes on Yemen's Saada prov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — Saudi-led coalition forces brutally attack areas in Sa'ada province in Yemen in the early hours of Monday morning.
(2022-01-03). Pro-Saudi Forces Launch Operation Against Houthis in Shabwah. news.antiwar.com Yemen's war in 2021 centered highly around Maarib Province. Early indications are that 2022 is going to at least in part focus on the Shabwah Province, just south of Maarib. | Shabwah, like Maarib, is being presented as "oil rich." Though Maarib had some oil, Shabwah's involvement in the trade is mostly as a port of export, and being this is impoverished Yemen, it is very limited indeed. | Pro-Saudi forces have announced a new
(2022-01-03). Turkey's Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia in February. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey's Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia in February | Turkish president says he will visit Riyadh next month, following warming relations and the resumption of ties with the UAE | Mon, 01/03/2022 – 10: 56 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will visit Saudi Arabia in February (Reuters) |
(2022-01-03). Cargo ship 'hijacked' in Red Sea. rt.com 
Riyadh threatens military force against 'terrorist' Houthis over seizure of cargo vessel | Saudi Arabia has claimed that Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized a ship with medical supplies in the Red Sea. The Houthis argued that the vessel was carrying "military equipment." | A spokesperson for the Saudi-led military coalition, Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki, said that the UAE-flagged cargo vessel Rwabee fell victim to "hijacking" off the coast of Yemen's western Al Hudaydah Governorate late Sunday night. | "The terrorist Houthi militia will bear full responsibility as a result of its criminal act of piracy again…
(2022-01-03). Yemeni Ansarullah launches drone attacks on S Arabia's Najran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — According to Saudi cources, the Yemeni Ansarullah has launched drone attacks against Najran, Saudi Arabia's southwestern city near the border with Yemen.
(2022-01-03). Vessel Attacked Off Yemen Coast, UKMTO Says. sputniknews.com The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has advised mariners to exercise extreme caution in the area of the incident.
(2022-01-02). Saudi Airstrikes On 'Drone Depots' In Yemen's Sanaa Leave Three Civilians Dead (Photos). southfront.org 
A bomb laden F-15S taking off for a mission in Yemen. | Early on January 2, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition carried out a series of airstrikes on the Yemeni capita, Sanaa, which is held by the Houthis (Ansar Allah). | In a statement shared by the Saudi Press Agency, the coalition claimed that the airstrikes destroyed four suicide drone depots and a number of drone launch sites of the Houthis located in the General Transportation Brigade Camp. The coalition claimed that it had taken "precautionary…
(2022-01-02). Military Situation In Yemen On January 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 136 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On January 1, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On January 1, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Wadi district; | On January 1, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 19 airstrikes on the Usaylan district; | On January 1, warplanes of…
(2022-01-02). Saudi-led coalition bombard a mosque in Sanaa, 3 martyred. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) — Saudi aggressor fighter jets bombarded a mosque in Yemeni city of Sana'a on Sunday, in which, three civilians were martyred.
(2022-01-02). Gulf Arab countries on alert for more heavy rains. middleeasteye.net 
Gulf Arab countries on alert for more heavy rains | The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel all reporting heavy rain causing major disruption in the usually arid region | Sun, 01/02/2022 – 14: 59 | Cars drive through a flooded street in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah following heavy rains in the United Arab Emirates, on 1 January 2022 (AFP) | Authorities in several Gulf countri…
(2022-01-02). Sanaa, Shabwah provinces of Yemen bombed by Saudi fighters. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) — The fighters of the Saudi-led coalition several times bombed some parts of the Sanaa and Shabwah provinces of Yemen on Sunday morning.
(2022-01-02). Houthis Share Detailed Summary Of Their Operations During 2021. southfront.org 
File image. | On January 2, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shared a detailed summary of their military operations against the Saudi-led coalition and its proxies in Yemen during 2021. | At a press briefing, Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Houthis, said that the group moved towards large-scale operations during 2020 and 2021 which resulted in the "liberation" of large parts of Yemen. | According to the spokesman, the Houthis repelled 223 ground attacks and foiled 166 infiltrations during 2021. Saudi…
(2022-01-02). Biden's "Diplomacy Is Back" Falls Flat as 2021 Middle East Policy a Miserable Flop. strategic-culture.org By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability. | By Robert INLAKESH | Despite President Joe Biden having claimed earlier this year that "diplomacy is back" and that he would end the war in Yemen, revive the Iran Nuclear Deal and settle several other issues, in reality his Middle East foreign policy has been just as detrimental to the region as was that of his predecessor. | "This war has to end…we…