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Houthi Drone Strikes on Saudi Southern Airports Counter Saudi Air Strikes on Yemen

July 5, 2019 

Smoke rising from a site of a Saudi-led air strike on Yemen, file, July 5, 2019.	Saudi Jizan airport, which was targeted by Yemeni drones, July 5, 2019

Yemeni fighters during fighting in Shaikh Uthman, Aden, July 4, 2019

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The following news stories are from the Yemeni independent website Al-Masdar ( http://www.almasdaronline.com/category/42  ):

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Coalition jet fighters target rocket launcher in northern Hajjah

July 5, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٠٥ يوليو ٢٠١٩

A military source said that an air raid by the Arab coalition fighters on Thursday morning targeted a rocket launcher belonging to al-Houthi militants, east of Al-Jaar farms southwest of Abbs District, north of Hajjah Province, northwest of Yemen.

The source confirmed to the “Al-Masdar online " the destruction of the platform, which is believed to be the launching pad known as al-Houthi, Badr 1, in addition to the death of a number of militia elements located in the same place.

On Tuesday, Arab coalition fighters carried out several airstrikes targeting one of the Houthi military vehicles, carrying a 37-mm cannon in the area of al-Joroof, southeast of Bani Hassan, and another raid targeting Houthi groups in the same area.

In a related context, Arab coalition fighter jets on Monday afternoon launched two airstrikes targeting the positions and gatherings of al-Houthi militants at the Al-Hamzah camp in the southeastern district of Ibb, Central Yemen.

The fighters stepped up their raids on the al-Houthi camp over the past two days, with 10 raids launched on Thursday and several raids on Thursday.

After the Houthis announced the targeting of Jazan and Abha airports in southern Saudi Arabia. Coalition announces downing of drones

July 5, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٠٥ يوليو ٢٠١٩

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced Thursday evening the interception and shooting down of drones launched by the Houthi group from Sanaa towards sites inside Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said that the defenses intercepted and dropped "drones" launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias towards King Abdullah Airport in Jizan.

"The Houthi terrorist criminal tool continues to launch unmanned aerial vehicles to carry out hostile and terrorist acts by targeting civilians and civilian installations," the Saudi Press agency quoted Al-Maliki’s statement.

Earlier in the day, the Houthi group announced the targeting of Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Abha airports with drones.

The group's Al-Masirah  channel quoted the military spokesman of the al-Houthi forces as saying that "the Air Force"  "carried out offensive operations with 2k Qasif drones on important military positions at Jizan Regional Airport", followed shortly afterwards by announcing the targeting of Abha airport with a number of planes.

The spokesman claimed that the operations "hit their targets with high accuracy, which led to stoppage of the air traffic at the two airports."

For its part, al-Arabiya TV reported that the movement at Jizan airport is normal after trying to target it with Houthi projectile.

It was not possible for Al-Masdar online to ascertain the authenticity of the claims of the two sides from independent sources.

The al-Houthi group has recently stepped up operations targeting Saudi interests through booby-trapped drones, especially Abha airport, which it has targeted several times, while the coalition has announced that it is responding to more attempts.

Confrontations between two armed groups leaving four wounded in northern Aden

July 5, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٠٤ يوليو ٢٠١٩

Local residents and eyewitnesses told Al-Masdar online that clashes erupted between two armed groups in the Directorate of Sheikh Osman, north of the southern city of Aden, injuring four gunmen.

Local gunmen belonging to al-Mahariq neighborhood in Dar Saad District, north of Aden, clashed Thursday morning with gunmen from al-Sila neighborhoods and Omar al-Mukhtar in the Sheikh Othman district with Kalashnikov and RPGs weapons, a local source told Al-Masdar online. Four people from both sides were injured and a number of civilian homes near the scene were damaged.

The source said the clashes erupted after local gunmen from al- Sila neighborhood accused a young man from al- Mukhtar neighborhood of standing behind the death of one of their colleagues before attacking the area of al-Mahariq with light and medium weapons, which resulted in the death of an armed gunman and injuries to some civilians.

The coalition restrikes Houthis Al-Hamzah camp in Ibb

July 5, 2019, ALMASDARONLINE ٠٣ يوليو ٢٠١٩

Arab coalition warplanes on Wednesday afternoon bombed targets and rallies of Houthi militia in Ibb Province (central) for the second consecutive day.

According to eyewitnesses, coalition warplanes carried out three air raids on the sites and rallies of al-Houthi militia in the al-Hamzah camp in the southeastern province of Ibb, without knowing the casualties caused by the raids.

The raids came one day after coalition fighter jets launched more than 10 airstrikes targeting Houthi militia positions at al-Hamzah camp, some of them targeting weapons depots where explosions were heard after the airstrikes.

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The following news stories are from the pro-Houthi website Yemen Extra (http://www.yemenextra.net/):

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Saudi American War Crimes for Thursday, July 4th, 2019

On Jul 5, 2019, YemenExtra, M.A.

The Saudi-led coalition and mercenaries continue, on Thursday, to launch its raids and bombardments on a number of provinces, causing material damage to public and private property, while his mercenaries continued to violate the cease-fire agreement in Hodeidah.

In Hodeidah, US-Saudi mercenaries injured a civilian with machineguns in Al-Hali district. A civilian’s house was targeted with a shell by US-Saudi mercenaries towards July-7th residential area. US-Saudi mercenaries targeted Addurayhimi district with Artillery shells and heavy and medium machineguns.

In Sana’a, the US-Saudi aggression launched a raid on Sanhan district.

In Sa’ada, the aggression launched 3 raids on Sahar district.

In Hajja, the US-Saudi aggression launched 3 raids on Abs district.

3 Million Yemeni Disabled Threatened with Death, Increasing Problems

On Jul 5, 2019, YemenExtra, M.A.

President of the Arab Bureau for Persons with Disabilities: 3 million disabled people in Yemen are threatened with death and aggravated problems.

The war on Yemen will result in great disabilities and problems in the future, said the head of the Executive Office of the Arab Region for Persons with Disabilities and the Director General of the Special Needs in the Municipality of the capital.

Abdullah Bonyan confirmed that the proportion of the disabled in Yemen, according to a study prepared by the Regional Office for People with Disabilities, represents 13.5% of the population, about 3 million disabled. Their suffering doubled during the last four years, because of the siege and aggression on Yemen.

“The war led to the death of many disabled people and increased the suffering of thousands of them due to lack of medicines, the low level of health services and the deterioration of the living conditions of the disabled,” YPA quoted Bonyan saying.

He pointed out that cluster bombs and war remnants of mines and missiles contribute to the addition of hundreds of citizens victims to the disabled, calling on all the people of Yemen to be more steadfast and cohesive in a way that preserves the security and stability of the homeland.

Yemeni official announces about effective offensives on Saudi depth amid constant Yemeni disaster

 Jul 5, 2019, YemenExtra, Y.A

Yemeni drone attacks over and aover have proven an effective response to the years-long deadly war waged by the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the US, against their country.

The spokesman of the Yemeni army forces said that Air Forces launched tow air operations with Qasif 2K drones on important military sites in Abha and Jizan Airports, hitting targets, resulting in halting all air traffic in both airports.

“Our military operations will continue to target the Saudi airports which are used for military purposes. Our military defense capabilities make us more capable of confronting the alliance of aggression and carrying out qualitative military operations,” the spokesman, added.

He called on civilians to stay away from targeted areas for their safety.

During the attacks on Thursday night, drones operated by the Yemenis targeted aircraft hangars and other military positions inside the airports, which have become a regular target for Yemen’s retaliatory attacks.

Air traffic watch centers said that a flight changed its distention to Jeddah Airport from Riyadh airport. The offensive delayed 4 flights from Al-Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah from getting to Abha and Jizan airports.

Saudi media only confirmed the attacks on Jizan airport and quoted military commanders as saying that the drones had been intercepted without elaborating.

Yemeni forces say they have put together a list of more than 300 vital targets across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemeni and will target them with their drones should the Saudi-led coalition go on.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

Saudi-led coalition’s targeting of Yemeni oil resources pushes Yemenis to the brink of famine

On Jul 5, 2019, YemenExtra, Y.A

Minister of Oil and Minerals Ahmed Daress said that the cost of losses in the oil and minerals sector due to the coalition’s practices estimated at over $ 23.6 billion dollars and 53.9 billion Yemeni riyals until the end of 2018.

Yemen’s Islah party (Muslim Brotherhood)’s leader accused the (UAE) of exploding oil and gas pipelines in Yemen’s southern province of Shabwah.

Leader Salem al-Awlaqi said on his Twitter account that the targeted pipelines locating in Radhom area, which is being holding by the UAE-backed paid fighters.

“The UAE militias in Ataq city, the capital of the province, were defeated and cut, but they moved to sabotage and bomb the oil pipelines in the province,” he added.

The so-called “Shabwaniya elite paid fighters” backed by the UAE kidnapped an engineering team in charge of repairing the crude oil pipeline in Shabwa province, southeast of Yemen, and took them to an unknown destination.

The engineering team was kidnapped during heading to repair the damage caused by Monday’s bombing in the crude oil pipeline extending from the oil field No. 4 in al-Oqla area to the oil port of Al-Nushayma, according to sources.

Local sources reported that paid fighters from the so-called “al-Shabawanian elite forces and southern Resistance recruits” funded by the United Arab Emirates forces took control over a military camp belonging to the top leader of Islah party, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar in Usaylan district Shabwah province, eastern Yemen.

According to the sources, the camp is the first line of defence for a strategic oil field in Shabwah province.

Member of the Political Bureau of the Ansarullah Abdul Malik al-Ajari , for his part, confirmed to stand with all the free people in the region to confront all the projects aimed to eliminate the Palestinian cause, stressing that this is the position of all Yemenis.

“The Arab and Islamic worlds have been mobilized in three summits for the sake of an oil pipeline, while the bloodshed in Syria, Yemen and Palestine, have not provoked the Arabs to call for a single summit,” he added.

In March 2015, the US -backed –Saudi-led coalition started  a war against Yemen with the declared aim of crushing the Houthi Ansarullah movement, who had taken over from the staunch Riyadh ally and fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while also seeking to secure the Saudi border with its southern neighbor. Three years and over 600,000 dead and injured Yemeni people and  prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country, the war has yielded little to that effect.

Despite the coalition claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

More than 2,200 others have died of cholera, and the crisis has triggered what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

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