Yemen Awaits Cease-Fire Monday Followed by Switzerland Peace Talks

Based on what had been agreed upon, there will be a halt of the aggression on the 14th of this month,” said Mohammed Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents, as quoted by Sky News.

“We have agreed to the ceasefire to lift the suffering of our people and to deliver humanitarian assistance to them,” Abdul-Salam added, according to the Washington Post.

“We are going to the talks with serious intentions and we hope that the other side to abide by that,” said Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek-al-Mekhlafi, who will represent the deposed government in Switzerland.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/12/13/yemen-awaits-cease-fire-monday-followed-switzerland-peace-talks/

EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEE APPEARS TO JOIN AL QAEDA IN YEMEN

The Long War Journal first reported that al-Qosi, one of the first detainees at the military prison in Cuba, appears as one of the senior leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in a video released by the terror group this week.

Al-Qosi was transferred to his native country of Sudan in July 2012 after striking at deal with U.S. military prosecutors and pleading guilty to conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist. His 14-year sentence was shortened, and he left the detention facility after a decade of imprisonment.

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Appears to Join Al Qaeda in Yemen

Saudi Arabia Forces the UN to Drop Humanitarian Inquiry Into Yemen Atrocities

 The change of direction came as the Netherlands withdrew the draft of a resolution it had prepared with support from a group of mainly Western countries that instructed the United Nations high commissioner for human rights to send experts to Yemen to investigate the conduct of the war.

That proposal was a follow-up to recommendations by the commissioner, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who detailed in a report this month the heavy civilian loss of life inflicted not only by the relentless airstrikes of the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia but also by the indiscriminate shelling carried out by Houthi rebels. 

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/10/01/saudi-arabia-forces-the-un-to-drop-humanitarian-inquiry-into-yemen-atrocities/

Saudi Objections Halt U.N. Inquiry of Yemen War

 In a U-turn at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Western governments dropped plans Wednesday for an international inquiry into human rights violations by all parties in the war in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians in the last six months.

The change of direction came as the Netherlands withdrew the draft of a resolution it had prepared with support from a group of mainly Western countries that instructed the United Nations high commissioner for human rights to send experts to Yemen to investigate the conduct of the war.

That proposal was a follow-up to recommendations by the commissioner, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who detailed in a report this month the heavy civilian loss of life inflicted not only by the relentless airstrikes of the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia but also by the indiscriminate shelling carried out by Houthi rebels.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/world/middleeast/western-nations-drop-push-for-un-inquiry-into-yemen-conflict.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2&referer=http://t.co/OtLlehA9OH

SAUDI ARABIA FORCES THE UN TO DROP HUMANITARIAN INQUIRY INTO YEMEN ATROCITIES

 The change of direction came as the Netherlands withdrew the draft of a resolution it had prepared with support from a group of mainly Western countries that instructed the United Nations high commissioner for human rights to send experts to Yemen to investigate the conduct of the war.

That proposal was a follow-up to recommendations by the commissioner, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who detailed in a report this month the heavy civilian loss of life inflicted not only by the relentless airstrikes of the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia but also by the indiscriminate shelling carried out by Houthi rebels. 

http://www.infowars.com/saudi-arabia-forces-the-un-to-drop-humanitarian-inquiry-into-yemen-atrocities/

In an Overlooked War, Saudis Use U.S.-Made Weapons to Kill Civilians in Yemen

 Largely off the radar in the United States, Saudi Arabia has continued its “coalition” air war against rebels in Yemen, killing more than a thousand civilians with the help of American weapons.

In addition to providing cluster bombs and other deadly ordinance, the U.S. has given the Saudis “military intelligence and logistical assistance” in attacking the Houthis, the rebel group that toppled the Yemeni government, according to The New York Times.  

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/in-an-overlooked-war-saudis-use-us-made-weapons-to-kill-civilians-in-yemen-150915?news=857427

IN AN OVERLOOKED WAR, SAUDIS USE U.S.-MADE WEAPONS TO KILL CIVILIANS IN YEMEN

 In addition to providing cluster bombs and other deadly ordinance, the U.S. has given the Saudis “military intelligence and logistical assistance” in attacking the Houthis, the rebel group that toppled the Yemeni government, according to The New York Times.

“The loss of civilian life in Hajja shows why most countries have made a commitment never to use cluster munitions,” said Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher for Human Rights Watch. “These weapons not only kill or injure people at the time of attack, but the unexploded submunitions go on killing long afterward.”

http://www.infowars.com/in-an-overlooked-war-saudis-use-u-s-made-weapons-to-kill-civilians-in-yemen/

Botched Translation Lands Yemeni Student in Guantanamo

 Hassan was taken by Pakistani authorities in 2002 when they raided the home he shared with 14 foreign students and brought them all to a nearby prison after one phone call was received from someone connected to Al-Qaeda.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/us/20150915/1026994794.html#ixzz3llNTbgWv

Foreign minister says Yemen will not negotiate with Houthi rebels until they lay down arms

 The Houthis and (former President Ali Abdullah) Saleh’s militias must implement the U.N. resolution and surrender their weapons, and only then the dialogue and political process can begin, with the participation of all Yemeni parties,” Yassin told reporters in Cairo after meeting with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby.

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/08/27/yemen-says-its-not-negotiating-with-houthi-rebels

Total War in Yemen Totally Ignored by Western Media

 ith almost a whimper, the Western media reported that the US-backed regimes of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their auxiliary fighters drawn from Al Qaeda have begun carrying out what is the ground invasion of Yemen. Along with an ongoing naval blockade and months of bombing raids, the ground invasion adds a lethal new dimension to the conflict – for both sides.
First appeared:http://journal-neo.org/2015/08/27/total-war-in-yemen-totally-ignored-by-western-media/