June 15, 2018
Forces from an alliance of Arab states (click here) seized the entrance to the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Friday, in an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperiling millions of lives.
The swift advance was an important early success for the Saudi and Emirati-led alliance, which launched the operation in Hodeidah three days ago and says it can seize the city quickly enough to avoid interrupting aid to millions facing starvation.
“We saw the resistance forces in the square at the northwestern entrance to the airport,” said a Hodeidah resident, referring to Yemeni allies of the Saudi-led coalition. Two Yemeni military officials allied to the coalition confirmed it....
Something has turned the corner for Saudi Arabia and Emirates. The real test for any of the battles won in these wars, is time. It is not unusual for such fronts being won by forces that hope to bring stability and peace. However, over time it has proven to reverse the trend and become a protracted war, If Saudi Arabia and the Emirates want a lasting peace they have to continue to root out the rebels that caused such chaos and human tragedy in Yemen. Yemen desperately needs stability and peace, but, it can be difficult to achieve over time.
Erik Prince is the chairman of the Hong Kong-listed (click here for video) logistics and securities company Frontier Services Group, an Africa-focused company that is building a pan-African fleet of aircraft. The former Navy Seal and CEO of the private security firm Blackwater USA is a controversial figure. Blackwater was contracted by the US State Department for thousands of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and its contractors have been linked to the killing of innocent civilians....
Erik Prince has been in Africa since 2015. This is the first real significant victory in that region. We know Iran is involved in the Houthi uprising. Iran wants more land for it's people and finding it can be difficult. Yemen was not taking shape to be a benevolent country under the Houthis and quite frankly it seems as though the Houthis were treating Yemen as a stepping stone to Saudi Arabia.
I am quite confident Iran is in violation of the Small Arms Treaty. I didn't look to see if it is a member of the treaty. If not, Iran should be pursued to join these treaties and declare peace among it's neighbors, but, it's neighbors need to do the same thing.
Iran should remove the Taliban at it's border with Afghanistan. The Taliban are migrants and have no real homeland. They cause instability and the Iranians would find as soon as they attack any settlement within Iran, the Taliban will no longer be peaceful within Iran's borders.
The USA might recall the large reconnaissance drone lost in that region of Iran. Well, most likely the USA was seeking information about the Taliban within Iran. What would follow are drones to kill the Taliban and Iran would be shouting obscenities in the United Nations about the American pigs invading it's land. If the Taliban are there, that is harboring an enemy of the Afghan government.
The Taliban need to proceed with a peace treaty and end the killing in the region.
June 15, 2018
Debris from five missiles fired at Saudi Arabia (click here) by Yemen’s Houthi group since July 2017 “share key design features with a known type of missile” manufactured by Iran and some of the components were manufactured in Iran, UN chief Antonio Guterres wrote in a confidential report to the Security Council.
However, the United Nations has not been able to determine when the missiles, components or related technology were transferred from Iran and if they violated UN restrictions, Guterres said in a biannual report on the implementation of UN sanctions on Iran.
The June 12 report, seen by Reuters on Thursday, is a further blow to US efforts to hold Iran accountable over accusations it violated UN resolutions on Yemen and Iran by supplying weapons to the Houthis. In February Russia vetoed a western attempt to have the Security Council call out Tehran....
