Tango01 | 26 Mar 2015 11:52 a.m. PST |
… strait and Egyptian vessels en route to Yemen. "The Saudi-led Decisive Storm coalition has imposed a naval blockade on Bab El-Mandab strait which connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean, sources told Ahram Online. The Saudi navy's western fleet has also secured Yemen's main ports including Aden and Midi. In the same time, four Egyptian naval vessels have crossed the Suez Canal en route to Yemen to secure the Gulf of Aden. Saudi Arabia launched intense airstrikes on neighboring Yemen on Thursday, March 26, targeting key sites including the country's main airport, as part of a bold Arab-led offensive to weaken powerful Shiite rebels who have put the country's president on the run. The attacks plunged Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies into the deepening crisis in Yemen after a rebel advance forced the country's Western-backed president to flee and left the Shiite insurgents, known as Houthis, on the brink of claiming control of the country's two largest cities…"
Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
cwlinsj | 26 Mar 2015 12:13 p.m. PST |
Guess this shows the Saudis will respond to a direct threat on their border. I guess this also shows that none of the Arabs want Iran to control entrances to both the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. (I know the Saudis are bankrolling this coalition.) |
goragrad | 26 Mar 2015 12:26 p.m. PST |
Also shows why Iran might want to upgrade her arsenal… |
greatpatton | 26 Mar 2015 1:13 p.m. PST |
Funny to see how a Shiite rebellion triggers of all a sudden Saudi Arabia and other Sunni states, but when it is Al-Qaeda in Yemen or Daesh no one really care at all. What a great US ally… |
49mountain | 26 Mar 2015 2:19 p.m. PST |
I guess when you start playing in SA's and Egypt's backyard (as opposed to their front yard) they are going to react. |
Legion 4 | 26 Mar 2015 7:30 p.m. PST |
And the "game" continues to get more and more interesting … |
Tango01 | 26 Mar 2015 9:50 p.m. PST |
Saudi and Arab allies bomb Houthi positions in Yemen "At least 18 people reported killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, as Iran denounces operation as "US-led aggression". Saudi Arabia and a coalition of regional allies have launched a military operation in Yemen against the Houthi rebels, who deposed the US-backed Yemeni president last month. Adel al-Jubair, Saudi ambassador to the US, said on Wednesday that a coalition consisting of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), had begun airstrikes at 7pm Eastern time. "The operation is to defend and support the legitimate government of Yemen and prevent the radical Houthi movement from taking over the country," Jubair told reporters in Washington…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Klebert L Hall | 27 Mar 2015 6:27 a.m. PST |
Always nice to see proteges step up, when we are too dumb to do our job properly. Maybe we can just get Saudi and Oman to split the place between them, Yemen's been a toilet for a thousand years. -Kle. |
49mountain | 27 Mar 2015 10:05 a.m. PST |
I've heard a few people say Yemen is a creation of the British. Any truth to this? |
cwlinsj | 27 Mar 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
Nope. Borders of Yemen were not administratively drawn like other Middle East nations by Western nations. Their troubles are due to sectarianism, tribalism, warlords and modern foreign meddling by West, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, each backing a different group. Doesn't help that Yemen was two countries that integrated in 1990 without actual integration of their two armies. |
Mako11 | 27 Mar 2015 2:47 p.m. PST |
I always love to read the nonsensical propaganda postings of the opposition. Some of ours have been pretty hysterical too. They crack me up. The Egyptians were fighting with them 50 years, or so ago, so it really is a pretty old conflict. They used to fly air attack sorties periodically against the Yemenis, and Libyans. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 27 Mar 2015 2:51 p.m. PST |
Might be a translation error. Blocus is a French word meaning "to blockade," I believe… |
Tango01 | 27 Mar 2015 3:35 p.m. PST |
You are right Bill. (smile) Sometimes happened. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Editor in Chief Bill | 27 Mar 2015 6:36 p.m. PST |
Not your fault, it was in the original article! |
Bangorstu | 28 Mar 2015 6:09 a.m. PST |
49 mountain – as the Saudi Ambassador pointed out, the Yemenis have been there for around 5000 years… So the borders might be arbitrary, but since they run through featureless desert that's not really important. What is interesting is the number of states involved – not just Saudi Arabia, but Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco and even Sudan. The Jordanians and Emiratis are actually getting an awful lot of combat experience recently. |
Legion 4 | 28 Mar 2015 9:32 a.m. PST |
The Jordanians and Emiratis are actually getting an awful lot of combat experience recently.
But it appears only in the air … maybe they all should realize … You'll have to roll across some bords to even attempt to "fix" the situation. |
Bangorstu | 28 Mar 2015 10:56 a.m. PST |
Emirati SpecFor were in Libya and reputedly in Syria… Even if it's just bombing a bunch of militia, all experience is worthwhile. If a few Arab States get battle-hardened, experienced militaries it's going to wake the Israleis up a bit. |
Tango01 | 28 Mar 2015 9:46 p.m. PST |
See How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East "The meltdown in Yemen is pushing the Middle East dangerously closer to the wider regional conflagration many long have feared would arise from the chaos unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts. What began as a peaceful struggle to unseat a Yemeni strongman four years ago and then mutated into civil strife now risks spiraling into a full-blown war between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran over a country that lies at the choke point of one of the world's major oil supply routes. With negotiators chasing a Tuesday deadline for the framework of a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program, it seems unlikely that Iran would immediately respond militarily to this week's Saudi airstrikes in Yemen, analysts say…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 29 Mar 2015 6:30 a.m. PST |
Emirati SpecFor were in Libya and reputedly in Syria…Even if it's just bombing a bunch of militia, all experience is worthwhile. If a few Arab States get battle-hardened, experienced militaries it's going to wake the Israleis up a bit.
Agreed … any experience is good … Regardless, I'm pretty sure the IDF has been ready for sometime … |