Operation 'Decisive Storm' | Saudi lead coalition operations in Yemen - Updates & Discussions.

[Zarvan]

Yemen crisis: Saudi warships evacuate Aden diplomats

A Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa for a third night on Friday
Saudi Arabia has evacuated dozens of its own and foreign diplomats from Yemen's southern city of Aden.

The move comes after a third night of airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition failed to halt the advance of Houthi rebels towards the city.

Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi fled from Aden to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as rebels closed in.

On Saturday he will address an Arab League summit focused on the crisis in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

A possible ground offensive against the Houthis is expected to be on the agenda.

The Houthis are backed by Saudi Arabia's regional rival, Iran.

Saudi state TV reported on Saturday that overnight: "The Saudi Royal Navy implemented an operation called Tornado to evacuate dozens of diplomats, including Saudis, from Aden."

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait relocated their embassies to Aden last month after Houthi rebel forces overran the capital Sanaa.
Media captionThe BBC's Jeremy Bowen: "The Gulf states will find that victory in Yemen's wars do not come easily or quickly"
Sharm el-Sheikh Summit
The annual Arab League summit was originally scheduled to discuss a joint Arab military force, but will now focus of the Yemen crisis. It includes members of the Saudi assembled coalition, codenamed Operation Decisive Storm.

On Friday night, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin said there was an "arrangement" for ground troops of the Saudi-led coalition to deploy in Yemen.

Egypt President Sisi welcomes Yemen President Hadi; Egypt has already pledged warplanes, ships and ground troops if needed.

US President Barack Obama has reaffirmed his support for the operation. On Friday the US military rescued two Saudi pilots who ejected from their F-15 fighter jet over the Gulf of Aden, a US defence official said.

Residents reported an intense overnight bombardment of both Aden and the capital Sanaa, in the third day of airstrikes.

Since the air campaign began, at least 39 civilians - including six children under the age of 10 - have been killed, Yemen health ministry officials say.

Former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh - whose supporters are fighting alongside the rebels - has called for a truce.

Screaming and crying
A resident of Sanaa, Mohammed al-Jabahi, told AFP news agency that his family had spent the night in fear.

"Whenever a plane flies over our home and is met by anti-aircraft gunfire, my three children run to a corner and start screaming and crying," he said.

Houthi rebels have taken to the streets to defy Saudi led airstrikes
The Houthis have said their aim is to replace Mr Hadi's government, which they accuse of being corrupt. They also want to implement the outcomes of a National Dialogue that was convened after President Saleh was forced to hand over power in 2011.

Rebel leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has vowed not to surrender to what he called the "unjustified aggression".

Iran has also criticised the Saudi intervention. "They have to stop," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday.

"Everybody has to encourage dialogue and national reconciliation in Yemen rather than making it more difficult for Yemenis to come together."

Yemen - who is fighting whom?

Soldiers and militiamen loyal to the president failed to halt rebel forces advancing southwards
The Houthis: Zaidi Shia-led rebels from the north, who seized control of Sanaa last year and have since been expanding their control

President Hadi: Fled to Saudi Arabia after rebel forces advanced on his stronghold in the southern city of Aden

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Seen by the US as the most dangerous offshoot of al-Qaeda, AQAP opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi.

Islamic State: A Yemeni affiliate of IS has recently emerged, which seeks to eclipse AQAP

There are lot of Pakistanis trapped in Aden we need to send ships or take help of Saudi Navy

 

[Zarvan]

Pakistan should get involved if and only if there is a written agreement between Pakistan and GCC states that in the next Indo-Pak war (no matter when it happens), all GCC states will provide all their multi-billion dollar equipment to Pakistan (EFTs, Eagles, blk-60s, Abrams tanks, SAMs etc etc), plus Arab soldiers if required. Plus their navies will blockade indian coastline and their airforces will impose a no-fly-zone over Jammu & Kashmir

You just showed your level of ignorance

 

[Taygibay]

Follow-up news on the ejected KSA F-15 pilots :
US military rescues two Saudi pilots off Yemen coast: official - Yahoo News

Excerpt :
" "US military assets from USCENTCOM and USAFRICOM recovered the two KSA crew members at approximately 5:20 pm (2120 GMT)" Thursday, the defense official said, indicating the rescue took place at Saudi Arabia's request.

It only took the US military about two hours to rescue the men after being first notified they had ejected from their plane.
The two men, who were rescued by an HH-60 helicopter from Djibouti, were in fit enough a condition to walk, the official added, citing initial reports.

The USS Sterett missile destroyer led the rescue efforts, coordinating assets from the USS New York."

Sorry if already posted, Tay.

 

[chauvunist]

There are lot of Pakistanis trapped in Aden we need to send ships or take help of Saudi Navy

Houthi's consider Pakistani's there as their enemies and their evacuation needs them to travel by road 3 hours which pose them to attacks by Houthi's....Pakistani Ambassador in Yemen..

 

[Zarvan]

Houthi's consider Pakistani's there as their enemies and their evacuation needs them to travel by road 3 hours which pose them to attacks by Houthi's....Pakistani Ambassador in Yemen..

Aden is a port and Saudis already rescued diplomats from there

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Ahwaz Shia Arabs in Iran support Saudi-led strike in Yemen

Priceless brother. Blood is thicker than water. Don't forget that. Unfortunately it would not surprise me if those Iranian Arabs were persecuted by the rabid Farsi Mullah's who almost all claim Arab ancestry.

Egyptian president has just ended his speech chanting "Long live Arab nation!"


It's non of your bussiness.

(Watch the last minute of the clip and the big applause when President Al-Sisi says "Long live the Arab nation".

Long live the Arab world indeed. The cradle of civilization. We will emerge victorious.

@Mahmoud_EGY @Frogman @Kamal_dbk @Hell NO

 

[Naifov]

The people pf the Houthi recently controlled city of Ibb have gather in protest supporting the coalition against Houthi And Ali Abdullah Saleh,

 

[gau8av]

On Friday the US military rescued two Saudi pilots who ejected from their F-15 fighter jet over the Gulf of Aden, a US defence official said.

any details on this, went down to AA fire or a malfunction ?

 

[Decisive Storm]

any details on this, went down to AA fire or a malfunction ?

Mechanical malfunction Over the Red Sea.
Americans were closer to them.

 

[Naifov]

What so many idiots here do not understand and are trying so hard to impose is that this is not a sectarian led coalition or attack. Sectarian and religious wars are not led by Today's Armies and governments. Religious wars ended and died and has no place in the new world. This is a proxy war of politics and regional dominance between IR and SA and both countries are not putting religion or sect as their priority or their initiative of action. put that in mind when trying to impose your stupidity on us.

The houthis are setting their troops on top of the hapitated buildings with no intentions on saving the lives of innocent people. They are taking the yemeni people as human shields.

 

[Serpentine]

What so many idiots here do not understand and are trying so hard to impose is that this is not a sectarian led coalition or attack. Sectarian and religious wars are not led by Today's Armies and governments. Religious wars ended and died and has no place in the new world. This is a proxy war of politics and regional dominance between IR and SA and both countries are not putting religion or sect as their priority or their initiative of action. put that in mind when trying to impose your stupidity on us.

The houthis are setting their troops on top of the hapitated buildings with no intentions on saving the lives of innocent people. They are taking the yemeni people as human shields.

And you support the same terrorists in Syria that have been taking shelters in cities and homes for 4 years. Cry us a river.

Did you expect anything else from a terror cult? They did they same in 2009 and 2010. It's the modus operandi of any successful terrorist group that operates in densely populated areas full of civilians.

So, based on your post, we can blame every single civilian casualty in Syria on terrorists who have been hiding in cities and homes since the beginning. Yet they are the freedom fighters while Houthis are terrorists.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

What so many idiots here do not understand and are trying so hard to impose is that this is not a sectarian led coalition or attack. Sectarian and religious wars are not led by Today's Armies and governments. Religious wars ended and died and has no place in the new world. This is a proxy war of politics and regional dominance between IR and SA and both countries are not putting religion or sect as their priority or their initiative of action. put that in mind when trying to impose your stupidity on us.

The houthis are setting their troops on top of the hapitated buildings with no intentions on saving the lives of innocent people. They are taking the yemeni people as human shields.

Did you expect anything else from a terror cult? They did they same in 2009 and 2010. It's the modus operandi of any successful terrorist group that operates in densely populated areas full of civilians.

It's completely unacceptable that they take Sana'a a World UNESCO Heritage Site and one of the oldest and most unique ancient cities as hostage. More reason to continue to give them a spanking and more reason for the Yemeni people to kick their asses.

And you support the same terrorists in Syria that have been taking shelters in cities and homes for 4 years. Cry us a river.



So, based on your post, we can blame every single civilian casualty in Syria on terrorists who have been hiding in cities and homes since the beginning. Yet they are the freedom fighters while Houthis are terrorists.

Farsi (meddling in internal Arab affairs as usual 24/7) FSA are not taking whole cities as hostages nor do they use residential buildings with people inside (ancient ones at that) as hostage. Try harder next time.

 

[Serpentine]

Farsi (meddling in internal Arab affairs as usual 24/7) FSA are not taking whole cities as hostages nor do they use residential buildings with people inside (ancient ones at that) as hostage. Try harder next time.

No of course they don't. They are actually in the deserts and not in cities like Douma, Maarat al Nuuman, Khan Shaykhoun, Azaz, Jassem, Marre, Seikh Maskin, Kafr Shams and hundreds of other towns. Who are you trying to fool? From day 1 of armed clashes, they started taking towns, cities and stayed in them and took homes and brought the wars to the cities.

I'm not expecting your confirmation of course, hypocrisy prevents that, I'm basically telling the truth and if you are supporting those in Syria, at least stop whining about Yemen.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

No of course they don't. They are actually in the deserts and not in cities like Douma, Maarat al Nuuman, Khan Shaykhoun, Azaz, Jassem, Marre, Seikh Maskin, Kafr Shams and hundreds of other towns. Who are you trying to fool? From day 1 of armed clashes, they started taking towns, cities and stayed in them and homes.

Nonsense. Those homes were already attacked by Al-Assad's criminal thugs and all the locals support the Syrian opposition. On the other hand the Houthi's have illegally occupied Sana'a and have little support. In fact they needed months of shelling to even enter Sana'a but the locals prevented the destruction of one of the most unique ancient cities by allowing the Houthi's to move in under the condition that they would not cause the destruction of Sana'a and that they would LEAVE again. Once again you demonstrate that you have no clue about the events in the Arab world. I have followed the events in Yemen closely for months.

Now that their asses are on fire they take the civilian population as hostages as the cowards they are.

Nothing new from a terror cult. The same terror cult that until recently was shooting at thousands upon thousands of unarmed protestors across all of Yemen, from Sana'a to Ta'izz while killing dozens of protestors in the process.

 

[About.to.be.banned]

Just as 200,000 Persians couldn't beat 300 Spartans except with inside help and after heavy losses.
After his defeat at sea Xerxes was so pissed he ordered his men to beat the sea with sticks. There are pictures of it.

That never happened like it is depicted.

*Battle of Thermopylae was between 8,000-20,000 Greeks and 70,000- 200,000 Persians, not 300 vs 2million.

*In that battle Spartans were not the only ones who fought till last man. 700 Thespians, 400 Thebeans, and 299 Spartans fought in order to allow rest of army to retreat, evacuation of Athens, and building of a defensive wall at Isthmus of cornith.

*Greeks lost battle of thermopyale.