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Issue 1161 - 14 January 2023

Yemen: US Navy seizes Iranian rifles

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The United States Navy said it had seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles in the Gulf of Oman in January that were being sent from Iran to Yemen.

Iran | Yemen
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A project to build a port in Al-Mahra governorate to export limestone was approved by the Yemeni government in early January, but has sparked criticism from locals.

Yemen
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For all United Nations special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg’s efforts at shuttle diplomacy, the continued failure to relaunch the UN-backed ceasefire – which ended in October – has raised the prospect of renewed threats to shipping in the waters around Yemen. This has particular resonance for the UAE, which has often resorted to using commercial vessels as part of its security response.

Yemen | United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force provides a command and control template that facilitates the IRGC’s work with allies across the region, led by Lebanese Hizbollah and apparent in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Iran | Yemen
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The failure of Yemen’s warring parties to renew their truce in October is regarded by many observers as a sign of both the increasing strength of the Houthi rebel group and a failure of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) to resolve its own internal differences.

Yemen
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GSN Risk Grade: F6 US explosives seizure: The United States Navy said it had intercepted a fishing vessel in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on 8 November and found a large quantity of explosive material which it said was being smuggled from Iran to Yemen.

Yemen
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The UAE appears to have strengthened its presence at Al-Riyan airfield outside Mukalla, in Yemen’s Hadramawt governorate. Since July, a new apron, three hangars and accommodation units have been built at the airfield, according to satellite imagery analysis posted on Twitter by @VleckieHond.

Yemen | United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Since the six-month ceasefire in Yemen ended in early October, Houthi forces have launched a series of drone attacks on energy infrastructure targets. To date, they have caused minimal damage, but the rebel group showed during the summer that it has a large stock of weapons at its disposal and more strikes seem likely.

Yemen
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Forces aligned with Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) have claimed a major victory in Abyan, following an operation launched on 23 August to clear the governorate of "terrorist elements".

Yemen
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Yemen’s Sunni Islamist party Al-Islah is facing mounting challenges, as southerners demand full implementation of the 2019 Riyadh Agreement – under which the Southern Transitional Council (STC) was recognised as the legitimate representative of the southern people – and Houthis escalate their campaign across Marib and Taiz.

Yemen
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The six-month-long truce in Yemen expired on 2 October, prompting fears of a return to clashes across all fronts. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg had been engaged in another round of shuttle diplomacy in the lead-up to the deadline. However, the eleventh-hour diplomacy by Grundberg failed to convince the two sides.

Yemen
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Yemen’s internationally-recognised Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) government marked its first 150 days in office in early September, but fractures within the coalition have started to become more visible.

Yemen
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The Netherlands government has contributed a further $7.5m to a United Nations-led scheme to secure the FSO Safar floating oil terminal. The vessel is moored off the coast of Hodeidah and at risk of breaking up or exploding, spilling more than 1m barrels of crude oil into the Red Sea and causing economic and environmental devastation.

Yemen
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Once again Yemen faces growing uncertainty, with the United Nations-sponsored truce hanging by a thread. Houthi actions have undermined hopes that further progress might be made with the peace process, as the rebels have used the lull in fighting to strengthen their core.

Yemen
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Israeli chief of staff General Aviv Kohavi has hinted heavily that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) carried out an air strike on 7 August against Houthi ballistic missiles at Al-Hafa, south-east of Sanaa. A strike inside Yemen by Israeli forces, rather than by proxies, would be highly unusual.

Yemen