🇺🇸🇪🇷 US lifts sanctions on Eritrea as Washington turns its attention to the Red Sea
The Trump administration has lifted sanctions imposed on the Eritrean Defense Forces, the country’s ruling party and several other Eritrean entities and officials during the Biden administration.
The sanctions were imposed in connection with #Eritrea’s involvement in the Tigray war in neighboring #Ethiopia.
But the timing is particularly interesting.
Eritrea sits on the Red Sea, across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with the strategically located ports of #Massawa and #Assab.
With the war in #Yemen escalating and #RedSea shipping increasingly under threat, Washington appears interested in improving relations with a country occupying one of the most strategically important stretches of coastline in the region.
@DDGeopolitics
The Trump administration has lifted sanctions imposed on the Eritrean Defense Forces, the country’s ruling party and several other Eritrean entities and officials during the Biden administration.
The sanctions were imposed in connection with #Eritrea’s involvement in the Tigray war in neighboring #Ethiopia.
But the timing is particularly interesting.
Eritrea sits on the Red Sea, across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with the strategically located ports of #Massawa and #Assab.
With the war in #Yemen escalating and #RedSea shipping increasingly under threat, Washington appears interested in improving relations with a country occupying one of the most strategically important stretches of coastline in the region.
@DDGeopolitics
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Yemeni Armed Foces strike Riyadh airport
Saudi channels report a powerful explosion and black smoke at the capital's airfield. Sources previously noted an attempt by #AnsarAllah to attack one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's residences, located 1,200 km from the Yemeni border.
The success of this operation remains unclear as satellite imagery predates the strike, and no verified proof of damage is available.
@Slavyangrad
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
Saudi channels report a powerful explosion and black smoke at the capital's airfield. Sources previously noted an attempt by #AnsarAllah to attack one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's residences, located 1,200 km from the Yemeni border.
The success of this operation remains unclear as satellite imagery predates the strike, and no verified proof of damage is available.
@Slavyangrad
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
Saudi Arabia Attacked Yemen With Shahed Drone Clone For First Time (Videos)
Saudi Arabia has used its #SKYWASP one-way attack drone in a strike on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, marking the first known combat use of the newly developed system by the kingdom.
The drone was spotted flying over the #YAF-held capital on September 18 as #Saudi Arabia intensified its air campaign against the group following its recent advances along #Yemen's western coast.
SKYWASP was developed through SR2Vector, a joint venture formed by Saudi defense company SR2 Defense Systems and U.S. #drone developer #Vector. The partnership was established earlier this year as part of a broader effort to manufacture advanced unmanned systems inside the kingdom.
The drone is designed as a one-way attack system intended to reach targets at long distances before delivering its payload.
Read more HERE
@southfronteng
#ShahedDrone
Saudi Arabia has used its #SKYWASP one-way attack drone in a strike on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, marking the first known combat use of the newly developed system by the kingdom.
The drone was spotted flying over the #YAF-held capital on September 18 as #Saudi Arabia intensified its air campaign against the group following its recent advances along #Yemen's western coast.
SKYWASP was developed through SR2Vector, a joint venture formed by Saudi defense company SR2 Defense Systems and U.S. #drone developer #Vector. The partnership was established earlier this year as part of a broader effort to manufacture advanced unmanned systems inside the kingdom.
The drone is designed as a one-way attack system intended to reach targets at long distances before delivering its payload.
Read more HERE
@southfronteng
#ShahedDrone
NEW UK PM’S FIRST military move in YEMEN-SAUDI WAR
#UK to REFUEL #Saudi (#KSA) warplanes from the air as they carry out ‘DEFENSIVE’ strikes against #Ansarallah (#YAF) in #Yemen
@MTodayNews
some reminders ..
2025 - Air Power, Controversy, and Colonial Continuities: UK Arms Sales and the War in Yemen
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2025.2496844#abstract
US mercenary 'was paid millions to carry out killings for UAE in Yemen' | Middle East Eye
2023 - Leaked files: Britain's secret propaganda ops in Yemen | The Cradle
#UK to REFUEL #Saudi (#KSA) warplanes from the air as they carry out ‘DEFENSIVE’ strikes against #Ansarallah (#YAF) in #Yemen
@MTodayNews
some reminders ..
2025 - Air Power, Controversy, and Colonial Continuities: UK Arms Sales and the War in Yemen
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2025.2496844#abstract
The war in Yemen has been relatively invisible in Western public debate compared to wars prosecuted by antagonists and enemies, as in Syria and Ukraine. This is despite the scale of civilian harm in Yemen: the United Nations Development Programme estimated in November 2021 that 377,000 people would be killed due to conflict by the end of that year; of these, almost 60% would be indirect deaths due to lack of access to food, water, and healthcare
US mercenary 'was paid millions to carry out killings for UAE in Yemen' | Middle East Eye
2023 - Leaked files: Britain's secret propaganda ops in Yemen | The Cradle
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❗️Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen’s Taiz as Ansarallah forces advance
#Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck the Hayfan district in Yemen’s #Taiz province, Al-Masirah TV reported. Local sources indicate the attack targeted a crowded market. The report did not provide details on casualties or damage.
The reported strike comes amid claims of rapid advances by #Ansarallah forces across western Yemen, including control of parts of the Red Sea coast and movement toward areas near the #BabAlMandab Strait.
@thecradlemedia
#YAF #Yemen #KSA
#Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck the Hayfan district in Yemen’s #Taiz province, Al-Masirah TV reported. Local sources indicate the attack targeted a crowded market. The report did not provide details on casualties or damage.
The reported strike comes amid claims of rapid advances by #Ansarallah forces across western Yemen, including control of parts of the Red Sea coast and movement toward areas near the #BabAlMandab Strait.
@thecradlemedia
#YAF #Yemen #KSA
🇾🇪 During the past 24 hours, #Saudi warplanes launched 19 airstrikes using F-15 and Typhoon aircraft that took off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif bases, targeting the provinces of #Taiz, Al-Jawf ( #AlJawf), and #Marib. These strikes resulted in martyrs and wounded, including children and women, bringing the total number of airstrikes and missiles launched by the Saudi aggression since the start of the escalation against our dear country to 936.
@PalestineResist_Mirror
"The Saudi war in #Yemen against the #YAF has forced at least 130,000 people from their homes since the beginning of September, the UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday.
Saudi air strikes have driven mass displacement across western and central Yemen"( September 2026)
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Reminder (2016) :
Saudi-led coalition accused of using US-supplied cluster bombs in Yemen | Middle East Eye
pictures from 2016/2018 "Coalition Bombing Campaign tally on Yemen"..
#Yemen vs #USEmpire
@PalestineResist_Mirror
"The Saudi war in #Yemen against the #YAF has forced at least 130,000 people from their homes since the beginning of September, the UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday.
Saudi air strikes have driven mass displacement across western and central Yemen"( September 2026)
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Reminder (2016) :
Saudi-led coalition accused of using US-supplied cluster bombs in Yemen | Middle East Eye
pictures from 2016/2018 "Coalition Bombing Campaign tally on Yemen"..
#Yemen vs #USEmpire
🇾🇪🇸🇦| For the first time, Yemen targeted the Tabuk region with missiles, near Jordan.
This region is home to one of the largest and most important airbases of the #Saudi army, and in fact, one of the Saudi’s five main airbases.
It remains to be seen what specific target the Yemeni army was aiming for with this attack, despite being located ~ 2000km away.
@FotrosResistancee
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
This region is home to one of the largest and most important airbases of the #Saudi army, and in fact, one of the Saudi’s five main airbases.
It remains to be seen what specific target the Yemeni army was aiming for with this attack, despite being located ~ 2000km away.
@FotrosResistancee
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
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47 citizens martyred, injured in Saudi enemy airstrikes targeting Taiz Central market
47 citizens were martyred and injured as a result of Saudi enemy airstrikes targeting commercial shops today at #Taiz Central Market in the Mawiyah Junction in Al-Taiziyah District.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3797143.htm
@SABAYEen
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
47 citizens were martyred and injured as a result of Saudi enemy airstrikes targeting commercial shops today at #Taiz Central Market in the Mawiyah Junction in Al-Taiziyah District.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3797143.htm
@SABAYEen
#Yemen #YAF #KSA
YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Wednesday that Saudi warplanes carried out 51 airstrikes and missile attacks over the past 24 hours, using F-15 aircraft that took off from Khamis Mushait Air Base, while the missile attacks were launched from Najran and Jizan.
He added that the attacks targeted civilian telecommunications networks and civilian sites in the governorates of Marib, Saada, Hodeidah, Taiz, and Amran.
The spokesperson said that the total number of Saudi aggression airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began has reached 1,209.
@almayadeenenglish & @southfronteng
#YAF #Yemen #KSA
He added that the attacks targeted civilian telecommunications networks and civilian sites in the governorates of Marib, Saada, Hodeidah, Taiz, and Amran.
The spokesperson said that the total number of Saudi aggression airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began has reached 1,209.
@almayadeenenglish & @southfronteng
#YAF #Yemen #KSA
🇾🇪 Why has Ansar Allah been able to maintain an advantage in its confrontation with a far wealthier and technologically superior Saudi Arabia?
Geography, Yemen’s Revolutionary Inheritance, Saudi Internal Factionalism and its Contested Islamic Credentials Are Yemen’s Trump Cards.
Author: Alastair Crooke
→ Read: “Ansar Allah’s Unperceived Advantages Against Saudi Arabia”
https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/ansar-allahs-unperceived-advantages-against-saudi-arabia
@forumgeopolitica_en
#Yemen #AnsarAllah #KSA #Zionism #Wahabism #Religion #Shia #History
Geography, Yemen’s Revolutionary Inheritance, Saudi Internal Factionalism and its Contested Islamic Credentials Are Yemen’s Trump Cards.
Author: Alastair Crooke
→ Read: “Ansar Allah’s Unperceived Advantages Against Saudi Arabia”
https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/ansar-allahs-unperceived-advantages-against-saudi-arabia
@forumgeopolitica_en
#Yemen #AnsarAllah #KSA #Zionism #Wahabism #Religion #Shia #History
🇾🇪🇸🇦 Yemeni Armed Forces launch biggest offensive since the West Coast battle, take heights in Taiz ( Ta' izz)
The Ansar Allah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (#YAF), have launched their largest offensive since the West Coast battle, striking positions of #Saudi-backed forces in #Taiz province.
Footage shows #AnsarAllah fighters advancing and taking control of the heights of Jabal Habashi district in Taiz after driving out the Saudi-backed forces.
According to Sanaa, the advance has brought key strategic areas under its control.
With Yemen’s Armed Forces tightening the noose around Taiz, the city could be liberated in the coming days.
@naya_foriraq @DDGeopolitics, @Jharnous, @Middle_East_Spectator
#Yemen #KSA
The Ansar Allah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (#YAF), have launched their largest offensive since the West Coast battle, striking positions of #Saudi-backed forces in #Taiz province.
Footage shows #AnsarAllah fighters advancing and taking control of the heights of Jabal Habashi district in Taiz after driving out the Saudi-backed forces.
According to Sanaa, the advance has brought key strategic areas under its control.
You’re surrounded. O sons of Mohammed bin Salman, o sons of Netanyahu, surrender.”
With Yemen’s Armed Forces tightening the noose around Taiz, the city could be liberated in the coming days.
@naya_foriraq @DDGeopolitics, @Jharnous, @Middle_East_Spectator
#Yemen #KSA
🇾🇪❌️🇸🇦🇦🇪 Saudi/UAE mercenary forces (#PLC & #GiantsBrigades) in hasty retreat after suffering major defeats in #Lahij and #Taiz fronts.
The Yemeni Armed Forces(#YAF) are now certain to close the noose in the Tais cauldron and capture the entire city and its surroundings.
#Saudi Arabia's attempts to bring its oil port of #Yanbu back online have been dashed.
The facility was once again successfully targeted by #AnsarAllah strikes on Wednesday 30/09/2026.
@SimurghRes
#Yemen #KSA #UAE
The Yemeni Armed Forces(#YAF) are now certain to close the noose in the Tais cauldron and capture the entire city and its surroundings.
#Saudi Arabia's attempts to bring its oil port of #Yanbu back online have been dashed.
The facility was once again successfully targeted by #AnsarAllah strikes on Wednesday 30/09/2026.
@SimurghRes
#Yemen #KSA #UAE
The Saudi-Israeli War On Yemen’s Resistance: Intelligence Sharing, Civilian Targets & Sectarian Propaganda | Mint Press
Scrambling to halt the ongoing offensive of Yemen’s Armed Forces(YAF), Israel and Saudi Arabia have strengthened ties through a joint covert campaign aimed at salvaging what remains of their supremacy in the #RedSea region. Tel Aviv and Riyadh’s losses of key military strongholds in Yemen’s Western coast, has ushered in a new era of soft-normalisation.
Saudi Arabia has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Yemen, resulting in thousands of casualties since its renewed bombing campaign began this July. It now heavily relies on Israeli targeting intelligence backing in order to conduct dozens of strikes across Yemeni territory on a daily basis, including attacks on civilian market places and residential buildings..
Picture : https://thecradle.co/articles/ansarallah-forces-advance-toward-taiz-city-amid-wave-of-saudi-airstrikes
@MintPress
#Yemen #YAF #AnsarAllah #KSA
Scrambling to halt the ongoing offensive of Yemen’s Armed Forces(YAF), Israel and Saudi Arabia have strengthened ties through a joint covert campaign aimed at salvaging what remains of their supremacy in the #RedSea region. Tel Aviv and Riyadh’s losses of key military strongholds in Yemen’s Western coast, has ushered in a new era of soft-normalisation.
Saudi Arabia has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Yemen, resulting in thousands of casualties since its renewed bombing campaign began this July. It now heavily relies on Israeli targeting intelligence backing in order to conduct dozens of strikes across Yemeni territory on a daily basis, including attacks on civilian market places and residential buildings..
Picture : https://thecradle.co/articles/ansarallah-forces-advance-toward-taiz-city-amid-wave-of-saudi-airstrikes
@MintPress
#Yemen #YAF #AnsarAllah #KSA
❗️Yemen's Ansarallah cuts Taiz–Aden supply route, tightens encirclement of Taiz
The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (#YAF) have reportedly seized the Al-Safiya area and cut the main supply road linking #Taiz with #Aden, effectively tightening the encirclement of Taiz city, according to AFP, citing four security sources.
A local police source told AFP that #Ansarallah also took control of the area's police station, while three Yemeni military sources confirmed the group's control of both the area and the key supply route. Fighting in the area remains ongoing.
The advance follows days of heavy clashes between Ansarallah and #Saudi-backed government forces around Taiz.
@stayfreeworld @thecraddlemedia
@Yemen2_1
#Yemen #KSA
The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (#YAF) have reportedly seized the Al-Safiya area and cut the main supply road linking #Taiz with #Aden, effectively tightening the encirclement of Taiz city, according to AFP, citing four security sources.
A local police source told AFP that #Ansarallah also took control of the area's police station, while three Yemeni military sources confirmed the group's control of both the area and the key supply route. Fighting in the area remains ongoing.
The advance follows days of heavy clashes between Ansarallah and #Saudi-backed government forces around Taiz.
Reports and footage shows that the Yemeni Armed Forces have totally cleared and liberated the city of At-Turbah south of Taiz and north of Aden, which means that Aden is completely isolated from Taiz.
@stayfreeworld @thecraddlemedia
@Yemen2_1
#Yemen #KSA
Houthi (#YAF) missiles reportedly slam into Aden's airport, the same runway #Pakistan has been using to fly in air defenses and drones for #Yemen's Aden Saudi backed government
Two missiles at Aden's airport, a YAF ballistic missile shot down over Khamis Mushait, and reported #Saudi strikes across Ibb and Taiz... all in one night.
Aden's security office says nobody was hurt, but unconfirmed reports claim the target was Saudi and PAKISTANI forces stationed near a camp inside the airport.
#Pakistan reportedly flew four cargo planes of weapons into Aden recently, and its military advisers are already on the ground beside the Saudis.
Pakistan's footprint is spreading from Saudi soil into Yemen itself, and one Pakistani casualty in Aden would turn a defense pact into a front line role.
txt - - @Slavyangrad
#KSA #MeccaAlliance
Two missiles at Aden's airport, a YAF ballistic missile shot down over Khamis Mushait, and reported #Saudi strikes across Ibb and Taiz... all in one night.
Aden's security office says nobody was hurt, but unconfirmed reports claim the target was Saudi and PAKISTANI forces stationed near a camp inside the airport.
#Pakistan reportedly flew four cargo planes of weapons into Aden recently, and its military advisers are already on the ground beside the Saudis.
Pakistan's footprint is spreading from Saudi soil into Yemen itself, and one Pakistani casualty in Aden would turn a defense pact into a front line role.
txt - - @Slavyangrad
#KSA #MeccaAlliance
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"Why did Saudi Arabia not stop operations in these airports? Why did they gamble with civilian lives?"
Senior Houthi spokesperson Mohammed al Bukhaiti says the group is not to blame for civilian casualties in the Saudi capital over the weekend.
He claims Saudi government ignored warnings about strikes on its airports. He said he is "truly sorry" for the deaths, but said the Houthis bear no responsibility.
@yemen2_1 & @toiletshares
#Yemen #KSA
note : they were warned, noting that the airport had already been struck and a Boeing was destroyed several days earlier..YAF allso announced Saudi Kingdom as a no-fly zone before this last saturday strike
Senior Houthi spokesperson Mohammed al Bukhaiti says the group is not to blame for civilian casualties in the Saudi capital over the weekend.
He claims Saudi government ignored warnings about strikes on its airports. He said he is "truly sorry" for the deaths, but said the Houthis bear no responsibility.
Twelve people were killed and 309 others injured in Saturday’s attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said early Sunday.
@yemen2_1 & @toiletshares
#Yemen #KSA
note : they were warned, noting that the airport had already been struck and a Boeing was destroyed several days earlier..YAF allso announced Saudi Kingdom as a no-fly zone before this last saturday strike
❗️Yemen hospitals overwhelmed as war casualties surge, Red Cross warns
Hospitals across #Yemen are struggling to treat a sharp increase in wounded people along several front lines, with some facilities admitting more than 700 casualties in a single week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today.
Hospitals in #Marib, #Taiz and along the Red Sea coast have reported unprecedented numbers of wounded, according to the agency, as medical staff face mounting pressure amid shortages of surgical supplies, anesthesia, oxygen and essential medicines.@thecradlemedia
video @mtodaynews
Yemen: 'Bombs fall from the sky day and night': Civilians under fire in northern Yemen - Amnesty International *2015
Yemen - Starvation Accountability
Accountability for Saudi violations in Yemen
Hospitals across #Yemen are struggling to treat a sharp increase in wounded people along several front lines, with some facilities admitting more than 700 casualties in a single week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today.
Hospitals in #Marib, #Taiz and along the Red Sea coast have reported unprecedented numbers of wounded, according to the agency, as medical staff face mounting pressure amid shortages of surgical supplies, anesthesia, oxygen and essential medicines.@thecradlemedia
video @mtodaynews
Saudi Arabia launched more than 300,000 airstrikes on Yemen since 2015. The blockade killed 500,000 Yemeni civilians’ — Hussain Al-Bukhaiti, Yemeni journalist
‘Western media make it look like the war started 2 months ago’
Yemen: 'Bombs fall from the sky day and night': Civilians under fire in northern Yemen - Amnesty International *2015
Yemen - Starvation Accountability
Accountability for Saudi violations in Yemen