American-Saudi aggression crimes on June 4

The US-Saudi-Emirati aggression launched a series of airstrikes on a number of provinces, committing horrific crimes that resulted in dozens of killings and injuries, and massive destruction of public and private property and infrastructure.

On June 4, 2015, two citizens, including a woman, were killed and 12 others, including three children, were injured when the aggression warplanes targeted several separate neighborhoods in Dhamar city, which also caused damage to Dhamar General Hospital and a number of houses.

Six citizens were killed, dozens were injured, citizens’ houses were demolished and others were damaged, and a fire broke out in the rented electricity generators of Al-Ahram Company, adjacent to Al-Kamb area, as a result of the aggression’s air strikes that targeted a number of residential neighborhoods in Hodeida.

A woman was killed while she was grazing sheep, in a raid by the aggression’s warplanes on the village of Al-Sijar Bilad Al-Jami’ in Al-Sabra district, Ibb province, and it also launched a raid near the village of Muharib.

Two citizens were killed as a result of the aggression’s bombing of farms in Medi district of Hajjah province.

In Sa’ada province, seven citizens were killed in raids by the aggression’s warplanes, which targeted a number of houses in Majz district, and 42 citizens were killed and eight others, most of them women and children, were wounded, as a result of air raids on the Sabr area in the Sahar district.

The aggression warplanes launched raids on the areas of Khur Maksar, Al-Arish, and the communications network in Jabal Hadid in Aden, and targeted, with a series of raids, the village of Al-Qabil, Jabal Maswar, and Wadi Dhahr in the Hamdan district of Sana’a province.

The aggression warplanes targeted the forty, fifty and sixty streets in Taiz, and launched a raid on Al-Noor School in Al-Hashmah area, Al-Ta’iziyah district, which caused the destruction of large parts of the school and damaged a number of neighboring houses.

On June 4, 2016, the aggression warplanes launched two raids on the strategic Mount Hailan in Serwah district of Marib province, while the mercenaries bombed with artillery the houses and farms of citizens in separate areas of the district.

The aggression launched two raids on Usailan district of Shabwa province, in conjunction with intense artillery shell of the mercenaries in the district.

The aggression warplanes launched a raid on Wadi Hareeb Nehm, on the western outskirts of Marib province.

The aggression warplanes dropped a sound bomb on the level of Sa’ada, and launched six raids on separate areas in Nehm district of Sana’a province, and a raid on the Al-Janat area in Amran.

The aggression mercenaries targeted Al-Moton district in Al-Jawf with medium weapons and Al-Irfan area in Murays Al-Dhale’ with machine guns.

The source indicated that 23 mercenaries and al-Qaeda militants, including field commanders, were killed

In Taiz province, the two brothers Kamal Mujib (12 years) and Muhammad Mujib (15 years) were killed by the aggression mercenaries after they were arrested in al-Khayatin neighborhood of the city.

The mercenaries bombed citizens’ houses in the Sofitel neighborhood with artillery, injuring three passers-by, including a nine-year-old child. They also targeted a residential neighborhood near the Road Authority in Al-Hawban with mortar shells.

A number of citizens were wounded, and shops were damaged, when an explosive device of mercenaries exploded near the General Hospital in Damt district, Al-Dhale’ province.

On June 4, 2017, the aggression warplanes launched a raid on Dhamar, which caused damage to a number of citizens’ houses, while a number of patients and their escorts were injured as a result of an air raid that targeted the Qahza Cholera Treatment Center north of Sa’ada, which also resulted in severe damage to the building and medical equipment and put it out of service.

In Taiz province, the aggression warplanes destroyed a gas station in the Al-Barh area of Maqbana district, and launched six raids on Al-Omari schools in Dhubab district, five raids on Al-Mocha district, and a raid on citizens’ houses below Hael Hill in Salah district.

The aggression warplanes launched a raid on Mustaba roundabout in Hajjah province, two raids on Al-Nahdin area in Amanat Al-Asimah, and three raids on Al-Khawkhah district in Al-Hodeida province Al-Malil and Al-Tala’a regions in Najran.

On June 4, 2018, a citizen was killed and another was injured in a raid launched by the aggression warplanes on the public road in Abs district, Hajjah province.

Two raids on a water digger in Al Ammar area of Al Safra district, and two raids on the public road in the Maran area of Haidan district in Sa’ada province.

Saudi missile and artillery bombardment targeted separate areas of the border district of Razeh, causing damage to farms and citizens’ properties.

The aggression warplanes launched three raids on Ksara Al-Shamiri in Bajil district of Al-Hodeida province, while a US drone launched three raids on the Ras Issa area in Al-Salif district.

On June 4, 2019, a citizen was injured by Saudi fire in a border village in Razeh district in Sa’ada province, and Saudi missile and artillery shell targeted populated villages in border district of Munabeh, and separate areas of the border district of Shada.

The aggression warplanes targeted, with five raids, the communications network in Hairan district, and with four raids, the border district of Baqem in the same province.

The aggression warplanes launched four raids on Sanhan district, and a raid on the Qatbeen area in Nehm district in Sana’a province.

In Hodeida, an elderly woman was wounded by mercenaries’ gunshots in the village of Al-Falah in Al-Tahaita district, and the mercenaries bombed separate areas with medium machine guns on the outskirts of Al-Durayhimi, and a number of villages in the Kilo 16 area.

Three mercenary shells targeted citizens’ houses in Al-Rabsa area of the city, wounding a number of women and children.

The child, Salem Ali, was wounded in Al-Nasiri area of Al-Tuhaita district, after the aggression’s mercenaries targeted citizens’ houses with a mortar shell.

In Marib, a child was seriously injured as a result of the explosion of a cluster bomb left over from the aggression in Hareeb Al-Qarameesh district.

Two citizens were killed and two others were injured in a raid by the aggression’s warplanes on the house of Muhammad Musaad Al-Haidari in Al-Thoubakh area of Al-Hasha district, Al-Dhale’ province.

On June 4, 2020, the aggression warplanes launched four raids on Haradh district in Hajjah province, 12 raids on Serwah district, one raid on Medghal district, and the same on Majzar in Marib province, and it also launched a raid on Al-Baqa’a off Najran.

The aggression mercenaries bombed with artillery and machine guns Al-Jah area in Bayt al-Faqih district in Al-Hodeida province, and targeted with tank shells the village of Al-Jarba on the outskirts of the city of Al-Durayhimi.

On June 4, 2021, two citizens were injured by Saudi artillery shell on Al-Raqou area of the border district of Munabeh in Sa’ada province, while the warplanes launched two raids on Baqem Adida district.

In Hodeida, the aggression mercenaries created combat fortifications in Hays, and bombed with 171 artillery shells and various gunshots several areas in the province, while the spy planes launched six raids on al-Durayhimi, Kilo 16 and al-Jabaliya.

On June 4, 2022, the aggression mercenaries created fortifications around Marib, Al-Tina area in Hajjah province, Sabira area in Al-Dhale’ province, south of the Defense Hill and Al-Souh area in Najran.

The armed reconnaissance warplanes of the mercenaries launched two raids on the citizens’ property in the Al-Fakher market, and Al-Southiyat area in Bab Gluq in Al-Dhale’, and a raid on Al-Barah area in Taiz province.

The mercenaries bombarded with artillery the areas of the eastern Balq, Mala’a, al-Akd, Ramla and al-Rawdha in Marib province, al-Malaheedh, burial grounds and Shaza in Sa’ada province, west of Haradh and al-Tina area in Hajjah province, Wadi Jarah, al-Amud, Jabal Tuwaileq and Wadi Jarah in Jizan, and eastern Araf and Takhiya in Asir.

The mercenaries fired at citizens’ houses and separate areas in Marib, Sa’ada, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Dhale’, and the border fronts.

In Al-Hodeida province, the spy planes launched four attacks on Hays, while the mercenaries bombed separate areas with artillery and various gunshots.

Source: Yemen News Agency

124 Aggression Forces violations in Hodeida during past 24 hours

The Operations Room of Liaison and Coordination Officers to monitor violations of the aggression forces in Hodeida province recorded 124 violations during the past 24 hours.

An official in the operations room told Saba that among the violations of the aggression forces were 6 raids by spy planes on Hays and Maqbana, and the creation of combat fortifications in al-Jabaliya.

The source pointed out that the violations also included the flight of 21 spy planes over Hays and Maqbana, 14 violations with artillery shelling, and 79 violations with various gunshots.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Implementation of road projects with self-initiatives with length of 14 km in Hajjah province

The Directorate of Aflah Al-Sham, Hajjah Governorate, witnessed during the last period of the current year the implementation of multiple projects in the field of roads, with self-community initiatives, with a length of 14 kilometers

The implemented projects embodied the community’s sense of responsibility and response to the call of the leader of the revolution, Al-Sayyes Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi to contribute to the process of construction and development, achieving renaissance and strengthening factors of steadfastness.

The initiatives reflected the level of awareness among the people of the Directorate in strengthening the factors of steadfastness and embodying the slogan launched by the martyr President Saleh Al-Sammad, “A hand that protects – a hand that builds” on the ground.

According to a report issued by the Initiatives Department in the directorate, the implemented projects were distributed between incision projects of 4 km in length and a survey of 8 km in length, in addition to paving projects of a length of 2 km.

The report indicated that the projects included paving the roads of Koula Saad Al-Abadla Bani Manea in the isolation of Beit Abu Hadi and Al-Abadla, with a length of 1,500 meters, benefiting 3,000 people in Al-Saba, and Wadi Bani Thama-Raqqa, with a length of 2,500 meters, and benefiting 12,000 people in the same isolation.

The report indicated that the road of Al-Ruba’ were surveyed with a length of 2 km, benefiting 7,000 people from the isolation of Bani Al-Harith and Dra’ Al-Naid Al-Arifi, with a length of 2 km and 500 meters, benefiting 12,000 people.

With regard to paving projects, the report indicated that the Al-Jahili Bani Mani` Al-Mad`a road, with a length of two kilometers, was paved, benefiting 5,000 people in Bani Hafeez and Al-Makarama, in addition to building two classrooms in the 30th of November School.

The Director of the Directorate, Zaid Al-Hashi, indicated the completion of studies to implement road projects with community initiatives during the coming period, the cooperation of the local authority in the governorate, and the contribution of the Central Emergency Development Intervention Unit.

It indicated that the projects include surveying and maintaining the main line, which is 18 kilometers long and 10 meters wide, and the road branching from it, which is represented by surveying and maintaining the Al-Ruba road with a length of 6 kilometers and a width of 4 meters in the isolation of Bani Al-Harith.

The statement indicated that the study included a project to survey and maintain the road to the village of Al-Hamra Bani Falah, with a length of 4 km and a width of 4 meters, benefiting 8,000 residents of the Bani Hafeez sub-district.

It added that the study included the survey and maintenance of the Khuwayma Road, Wadi Bani Thama, with a length of 1,500 meters, benefiting 5,000 people from the isolation of Beit Abu Hadi and Al-Abadla.

Al-Hashi praised the interaction of the governorate’s leadership in including new projects within the next stages of supporting community initiatives, with the contribution of the Central Emergency Development Intervention Unit at the Ministry of Finance.

He appreciated the interaction of the directorate’s people in implementing various projects with self-initiatives, stressing the necessity of integrating efforts and working in a team spirit to expand the circle of projects in various agricultural and development sectors.

Source: Yemen News Agency

EU Threatens Serbia, Kosovo with Consequences for Violence

The European Union (EU) has threatened to impose punitive measures on Serbia and Kosovo if they do not avert a repeat of violence that targeted international peacekeepers after disputed elections of local mayors.

In a statement published on Saturday, the EU urged Kosovo and Serbia to take immediate and unconditional action to de-escalate the situation and to “stop using divisive rhetoric and refrain from any further uncoordinated actions.” The statement called for the urgent restoration of calm in northern Kosovo, where at the end of May, Serb militants attacked NATO peacekeepers with incendiary devices and stones during protests in the village of Zvecan, according to (dpa).

The European Union had warned, earlier, that violence “sets back Kosovo and the entire region and puts Euro-Atlantic aspirations at risk. Both Pristina and Belgrade must take concrete steps to de-escalate the situation, and refrain from further irresponsible behaviour.”

Source: Qatar News Agency

Turkish pres., NATO chief discuss Sweden’s alliance membership

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed Sunday Sweden’s bid for the membership of the alliance and Turkiye’s fears about this step.

The meeting between the two sides was held at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, in the presence of Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin as well as NATO officials, the Turkish Anadolu News Agency reported.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Erdogan, Stoltenberg said some are trying to prevent Sweden from joining the NATO, with the aim of weakening the alliance.

He revealed that there would be a gathering between Ankara and Stockholm on June 12 to discuss the latter’s membership of the NATO.

The NATO chief described that Turkiye’s concerns about Sweden’s NATO membership as “legitimate”.

Ankara is still opposing Sweden’s bid to join the alliance, accusing it of supporting the armed groups, which “threaten Turkish national security”.

Stoltenberg stressed that Turkiye offers key contributions to the NATO, thanking it for sending reinforcements to Kosovo.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait FM holds talks with UN Black Sea grain deal coordinator

Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah received on Sunday the United Nations’ (UN) coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Abdullah Abdulsamad Dashti, discussing the latest on the deal that allows the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Kuwait firmly supports any measure that seeks to protect global food security, in addition to efforts aiming to find a definitive solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the foreign minister underlined.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

OPEC Plus extends oil output cuts till end of ’24

Oil ministers of the OPEC and non-OPEC oil producing alliance, known as OPEC Plus, extended on Sunday the participating countries voluntary oil crude production cuts till end of 2024.

In a press statement following their meeting in Vienna today, the ministers said they decided to “adjust the level of overall crude oil production for OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries in the Declaration of Cooperation (DoC) to 40.46 mb/d, starting 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2024”.

They argued that the move was taken in light of the continued commitment of the alliance to achieve and sustain a stable oil market and to provide long-term guidance for the market.

“And in line with the successful approach of being precautious, proactive, and pre-emptive, which has been consistently adopted by OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries in the DoC,” they added.

The ministers extended the mandate of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) and its membership, to closely review global oil market conditions, oil production levels, and the level of conformity with the DoC and this Statement, assisted by the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) and the OPEC Secretariat.

They pointed out that the JMMC would hold a meeting every two months and the OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM) would be held every six months.

They granted the JMMC the authority to hold additional meetings, or to request an OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting at any time to address market developments, whenever deemed necessary.

The ministers re-affirmed that the DoC conformity is to be monitored considering crude oil production, based on the information from secondary sources, and according to the methodology applied for OPEC Member Countries.

They reiterated the critical importance of adhering to full conformity, and subscribe to the concept of compensation by those countries who produce above the required production level, in addition to their already decided production levels.

The ministers said the 36th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting would be held on Sunday 26 November 2023, in Vienna.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Iraq security, sovereignty intertwined with Syria – PM

The security and sovereignty of Iraq is closely linked to Syria’s, Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Sudani said on Sunday, highlighting the matter as a chief priority to Baghdad.

Iraq stands prepared to assist Damascus in its efforts to overcome the conflict there, the Iraqi prime minister told visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Mekdad amid talks, according to a statement from his office.

Extending an invitation to the Iraqi prime minister to visit Damascus, the Syrian foreign minister said his country appreciates Baghdad’s contributions towards improving regional ties, added the statement.

Source: Kuwait News Agency