Yemen front and the region
Rights report on Taiz and Lahj as accounts of supply routes diverge
Government-run Saba published a rights report alleging Houthi abuses in Taiz and Lahj over 48 hours; its toll has not been independently verified. Houthi-aligned media described goods flowing into Taiz, contrary to the UN account published yesterday, while Saba announced Yemeni-French talks on escalation and shipping.
Summary
- AttributedGovernment-run Saba relays a rights group’s account of 164 violations in Taiz and Lahj over 48 hours; the figures are not a new toll for this monitoring window.
- DisputedHouthi-aligned media say goods are entering Taiz through al-Hanjar; OCHA said yesterday that roads were closed and commercial supplies were not arriving.
- ConfirmedSaba announces talks between Yemen’s foreign minister and the head of the French-Yemeni friendship group on escalation and shipping security.
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- AttributedTaiz and Lahj
Saba publishes rights report alleging 164 Houthi violations
Government-run Saba relayed a Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms report alleging 164 violations in Taiz and Lahj over the preceding 48 hours, including shelling, abductions and attacks on civilian facilities. The report said about 28 civilians were killed and 57 injured during its reporting period; these are figures spanning an earlier period, not losses all sustained within this monitoring window. The new development is publication of the report: we have not independently verified its accounts or toll, and do not add them to casualties reported in other attacks. Belqees carried the same report, rather than providing a second independent account of the events.
Source: sabanew.net belqees.net - DisputedTaiz
New Houthi account of goods entering Taiz conflicts with OCHA’s description
Houthi-aligned 26 September published comments by Omar al-Bukhaiti saying a media team filmed trucks and travellers passing through al-Hanjar in al-Dhabab, with goods reaching central Taiz without obstruction. By contrast, an OCHA account published by UN News on 2 November said all roads into the city were closed by fighting and commercial supplies were not arriving. We have not independently verified movement through the crossing or how far conditions changed between the two accounts; the new publication does not establish that the siege has ended or aid deliveries have resumed.
Source: 26sep.net news.un.org - ConfirmedDiplomacy
Saba announces Yemeni-French talks on escalation and shipping security
Government-run Saba announced a meeting between Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba and Rémi Féraud, head of the French-Yemeni friendship group in the French Senate, attended by Yemen’s ambassador in Paris. According to the agency, discussions covered escalation in Yemen, threats to shipping, humanitarian suffering in Taiz and the detention of UN personnel. Confirmation here concerns the official announcement of the meeting: allegations made during it remain attributed to the government, and the report establishes neither a binding agreement nor a new French measure.
Source: sabanew.net