Saudi Border Incursion Destroys Yemeni Village: Report
They just came in and flattened it with bulldozers, no notice and no compensation. The peace deal with the Houthi rebels includes provisions for a buffer zone, but not for the Saudis to invade Yemen to make it. Other reports have indicated resumption of Saudi over-flights in Sa’ada. The following is a Google translation. There’s video links at the end. Its an interesting tie in to the fact that Saudi forces rescued the German children on Yemeni soil.
Update: English from the Yemen Observer:
Saudi bulldozers exceeded the Yemeni border towards a village of Sa’adah province and destroyed the entire village, informed sources in Sa’adah local council told Yemen Observer.
The village, Um Quaia’ah, directorate of Shada, Sa’adah province, was ravaged by Saudi bulldozers, including mosques and electricity poles, eyewitnesses said.
Yemen Observer contacted Mohammed al-Emad, the Secretary General of Sa’adah province, and he didn’t deny the news, but would not comment on the story.
Um Quaia’ah is said to be away from the border lines between Saudi Arabia and Yemen and villagers said that their village has stood neutral during the war between Saudi forces and the al-Houthi rebels. The destroyed village is now empty of local residents except Saudi Hummers and military vehicles. The village of Um Quaia’ah is about a few kilometers from al-Malahid area that witnessed heavy fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and Saudi troops.
Saudi Arabia was drawn in the war with al-Houthis last year after al-Houthis allegedly seized Saudi border areas.
Saudi naval forces detained 20 Yemeni fishermen off of Forsan Island after they confiscated their boats, reported the Ministry of Interior.
The Saudi navy had stopped 13 Yemeni fishing boats while they were in the international waters during the past two days and took the fishing boats, along with the sailors, to the Forsan Island of Saudi Arabia, and then confiscated the contents of the boats with engines.
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Shocked resident:
The google translated article:
Saada news: During the past two days, informed sources told the News of Saada that bulldozers Saudi border with Yemen over the direction of the village of Umm Qoiep of the Directorate of Ashdown province of Saada and bulldozers destroyed the whole village including the mosque and destroyed the electricity poles
وقد قمنا في أخبار صعدة بزيارة القرية وقمنا بإعـداد تقرير شامل عن الحادثة وتم توثيقها كما أجرينا بعض اللقاءات مع المواطنين المتضررين . We have, in Saada News visited the village and we have prepared a comprehensive report on the incident was documented as we had some meetings with the affected people.
وخلال الزيارة الخاصة إلى منطقة الحدث شوهدت الجرافات السعودية ـ كما هو مرفق في مقاطع الفيديو ـ وهي تربض بجوار القرية متجاوزين العلامات الحدودية بمئات الأمتار . During the visit, the Special Event area seen bulldozers Saudi Arabia as a facility in video clips is stationed near the village bypassing the border signs in hundreds of meters.
مصادر في السلطة المحلية في المديرية أكدت أنهم قاموا بإبلاغ الجهات المختصة بهذا الخرق والتدخل في العمق اليمني إلا أنه لم يصلهم أي رد بكيفية التعامل مع الموضوع حتى اللحظة . Sources in the local authority in the Directorate confirmed that they had to inform the competent authorities of this violation and interference in Yemen’s deep but not reached any response to how to deal with the subject until now.
خلال البحث في المنطقة لم نشاهد أي تواجد عسكري لا للجيش اليمني ولا للحوثيين فيما برز التواجد للطرف السعودي بجرافات وسيارات همر وعربات عسكرية مكشوفة ولوحظ أن المنطقة مفتوحة تماما بشكل يتيح له الوصول إلى أي مكان في مديرية شدا ومديرية الملاحيط . Through research in the region has not seen any military presence is not the Yemeni army and Houthi emerged in the presence of the Saudi party bulldozers and cars, military vehicles, Hummers and open, it was noted that the region is completely open allowing it access to any place in the Directorate of Ashdown and Malahete.
مصادر في اللجنة المشرفة قالت أن المواطنين المتضررين إحتجوا على هذا التصرف الذي وصفوه بالإستفزازي والغير مبرر وأنهم أبلغوا الجهات المختصة بذلك . Sources said that the committee overseeing the affected citizens protested against this act, who is described Balistvzazi and unjustified and that they had informed the competent authorities.
وخلال الحديث مع المواطنين وسبب قيام الجرافات بتدمير القرية ، أكدوا أن قريتهم كانت بعيدة عن المواجهات الأخيرة مع الحوثيين وأنه لا يوجد أي مبرر يستدعي ذلك التدخل الذي وصفوه بالتدخل المفاجئ والغريب والغير متوقع على الإطلاق . During the interview with the citizens and the reason for the bulldozers to destroy the village, they confirmed that their village was far from recent clashes with Houthis and that there is no justification for calls for intervention, which they described as interfering sudden and strange and unexpected at all.
وقال أحد المواطنين ويمتلك منزلا مدمرا في القرية أنه عندما شاهد الجرافات وهي تجرف بيوتهم لم يختلف المشهد تماما عما يشاهده في التلفاز لجرافات إسرائيلية تجرف منازل الفلسطينيين . Said one resident, and has destroyed a house in the village that when he saw bulldozers raze their homes did not differ scene exactly what to watch on TV Israeli bulldozers raze Palestinian homes.
مصادر مطلعة أكدت أن صفقات تتم في المنطقة الحدودية تسعى الحكومة اليمنية من ورائها إلى إشعال فتن في تلك المنطقة وإقحام السعودية من جديد في الصراع مع الحوثيين ـ خاصة وأن مصدر حوثي أكد ـ أن تهديدات رئاسية تصلهم تباعا بالإستقواء بالسعودية في العدوان عليهم حد تعبيره . Informed sources confirmed that the deals are in the border region seeking the Yemeni government and beyond to ignite strife in that region and involving Saudi Arabia in the new conflict with the Houthis Houthi special and that the source stressed that the threats they see a presidential succession in Saudi Arabia in the aggression bullying them to the source.
مصادر عسكرية أكدت لأخبار صعدة أن إتفاقية الحدود الموقعة بين الطرفين تفرض ان تكون هناك منطقة عازلة محددة بالكيلو مترات لكنه شدد في نفس الوقت أن هذه المهمة ليست مهمة الطرف السعودي كما قال المصدر يجب في المقابل ان يكون هناك تعويضات عادلة للمتضررين من أبناء القرية . Military sources confirmed the news of Saada that the border agreement signed between the parties would dictate that there will be a buffer zone specified in kilobytes away, but stressed at the same time that this task is not important the Saudi Arabian side, the source said must in return for there to be fair compensation for those affected by the villagers.
مصادر أخرى أكدت أن جبل تويلق وهو جبل يمني يطل على الحدود السعودية تمركز فيه الجيش السعودي وقام بتوسيعه وبناء بعض المتاريس في الجبل ، ومن المعروف أن جبل تويلق شهد مواجهات عنيفة بين الحوثيين والجيش اليمني . Other sources confirmed that the mountain is Mount Tuilq Yemen overlooking the Saudi border, manned by the Saudi army and was recently expanded, and build some barricades in the mountain, it is known that the mountain of Tuilq witnessed violent confrontations between the Houthis and the Yemeni army.
مصدر محلي في المنطقة أكد لنا ان جبل تويلق إنسحب منه الحوثيين بعد الإتفاق الأخير وظل الجبل بدون أي تواجد لأي طرف وخلال هذا الأسبوع تواجد فيه الجيش السعودي وقام بمسح الطريق وتوسعتها ورفع العلم السعودي في قمة الجبل وشهدت المنطقة تحركات مكثفه أبرزها تدمير قرية أم قويعة . A local source in the area assured us that the mount Tuilq quit Houthis after the recent agreement has been the mountain without any presence of any party and this week Last the Saudi army and surveyed the road and expand and raise the flag of Saudi Arabia at the top of the mountain and the region has seen moves most notably the destruction of the village of Umm Qoiep.
خلال الزيارة لم نستطع التعرف على القرية كونها أزيلت تماما ولم يتبق منها سوى الركام الذي وصل إلى الوادي ومجموعة من المواطنين تحت الأشجار تعرفنا من خلالهم على أسماء بعض البيوت التي دمرت في القرية وأفادونا أنها تتبع كلا من :ـ During the visit, we could not identify the village as a completely removed with only the rubble, who arrived in the valley and a group of citizens under the trees we got through them the names of some houses that were destroyed in the village and inform us that they follow are:
1. محمد علي فرج . Mohamed Ali Farag.
2. أكرم عامر. Akram Amer.
3. محمد السلامي . Mohammed Al Salami.
4. حسن مشياني . Hassan Msheeani.
5. على محمد يحي سوادي. Muhammad Yahya Sawadi.
6. محمد هيجة . Mohamed Hijp.
7. حسن طلان . Hasan Talan.
8. علي زليبان . Ali Zlepan.
9. ناصر غافري . Nasser Gevri.
10. أحمد خبتي . Ahmed Kpti.
11. عمر هيجة . Omar Hijp.كما أفاد المواطنون أن في القرية مسجدا وكانت تنعم بالكهرباء وذلك ما لمسناه من خلال بعض الأعمدة التي دمرت في القرية . Also reported that citizens in the village mosque and was blessed with electricity and that is what we saw through some of the columns that were destroyed in the village.
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