Update 2: More from the Yemen Post:

One Salafi student was killed in clashes between the Shia Houthi Movement and the extreme Sunni Salafi movement in the northern Yemen Sa’ada province.

The escalations between both groups started when Houthis claimed that Salafis are entering weapons inside their educational institutions in the town of Dammaj, and demanded that all military posts are emptied.

As Salafis refused, a tightened siege against their religious school complex took place early this week resulting in no food or medicine entering the facility.

Fares Manna, the governor of Sa’ada, did not succeed in having a ceasefire continue for more than four hours.

Salafis are calling on the Yemeni government to help in ending the siege of their educational institution before a war outbreak takes place.

Update: Sometimes, if you wait long enough, the news comes out in English. A balanced overview from the Yemen Times, below assorted earlier Arabic links. The Dammaj Institute is the headquarters for the Dar al Hadieth network of schools, libraries and charities; there are dozens of smaller schools throughout Yemen. UN sanctioned weapons dealer Faris Manna (appointed “governor” by Ali Mohsen) is attempting to mediate.

SAA’DA, Oct 30 — Signs of a fresh Sunni-Shiite conflict in Sa’ada appeared after the latter blockaded a Sunni school in Damaj, a local told the Yemen Times on Wednesday.

The Sunni school, known as Dar Al-Hadeeth, is at the heart of attacks by Houthi rebels. The school has been under siege for eight days by the rebels, who have been engaged in six separate wars with the central government since 2004.

Dar Al-Hadeeth is run by the hard-core Salafism group and teaches around 7,000 students, including women and children, from Yemen and foreign nations.

“The Houthis are now positioning themselves around the school, blocking food supplies, and have set up their own checkpoints, searching anyone entering or leaving the area,” said the citizen, who requested anonymity for security reasons.

Tensions between the opposing sides surfaced two weeks ago, after a letter written by the principal of the school, Imam Yahya Al-Hajoori, was leaked to the Houthis. In the letter, Al-Hajoori thanked Brigadier General Yahya Mohamed Abdullah Saleh, the president’s nephew and chief commander of Yemen’s security forces, as well as Saudi Arabia, for fighting Houthis in his region.

The leaked letter provoked the Houthis who launched the blockade on the school in Damaj before attempting to gain control of Al-Baraqa Mountain, which overlooks Damaj and remains under Sunni control.

“The Damaj School has made attacks against us and is attempting to take control of military positions outside of their area,” a spokesman for a Houthi leader told the Yemen Times.

“Plus, they have continued to incite us, describing us as non-believers and carrying out military training for their supporters,” the Houthi spokesman said. However, Al-Hajoori denied the veracity of the statement and said it was fabricated in order to inflame sectarian conflict in Sa’ada. Now, the area surrounding the school in Damaj is under siege and families have begun fearing the potential for war if no action is taken.

Students in doctrinally similar Salafi schools located in other governorates have begun discussing what to do to stop the Houthis blockade and prevent their military expansion, according to a Salafi student in Damaj.

“The threat is that this tension could develop into sectarian war. Already, around 69 students from Damaj were killed in clashes with the Houthi/Shiites during the fifth round of war between Yemen’s army and the Houthis in 2009,” the student explained.

Tribesmen loyal to the Salafi group in Sa’ada have already blocked the Al-Boqa’ road connecting Saudi Arabia and Yemen by way of the Sa’ada governorate. The Hashid tribe, which has sided with the opposition demanding the ouster of president Saleh has, at the same time, blocked the Sana’a-Sa’ada road. Yet more tribesmen loyal to the Salafists have attempted to block the Maran Road, which leads to the hometown of the Houthis’ leader, Abd Al-Malek Al-Houthi.

A mediation committee composed of Fares Mana’, an arms dealer who is currently the governor of Sa’ada (though not designated as such by the government), tribal leaders, and representatives of the Houthis and Salafists met on Tuesday to resolve the current situation, but no concrete results have yet been reached.

“They agreed that the Houthis must open the road, remove their new checkpoints, and that both sides must return to their old positions, but none of these points has been implemented yet,” said a student from the Salafi School.

A source close to Mana’ told the Yemen Times that “this is simply a personal disagreement between both sides” and that “they would reach an agreement soon”.

In addition to having different interpretations of Islam, the Shiite Houthis and the Sunni-Salafist Damaj school also have different political positions towards the popular uprising which erupted last February and which demands an end to Saleh’s 33-year regime.

The Houthis have joined the uprising, while the Damaj Salafi group based in Sa’ada has sided with Saleh and banned anti-regime demonstrations and protests, calling them “rebellious acts against the ruler”.

Original: Houthis tighten siege on Dammaj, Manaa mediates, a disputed checkpoint:

News Yemen

Houthis continue the siege of Incorporation and prevent the number of students and sheikhs in Sa’ada ran out to perform Hajj

Prevented Houthi group students and sheikhs ran the ancestral status of Incorporation to get out of the Incorporation of the Directorate of yellow in Saada province in order to approach the performance of pilgrimage in the Holy Mosque.
A source at the Dar Al-Hadith, which is supervised by Sheikh Yahya Alhjor told (News Yemen) said Houthi group continues to tighten the noose on sheikhs and students of Dar Al-Hadith and the sons of the Incorporation in general since the Wednesday before last and prevent their exit from the region in addition to prevent the entry of food supplies to the region , also prevented
Pilgrims who have completed preparations and procedures to perform the Hajj.
He denied the source, who requested anonymity, reported on some newspapers and news sites to resolve disputes between the parties and lifting the siege imposed by Damaj Houthi group, stressing that the siege is still ongoing.
The source pointed out that the mediation led by Faris Manna, governor of Saada and a number of security leaders still continue its efforts to reach an agreement consisting of a number of points delivered yesterday evening to Sheikh Alhjor by negotiating for them to express their opinion before you sign it, refusing to disclose its content, stressing that Sheikh Yahya Alhjor
Has not been used until now no reaction to what practicing Shi’ite provocations and practices, harassment, and he emphasizes constantly to the children of the Incorporation, students and sheikhs center on the need for restraint and patience, wisdom, and he will work with all the good things to avoid bloodshed as much as possible.
Meanwhile, a tribal source in Damaj: The mediation led by Faris Manna failed on the first Monday in raising points installed at the entrances to the Houthis Damaj, because of the refusal Houthis lifting points at the center of Incorporation students raise a point overlooking the center of Incorporation as they say .. Which was rejected by Sheikh Yahya Alhjor as the point at which demand Houthis lifting is not in the public road, a point exists since the days of founder Sheikh future Alwadei overlooking the center of Dar al-Hadith, houses and homes of students and an aging science.
In the context Falt some sources (News Yemen) said the gunmen belonged to the people of advances they set up checkpoints on the roads in the area Aleetmh Jouf, and in the Aahm pretext, Hodeidah and booked prove membership in Saada province in protest against the abuse suffered by their fellow students and sheikhs people talk in Saada, and threatened an escalation unless the time they raise the aggression.

Accusing them of communion with the sheikhs in Saudi Arabia to beat them, and al Hajoory denies, and warns of continued stepped up their harassment
Houthis surrounding the center of the Salafi Damaj
23/10/2011 NewsYemen:

Surrounding Houthi group since last Thursday Salafi Centre Incorporation, to accuse the two Baltato with Saudi Arabia to eliminate them.
The sources said that NewsYemen Houthis and for months they harassed the Ahle Hadith and prevented from the exercise of their activities, including the killing of Yusuf San’aani in the month of Ramadan during the notification to the ancient city of Saada, shopping, and took two of his companions to a place unknown.
According to a source of Ahle Hadith said they are subjected to intense harassment of the imams of mosques by Houthis who claim to tolerance, since the city of Saada and others to impose their sway in the month of April of this year.
And controlled Houthi group on one of the sites near the center of Incorporation and expelled Salafi guarding the site belonging to the Salafi Centre Incorporation without clashes, as well as to prevent them
Access to the city of Saada.
And independent sources predicted that clashes broke out between the parties, referring to the mediation led by a number of sheikhs.
The group distributed a letter on behalf of Yahya Houthi Alhjor and who denied the relationship.
According to the letter obtained by NewsYemen him to Alhjor sent to expiate the demonstrations, and second, he warned of the party, and the Third, and most importantly that Alhjor communicate with sheikhs in Saudi Arabia for Shiites and their risk spread, and the letter indicated that Alhjor sent pilgrims to put the matter to the sheikhs in Saudi Arabia and they came back and told him that there is a plan of the elders and officials in Saudi Arabia to attack Shiite Zaydi Shi’ite Shiites, and it’s fourth and final Alhjor met the people of Incorporation, urging them to repeal the document and the peace which they held with the Houthis.
Ahadjory denied the validity of the letter attributed to it, and said that he lie upon lie.

Yemen Post: A Non-Governmental Organization working in the northern province of Sa’ada announced today that it was suspending its operations after its staff had been attacked by al Houthi Shi’ite group….The organization reported today that it had been the target of al-houthi’s intimidation tactics as the (Houthi) tribe disagreed with its field work.

The MSF which so far has been mainly distributing food and medecine to the region’s most vulnerable has been accused by al-Houthi of really conducting a “Christianization” campaign.

Residents in Sa’ada have confirmed that the organization has been the victim of a hate campaign by the al-Houthi as the group tried to have the NGO shut down.

Houthis statement – Saada 23/09/2011 Tazahria mass demonstration was the morning of this day, Friday, 24 / October / 1432 e roamed the streets (Saada), attended by tens of thousands of people of the province who have flocked to it since early morning. In the march chanted the masses (you rebel you are free, America, behind the scenes) (Say to the silent or Nam, will participate in crime) (whatever is spilled or kill, any initiative would not accept) (forward ahead of the change, and God is our best advocate) (Felthna spirit of the martyr , he lived the life of the new). Presented during the demonstration a number of rhetorical words and paragraphs of poetry and Message Board.

Yemen Times
Q: But, some locals in Sa’ada told us that the Houthis do not allow anyone to air an opinion against them, for instance, describing them as Twelver Shiites.

A: First of all it is misleading to say that the Houthis are Twelver Shiites. They are not. They are Zaydis.

Are you a Houthi?

No I’m not Houthi, I’m a state-employee at Sa’ada Radio. We used to be against the Houthis. I’m Zaydi and over 99 percent of the population in Sa’ada is Zaydi, but there is no group here called Twelver Shiites.

And it is not true that the Houthis prohibit others from expressing their opinions. If this were true, they would prevent the Salafists from practicing their traditions such as Taraweeh prayer [a prayer done at night during Ramadan after the Al-Esha festival], which does not exist in the Zaydi school.

But if you went to Sa’ada today, you would find the religious traditions of both Zaydis and Salafists performed in their mosques with no problems. They are not going to bring their prayers out of the mosque and argue that our Zaydi School approves of this religious practice. And not only Salafists, but Islahis practice there as well.

There is also hard-core group of Salafists called Muqbil group. They are extremists and they have their school in Damaj, Sa’ada. They carry out their traditions in complete freedom.

Three weeks ago, a Salafi imam was murdered in Sa’ada. Does this point to sectarian conflict in the governorate?

No, I do not think so. Because even the Salafis were disappointed about this happening. The real story of the murdered imam is that he was carrying hand-grenades to bomb some buildings in the governorate. You may have heard two weeks ago of a similar incident, in which an explosion targeted the republican hospital in the city of Sa’ada. So they [the people who killed him] tried to disarm the grenades. He attempted to throw the grenades at them, so they were forced to kill him. And they are now in custody pending state trial.

Do you have any information on the armed conflict between the Houthis and Islahis in Al-Jawf governorate?

What I know is that there have been fierce armed clashes between the Houthis and the Islahis.

Do you know why these clashes are taking place?

At the beginning they were both on good terms and stood together with the revolution. But we have heard that there was a foreign intervention – frankly, from Saudi Arabia, which shares a similar religious ideology – in which the Saudis armed the Islah groups in Al-Jawf with heavy weapons to fight the Houthis and prevent their extension into other parts of the country.

This is what we heard from the locals there and we also heard that the Saudis pay any one who participates in the fighting. This armed conflict in Al-Jawf has killed many people. Because of the high casualty rate, some people have named it the seventh war.

But the nice thing now is that both sides have signed a ceasefire agreement, and a new governor was recently elected in Al-Jawf. The problem is that everything in Al-Jawf was at standstill and even salaries of public employees have been suspended for over six months, in contrast to Sa’ada where the state government is still paying salaries.

So I would like to explain that Sa’ada did not separate from the state. Yemen’s flag is still present, and the national anthem is performed on Sa’ada Radio despite its being a revolutionary radio.

The radio in Sa’ada has sided with the revolution, but it is still committed to the national constants including the national anthem and different radio programs. There has been a serious focus on revolutionary programs and projects, but our policy towards the key constants is still unchanged.

Abu Jubarah anyone? See my article, Large al Qaeda camp in North Yemen dims peace prospects, politician says dated 3/29/10 or my category Abu Jubarah.

During the Saada Wars, both the US and al Qaeda (bin Laden division) were facilitating Saleh’s forces against the Houthis and the residents of Saada. In essence, the US was supporting a state sponsored jihad, as the Saleh regime itself characterized the conflict. Kahlidabdul Nabi, who in theory is heading the current al Qaeda uprising in Abyan, fought in Saada for Saleh in the 2005 and the 2007 rounds of war. Nabi also lead the state jihaddists in the 2009 battle of Jaar. Ayman Zawaheri provided fighters for Saleh and the US provided the money.

The diversion of US counter-terror aid to Saada was documented by the US Congress. The US was aware of the redeployment of US trained CT units as revealed by Wikileaks. At the same time, the reports of al Qaeda on the same side of the battlefield since 2005 have been consistent, credible and detailed. European nations including the UK and France also provided logistical support to Saleh’s regime including surveillance photos.

The now defected General Ali Mohsen al Ahmar led the Yemeni military against the Houthis in rounds 1-5 of the Saada war (2004-2008). Ahmed Saleh, President Saleh’s son, head of the Republican Guard and the US’s primary CT liaison, commanded round 6 (2009-2010) of the Saada War, the most brutal and lethal.

In Saada War number 6, Saudi Arabia took part in the carnage, bombing residential areas in Yemen as well as refouling refugees who were fleeing the bombing. Over 300,000 residents were displaced in several governorates, international aid was blocked, doctors arrested and hospitals bombed. The internal refugees, mostly women, children and the elderly, received little support from the UN. Only a few thousands were afforded safety in refugee camps where conditions were so abysmal that malnourished infants died all too regularly amid shortages of tents, food and medicine. The rest starved in fields and caves.

The nature and scale of the war crimes against the Yemeni civilian population, based on their ethnic and religious identity, in Saada and throughout the nation, is among the most brutal slaughters of the 21st century. After an investigation, Human Rights Watch said the state’s actions likely violate international law and rise to the level of crimes against humanity. President Obama’s insistence on immunity for his friend President Saleh whitewashes US, Saudi and western complicity in these crimes.

Reuters: (Reuters) – Factional fighting in Yemen’s north entered its fifth day on Tuesday, bringing violence closer to the border with Saudi Arabia, while the United States’ top counter-terrorism official visited Sanaa.

Twenty-three people have been killed and dozens injured in the northern province of Jawf since clashes broke out on Friday between members of Yemen’s main opposition party Islah and northern Shi’ite rebels known as Houthis.

Jawf lies along Yemen’s northern border with oil giant Saudi Arabia, which fears that unrest in its poverty-stricken southern neighbor could spill over and create a major security threat.

Fighting started when Houthis refused to give up an army base they occupied after the governor of Jawf fled two months ago, an opposition source said.

Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive against the Houthis after they briefly seized Saudi territory in late 2009. Houthi rebels have fought President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s government on and off since 2004.

Protests against Saleh’s 33-year rule had united Houthis and protesters, including the Sunni Muslim Islah, but rifts have begun to appear as a political stalemate drags on.

Saleh left Yemen in political limbo when he flew to Saudi Arabia to seek treatment after he was severely injured by a bomb attack in the presidential palace in early June.

Before that, as protests against his rule raged, Saleh had three times rejected a transition deal brokered by Gulf Arab states, and held on to power.

U.S. envoy John Brennan, who met Saleh in Riyadh on Sunday to urge him to accept a transition plan, was in the capital Sanaa to meet the leader of the main opposition bloc.

“We met with Brennan and there was nothing new in the American stance,” said opposition leader Abu Bakr al-Badhib.

“He told us the president intends to return soon and that the Americans are not in favor of this, but he is resolved and says his return will help to pacify matters.”

In southern Yemen, which has borne the brunt of the crisis, at least two pro-opposition gunmen were killed in clashes with forces loyal to Saleh, Al Jazeera television said.

Earlier, 11 militants were killed in military strikes in the south while clashes within the police force over delayed salary payments injured three.

Five Islamist militants were killed in air strikes on Abyan province on Tuesday, where six were killed in a battle late on Monday, local government officials said.

Sanaa: Ali Mohsen meets US, EU ambassadors; forces intercept two attacks on Acting President Hadi’s compound. Reports also disbursed protesters demanding a transition council, near Hadis compound, dozens injured. Vid, al Khaiwani arguing with Askar Zoail, Ali Mohsen’s extremist office manager who incited soldiers with sermons on jihad against the Houthis at a mosque in the fifth Saada war. Al Khaiwani was later nearly kidnapped. Later video indicates Zoali’s forces shooting into the air. See below for Mohsen’s role in Abyan fighting.

JMP: did not meet with Hadi, expect to meet within two days; seek Hadi’s formal declaration that Saleh’s reign is over, threaten to unilaterally create transitional council with protesters.

Protesters: demand transitional council immediately in mass demo, “In Sana’a, a spokesman for the youth-led protesters in the change square outside Sana’a University said, after thousands of people marched Street 60th, they had given a 24-hour deadline for the concerned political parties to form a transitional council otherwise the revolutionaries will do that.”

Taiz: still tense, sporadic clashes on the outskirts of town. The Al Qaeda district is the name of the suburb, not a AQAP hideout. Three killed Maweah and Thikra

Ibb : YP: Government forces clashed with armed tribesmen in Qaeda district, Ibb province, 30 miles off Taiz province. According to the tribesmen, the goal of the tribes is to get rid of all government forces attacking the people. “Security forces are now using this lawless time in the country to loot and attack civilians. We will not allow our people to be attacked and will ensure that they are safe from any attacks from pro govt thugs,” said a tribal fighter.

Hodiedah: roads leading in blocked by pro-Saleh thugs.

Saudi Arabia, “Yemen’s neighbor and the biggest GCC country, said after a June 6 Cabinet meeting chaired by King Abdullah that the proposal is still viable, and called on Saleh to accept it. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, will also send Yemen 3 million barrels of oil to alleviate fuel shortages, Yemen’s state news agency Saba reported yesterday.” ( SFgate)

Saada: Mass protests in favor of the end of the regime and against all plots on the rev.

UNICEF: Yemen facing humanitarian disaster.

State Department briefing; must read

AQAP: a decent analysis at Foreign Affairs of relation between tribes and AQAP and prospect in the post-rev phase.

Zinjibar: reduced to “hell” with fighting among unclear sides: < <"There is a cat-and-mouse game going on in the streets now between the army and armed men. I can't tell who's who among them any more,"... The fighting has reduced Zinjibar, once home to more than 50,000 people, to a ghost town without power or running water.>> Most residents of Zinjibar fled to Aden where many are sheltering in public buildings. The Central Security forces of Yahya are attacking the refugees as they flee.

The armed parties appear to be the national military, local tribesmen, local militants (both Saleh’s and Mohsen’s) and the defected army but I’m checking. Update: Gah!!! Armed members of the southern movement also maintaining security on some roads, and for sure they would be described by the regime as al Qaeda. If this is true, southerners carrying arms and creating their own security checkpoints outside local villages in various governorates, its new. (I deleted the areas where they are deployed or the regime will start bombing them.) It needs to be double checked. But being rebuffed after asking to coordinate security with the international community leaves few options. However as security fails, its likely the Southern Movement will reject new deployments by either Saleh’s forces or Mohsen’s forces. The only possibility is Aliwi who has a better reputation in the south than Hadi (as unlike Hadi he didnt attack civilians in the 1986 civil war, according to local lore.) And Mohsen is Mohsen.

Abyan: Local direct reports indicate military airplanes dropped two bombs today recently. Vid here of warplanes that bombed Abyan City, per local sources.

Another says the attack was on tribesmen who took up arms in the face of military assaults. “Ms. Novak – Greetings – I would like to clarify what is happening today in the province of pilgrimage in southern Yemen as a witness elders – the army is firing different weapons on the housing Almutnyen and Batalli tribes touched by the bombing respond and of these forces and drops dead from both sides.” Still no names on the militants leaders, but likely remnants of the localized jihaddist group AAIA operating under another new name. Upon asking, it seems that most discussions on southern forums regarding Zinjibar are operating on the assumption (as am I) that Khaledabul Nabi* is leading the jihaddists in Abyan but no eye witness confirmation. Ja’ar and Zinjibar are close enough. In 2009, Nabi was fighting on the side of Saleh in the battle of Ja’ar, another jihaddist proxy war.

Update, Southern Yemen: Ali Mohsen’s forces are in Abyan, see YT article Rebel soldiers engage militants, but are described below as “gunmen” so these could be the jihaddists as well. Majority of Mohsen’s soldiers are either graduates of Iman Univ or loyal to Zindani, per local buzz. The defected military issued a statement though that they were going to intervene in Abyan as military, and that may be what is triggering an armed (defensive) response by the southern movement if there is indeed an armed response. When the article below talks about forces loyal to Islah, it sounds like they mean armed militants loyal to Mohsen and Zindani. Maybe this is what Nuba meant by an invasion of Zindanis forces.

So Abyan could be a proxy war between Saleh and Mohsen with both sides using militants and military men and equipment. and the southerners who take defensive positions attacked by both. Now I really have a headache. Saada source comments, “That’s exactly whats happening with al Jawf,” and likely why the Houthis are fighting there, as a defensive measure.

Al Jawf/ Marib: Battles reported and continue over last months between Houthis and “Islahis” in conjunction with Mohsen’s forces, with back up from pro-Saleh forces according to news and local sources. Explains positioning of large amounts of troops there. Both the Mohsen forces and Saleh forces, militants and military, are fighting the Houthis in rotation. These developments bring into question both Mohsen’s alleged reformation and his commitment to the youth rev goals. Maybe he is just out to finally wipe out the Houthis and the Southerners. Clarification: There’s no troops on the al jawf/Saada border. Troops and militias of both Saleh (Republican Guards and militias) and Mohsen’s army and militias are on the border of Aljawf/Mareb and also inside both Aljawf and Mareb. There’s quite a number of troops in Saada but they are non-combative.

Yaf3press: Lapin: genocide and the destruction of cities, “Zanzibar and Jaar .. and forces loyal to the Reform Party (ed-Islah) and Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar involved in control of southern Yemen.

صحيفة يافع / خاص / 7/يونيو/2011م الثلاثاء Young newspaper / private / 7 / June 2011 Tuesday

قالت مصادر لـ”صحيفة يافع “: صول إلى محافظة أبين اللواء فيصل رجب قبل أيام على رأس قوة وصفت بتحرير زنجبار ، Sources told “young newspaper:” access to the province of Abyan, Major General Faisal Rajab days ago at the head of strength and editing described Zanzibar
وقالت المصادر :أن فيصل رجب يشتبك مع قوات من القبائل والأهالي ومسلحين من المنطقة منذ خمسة أيام . The sources said: that Faisal Rajab clash with troops from the tribes and people and gunmen from the region since the five days.

وأضاف : أن قوات فيصل رجب أستخدمت جميع الأسلحة الثقيلة والخفيفة ، و أفاد : أن فيصل رجب يقوم بقصف مدينة جعار قصفا مكثفا مما أجبر السكان النزوح من المدينة ، He added: Faisal Rajab forces used all heavy and light weapons, and said: Rajab is that Faisal shelling the town of Jaar intensive shelling, forcing the population exodus from the city,
وأفادت المصادر: أن مايجري في مدينة” زنجبار وجعار ” أعمال حربية يندى لها الجبين وهي وصمة عار في حق الجيش اليمني حيث وصفه المصادر أن فيصل رجب جاء على رأس ” مرتزقة لدك المدينتين بالأسلحة الثقيلة . According to the sources: that what is happening in the city of “Zanzibar, Jaar,” acts of war is shameful and a stain on the right of the Yemeni army, where he described the sources that Faisal Rajab came on top of “child mercenaries cities with heavy weapons.
كما أفادت المصادر : أن مسلحين موالين لحزب الإصلاح وعلي محسن الأحمر مشاركة في اللعبة التي تجري في محافظة أبين و وقال المصدر أن الأعيان ومشايخ والأهالي المدينتين قد حملوا المجتمع الدولي مسؤولية جراء مايجري من إبادة لمدينتي جعار وزنجبار ، The sources also reported: Gunmen loyal to the Reform Party and Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar participation in the game taking place in the Abyan province and the source said that the Senate and the elders, parents, the two cities have taken up the responsibility of the international community as a result of what is happening with the annihilation of the cities of Jaar and Zanzibar,
وقال المصدر :أن الأعيان من قبائل أبين يطالبون المجتمع الدولي بتكليف لجنة أمنية وتحقيق دولي لزيارة المنطقة لمعرفة الحقيقة وتقصي الحقائق ، وقال إنها لعبة بين المتصارعين السياسيين في اليمن وحملوا المجتمع الدولي مسؤولية جراء صمتهم عن جرائم الإبادة والتدمير للمدينتين والتي نزح الأهالي منها . The source said: that the objects of the tribes show asking the international community commissioned by the security committee and an international investigation to visit the area to know the truth and fact-finding, and said it is a game between the feuding politicians in Yemen and carried the international community’s responsibility due to their silence for the crimes of genocide and destruction of cities and displaced people from them.
وقال المصدر :أن المواجهات خلفت عشرات القتلى والجرحى وأضرار بالغة في الممتلكات العامة والخاصة وصفها بالإبادة والتدمير . The source said: that the clashes left scores dead and injured and damage in the public and private property and described by annihilation and destruction.
وقالت المصادر :أن اللعبة بدأت تظهر مؤشرات أن قوات موالية لعلي محسن الأحمر وحزب الإصلاح تريد السيطرة على جنوب اليمن كما هي خطة ليبيا في السيطرة على بنغازي ، The sources said: that the game began to show signs that the forces loyal to Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and the Reform Party wants to control the south of Yemen, as is the plan for control of Libya in Benghazi,

A clusterfrick indeed. Maybe I’ll write it in a more coherent summary later; just understanding is giving me a headache.

*The funny part about the unending spew of small and large lies is they can’t keep track of what they said before. One of my favorite stories involves Abdulkhaled Nabi, leader of the Abyan Aden Islamic Army. The Yemeni regime told the US in 2003 that they killed al-Nabi in a shoot-out. In 2004, Yemeni officials admitted that they let al-Nabi go after he was spotted breathing. In 2005, top Yemeni officials claimed Nabi was completely rehabilitated and living the life of a peaceful farmer. In 2006, local media reported Nabi and his band of fanatics was training a tribal paramilitary for the government to battle Shiite rebels in Sa’ada. In 2007, the newspaper (Al-Sharie) was brought up on charges of revealing state secrets, and the editor faces the death penalty. In 2008, the Yemeni government announced with great fanfare that they had captured the dangerous terrorist al-Nabi after an intensive five year manhunt. The tickers all said, “Yemen captures al-Qaeda terrorist after five year hunt.”

Nabi and his band of jihaddists was quite instrumental in the 2009 battle of Jaar in returning control to Saleh’s forces. The Minister of Defense negotiated a deal for money with Sami Dhayan and his crew.

Clashes raged for hours. Tuesday Saleh sent his negotiators to the al Ahmar home (some say with a tracking device serendipitously planted on one of them) to mediate an end to the violence that he started. Then he bombed the compound, killing his own people who were still in the home. This of course triggered more clashes between the military and defected military with tribesmen on both sides that continues today. Saleh is claiming to be the victim, another standard tactic in the wake of state violence.

Saleh is now showing his true face to the world and his intention to retain power at all costs. President Saleh devastated the northern province of Saada, bombing for years (2004-2010), displacing 300,000 citizens and then blocking aid to the internal refugees. He ravaged the south and openly slaughtered hundreds of unarmed pro-independence protesters (2007-2010). He will do it to the capital Sana’a without a twinge of conscience.

After three months of nationwide pro-democracy protests, over 100 casualties mostly by head shots, and over 10,000 injuries among the unarmed protesters, yesterday President Obama finally said, as a one line throw-in during a press conference in the UK, “We call upon President Saleh to move immediately on his commitment to transfer power.” The only way Saleh will go is by force. The important impact of a clear Obama statement, if it ever occurs, will be to demoralize Saleh’s supporters not encourage any rationality on Saleh’s part.

During Obama’s hour long Middle East policy speech a week ago, huge throngs of protesters around Yemen waited as Obama ticked through the nations in the region, expounding on each. When he got to Yemen, Obama called Saleh his friend. Yemen also only had one line in that speech: “President Saleh needs to follow through on his commitment to transfer power.” The deal Saleh turned down afforded him immunity from prosecution and scheduled presidential elections in two months, a shoe-in for his son, Ahmed, head of the Republican Guard and the counter-terror unit.

Update, US position remains wimpy. There is a blackout of both news and electricity in Sanaa, besides the language barrier. This limp statement is not going to even penetrate: May 26 (Reuters) – The United States condemns the violence in Yemen and believes it underscores the need for a peaceful transfer of power, White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Thursday.

Yemen Post: The head of office for Sadeq Ahmar, Abdul Qawi Qaisi said that more than 50 people were killed and 110 injured in last nights clashes between Hashed tribes and republican guards.

Clashes continued for more than eight hours near Sana’a International Airport and in Hasaba zone of Sana’a.

The Defense Ministry announced earlier today that four more were killed yesterday evening by Hashed tribes.

Tribes in Arhab confirmed that nine tribesmen were killed in clashes between Arhab tribesmen and republican guards last night.

The government has not yet announced its casualties from soldiers.

“5 rockets turned the dark night into daylight around 3 am today in Sanaa these rockets are supplied by the US to saleh and he used them on Sh. Sadeq’s house today they are preventing the people from leaving Sanaa, and the Hasaba district looks like Gaza or Beirut in the 80’s with buildings riddled with ammunition holes today the clashes did not stop and there are un confirmed roomers that Ahmed Ali Saleh was shot and seriously injured by one of his body guards.”

Yemen Post

A massive demonstration was held in Yemen’s province of Saada on Monday to reject dialogue, warn of manipulating the popular uprising, and condemn the crackdown on the antigovernment protests.
The demonstrations also carried banners reading: no to initiatives that never meet the demands of the people as the GCC head today said that the GCC power transition initiative was the best solution to the Yemeni crisis.
In their statement after walking in the streets, the protesters urged to bear sense of responsibility towards the challenges facing the popular uprising and also urged patience and holding on to face any desperate attempts to thwart the revolution.
“There should not more talks with the regime which is continuing killing the citizens in various provinces. The time of dialogue has gone and the peaceful revolution has started; hence the regime should respond to the voice of the people,” the statement said.
The demonstration coincided with massive protests in Ibb, Dhale and Shabwa provinces in which the people called for an immediate ouster of Saleh and opening trials for him and officials in his government over crimes including the murdering of the antigovernment protesters.

Ray News

According to medical sources in Saada province that there is a widespread heavy to smallpox in the province under the complete lack of health services.
وأكدت المصادر الطبية لــ ” التغيير ” أن حالات الإصابة بمرض الجدري وصل إلى 360 إصابة معظمهم من الأطفال والشباب, منها 6 حالات وفاة, موضحة أن هذا المرض خطير وهو من الأمراض المعدية. The sources said that the medical “change” that the incidence of smallpox arrived to 360 injured, mostly children and young people, including 6 deaths, adding that this is a serious disease of infectious diseases.
وناشدت المصادر الطبية وزارة الصحة العامة والسكان سرعة النزول للمحافظة وتوفير العلاج اللازم لهذا المرض. And appealed to medical sources, the Ministry of Public Health and Population speed down to maintain and provide the necessary treatment for this disease.