AX INTEL ANALYSIS: Yemen - rise of non-state actors
DATE: 23DEC2019
Throughout 2019, non-state actors in Yemen were able to strategically improve their overall positions by using tactical military interventions and mediation efforts to their advantage. In the North, the Iran-backed Houthi militia, which overthrew the government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in 2014, re-asserted their monopoly of violence over… Read More...Tags: yemen, houthi, saudi arabia, UN security council, terrorism
AX INTEL ANALYSIS: Yemen - Houthi gains put Marib at serious risk
DATE: 16MAR2020
Just a week after Houthi rebels took control of al-Hazm, the capital of al-Jawf Province, on March 1, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths paid an unprecedented, one-day visit to the Houthis’ likely next target, oil-and-gas-rich Marib, reiterating the urgent need for de-escalation. “Fighting needs to stop now,” Griffiths said in a joint press conference with Marib Governor Sheikh Sultan al-Aradah. “We will either silence the guns and resume the political process, or we will… Read More...Tags: yemen, houthi, UN security council, saudi arabia
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Yemen - Cease fire ends today
DATE: 23APR2020
The two-week cease-fire declared by Saudi Arabia on 09APR is due to expire on April 23, not coincidentally the anticipated start of the holy month of Ramadan. The Saudis asserted at the outset that they were motivated by a desire to re-focus energies on combatting the threat of coronavirus in Yemen… Read More...Tags: yemen, saudi arabia, houthi, islam, UN security council
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Syrian political process at a standstill
DATE: 29OCT2020
Following a rare summit in Istanbul on 27OCT, the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany, and France agreed to support existing UN-led efforts to form a constitutional committee by late 2018, as the first phase of “an inclusive, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process.”… Read More...Tags: syria, Russia, Turkey, germany, france, UN security council