Talk:Saudi advance on Hodaidah

Thanks for covering this, Diagonal, it is such a shame - even the Guardian pleas guilty. Do you think it warrants a ticker thing like for Syria and Ukraine? If you are interested (to be the main author for how long it will stay relevant, with occasional additions from others, like I do for Syria and Resup does for Ukraine), I suggest you open a Yemen news/Current page and I will integrate it into the Main page below the Syria news ticker. --CE (talk) 20:53, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks CE. I would be open to doing that, although I have no real knowldege of Yemen and no arabic language. Annoyingly, I have to organise a move and some short trips in the coming few weeks, so my availability for this will be disrupted. --Diagonal (talk) 10:59, 19 June 2018 (UTC)


 * No problem, just an idea. Unfortunately I also don't have the resources to follow this additionally, but it would be good to have. This atrocity is also going on for what, four years by now, below the radar of the average "news" consumer. Very "educational". --CE (talk) 18:52, 19 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I think this page might need a different title. What's the simplest way? Set up a new page and migrate the content across? --Diagonal (talk) 09:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)


 * As it isn't linked anywhere, I can simply rename it. Which title? --CE (talk) 09:52, 20 June 2018 (UTC)


 * 'Yemen: Battle of the west coast' ... what do you think? This page is listed on the Yemen category page. I'm off for a few days now, thanks. --Diagonal (talk) 07:56, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Red Sea Mills
As ever, conflicting reports as to which side is responsible for a fire at this complex (Jan 25) and for a later incident where a demining engineer was shot by sniper as UN team visited the area.

Fighting was reported there in September and WFP has not been able to use it since then. It was taken by the coalition in early November. The complex was under the control of the coalition forces BBC and France 24 (videos published on 28,29th) were escorted to the site. Lyse Doucet reports the houthis attacked with a mortar after they had left, but the footage added to her report just showed the aftermath of a fire.

Demining engineer shot
The houthi aligned army stated the shot engineer was Mohamad Foud working for them.
 * https://twitter.com/HussainBukhaiti/status/1090269922242879488 January 29
 * https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/1090312742861529088 with video from al Masirah
 * Deminers attacked near grain stores in Yemen port Mohamad Ghobari Reuters January 30, 2019
 * http://www.yemenextra.net/2019/01/29/saudi-militias-kill-a-demining-expert-before-the-eyes-of-the-un-team-in-yemens-hodeidah/
 * Brigadier General Yahya Saree, confirmed the death of one of the members within the demining unit this afternoon in Hodeidah...One of the members in the mine action team named Mohammed Fouad Mohammed al-Atari, an engineer, was seriously injured. The engineer was then hospitalized, but died of his injuries.

Apparent location of incident from descriptions and which appears to match the al Masriah video.