Yamani: Release Of Mortgaged Property From Debenture Pool

Yemeni forces have fired as many as 38 rockets at several Saudi military bases in the southwestern province of Jizan. There has been no immediate report on the possible casualties or damage caused in the Thursday attack. The attack has been in retaliation for the deadly Saudi aggression against the impoverished Arab nation. Earlier in the day, Saudi war planes targeted a market in the northwestern Yemeni province of Amran, killing at least seven people. Meanwhile, the Saudi fighter jets bombarded the region of Sadad in the district of Bagim in the northeastern province of Sa’ada. Saudi forces also fired shells at an area in the town of Munabbih in Sa’ada. Saudi warplanes also launched six airstrikes targeting the headquarters of Yemeni forces in the district of al-Bayda in the central province of al-Bayda. In a separate development, the political council of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement condemned the deadly Saudi airstrikes against Yemeni people and the international community’s silence regarding the Saudi aggression. The council said that Riyadh has crossed all red lines in its aggression against the impoverished nation. Saudi fighter jets have been bombarding Yemen since March 26 without authorization from the United Nations and headless of international calls for a halt to the onslaught. According to the United Nations, over 3,000 Yemenis have been killed and 14,000 more injured in over three months of conflict in the country. Local Yemeni sources, however, say more than 4,500 people have been killed in the Saudi strikes. Deadly car bombs hit Yemen, day after almost 200 killed Latest update : Mate in Al Abr says 86 soldiers killed & over 200 injured, many seriously in 3 #Saudi air strikes on 23rd Brigade. #Yemen Tue, Jul 07 17:19 PM EDT image By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agency Saba reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide. Islamic State in Yemen claimed responsibility in a statement posted online for the Sanaa attack, latest in a string of recent actions by the hardline Sunni Muslim group against Shi'ite Houthis who run the capital. One of the explosives-laden cars detonated near a hospital in downtown Sanaa, which the news agency controlled by Yemen's dominant Houthi group said killed and injured "numerous" people, while another killed around 10 people in al-Bayda, capital of a province in the country's battle-weary south. Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes killed at least 176 fighters and civilians in Yemen on Monday, residents and media run by the Houthi movement said, the highest daily toll since the Arab air offensive began more than three months ago. The United Nations has been pushing for a halt to air raids and intensified fighting that began on March 26. More than 3,000 people have been killed since then as the Arab coalition tries stop the Houthis spreading across the country from the north. The Iran-allied Shi'ite Houthis say they are rebelling against a corrupt government, while local fighters say they are defending their homes from Houthi incursions. Sunni Saudi Arabia says it is bombing the Houthis to protect the Yemeni state. As fighting has raged across Yemen's south, the conflict has taken on a sectarian tinge, pitting the Shi'ite Houthis against local Sunni fighters who in many places fight alongside hardline al Qaeda militants, who also revile the Houthis. "COLLAPSING" On Monday, about 63 people were killed in air strikes on Amran province in the north, among them 30 people at a market, Houthi-controlled state media agency Saba said. In the same province, about 20 fighters and civilians were killed at a Houthi checkpoint outside the main city, also named Amran, about 50 km (30 miles) northwest of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, local residents said. Arab alliance war planes also killed about 60 people at a livestock market in the town of al-Foyoush in the south. Also in the south, residents reported a further 30 killed in a raid they said apparently targeted a Houthi checkpoint on the main road between Aden and Lahj. They said 10 of the dead were Houthi fighters. Tribal sources in the central desert province of Marib said about 20 Houthi fighters and soldiers fighting alongside them were killed in air raids and gun battles with tribal fighters, who support Yemen's president in exile Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. On Tuesday, U.N. envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed continues meetings with Houthi officials in Sanaa to try to broker a ceasefire to allow aid deliveries. One Houthi official said Monday's attacks had dealt a blow to peace efforts. (Additional reporting by Mostafa Hashem in Cairo and Tom Miles in Geneva; Writing by Noah Browning; Editing by Ralph Boulton) ========= BRITISH LAND | Release Of Mortgaged Property From Debenture Pool | RNS RNS Number : 5218I British Land Co PLC 15 June 2011  NOTICE TO The holders of the £200,000,000 6.75% First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2020 (ISIN (bearer): XS0085945037, ISIN (registered): GB0002647542); £110,000,000 5.0055% First Mortgage Amortising Debenture Bonds due 2035 (ISIN (bearer): XS0276843603, ISIN (registered): GB00B1J01F91); £310,000,000 5.357 % First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2028 (ISIN (bearer): XS0263450909, ISIN (registered): GB00B19ZPK76); and £330,000,000 5.264 % First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2035 (ISIN (bearer): XS0263451972, ISIN (registered): GB00B19ZSN13) of The British Land Company PLC (the "Debentures" and the "Company" respectively) The Company gives notice to the holders of the Debentures that on 14 June 2011 the freehold property known as Ropemaker Place at Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9LY and the freehold property known as the Oldham Centre Retail Park, Oldham were each released from the pool of mortgaged property securing the Debentures, the requirements relating to aggregate valuation of the secured mortgaged properties and the net annual income from such properties having been met. The British Land Company PLC York House 45 Seymour Street London W1H 7LX Registered in England and Wales No. 621920 =================================== British Land Company PLC is a real estate company. The Company manages, develops and finances an approximately £17.8 billion portfolio of properties. The Company focuses on high-quality retail locations around the United Kingdom and London offices. The Company allocates resources to investment and asset management according to the sectors it expects to perform over the medium-term. Its two principal sectors are offices and retail. The Office sector includes residential, as this is often incorporated into Office schemes, and Retail includes leisure, for a similar rationale. The relevant revenue, net rental income, operating result, assets and capital expenditure, being the measures of segment revenue, segment result and segment assets used by the management of the business. Revenue is derived from the rental of buildings. Operating result is the net of net rental income, fee income and administration expenses. « less Share Price (Full) 811p Change  1.5% Mkt Cap (£m) 8,155 P/E (fwd) 23.8 Yield (fwd) 3.6 ======================= Investor hopes rise for huge settlements in ex-Lehman RMBS Tue, Nov 04 16:46 PM EST By Andrew Park NEW YORK, Nov 4 (IFR) - Investors pursuing claims against US banks for losses on pre-crisis RMBS believe recent developments in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case have bolstered their ability to get substantially higher payouts versus previous settlements. Trustees of the Lehman RMBS bonds - US Bank, Law Debenture, Wilmington Trust and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company - proposed to hike the reserves for claims to US$12.143bn from US$5bn on August 22, according to a court filing. A hearing for the motion is scheduled for December 10. The bonds have rallied on the back of that amid hopes that investors could net triple the amount received from prior settlements of soured mortgage bonds over the past three years issued by Countrywide, JP Morgan and Citi. "People finally are paying for the option," said one hedge fund investor. The move by the trustees is seen as more aggressive by market players and has drawn criticism by lawyers acting for Lehman who say the higher estimates are too out of line with settlements agreed before in the other cases. "By suggesting that the RMBS claims should be valued at US$12.143bn, the RMBS trustees would have the Court believe that they accepted settlements with other banks that are five to six times less than the value of their actual claims," Lehman's lawyers, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Jones & Keller, said in a filing on October 15. Still, the situation is garnering plenty of attention as it could have broader ramifications if the trustees' claims are upheld. Some disgruntled investors have already had luck in getting more cash out of banks following settlements they thought were too low, and this may give others more confidence to pursue cases. Bank of America Merrill Lynch settled with American International Group (AIG) for an undisclosed amount on its representations and warranties claims on July 16, after the insurer argued that Bank of New York Mellon, the trustee acting on its behalf, should have secured a higher payout in the US$8.5bn settlement for Countrywide. AIG's claimed that the potential settlement amount was as high as US$30bn at one point. Investors involved in JP Morgan's settlement may be next to test the waters following the passing of the deadline on Monday for them to pursue claims. Some of the objectors so far are the Triaxx CDOs, the Federal Home Bank of Boston, NCUA, Ambac and QVT, according to market participants following the case. Those objectors will present their case to the judge tentatively scheduled for December 16. ON THE HOOK The Lehman case involves five bond shelves - SASCO, SAIL, SARM, LXS, and LMT - which all closed between 2004 to 2007 before the bank's bankruptcy. The big difference between the Lehman situation and those of its predecessors is that the bond trustees this time around would be liable for any potential claims from investors. If the investors deem their payouts should have been higher, the trustees could be on the hook for the difference, according to Isaac Gradman, attorney at Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP. In contrast, banks gave indemnity to the trustees in the three earlier situations so that any future liability would be borne by the banks themselves. Gradman estimated that the payout sought from Lehman equates to about 30 to 40 cents on the dollar of losses if the full US$12.143bn requested by the RMBS trustees is factored in. That's as much as five times the six to eight cents on the dollar that was offered in the Countrywide settlement back in 2011, JP Morgan's in 2013 or the US$1.125bn Citigroup settlement in early 2014. Lehman is standing its ground on its US$5bn offer. In an objection filed on October 15, the bankrupt entity's lawyers said the Lehman settlement should be closer to US$1.96bn-US$2.44bn if trustees applied the same percentage on previous cases to the current Lehman Brothers situation. The trustees however, believe that losses are being severely underestimated given the poor quality of the underlying loans of the securities and the misrepresentation of risk by banks when they were sold. Their views are partly based on the analysis of Charles Parekh, director at Duff & Phelps. On August 21, Parekh estimated that the Lehman trusts had already suffered losses of US$15.68bn, with a further US$5.548bn of expected additional losses yet to come. Parekh sampled 416,091 loans in 255 trusts, stating that it was not economically viable to analyse the complete pool given the cost and time it would involve. He was hired by law firms Alston & Bird, Seward & Kissel, Chapman & Cutler and Nixon & Peabody, counsel for the trustees. (Reporting by Andrew Park; Editing by Natalie Harrison and Shankar Ramakrishnan) ===================== DEFINITION of 'Fixed Debenture' A note that carries a fixed (as opposed to floating) charge against the issuer's property or assets for repayment. The charge will remain on the company's records until the debenture is repaid. Corporations can issue fixed debentures to finance operations in the same way they issue stock. Fixed debentures can be issued singly or in a series. They pay out a fixed rate of interest at regular intervals. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Fixed Debenture' Fixed charge debentures require restrictions on the underlying property or asset backing the loan to ensure the lenders' security. For example, a company may issue a fixed debenture to obtain a mortgage; the mortgage would most likely preclude the borrower (company) from subletting the mortgaged property to a third party. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fixed-debenture.asp#ixzz3fCe9JsFC Follow us: @Investopedia on Twitter ================================ DEFINITION of 'Home Mortgage' A loan given by a bank, mortgage company or other financial institution for the purchase of a primary or investment residence. In a home mortgage, the owner of the property (the borrower) transfers the title to the lender on the condition that the title will be transferred back to the owner once the payment has been made and other terms of the mortgage have been met. A home mortgage will have either a fixed or floating interest rate, which is paid monthly along with a contribution to the principal loan amount. As the homeowner pays down the principal over time, the interest is calculated on a smaller base so that future mortgage payments apply more towards principal reduction as opposed to just paying the interest charges. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Home Mortgage' Home mortgages allow a much broader group of citizens the chance to own real estate, as the entire sum of the house doesn't have to be provided up front. But because the lender actually holds the title for as long as the mortgage is in effect, they have the right to foreclose the home (sell it on the open market) if the borrower can't make the payments. A home mortgage is one of the most common forms of debt, and it is also one of the most advised. Mortgage loans come with lower interest rates than almost any other kind of debt an individual consumer can find. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/home-mortgage.asp#ixzz3fCoxSOmg Follow us: @Investopedia on Twitter =========================== An upgraded summary of the connection between politics and anlaysis of Shiite traditions as we near the end of the year. Followers of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) should be prepared at the highest degree in regards to their surrounding. This phase we are entering is Shiaphobia on a global scale but God willing those deemed weak on the Earth shall be the prosperous. *** With all respect, if one does not understand the deeper politics please don't comment or criticise. If you're asking in order to learn then feel free to do so. Otherwise please study your politics and try communicating with people in other countries in order to understand the situations therein. **** **************************************************************************** IRAN: Iran will be hit by Israeli forces who will cover themselves as being Saudis. This is similar to what happened when an Israeli pilot used a Saudi jet to bomb Yemen with a neutron bomb when the war broke out. The Israelis recently sent their jets to France and Moscow in order to be re-sprayed using billions of dollars to cover themselves in the attack on Iran. Once the green light is given to Saudi Arabia from beneath the tables by Israel they will launch an attack on Iran. After the Saudis receives a retaliatory hit by Iran they will directly attack the Ka’ba and destroy it so that the people of Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Afghanistan and other countries are aggravated and prepare to fight against the Islamic Republic. YEMEN: Ansarullah will be victorious as they advance and many of the Saudi takfiris will be exterminated at their hands. SAUDI ARABIA: WikiLeaks is the means to the fall for Saudi kingdom; this is among the big issues that has rocked the globe during this holy month of Ramadhan. The leaks have broken the back of the Saudis and their opposition forces like Hezbollah understand exactly what they are planning, the locations of their agents and places of gatherings. Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Iraq are now starting to see the massive influence that Saudi Arabia had over their countries without their knowledge. America has a great pressure over the Saudis because it wants to thwart the Iranian nuclear deal through Al-Saud. The Al-Saud dynasty are severely divided among their family members leaving the children behind who are incapable of ruling as Israel has full control over them. The Saudis are trying to squeeze themselves out of the glass bottle but America is not allowing them out of the bottle and this is why the divisions arose within the Saudi family. The Saudi state will be split into three sub-states as the Yemeni Ansarullah advance at them, while also forces from Sudan and Egypt who are against Al-Saud will fight the Kingdom. These feuds will possibly cause Mohammad Ibn Nayef to be killed and the king Salman to die. That's when the rule of years ends and the rule of months begins - if Salman dies before the end of the year. Natural events will be seen in the skies in Saudi Arabia similar to what God did to the people of the Elephant. QATAR: A revolution is planned for the Gulf where the Qatari emir will be removed by either being killed or some other aspect. A person that resides within the Kuwaiti intelligence agencies (at the highest levels) is involved and has good relations with the Australian prime minister and strong connections with Al-Saud. The Qatar soccer world cup will not occur in 2022 because the country falling in a few months from now, along with six other Arab states. KUWAIT: The Gulf will be divided. ISIS Wahhabis will attack Kuwait and will enter Iraq through Kuwait. Wahhabi loyalists in Kuwait are everywhere in Kuwait such that the flags of ISIS are on the average citizen’s cars and their objects. There is no less than 700,000 Wahhabi/Daesh supporters in a population that is about a million in its entirety. That means these Wahhabis have infiltrated all Kuwait's security and intelligence faculties. They are waiting for zero hour and a green light by their takfiri scholars to make a move and will overtake the whole country in a short time frame. It is evident as the last attacker on the Kuwaiti Shiite mosque was capable of penetrating airport security showing how the Saudis, Emirati’s and others are supporting these terrorists directly to attack Shiites and sow discord between Sunnis/Shias. What is even laughable is Iran was blamed for these attacks and they perceived that Iran got these extremists from Saudi Arabia in order to hurt their own people. The Kuwaiti Shiites have not been allowed to receive a permanent visa for the last 10 years due to commands from the Saudi and Qatari intelligence forces. For that reason, the Qataris spilled their money to Musallam Al-Barrak and Al-Tabtabaie in Al-Azhar. Through these individuals, they aim to destroy Kuwait such that the government will not be able to control the ones carrying out this agenda. The first attack that occurred a few weeks back proves that the country is nearing its end. As we talked earlier, Kuwaiti Wahhabis have installed large quantities of munitions beneath the ground and they marked all Shiite homes in order that fighter jets easily detect them. Kuwaiti intelligence agents have an individual map for the location of Shiite homes compiled under the auspices of Musallem Al-Barrak and other agents. In addition, multiple religious figures will be killed in Kuwait. Bigger events await the Shiites in the coming weeks as this is part of the Sufyani expansion. A big Sheikh may die due to his faltering heart condition whereby his pacemaker is not aiding him anymore. This will cause the Kuwaiti Shiites to go under immense pressures and fear after this scholars demise. They should leave that country as soon as they can and take all their wealth and possessions to Kufa or Karbala. PALESTINE: A faction in HAMAS will be the leading cause of sectarianism in Lebanon in the coming months of September. The head of HAMAS Khaled Meshel is among one of the highest Mossad agents of Israel and they are in the same bed with their so-called ‘enemies’. Wherever the Muslim Brotherhood is located the takfiri ideology follows. Those who support HAMAS must see how they are putting their faith in the wrong place as they are killing Iraqi PMU, Hezbollah, and Syrian forces that are seeking freedom. How can we support the Sufyani so openly? (This is not a means for sectarianism but facts that people should be informed of) EGYPT: The ISIS flag will be lifted high in the middle of Cairo as discussed earlier during the year. All the Saudi and Emirati money that is given to these terrorists will go to waste as they will turn against their mother Qatar who were the original financers using the Libyan money. A part of HAMAS will enter the ranks of ISIS in Egypt. The Daesh terrorists will succeed in Libya and will use all Libyan power to expand their agendas until the flag is set in Egypt. Al-Sisi will not be able to control them despite all the power he has. Egypt’s intelligence have been infiltrated by those of the Wahhabi Muslim brotherhood who are part of the agency and have begun to ramp up their activity in the government. President Sisi will be removed just as Hisham Barakat led all the anti-Morsi agendas and those against Anwar Sadat. Egypt will experience greater attacks from the Sufyani than Iraq and mosques with other elements are their main targets. Egypt will go through severe poverty alongside other Arab countries. In the Quran it states, “We shall test you with something of fear and hunger and loss of lives” SYRIA: Turkey, Saudi, and Qatar aim to enter Dar’a so that they stand at the gates of Damascus. From now to August, there will be immense attacks on Damascus. These alliances will cause Dar’a to be taken over such that people’s hearts reach their throats, women’s bellies will be slit open and huge events intensify as we near September. Damascus will be struck. Bashar will be toppled by either running away or will be killed. Nevertheless, the Sufyani rules Syria for a short period of time despite the entire world saying it won't happen. IRAQ: The Sarkhi group is fake and he originates from Banu Lam i.e. his lineage is not of the Holy Prophet’s (saws) family. All those who follow him are being misguided. If people want to get upset, that is their problem but the truth must be told. In addition, the Hasani who claims himself to be the son of Imam Mahdi (ajtfs) is a fake and both Sarkhi and Hasani are financed by Qatar. They are no different to the takfiris and will be among those Shiites who will fight the the Imam (ajtfs). EUROPE: In Germany there are 200,000 Wahhabis alone and they are aiming to attack Shiite mosques, showing that the European governments are silently eroding. Spain and Australia will be a fountain for the takfiris and Shiites will also be attacked there as this movement will spread globally to fight anyone against their ideology and mainly Ahlulbayt (a.s.) followers. It is known that Sufyani is a tool in the hands of Dajjal to attack anyone against them. That means, similar to the Zealots who were used during the time of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and they were controlled by the governments of their time, in our age the same thinking and agendas apply.

Yemen sentences seven shi'ite rebels to death

06 Jul 2009 12:03:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
SANAA, July 6 (Reuters) - A Yemeni court sentenced seven rebels from a Shi'ite Muslim sect to death on Monday after convicting them of causing deaths in clashes with army in 2008.

Hundreds of people died in the conflict and thousands fled their homes in battles between government forces and the rebels in the north, which have raged on and off since 2004.

The state security court also jailed for terms of 12-15 years another five of the rebels accused of seeking to install Shi'ite Islamic rule in the country, which borders the world's biggest oil exporter Saudi Arabia.

In July 2008, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the battles with the rebels, known as the Houthis, had ended and that dialogue should replace fighting. The rebels belong to the Shi'ite Zaydi sect and are led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

Officials have often said the rebels want to restore a form of clerical rule prevalent in the country until the 1960s. The rebels, who want Zaydi schools and oppose the government's alliance with the United States, say they are defending their villages against government oppression.

Sunni Muslims form a majority of Yemen's 19 million population, while most of the rest are Shi'ite Zaydis.

One of the poorest countries outside Africa, Yemen is also grappling with a violent campaign by al Qaeda militants, dwindling oil and water resources, unemployment, corruption and a growing community of Somali refugees. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Editing by Inal Ersan; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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Yemen says kills 11 rebels

03 Sep 2009 09:27:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
SANAA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Yemen said on Thursday it had killed 11 rebels in fighting in the north of the country, while the rebels posted footage on the Internet that appeared to show government troops withdrawing from one area.

Last month fresh fighting erupted between Shi'ite Zaydi Muslims in the mountainous Saad region bordering Saudi Arabia and the central government in Sanaa. Conflict first broke out in 2004.

On Wednesday, the rebels fighting in the north of the Arabian Peninsula country warned of a "long war" after the government rejected a truce offer. [ID:nLR537448]

A military spokesman said government forces had taken control of five rebel hideouts and "destroyed a number of locations where the rebels and terrorists were".

The rebels, led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, published footage on their website that showed dozens of what they said were captured government troops being escorted out of the Maran area.

Information about the conduct of the war has been hard to verify since northern provinces have been closed to media.

More than 100,000 people, many of them children, have fled their homes during the surge in fighting, a U.N. agency said last month, and aid groups have complained of poor access to the war zone. [ID:nN2184004]

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had managed to distribute food aid to only 10,000 in Hajjah and Saada governorates in August compared to 95,000 people in July due to limited access.

The United Nations children's organisation UNICEF launched an appeal on Wednesday for $6.1 million to meet the needs of women and children affected by the fighting.

"Nearly half of the funding will help provide for the immediate water, sanitation and hygiene needs of the displaced population and the host communities," it said in a statement. Many are being housed in tented camps.

The rebels accuse Saudi Arabia of backing the government and the government sees an Iranian hand behind the rebels.

The government says the rebels want to restore a Shi'ite state overthrown in the 1960s and this week summoned the Iranian ambassador over Iranian media's coverage of the fighting.

The rebels say they want more autonomy, including Zaydi schools in their area. They oppose the spread of Saudi-influenced Sunni fundamentalism and accuse the government of indiscriminate bombing of villages. (Reporting by Mohamed Sudam; writing by Andrew Hammond and Tamara Walid)

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Yemen: ICRC and Yemen Red Crescent aid thousands as fighting continues
03 Sep 2009 08:07:32 GMT

The current armed clashes in northern Yemen have continued for almost three weeks, and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating.

Thousands have fled, taking refuge with relatives or host families.

Makeshift shelters have been set up in neighbouring areas, but some people have fled as far as the capital Sana'a, more than 300 km to the south.

The ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent Society have registered over 25,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the provinces of Sa'ada and Amran and staff of the two organizations are working around the clock to respond to the most urgent needs.

"The dire humanitarian situation is hitting women and children especially hard,” said Daniel Gagnon, the ICRC's acting head of sub-delegation in Sa'ada.

But ICRC and Yemen Red Crescent aid is making a difference.

"Some of us have already received mattresses, gas bottles and food," said a displaced woman in Wadi Khaiwan.

She and her family had to flee al-Harf city in the north of Amran province.

"This helps us get along and makes us less of a burden to our host families and neighbours, who have very little themselves." In and around Sa'ada city, over 4,200 people are living in Al-Ihsa', Sam and Al-Talh camps, which are run by the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent.

But as Daniel Gagnon points out, "there are thousands more in Sa’ada governorate who need our help.” Over 5,500 people are staying with host families in Sa'ada city.

As the influx continues, the ICRC is looking for ways of accommodating more.

"What the people need most is clean water, food and shelter,” said Daniel Gagnon.

"With commercial traffic paralyzed because of the fighting, people find it difficult to get supplies.” The conflict makes it difficult to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid, with fighting in parts of Sa'ada and Amran provinces hampering operations.

Despite the obstacles, ICRC and Yemen Red Crescent staff continue to bring help whenever the situation allows them to move safely.

How displaced people have benefited from ICRC activities in recent days

Medical supplie
A health centre in Wadi Khaiwan (Amran province) received basic medicines and a tent to act as a “waiting room”.

Yemen Red Crescent staff in Baqim (Sa'ada province) received ICRC support in the form of medicines for the treatment 400 patients.

The Yemen Red Crescent doctor based in Al-Azgoul received medicines.

Food and water
In Sa'ada province, 5,000 displaced people in the Al-Talh area received flour, rice and cooking oil, while more than 250 people in the Qataber area received flour.

5,500 people living with host families in Sa'ada city received flour, rice and beans.

Several dozen displaced families in Baqim and Al-Mahader (Sa'ada province) received daily water deliveries.

850 displaced people in Wadi Khaiwan (Amran province) received drinking water.

Shelter and other essential items
Over 3,500 families who fled to Sa'ada city are receiving basic household items.

ICRC and YRCS teams have been distributing blankets, mattresses, tarpaulins, jerrycans, soap, stoves, gas cylinders and other items to 2,500 people in the Wadi Khaiwan, Amran province.

Over 1,900 people from Al-Mahader, west of Sa'ada city, and more than 560 people in Sa'ada city itself received such essential household items as blankets, mattresses, tarpaulins, jerrycans, soap, stoves and gas cylinders.

7,000 people registered in the Baqim area should be receiving shelter and other essential items in the next few days.

The ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent are working on accommodating 3,000 people as soon as possible.

The ICRC has been working in Yemen since 1962 and in Sa'ada governorate since 2004.

Its workforce has been increasing steadily since the beginning of the year; the organization currently has 111 staff based in the country – 69 in the capital Sana'a, including 19 expatriates, and 42 in Sa'ada, including five expatriates.


For more information, please contact:
Hicham Hassan, ICRC Sana'a, tel: +967 1 213 844 or +967 712 666 536
Dorothea Krimitsas, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 227 346 001 or +41 792 519 318


See also ICRC media contacts

This article on www.icrc.org =============================== Oct. 4, 2014 3:07 AM ET Shiite rebels are Yemen's new masters By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AIM Hawthi Shiite rebels chant slogans at the compound of the army's First Armored Division, after they took it over, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Heavily armed Yemeni Shiite militiamen took over the headquarters and house of a powerful army general allied to Sunni Islamists on Monday and set up checkpoints across the capital, Sanaa, after sweeping across the city as the general and his allies fled and went into hiding. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) Islamic State militants attack small Iraq town Oct. 2, 2014 3:40 PM ET Islamist-allied militias in Libya reject UN talks Sep. 30, 2014 12:07 PM ET Battle against Islamic State creates new alliances Sep. 29, 2014 4:20 PM ET Western Muslims, troubled, rally against extremism Sep. 26, 2014 2:34 PM ET Iraqi woman activist killed by Islamic State Sep. 25, 2014 3:02 PM ET SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The capital of Yemen, the Arab world's poorest and perhaps most chronically unstable nation, has new masters. Anti-American Shiite rebels man checkpoints and roam the streets in pickups mounted with anti-aircraft guns. The fighters control almost all state buildings, from the airport and the central bank to the Defense Ministry. Only a few police officers and soldiers are left on the streets. Rebel fighters have plastered the city with fliers proclaiming their slogan — "Death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory to Islam" — a variation of a popular Iranian slogan often chanted by Shiite militants in Iraq and supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah. While the world has been focused on the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, Yemen at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula has seen its own sudden, seismic upheaval when Shiite rebels known as the Houthis overran Sanaa two weeks ago. Now the Houthis, who many believe are backed by Shiite-led Iran, are poised to become Yemen's version of the Shiite Hezbollah in Lebanon — top powerbrokers dominating the government and running a virtual state-within-a-state. Their takeover of the capital also threatens to bring a violent backlash from hard-line Sunnis, creating a sectarian battle that would boost al-Qaida's branch in Yemen, which the United States has been battling for years in a drone campaign and in coordination with the Yemeni military. The rallying cry of fighting against Shiite power could turn Yemen into a magnet for Sunni jihadis from around the region, like Syria and Iraq. Last week, an al-Qaida suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a hospital used by the Houthis in Maarib province, killing one person. The group, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, vowed to fight the rebels and called on other Sunnis to support it. "You will see your bodies scattered and your heads flying," al-Qaida said in a statement, addressing the Houthis. The U.S.-backed president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, is largely helpless, struggling to form a new government to meet the Houthis' demands. Neighboring Saudi Arabia is worried over a potential pro-Iranian outpost on its border. In an interview with The Associated Press, Jamal Benomar, the U.N. special envoy who has been mediating among the government, the Houthis and other factions, warned that "this takeover of Sanaa by the Hawthis will widely reverberate in Yemen and the region." "Yemen will now be seen as linked to other situations in the region, with regional and international involvement," he said. The Houthis, who call themselves Ansar Allah, Arabic for "Supporters of God," are followers of the Zaydi faith, a branch of Shia Islam that is almost exclusively found in Yemen and makes up about 30 percent of the country's population. Zaydi religious leaders ruled much of northern Yemen for centuries — and the Houthis, backers of the Houthi family, a clan that claims descent from the Prophet Muhammad, have sought to revive Zaydi identity. The rebels, currently led by 33-year-old Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, fought a series of civil wars since the mid-2000s from their stronghold of Saada north of Sanaa. In 2011, they took complete control of Saada province. But their advances this year have been startling. They swept south, defeating Sunni tribesmen loyal to the conservative Sunni Islah party, and in July captured Amran province, which borders the capital. They then overran the capital itself on Sept. 21 as the military largely collapsed. The Houthis present themselves as seeking to achieve the goals of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that led to the overthrow of longtime autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh. They reject a Gulf-brokered deal that led to Saleh stepping down and Hadi taking his place because it largely splits power between Saleh's supporters and the Islah party, which is the Muslim Brotherhood's branch in Yemen. Instead, they say, they want a broader government that includes their movement and southern Yemenis, who have long sought independence. And they want implementation of a plan reached by political parties in January to give greater autonomy to Yemen's regions. "We are not a group isolated from the rest of the country. We are part of the social fabric," Abu Ali al-Hakam, the commander who led the Houthi assault on Sanaa, told AP. He spoke as he visited the captured headquarters of the army's 1st Armored Division, an elite outfit with close links to the Islah party. It had spearheaded army campaigns against the Houthis. "It is not just the Houthis who are controlling Sanaa now, its Yemenis from everywhere," said the diminutive al-Hakam after receiving a hero's welcome by his fighters. The Houthis were quick to tap on the widespread grievances to show themselves as a feasible alternative. "I and my family feel safer now," said Faraj al-Raeeny, a schoolteacher from mainly Zaydi Amran province. "The Houthis resolved many disputes and put right many injustices. They strictly enforce order." Still, not all Zaydis back the rebels, and the takeover is likely to only polarize a nation where the central government is chronically weak. Much of the country is out of government control, plagued by tribal divisions, al-Qaida militant violence, widespread corruption and deep poverty that breeds resentment or rebellion. The scene is further complicated by political rivalries. Hadi's supporters have long accused Saleh loyalists, who still hold key posts in the military, security forces and government, of undermining Hadi in a bid to return to power. Saleh and his loyalists in the army are widely believed to have helped the Houthis by standing aside as the fighters swept into Sanaa. Ali al-Imad, a senior Houthi official, denied there were any "understandings" struck with Saleh's camp, but he acknowledged in an interview with the AP that the two sides — bitter foes in six wars between 2004 and 2010 — shared "temporarily mutual interests." Hadi appeared caught off guard. After Amran was captured in late July, Hadi met with politicians who warned him that the Houthis would move on Sanaa next. "He said he was convinced that the Hawthis will not come near Sanaa," rights lawyer Baraa Shiban, who attended the meeting, told AP. A new, U.N.-brokered accord that was hurriedly signed on the day Sanaa fell to the Houthis calls for a new government, for all armed factions to put down their arms and for the rebels to leave the capital. But there is little sign that will happen. "This peace agreement must be implemented, otherwise the prospect of the disintegration of Yemen as we know it will become real," warned Benomar, who negotiated the accord. Many doubt the Houthis have the need or resources to grab more territory. But they have virtual veto power over who becomes the next prime minister and over the makeup of the next government. And they are locking in their forces' position in the capital — emulating the model of Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which in Lebanon is the de facto government in predominantly Shiite areas of southern Beirut and in the south and east of the country. In Sanaa, the Houthis have tightened their grip on the city's northern districts where Zaydis are dominant, as well as the nearby international airport. Tanks and armored vehicles looted from army bases have now been deployed in those areas. After the fall of Sanaa, Houthis staged a massive victory rally in the city, flying Hezbollah flags and portraits of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "It is very clear that Hezbollah is their model. 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