Jemen

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Seit Beginn der Bodenoffensive in Marib vergangene Woche gab es kaum Neuigkeiten aus der Gegend. Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, warum:

SANAA, Yemen — In Yemen's Marib province, a key battleground in the fighting against Shiite rebels, frustration is growing in the ranks of troops backing the country's president-in-exile after more than a week without gains on the ground.

The pro-government forces' advance on the capital, Sanaa, has stalled as Iran-backed Houthi rebels put up heavy resistance and despite an airstrikes' campaign by a Saudi-led coalition that has relentlessly pounded rebel positions.
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Ground commanders from the Yemeni army complain of poor logistical coordination, along with slow communication and decision-making between the Marib front-lines and the military leadership in Riyadh. Troops have grown nervous, commanders say, after two incidents when Saudi-led airstrikes hit and killed allied fighters.
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"The real thing blocking the advance is our fear of raids from coalition planes — shelling or launching mistaken strikes against our forces," said Brig. Gen. Mubarak al-Abab, a field commander for the Yemeni army.
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Yemeni Lt. Gen. Sherif Hussein said the various anti-Houthi forces are only loosely coordinated. There is unified decision-making, he said, but the groups on the ground fight independently.

As a result, the battlefield is disorganized, said Col. Ahmed Salem, another pro-Hadi officer. "If the situation continues this way on the front lines, then it won't be possible to achieve victory on the ground," he said.

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Also: Grundsätzlich wäre die Hardware (Panzer) für eine starke Offensive vorhanden, wird aber offenbar nicht an der Front eingesetzt. Diese überlässt man lieber den jemenitischen Verbündeten, welche dann aus der Luft auch noch mit Houthis verwechselt werden. Die GCC-Truppen minimieren so zwar ihre Verluste, dafür kommt man auch nicht vorwärts.
Aus Taiz gibt es ebenfalls keine Meldungen über Fortschritte der Koalition. Ich hätte eigentlich gerne etwas über die Kampfkraft der Golfmonarchietruppen am Boden in Marib erfahren, sowie über Verluste bei den Houthis resultierend aus Bodenkämpfen, aber da muss man sich wohl noch gedulden.