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Old 08-12-2019, 08:28 AM
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Arrow The Yemen war is fragmenting; US Marine, KIA; Pyongyang tests more missiles; Russia’s

The Yemen war is fragmenting; US Marine, KIA; Pyongyang tests more missiles; Russia’s nuclear accident; And a bit more.
By: Ben Watson - Defense One - 8-12-19
RE: https://www.defenseone.com/news/2019...2-2019/159100/

Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen is falling apart after separatists seized and then withdrew (AP) from select portions of the southern port city of Aden this weekend.

International Crisis Group’s warning: “the risks of a civil war within a civil war are higher than ever, and that urgent international action is needed,” Peter Salisbury explains today.

The quick read: “The separatist leader, Southern Transitional Council President Aidaroos al-Zubaidi, said his group still supports the coalition against the Houthis and would attend a proposed emergency summit in Saudi Arabia,” Reuters reports today from Aden. “But he did not commit to withdrawing his forces from government buildings they seized on Saturday after clashes that killed 40 people, including civilians.”

Riyadh’s reax was to “hit a separatist area on Sunday,” Reuters writes, without specifying the method of attack, “and vowed to carry out more attacks if the southerners did not withdraw.”

Otherwise, Saudi King Salman and his son, MBS, spent the weekend chatting with Yemen’s exiled leader, President Hadi.

Bigger picture view now: “The rift in the coalition complicates U.N. efforts to implement a stalled peace deal in the main port city of Hodeidah to pave the way for broader political talks to end the war. The southern separatists and UAE forces played a major role on the ground in a coalition attempt to seize Hodeidah and cut off supply lines to Houthi-held areas.”

In Iraq, the war on ISIS claimed the life of another U.S. service member over the weekend. U.S. Marine Corps “Gunnery Sergeant Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colorado, died August 10, 2019, after being engaged by enemy small arms fire while conducting combat operations” in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, the Defense Department announced Sunday.

Koppenhafer was a 10-year Marine special operator, and had been awarded the MARSOC Critical Skills Operator of the Year in 2018, Military.com reports. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

For the record, “Koppenhafer is the third U.S. service member to die this year in hostile circumstances” in the war on ISIS, Military.com writes, “and the eighth OIR casualty overall for 2019.”

Afghan peace negotiations: The U.S. and the Taliban ended their latest round of talks — with no deal reached and “both sides [saying] they would consult with their leaderships on the next steps,” AP reports today from Kabul.
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