OPERASI ‘Decisive Storm' di YAMAN BerAkhir, FASA Baru dijalankan - KUASA yang dipimpin SAUDI . . .

Tentera Saudi yang dilihat dikerahkan di sepanjang sempadan dengan Arab Yemen April 21, 2015 (Saudi army are seen deployed along the Saudi border with Yemen April 21, 2015 (Reuters)

dIANa.h - Gabungan tentera yang diterajui Saudi telah selesai operasi ‘Decisive Storm' terhadap pemberontak Syiah Houthi di Yaman, kenyataan perintah tentera Saudi yang dipetik oleh media tempatan, kata.

Semua matlamat yang ditetapkan oleh ‘Decisive Storm' telah dicapai. Ini termasuk pemusnahan peluru berpandu balistik yang Houthis telah mengambil kawalan. Keputusan untuk menamatkan serangan datang berikutan permintaan oleh kerajaan Yaman, menurut jurucakap gabungan yang dipimpin Saudi.

Kempen anti-Houthi kini beralih ke satu fasa baru yang diberi nama kod 'Mengembalikan Harapan'/'Restoring Hope',, kata kenyataan itu, seperti yang dipetik oleh Arab milik Arabiya TV. Saudi Kementerian Pertahanan berkata ia akan memberi tumpuan kepada anti-keganasan, keselamatan dan mencari penyelesaian politik untuk krisis.

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Ini tidak, bagaimanapun, bermakna gencatan senjata akan diisytiharkan.

"Gabungan itu akan terus menghalang pergerakan militia Houthi dari bergerak atau menjalankan apa-apa operasi di dalam Yaman," kata jurucakap Arab Brigadier Jeneral Ahmed Asseri di ibu negara Saudi, Riyadh. Beliau menambah bahawa operasi pengeboman akan disambung semula jika perlu.

Operation 'Decisive Storm' in Yemen ends, new phase underway - Saudi-led forces . . .

The Saudi-led military coalition has completed operation 'Decisive Storm' against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, a statement by Saudi military command cited by local media, says.

All goals set by Decisive Storm have been achieved. These included the destruction of ballistic missiles the Houthis had taken control of. The decision to end the offensive comes following a request by the Yemeni government, according to the Saudi-led coalition spokesman.

The anti-Houthi campaign is now switching into a new phase codenamed 'Restoring Hope', the statement said, as cited by Saudi-owned Arabiya TV. The Saudi Defense Ministry says it is going to focus on anti-terrorism, security and finding a political solution to the crisis.

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This does not, however, mean a ceasefire will be declared.

"The coalition will continue to prevent the movement of Houthi militias from moving or undertaking any operations inside Yemen," Saudi spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. He added that the bombing operation will resume if it is deemed necessary.

Tetapi laporan dari Yaman berkata saat-saat akhir sebelum yang dikatakan operasi, tentera bersekutu dipimpin Saudi masih mengebom sasaran tentera di Sana'a dan Aden. Futej dari Sanaa dan laporan dari Aden juga menunjukkan bahawa pengeboman gabungan itu dan serangan berterusan semalaman.

Sementara itu, bekas Presiden Yaman Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi telah mengeluarkan alamat video, di mana beliau mengucapkan terima kasih kepada gabungan itu untuk "menyokong kesahihannya."

Hadi juga mendakwa negara yang mempunyai "tiada pilihan selain untuk melawan pemberontak dari [yang] Ansar Allah [pergerakan] yang diadakan rampasan kuasa di negara ini," dan berazam untuk kembali ke Yaman dan "membina semula" itu. Ucapan televisyen disiarkan dari Riyadh, di mana Hadi kini dalam buangan.

But reports from Yemen said moments before the supposed end of the operation, Saudi-led coalition forces were still bombing military targets in Sanaa and Aden. Footage from Sanaa and reports from Aden also showed that the coalition bombing and shelling continued overnight.

Meanwhile, the ousted Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has issued a video address, in which he thanked the coalition for “supporting legitimacy.”

Hadi also claimed that the nation has “no other choice than to fight rebels from [the] Ansar Allah [movement] that staged a coup in the country,” and vowed to return to Yemen and “rebuild” it. The televised speech was aired from Riyadh, where Hadi is currently in exile.

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Keadaan kemanusiaan dalam bilangan: orang yang memerlukan bantuan kemanusiaan segera. (The humanitarian situation in numbers: people are in need for urgent humanitarian assistance. #YemenChildren #Yemen  4:36 AM - 22 Apr 2015

White House telah menyambut baik pengumuman Arab, mengatakan bahawa ia terus "menyokong semula proses politik PBB-dipermudahkan dan memudahkan bantuan kemanusiaan."

Tehran juga mengalu-alukan menghentikan kempen pengeboman, dengan Kementerian Luar Iran berkata konflik yang "tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan kekerasan" dan bahawa "gencatan senjata pasti mewakili satu langkah ke hadapan, yang akan menghentikan pembunuhan orang awam yang tidak bersalah dan tidak bersenjata," dilaporkan TASS .

Pemberontak Houthi, sementara itu, mengetepikan tuntutan Arab Saudi kempen pengeboman telah berjaya. Seorang anggota kanan Jawatankuasa Revolusi Houthi yang dipetik oleh agensi tuntutan menghentikan operasi mewakili "kegagalan serangan mereka dilancarkan." Pegawai Houthi berkata pemberontak tidak mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk mengekalkan gencatan senjata itu.

The White House has welcomed the Saudi announcement, saying that it continues to “support the resumption of a UN-facilitated political process and the facilitation of humanitarian assistance.”

Tehran also welcomed the halting of the bombing campaign, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry saying the conflict “cannot be resolved by force” and that the “ceasefire definitely represents a step forward, which will stop the killing of innocent and defenseless civilians,” TASS reported.

Houthi rebels, meanwhile, shrugged off Saudi Arabia’s claims the bombing campaign has been a success. A senior Houthi Revolutionary Committee member quoted by the agency claims halting the operation represents “a failure of the aggression they launched.” The Houthi official says the rebels have no responsibilities for maintaining the ceasefire.

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Prz Hadi Jika aku menyampaikan ucapan selepas tengah malam. Sesungguhnya tidak kepada rakyat #Yemen, yang tidak berkuasa dan lagi tenang untuk tidur (Prz Hadi gave a speech after midnight. Surely not to the people of #Yemen, who have no power and yet quiet to sleep).  6:45 AM - 22 Apr 2015

Pengumuman mengenai operasi itu menamatkan datang beberapa jam selepas Arab Saudi Raja Salman mengarahkan Pengawal Kebangsaan di negara ini untuk mengukuhkan sempadan dengan Yaman.

Sebelum itu, hanya tentera laut, tentera udara dan darat yang terlibat dalam operasi itu, penglibatan kedua ini terhad untuk mengawal sempadan. Pengawal Kebangsaan secara meluas dilihat sebagai kuasa yang terbaik di di pelupusan dan jawapan kepada kementerian sendiri berasingan daripada Kementerian Pertahanan Arab Saudi.

Arab Saudi dan sekutunya telah terlibat dalam kempen serangan udara dan sekatan tentera laut Yaman, mensasarkan anti-kerajaan pemberontak Houthi.

Houthis telah merampas kawalan Sana'a ibu negara, memandu Hadi Yaman bersembunyi di Arab Saudi, dan maju di bandar pelabuhan utama di Aden.

The announcement about the operation wrapping up comes hours after Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered the country's National Guard to reinforce the border with Yemen.

Before that, only the navy, air and ground forces were involved in the operation, the latter's involvement limited to controlling the border. The National Guard is widely seen as the best equipped force at Saudi Arabia's disposal and answers to its own ministry separate from the Ministry of Defense.

Saudi Arabia and its allies have been engaged in a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade of Yemen, targeting anti-government Houthi rebels.

The Houthis had seized control of the capital Sanaa, driving Yemen's Hadi into hiding in Saudi Arabia, and advanced on the major port city of Aden.

Washington mendedahkan pada hari Isnin ia akan menghantar 2 lagi kapal perang ke perairan Yemen, untuk membantu pasukan di sana. Pentagon berkata kapal sedang menjalankan rutin "operasi keselamatan maritim". Amerika Syarikat membantu Arab Saudi, tetapi tidak mengambil bahagian dalam kempen anti-Houthi secara langsung.

Sekurang-kurangnya 944 orang terbunuh dan 3487 cedera semasa konflik sebulan itu di Yaman, Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia melaporkan Selasa.

Kementerian Luar Iran mengalu-alukan yang terhenti kepada serangan udara.

"Kami berkata krisis di Yaman tidak mempunyai penyelesaian tentera, dan hentikanlah untuk membunuh orang yang tidak bersalah dan tidak bersenjata sememangnya satu langkah ke hadapan," kata Marzieh Afkham, seorang jurucakap kementerian itu, menurut agensi berita ISNA separuh rasmi.

Washington revealed on Monday it would be sending two more warships into waters off Yemen, to bolster its force there. The Pentagon said the vessels are conducting routine "maritime security operations". The US is assisting Saudi Arabia, but not taking part in the anti-Houthi campaign directly.

At least 944 people have been killed and 3,487 injured during the month-long conflict in Yemen, World Health Organization reported Tuesday.

Iran's Foreign Ministry welcomed a halt to the airstrikes.

"We said the crisis in Yemen had no military solution, and a halt to killing innocent and defenseless people is absolutely a step forward," said Marzieh Afkham, a spokeswoman for the ministry, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

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