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THE UNITED STATES said it had evacuated all its staff from Yemen, whose embattled president has appealed for “urgent intervention” by the UN Security Council as attacks by Iran-backed rebels bring his country nearer to civil war.
“Due to the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, the US government has temporarily relocated its remaining personnel out of Yemen,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in a statement.
The evacuation comes after several suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed 142 people in Sanaa on Friday, with the jihadists seeking to exploit the chaos gripping the country.
The impoverished nation is torn between a north controlled by Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels and a south dominated by allies of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled house arrest in Sanaa to Aden in February.
The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting Sunday following Hadi’s appeal.
In his letter to the Council, Hadi denounced “the criminal acts of the Huthi militias and their allies,” saying they “not only threaten peace in Yemen but the regional and international peace and security.” Hadi wrote:
I urge for your urgent intervention in all available means to stop this aggression that is aimed at undermining the legitimate authority, the fragmentation of Yemen and its peace and stability.
Yemen has been torn by unrest since ex-strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in early 2012 after a year-long popular uprising against him, with powerful armed groups sidelining the government since.
The country is now on the brink of civil war, with a deepening political impasse and an increasingly explicit territorial division along sectarian lines, with rising violence between the Huthi and Sunni tribes and Al-Qaeda.
Washington late on Friday pulled out troops from the Al-Anad airbase in southern Yemen amid fighting involving Al-Qaeda militants nearby which left at least 29 dead.
The US would “continue to actively monitor terrorist threats emanating from Yemen and have capabilities postured in the area to address them,” Rathke said.
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What about clamp alert. Lets users know were the vans are.
Parking legally usually sorts that one out.
Not so sure. Got clamped while I was parked with 10 minutes left on my parking ticket left on the dashboard.
FilmOn is also a great free app for live TV.
“So I’m going to give you something that weighs over 1 ton and costs the best part of 10 grand. Don’t lose it”
-How people lose their cars beats me.
Beware the InApp purchases particularly if you have kids playing with the iphone or ipad!
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/live-media-player/id757791253?mt=8
Free tv/sport just search the channel name on the top right
Quizup: so addictive
Best of luck to all the brave start-ups across Ireland (we’re gonna need it)!
If you are on LinkedIn we’re a new start up for businesses looking to reduce their energy costs (http://www.linkedin.com/company/energyelephant-com).
On the finance side, we’ve learned the hard way that the best way to raise finance is to find paying customers. It is easier and less time consuming than any of the grant processes which to be honest are almost a waste of your time and effort unless you have no other options.
more clogging dirt, if i see one more app on security wheres theres 100s, ill eh… smash my old nokia
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