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Jeneral Rusia di pelabuhan laut Yaman Aden telah rosak semasa serangan udara
yang dilancarkan oleh gabungan Saudi yang dipimpin tentera dengan pemberontak
Houthi, kata seorang sumber di kedutaan Rusia di Yaman.
"Tidak
ada satu tetingkap tunggal utuh kiri," kata sumber kepada Sputnik. Satu
kemungkinan penutupan konsulat dan pemindahan warga Rusia kini sedang disemak
semula, tambah sumber itu.
Pada
hari Rabu pesawat Rusia mencatatkan untuk pemindahan rakyat Rusia terperangkap
dalam konflik yang telah dialihkan ke Kaherah, selepas gabungan itu
menafikannya mendarat di ibu negara Yaman Sanaa.
Pemindahan
tersebut kini telah ditangguhkan sehingga Khamis, apabila penerbangan sewa khas
"disertai dengan 2 pesawat lain" dijangka tiba di Sanaa, menurut
sumber Kommersan harian Rusia.
Selain Rusia, pesawat itu juga akan membantu untuk mengosongkan warganegara
Komanwel Negara-negara Merdeka, tambah sumber itu.
Russia’s
Yemen consulate damaged amid Saudi-led airstrikes - embassy source
The
Russian Consulate General in the Yemeni sea port of Aden has been damaged
during airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led military coalition against the
Houthi rebels, said a source in the Russian embassy in Yemen.
“There
is not a single intact window left,” the source told Sputnik. A possibility of
consulate closure and the evacuation of Russian nationals is currently under
review, the source added.
Earlier
on Wednesday a Russian plane charted for the evacuation of Russian citizens
caught in the conflict had been diverted to Cairo, after the coalition denied
it landing in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
The
evacuation has now been delayed until Thursday, when the chartered flight
“accompanied by two other aircraft” is expected to arrive in Sanaa, according
to a source of Russian daily Kommersan. In addition to Russians, the aircraft
will also help to evacuate the citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent
States, the source added.
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MORE: Russian evacuation plane denied landing in Yemen, diverts to Cairo http://on.rt.com/f3c6rx
Pada
hari Rabu, pemberontak Houthi telah dilaporkan mengawal kediaman Presiden di
Aden selepas pertempuran yang membunuh 15 orang dan mencederakan berpuluh-puluhan.
"Houthis
telah menguasai kediaman presiden, pertempuran sedang berlaku di sekitar
kediaman antara Houthis dan kumpulan bersenjata yang menyokong Presiden Hadi.
Orang awam yang telah menyahut seruan [Yaman] Menteri Luar Riyadh Yaseen untuk
melindungi bandar dan mengembalikan kawalan ke atas kediaman yang juga
mengambil bahagian dalam pertempuran, "kata sumber tempatan memberitahu
Sputnik.
Menurut
laporan di Yaman Hun Aden, puak bertempur di Aden telah merompak bangunan konsulat
Rusia. Saksi mata memetik,
agensi yang mendakwa bahawa pemberontak Houthi didakwa merampas dokumen dan
peralatan pejabat dan membawa ianya ke destinasi yang tidak diketahui. Ketika
dihubungi TASS, Kedutaan Rusia di Sana'a tidak mengesahkan laporan ini, hanya
mengatakan bahawa sejak beberapa hari lepas misi diplomatik telah "bekerja
dalam mod kecemasan."
On
Wednesday, Houthi rebels have reportedly take control of the Presidential
residence in Aden after violent clashes that killed 15 and injured dozens.
“Houthis
have taken control of the presidential residence, clashes are taking place
around the residence between Houthis and armed groups that support President
Hadi. Civilians who have answered the call of [Yemeni] Foreign Minister Riyadh
Yaseen to protect the city and restore control over the residence are also
taking part in the clashes,” a local source told Sputnik.
According
to reports in the Yemeni Hun Aden, the factions clashing in Aden have looted
the Russian consulate building. Citing eyewitnesses, the agency claims that
Houthi rebels allegedly seized documents and office equipment and took them to
an unknown destination. When contacted by TASS, the Russian Embassy in Sanaa
did not confirm these reports, saying only that over the last few days the
diplomatic mission had been “working in emergency mode.”
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MORE: '45 people killed, 65 injured’:
Yemen refugee camp hit by airstrike http://on.rt.com/4jgb16
Sementara
itu Mesir telah mula pemindahan rakyatnya dari Yaman sama ada melalui lintasan
sempadan atau melalui laut dalam usaha bersepadu dengan Oman dan Arab Saudi,
kata kementerian luar negara. India, dalam pada itu, menghantar sebuah kapal
"ke dalam Meal bom" di Aden, untuk memindahkan 349 rakyatnya kepada
Djibouti dan kemudian terbang ke rumah mereka.
Minggu
lalu, 5 negara-negara Teluk dan Mesir melancarkan satu siri serangan udara
terhadap pemberontak Syiah Houthi, yang telah berjaya menguasai ibu kota dan ‘swathes’
besar wilayah di barat negara ini. Selain Jordan, Sudan, Maghribi dan Pakistan
mengisytiharkan kesediaan mereka untuk mengambil bahagian dalam usaha tentera.
Jiran Arab Saudi, telah mengambil alih kawalan di pelabuhan udara dan laut
negara, kononnya untuk menghalang kemasukan senjata dari luar negara.
Kerajaan
Yaman, kini dalam buangan di Arab Saudi, telah menegaskan bahawa gabungan itu
perlu melancarkan operasi darat dengan pemberontak secepat mungkin. "Ya,
saya memanggil ini kerana saya berfikir di beberapa peringkat serangan udara
akan menjadi tidak berkesan," Riyadh Yassin kepada AFP di ibu negara Arab,
di mana beliau telah mengambil perlindungan bersama-sama dengan Presiden
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Meanwhile
Egypt has begun the evacuation of its citizens from Yemen either through border
crossings or by sea in a coordinated effort with Oman and Saudi Arabia, the
country’s foreign ministry said. India, in the meantime, sent a vessel “into
barrage of bombs” in Aden, to evacuate 349 of its nationals to Djibouti and
then fly them back home.
Last
week, five Gulf states and Egypt launched a series of airstrikes against the
Shia Houthi rebels, who had gained control of the capital and large swathes of
territory in the west of the country. In addition Jordan, Sudan, Morocco and
Pakistan declared their willingness to participate in the military effort.
Neighboring Saudi Arabia, has taken full control of the country’s air and sea
ports, purportedly to prevent the inflow of weapons from abroad.
The
Yemeni government, now in exile in Saudi Arabia, has been insisting that the
coalition should launch a ground operation against the rebels as soon as
possible. “Yes, I’m calling for this because I think at some stage air strikes
will be ineffective,” Riyadh Yassin told AFP in the Saudi capital, where he has
taken refuge along with President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
