Press Summary 2020-12-14

1. The Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani calls on the international community to hear the voice of Yemenis demanding the designation of Houthis as a terrorist group./Almotamar Press.

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2. Failing to usurp some cars, a Houthimilitant has killed car dealer, Abdullah M. Khaled al-Mikhlafi, in Ibb./Yemen Time.
   
   
3. The withdrawal of forces in Abyan have stalled as a result of the STC's backdown from the demilitarization measures under the Riyadh Agreement. Confrontations are expected to resume./Almashehad Alkhlaeeji and other websites.

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4. Military withdrawals have stopped after the STC militia prevented the regular security forces from taking over Zunjubar [the provincial capital of the frontline Abyan]. / The Voice of Freedom.

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5. The UN Security Council has called for implementing the Riyadh Agreement./Nabdh al-Share'a

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6. Yemen's natural gas liquefaction plant in Balhaf, Shabwa, has come under a mortar attack, the first since it was launched in 2009. The perpetrator is not yet known./Multiple websites. Note: The plant is closed since the beginning of the war and is now a UAE military base against the will of the Yemeni government in Shabwah.

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7. Shabwa authorities warns local contractors against involvement in any construction works for the UAE forces occupying al-Alam Military Camp and the country's natural gas liquefaction plant of Balhaf. /Almahrah

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8. French authorities question their own foreign minister over Balhaf gas liquefaction plant which the UAE turned to a place of human rights abuses./Multiple websites. Note: The French company Total is a major shareholder in this gas project.
   
   
   
   
9. Socotra: The STC militia close one public office and arrest its director./Almashehad Alkhaleeji.

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10. The UAE is deploying foreign officers and experts to Socotra./Nabdh al-Share'a.

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11. Shabwa governor says has come under several assassination bids planned by the UAE./Yemen Press.

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