🇾🇪 On the Waziyah front - Houthis have advanced and taken control over Jabal Baziyah and Jabal Aghbar after heavy fighting.
Anti Houthi fighters were geolocated south of both mountains on September 26. Geo: 13.08467, 43.79311 🎯
🇬🇧 The vans discovered the previous day were located only *~350*m from the perimeter of RAF Fairford in the village of Whelford.
They were extremely close to the base itself.
Geo: 51°41'16.96"N 1°45'30.35"W
#Geoverified ✅
🚨 SUMMARY: What we know so far about the RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot
- A farmer driving home in the early hours found three white vans blocking a village road with no one inside
- Suspicious, she immediately turned around before seeing a "group of Middle Eastern-looking young guys run off through the trees" in the direction of the air base wearing masks
- One van displayed a UK number for a company called "Fuel 2You", which is not registered on Companies House. The number also appeared to be one digit short and does not ring when called
- She immediately called 999 and five men were arrested within 25 minutes under the Explosives Act. Homes were evacuated and a major incident was declared just after 8am
- Later today, the two rear doors of two of the vans were open and large black containers could be seen scattered around with a bomb disposal robot operating next to the vans
- The five suspects were then further arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
- Counter Terror Police are understood to think that a suspected bomb plot linked to Iran is the most likely scenario due to US air bombers operating from the base
- Last night, before the incident, reports said that the base was at its highest alert with tractors blocking all gates. A local in the village said they had been stopped at gunpoint at a roadblock by a group of American soldiers, who ordered them to put their hands out of the car and identify themselves
- Donald Trump claims the US had been investigating the five suspects and had them "under view for a long time"
*MAJOR* Fire at RAF Fairford recreation area reported last night.
The base hosts US bombers and is a major forward operating base for American operations in the Middle East.
Geo: 51.699783, -1.773511
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According to recent Russian reports, this is the current situation in NE Kharkiv oblast. Ukrainian forces face partial encirclement.
I added the new @UAControlMap additions as the owl suddenly became awoken.
Blue: UA positions
Red: most recent RU positions, with dates added.
Excl:
According to Russian statements, Ukrainian forces are currently in a state of encirclement N.W. Kharkiv. The limited geolocations from the area add to the fog of war. Marked blue are recent Ukrainian geolocations from the past days from @UAControlMap .
Today a large Saudi 🇸🇦 airstrike was seen near Taiz airport
Two locations targeted - one near housing complex ~ 13.66089, 44.12678
Another near warehouses approx ~13.64483, 44.12493 towards Taiz
AA saying scores of civs killed; Saudi sources saying huge number of Houthis killed
Acc. to the World Food Programme, 18.3 million people in Yemen face food insecurity. Not a great look.
Regardless, there were two other strike locations not found yet and claims that some Iranians were killed
Many of those killed were men, though some children have been injured.
Houthis claimed a shot down Turkish Karayel UAV. I wonder how well the AD systems Sana’a commands will hold up vs. Bayraktar drones, should they be deployed en masse.
The Bayraktar TB-2 and Akinci showed strength against multiple state /non state actors; will Yemen be different?
🇾🇪 When viewing the Yemen map from a terrain profile, the war takes on a completely different face. Instead of cities being the most important node of warfare, it’s mountaintops, fortified desert plains and winding roads.
Over the last evening it does seem the Houthis were able to regain control over the large majority of the mountain area and expand control deeper south, as they have been doing for the past several days.
#تعز..
الحوثيون يسيطرون مجددا على أجزاء من جبل "نُمان" في منطقة العلقمة، على أطراف مديرية الشمايتين، بعد ساعات من سيطرة القوات الحكومية والأهالي على الجبل المهم.
بحسب مصدر ميداني، شنّ الحوثيون قصفا مكثفا بالصواريخ والمدفعية والطائرات المسيّرة، وتمكنوا من السيطرة على جزء من الجبل، فيما لا تزال المعارك العنيفة مستمرة.
فارس الحميري
#اليمن
🇾🇪 On the Taiz - Aden road; a crucial artery serving PLC government held Taiz.
Ansarallah/Houthis made a failed attack to cut it on 23 September, made another attack last night and gained some ground near Al Jawazayah. Overall, fluid situation but the road remains open.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defense pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, while Tehran sought to distance itself from the rapid advance of its Houthi allies reut.rs/4xGcL5x
🇸🇦 🇾🇪 I have mapped the entire East West Crude Oil pipeline for your convenience, including all 13 pumping stations. (Three of which were destroyed/damaged).
I also included feeder pipelines to Jubail and Dammam (port). You can look on my map.
No.2 pumping station was seen flaring heavily from 11-18 September, following the attacks on the pipeline.
Here is the chronological order of the excess flaring.
Geo: 25.2514474, 48.1027703
#Geoverified ✅