イエメン情勢

イエメン情勢 イエメンでは、大統領がサウジに逃げ込むという事態が発生し、 代わってシーア派が権力を奪取している。サウジは元大統領をバックアップし、 昨年からイエメンで戦闘が開始されている。一時停戦協定が結ばれたものの、 決裂している。 こうしたなか、大勢のシーア派の住民が首都で大規模な集会を開いた。政府を組閣する という指導者の呼びかけに応じたものである。 　これに対し、早速サウジの空軍による爆撃が集会のすぐ近くに行われたり、それにたいし、 シーア派の方からサウジの空軍基地への砲弾といったことが起こっている。 　国連はこの組閣呼びかけを違法として承認しないことを宣言している。 イエメン国内は、一種の兵糧攻め状況にあり、飢餓に苦しむ状況が続いている。 こうしたなか、中央銀行の運営をめぐり、両派での対決という問題が生じたりしている ということがこの記事の中でも紹介されている。 　アメリカはサウジの行動にたいして黙認状況である。サウジは、アメリカから批判 めいたことが発せられると、すぐに持ち出す切り札がある。保有するアメリカ国債を 売却することで金融市場を混乱に陥れるぞ、という脅しである。保有する額が半端では ないからたんなるカラ脅かしでもない。 （サウジがイエメンでいら立つのは、当然だが、背後にいるイランの存在である。 裏庭をイランにとられることへの恐れである。すでにイラクとシリア・アサドが イランの影響力の下におかれている。） ＊＊＊ Shia Yemenis rally in support of Houthi governing council Tens of thousands demonstrate on the streets of capital Sana’a as their leaders promise to form a full government Yemenis in Sana’a showing support for newly formed governing council on Saturday. Photograph: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Reuters in Riyadh Saturday 20 August 2016 18.15 BSTLast modified on Saturday 20 August 201618.37 BST • Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the centre of the capital, Sana’a, to show support for the Shia Houthi movement as the head of the group’s new governing council vowed to form a full government in the coming days. In apparent response to the Houthi show of force on Saturday, ambassadors from the G18 group of nations that has backed UN peace talks to end Yemen’s civil war issued a statement condemning “unconstitutional and unilateral actions in Sana’a”. The Guardian view on Yemen: stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia Editorial: Coalition air strikes resumed when peace talks stalled – and Britain is complicit in the civilian deaths that result Read more “The group of ambassadors repeats its concern that actions taken by elements of the general people’s congress and the Houthis as well as their supporters are making the search for a peaceful solution more difficult,” the envoys added in a statement posted on the US embassy’s Facebook page. As Houthi demonstrators packed Sana’a’s Sabeen Square waving Yemeni flags and chanting slogans, chairman Saleh al-Samad outlined the council’s plans for running the war-ravaged country following the breakdown of the peace talks earlier this month. “Economic affairs will be the priority of our work in the coming period,” he said. In another speech broadcast on Houthi-run television, Samad ordered the Houthi delegation at peace negotiations in Muscat not to speak with the UN envoy leading the talks, saying they should first return to Sana’a for consultations with the council. “The hand of peace is still outstretched,” he added. Chairman of the governing council Saleh Al-Samad speaking at the rally in Sana’a on Saturday. Photograph: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Saturday’s declaration formalised a vow earlier this month by the Houthis and their allies in the general people’s congress, the party of the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to establish a body to govern the capital and other parts of the country under their control. The demonstration – one of the biggest in Yemen since the civil war broke out last year – took place as the Saudi-led coalition backing exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi stepped up airstrikes and fighting on the ground intensified. The US is promoting war crimes in Yemen Trevor Timm Read more As the rally was underway, three airstrikes targeted the presidential compound located 600 metres away from the square but did not cause casualties, residents told Reuters. Further north, rockets launched over the border from Yemen killed one person and injured five others in the southern Saudi city of Najran, Saudi state television reported. Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said the rockets had targeted a Saudi air force base. Fighting also escalated on Saturday for control of Yemen’s central bank, as Hadi made plans to relocate the institution outside Houthi-held Sana’a and appoint a new board of directors. The central bank’s governor dismissed the reports of new board appointments as groundless in an emailed statement. A spokesman from Hadi’s government could not immediately be reached for comment. The central bank has been considered the last bastion of the impoverished country’s financial system, paying salaries to state employees on both sides of the frontlines and guaranteeing food imports as famine threatens the country.