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THREAD: Yemeni PM @DrMaeenSaeed was the guest at the #Yemen_Media_Call during which he talked to over 70 attendees from int'l media, INGOs and UN missions, addressing the formation and priorities of the newly formed #GoY as well as the situation in Aden.
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PM @DrMaeenSaeed: Missiles that struck a runway at #Aden international airport December 30, 2020, were an attempt by the #Houthis to target the airplane carrying members of the new government that had just landed.
PM @DrMaeenSaeed: Debris collected from the attack site indicated the missiles were identical to some fired earlier in Marib for which the #Houthis had taken responsibility. The attack was unexpected, given that the airport is a civilian facility and media were present there.
THREAD: Our Researcher @hu_rdman writes how the #UN must take a proactive approach in addressing "the southern issue" so as to pave the way for an all-inclusive peace agreement in #Yemen, offering four main recommendations on how the UN can achieve that.
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"The southern issue" is shorthand for the political and economic fallout from the 1994 civil war in #Yemen that created inequities and a sense of discrimination among southerners that has weakened the social fabric and strengthened identity-based separatist movements.
The #RiyadhAgreement reached in 2019 has helped create an opportune moment to support and transform a political agreement that deescalates hostilities and tension in southern governorates into a more sustainable and comprehensive arrangement for all parties concerned.
[Thread] 1/ This one is on seriously high volume Saudi Twitter bots tweeting on the hashtag #اتفاق_الرياض , which translates as the Riyadh Agreement. If you search Twitter for hashtag, you will see something like '330 tweets in the past hour'. Most of them are bots. Read on...
2/ For some context. The #RiyadhAgreement is a power-sharing agreement between UAE-backed separatists in Yemen, and the internationally recognized government of Yemen. Since 5th November, Saudi social media has been portraying Saudi as a 'peacemaker' in Yemen. Gross I know. 
3/ Firstly, if you want to have a look at what this looks like on Twitter, here is a short video screen capture of the search results. You can see that many of the accounts that are unique are posting content from "Saudi 24", the sectarian and virulently anti-Iranian news channel
