A Saudi war fought with Eritrean troops?
By: Mohammad Abu Fares Date of publication: 8 May, 2015 Analysis: Saudi Arabia has been cosying up to Eritrea, leading to reports the African nation will join Senegal in offering troops for the war in Yemen,
By: Mohammad Abu Fares Date of publication: 8 May, 2015
Analysis: Saudi Arabia has been cosying up to Eritrea, leading to reports the African nation will join Senegal in offering troops for the war in Yemen, says Mohammad Abu Fares.
Eritrea could be the second non-Arab African nation to contribute troops to the Saudi-led alliance against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki visited Riyadh last week to meet King Salman and other leading Saudi officials. This has led many to believe that Eritrea could follow Senegal’s lead – the West African nation announced earlier this week that it would send 2,100 soldiers to join the Saudi alliance.
Sources in Asmara revealed to al-Araby al-Jadeed that talks between Eritrean and Saudi officials has brought them to a common understandings on a number of strategic and security related issues.
Sources expect an announcement on military cooperation between the two states, which would allow the alliance to use Eritrean airspace and seas.
It is also being said that Saudi is hoping to capitalise on the capabilities of the Eritrean armed forces.
Strategically important
Eritrea occupies an important geographically location on the Horn of Africa.
It lies just over the water from Yemen, looking over one of the most strategically important sea corridors in the world – where the Red Sea leads to the Suez Canal.
Eritrea would be an obvious launchpad for amphibious attacks if Saudi Arabia wanted to being a ground war.
Saudi Arabia has built good relations with three other Red Sea states share maritime borders with Yemen – Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia. Eritrea was the fourth piece in the jigsaw and has hosted foreign troops before.
Israel and Iran have military bases in Eritrea, but as the tide turns against the Tehran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, Asmara appears to be cutting ties with these countries.
“Afwerki’s controversial relations have continued to be a source of angst for Saudi Arabia, which is just a strip of sea away from Eritrea,” said one Arab diplomat who wanted to remain anonymous.
“Saudi Arabia worries when Eritrean-Israeli relations progressed, which led to… the presence of Israeli bases in Dahlak and other Eritrean islands just off the Saudi coast. Relations between the two countries hit their lowest level.”
Eritrea was said to be, secretly at least, on the side of ally Iran and the Houthis during the Saudi-led assault on Yemen.
However, observers believe that Afwerki’s visit to Riyadh has turned the tables and that Eritrea might be sending signals to the US that it is eager to be friends.
Influential groups in Eritrea have been suspected of supporting Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab.
Some African diplomats were not surprised by the turnaround. Gulf nations were said to have been heavily involved in negotiations with African countries allied to Asmara in the build up to the visit.
Qatar has been effective in leading talks between Eritrea and some of its hostile neighbours.
The diplomats believe that the talks with Saudi Arabia is an attempt by Asmara to break its international isolation.
This has been enforced through UN resolution 1907, which imposed sanctions on Eritrea over its role in Somalia and refusal to pull its troops out of Djibouti.
With 200,000 soldiers and 12,000 naval personnel, and commanders experienced from Eritrea’s war with Ethiopia, the country could provide the backbone of a coalition invasion force.
The fact that they are ruled by an absolute dictator and dissent in the country has been crushed, then Eritrea would not be faced with a repeat of the Pakistani parliament’s refusal to engage in Saudi’s war in Yemen.
This article is an edited translation from our Arabic edition.
http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english
koreri May 9, 2015
A lot grains of truth.
Simerr2012 May 9, 2015
Sudan, Congo, Chad and now Yemen ,, all it shows the dictator. Is like a captain who lost his compas in the middle of the ocean . He has no choise but try to get attention in any media coverage that he still exist in a country all state men of the world erase from their diplomacy. He has been trying for years to sell his people for money either legally to Qatar or illegally to the Rashaida for dollars, in Congo for diamonds, for weapon in Egypt, A country and people for sell.A country where people individually and collectively lost all courage and hope to fight for freedom,decided to run all geographical directions. A young generation who leaves old people , children behind ,dies in thousand in the desert and at sea . Don,t blame the dictator ,only people paralyzed with fear let dictator to rule them for years….
Eritreawit May 9, 2015
SMERR2012,
Do not blam the people. T
Eritreawit May 9, 2015
Smerr2012,
Do not blame the people. After giving their all the people was decived by the Dictator and his group; they enter the socity as they care but their criminal behavior against our people tells they are here to destroy the country. HGDF leaders are the enemy of the nation. They started “National service” to brain wash and demoralize our future generation, not to see a single couargaious citizen. We know they are agents.
our country will survive this animals and continue to live.
elias May 9, 2015
Simmer useless, Eritrean traitor who are working for enemy, first of all leave this game for politician, because we are in the middle of crime. But what are simir oppositionists.
1.who support Eritrean sanction based on the crime lies by CIA
2.who destroyed the legendary Eritrean embassy, after 1million sacrificed their life to wave tall the flag all over the world.
3.who destroyed the Eritrea community
4.who they do not want any light in the country except dark, like bat
5.simir is one of the 40 criminal opposition who are working Eritrea to be another Iraq,Afganistan, Libya,Somalia,Syria,now new Yemen.
We have been killed by our own brothers wedogoba,and kumand and now they came back to kill us, nothing else.
I have no personal problem, they are brothers, but if they continue as they are now,they will kill us with enemy. In 1987 some of my families circled by the Eritrean traitors and killed, how about today do they have any different, my answer is, those are the worst. Dear brothers, government goes government comes, but the holly land should not fall on the Eritrean hyenas traitors, they will not have any mercy on us.
Kilo May 9, 2015
Elias,
The real enemies of Eritrea are the supporters of the regime like you.
Some of you are not even Eritreans, you lived on our land as Ethiopians,
and when the Derg collapsed, you had no better option than to remain in Eritrea.
And when the tyrant started his “divide and rule” policy, you stood on his side.
I am not blaming you, but this is the sad reality of Eritrea.
Eritreawit May 9, 2015
elias
1.The people are already sunctioned by the criminal HGDF group not even lead normal life.
2. The our country is draind its resources including man power to weaken it.
3, The are many in the oppostion and the government supporters working against Eritrea and its people.
Any E RITREAN WHO CARS ABOUT ITS PEOPLE AND COUTRY HAS TO WAKE UP , BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. UNITY 1ST AND DIVERCITY AFTER YOU SAVE YOUR COUNTRY.
Ibrahim May 11, 2015
Iraq,Afganistan, Libya,Somalia,Syria,now new Yemen
Elias These countries were ruled by totalitarian regimes. DIA is exercising on our people all the evils he learned from the dictators and tyrants of the world.
Genet-orginal May 11, 2015
elias
You got it all wrong. Iraq, Afganistan, Somalia, Syria and Libya happend, becuase of Power hungery and psychopath men like Isayas and his systme PFDJ. All those dictators have people like you to support them to destroy a county they call theirs and kill its people. Isayas is a cult leader. Cult leaders are known to take over their supporters brain first and most. Once the brain is gone like you elias is now, there is nothing left for you to do except to repeat what you are told.
What is cult?
“A misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing”
In Eritrea who is THE cult leader>
Isayas the psychopath.
Who is cult member in Eritrea?
People like elias and all the die hard Isayas/PFDJ supporters
How can you tell they are cult members?
1. Their God given brain is artificially removed or cleaned out. Therefore, they are no longer able to think for themselves.
2. They have lost all sense of individuality
3. They have lost their self respect. No self-esteem, no dignity or morale. They are like a breathing, eating and talking manikin.
4. They are always paralyzed with feer of punishment by their leader. Feer of the unknown.
5. They are always ready to attack even, their own children and family on be half of the cult leader.
6. They have lost their sense of right and wrong.
7. The cult leader is everything to them. If he dies, they die with him.
8. Cult members are not capable of defending themselves, leave alone others.
9. We have a cult leader in Eritrea named Isayas and his organization called PFDJ.
10. Cult leader Isayas has no respect for his followers. He spits in thier faces, he kills their family members, he gives them no credit. He tells them what to do. Because he took their brains, they do what he tells them to do. At the end a cult leader or dictator leaves behind legacy of blood shads and long – lasting turmoil. elias, the turmoil you see after dictators are gone is not, because of opposition. It is caued by the dictators themselves. For their own psychopathic needs, they destroy the fabric of a society and that gose in effect long after they are gone.
This has been education about Cult, Cult- leader, cult- members, dictators and their crimes.
Genet-O
Kilo May 9, 2015
“Don,t blame the dictator ,only people paralyzed with fear let dictator to rule them for years….”
Simerr2012
It’s true that some fear the regime and prefer to remain silent, till they come for them.
But the main reason why a lot of people do not want to do anything against their abusers is that many have been conditioned to believe that this is “their government” and the people who are leading them are “their sons”. Now, once you are deeply convinced Higdef are your sons/daughters you can’t hate them no matter what, at least not to the extent of fighting them. If you don’t hate them for what they are doing, don’t expect any change, just learn to endure the suffering.
Hag pag May 9, 2015
Dear elias.unles you,no one is inservice of enemy.we as Eritreans fought all the war which service only to ill polititians.መመኽነይታ ዱሙ መይታ-“ባድመ ተጎቢጣ ሉዑላውነትና”ወዘተ ናይ ደቂ ሱቅ ኪትዕ ኢንደኣሉ።shaibia and weyane fought for their power nothing else.so,if ህግደፍ fight against yemens alongside saudis,is only to S…merrr…
Hana1 May 9, 2015
አትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ፍልልይ አብ ጉዳይ ሰደተኛታት
መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብሰንኪ ድኽነት ሰደት ከም ዘሎ ይኣምን፤ ይሰርሓሉ። መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ስደት አብ ኤርትራ ብሰንኪ መንግስቲ አሜሪካ ኢዩ ይብል፤ አጽሚሙና። ሓሶት ስለዝኸነ ድማ ንዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ብምድግጋም ሓቂ ከምስሎ ጽዒሩ። ሰማዒ ግን አይረኸበን። ሓሶት ስለዝኸነ ጥራሕ ኢዩ። እቲ ሓቂ ህዝቢ ዝመረጾ መንግስቲ ብዘይምህለው ኢዩ።
ንሓደ ህዝቢ ክብሩ ንኽረክብ ዘለዎ እቲ መንግስተይ ዝብሎ አብ ስልጣን ዘሎ መንግስቲ ወይ ሓይሊ ኢዩ። መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ አብ ሊብያ ብግብረ ሸበራወያን አብ ዝተገበረ ናይ ዘስካሕክሕ ቅጥለት ኢትዮጵያውያን ድሕሪ ከምዝተፈልጠ መብዛሕቶም ኤርትራውያን፤ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብተሪር ነቲ ፍጻም አብ ርእሲ ምኹናኑ፤ ናይ ሰለስተ መ ዓልቲ ሃገራዊ ሓዘን አዊጅ ባንዴራ ኢትዮጵያ ብፍርቂ ክምትስቀል ጊሩ። አበዚ መሰረታዊ ነገራት አለው፡
1. ነቶም ዝሞቱ ሰባት ክብሪ ንኽረኽቡን አብ ዝባኖ ዝተፈጸመ ገበን አብ ርእሲ እታ ሃገርን ህዝብን ከምዝተፈጸመ ኢዩ ዝብል መልእእኽቲ አማሓላሊፉ።
2. ነቶም ብድሕር ሕጅ አብ ከመዚ ዝኣመሰለ ሓደጋ ክወድቁ ዝኽእሉ መንእሰያት ናይቲ ሓደጋን ከጋጥሞም ዝኽእልን ሓበሬታ የማሓልፍ አሎ
3. ድማ ነቲ ናይ ስደት ቀንዲ ጸገም መፍትሒ ንኽናደ ሕቶ ከልዕል አኽኢሉ
4. ኢትዮጵያ ዘለዋ ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ብቕዓት ዘንጸባርቕ ኢዩ፡ እታ ብ ፈለግ አባይ ናይ ማይ ሕቶ ዘለዋ ግብጺ አብ ጉኒ ኢጥዮጵያ ደው ምባላ ከምኡ ድማ ሱዳን ሓደ ዓብይ ዓወት ኢዩ፡ አነ በዚ አጋጣሚ ዝላበዎ እቶም አብ ሊብያ መዋጥር ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ናብ ኢትዮጵ ብሰላም ዝምለስሉ መንገዲ ክገብሩ አለዎም
ከም ኤርትራውያን ሓላይን ተጣባቂ መንግስቲ ዘይብልና ምኻና እንድሕር ተረዲእና፤ አብ ዝተረኸበ ውሑስ ሃገር ምንባር እቲ ዝበለጸ ኢዩ። አብ አውሮፓ መጺኻውን ዝርከብ ነገር የለን። አውሮፓ ካይበጻሕካ ዘሎ ሞትን ሓደጋን አቃሊልካ ዝርኣይ አይኮንን;። ምልባም የድሊ። 1000 ዓመት ዝነብር ሰብ የለን። አብ መንገዲ ዝጠፍእ ዘሎ ግዜን ገንዘብን አብ አፍሪቃ ሃገራት ተሰዲድካ ልዑል ሃብቲ ከምጽእ ከምዝክእል አይንረስዕ። አብ ዩጋንዳ ርዋንዳ ኢትዮጵያታንዛንያ ዛምብያ ቦትሰዋና ዝኣመሰላ ሃገራት ርግኣትን አንጻራዊ ሰላም ዘለወን ሃገራት ኢየን። ስጋብ ህግደፍ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ገዲፉ ዝኸይድ ንግዜኡ መጻንሒ ሒዝካ ብሰላም ምንባር ይሓይሽ። አውሮፓ ንኽትበጽሕ ዘሎ ሞት ገዲፍካ፤ እንታይ ከ አሎ። ሰብ ይኽይድ አሎ ኢልካ ሕይወትካ አብ ሓደጋ ተ እትዋ፡ ስድራኻ ብሽቓሎት ድሳቐዩ፡ አዲታትካ ገንዘበን ወርቅን ሽጠሉ እንታይ ምኽንያት አሎ። ብርግጽ መጻኢ ሕይወት አብ ኤርትራ የለን። እብ ከባቢኻ ሃገራት ከብዘይ ህይወትካ አብ ሓደጋ ምእታው ክትገብሮ ትኽእል ነገር የለን። ኤርትራውያን የሕዋት ህጻውንቲ ቆልዑት ሒዘን አብ ባሕሪ ይጥሕላ? አብ ናሰብ ተቖጺርካ መንባር አይሓይሽን? አብዚ መንገዲ ዝጉዓዙ ዘለው የሓዋት አሸሓት ዶላራት እናኸፈሉ ምኻኑ አብ ግምት የ እቲኻ እቲ ድኻ በተኽ ብሰንኪ ገንዘብ ምስኣኑ ሕይወቱ ክዕቅብ ክኢሉ አሎ ማለት ይክእል ኢዩ። ንለብም፤ መለበሚ ጓኖት አይንኹን።
ኢትዮጵያውያን ንመንግስቶም የመስግኑ፤ ኤርትራውያን ንህገደፍ ይቃለሱ፤ ገና ነዊሕ መንገዲ ይተርፈና አሎ
Simon G. May 9, 2015
ሕጂ ኸኣ ውግእ ምስ የመን? ነዚ ህዝቢ ‘ኳ ኣከላቢትዎ። ሕጂኸ ‘ዞም ጸማማት ደገፍቱ እንታይ ምኽንያት ከምጽኡ ‘ዮም?
ሎምስ ኤርትራ ሸይጥዋ ከይከ ውን የጠራጥር ዩ።
rezen May 9, 2015
Simon G,
By the time Issayas is through with “Eritrea” he wouldn’t give a damn who takes the naked land [*]
By the way, I have yet to find words for your truly magnificent Poetry. Simon, You gave DIGNITY to the Habesha language. Please, keep it up — you, and others like you, would be encouraging forces to talented young people in the field of literature in their own language, which disgracefully shunned by indigenous Western Educated scholars. Let me stop here before I say too many
‘things’!
[*} Please see my commentary on “ኤርትራ እብ ኩናት የመን ….”
AHMED SALEH !!! May 9, 2015
Issayas the great
Proved champion to create civil war among people .
An expert in brain washing people to bring mistrust and suspicion among each other .
Hate and warmonger of wars with Sudan , Yemen , Djibouti and Badme the mother of all wars . Now if he sends Eritrean army force shouldn’t surprise us .
Expect the consequences of being captives of lying tongue , hands that shed innocent
blood and heart with wicked plan . Our people perish day after day we refused to defend
the truth and so to be saved .
For ninhana-nisu cult with hollow pride of your heart have no understanding that you
blinded your minds by choice for the benefit of deceits .
You know one of the principle of commandment which says ;
Do not kill , steal , commit adultery , fraud and important in our political reality ” DO
NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS ” .
May GOD lead us to the path of righteous to defend the right of the needy .
debesay May 10, 2015
I can say isayas is brave even he is son of eviel.he have allready told u,he said,i hate u ,i am ur enemy ,i will kill u,torture u,do what do u want to do.so the problem is u guys expect change form isayas.he is smart he strughl for his power while u strughl for nothing.he knows u all eritrean people are pabagalo,emosionalist ,tejaharti.thats why he play of u .he did good job this is the right punshiment for ediot and pumppet people.just go dance and buy drums .then he used u for his political game.if we really were smart people we would bring change soon.
rezen May 10, 2015
Debesay, Amen! Amen! Amen to each and ever one of the 167 words! ደቢስካና።
segen wed Digsa May 10, 2015
Why not !!! he is any way getting Money. He even bought polluted sheep before ten years and fed his army.
አርትራ ናተይ እያ ፡ ህዝባ ሃብታ ወርቃ ፡
ሓንሳብ ሒዘያ ጭራሽ ነይለቃ
ሰብኣይ እንተሎ ንቆማጣዕ ኣብ ጭቃ