Saudis to Assist in Evacuation of Indian Nationals from Yemen

Indian nationals flee the chaos of the emerging civil war in Yemen

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has requested that Saudi King Salman assist India in evacuating Indian nationals from Yemen. Two Indian merchant vessels and two warships left for Yemen, which is in the throes of a Houthi rebel uprising. The ships are to ferry stranded Indian expatriates back home; however, the Yemeni port of Aden is currently under rebel control.

The king assured Prime Minister Modi that India and Saudi Arabia enjoy a close relationship and guaranteed the prime minister of his full attention to the protection of Indians in Yemen, promising to assist in their early and safe evacuation. Saudi coalition airstrikes, part of Operation Decisive Storm, are targeting Shi’ite rebels fighting to overthrow the Yemeni government.

New plans center on evacuating Indian nationals from the Yemeni port of al-Hudaydah to Djibouti, where they will board military transports for their journey home.

(Source: The Indian Express Online [New Delhi])

Chinese-Manufactured Weapons Fueling Terrorist Activity in Assam

National Democratic Front of Bodoland terrorists

Indian National Investigation Agency sources report that interrogation of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) terrorists has exposed that Chinese-manufactured weapons are being funneled to Manipur through the China-Burma-India border.

Kachin rebels are smuggling the arms shipments from the China border to southern Burma, where they transfer the weapons to Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland terrorist cadres. The latter organization then delivers the weapons to NDFB units in Manipur, from where the weapons are taken to Assam’s Bodoland area—NDFB’s area of operation.

Indian officials have arrested 46 NDFB cadres since the terrorists’ December 2014 massacre of tribals in Assam.

(Source: Subhajit Sengupta, "Chinese Weapons Being Supplied to Northeast Terror Groups: NIA," Noida IBN Live, 2 April 2015.

Saudi Coalition Preparing to Invade Yemen?

Saudi troops prepare for action in Operation Decisive Storm

Sources indicate that Saudi Arabian forces have begun dismantling the steel fence situated along the Saudi border adjacent with the Yemeni Hajjah Governorate. This appears to signal impending ground operations—possibly a large-scale ground invasion by coalition forces.

Al-Qaeda Gunmen Attack Yemeni Prison, Freeing Jailed Leader

Freed inmate, senior al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Khalid Batarfi

In the early morning hours of Thursday, al-Qaeda gunmen attacked the central prison in Al Mukalla, a city in southeastern Yemen. The attackers freed more than 300 inmates, according to Sky News Arabia, including Khalid Batarfi, a leading figure in the terrorist organization's Yemeni branch. Batarfi was arrested two years ago.

Al-Shabaab Terrorists Attack Kenyan Campus

Earlier today, gunmen attacked the Garissa University College campus in northeast Kenya, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 65 more. The terrorist organization al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack and claims to be holding Christian hostages inside the campus. (source: Euronews)