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Majeshi ya kupinga Houthi ya Yemen yaanzisha uchunguzi wa kuanguka kijeshi
Uchunguzi mkali unaendelea miongoni mwa majeshi ya serikali ya Yemen inayotambuliwa kimataifa baada ya shambulio lililopangwa dhidi ya Sanaa inayodhibitiwa na Houthi kugeuka kuwa kushindwa, huku Houthi wakikamata pwani nzima ya magharibi ya nchi na brigedi zaidi ya 15 kushindwa.
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Uchunguzi unaendelea miongoni mwa majeshi yaliyo mwaminifu kwa serikali ya Yemen inayotambuliwa kimataifa, baada ya operesheni iliyokuwa ikitangazwa kama shambulio la maamuzi dhidi ya mji mkuu Sanaa unaodhibitiwa na Houthi kugeuka kuwa kushindwa kijeshi. Badala ya kusonga mbele, brigedi zaidi ya 15 zilishindwa na wapiganaji wapatao 30,000 walirudi nyuma, huku Houthi wakichukua udhibiti wa pwani nzima ya magharibi ya nchi, ikiwemo mji wa bandari wa Mocha, ulioanguka karibu na Septemba 10. Kiwango na kasi ya kuanguka huko kumeibua maswali makali kuhusu uratibu, utayari, na ari ndani ya muungano wa kupinga Houthi.
Baadhi ya wanasiasa wa Yemen wanadai kuwa mabilioni ya dola yalilipwa ili kuwashawishi majeshi yaliyokuwa yakilinda pwani ya magharibi kuacha nafasi zao, ingawa madai hayo hayajathibitishwa kwa njia huru. Mshindi wa Tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel Tawakkol Karman ameitaka uchunguzi rasmi kuhusu kujiondoa huko. Mwanaharakati wa kisiasa mjini Mocha alielezea kujiondoa kutoka mji huo wa bandari kama usaliti dhidi ya wapiganaji na raia waliokuwa wameulinda.
Majeshi ya kupinga Houthi na washirika wao wanaoungwa mkono na Saudi Arabia sasa yanafanya kazi kupanga upya mikakati na yanajaribu kurejesha maeneo ya juu karibu na mlangobahari wa Bab al-Mandeb, njia muhimu kimkakati kwa usafirishaji wa kimataifa. Kuanguka huko kunaashiria mojawapo ya mikwamo muhimu zaidi kwa serikali inayotambuliwa kimataifa tangu vita kuanza, na kumeongeza shinikizo kwa uongozi wake kueleza jinsi shambulio hilo lilivyoporomoka haraka hivyo.
Key facts
- A planned assault on Houthi-held Sanaa collapsed into a rout for Yemen's internationally recognized government forces.
- More than 15 brigades were defeated and an estimated 30,000 fighters retreated.
- The Houthis seized the country's entire west coast, including the port of Mocha, which fell around September 10.
- Some Yemeni politicians allege billions of dollars were paid to persuade defending forces to withdraw.
- Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman has called for an investigation into the collapse.
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