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World Alert: U.N. refers case of Saudi woman who fled her family to Australia, setting the stage for the government to consider her resettlement

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:38 PM PST

Australia's department of home affairs said it would consider Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's request for resettlement in the "usual way," as it does all referrals from the U.N.'s refugee agency. Alqunun barricaded herself in a hotel room at an airport in Bangkok to keep from being sent back to her family vacationing in Kuwait and pleaded on social media for refugee status.
 
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U.N. refers case of Saudi woman who fled her family to Australia, setting the stage for the government to consider her resettlement

Australia's department of home affairs said it would consider Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's request for resettlement in the "usual way," as it does all referrals from the U.N.'s refugee agency.

Alqunun barricaded herself in a hotel room at an airport in Bangkok to keep from being sent back to her family vacationing in Kuwait and pleaded on social media for refugee status.

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Votre sommaire d'Intelligence Online

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:37 PM PST

Le monde du renseignement et de l’intelligence économique
 
 

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du 09/01/2019

 
 
 
TÉLÉCHARGER CETTE ÉDITION
 
 EMIRATS ARABES UNIS   ETATS-UNIS   FRANCE  
 

Les agents commerciaux de Thales se rebiffent

 

Plusieurs agents commerciaux écartés par Thales ces derniers mois se retournent contre le groupe et réclament leurs dus, qui pourraient dépasser le milliard de dollars. [...]

 
RENSEIGNEMENT D'ETAT
 
 ETATS-UNIS   AFGHANISTAN  
 
Le Pentagone inquiet pour le renseignement afghan
 

 ETATS-UNIS  
 
La DIA, vigie du CFIUS sur la captation de technologies US
 

 EGYPTE  
 
Sans solution dans le Sinaï, Sissi réorganise le renseignement
 

 AFGHANISTAN   IRAN  
 
Plus proche des Talibans, Téhéran doit composer localement
 
 ROYAUME-UNI  
 
Le CDMDP, initiative du FCO contre les opérations hybrides russes
 

 COREE DU SUD   ETATS-UNIS  
 
Washington envoie la cyber-cavalerie à Séoul
 

 RUSSIE   SYRIE  
 
Russar, instrument d'influence du Kremlin à Damas
 

 FRANCE  
 
La consultante multicarte Pascale Perez, point aveugle de l'affaire Benalla
 
 
 
En bref

PAYS-BAS/EUROPE
La 5G menace les stations d'interception
 
FRANCE
La DGSI protège ses bastions
 
INDE
New Delhi veut surveiller WhatsApp
 
FRANCE
Couac au comité de pilotage de l'AID
RUSSIE/FRANCE/ROYAUME-UNI
Des humanitaires menacés par le FSB exfiltrés en catimini
 
ETATS-UNIS
L'antiterrorisme en Afrique revient au Congrès
 
SYRIE/LIBAN
Bachar al-Assad, pomme de discorde du sommet économique
 
ARABIE SAOUDITE
Al-Humaidan renforce son domaine

 
 

 GRANDS CONTRATS 

 
ETATS-UNIS/RUSSIE   Proches de Kadyrov, les Ananyev poursuivis par les fantômes de la Promsvyazbank
 
ETATS-UNIS   Nabil Barakat, joker en colère de Thales au Moyen-Orient
 
RENSEIGNEMENT D'AFFAIRES
 
 ARABIE SAOUDITE  
 
Jadis très américano-centré, Rakaa Holding regarde à l'Est
 

 ISRAEL  
 
Aaron Frenkel, au centre du jeu pour la vente d'Aeronautics
 

 ROYAUME-UNI  
 
Patrick Grayson reprend sa liberté et quitte GPW
 
 FRANCE  
 
La guerre du blanchiment de réputation en ligne s'intensifie
 

 ETATS-UNIS  
 
LookingGlass, courtier en cyber-renseignement de Darkmatter
 

 ROYAUME-UNI  
 
Paddy McGuinness retrouve d'anciens collègues chez Glasswall   GRATUIT 
 
 
 
En bref

ETATS-UNIS
Un architecte du méga-contrat de cloud JEDI rejoint Deloitte
 
ROYAUME-UNI
James Bashall conseille Fujitsu
 
ETATS-UNIS
Anthony Cipparone se lance dans le renseignement privé
 
ROYAUME-UNI
Baronnie Carrington : la succession expose les intérêts du rejeton
 
ROYAUME-UNI
G3 nomme de nouveaux conseillers
ETATS-UNIS
Quinlan se renforce en piochant chez Exiger
 
ROYAUME-UNI
Josh Mandel supervise les enquêtes de la RBS
 
ETATS-UNIS
Crumpton sans président
 
FRANCE
Des breloques de Noël pour les cadres de la DGSE et de la DGSI
 
ETATS-UNIS
Michael Wertheimer, ex-ponte de la NSA, se lance en solo

 
 
DUE DILIGENCE
 
 ARABIE SAOUDITE  
 
Shamal, go between devenu incontournable entre Riyad et Washington
 
 
SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION
 
 RUSSIE  
 
Les cryptologues d'ITMO veulent protéger les drones des grandes oreilles
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           

Majority of private schools hike fees as more parents prepared to pay up

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:34 PM PST

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Majority of private schools hike fees as more parents prepared to pay up Economic recovery and foreign pupils fuel influx for day and boarding studies
 
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Screaming: Elizabeth Piortrowska, who was described as 'highly respected' in the Ardee community, was found by her neighbour at around 11am yesterday Son held after woman (57) is killed with axe in hallway of her home Ken Foy, Conor Feehan and Elaine Keogh 32-year-old man remains in custody
'Appalling': Martin Joyce at Ennis Court where he was jailed for eight months over the incident  in May last year in which he put a 'widow's curse' on a garda 'Your family will die': man jailed for placing 'lurid curse' on garda Gordon Deegan Martin Joyce (28) told female garda he would have a 'widow's curse' put on her
Aircraft sit on the tarmac at Heathrow. Photo: REUTERS Flights resume at Heathrow after drone disruption Paul Sandle Departures were disrupted
Ulster Bank is to repay 23,000 business customers after finding it had charged them the wrong fees 43,000 customers to get refund in latest overcharging blunder to hit banking sector Charlie Weston Overcharging

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'The reality is it is not normal that the number of homeless adults and children has increased by nearly 300pc since 2014.' Photo: Damien Eagers Colette Browne: 'Attempts to normalise the horror of our homelessness crisis will cost the nation its soul if they succeed' Colette Browne It's just one week into the new year and there have already been attempts to normalise our homeless crisis - we cannot let it happen.
Boris Johnson may believe a 'no-deal' is the closest reflection of what people voted for, but people were sold a pup when they voted. Photo: Reuters William Hague: 'No deal might be attractive to Boris but the House of Commons will never let it happen' William Hague To pass her Brexit deal through the House of Commons next week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May needs a balance of terror among those who favour rival outcomes. She needs hardline Brexiteers to worry that if they don't vote with her, Brexit won't happen at all, and some ardent Remainers to think that unless they support her, Britain will "crash out" of the EU without a deal.
'I really don't like chocolate if it also contains fondant goo, so I'm unlikely to be caught out by Cadbury's latest wheeze.' Sinead Ryan: 'Eating €10,000 may be a hard egg to swallow' Notebook: Sinead Ryan It's the second week of January so, naturally, the supermarkets are already full of Easter eggs. I'm not (so sue me), a big chocolate fan. I even have some Roses left in a tin where the Christmas tree once stood, which is possibly a jailing offence.
Tory Environment Secretary Michael Gove. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Editorial: 'Gove and hague bring some sense to brexit absurdity' Editorial If it's true the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humour in it, then fair play to Tory Environment Secretary Michael Gove. He skittishly compared MPs waiting for something better than Theresa May's Brexit deal to "50-year-olds at the end of the disco who have turned down all other offers and are waiting for Scarlett Johansson to come along".
 
 
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Redwoods Tree Walk on October 31, 2018 in Rotorua, New Zealand Prince Harry is 'beguiled' by Meghan Markle and has 'changed considerably', says royal expert Caitlin McBride One of Princess Diana's confidantes has described Prince Harry as being "besotted" by his wife Meghan Markle.
 
 
Sport
 
Niall Quinn. Photo: Brian McEvoy Quinn's €40m masterplan to overhaul structure of Irish game Daniel McDonnell Niall Quinn says he has been contacted by interested parties who want to get behind his plan to create new academies for every League of Ireland club with the help of state funding.
Pádraig Harrington with the Ryder Cup during a press conference to announce his captaincy at Wentworth yesterday. Photo: Sportsfile Captain Harrington admits: 'It's win or nothing' Brian Keogh Pádraig Harrington is ready to put his reputation on the line as Ryder Cup captain with Rory McIlroy as his team-room talisman.
28 December 2018; Tom Farrell of Connacht during the Guinness PRO14 Round 12 match between Connacht and Ulster at the Sportsground in Galway. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile The Left Wing: Big weekend for the provinces, Tom Farrell's Ireland potential and Leinster's huge playing pool On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined in studio by Irish Independent rugby correspondent Ruaidhri O'Connor to look ahead to a massive weekend of Champions Cup rugby.
 
 
Life
 
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has denied she was hoping for a girl after having a fifth son Arlene Harris: 'Oh boy, not another one: What's behind our anti-son bias?' Arlene Harris As she savoured the first few hours of her new son's birth, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor took to Twitter to share her delight at the new addition to her family.
 
 
Business
 
Stock image Major skills shortage looms for manufacturing sector John Mulligan Ireland's manufacturing sector is facing "significant" skills shortages in key areas including automation, engineering and polymers, according to Skillnet, the national agency that promotes workforce learning.
Stock image: PA German recession fears grow after slump Carolynn Look A DRAMATIC plunge in German industrial activity late last year raised the risk that Europe's largest economy will slip into recession.
 
 
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Baroin dans les pas de Longuet en France et en Afrique | Gemalto se renforce dans les scanners biométriques | Coup de jeune au Monde

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 10:26 PM PST

Le quotidien de l'influence et des pouvoirs
 
 

Édition quotidienne
Mercredi 9 janvier 2019

 
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 ACTION PUBLIQUE  
 

François Baroin dans les pas de Gérard Longuet en France et en Afrique

 

Le patron de l'Association des maires de France s'investit de plus en plus dans l'opérateur portuaire Sea-Invest. En février 2018, il a fait son entrée au conseil d'administration de la filiale française du groupe belge. [...]

ACTION PUBLIQUE
 
 PARTIS ET ELECTIONS  
 
Les "gilets jaunes" se démultiplient en autant de micro-partis
 

Toujours mobilisés sur les ronds-points et sur Facebook, une foule de "gilets jaunes" se structure en partis politiques. Une démarche qui leur permettra de récolter des dons en vue des prochaines élections. [...]

 
 EXÉCUTIF  
 
Une élue LREM veut encadrer les salaires des autorités indépendantes
 
ENTREPRISES
 
 DÉFENSE ET AÉRONAUTIQUE  
 
Gemalto se renforce dans les scanners biométriques
 

Le leader de la carte à puce Gemalto a fait l'acquisition d'une société italienne spécialisée dans les scanners biométriques, Green Bit. Cet achat, mené via le siège hollandais, contribuera à étoffer la business unit du groupe dédiée aux services gouvernementaux. [...]

 
 TRANSPORT  
 
L'autorité de la concurrence scrute le futur exploitant du CDG Express
 
 
 
 CONSEIL ET SERVICES  
 
Little Wing recrute une ex-Vae Solis Corporate
 
MÉDIAS
 
 FEUILLETON   GROUPES  
 
Le Groupe Le Monde se donne un ''coup de jeune''
 

Un accord interne en voie d'être signé va permettre aux volontaires appartenant à l'un des titres du Groupe Le Monde et ayant atteint l'âge de la retraite de partir avec un pécule minimum de 25 000 €, en plus des indemnités légales. [...]

 
 GROUPES  
 
Reworld-Mondadori : un deal dans les limbes
 
 
 
 
                                                           

Trump's private admission; were networks played?; the other big story; Zuckerberg's resolution; NYT publisher speaks; "Surviving R. Kelly" impact

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 09:47 PM PST

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Hey there, this is Oliver Darcy filling in for Brian Stelter. As I always say, I really enjoy your feedback, and especially your tips. Get in touch via email or find me on Twitter! Now, onward to the news...
 
 

"DID THE PRESIDENT CONVINCE YOU?"


That is the chyron on "CNN Tonight" as I'm writing tonight's newsletter -- and it's the big question heading into Wednesday. Did Trump's speech move the needle? Or, as John King put it earlier in the night, "Did the president win over any Democrats?" It's hard to imagine he did.

The brief Oval Office address didn't include any new arguments or information that would prompt anyone to be persuaded one way or another. As Fox's Chris Wallace bluntly summed up, "The President tonight was making an offer the Democrat's can't accept." 
 

Trump's private admission to TV anchors


Earlier in the day, Trump hosted television news journalists for an off-the-record lunch at the White House where he reportedly made a huge admission. NYT's Peter Baker reported via sources in the room that Trump privately told the journalists he wasn't inclined to deliver the prime time address, but had been persuaded to do so by advisers.

One source told Baker that Trump conceded the speech was "not going to change a damn thing." The source said Trump went even further, saying his trip to the border was just a big photo op. Then he pointed to Bill Shine and Sarah Sanders and said, "But, these people behind you say it's worth it." In other words, even Trump didn't think he would persuade anyone with his speech.

>> Publicly, of course, Trump played up his speech, tweeting late Tuesday night, "Thank you for soooo many nice comments regarding my Oval Office speech. A very interesting experience!"
 

So were the networks played?


Before the networks made the decision to air Trump's address, a debate raged in media circles: Should the channels turn over their valuable air time for what was almost certainly going to be a political speech? After some deliberation, every broadcast and cable news outlet decided to do so. Ted Koppel told NYT prior to the speech, "When the president of the United States asks for airtime, you've got to do it." And look, at the end of the day, networks were put in a difficult position.

But now, in hindsight, I'm wondering: Are TV execs comfortable with their decision? Bill Carter tweeted, "Networks should feel totally burned. Shouldn't they come out + tell WH: That was a fraudulent request; forget asking for platform for your political posturing ever again?" And Erik Wemple noted, "Looks like the White House secured major network TV time for an address that repeats all of the president's arguments on immigration, only, this time, through a TelePrompTer."
 

Stelter's view


Brian Stelter emails from Las Vegas: I'm here at CES, where I can report that... umm... almost no one watched the speech or the Democratic response. Here's my sense: The cable newsers are almost always going to carry a big prime time presidential speech. The broadcast networks are inclined to say yes, as well, though it's more complicated for them.

The broadcast execs noted that this was Trump's first time asking for airtime for an Oval Office address. They also noted that the country is in the midst of a partial government shutdown. Given the newsless nature of this address, they are likely to be a bit more skeptical the next time Trump requests time... But this is the bottom line: One of the powers of the presidency is the power to address the nation. 
 

Fact-checks galore


TV networks did air Trump's speech in the most responsible manner in which they could, fact-checking his claims immediately after it concluded. NBC "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt noted that the president repeated "some of the dubious claims he's made in the past." ABC's Cecilia Vega helped check facts with George Stephanopoulos. "Just because you say it's a crisis, doesn't necessarily make it one," Vega said. Fox's Shep Smith listed off a number of areas on which Trump misled the public during his speech. And CBS "Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor told viewers the he hoped to "fact check any inaccurate assertions."

>> That said, Tom Kludt flagged a a salient point from Glor who said, "There is some nuance to some of these arguments that unfortunately [due to] time, sometimes gets lost."
 

...even in the chyrons

CNN and MSNBC not only spent much of the evening checking Trump's claims against the facts on-air, but they did so aggressively in the chyrons. Throughout the night, I noticed various fact check's (like the one above) being employed by both of the networks. 


All that said, are we fact-checking the right way?

 

Alex Koppelman emails: One argument we've heard frequently during the discussion over whether or not networks should take Trump live is that we all provide comprehensive fact-checks, both on air and online, of what he says after he says it, or sometimes during. That's a good thing, no question -- but when it comes to justifying taking him live, there's a major caveat that I haven't seen discussed: We don't really know if fact-checks work, or whether we're doing them the right way.

2011 CJR article noted that one study showed that the more effective way to fact-check the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama is a Muslim would be to state the fact -- Obama is a Christian -- rather than state and correct the falsehood. The same researchers also explored the effect that the race of the people conducting the research survey had on respondents' answers about these facts, and concluded, "our findings suggest that the context in which corrective information about sensitive topics is delivered affects how people perceive and respond to them."

This is not settled science by any means -- but there are people studying it. And if we as an industry are going to rely on fact-checking as our shield when we choose to give over our space to words we know will contain misinformation, we should be talking to those researchers, providing funding for their work, even bringing them in-house to help us test and improve our approach. We owe our audiences more than just going with our guts and hoping it works out.


Highlights from cable



CNN: Hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon featured analysis and fact checking from reporters and contributors. Lemon opened up his show with a thorough fact-check of Trump's speech.

Fox News: After Bret Baier signed off Fox News' special coverage, Sean Hannity spent much of the evening unsurprisingly advocating for Trump's position on the wall. Guests included Lindsey Graham and Mark Levin, both of whom were supportive of the president. 

MSNBC: Rachel Maddow scored a big guest, interviewing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who slammed Trump. "The one thing the president has not talked about is the fact he has systematically engaged in the violation of… human rights on our border," Ocasio-Cortez said, according to Mediaite. "He has separated children from their families."


Trump took his talking points from right-wing media?


This should come as no surprise. The Daily Beast reported that ahead of his Oval Office address, Trump "leaned on a number of advisers for how to navigate the government shutdown he'd waged over funding for his border wall." The advisers, per The Beast, included Sean Hannity, and Lou Dobbs who encouraged Trump to continue demanding funding for the wall. 

>> Related: Tomi Lahren noted in this tweet that Trump's Oval Office address used similar rhetoric to commentary she had delivered on Hannity's show. "Something @realDonaldTrump said in his #OvalOfficeAddress tonight sounded familiar 😉..."
 

An ongoing conversation


Stelter emails: The accumulation of daily deceptions and fear-mongering matters a LOT more than a single speech. But this episode has sparked some smart discussions about the media's Trump coverage. Hopefully it'll continue. I talked with The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner about these issues... Here's the Q&A... 


FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE

-- Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" lampooned Trump's speech with a "Bird Box" parody... ("Late Show")

-- Bret Baier has signed a new multi-year deal with Fox News. He will co-anchor Fox's election 2020 coverage and continue serving as the network's chief political anchor... (Deadline)

-- Sumner Redstone and his family have settled a legal dispute with his former companion Manuela Herzer... (WSJ)

-- Ben Shapiro responds to Tucker Carlson's monologue on populism: "In truth, his brand of populism isn't particularly new....It's an attempt to rally government behind preferred conservative causes..." (National Review)
 
 

"The lede on any other night"


As Anderson Cooper said during the 8pm hour of "AC360," there was one story that broke Tuesday that would have been "the lede on any other night," had Trump  not delivered an address on border security. Parts of a court filing that were meant to be redacted by Paul Manafort's lawyers, but really were not, indicated on Tuesday that Mueller believes Manafort shared polling data in 2016 with Konstantin Kilimnik, a person the United States believes is linked to Russian military intelligence. 

While the story was overshadowed by Trump's prime time address, it did receive a significant amount of attention. On CNN, it was being covered even in the moments leading up to Trump's speech. Pamela Brown characterized it on "The Situation Room" as the "biggest window yet" into Manafort's investigation into possible collusion. And NYT's story stated bluntly, "The document provided the clearest evidence to date that the Trump campaign may have tried to coordinate with Russians during the 2016 presidential race."
 

Toobin's message to viewers: "This is a big deal" 


Jeffrey Toobin told Cooper that he has "a lot of sympathy for ordinary civilians trying to follow the Russia story" and determine what bits of news are important, and which other ones are not. But he had one message for them about Tuesday's revelations: "I promise, this is a big deal." 

Expect to see a lot more coverage on this Wednesday...
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO

-- Can your phone's location information end up in the wrong hands? Motherboard's Joseph Cox reports T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T (which owns CNN) "are selling access to their customers' location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country..." (Motherboard)

-- Cheddar's Alex Heath comments, "Imagine if this story was about Facebook. Would be BREAKING on cable news throughout the day. But telecoms sooo..." (Twitter)

-- Mathew Ingram writes about how a Grindr lawsuit "could open the door for similar claims against Facebook..." (CJR)
 


Facebook and Twitter ask conservative figures & orgs for feedback

WSJ published a lengthy investigative piece on Tuesday revealing that Facebook and Twitter have privately sought advice from organizations and individuals in the conservative movement. The story noted Facebook has contacted the Family Research Counsel and its president Tony Perkins. Jack Dorsey, per WSJ, has hosted dinners with conservatives, including Grover Norquist. The story noted that when Twitter faced questions about whether to remove Alex Jones from its platform, Dorsey "privately sought counsel" from right-wing activist Ali Akbar. Facebook and Twitter both told WSJ it consults with individuals with a wide-range of perspectives...


Zuckerberg's 2019 resolution


Get ready to see more of Mark Zuckerberg in 2019. The Facebook founder and CEO said Tuesday -- in a Facebook post -- that his New Year's resolution is to "host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society." He said the discussions would include "leaders, experts, and people in our community from different fields," though he didn't mention any specific names. Zuckerberg acknowledged speaking publicly is not something he's the most comfortable with, but said it "doesn't cut it anymore" to "build out my ideas and hope they'd mostly speak for themselves." CNN's Seth Fiegerman has the full story here...

>> Worth noting from Fiegerman: "If his other resolutions are any indication, however, expect Zuckerberg's public debates to be fairly scripted events, rather than a raw and unfiltered window into the CEO's mind."
 

FOR THE RECORD, PART THREE

-- Jim Swift writes about how "chaotic change creates the most dramatic opportunities for the most unsavory actors," and how that "same dynamic has taken place in the media sphere..." (The Bulwark)

-- A German man has confessed to hacking the data of politicians, journalists, and YouTube personalities... (NYT

-- Kyle Pope offers his "8 tips for covering the 2020 presidential race..." (CJR)
 


NYT publisher: World needs less hot takes, more reporting


NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger's 2019 "State of The Times" address was uploaded online Tuesday. One theme that repeated itself throughout the address was the need for less hot takes, and more journalism. As Sulzberger said, "Many of you have heard me say that the world doesn't need more 'content.' There are enough hot takes, chat podcasts, and YouTube videos to sustain us through the apocalypse. What the world needs more of is great journalism." Sulzberger later underscored that point, saying, "At a moment when everyone on the internet has an opinion, great beat reporting is more important than ever -- because it offers real expertise and depth of understanding."
 


Conway's snide remark to Acosta


The White House continued its attacks on Jim Acosta Tuesday. When Acosta asked Kellyanne Conway on the White House lawn whether Trump would "tell the truth" during his prime time address, Conway quipped back, "Yes Jim, and can you promise that you will? The whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Am I allowed to mention God to you?"

Acosta replied that Conway was the one with the "alternative facts problem" -- a comment that seemed to trigger Conway. Conway responded by calling Acosta a "smart ass." The video aired in a CNN package later in the evening, with Acosta characterizing Conway's comments as her sounding "defensive." Mediaite has video of the contentious exchange here...
 


Hulu says it added eight million subscribers in 2018


Jill Disis emails: Hulu announced Tuesday that it added eight million new subscribers last year, bringing its total to 25 million. That's a sizable increase for the streaming service, which offers customers a live TV option in addition to its standard on-demand plans. Still, it's nowhere close to overcoming Netflix, which had about 58 million subscribers in the United States as of last fall.

Hulu also said Tuesday its ad strategy is working. The company announced that it grew advertising revenue to nearly $1.5 billion in 2018, the most in the service's history. It also increased its advertiser base by 50%. 
 
 

Chloe's new series


Chloe Melas emails: My series "Side Hustle Success" premiered Tuesday on HLN featuring women who turned their hobbies into multimillion dollar businesses.  Each morning at 10:30am this week you'll hear the stories of the following women: jewelry designer Kendra Scott, Venus ET Fleur founder Seema Bansal, The Mane Choice founder Courtney Adeleye, and fashion designer Misha Nonoo. Here's the first episode featuring Kendra Scott...
 
By Lisa Respers France:

-- Fiji Water Girl had a favorite photobomb from her famous night at the Golden Globes...

-- Celebs have been celebrating Cyntoia Brown's clemency decision... 

-- Lil Wayne's lil weird outfit was the talk of the football championship halftime show...

-- The Bonnaroo 2019 lineup was announced Tuesday...

 


"Surviving R. Kelly" spurs follow-up calls from DA


Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly" documentary series may have landed the singer in some legal hot water in Georgia. According to Gerald Griggs, an attorney for one of the women featured in the series, the Fulton County district attorney is conducting an investigation. Griggs said the DA contacted him a few days ago. CNN's Sandra Gonzales and Emanuella Grinberg have the full story here...

>> Related: Lifetime announced Tuesday that the documentary had reached 18.8 million total viewers.
 


Nielsen shines a light on "Bird Box"


Frank Pallotta emails: There were a lot of questions surrounding Netflix's eye-popping claim that more than 45 million accounts watched "Bird Box" over the holidays. Now there's data from Nielsen that backs up that number. Nearly 26 million viewers watched the film over the first seven days of its release, according to the measurement company. That's pretty impressive, but what's even more of an interesting data point is that the horror film also brought in a young and diverse audience. Nielsen said that 36% of the film's viewers were 18 to 34 years old, 57% were female and almost half were either African American or Hispanic.
 


TV revisits familiar concepts


Brian Lowry emails: We've moved into the "Everything old is new stage" of reality TV, with the recycling of familiar formats. USA will bring back "Temptation Island" later this month, and Fox announced that it will revive another one of its old concepts, "Paradise Hotel," from the producers of "Jersey Shore."


"Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club" isn't worth visiting


Lowry adds: Meanwhile, tonight also marks the premiere of another unscripted series that trades off a tabloid-friendly name, "Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club," a highly conventional, pretty banal fun-in-the-sun, "I'm not here to make friends" formula, set at Lohan's new beach club in Mykonos. In a Variety interview promoting the show, Lohan became somewhat prickly discussing her past, and the controversies surrounding it. But that's a bit disingenuous, given that it's the main reason MTV chose to slap her name on what otherwise could be any other Bravo-type series.
 

Amazon's docs-series


Lowry sends one more: Amazon is seeking to make its mark on the docu-series format with "Lorena," a four-part series about Lorena Bobbitt. Jordan Peele is producing the project, which will screen in advance of its debut at the Sundance Film Festival


That's a wrap on today's letter. Hope you enjoyed it. Brian will be back on Wednesday!
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عقوبات أوروبية على إيران

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 08:14 PM PST

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عقوبات أوروبية على إيران إثر اتهامها باستهداف معارضين
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في وقت أبكر وبكلفة أرخص
الذكاء الاصطناعي أدق من الفحوص التقليدية في اكتشاف أمراض القلب
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أخبار
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البشير يتّهم "متآمرين" بالوقوف خلف أعمال العنف في البلاد
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هيثرو يستأنف الرحلات المغادرة
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السعودية تندد بتلكؤ والتفاف الحوثيين على اتفاقات ستوكهولم
إقتصاد
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توقعات بنقل أرصدة بقيمة 800 مليار استرليني من بريطانيا
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البنك الدولي: الحرب التجارية ستنعكس سلباً على النمو الاقتصادي العالمي
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شركات الإنترنت الكبرى الأربع ستخضع للضريبة قريبا في إسرائيل
رياضة
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فرحة مضاعفة لمصر بنيل صلاح جائزة أفضل لاعب إفريقي
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"بي ان" تعلن وقف خدمتها مع الشركة المصرية للقنوات الفضائية
ترفيه
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أمل عرفة أول ممثلة سورية تدخل عالم هوليوود
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أكثر من 18 مليون مشاهد لحفل غولدن غلوب هذا العام
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الرئيس الفلسطيني يمنح نادية لطفي نجمة القدس الكبرى






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BREAKING NEWS: Trump calls border security a 'crisis of the heart' in rare address from the Oval Office

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 06:13 PM PST

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night said the United States is suffering from a humanitarian and security crisis at the border, as he urged Congress to provide billions of dollars for a steel barrier, calling such a wall "absolutely critical."

"This is a humanitarian crisis. A crisis of the heart, and a crisis of the soul," Trump said in a rare televised address from the Oval Office as he pushed to fulfill one of his core campaign promises.

Trump also put the pressure on Democrats to agree to his demands in order to reopen the government, which has been partially shut down for 18 days.

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ترك برس - النشرة 09-01-2019

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 06:01 PM PST

قال رئيس دائرة الاتصال في الرئاسة التركية فخر الدين آلتون، إن "الأمن القومي التركي غير قابل للتفاوض".

قال رئيس مجلس إدارة الغرفة التجارية بالعاصمة أنقرة غورسال باران، إن الخطوط الجوية التركية، ستطلق أول رحلة مباشرة من العاصمة أنقرة إلى العاصمة الإيطالية روما لأول مرة منذ 60 سنة.

كتب غوفين ساك في صحيفة حرييت التركية، أن النقاشات الحالية الدائرة حول خروج بريطانيا من الاتحاد الأوروبي "بريكسيت" تتمحور حول آثارها على بريطانيا وعلى الاتحاد الأوروبي، ولكن مسألة خروج بريطانيا من الاتحاد أكثر أهمية بالنسبة إلى تركيا مما يتخيله البعض، حيث أن تركيا تسعى منذ عام 2004 إلى الحصول على العضوية الكاملة داخل الاتحاد، حسب قوله.

زار أكثر من 13 مليون سائح أجنبي خلال عام 2018، ولاية أنطاليا العاصمة السياحية لتركيا، لتحقق رقماً قياسياً فيما يخص أعداد السياح الأجانب التي زاروها.

محمد قدو أفندي أوغلو - خاص ترك برس

يبدو أن تطويرالعلاقات التركية العراقية هو أحد أهم الاهتمامات الحالية للمسؤولين في الدولتين وعلى أعلى المستويات لما له من أهمية مرحلية واستراتيجية للبلدين وخصوصا في ظل المستجدات الدائمة الدولية وخصوصا في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

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NEWS ALERT: Trump's own words greatest barrier to border wall

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:55 PM PST

NEWS ALERT: Trump's own words greatest barrier to border wall
In another political time, without President Trump in office, a debate over border fencing would probably look very different.
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President Donald Trump to address the American people at 9 p.m. ET

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:54 PM PST

President Donald Trump is taking his case for a border wall directly to the American people in a primetime speech designed to address growing anxiety over the government shutdown that shows no sign of ending. The deadlock has pushed the shutdown into its 18th day, making it the second longest in U.S. history.

Democrats are also eager to get their own case across. After demanding equal airtime, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will offer a response after Trump's speech.

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Beware! Peak flu season is coming

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 05:00 PM PST

Toyota shares the love

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 04:31 PM PST

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What. A. Day. We've got your Tuesday covered with these stories & more.

  • Trump returns to primetime
  • Cancer deaths down in U.S.
  • Tech debuts from CES

But first...

Toyota shares life-saving tech

In an unusual move for the usually cutthroat car business, Toyota decided to share with its rivals an automated safety system to keep self-driving cars from crashing. The technology, called Guardian, can take over and guide a car out of harm's way when the human driver becomes drowsy, distracted or drunk.

Here's what you need to know:

  • Guardian uses sensors that can steer cars around an impending crash or accelerate it out of the path of an oncoming vehicle. 
  • The technology is due to hit roads in the next decade, by which time auto execs predict self-driving cars and mobility services will become a $10-trillion market.

  • With human error to blame for 90% of road deaths, Toyota says Guardian's potential to save lives compelled it to share the system with any company that wants to use it.

What else is happening

Will he or won't he? President Donald Trump is set to speak to the U.S. in a primetime Oval Office telecast to address the "security crisis" at the Mexico border. The big question is whether he'll declare a national emergency to bypass Congress for border wall funding. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will deliver the Democrats' response right after. 

Intel ties. Lawyers for Trump's former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, revealed Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused him of lying to government prosecutors about sharing 2016 polling data with a Russian operative. 

Again? London's Heathrow airport, the busiest in Europe, was partially shut down for more than an hour Tuesday after reports of drone activity. Both police and the military are investigating. A similar incident happened only weeks ago at Gatwick airport. 

Aye or nay. The U.K. plans to hold a vote on its Brexit deal on Jan. 15. Regardless of the outcome, Boris Johnson has vowed the protection of cheese and onion crisps. 

Indictment unsealed. Natalya Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who attended a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with members of the campaign team, was charged with obstruction of justice in connection with an unrelated money-laundering case. 

Data of the day

U.S. cancer rates are way down, for the wealthy anyway. The good news is that death rates in America plummeted over a 25-year period ending in 2016. But those gains were reaped mostly by the well-off. 

Lean back and watch

Barbie and BTS are now BFFs. Mattel will create a toy line inspired by the internet's favorite K-pop band that includes dolls, collectible figures and games, to help lure a new generation of kids.

Praise for public works. Americans who live near parks, libraries and highways live happier lives, a new Baylor University study found. 

Amazon, take note. Supermarket chain Kroger and Microsoft are teaming up to bring the ease of online shopping to brick-and-mortar grocery stores by creating stores powered by the cloud that have "digital shelves and price tags" to help customers speed through the aisles. 

Listen up, to our podcast

Potential loophole? At the center of the fight over the partial U.S. government shutdown is Trump's demand for $5.6 billion in funding for his border wall —a figure Democrats refuse to even consider. Bloomberg White House reporter Justin Sink joins David Meyers on today's TicToc podcast to discuss Trump's potential use of an untested emergency power plan to bypass an unwilling Congress and do it anyway.

Don't miss this from CES

The annual conference is officially underway in Las Vegas through Friday. Each day, we'll be highlighting some of the tech debuts you'll be talking about in 2019 and beyond: 

  • LG's transparent TV screens double as speakers. 

  • Foldable displays: Fold it up, it's a phone; unfold it, you have a tablet.

  • VR hurricane simulator: If you've ever wanted to experience what it's like when a storm makes landfall, now you can.

  • Alexa interrupted a tech exec. It was probably activated by mistake, but its sharp rebuke was too perfect.

Before you go

"Survived by none." The world's last Hawaiian tree snail, George, has died at age 14, the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources announced. It sounds insignificant, but experts say its extinction is a harbinger of threats facing many endangered species on the island chain. 

Till tomorrow. Whether you're waking up, heading out, or turning in, we wish you the best.
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WATCH LIVE COVERAGE: TRUMP SPEAKS TO THE NATION ON BORDER CRISIS

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 04:42 PM PST

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Trump returns to prime time

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 02:02 PM PST

Evening Briefing
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Donald Trump is eager to invoke a national emergency to bypass, perhaps illegally, an unwilling Congress and build his border wall. The president's address from the Oval Office and the Democratic rebuttal will surely be the big news Wednesday, upping the stakes even higher on what will be the 19th day of the government shutdown. —Josh Petri

Here are today's top stories

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team suspects that Paul Manafort, the onetime Trump campaign chairman, shared polling data on the 2016 election with an associate tied to Russian intelligence and lied about it, according to a court filing by Manafort's lawyers.

Trump expressed optimism about the U.S.-China trade talks. U.S. and European stocks jumped as investors awaited statements from the delegations.

Carbon dioxide pollution in the U.S. rose 3.4 percent last year, driven by an increase in emissions from two often-overlooked sectors.

Toyota—in an unusual move for the usually cutthroat car business—decided to share with rivals an automated safety system that uses self-driving technology to keep cars from crashing.

As America retreats on the global stage, China is filling the void, spending billions of dollars to fuel a tech boom in Latin America.

Cancer mortality rates in America are way down, averting 2.6 million deaths over the last 25 years. But for those in poor and rural areas, the news isn't so good.

PayPal pioneered the security measures that allowed e-commerce to flourish. In the age of widespread digital payments, the company is staying relevant by teaming up with foes, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

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Baby Chanco — the 1-year-old whose amazing mane went viral — is now a full-blown hair model!

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 01:46 PM PST

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Trump to meet with Senate Republicans amid shutdown fight

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 01:38 PM PST

President Donald Trump will attend a Senate Republican lunch meeting on Wednesday, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.

The rare move comes as the president weighs whether to declare a national emergency to build a border wall amid an impasse with Democrats that's led to an 18-day partial government shutdown.

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Prepare yourself for Trump’s wall speech

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 01:36 PM PST

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Today's Agenda

Trump's Wall of Weakness

A wall can be a symbol of security and strength or insecurity and weakness, depending on the situation. President Donald Trump's border wall increasingly looks like the latter.

Trump will speak on network TV tonight about what he says is a desperate need to build a wall, or steel fencing, or something, along the Mexican border, the fight over which has shut the government down for nearly three weeks. Trump hopes this will press Democrats to end the increasingly damaging shutdown, but he's negotiating from a position of growing weakness, notes Ramesh Ponnuru. He could have avoided this by taking earlier deals, but he rejected those out of desperate fear of angering any part of his minority coalition, backing himself into a corner without an escape plan – his standard M.O., in other words. Read the whole thing.

As Ramesh writes, Trump is seen as commanding a cult of GOP followers. But his fear of angering them shows his grip is not exactly iron. Similarly, National Security Adviser John Bolton's effective freelance veto of Trump's half-cocked decision to pull troops out of Syria is another example of just how extraordinarily weak Trump isJonathan Bernstein writes. Between the shutdown and Syria, Trump's frailty is obvious – and grows with every such display. Read the whole thing.

One power move Trump could pull would be to declare an emergency and claim the right to appropriate the billions he needs for the wall. But the Constitution gives him no right to do this, writes Noah Feldman – particularly when Congress has made clear it doesn't want to spend the money. The courts would almost certainly stop him, Noah suggests. And the effort alone could be an impeachable offense. Read the whole thing

Further Trump Wall Reading:

  • Trump's prime-time speech won't help him much, and could even hurt him. – Jonathan Bernstein
  • If Trump's wall request were a new, $5 billion regulation, he'd have to answer a lot of questions about its benefits. Trump hasn't even tried to credibly answer such questions. – Cass Sunstein 

Radical Tax Plan Is Neither Radical Nor a Plan. Discuss.

CNN's Anderson Cooper recently suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's idea of raising the top marginal income-tax rate to 70 percent to help pay for a Green New Deal was "radical." But Noah Smith points out this rate is well within the norm of progressive-taxation theory and actually lower than where the highest marginal rate was for much of the 20th Century:

So this plan isn't "radical" at all, and it also wouldn't hurt economic growth, studies have shown. But it also wouldn't raise much revenue either, Noah writes – certainly not enough to pay for a Green New Deal. That would require a truly radical – and currently unlikely – overhaul of the tax code. Read the whole thing.

Ocasio-Cortez's proposal isn't really a plan at this point; more of a vision board. But Tyler Cowen suggests spending any time talking about a dramatic tax increase only helps Trump's re-election chances.

This Is WeWork

Co-working whatsit WeWork Cos. – henceforth forever known as The We Company (or better yet "the Juicero of office realty") – has good news and bad news. The good news is it's getting a $2 billion investment from SoftBank Group Corp. The bad news is that's $14 billion less than hoped. Both parties claim it still values the company at a whopping $47 billion, though the transaction uses a rift in the space-time continuum to also value the company at $20 billion in a parallel universe or something; Matt Levine has the details. No matter; nobody should believe WeWork is worth $20 billion or $47 billion or eleventy kajillion, writes Shira Ovide: "All startup valuations are fiction, but WeWork's valuation is science fiction determined solely by whatever WeWork and SoftBank want it to be." Read the whole thing.

And that's fine, writes Shira: We (the company, not the royal "we") and SoftBank will live and die together without causing much harm to the rest of the world. But Lionel Laurent and Marcus Ashworth, in noting how junk-bond investors have recently fled WeWork, suggest its troubles could be a sign of approaching pain in the broader real estate market.

Fed Forgets 2008

With the economy still strong, but with signs of trouble lurking in the distance, this seems like a great time for banks to boost their capital levels before a crisis forces the issue, Bloomberg's editorial board writes. But the Fed doesn't see a need to make this happen just yet, even though other banking regulators around the world have. It seems to have forgotten the lesson of 2008, when banks couldn't raise capital when they most needed it. Read the whole thing.

Further Fed Reading: Trump's next Fed board pick shouldn't be an obvious antagonist to Jerome Powell. – Daniel Moss 

Syria Withdrawal, Take II

As mentioned above, John Bolton has basically wrested Trump's Syria withdrawal back into normal-policy territory, slowing it down until certain conditions are met, which could take several months to happen. This is a far better outcome for the region than the precipitous withdrawal Trump may have envisioned, writes Eli Lake – but the new approach will also put much more power in the hands of an unreliable ally: Turkey.

Israel, meanwhile, doesn't seem to be sweating the withdrawal. For one thing, as Eli Lake wrote in an earlier column, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has committed to fighting Israel's sworn enemy Iran. For another thing, it would be a sign of weakness for Israel to complain too much about the U.S. withdrawal – especially when it has other cards to play, writes Zev Chafets.

Further Syria Reading: The Syria withdrawal and its repercussions are just the latest way Trump has disrupted the fragile global oil market, and not in a good way. – Liam Denning 

Telltale Charts

It seems Eddie Lampert will get yet another chance to keep zombie retailer Sears Holding Corp. walking a little longer. That's good news for its employees, but Lampert has proven he'll never make Sears relevant again, Sarah Halzack writes.

VC money is still mostly flowing to the usual places in America – Silicon Valley and San Francisco – though the rest of the country is (very, very) slowly getting a little more of the startup love, writes Justin Fox

Further Reading

Don't worry, bond traders – PG&E Corp. isn't the "fallen angel" that will swamp the junk-bond market. – Brian Chappatta

Carlos Ghosn probably stayed too long at Nissan. – Anjani Trivedi 

Jim Yong Kim's departure from the World Bank is a good time to admit it has failed and that private lending is much more effective. – Mihir Sharma 

Jair Bolsonaro should build on the economic reforms of his predecessors, not throw them out. – Mac Margolis 

ICYMI

Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $100 million plan to guarantee health care for all New Yorkers. Cancer is way down in America – at least for the rich. Heathrow Airport stopped flights after a drone sighting.

Kickers

If we're going to live on Mars, we're going to need wine. These guys are on it. (h/t Ellen Dickstein Kominers)

What has more pizza: two 12-inch pizzas or one 18-inch pizza? The answer may surprise you.

A 12-year-old girl built an underwater robot to clean up plastic. (h/t the past two kickers to Scott Duke Kominers)

Forget Inbox Zero. It's time to embrace Inbox Infinity

A new way to visualize cities: as population mountains

The literary genre of our times is dystopian realism.

As "The Sopranos" turns 20 (YIKES), here's an interview with David Chase.

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Ceasefire Violations in Yemen (Knights | PolicyWatch 3065)

Posted: 08 Jan 2019 01:28 PM PST

PROTECTING YEMEN'S PEACE PROCESS FROM HOUTHI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
by Michael Knights

PolicyWatch 3065
January 8, 2019

Amid mounting evidence that the rebels are trying to collapse the ceasefire, Washington should rally a multinational demarche to accelerate their withdrawal from key ports and urban areas.

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A few days after the December 13 Stockholm Agreement, a ceasefire went into effect in Yemen’s Hodeida governorate. But well-evidenced claims from the Yemeni government and Saudi-led coalition now suggest that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have racked up many ceasefire violations, including over 300 unprovoked attacks, the large-scale prohibited fortification of urban areas, and a failure to meet UN withdrawal deadlines. While the government and its allies have not retaliated, their patience is wearing thin.

To save the fragile ceasefire, the United States should quickly investigate the coalition claims and, if substantiated, push the UN to send a stronger message to the Houthis—namely, that time is short, and the international community will view them as the defaulters on peace should the agreement collapse. Congress should then take note of all proven violations and signal that Washington may reassess its opposition to the Yemeni government’s forcible liberation of Red Sea ports.

CEASEFIRE COMMITMENTS

Government forces are currently wrapped around the east and northeast edges of Hodeida city, only 4 km from the port and astride the direct road to Sana. Houthi forces hold the majority of the urban area and the port, setting up large numbers of trenches, barriers, and minefields within the city. The Stockholm Agreement and subsequent UN Security Council Resolution 2451 required the two sides to take the following steps:

  • Ceasefire from December 18. The UN resolution called for “full respect by all parties of the ceasefire agreed for Hodeida governorate.”
  • Houthi withdrawal from Red Sea ports. The UN resolution required the Houthis to evacuate the ports of Hodeida, al-Salif, and Ras Isa by January 1. A Houthi militia convoy departed Hodeida on December 29, but video suggests that some fighters were left behind dressed in coast guard uniforms, taking the place of prewar forces drawn from the local population.
  • Mutual redeployment outside Hodeida city. The UN resolution calls for the withdrawal of forces to agreed areas outside the city by January 8, and for “a commitment not to bring any reinforcements” into the ports, city, or governorate. External to the resolution, Yemeni government forces will likely be asked to redeploy south of the Hodeida-Sana road within an undefined period, relinquishing strongpoints at the Kilo 8, 10, and 16 intersections northeast of the city.
  • Removal of fortifications. The resolution also calls for “a commitment to remove any military manifestations from the city,” though without a cutoff date. Thus far, imagery provided to the UN by the coalition indicates that the number of Houthi fortifications in Hodeida actually increased by 57% from December 18 to January 2.

HOUTHI ATTACKS DURING THE CEASEFIRE

The Yemeni government, supported by modern surveillance aircraft and radar from the coalition, has given the UN precise coordinates, times, and other details for numerous Houthi ceasefire violations. In all, the coalition has accused the rebels of launching 313 attacks between December 18 and January 2, inflicting 25 fatalities and 197 injuries on government forces. Key trends in the coalition data include the following:

  • Rural focus. Only 59 of the alleged Houthi violations (18.8%) took place in Hodeida city versus 254 less visible attacks in rural areas south of the city. The rebels repeatedly struck the government’s main supply route near Tuhayta (62 attacks) and Duraymi (45 attacks), along with 80 attacks on coalition lines near al-Hays. While urban Houthi violations had dropped from 30 per day to 3 by January 2, rural violations increased from 8 per day to 24.
  • Heavy weapons. Yemeni and coalition forces stated that they had been struck with mortars (usually 120 mm heavy mortars) 95 times as of January 2, along with 21 Katyusha rocket attacks and 4 howitzer attacks. A pair of Badr-1 heavy artillery rockets were reportedly fired at a coalition headquarters on December 21, a violation that would require the complicity of high-level commanders in charge of this strategic weapons system. The Houthis also reportedly mounted 55 attacks with 14.5 mm and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, 12 with rocket-propelled grenades, 8 with 23 mm antiaircraft cannons, 4 with B-10 recoilless rifles, and 76 with sniper weapons and other gunfire.

If the detailed coalition claims are accurate, the Houthis were violating the ceasefire with an average of 19.5 attacks per day as of January 2. In contrast, the coalition claims that it launched no artillery, mortar, or airstrikes in Hodeida after December 18. This assertion seems credible given the paucity of Houthi claims regarding coalition attacks under the ceasefire—the rebels are normally quite assiduous about reporting coalition misdeeds. If return fire was withheld, this means the coalition chose to sustain the ceasefire by showing restraint in 313 cases instead of opting for preemption, retaliation, or self-defense.

HOUTHI URBAN FORTIFICATION

The Houthis have also used the ceasefire period to substantially increase their fortifications in Hodeida city, contrary to the requirements of the Stockholm Agreement and Resolution 2451. Prior to December 18, there were 157 Houthi trenches in the city, but 50 new trenches been dug as of January 2—a claim supported by overhead imagery presented to the UN and seen by the author.

The Houthis have also installed numerous barriers inside the city, typically shipping containers. Before the ceasefire, 118 such barriers were reported, but an additional 109 were installed as of January 2. Some of these obstacles have been protected with new minefields. At the same time, coalition engineering vehicles have been periodically targeted with antitank weapons, preventing from clearing rubble. Thus, the Houthis have not only defied the UN requirement “to remove any military manifestations from the city,” they have also impeded the coalition from clearing obstacles in liberated areas.

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

Convincing evidence presented to the UN indicates that the Houthis are flagrantly violating UN Resolution 2451, the Stockholm Agreement, and its subordinate Hodeida agreement. This is not a case of giving a ceasefire time to work: according to well-supported coalition claims, there were as many Houthi violations on January 1 as on December 22, and 7 times as many Houthi-caused casualties after the new year. This cavalier disregard for Resolution 2451 likely stems from the fact that the international community and the U.S. Congress have held the Houthis to a far lower standard of conduct than the Yemeni government and Gulf coalition. The initial days of the ceasefire seem to show that this double standard is harmful to the prospects for peace, and that while the coalition may be trusted to maintain the ceasefire, the Houthis seemingly cannot.

The United States needs to work as an honest broker to help the Hodeida-based UN Redeployment Coordination Committee quickly assess the evidence of Houthi misconduct, especially regarding rural attacks in areas inaccessible to the UN mission. If egregious ceasefire violations are proven, Washington should use its backchannel communications with the Houthis to relay that it will publicly back the right of Yemeni and coalition forces to defend themselves in the future, and will hold the Houthis responsible for breaking the ceasefire.

The rebel failure to leave Red Sea ports by January 1 or the city by January 8 is another serious threat to the credibility of the peace process. Washington should press the Houthis—directly and indirectly—to vacate these areas fully and immediately. Meanwhile, the UN should not extend the deadlines, and the Yemeni government should not be expected to withdraw from the Hodeida-Sana road until the Houthis leave the ports and city. Relief trucks might still pass through the government-held Kilo 8, 10, and 16 checkpoints, but the coercive pressure presented by Yemeni forces north of Hodeida city should be preserved until the Houthis reverse their reported bad-faith actions and fulfill their ceasefire terms. If the rebels prove unwilling to leave the ports and city by the end of January, the United States should communicate that it will no longer restrain a forcible liberation.

Michael Knights, a senior fellow with The Washington Institute, visited Hodeida battlefronts twice in the past year.



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