Alex Mello

@AlexMello02

Regional security analyst at . Focused on Iraq/KRG, Yemen and Gulf states

Joined June 2013
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    May 16

    My piece with takes a close in look at Houthi tactical fighting style and the operational geography of Hodeida & Yemen’s Red Sea front and assesses prospects for a rapid re-capture of Hodeida port

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    Nov 4

    in 1965, an A-1H Skyraider from VA-25 aboard USS Midway bombed North Vietnamese forces with an old toilet to commemorate the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped during the war,

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    Nov 2

    But for all that ending what I call the regional war in Yemen will be the easiest part. Ending the civil war and putting Yemen back together again as a functioning state will be the hard part.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    I'm going to abandon Twitter and just watch this all day long. Very relaxing

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    The AirPenguin is an flying object that comes close to its natural archetype in terms of agility and manoeuvrability. It…
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    Nov 2

    I think this isn't getting enough attn because ISF's increased capacity & a US presence means another Fall of Mosul isn't in the cards. But this misses the ideological/cultural significance of ISIS resilience, and its potential dangers in a region still beset by instability.

    Some worrying security trends here. The doubling of incidents in Baghdad & surrounding belts since June stands out. Nice work from
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    Nov 2

    Currently the Yemeni forces around Hodeida are resetting to temporary defensive consolidation. That requires some adjustment to the front line on defensible positions. You will see fighting but it is not the offensive. If talks fail, THEN you will see the offensive.

    It's all go in Hodeidah. Attacks and counterattacks near Kilo 16 and airport by both sides following influx of reinforcements over past week....
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    Nov 4

    Fuck off.

    If someone in your contact list has a perfect voting record, the OutVote app puts a smiley face with red hearts for eyes next to their name. Wayward voters who missed elections get a sad-faced emoji dripping a tear.
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  8. 17 hours ago

    UAE-backed forces wrapping around the landward side of Hodeida city, now within 5 km of the Saleef road junction, which also accesses Hodeida port

    بقي 5 كم ويكتمل تطويق الحديدة بشكل كامل
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    Nov 1

    -led coalition Spox said they hit military targets in al-Dailami airbase includes targeting of ballistic-missile launch & storage locations, UAV Ground Stations, bomb-making and assembly workshops and their support locations in al-Dailami Airbase in , .

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    Nov 2

    طائرات الصنع تم اسقاطها في الداخل من قبل التحالف ..

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    Nov 2

    VIDEO: -led Coalition release footage of last night airstrikes at al-Dailami Air Base that targeted ballistic missiles storage, UAV ground stations along with missiles & drones assembly workshops.

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    Nov 2

    Please join me for, Extra Special, my 178 part podcast on the Whiskies of Iraq and Syria, a sensory journey of malted sounds, words, etc etc

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  13. 17 hours ago

    Interesting cache find. A bunch of those plastic platter charge "pot IEDs"

    تستمر عمليات حصد بمحور . دولة الجحور والى الأبد .
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  14. 17 hours ago

    Three mukhtars in rural Hawijah district assassinated over a five day period during the last week

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Useful security metrics & summary of insurgent activity in north central Iraq from the

    Tracked security incidents from October signals a reemergence of VBIED-based attacks in Kirkuk and Mosul. Targeted assassinations against mokhtars and attacks on electricity infrastructure continued unabated.
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    Nov 2

    Smart move.

    U.S. to grant Iraq waiver over Iran sanctions for gas, food items: Iraqi officials
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    Nov 1

    Boy, does that feel like 2013

    Salahaddin governor's motorcade hit by an IED Tikrit-Baiji highway
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  18. Nov 2

    Some worrying security trends here. The doubling of incidents in Baghdad & surrounding belts since June stands out. Nice work from

    Musings On October 2018: Islamic State Expanding Operations In Iraq
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    Nov 1

    Turkmenistan's president lifts golden weights bar before his applauding Cabinet. Will the madness ever cease?

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  20. Nov 1

    I hate this stuff. It’s so condescending. It completely ignores a complex, multifaceted and internally-driven conflict and reduces Yemenis to helpless puppets of external powers with no agency of their own.

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  21. Nov 1

    while also acknowledging that the “Saudi led war against Yemen” isn’t the standard of objectivity you’d expect from the international editor of paper like the NYTimes, especially since they’ve just published an excellent & balanced piece on Yemen today 2/2

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