ACLED Regional Overview – Middle East (1-7 May 2021)
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By Ameneh Mehvar, Tarek Albaik, and Fanan Bilal
Last week in the Middle East, protests were held in several countries in support of Palestinians as tensions escalated in East Jerusalem. Clashes were reported at the Al Aqsa mosque and in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. In Yemen, fighting between pro-Hadi and Houthi forces decreased across the country, particularly in Marib, although pro-Hadi and Southern Resistance forces made significant territorial gains in Ad Dali. Elsewhere, a weapons warehouse belonging to an Islamist armed group was targeted by an unidentified drone attack, resulting in three fatalities. Lastly, one demonstrator was killed in the Iraqi capital after security forces used live ammunition to discourage hundreds of former Popular Mobilization Forces demonstrators from storming the Ministry of Finance.