For today, links to four reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for YEMEN 1-8-26 and for VENEZUELA, UKRAINE, PHOTO, and 9/11 TRUTH.) — MCM

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Separatist group in southern Yemen announces dissolution after its leader flees to the UAE, by Fatma Khaled | AP  CAIRO — Yemen’s main separatist group and its institutions will be dismantled effective today, the group’s secretary-general said, following weeks of unrest in areas of southern Yemen and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye, and HERE for a Jan. 8 report from the Cradle.

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How Oman went from mediator to silent Saudi partner in Yemen fight, by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye  For years, as fighting raged in Yemen, neighbouring Oman strained to keep its profile as a neutral mediator among warring sides. But when UAE-backed separatists swarmed into a Yemeni region on its border, Muscat took sides. A western and Arab diplomat said that Oman shared . . . READ MORE . . .

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