Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Disaster
Notes de l’épisode
Every region-watcher was stunned over past week as the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen suffered an extremely brutal reversal—with global consequences. Aimen lifts up the curtain of inter-Gulf politics to help Thomas understand better what went wrong, and why Saudi Arabia's confused foreign policy may deserve the lion's share of the blame.
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Aimen and Thomas discuss:
- Did Iran dupe Saudi Arabia?
- How the Houthis humiliated their rivals
- Mocha falls: Bab al-Mandab exposed
- Saudi Arabia’s oil lifeline gets hit
- Why Yemen’s anti-Houthi coalition imploded
- The bitter Saudi-UAE divorce
- Has Qatar reshaped Saudi foreign policy?
- Why Trump refused MBS’s rescue call
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