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The Battle for Yemen Begins Again

CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

Yemeni researcher and political analyst Baraa Shiban (and dear friend of the show) is back not only to give us an update on Yemen now that the civil war (and Saudi Arabia’s role in it) are heating up again, but also to give Thomas a much-deserved dressing down for not going far enough to hold Jeremy Hunt to account for his role in the Stockholm Agreement.

Baraa explains:

 The collapse of the 2022 Yemen truce and renewed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea shipping

 The Yemen battlefield map: Houthi control of Sanaa, Hodeidah and the northwest versus government-held south and east

 The strategic importance of Marib and Hadramaut, including Saudi-trained National Shield and Emergency Forces

 Mocha, the Giants Brigades and the impact of the UAE withdrawal on anti-Houthi military capabilities

 The Stockholm Agreement and how the 2018 ceasefire strengthened long-term Houthi leverage

 Why the Houthis are escalating now and how renewed fighting serves Iran’s regional strategy

 Houthi links with the IRGC, Hezbollah and Iraqi militias, including operations and financial networks in Iraq

 Saudi war aims, the Mecca Accords and the emerging Saudi–Turkey–Pakistan security architecture

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This episode was produced and edited by Thomas Small.
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