125. The Origin of the Houthis

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Since November 2023, the Houthis have been attacking international shipping lanes in the Red Sea. They set off from the Yemeni coastline on speedboats, armed with guns and unmanned drones, often supplied by Iran, and cause havoc. Such has been the chaos of these attacks that Britain, the USA, and other western nations have launched retaliatory airstrikes. But where did this group come from and what do they want? Emerging in the 1990s as a Shia religious movement that rejected the repressive and corrupt rule Yemen faced at the time, the Houthis grew in power and influence. This culminated in a coup in 2014 that made them the de facto ruler of Yemen and started a civil war that has since drawn in Sunni Saudi Arabia, Iran, and many other powers in the region. Listen as William and Anita are joined by Orwell Prize-winning journalist and Yemen specialist Iona Craig to discuss the rise of the Houthis. For bonus episodes, ad-free listening, reading lists, book discounts, a weekly newsletter, and a chat community. Sign up at https://empirepod.supportingcast.fm/ Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Anouska Lewis Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and me, welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan.
0:23.0	And me, Anita Arnan, and me, William Trimple.
0:35.0	So excited today, so excited today, so excited today.
0:38.0	So excited today.
0:39.0	You know I love me some girl power on this here, podcast.
0:42.0	You know I do. We have have seen we have seen some evidence
0:45.2	of that over the last year why not hide it well okay we have an extraordinary
0:50.3	woman on this podcast today who I am so delighted has agreed,
0:54.3	deigned to be on our little podcast.
0:56.7	Iona Craig, award-winning investigative journalist who is with us to discuss the
1:01.7	who's these, but that's not enough. we need to know more by Iona Craig so just so you know
1:06.6	she has been the Yemeni correspondent for the Times she was the recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for reporting on, do you remember the US drone strikes in Yemen that included that bombing of a wedding convoy?
1:19.0	A great woman, Martha Gellhorn was, what a lovely prize to win.
1:22.0	Well, I mean, you know, from hand to extraordinary hand,
1:25.8	she survived an assassination attempt in 2013,
1:30.1	which we'll talk about a bit more,
1:31.6	which was just outside
1:32.8	Saner. Not many people could say that.
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