9/20/22 Nasser Arrabyee on Why He’s Optimistic About the Yemen Ceasefire

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Scott speaks to Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabyee. From the ground in Sana’a, Arrabyee gives his account of how six months of ceasefire has changed life in Yemen. He walks Scott through some of the improvements he’s observed. Most notably, he explains how the overall tone has changed, with parties from all sides feeling that it’s pointless to continue fighting. Although the agreed end date for the ceasefire is nearly here, Arrabyee is optimistic that the truce will not only continue, but expand. Discussed on the show: Scott’s recent interview with Hassan El-Tayyab Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. He is the owner and director of yemen-now.com. You can follow him on Twitter @narrabyee. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
0:19.6	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.6	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:24.8	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.3	foreign policy and all available for you at
0:34.3	Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full interview
0:39.1	archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. Yemen and he runs Yemen Alan that's Yemen now and he's been reporting on of course the
0:59.6	war and but on this show for the entirety of the war since 2015.
1:04.8	Welcome back to the show, Nasser, how are you doing, sir?
1:08.2	Thank you very much. Thank you.
1:09.6	Thank you for having me.
1:11.3	All right, yeah, happy to have you again. So just give us an update. I guess start with the
1:17.1	ceasefire of the negotiations, where things stand with the blockade and all the
1:22.1	rest on the ground there in Yemen if you could
1:24.0	please sir.
1:25.0	Well it's the truth has been holding for about six months now and this has never happened before.
1:36.7	The truce started in April for two months and then it was renewed for two more months and
1:48.0	then it was renewed also for two months.
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