Daily: ARABIAN VORTEX – Understanding Yemen’s nightmare

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Yemen is suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, a conflict that has killed some 100,000 people since 2015 and left 24m in peril. Now it’s dragging countries across the region into its vortex. How did we get here? Exactly how are Saudi Arabia and Iran involved? Will the election of Joe Biden make a difference? Arthur Snell talks to Laura Cretney, a PhD student at Durham University who works with charities in the region, to disentangle a nightmare confrontation between Houthi rebels, the Yemeni government and multiple foreign interests. “For many young men, the best and most lucrative way to provide for their families is to take up arms.” “This isn’t just a proxy conflict between Saudi and Iran. There are a LOT of regional rivalries here.” Presented by Arthur Snell. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Logo and branding by Mark Taylor. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. The Bunker is a Podmasters production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.5	unfolding for the past few years in Yemen at the moment it's estimated about
1:20.4	24 million people are in need of assistance.
1:24.0	Around 100,000 have died since 2015
1:27.6	and there are probably about 4 million displaced from their homes.
1:30.8	It's also a conflict that has dragged in countries across the Middle East
1:34.9	region from Saudi to Iran to Sudan. A lot of people have been concerned and
1:42.3	terrified by what's been happening in Yemen, but it's a very difficult
1:45.5	one to get your head around the complexity of the different warring parties making it all the more difficult
1:52.3	to understand.
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