Download Episode. Erik Sperling was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the situation in Yemen. Sperling explains the recent pressure campaign launched by U.S. officials to dissuade the Saudis from making peace with the Houthis without first securing a number...
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As Biden Eyes More War, South Yemen Intensifies Push for Secession
by Connor Freeman | May 26, 2023 | News
The UAE-backed National Assembly of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) called on its forces to secure a military takeover and annexation of the entirety of Yemen’s southern territory during a meeting on Monday, the Arab Weekly reported. The STC is intensifying its push for secession, seeking a partition corresponding with the borders of the former states of North Yemen and South Yemen, which existed prior to the country’s 1990 unification.
5/11/23 Joziah Thayer on AQAP’s Standing in Yemen
by Scott Horton | May 15, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Joziah Thayer joins to show to discuss some of the work he’s done digging into the many factions and groups within Yemen and the foreign powers working to pull their strings. Scott and Thayer drill in on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP,...

Jake Sullivan Reviewed ‘Significant Progress’ Toward Yemen Peace in Meeting with MBS
by Connor Freeman | May 8, 2023 | News
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, and reviewed “significant progress” toward peace in the war-torn country of Yemen, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.

COI #411: Is the Yemen War Drawing to a Close?
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 21, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #411, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover massive upcoming U.S.-Australia war drills, Rep. Thomas Massie’s battle against the authoritarian RESTRICT Act and the Tik Tok ban, the House China Committee’s planned war games with an arms industry funded think...
4/14/23 Erik Sperling: Don’t Underestimate America’s Ability to Ruin the Yemen Peace Talks
by Scott Horton | Apr 17, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Erik Sperling of Just Foreign Policy joins the show to talk about what’s going on in Yemen. There have been some very good developments there recently with peace talks, ceasefires and blockades being lifted. Overall, it appears that the Saudis are...
3/17/23 Nasser Arrabyee on the Major Progress Towards Peace in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Mar 21, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Nasser Arrabyee is back to discuss the improving situation on the ground in Yemen. They talk about two huge developments, first that the Saudis have agreed to most of the Houthis’ requests in their negotiations to end the war, and second that the...

What the Yemeni People Need From Us Right Now
by Derek Wheeler | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Accountability. This, according to Kate Kizer and Scott Paul, is the solution Yemenis need. We're supposed to believe that the same people who have contributed to the atrocities inflicted upon the people of Yemen, led by the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates, with...

How the Media Ignores Yemen
by Trenton Hale | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since 2014, the tiny country of Yemen has been devastated by the ongoing civil war following the Houthi takeover of the government. It only got worse in March 2015; President Barack Obama began to aid the Saudi Arabian military intervention in the war. As of February...

Saudi Airstrikes Killed at Least 155 Yemeni Civilians in 2022
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 18, 2023 | News
According to numbers compiled by the Yemen Data Project, the US-backed Saudi-led coalition killed at least 155 Yemeni civilians in 2022 despite the ceasefire that took effect in April of that year.

Oxfam Finds Scores of Civilians Killed By US, UK Weapons in Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman | Jan 12, 2023 | News
A human rights monitoring group has released a new report finding at least 87 Yemeni civilians were killed with American or British weapons during a 14-month period. The Oxfam report reviewed 1,700 attacks on civilians and found Saudi Arabia used US or UK weapons in...

Capitol Hill Retreat: Strategy After Yemen Resolution Failure
by Dan McKnight | Dec 20, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
What was widely expected to happen, did happen. Last Tuesday, under pressure from the Biden White House, Senator Bernie Sanders formally withdrew his War Powers resolution to end U.S. participation in the war on Yemen. American logistical support for the Saudi...
12/15/22 Annelle Sheline on the Delayed Yemen Vote
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute joined Antiwar Radio to discuss Senator Bernie Sanders’s Tuesday night decision to delay the vote on the Yemen War Powers Resolution. Scott and Sheline talk about why the Biden Administration moved against it...

Bernie and Rand Disappoint on Yemen War Powers Bill: Guest Scott Horton
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 15, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
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