Download Episode. Yesterday, Scott did a solo show for Antiwar Radio in which he lays out the ongoing grassroots campaign to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on the people of Yemen. He gives a brief but thorough background on the war and then explains...
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4/30/22 Nassar Arrabyee on Yemen’s Future
Download Episode. Nassar Arrabyee joins Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the ongoing ceasefire in Yemen. Arrabyee explains why he still considers this ceasefire to be different and he gives Scott an update on the effects on the ground. They then discuss...
UN Says Two-Month Yemen Ceasefire Agreed Upon, Saudis Will Ease Blockade
As Ramadan gets started, the UN announced a surprise breakthrough on the ceasefire in Yemen, which appeared unlikely until today. They now say both sides have agreed to a full two-month ceasefire, beginning Saturday. This will be the first nationwide truce in Yemen in...
Joe Biden Approves $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia
The Pentagon announced Thursday that the State Department approved a potential sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia worth about $650 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Saudi Arabia requested a purchase of 280 AIM-120C air-to-air missiles, 596...
10/25/21 Nasser Arrabyee on the Yemen Atrocity and the Battle for Marib
Scott is joined by Nasser Arrabyee who gives an update on the state of the war in Yemen. The battle for Marib is raging as the Houthis take control of more and more districts. The city is one of the last strongholds outside of Houthi control, and it looks like that...
6/4/21 Annelle Sheline on Washington’s Fatal Misunderstanding of the Situation in Yemen
Scott interviews Annelle Sheline about her work on the war in Yemen. Sheline says that negotiating an end to the war has proven difficult, since both the UN framework and the U.S.-Saudi mentality is totally inconsistent with the situation on the ground. Neither will...
COI #113: A ‘Ceasefire’ Has Been Reached, But the Israeli Occupation Continues
On COI #113, Kyle and Will cover the ceasefire deal reached between the Israeli government and armed groups in Gaza. The agreement has held over several days and appears to have brought the eruption of violence to an end. All said and done, at least 248 Palestinians...
U.S. Officials Have Met Yemen’s Houthis As Washington Seeks End To War
Another hopeful sign the Biden administration wants to end the war in Yemen. From Reuters
12/18/20 Nasser Arrabyee on Yemen’s Desperate Humanitarian Crisis
Nasser Arrabyee is back with an update on the ongoing war in Yemen. Joe Biden, he says, has said some promising things about ending U.S. support for the Suadi war there, but both Arrabyee and Scott are skeptical that he will follow through at all. Supporters of the...
Trump Wanted to Bomb Natanz
Last Thursday. Anonymous NYT sources, but disappointing enough to be accurate. Says Pompeo and Miller talked him out of it. And here, he wants to designate the Houthis as terrorists to make it harder for the Democrats to end the war in Yemen. #hope #change
7/17/20 Giorgio Cafiero on Yemen’s Unprecedented COVID-19 Calamity
Scott talks to Giorgio Cafiero about the devastating catastrophe facing the people of Yemen in the form of the coronavirus pandemic. Cafiero describes the way that a virus—or indeed any natural disaster—has the potential to decimate a country like Yemen, where it's...
Saudi Airstrike Kills 13 Yemeni Civilians, Including Children
An airstrike from the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition hit a vehicle carrying civilians in north Yemen on Monday. The airstrike killed 13 people, including four children. The same day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres removed the Saudi coalition from a global list...
Schizophrenia! US Now Says Yemen NOT Iran Proxy War
In a sudden “about face,” the Trump Administration now claims that Iran is NOT behind the Houthis in Yemen. Has Washington suddenly decided to recognize reality? Not likely. More likely is that the US is trying to help the Saudis out of a lost war. Meanwhile, hundreds...
Proxy or Not? US Can’t Make Up Its Mind on Yemen’s Houthis
In announcing its latest round of sanctions on Iran, Washington once again declared Yemen’s Houthi movement a “proxy” of the Islamic Republic, but recent statements from US officials – including Trump’s top Iran envoy – finally put the lie to that worn out talking...
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