The Heat: Yemen crisis

The Heat

Anand Naidoo

Anand Naidoo

Published August 12, 2019 at 5:55 PM

For four years, the United Arab Emirates has provided weapons, money and thousands of troops for the Saudi-led war in Yemen—all in an effort to defeat the Shiite Houthi rebels.

Then came the announcement last month that the UAE was leaving – pulling its forces out. Fast forward to this past weekend when UAE-backed southern separatists – part of the Sunni Muslim coalition led by the Saudis – seized control of the strategic port city of Aden.

These developments threaten the Saudi alliance and potentially opens a new front in the five-year conflict.

CGTN’s Yasser Hakim reports.

To discuss all of this:

  • Gerald Feierstein served as the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen and is currently the senior vice president of the Middle East Institute.
  • Reem Daffa is the vice president and executive director of the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee.
  • Kaveh Afrasiabi is an author, political scientist and Iranian affairs analyst.
  • Sama’a Al-Hamdani is a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute.

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