Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Disaster
2026-09-16
Every region-watcher was stunned over past week as the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen suffered an extremely brutal reversal—with global consequences. Aimen lifts up the curtain of inter-Gulf politics to help Thomas understand better what went wrong, and why Saudi Arabia's confused foreign policy may deserve the lion's share of the blame.
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Aimen and Thomas discuss:
Did Iran dupe Saudi Arabia?
How the Houthis humiliated their rivals
Mocha falls: Bab al-Mandab exposed
Saudi Arabia’s oil lifeline gets hit
Why Yemen’s anti-Houthi coalition imploded
The bitter Saudi-UAE divorce
Has Qatar reshaped Saudi foreign policy?
Why Trump refused MBS’s rescue call
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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.