Welcome to the Geopolitics Explained Podcast. This episode will explore the history of Yemen and the Houthis and the current situation in the Red Sea. I hope you enjoy it!
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Sources:
https://www.edmaps.com/html/yemen_crisis_in_five_maps.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_War_of_1972
https://history.state.gov/countries/yemen#:~:text=What%20was%20once%20North%20Yemen,captured%20the%20port%20of%20Aden.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/21/us-considers-redesignating-houthis-as-terror-group-following-ship-seizure
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/1/us-sinks-houthi-boats-in-the-red-sea-how-did-the-fight-unfold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia%E2%80%93Sunni_divide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement#:~:text=The%20Houthis%20aim%20to%20govern,Iran%E2%80%93Saudi%20Arabia%20proxy%20war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Emergency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yemen
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/who-are-yemens-houthis#:~:text=The%20Houthis%20are%20a%20large,before%20being%20overthrown%20in%201962.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/who-are-the-houthis-and-why-are-we-at-war-with-them/
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/war-yemen
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/yemen/how-end-yemens-forever-war
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/saudi-arabia/2021-11-03/saudi-arabias-other-yemen-war
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/analysis-peace-yemen-remains-distant
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemen-truce-expires-un-keeps-pushing-broader-deal-2022-10-03/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-government/yemens-houthis-form-government-in-setback-to-peace-process-idUSKBN13N1ZQ/
https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-yemen-war-peace-talks-d2a9ad9efe1ab0b4f5d51597098f46a2
https://www.mei.edu/publications/normalization-non-aggression-next-step-iran-saudi-ties
https://www.mei.edu/publications/saudi-israel-normalization-still-table
https://www.uae-embassy.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Yemen%20White%20Paper_02-01-22_v4.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/European-controlled-territories-in-the-20th-century-Middle-East-6_fig2_327118380
The Houthis and The Red Sea Attacks