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On Sunday it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in Yemen that has grown into a surprisingly powerful military presence in the region. Saudi Arabia had been asking for support after a series of Houthi attacks and advancements, which brought a major global shipping and oil chokepoint - the Bab el-Mandeb strait - under Houthi control. Iona Craig has been reporting on Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula for over a decade a...
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This is a CBC podcast. Hey everyone, I'm Jamie Poisson. On Sunday, it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar-Allah, or the Houthis.
the Iran-backed group in Yemen that has grown into a surprisingly powerful military presence in the region. Saudi Arabia had been asking for support after a series of Houthi attacks and advancements which brought a major global shipping and oil choke point, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, under Houthi control. After rushing from Camp David to Washington and reviewing
the situation, Trump decided not to carry out the strike on the Houthis. That remains the case as of Monday evening, the stakes are really high here for all the players. Iona Craig has been reporting on Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula for over a decade, and she joins us to track the Houthis rise. From a small group of rebels from the mountains of
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