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Conference organized in collaboration with the Center for Strategic Studies of Sanaa. You can watch it also on our Youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/leW4YLPoy-Q
Yemenis are already facing what the UN has classified as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and everything indicates that their suffering will only increase as more local communities are forced to take sides. Given the ongoing lack of an agreement, and with the forces of the so-called Arab Coalition (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) greatly reduced, local role-players are now positioning themselves for war on behalf of their external sponsors. After six years of armed conflict, the country has split at least three ways: the Houthis in the north fighting the Abu Dhabi-backed secessionists, and the weak government of Abdrabbo Mansur Hadi in the east with support from Riyadh. The influx of money and weapons from regional actors will lead to further polarization. And, by turning the conflict into a full-fledged proxy war, the states that once formed the Arab Coalition will be able to shirk their responsibility in providing reparations and assistance to rebuild the country.
Sidestepped in international headlines, the country deserves an in-depth analysis of the past and the interference that has led it to this alarming situation, and of the uncertain future of its people. Casa Árabe and the Center for Strategic Studies of Sanaa are organizing this round table with Farea Al-Muslimi, director and co-founder of the center, Ghaithaa Alrashidy, a researcher and visual data specialist at the same think-tank, and journalist Natalia Sancha, a contributor to El País, who provided special coverage of Yemen in late 2020. Presented by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Coordinator of International Relations.
Photo: Yemen (Sallam)
More info: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/conference-series-%E2%80%9Cthe-people-want-%E2%80%9D#14927
