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Can Yemen Defeat the Houthis? Deputy FM Mustafa Noman on Iran, Taiz & the Red Sea | Arab Views Ep. 5
In Episode 5 of Arab Views, Arab News Editor-in-Chief Faisal J. Abbas sits down with Mustafa Noman, Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, for a frank conversation on the war in Yemen, Iran’s grip on the Houthis, and what it will take to bring them to the negotiating table.
As Houthi missiles strike Riyadh and Aden, Noman rejects any Iranian mediation, describes the siege of his hometown Taiz, and explains why the government believes the Houthis must be weakened before peace talks can succeed. The discussion also covers Operation Dawn of Yemen…
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