Video duration 28 minutes 05 seconds
Optimism is high about reaching a peace deal between Yemen’s warring rivals.
Talks in Yemen offer hope for a political solution to one of the worst conflicts since World War II.
Hundreds of thousands have died and millions are starving after years of war between a Saudi-UAE-led coalition backed by the West and Houthi forces backed by Iran.
Now the two sides are talking.
Could there be peace on the horizon? And what would a location mean for the region?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault
Guests:
Ibrahim Fraihat – Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and author of the book Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming the Chaotic Conflict
Afrah Nasser – Non-resident fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC and former Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch
Trita Parsi – Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Iranian foreign policy specialist
