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CMEC talks to Yemen expert Dr Elisabeth Kendall

CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, about Yemen - its history, recent past and current conflicts.

Iran vows to ‘rain fire’ on US troops, the Houthi ‘nightmare’ & on the ground in Tehran

Is the US about to invade Iran?  Warship USS Tripoli has arrived in the Middle East with thousands of fresh troops, and the USS Boxer is not far behind - but Iran has vowed to “rain fire” on any American troops who set foot on its territory. Meanwhile, Trump is said to be considering taking Kharg I…

The Houthis’ forever war

Elisabeth Kendall speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about what motivates the Houthis. Following the outbreak of the war in Iran, the Yemeni militant group now has an outsized ability to disrupt global trade and threaten regional stability in the Middle East. But who are they and what do they really wan…

The World's Troubles - Put on Hold!

A world that's not just full of doom and gloom: Anna Borzello on the remarkable changes that have happened in northern Uganda since the area was abandoned by the brutal rebels of the Lords Resistance Army; Richard Porter tells us how the cruelties of Saddam Hussein have become a distant memory in t…

BREAKING: Iran Sets Six Conditions, ADNOC Tanker Struck, Yemen Fights Back | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Sunday, August 9, 2026, day 163 since the war with Iran began. Today's report: IRAN'S SIX CONDITIONS per SNSC Sec. Zolghadr Sat: Hormuz w…

What the lightning Houthi advance means for the world

The Iranian-backed Houthis have seized large swathes of territory in Yemen and taken control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a key shipping corridor between Asia and Europe. About 12 percent of global trade passes through the strait, including huge amounts of oil, so the move has sent energy prices sk…

Houthi blitz threatens Suez Canal as Saudi Arabia turns to UK for help

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia have exchanged further strikes, amid signs that Tehran is ramping up the war against Riyadh to compensate for a stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz.  On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks with Arabist and Yemen expert Dr. Elisabeth …

The Middle East’s new choke point – How the Houthis could spark a fresh oil crisis

A surge in violence in Yemen has seen Houthi forces seize land on the Red Sea coast – reigniting a war with Saudi Arabia and threatening a further global energy shock. The Iranian-aligned group has increased its foothold in Yemen, now locked in civil war for more than a decade, and launched drone …

Why does the Yemen war matter to the world?

The ceasefire between the Saudi-backed Yemen government and the Houthi rebels is over. As the fighting for control of land and sea intensifies, what are the knock on effects for the rest of the world? Guests: Nawal Al-Maghafi, BBC senior international investigations correspondent Baraa Shiban, rese…

Elisabeth Kendall | Can the U.S. and Saudis defeat the Houthis? | Tom Switzer

The Houthi rebels of Yemen have become one of the most consequential and disruptive forces in the Middle East. Backed by Iran but pursuing their own political and military objectives, they have survived years of warfare, Saudi-led intervention and an intense American bombing campaign. In this conv…