The Take: As US and UK air strikes land, Yemenis wonder what’s next

Yemen’s Houthis say Red Sea attacks will continue in the name of solidarity with Palestinians, despite strikes.

Supporters of the Houthi movement rally to denounce air strikes launched by the US. and Britain on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen January 12, 2024
Supporters of the Houthi movement rally to denounce air strikes launched by the US and UK on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen, January 12, 2024 [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

The United States and United Kingdom have launched air strikes in Yemen, in the name of stopping Houthi actions in the Red Sea. But the Houthis have continued their attacks on ships off Yemen’s coast, in the name of ending Israel’s war on Gaza. So as strikes shake Sanaa and the potential for escalation looms, where does that leave the Yemeni people?

In this episode: 

  • Sama’a Al-Hamdani (@Yemeniaty), Yemen analyst and media commentator
  • Hakim Almasmari (@HakimAlmasmari), Yemen political mediator and former Yemen Post editor-in-chief
  • Hussain Al-Bukhaiti, Houthi affairs analyst

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and Fahrinisa Campana with our host Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera