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What is Fuelling War in Yemen?

This week marks the end of the third year of the Saudi campaign in Yemen. So what is fuelling the war and how does a peace process take shape?

The UN calls Yemen 'the world's worst humanitarian crisis'. It says more than three-fourths of the population - over 22 million people - are in need of humanitarian assistance. Yemenis face hunger, disease, and the terror of a war which has pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia. This week marks the end of the third year of that Saudi campaign - with no end in sight. Yemen's Minister of State resigned Wednesday saying Yemen's President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was under house arrest in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. So what are the Saudi aims in Yemen and why are Yemeni civilians continuing to suffer so much? Carrie Gracie and a panel of expert guests bring clarity to one of the world's most complex wars.

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Contributors

Iona Craig, journalist and long time Yemen watcher

Osamah Al-Rawhani, Programme Director at the Sana'a Centre in Yemen

Mohamed al Yahya, Saudi political analyst

Acil Tabbara, former Gulf and Yemen bureau chief for the French news agency, AFP

Also taking part:

Dr Najla Al Sonboli, a doctor working in a paediatric hospital in Sana'a

Hussain al-Bukhaiti, a journalist based in Sanaa

Lyse Doucet, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Chief International Correspondent, recently returned from Yemen

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Yemeni child looking out at buildings that were damaged in an air strike in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, March 2018. AFP/Getty Images

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