Jan 23, 2026
This bonus episode of
Middle East Focus features an excerpt from a recent MEI Virtual
Briefing recorded on January 20. Director of Communications Zeina
Al-Shaib is joined by MEI Affiliate Fatima Abo Alasrar and
Associate Fellow F. Gregory Gause III to discuss the
dramatically changing dynamics in Yemen’s civil war. Last month,
Yemen emerged as a focal point of rising tensions between Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Southern Transitional
Council, a UAE-backed southern separatist movement, has disbanded
in recent weeks, following fierce clashes with Saudi-backed forces.
In the conversation, Alasrar and Gause analyze the political,
security, and socio-economic shifts affecting Yemen’s internal
dynamics and what all this means for regional stability.
Watch the Virtual Briefing Series here.