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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: How Yemen Became Mired in a Brutal Civil War
Description: -----SUPPORT THE SHOW----- Click here to make a contribution to the podcast --> Â http://www.globaldispatchespodcast.com/support-the-show/Â The crisis in Yemen is getting worse by the day. Hospitals are being bombed, seemingly at a routine frequency; some 10,000 people have been killed; and extremist groups affiliated with Al Qaeda and ISIS have gained a foothold in parts of the country. Â Â Yemen is the region's poorest country. And, since the Arab Spring, it's also been one of the most unstable countries in the Gulf. In March 2015, a rebel group known as the Houthis consolidated control over...