Saudi Arabia's eight-year intervention in the conflict in Yemen played a significant role in the ongoing civil war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which had resulted in the deaths of over 377,000 people by the end of 2021, according to U.N. estimates. What is the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Yemen? "Yemen and Saudi Arabia have had a long and complicated history," explains Dr. Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy.
This interview was recorded in 2019.
