Ambassador Stephen Seche, AGSIW Executive Vice President, tackles recent events in Yemen in the media.
Seche speaks with BBC World News America about the Saudi airstrikes in Yemen, the reaction from Yemenis, and U.S. support.
Seche tells CCN if there are civilian casualties from the Saudi in Yemen airstrikes, it will create a “huge blow back.”
In the BBC Newshour’s “A proxy war in Yemen?” Seche discusses the extent of Iran’s support for Yemen’s Houthis as well as U.S. interests in Yemen.
In The New York Times, Seche discusses sectarianism and the Saudi-led campaign against the Houthis saying, “The Saudis and the Sunnis have made this a sectarian issue.”
Gulf national oil companies represent a new pool of capital for global gas investment, and with some of their first forays in the United States, Gulf gas deals suggest Washington’s relations with Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are improving.
President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has a popular mandate to pursue domestic reforms and rebalance Iran’s foreign policy, but he is likely to face opposition from powerful forces at home and abroad.
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