When Will Iran Play the Houthi Card?
March 24, 2026
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When Will Iran Play the Houthi Card?
Summary
Aimen has been called away for important last-minute insider meetings, so sitting in for him on today's episode is Nadwa Al-Dawsari, veteran researcher, conflict analyst, and policy advisor with 20 years of field experience in Yemen and the broader Middle East.
Nadwa and Thomas discuss:
How Yemeni tribalism really works
The IRGC agents who are in control of Houthi war policy
Houthi eschatological beliefs
When the Houthis are likely to join the Iran War in force
What the military capabilities of the Houthis really are
The long shadow of the Stockholm Agreement
Houthi techniques of indoctrination and control
The growing Houthi presence in the Horn of Africa
How the Houthis and Al Qaeda are now effectively allies
Why Western decision-makers get the Middle East so disastrously wrong
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