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Assignment: Meeting the Houthis and Their Enemies in Yemen

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Meeting the Houthis and their enemies in Yemen

19/03/2015

Meeting the Houthis and Their Enemies in Yemen

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Safa al-Ahmad on her trip reporting the takeover of Yemen capital Sanaa by Houthi rebels

Lyse Doucet talks to journalist Safa al-Ahmad about her recent reporting trip to Yemen to cover the takeover of the capital Sanaa by Houthi rebels from the north of the country.

Lyse Doucet talks to journalist Safa al-Ahmad who has recently returned from filming a documentary in Yemen for BBC Arabic. Yemen is on the brink of civil war after Houthi rebels seized large swathes of the country including the capital, Sanaa, at the end of last year.  Safa tells Lyse about some of the extraordinary encounters she had in the making of the film as she negotiated her way through Houthi checkpoints and into Al Qaeda held terrain. In a country that’s become increasingly difficult to report from Safa has poignant stories from a nation fast falling apart.

(Photo: A Houthi rebel holds a gun. BBC copyright)

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