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27/03/2015

Saudi aircraft attack Yemeni targets

BBC World Service - The World This Week, Saudi aircraft attack Yemeni targets

Yemen's Arab neighbours join the fight against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

The danger of sectarian conflict in Yemen spirals as neighbouring Sunni states attack Shia Houthi targets.  Iran is not pleased -- might the former strongman now return to power?

As the Houthi rebellion in Yemen gains more and more territory, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have sent warplanes to hit Houthi targets.  It's a rare example of actual action by members of the normally toothless Arab League.  How far is Shia Iran behind the attack on Sunni Yemeni leaders?  Is a simple struggle for power turning into a confessional war?  And what is the former president doing behind the scenes?

Also in this programme: the mystery of the co-pilot who crashed his own plane with the loss of 150 lives; why the brutal killing of a woman in Afghanistan has sparked a wave of protest; and ludicrous goings-on as the British general election campaign gets off to a chaotic start.

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