Tensions between UAE and Yemeni Houthis escalate

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The Saudi-led coalition launched an airstrike in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, killing at least a dozen people. This was a response to the attack carried out by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group on the city of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on how tensions have escalated further in the past few days.

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