Israel has targeted the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, after the Houthis fired missiles at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel that managed to evade Israeli air defense systems on Sunday. US President Donald Trump later announced that United States bombing campaign against the Houthis would end after they, in the president’s words, “capitulated.” The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to Fatima Alasrar, a researcher who specializes on Yemen and who’s written for Foreign Policy, World Politics Review and others, about the attack.
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