Aden, in southern Yemen, was Dr. Ghanem’s home town. So Metta asked him and his friend Paul, a retired military officer turned peacenik, to explain what made that country into the battlefield that it was in 2018.  Blame the Saudis, but it’s not only their fault.

https://youtu.be/gmfsjC9uyCs    (Video version 3 December 2018)

• Qais Ghanem, Retired professor of medicine, Ottawa University
• Paul Maillet, retired Colonel, Canadian Forces, now peacebuilding worker, in conversation with the host, Metta Spencer.

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