In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Ryan Bohl, Middle East and North Africa analyst at RANE. 

The Yemen civil war has lasted more than 6 years. It has spawned political and humanitarian crises, crises so dire that the United Nations has warned that forty thousand children may die from starvation this year.

Now, a battle over the resource-rich city of Marib has outside countries concerned the war may last even longer.