The Yemen conflict and the geopolitics of the coverage; plus, the resurrection of Greece's state-owned broadcaster.
When a coalition led by Saudi Arabia began bombing Yemen on March 25, 2015, the justification it offered was that the action would stop the spread of the Houthi rebels and bring stability to the country.
The Saudis also claim that the Houthis are being backed, ideologically and materially, by Iran. That assertion has gone largely unchallenged in mainstream news coverage.
The opaque nature of the story in Yemen is largely down to the difficulties that journalists face while trying to report in the country. For foreign journalists, leaving the capital is nearly impossible and local journalists have to constantly navigate the changing power structures within the country.
Analysts are characterising the bombing campaign as proxy war with high stake geopolitics playing out in the Yemeni skies, but what is lacking from that analysis is what is happening on the ground.
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