Sunni – Shi'ite Muslim wars in the battle of regional dominance

The raging conflict in Yemen between the Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim Houthi rebels and its allies against the Western backed Sunni-Muslim President Abd Rabo Mansour Hadi, supported by Saudi-Arabia which leads a coalition of its regional allies, unveiled a growing struggle for regional domination between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims.

With us in the studio Middle Eastern affairs expert of the Yisrael Hayom daily, Dr. Reuven Berko; and Mr. Owen Alterman, Fellow researcher at the Institute for national security studies. Analyst: Amir Oren.

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

  • First broadcast: May 22, 2015, TV7 World
  • Episode number: 130
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Spoken languages:
  • English
  • Subtitles:
  • Estonian, Finnish