Skip to content
Fronts.co
AccountJoin Insider
Fronts.co
WarFrontsSponsor-free

Israel Battles the Houthis, and South Sudan Moves Towards Financial Collapse... And More

Simon Whistler · January 6, 2025 · 32 min video · Global

Duration 31:56
Watch sponsor-free with InsiderWatch with sponsors on YouTube

Already an Insider? Sign in and it plays here.

Also on YouTube. WarFronts published this video on its YouTube channel on January 6, 2025. Here it is with the sponsor segment cut out. Insiders watch all 878 WarFronts and HomeFronts videos this way.

From the transcript

In our lead story today, we zero in on the Middle East, where the state of affairs in the first week of January 2025 is a world apart from what it was just one year ago. The powerful non-state organisation, Hezbollah, is a mere shadow of its former strength. The Hamas organisation in Gaza is on its last legs.

The dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad has fallen in Syria, Iran's international networks of proxy support are in shambles, and the nation of Israel stands triumphant in war against each of its battered foes, except for one.

As 2024 rolls into 2025, it's become entirely clear that in the Middle East, Israel still has one adversary left standing, the Houthi rebels of Yemen. Unlike Hamas or Hezbollah, who've been nearly singularly focused on their battles with Israel, the Houthis have made something of a more global impression in the last year.

This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.

No sponsor reads, on every episode

This video is free on YouTube with a sponsor segment. Insiders get the clean cut of every WarFronts and HomeFronts video, plus 128 exclusives that are only on Fronts.

Join Insider, $5 a monthSee what's included

About this briefing

From the Houthis' maritime threat to South Sudan's fragile state, explore the critical conflicts reshaping 2025's geopolitical landscape and their profound ripple effects on global stability. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/

Sources

  1. 01Economist South Sudans Economic Crisis Threatens Its Fragile Peace
  2. 02Bloomberg South Sudan S Juba Sent Into Chaos After Oil Pipeline Breaks
  3. 03Barrons South Sudan Says It Plans To Resume Oil Production
  4. 04Pipeline-journal Sudan Oil Pipeline South Sudan Ready Restart After Repairs Completed
  5. 05The Wall Street Journal South Sudans Economic Crisis Is So Bad Its Taxing Its Only Lifeline
  6. 06Rescue Top 10 Crises World Cant Ignore 2025
  7. 07Wfp Hunger Crisis Deepens South Sudan Returnees Fleeing War And Children Hit Hardest
  8. 08Unocha South Sudan Humanitarian Needs And Response Plan 2025 Issued December 2024
  9. 09Dw A
  10. 10Data Sudansituation

More on the Sudan war

Go deeper than the YouTube video