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"For when brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits the house!" I was born in Yugoslavia, so can confirm. Thanks, Shirvan, for your amazing work!

"When brothers fight to the death, a stranger takes the house" Can't be more correct shirvan 👏

More people need to talk about Yemen. One of the most important and tragic geopolitical issues of our time.

Thank you so much Caspian for making these. These conflicts (of interest) and (potential and/or silent) wars are not shown or explained at all in our news. A lot of news coverage on Ukraine and Russia (and each their allies), but little to nothing about these. Although very far away for me, these are interesting because of the potential impact of any conflict on the world economy. Just like with the China south sea. Greetings from The Netherlands.

Love it. Just love it that u r changing and entering new territory. the map animations look cool. And caspianreport is still the best channel on geopolitics, intl relations on YT, period!

"For when brother fight to the death, a stranger inherits the House." Wow. How true. This sums up the story of this region for the last five thousand years. No wonder there is an old prayer that begins, How Wonderful It Is When Brothers Live As One.

As a Yemeni Citizen, I really thank you for spotting the light on this situation. It's just really depressing to see all my country's resources and treasures just stolen like that while not being able to do anything about it.

"For when brothers fight to the death a stranger inherits the house" what quote

"With friends like these, who needs enemies?"

Caspian Report is truly the best geopolitical channel here on KZfaq. Engaging, unbiased narration plus the sleek animations just make the videos so informative.

Once again, Shirvan and the Caspian Report have given me expert knowledge on an issue I knew little to nothing about. As an American, I eagerly await each new video highlighting issues I seldom hear about elsewhere. Thanks.

These videos are fascinating. Without them I would have no idea of what's going on in these conflict areas.

I was there as an amateur biologist and I feel so sorry for the unique biotop. All the rare flora and fauna living only on some places of the island. The whole place looks so alien and was so far from our civilisation. It's a catatrophe. Whole Yemen has a lot of unique species, but no place is so beautiful with such inhospitable alien look. So ancient and so isolated. It's like Yemenese Tasmania.

thank you shirvan, not only will i leave a like but also a comment. insightful as ever. hard to believe that real journalism still exists in 2022 yet here you are with this amazing channel

Shirvan's start & ending phrases always get me, I think about them during the week. "Balkan is a region that keeps producing more history than it can take". This channel is so good.

Eritrea letting both Israel and Iran build facilities on it's territory is top level troll move

Thank you for the great information on Yemen. The visuals / video editing is noticably improving from previous videos, and the content / audio / narrative is top-notch as always.

Excelent, as always. Thank you, Shirvan.

Many thanks and DEEP RESPECT for this video! This is probably one of the most tragic conflicts in history and it is rather worrying! It is obvious that this conflict has much bigger ramifications and has potential to be a lot bigger , bringing in the Super powers against each other , even in direct conflict!

It is misleading to describe the Yemen War as a civil conflict. It is a proxy war, part of the region wide Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict which includes the war in Syria and the activities of extremist Sunni Salafist/Jihadist groups like IS, (actually built by Qatar and Saudi), in Iraq, Syria and other places. Primarily it is Saudi + its allies versus Iran, with Qatar playing a mysterious role on the edges. This whole breakdown of peace across the Middle East results directly from the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US. When the US removed Saddam's Sunni military dictatorship in Iraq, and installed parliamentary democracy, the 60% Shia population meant the creation of a Tehran-Baghdad-Damascus axis, greatly boosting Iran's influence in the region. This was a complete backfiring of US policy and the opposite of what they hoped to achieve. No doubt the neocons in Washington thought they would install permanent military bases in Iraq from which they would militarily dominate the whole region and take out their enemies Syria and Iran. This plan collapsed in 2006 when the US army got tired of paying the human price for these imperial ambitions. The unprecedented, and greatly downplayed, "Generals' Revolt" took place with Rumsfeld being openly called incompetent and negligent, and being driven out of office. The result was the draw down of the bulk of US forces in Iraq. The Qataris and Saudis meanwhile had been building organisations like AQI, and other Sunni militias and IS to destabilise and weaken Shia, pro-Iran Baghdad, and did what they could to 1) oppose Iranian influence inside Iraq 2) Try to draw the US into a permanent military presence in the region, and, they no doubt hoped a war against Iran. Failing a war against Iran, they colluded with the US in the efforts to overthrow Assad.

So $ trillions in oil sail along the coast where so many starve, suffer and die. Thank you Shirvan for your great work!

Always great content on this channel, well done once again!

Yet another excellent video from this channel! If i have the time to watch just one video in a day then the latest one from Caspian Report it will definitely be. Thank you!

This was probably one of the best videos you have ever made. Both content, visuals and musicwise

Yemen is being bullied by its own allies which makes them unable to cope with the arrival of invaders from its allies. (Sorry for my bad English)

I have enjoyed this channel for years. Love the new mapping tools.

Thank you Shirvan! You always upload a neutral & fair analysis of geopolitics

I really like the new map graphics! Your work’s always been great, and this made it even bettered

Thanks for continuing to produce great content. Just a note, I find the cuts/glitchy sounds distracting and feel like they break the narrative. I didn't see them on older videos. My 2c! :)

Socotra is actually really awesome with unique nature

I love your content, everything you put on the table is really educational.

Excellent video!! Very informative, covering a topic nobody else does. Thank you, Caspian Report.

damn, that was a solid intro! a full length video worth of info in less than a minute!

Huge improvement in the maps and animations and soundtracks .great work

Hey Shirvan, big time fan of your videos. I like the new engaging animation style, however I think the sound effects are a bit distracting and can be reduced. More importantly, there's a mistake in the video: for the UAE you are using photos of Mohamed Bin Rashid (ruler of Dubai), you should instead be using photos of Mohamed Bin Zayed (ruler of Abu Dhabi and commander of the armed forces)

This has to be your best one yet. Very nice maps and images 👌

I love the improvements made on the animation side, makes explanations clearer and add a cool vibe to the video making it easier to digest. But IMO there are too many sound effects that are not relevant, they are too distracting and making it more complicated to focus and understand the insights and the reasoning, especially for non native speakers

The UAE offered some Socatri Yemenis citizenship so they can claim the island by saying that their citizen are under threat but our beloved Yemenis refused and didn't accept the offer. That obviously was put under the carpet when this project failed, so no news gets out of this embarrassment. The construction of Resorts on Socatra is forbidden by law. Many businessman tried before the Emirates. THIS ISLAND WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO YEMEN!!!

These videos are really brilliant, thank you

As always great video!

"When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits the house."

"The supposed allies have illegally occupied the islands for their own geopolitical design." This sounds very similar to what the Entente did with Greece in WW1.

Love the new video quality, whoever is the animator made a great job

Loved your analysis on the topic and the quote of the end was great these are one of the things that attract me towards your content, keep doing it buddy 😇😇😇

Not only that, but also the UAE is exploiting Socotra's natural resources, as rare Dragon blood trees were seen transported in Abu Dhabi's port. Apart from their presence in Yemen's islands, UAE's presence in eastern parts of Yemen is overwhelming too. Especially on the costal areas, it became normal to find UAE plate-numbered SUVs around, at least when I visited the country on July 2021. As a Yemeni I'm Really grateful to you for Shedding the light to such an overlooked situation. Great job!

Great material!

Editing has really improved, thanks Shirwan Amazing !

The new animation style is pretty good, though it has some rough spots. I find the shipping lanes being characterized as flies is a bit odd. It would work without the sound effects. In fact, I would say the video could overall use less sound effects in general. I realize you're probably using new software that automatically adds sounds and such, so perhaps it's difficult to get it to do exactly what you want. Just some feedback. Your reporting style and research is top-notch as always. I love watching your videos Shirvan. You do terrific work.

I’m a huge fan of your channel, so I feel obligated to echo what others have said about the new presentation. The graphics look great but the sound effects (zooms, line draws, mouse and keyboard clicks, distorted scene change noise, soldiers marching) take away from the overall presentation in my opinion. I just appreciate the professional style of the presentation you’ve used in the past, and while I appreciate your desire to update that presentation, I would try to remain closer to the style that made us all love the channel so much. It’s that understated, professional presentation that drives home the depth of your video. Thank you for the great information you provide. I recommend your channel to friends every chance I get

Thank you so much for excellent explanation of what’s going on in and around Yemen. Very unbiased also🤙

I absolutely love this new visual format for videos. keep up the good work.

Dude the quotes at the end of every video are amazing. Reminds me of when you would die in COD except way more on point.

Thinking of a chilling last sentence in every episode must be the hardest part of caspianreports. Well done, it's always a great day when a new video comes out

I love your channel - amazingly insightful and enjoyably well-structured

Great video, as always, one of the best ways for learning real geopilitics.

The new graphics style is amazing but in my opinion the previous music was better. It just makes it feel less serious :) especially with the sound of zoom in and out. This doesn't mean any bad thing, you are doing a great job!

4:50 You're using the wrong person to represent the UAE here. That is Mohammad bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. The technically correct ruler of the UAE should be the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan. That said, the real actual ruler of the UAE is Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan (the younger half brother of Sheikh Khalifa).

Another banger my guy, great animation and brilliant analysis. Almost at a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An EXCELLENT & very well explained geopolitical analysis… greatly enhanced by the use of very well implemented audiovisual displays, that greatly help to clarify the many complex issues in such a turbulent & volatile region of the World.

1:57 I think this is not true that none can see what you are up to. Obviously NordVPN can see, and this data is big business for them.

I can’t believe it, finally my country on CaspianReport, what a glorious day to be alive *Edit (after watching the video): I found myself left in tears after the video, how heart wrenching and humiliating is our reality as Yemenis, our glorious flourishing past reduced to nothing…

Editing in this episode is top notch, well done!

Thank you for the great content as always!

Mysterious base on Yemeni island occupied by UAE..... Well, not so mysterious.

Very good video thanks a lot but pls remove or turn down the sound effects - they sound so playful, it's abit jarring in comparison to the content.

Great job brother, informative vid as always

Amazing videos, thanks!

Shirvan, I've been following your channel for almost 3 years now. Your content is, as always, impeccably researched and presented without bias, which is rare. The new production glitz with the sound and visual effects, however, is at risk of distracting from the underlying content. Sometimes the best improvements come through subtraction rather than addition.

Incredible as always. Very aware it may just be me but chill with the sound effects on the boats. Would have been fine if you weren't talking at that particular moment but they were as loud as your voice and your voice is what I'm here for. Incredible dude please keep us all updated

Your videos are amazing and your new style is also very appealling! Keep up the good work my friend!

Caspian report is always to nice and simply the best, the host is awesome your way to describe and the voice is amazing 👍🏽

I like the new style! Although some sound effects are a bit off putting (like the swishing sound showing trade routes), it's over all a definitive improvement of the editing!

Shirvan, can u please make a video about Chechnya and its potentiall future? :) or about he Caucasus? A know u made already a video about these topics but a new one would be still kinda interesting

11:25 I love this channel for the fantastic reporting, and also the summary phrases.

More brilliant work, thanks!

I can only imagine how desperate of a situation I'd have to be in to call the UAE an ally. Also they care about 60 thousand civilians? What a joke. Emirati firms? When has an Emirati done anything but head a company and hire foreigners to actually run it?

I liked the old style better but don't necessarily mind this one much, especially if much appropriate stock footage is not available for a topic.

Great video my man!

How are your videos getting better and better. Damn! Thanks for explaining this.

I don't really like the wobble sound effect whenever the shipping lane effects come up.

Socotra should be a part of somalia, since the ireland is closer to somalia.

"For when brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits the house." That closing statement went hard. Thank you for that Shirvan.

This is hands down the best international relations channel on youtube.

Poor yemen, yemenis has been all alone fighting the rich Saudis and UAEs... these Arabs are heartless.... and coward to fight their common enemy israel....

Amazing video as always, but the whacky sound effects are very distracting and feels weird within the context of geopolitics.

Nice Stuff. Appreciate the hard work.

Interesting topic Shirvan, thank you.

Pray For Yemen and the Great Kind Yemeni people !😭

I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve heard of this island. That’s one hell of a history

Video quality is fantastic and improving, great work brother

Thank you, Shirvan for your work

I really hope someday we find out that there are infinite accessible planets with interesting flora and fauna to explore, because in a couple hundred years there will be nowhere left that isn't completely spoiled.

Excellent! Your work is appreciated sir!

I'm loving this new video format and animation style!!! The old one was good, but this one feels Soo much better!!!!! Keep on improving man!!! I see your about to reach 1 million Subscribers

Those sound effects in the background when the lines are being drawn are just not it man... otherwise great content!

Hi Shirvan. Great video! I like the new animations. I assume you have a new hire? I really like it, but in my opinion they can tone down a bit of the sound effects. Adding chirping birds to a desert island, typing sounds, epic violin plays and photo shutter sounds every time a new frame comes in the video is a bit overdoing it and distracting to your voice over. Just my two cents as a long time viewer.

really like the new visaul format! keep it up Shirvan!

Great video as always

Great information like always, but these sound effects are awful. They distract from the narration in a way that cheapens the whole experience.