The “forgotten war” in Yemen in anything but forgotten to Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia leads a military intervention in Yemen, whilst Iran diplomatically supports the Houthis and provides...Show moreThe “forgotten war” in Yemen in anything but forgotten to Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia leads a military intervention in Yemen, whilst Iran diplomatically supports the Houthis and provides them with marginal military aid. The Yemeni war has been subject to various frames, varying from civil war to proxy war. This thesis focuses on the understanding of the proxy war frame. It aims to enhance the understanding of Saudi Arabia and Iran’s involvement by an examination of the portrayal of the Yemeni war in both states’ national presses. These national presses are considered propaganda tools, and thereby provide an insight into national ideologies, and the ways in which the Yemeni war is explained to domestic and foreign audiences. The rhetoric of these national presses is compared to the framework of moral responses to distant suffering. In so doing, the following research question was answered: ‘To what extent does the reporting of the Yemeni war in Saudi Arabian and Iranian national presses correspond to the rhetorical framework of moral responses to distant suffering?’.Show less
