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A woman holds a young malnourished child.
Foreign policy
Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision
Newly recruited Houthi fighters ride on the back of a pick-up truck
Conflict
If Yemen’s Houthis weren’t Iranian proxies before, they could be soon
Ryan Owens, a Navy SEAL and Noor Al-Awlaki, a Yemeni girl both died in Yakla, Yemen January 29th, 2017
Conflict
Yemenis want revenge after the US attacked their village
USS Mason
Conflict
US involvement in the Yemen war just got deeper
President Barack Obama shakes hands with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tameem bin Hamad Al Thani, while hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David on May 14, 2015.
Conflict
A royal Saudi ‘snub’ isn’t stopping the flow of American weapons to the Gulf
A follower of the Houthi group raises his weapon as he stands on a vehicle on a damaged street in Sanaa on April 21, 2015.
Global Politics
For Yemenis abroad, it’s a daily call home to see if your family is still alive
Jamal al-Labani, a father of three, was photographed earlier this year in Yemen's port city of Aden. He died last week after being hit by a mortar shell, and is believed to be the first US citizen killed in the current violence.
Conflict
1st American believed killed in latest Yemen violence; scores more trapped
Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, pauses during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa on May 21, 2014.
Conflict
The man accused of stealing $60 billion from Yemen is still there and wielding power
An injured girl reacts as she is carried by a man out of a mosque which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa on March 20, 2015.
Conflict
Yemen’s capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques
Conflict
A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos
Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement perform Friday prayers on the airport road in Sanaa. Shiite rebels shelled Yemen's state-run television building in Sanaa on Friday and hundreds of residents fled in a dramatic escalation of violence.
Conflict
The biggest threat in Yemen probably isn’t what you think