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In this file photo, men deliver UN World Food Program (WFP) aid in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, Sept. 21, 2018.

Labeling the Houthis as ‘terrorists’ might actually cost Yemeni lives

Conflict

Humanitarian groups in Yemen are worried that a designation by the US State Department of the movement as a “terrorist organization” would endanger aid activities in the war-torn country.

A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen, November 14, 2018.

UNESCO project aims to save Sanaa’s historic mud brick towers

Culture
A man wears a protective face mask as he rides a motorcycle

As it braces for coronavirus, Yemen offers lessons of survival for the world

Conflict & Justice
Houthi fighters ride in a truck on a street leading to the Republican Palace in Sana'a, Yemen, on January 20, 2015.

Rebels take over Yemen’s capital, but one Yemeni insists it’s ‘not big news’

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A screenshot from a video released by al Qaeda on December 4, 2014, showing captured British-American photojournalist Luke Somers.

A failed rescue attempt in Yemen may have put an American hostage at greater risk

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A man walks past graffiti denouncing US drone strikes in Yemen painted on a wall in Sana'a on November 13, 2014.

This American reporter survived a botched kidnapping in Yemen

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After 11 years of traveling to and writing about Yemen, American journalist and scholar Gregory Johnsen was nearly kidnapped there earlier this year. He says it’s a sign of how much more dangerous and unforgiving the country has become for Americans.

Reporter Laura Kasinof covering the inauguration of Yemeni President Abdurabbu Mansour Hadi, February 2012.

How one woman stumbled into a violent uprising in Yemen

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Laura Kasinof never expected to become a war correspondent, but her calm life in Yemen gave her a front-row seat to protests and violence as the Arab Spring reached the country. Now Kasinof has written a book about her experiences and shares her fears about Yemen’s future.

Shiite Houthi rebels gesture as they stand atop an army vehicle they took from the compound of the army's First Armoured Division in Sanaa on September 22, 2014.

Yemen’s peace deal brings Houthi rebels into the government, but many problems remain

Conflict

A protest in Sana’a led by a northern Yemeni tribe, the Houthis, became a military assault on the capital over the weekend. Now a UN-brokered peace deal will allow the Houthis into power and end the fighting, but the situation remains complex with sectarian and tribal disputes still simmering.

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.

The biggest threat in Yemen probably isn’t what you think

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The Houthi insurgency may be low on the radar of American worries in Yemen, the but the Shiite group is now in the streets of the capital and fighting government forces. And that battle could hand an opportunity to the group Western nations are focused on: al-Qaeda.

Journalist Iona Craig in London

No accredited Western reporters remain to witness a huge military offensive against al-Qaeda in Yemen

Conflict & Justice

One of the largest military offensives against al-Qaeda in Yemen, involving US air strikes and Yemeni ground troops, began about three weeks ago. At the same time, there’s been an uptick in the number of attacks, kidnappings and assassinations in Yemen’s capital. But the number of Western journalists there to cover it has dwindled to zero in recent days.One of the largest military offensives against al-Qaeda in Yemen, involving US air strikes and Yemeni ground troops, began about three weeks ago. At the same time, there’s been an uptick in the number of attacks, kidnappings and assassinations in Yemen’s capital. But the number of Western journalists there to cover it has dwindled to zero in recent days.