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A woman holds a young malnourished child.

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision

After the Trump administration's out-the-door decision to designate Yemen's Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization, Aid agencies warn the decision could wreck the tenuous relief system keeping millions alive.

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision
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US involvement in the Yemen war just got deeper

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.

A royal Saudi 'snub' isn't stopping the flow of American weapons to the Gulf

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.

For Yemenis abroad, it's a daily call home to see if your family is still alive

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.

1st American believed killed in latest Yemen violence; scores more trapped

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.

The man accused of stealing $60 billion from Yemen is still there and wielding power

Critics of the Houthi rebels in Yemen say they are in league with Iran, a claim the rebels deny. But no one denies the Houthis are partnered with an ally much closer to home: Yemen's onetime dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, who remains a force in Yemen and may have billions of dollars at his disposal.

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.

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques

A day after Houthi forces failed to seize the airport and destroy the presidential palace in Yemen's second city, Aden, several suicide bombers brought violence to the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Amidst the chaos, it is hard to know who orchestrated the attacks.

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques
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A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos

What's it feel like to watch your country succumb to revolution from afar? Ask Yemeni student Ibrahim al-Hajiby. He watched the Arab Spring engulf Yemen in 2011 from his college in Minnesota, and he's doing the same now as Houthi rebels take over the Yemeni government.

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.

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

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.

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