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A filmmaker who gained unprecedented access to the Houthis explains what’s going on in Yemen

April 7, 2015Conflict

Filmmaker Safa al Ahmad gained unprecedented access to the Houthi advance through Yemen and traveled into Yemen’s rural areas to meet their tribal adversaries. What she saw in Yemen is the subject of her documentary, airing Tuesday on Frontline.

US armored vehicles left behind in Yemen

Western diplomats had ‘no Plan B’ for Yemen

February 12, 2015Conflict

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’

January 21, 2015Conflict

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

September 22, 2014Conflict