Yemen

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he doesn't doubt that Saudi Arabia's crown prince is culpable for the death of a Washington Post writer in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

Politics & Government

Angry Senators Say Trump Administration Is Stonewalling Amid Saudi Crisis

5:26pm November 28, 2018

The administration wants to stick by Riyadh, but the Senate looked for ways to punish Saudi Arabia for the role its crown prince is suspected of playing in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Sara, a 10-year-old at al Thawra hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen, is half paralyzed by diphtheria, an illness that can be prevented by vaccination. She subsequently had to leave the hospital because of the violence.

Health & Safety

What's The Responsibility Of Doctors When It Comes To Yemen?

6:26pm November 21, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine issues a call to the medical community around the world.

A malnourished child receives medical treatment in Sanaa, Yemen.

Why A 'War On Children' In Yemen Could Get Worse

10:14am November 15, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

That's what a UNICEF official calls the conflict. And escalating violence in a key port city is jeopardizing aid to hundreds of thousands of starving children.

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A friend attends to the body of a Yemeni fighter on Sept. 22.

World News

Plagued By War and Famine, Yemen Is 'No Longer A Functioning State,' Journalist Warns

2:45pm November 08, 2018

by Terry Gross

In 2015, Saudi Arabia initiated a bombing campaign against Yemen that continues today. Journalist Robert Worth says the results have been devastating — and that the U.S. shares some of the blame.

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A Yemeni child suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at a treatment center in a hospital in the capital, Sanaa.

Health & Safety

A Call For A Cease-Fire In Yemen Makes News. Its Catastrophe Doesn't

5:35pm November 01, 2018

by Joanne Lu

Observers offer three key reasons why the world isn't paying heed to what a UNICEF official calls a "living hell for its citizens and their children"

A Yemeni man walks through the rubble of a building after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike last month in the capital, Sanaa. "The time is now for the cessation of hostilities," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday.

'It Is Time To End This Conflict': U.S. Calls For Cease-Fire In Yemen

2:16pm October 31, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Top Trump administration officials said they're seeking a halt to hostilities in the war-torn country — and that they'd like to see it within 30 days, to open the door for more permanent peace talks.

Displaced Yemeni children stare through a hole in the wall of a half-destroyed house in Taez, where they have been staying with several families since violence drove them from their homes in Hodeidah earlier this year.

World News

Yemen In 'Clear And Present Danger' Of Massive Famine After Years Of Violence

3:30pm October 24, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The looming catastrophe is "much bigger than anything any professional in this field has seen during their working lives," says the United Nations' humanitarian chief.

In the air campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen's Shiite rebels, rights experts say there has been a pattern by the Saudi-led coalition of failing to distinguish between civilian and military targets and disregarding the likelihood of civ

U.S. Stands By Saudi Arabia, Despite Criticism Over Civilian Casualties In Yemen

4:58pm September 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The Saudi-led coalition has bombed markets, weddings and even a bus carrying kids during its three year campaign against Shiite Houthi rebels. The U.S. supports the coalition.

A Yemeni woman and a girl, displaced from the coastal city of Hodeidah, sit at a shelter in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 17. Thursday's airstrike took place near Hodeidah.

World News

Children Again Pay The Price in Yemen's War As Focus Shifts To Accountability

8:14pm August 24, 2018

by Larry Kaplow

The United Nations says 22 children were killed in an airstrike and puts the blame on the Saudi-led forces intervening in the civil war.

After Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen in 2015, people carry the body of a child uncovered from under the rubble. The United Nations has declared Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. When Yemen's war began, Nageeb Alomari decided to bring his wife

A Yemeni-American Wanted To Bring His Family Home. Then Came The Travel Ban.

4:25pm August 10, 2018

by Kelly McEvers

Nageeb Alomari is an American citizen from Yemen. When the civil war started there, Alomari decided to bring his wife and daughters to the U.S. But then President Trump imposed the travel ban.

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