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A Yemeni boy gets lost in a land prowled by US drones

Illustrations Peter Hamlin | Text Maggie Michael and Maad Al-Zikry

A Yemeni boy one morning heard that al-Qaida militants were giving away free motorcycles, so he ran off with a friend to get one. His family went to find him, as U.S. drones flew overhead hunting for militants. One family gets caught in the middle.

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A Yemeni boy gets lost in a land prowled by US drones
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Isolated and unseen, Yemenis eat leaves to stave off famine

Photos Hammadi Issa | Text Maggie Michael

In a remote pocket of northern Yemen, many families with starving children have nothing to eat but the leaves of a local vine, boiled into a sour, acidic green paste. International aid agencies have been caught off guard by the extent of the suffering there as parents and children waste away.

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Isolated and unseen, Yemenis eat leaves to stave off famine
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‘Unite with the devil’: Yemen war binds US, allies, al-Qaida

AP finds US allies in Yemen struck deals with al-Qaida, use its militants in fight against rebels.

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‘Unite with the devil’: Yemen war binds US, allies, al-Qaida
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War leaves Yemen’s Aden hollowed-out shadow of former self

Photos and Text Nariman El-Mofty

The mood is eerie on the mostly empty streets of Aden, Yemen’s southern port city and designated seat of government that has suffered three years of civil war.

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War leaves Yemen’s Aden hollowed-out shadow of former self
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In Yemen’s Aden, a generation chewed up and spit out by war

Photos and text Nariman El-Mofty

Two young Yemenis fought to defend their home city of Aden from advancing rebels in one of the key, turning-point battles of the civil war, but now they are jobless and hopeless. 

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In Yemen’s Aden, a generation chewed up and spit out by war
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Desperation, hunger mark trip through war-torn Yemen

Photos Nariman El-Mofty | Text Maggie Michael and Lee Keath | Video Maad al-Zikry

Follow AP’s travels to areas most at risk of famine

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Desperation, hunger mark trip through war-torn Yemen
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‘I don’t eat so they can’

Photos Nariman El-Mofty | Text Maggie Michael | Video Maad al-Zikry

Meet Hagar Yahia, a Yemeni woman working to keep her family alive

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‘I don’t eat so they can’