Yemen Civil War

Three years into Yemen’s civil war, and the results are disastrous: Yemen is starving. With a population of 29 million, its people are on the edge of famine. As the world’s worst humanitarian crisis unfolds, a team of AP journalists explores the military and political forces that have kept an entire nation hostage to violence.

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Dec 29, 2018

Postcards from Yemen

Dec 29, 2018

Photos and Text Nariman El-Mofty

Dec 29, 2018

Nov 11, 2018

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

Nov 11, 2018

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.

Nov 11, 2018

Sep 17, 2018

Isolated and unseen, Yemenis eat leaves to stave off famine

Sep 17, 2018

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.

Sep 17, 2018

Aug 7, 2018

‘Unite with the devil’: Yemen war binds US, allies, al-Qaida

Aug 7, 2018

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

Aug 7, 2018

Jun 14, 2018

War leaves Yemen’s Aden hollowed-out shadow of former self

Jun 14, 2018

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.

Jun 14, 2018

May 10, 2018

In Yemen’s Aden, a generation chewed up and spit out by war

May 10, 2018

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.

May 10, 2018