Yemen Dirty 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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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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Follow AP’s travels to areas most at risk of famine
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An in-depth look at how families struggle with hunger
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Meet Hagar Yahia, a Yemeni woman working to keep her family alive
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Meet Hagar Yahia, a Yemeni woman working to keep her family alive. | Photos: Nariman El Mofty | Footage: Maad al-Zikry | Editing: Nat Castañeda
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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.