• Saudi Arabia to offer more than $2.5 billion in aid to Yemen amid continuing conflict abroad and changing culture at home

    Saudi Arabia to offer more than $2.5 billion in aid to Yemen amid continuing conflict abroad and changing culture at home

    Jan 24, 2018 11:25 PM EST

    ... Judy Woodruff: On Monday, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it will send more than $2.5 billion in humanitarian aid and financial assistance to war-torn Yemen. This comes after nearly three years of a Saudi-led military operation, backed by the United States, to beat back ...

  • News Wrap: Fatal airstrikes in Yemen mark start of 2018

    News Wrap: Fatal airstrikes in Yemen mark start of 2018

    Jan 01, 2018 11:45 PM EST

    ... William Brangham: In the day's other news, the new year brought more slaughter in Yemen. Security officials and witnesses say at least 23 people died in airstrikes by the Saudi Arabian coalition. The strikes targeted the port city of Hudaydah on the Red Sea. It's held by ...

  • Who has the upper-hand in Yemen’s conflict?

    Who has the upper-hand in Yemen’s conflict?

    Dec 22, 2017 11:45 PM EST

    e over 100,000 missiles right now aimed at Israel. It's an existential threat. The Saudis fear, for good reason, the same thing in Yemen. Judy Woodruff: But you're saying that that fear is overblown? Stephen Seche: I think the fear is genuine. I do think it is ...

  • Will the killing of a former leader be a turning point in the Yemen crisis?

    Will the killing of a former leader be a turning point in the Yemen crisis?

    Dec 04, 2017 11:35 PM EST

    ... one more life ended amid the conflict, a man central to Yemen's recent modern history. Ali Abdullah Saleh spent more than 30 years as Yemen's president. He was forced from office amid Yemen's Arab Spring in 2012. A wily navigator of Yemen's often-shifting loyalties and ...

  • Cholera, hunger and war are ravaging Yemen. What role does the U.S. play?

    Cholera, hunger and war are ravaging Yemen. What role does the U.S. play?

    Nov 13, 2017 11:25 PM EST

    ... U.S. conducts airstrikes against the terrorists. In January, a Navy SEAL was killed in a raid in Central Yemen. Abdulwahab Alkebsi was born in Yemen. He's now the deputy director for programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise. Abdulwahab Alkebsi: The conflict in Yemen, unfortunately, right now ...

  • Biggest challenge of Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is making the world pay attention

    Biggest challenge of Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is making the world pay attention

    Sep 28, 2017 10:59 PM EST

    ... m joined now by Jamie McGoldrick. He's the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen. Welcome to the "NewsHour." JAMIE MCGOLDRICK, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen: Thank you. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Can you just give us a snapshot of how the humanitarian situation is in Yemen right now? JAMIE MCGOLDRICK: Well ...

  • PHOTOS: How aid groups are tackling Yemen’s cholera outbreak

    PHOTOS: How aid groups are tackling Yemen’s cholera outbreak

    Aug 04, 2017 04:16 PM EST

    ... A two-dose vaccination campaign is expected to launch next year in high-risk areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzHxtugIsk0 Watch a PBS NewsHour report on the food crisis and cholera outbreak in Yemen. READ MORE: Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into weapon of war

  • Yemen is in ‘complete meltdown’ and civilians are paying the price

    Yemen is in ‘complete meltdown’ and civilians are paying the price

    Jul 20, 2017 11:32 PM EST

    ... the humanitarian sector are desperately calling on there to be no bombing of the main port through which 90 percent of the food gets into Yemen. And Yemen is one of four countries that are threatened by famine. And a unique coalition of eight American-led NGOs have come together ...

  • Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war

    Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war

    Jul 08, 2017 07:57 PM EST

    ... Vaccines and other lifesaving drugs have been intentionally blocked from reaching civilians. All of this has created public health catastrophes — a massive cholera outbreak in Yemen, and new outbreaks of once-vanquished diseases like polio and measles in Syria and Yemen. These put millions of children at risk for death ...

  • Torture alleged in U.S. search for al-Qaida in Yemen

    Torture alleged in U.S. search for al-Qaida in Yemen

    Jun 25, 2017 09:00 PM EST

    As the U.S. continues to work with Yemen and the UAE on counter-terrorism operations, an Associated Press investigation has found that hundreds of men captured in the hunt for al-Qaida militants are being detained in prisons run by those countries, where allegations of human rights abuses and torture are rife. AP Reporter Maggie Michael, who...