The Destruction of Yemen's Historic Tower Houses

With so much bloodshed occurring in the Middle East, media coverage of the conflict in Yemen often takes a backseat to those in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. But Yemen’s war is causing horrific destruction and misery for its people. Around 10,000 Yemenis have been killed, many of them civilians, and those that survive face starvation and a lack of water, electricity, and medical care.

The U.S.-backed Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels since March 2015, after the Houthis ousted the country’s Saudi-supported president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. A Saudi blockade and coalition air strikes have brought about much of the suffering, with little humanitarian aid getting through and a third of strikes hitting civilian sites.