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A photographer takes pictures of the Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia says it's not responsible for high oil prices

Saudi Arabia says it “won't bear any responsibility" for shortages in global oil supplies, following attacks on its oil facilities by Yemeni Houthi rebels.

Saudi Arabia says it's not responsible for high oil prices
Houthi fighters hold images of relatives killed in violent conflict

Yemen's most stable city threatened by Houthi takeover

Yemen's most stable city threatened by Houthi takeover
emen's Houthi movement forces ride in the back of vehicle during withdrawal from Saleef port in Hodeidah province

In Yemen, war is 'trumping peace'

In Yemen, war is 'trumping peace'
A sea of red flags wave as Yemeni Houthi protest.

Who are Yemen’s Houthis?

Who are Yemen’s Houthis?
Three people walk past a stone house bombed out by an air strike in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen, August 8, 2018.

The UN says some Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes

The UN says some Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes
Artist Haifa Subay paints a mural about children's suffering in a time of war, part of the 'Silent Victims' campaign in Sanaa, Yemen

After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, violence has become 'normalized'

On March 26, 2015, Saudi Arabia entered the Yemen civil war with support from the US and the UK. A Western reporter and Yemenis from the north to the south tell how warring sides are dug in and civilians are becoming accustomed to the fighting.

After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, violence has become 'normalized'
A man walks on a street where Houthis have recently clashed with forces loyal to Yemen's former president

Yemen's capital is under lockdown — hear a first-person account

Forget about Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp if you're in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Houthi authorities there have blocked social media while increasing security across the city. A resident tells what it's like to live under lockdown conditions.

Yemen's capital is under lockdown — hear a first-person account
Saida Ahmed Baghili, second from left, 19, who is recovering from severe malnutrition, poses for a photograph with her father and her sisters Jalila, left, 12, and Amal, right, 7, and 4-year-old brother Omar at their hut in al-Tuhaita district of Hodeidah

UN official calls humanitarian conditions in Yemen 'shocking'

UN aid chief Mark Lowcock called on warring parties to respect international law. "It's been shocking to see the terrible impact of this man-made conflict," he told reporters before leaving Sanaa.

UN official calls humanitarian conditions in Yemen 'shocking'
Attack on funeral in Yemen

Saudi Arabia's coalition is accused of attacking a funeral packed with mourners in Yemen

Rebels in control of Yemen's capital accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting them of killing more than 100 people and wounding hundreds more Saturday in air strikes on a funeral in Sanaa. The coalition denied it.

Saudi Arabia's coalition is accused of attacking a funeral packed with mourners in Yemen
The remains of the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Hayden, Yemen

Another week, another Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed

This week saw another Doctors Without Borders destroyed in an airstrike — this time in Yemen. Natalie Roberts used to work there.

Another week, another Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed
Yemen's capital Sanaa September 12, 2015

'I wake up by the sound of the explosions'

A young man in Yemen's capital learns that an air strike on his city has struck too close to home.

'I wake up by the sound of the explosions'
People flee as smoke billows after air strikes hit the house of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 10, 2015

Here's life in Yemen: 'It's about 5:30 p.m. There are jets flying over us.'

Bombs, street fighting and a food shortage do not prevent people in Yemen from going about their business. Yemenis in Sanaa explain how they manage daily life in a time of war.

Here's life in Yemen: 'It's about 5:30 p.m. There are jets flying over us.'
An injured girl reacts as she is carried by a man out of a mosque which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa on March 20, 2015.

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques

A day after Houthi forces failed to seize the airport and destroy the presidential palace in Yemen's second city, Aden, several suicide bombers brought violence to the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Amidst the chaos, it is hard to know who orchestrated the attacks.

Yemen's capital is wracked by bombings targeting mosques
US armored vehicles left behind in Yemen

Western diplomats had 'no Plan B' for Yemen

The Americans, the British and the French closed their embassies in Yemen this week. Iona Craig, who lived in Yemen for years, says that while Western governments were concerned about safety, they were also showing their dissatisfaction with the Houthis, the group that overthrew Yemen's government.

Western diplomats had 'no Plan B' for Yemen
Followers of the Houthi movement march as they demonstrate to show support for the Shiite rebel group in Sana'a on January 23, 2015.

The Houthi takeover in Yemen will reverberate in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has lost a king, while its neighbor to the south, Yemen, is without a president after Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi stepped down. With a Shiite group now in control of Yemen, how will Saudi Arabia's new king react?

The Houthi takeover in Yemen will reverberate in Saudi Arabia