It's usually overshadowed by other top news headlines, but there's no denying that the civil war in Yemen, which began one year ago, has wreaked incredible chaos and humanitarian suffering on the already-poor country.
Since March 26, 2015, a Saudi-led coaltion of mostly Sunni Arab states has conducted airstrikes in Yemen against the Houthi movement, a Shi'a rebel group that took over the Yemeni capital Sanaa from the Saudi-backed government in September, 2014. Since the start of the airstrike campaign, the UN has estimated over 8,000 civilian casualties.
A series of attempted peace talks have failed, though UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed told Reuters Wednesday that the warring sides had agreed to halt combat on April 10, one week before planned talks in Kuwait.
Here's a roundup of photos from around Yemen this past week:
Men recieve humanitarian aid in Sanaa from the World Food Program on March 16, 2016. Food, water, and electricity shortages have been dire for many Yemenis since the start of the civil war. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
Women attend a demonstration on March 20, 2016 in Sanaa to show solidarity with the Taez governorate, where fighting had raged since the day before as rebel forces attempted to retake parts of the country's third-largest city from government loyalists. (Mohammed Huwais)
A Jewish Yemeni man arrives in Israel on March 21, 2016 after a covert operation that evacuated a group of 19 Yemeni Jews from their home country. The group of 19 were amongst the last remaining members of Yemen's ancient Jewish community, and now it is estimated that only 40-50 Jews remain. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
A woman inspects the damage to a school building after an airstrike in Sanaa that was reportedly carried out by Saudi-led forces on March 23, 2016. The civil war has been especially painful for Yemen's children - the UN estimates that hundreds have been killed by the fightining, and hundreds of thousands of others face malnutrition. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
Sanaa's UNESCO-listed historic buildings are shown damaged following airstrikes on March 23, 2016 that were reportedly carried out by the Saudi-led coalition. The capital city's unique historic district has been under great risk of destruction since the start of the war, and repeated pleas by UNESCO officials seemingly haven't been enough to halt the damage. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
