EPA/Yahya Arhab
Thousands killed, millions displaced, a country in ruins: when will the international community act to end the violence?
Saudi-Iranian antipathy on the streets.
Reuters/Adnan Abidi
The war of words between the Gulf’s two biggest powers is hotting up, but they’ve been at loggerheads for decades.
Reuters
Syria and IS may have dominated the news this year, but the Middle East has plenty of other problems on its hands.
Don’t worry, I’m sure the others’ll be here soon.
SPA/EPA
When is a coalition not a coalition? When you don’t tell the founding members they’re in it.
A growing conflict and poor governance are both playing a role in the failure to protect Yemen’s cultural landmarks.
Reuters
By pursuing their strategic goals in the region, the UK, US and an Arab coalition are indirectly contributing to the destruction of Yemen’s cultural heritage.
A Yemeni girl holds a baby in a temporary shelter at the port town Bosasso in Somalia’s Puntland after fleeing war in Yemen.
Reuters/Feisal Omar T
Although Africa is familiar with large-scale refugee crises, it is uncommon for it to host people seeking protection from outside the continent, as is the case with thousands of Yemeni refugees.
Graffiti denouncing strikes by US drones in Yemen.
Khaled Abdullah/REUTERS
Is it enough for the nation’s best newspapers to rely on ‘official sources’ – even when independent investigators say they’re wrong?
Brian Ferguson/USAF
A leak of secret US files reveal details of the drone strike programme. But is this really a ‘new Snowden’?
A man inspects the remains of what ISIS militants say was a US drone that crashed in Raqqa in 2014.
Stringer/REUTERS
A planned US drone strike program in Syria will waste life, political capital and resources.
Houthi followers in Sanaa rally against the Saudi offensive.
Reuters/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi
After decades of caution and under-the-radar meddling, Saudi Arabia launched an all-out war in Yemen. Big mistake.
Faced with the catastrophe in Yemen, too many prefer to look away.
EPA/STR
There’s a massive war going on at the tip of the Arabian peninsula – but you’d hardly know it.
Smokescreen? A Saudi air strike in Sanaa.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen has had unclear strategic consequences and a terrible humanitarian cost. But does anyone believe it’s really over?
Foreign ministers Julie Bishop and Mohammad Zarif demonstrated a growing rapport between Australia and Iran in reaching agreement on some but not all fronts during her visit to Tehran.
EPA
Australia made progress on restoring trade and sharing intelligence on Islamic State in Iraq. Iran was less open to accepting the return of asylum seekers, which may prove a blessing in disguise.
A tribal militiaman loyal to President Hadi in Aden.
EPA/STR
An already complex and dangerous situation has been made worse by the meddling of competing powers. Meanwhile the people continue to suffer.
The aftermath of an apparent Saudi air strike in Yarim, Yemen.
EPA
The joint Arab assault on Yemen is so massive, planning must have been underway for a very long time.
The modern Saudi state rarely steps outside of its borders militarily unless it feels existentially threatened – as it is doing now in Yemen.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
Saudi Arabia’s incursion into Yemen is the latest manifestation of a long-standing struggle between it and Iran over statist issues of conflicting national interest, security and regional hegemony.
Here we go: Houthi rebels rally against Saudi Arabia.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
Yemen’s collapse into full-on chaos could take the Middle East into an all-consuming conflict the like of which we’ve never seen.
How did it come to this? Sana'a after an air strike.
EPA/Yahya
Saudi Arabia could wait no longer to try and dampen the flames engulfing Yemen – but it may be too late.
A losing battle? Iraqi troops and Shia volunteers near Tikrit.
EPA/Baraa Kanaan
Iraq rolled into Tikrit with big promises of a major victory against Islamic State. The world is still waiting.
A Shia Houthi gunman muses on the US’s tactic of choice.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
On January 31, Harith al-Nadhari, a senior al-Qaeda figure who praised the Charlie Hebdo attackers, was killed by a US drone strike. This is the first drone strike in Yemen for a number of weeks, and it…