IN THE burns ward of the Republican Hospital in Sana’a, Jameela Abdul Hamad sits with her head in her hands. She and her family fled from Taiz, 200km (120 miles) south of Sana’a, a few weeks ago to escape indiscriminate shelling by the Houthi militia who have taken over much of the north of the country. But on September 22nd the family was struck by four rockets while taking refuge in a school on the outskirts of the capital. The rockets were fired by a coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, that is trying to drive the Houthis out.
The doctor treating Mrs Hamad says her husband and three children were killed instantly. The same week, 80 patients were brought in from Taiz, whose own hospitals have been destroyed in the war. As the war intensifies, civilian deaths such as these are increasingly common across the country. They are the human cost of the battle to control Yemen.
In Sana’a civilian life has disintegrated. People sleep and wake up to the sound of air raids. Nizam Nasher, a professor at the University of Science and Technology, says “death surrounds you, if not in your home, in the mosque or market”. Recently two weddings were bombed in the towns of...Continue reading
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