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Our cover story this week: Saudi Arabia thought a bombing campaign would quickly crush its enemies in Yemen. But three years later, the Houthis refuse to give up, even as 14 million people face starvation. nyti.ms/2DepAgQ

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia unleashed a full-scale military campaign against the Houthis, a powerful and enigmatic militia, who had captured most of Yemen a few months earlier. nyti.ms/2DfBLtW

The Saudis had assembled a coalition of nine states, and they made clear that they considered the Houthis, who are allied with Iran, a mortal threat on their southern border. nyti.ms/2DfBLtW

The war has turned much of Yemen into a wasteland and has killed at least 10,000 civilians, mostly in errant airstrikes. nyti.ms/2DfBLtW

Some 14 million people in Yemen are facing starvation. The country is facing the worst famine seen in the world in 100 years. Disease is rampant, including the world’s worst modern outbreak of cholera. nyti.ms/2DfBLtW

.@robertfworth reports on how the war in Yemen became a bloody stalemate — and a humanitarian disaster. Photographs by Lynsey Addario:
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