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In 2011, the Yemeni authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced to turn over his long seated regime to his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Though the political switch was intended to settle revolts in Yemen, militant attacks, corruption, food insecurity and continuing loyalty of Saleh officers made Hadi’s transition into power difficult. In 2014 the Houthi Shia Muslim rebel movement took advantage of the new President’s weakness and fighting began. Learn more about the three-long-year Yemenese Civil War from the BBC.
In December of 2015, when President Trump called for a “Muslim Ban,” a survey concluded that 48% of respondents approved, according The Economist. How is this staggering statistic affecting American Muslims?
As Yemeni forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pushed toward port city of Al Hudaydah on Thursday for perhaps the bloodiest battle of the Yemeni war, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman joined FIFA President as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin to watch the world soccer match, New York Times writers Margaret Coker and Eric Schmitt report.
Partnered with Reuters, Clodagh Kilcoyne has assembled a photo exhibition for The Guardian that tells the story of Rohingya refugee daily life during monsoon season in Bangladesh.
