There is no end in sight to the fight for Yemen

Saudi air strikes are weakening an already impoverished country and a negotiated settlement between factions firing rockets at each other is looking impossible.

A FEW days after Saudi Arabia started bombing Yemen last month, a friend of mine from the port city of Aden began sending me distressing images. “The situation is appalling,” Mohamed said in an e-mail. “Everyone’s afraid of getting killed by air strikes ... This is more than we can get used to.”