Explainer-Why Yemen is at war


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Jan 2022

Rescuers use a crane to remove collapsed concrete roof of a detention center hit by air strikes in Saada, Yemen January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Naif Rahma

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched two missile attacks at the United Arab Emirates in the last week, raising the stakes in a ruinous and complex conflict.

Monday's assault https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uaes-defense-ministry-destroyed-2-houthi-ballistic-missiles-wam-2022-01-24, which the Houthis said was aimed at a base hosting the U.S. military, was thwarted by American-built Patriot interceptors, following a strike that killed three people a week earlier at a fuel depot in Abu Dhabi.

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