Yemen’s civil war returns and overwhelms hospitals with ‘a very dangerous situation’
- 25, 2026, 8:38 PM EDTBy The Associated PressADEN, Yemen — Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail.
- Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore.
- Tarek’s father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha as Iran-backed rebels swept in this month, bringing a return to civil war.
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- 25, 2026, 8:38 PM EDTBy The Associated PressADEN, Yemen — Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail.
- Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore.
- Tarek’s father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha as Iran-backed rebels swept in this month, bringing a return to civil war.
Sources: NBC News