​Yemen conflict: 'This war has killed everything that was beautiful'

Yemenis stand amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes in a village near Sana’a. Photograph: Hani Mohammed/AP
Kareem Shaheen in Beirut-Monday 6 April 2015

A mesmerising tune floods into Sarah Jamal’s ears, shielding them from the horror of the air strikes outside. Every night, when the bombing of the Yemeni capital begins in earnest, she takes refuge in the poetry she and her compatriots used to perform in Tahrir Square, Sana’a, when Arab spring protests four years ago held the tantalising promise of a new Yemen.

The Saudi-led campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen reaches its twelfth day as the coalition tries to prevent the group from capturing the port city of Aden.

Yemen conflict 'This war has killed everything that was beautiful'.odt by Thavam Ratna