TUCKED away in the middle of Yemen lies an ancient desert city with a unique style of architecture that dates back to the 16th century. Dubbed the "Manhattan of the Dessert", the sprawling towers ...

With its mud-brick buildings, Shibam, a 16th-century city surrounded by a fortified wall ... this architectural wonder exemplifies Yemen's distinctive style. In addition to Shibam, the cities ...

In October 2019, The Guardian's Beth McKernan took a look at the cost Yemen's civil war is having on its ancient cities ... Almost all of the houses in the city have eroded, and cracks can ...

an ancient city in southwest Yemen. A man covered in blood, her cousin, cried as the doctors rushed her to the trauma center. “Both legs?” he asked when the doctor returned and gestured to ...

More than 130 people have been killed during heavy rains in Yemen since mid-July ... extensive damage to historic sites in Sanaa's Old City, a Unesco World Heritage Site. The city is home to ...

It compares ancient Southwest Arabia (3500 BC–AD 600) with the American West (2000 BC–AD 1950) in global context to illustrate similarities and differences among environmental, cultural, political, ...