Yemen's State Within a Failed State

A rare journey to the rugged province of Saada, the battle-torn region that has fallen out of the government's control during the past year.

PHOTOS BY TOM FINN | JANUARY 27, 2012

A girl cares for her sister in a threadbare camp for displaced Yemenis in Saada city. In early 2011, more than a year after a January 2010 ceasefire between Houthi rebels and Yemeni and Saudi forces, more than 250,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) remained scattered across Yemen in protracted displacement.

 

Tom Finn is a freelance journalist based in Sanaa, Yemen.