In Yemen’s Sanaa, fear and defiance
after US bombs
Yemenis have already lived through years of war but are worried things will get worse if US intensifies its campaign.
Sanaa, Yemen – Mukhtar Ahmed was riding his bike in northern Sanaa’s al-Jiraf area when the ground trembled beneath him. Thunderous explosions echoed through the air, followed by the sound of terrified screams.
It was Saturday just after sunset, a time when people were home for iftar during the holy month of Ramadan
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“I got off the bike and darted towards an alley. I thought it would be impossible to survive,” the 26-year-old restaurant delivery courier told Al Jazeera. “The sheer terror of those explosions could kill.”
Mukhtar had no idea what had caused the deafening roar heard across Yemen’s densely populated capital. But he later came to realise, the United States was bombing Yemen.
A wave of American air strikes had killed more than 50 people.
The bombs pounded the vicinity of the political office of the Houthi rebel group (officially known as Ansar Allah), the de facto rulers of Yemen’s populous northwest.
It marked the beginning of an ongoing US bombing campaign that may usher in a new phase of war and instability for Yemen.
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