yemen's unending chaos

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Months of bombing by a Saudi-led coalition of Arab nations including Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, and Bahrain, with the support of the United States, have resulted in thousands of deaths and countless houses and buildings reduced to rubble.

Yemen’s already-fragile infrastructure is under intense pressure, as the lack of security and supplies affect every individual and institution.

The United Nations continues to attempt to bring about a meaningful cease-fire, to little effect. Gathered here are images from a deeply-fractured Yemen, taken over the past few months.

Debris and smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hits an army base in Sanaa on September 12, 2015.

A picture taken on November 16, 2015 shows a Saudi pilot sitting in a F-15 fighter jet at the Khamis Mushayt military airbase, some 880 km from Riyadh, as the Saudi army conducts operations over Yemen.

Armed Yemeni tribesmen loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fire from a tank in the area of Sirwah, west of Marib city, on November 3, 2015.

A Yemeni Shiite Houthi rebel stands next to a national flag in the capital Sanaa on September 21, 2015.

A dog walks on the rubble of a house after an air strike in Sanaa on December 29, 2015.

Armed Yemeni tribesmen loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fire west of Marib city, on December 18, 2015.

A Yemeni soldier, pictured through a vehicle's windscreen, which was damaged by a bullet, gestures out of the window, on October 15, 2015.

An explosion and smoke rise after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition at a weapons depot in Sanaa on September 11, 2015.

A man looks at cows killed by a Saudi-led air strike at a dairy farm in Bajil in Yemen's western province of Houdieda on January 2, 2016.

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a foodstuff storage facility in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Houdieda on January 6, 2016.

A girl fills a container with water from a public tap amid an acute shortage of water, in the old city of Sanaa on November 25, 2015.

A soldier loyal to Yemen's government stands on the back of a truck transporting landmines left by the Houthi rebels in the country's central province of Marib, on December 21, 2015.

Tribal fighters take position on a street during fighting with Shiite rebels known as Houthis, in the outskirts of Taiz, Yemen, on December 16, 2015.

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hits an army academy in Sanaa on September 20, 2015.

The feet of a child covered in dust are seen as people search for survivors under the rubble of a house in Yemen's capital Sanaa on September 19, 2015.

An Emirati gunner watches for enemy fire from the rear gate of a United Arab Emirates Chinook military helicopter flying over Yemen on September 17.

Fire and smoke rise after a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa on September 17, 2015.

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, center, walks with officials as he tours in the port of Aden, Yemen, on January 4, 2016.

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack that killed the governor of the port city of Aden on December 6, 2015.

A man inspects his house destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa on January 8, 2016.

People assist a wounded Yemeni to disembark an airplane as he arrives to receive treatment in Sudan hospitals, at Khartoum airport, Sudan, on September 5, 2015.

A boy stands in a house damaged by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa, on September 11, 2015.

A Shiite fighter, known as a Houthi, holds his weapon during a tribal gathering showing support to the Houthi movement in Sanaa on October 22.

People walk past headgear lying on the ground at the al-Balili mosque after two bombings at the mosque in Sanaa on September 24, 2015.

Tribal fighters prepare to take their positions on a street during fighting with Shiite rebels known as Houthis, in Taiz, Yemen, on November 16, 2015.

People carry a man injured from clashes between tribal fighters and Houthis in Taiz, Yemen on October 21, 2015.

A man stands on a poster of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi among the wreckage of a municipal building destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa, on January 3, 2016.

The sky over Sanaa is illuminated by anti-aircraft fire during a Saudi-led air strike on Sanaa on September 26, 2015.

The presidential palace, which was destroyed during recent fighting, in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on September 27, 2015.

A man cries after some of his relatives were killed in a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa on September 21, 2015.