Naseh Shaker

Naseh Shaker is a freelance journalist based in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. His bylines appear on Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye, Press TV and The New Arab. He has reported from war-ravaged cities on war crimes, especially when children come under attack. On Twitter: @Naseh_Shaker

Gulf | Dec 19, 2021

5 killed by stray bullets from soccer celebration in war-ravaged Yemen

Yemen's winning West Asian Junior Cup 2021 has brought rare joy to all Yemenis, but the joy is mixed with sorrow at civilian casualties from celebratory stray bullets.

Gulf | Sep 10, 2021

Houthis under fire for arresting wedding singer in Yemeni capital

There are calls in Sanaa to form a union to defend the rights of singers, amid ongoing abuses and arrests targeting them by the Houthi rebel authorities.

A Yemeni artist sitting atop the rubble of a collapsed buiding plays the guitar during a street performance, Taez, Yemen, Dec. 6, 2019.

Yemen | Aug 30, 2021

Yemen's new school year kicks off as 6 million children at risk

The new school year started in Yemen's government-held areas on Aug. 15 and in areas held by Houthi rebels Aug. 14, as the UN is saying children's education has become one of the greatest casualties of conflict in the war-torn country.

Yemeni school children sit outside their school on Sept. 29, 2014, in the district of Chamlane in northern Sanaa.

Gulf Pulse | Aug 20, 2021

Yemen's Houthis hope Afghan turmoil will speed up agreement to end war

Yemen's Houthi rebels are drawing comparisons between the Taliban takeover of Kabul, which caused President Ashraf Ghani to flee Afghanistan, to their own takeover of Sanaa and Aden in 2014 and 2015.

Gulf | Aug 4, 2021

Yemen's Houthis blow up homes after losing control in Al-Bayda, Marib

Houthi rebels used to brag of blowing up homes of top government officials between 2010-2014, and once the group took control of Sanaa in 2014, they continued sporadically attacking opponents' homes. But the latest attacks have captured media attention as they coincide with military defeats.

Forces loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels guard the area around Sanaa's Al-Saleh mosque.

Yemen | Apr 1, 2020

Will Baha'is be released from Yemeni prisons as ordered?

At the end of March, Houthi leaders ordered the release of all Baha'is currently detained in Yemeni prisons, including their leader, but there have been no signs of progress in that direction in the ensuing weeks.

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF10000369865

Yemen | Mar 24, 2020

WHO warns Yemen of pending 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases

Yemen's rival governments are doing what they can to prepare for the arrival of the coronavirus, but the country's long civil war has taken its toll on resources and people.

Saudi Arabia | Mar 12, 2020

Will Marib province survive Houthi offensive after fall of al-Jawf?

An offensive on Marib province is looming but may not be imminent as analysts say they think Marib will likely remain in a state of ebb and flow following the battles in al-Jawf and Nihm.

Yemen | Mar 2, 2020

How can Yemen's fragile health system combat coronavirus?

Yemen survived four years of a cholera epidemic, but its fragile health system could collapse under a coronavirus outbreak.

Gulf | Feb 28, 2020

Yemen’s Hadi hopes new governor calms Mahra tensions

In the wake of clashes between Saudi forces and local tribesmen in Mahra province, Yemen’s president appointed a new governor in the hope of preventing further violence.