Rubble and Grief: On the Ground in Yemen

Saudi Arabia launched a military operation overnight in Yemen by a regional coalition to defend the government of embattled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi as the country teeters on the brink of civil war. This gallery shows the immediate aftermath.

People carry the body of a child they uncovered from under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015.

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Yemenis look for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi air strikes against Huthi rebels near Sanaa Airport on March 26, 2015, which killed at least 13 civilians.

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People uncover the body of a man from under the rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike near Sanaa Airport March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the U.S.-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge.

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People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sanaa Airport March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the U.S.-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTR4UXIC

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A truck loaded with belongings is seen in the Yemeni capital as citizens move to a safer place on March 26, 2015 after Saudi air strikes against Huthi rebels near the Sanaa Airport.

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A Yemeni woman looks at her destroyed house in the Yemeni capital on March 26, 2015, after Saudi air strikes against Huthi rebels near Sanaa Airport.

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Yemenis drive in a car loaded with their belongings in the Yemeni capital as they move to a safer place on March 26, 2015 after Saudi air strikes against Huthi rebels near Sanaa Airport.

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Pro-Houthi police troopers walk after shooting in the air to disperse demonstrators who are against Houthis in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz March 26, 2015. Houthi militants seized Taiz at the weekend as they moved closer to Aden.

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People carry the body of a man they uncovered from under the rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike near Sanaa Airport March 26, 2015.

Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

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People gather at the site of an air strike at a residential area near Sanaa Airport March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the U.S.-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge.

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Rubble and Grief: On the Ground in Yemen

Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shi'ite Muslim rebels fighting to oust Yemen's president on Thursday, a gamble by the world's top oil exporter to check Iranian influence in its backyard without direct military backing from Washington.

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