Yemen Economic Crisis Deepens With Fuel Shortage After Violence
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Safiah Hussein al-Raimi stood for hours outside a store in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, for five straight days to buy a tank of cooking gas to prepare food for her husband and four children. She left empty handed each time.
“Life is becoming hell here and we can’t afford it,” al-Raimi, 43, said as she lined up during her fifth attempt. “We have no gas, no power, not enough food.”