checks different types of locally grown khat [or qat], the leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in Yemen and the wider Arabian Peninsula. After rummaging through bundles of the plant, he finally ...

About 40 percent of Yemen’s dwindling water resources go to qat irrigation. Ever since the river that ran through al Kholani’s farm suddenly dried up, he has had to draw more than 10,000 ...

Yemen faces a devastating crisis where conflict, climate disasters, and food shortages are pushing millions into extreme ...

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The Iran-backed Houthis have forcibly taken control of United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses in Yemen's Saada ...

Oral cancer is diagnosed in people younger than 40 in these two regions and could be related to widespread chewing of qat leaves and tobacco ... Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to studies.