Governance fragmentation and collapsing health in wartime Yemen [Lawfare] ↳

The U.S. slashed its humanitarian aid to Yemen by $107 million in 2025 after having funded half of the international response plan the year before, deepening the ongoing crisis. Writing for Lawfare, the authors argue that the funding collapse compounds a war economy in which rival Houthi and Internationally Recognized Government authorities run parallel health systems and treat aid as patronage.