Our Turkey and Middle East correspondent reflects on a violent, tangled conflict that touches even the youngest lives
Yemen, and very dear Yemeni friends, hold a special place in my heart. But every visit is a bittersweet experience; even memories of the nicest afternoon can end up enveloped in sadness.
During a 2019 trip, I was waiting for permission from the Houthi rebels to travel to the north, and got stuck in a desert town called Marib for a few days. I was tired from nonstop travel, the heat, eating badly, and trying to get any decent reporting done. Nothing happens very quickly in Yemen, if it happens at all.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2021/mar/08/on-the-ground-in-yemen-the-war-wont-be-ending-any-time-soon
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