Why does Bab al-Mandab matter so much to Italy?
Yemen Explained breaks down the strait’s importance to Italy’s trade and shipping.
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Bab al-Mandab is vital not only to global shipping, but also to global connectivity
Around 17% of global internet traffic passes through submarine cables in the area.
Houthi child recruitment begins in schools and summer camps
Houthi child recruitment begins in schools and summer camps where children are brainwashed, then they are gradually dragged to the front lines in a complete system that steals their childhood.
“For the Houthi militia, a journalist is the first target as soon as they enter any city”
Despite the horrific injury from a Houthi sniper bullet to his neck, journalist Taha Saleh bravely chose to stay alongside the people and the victims to document what is happening in his city.
At nine years old, a Houthi mortar shell changed Younis’s life forever
He lost both legs, his left hand and his left eye. But he did not give up. “They took our limbs, but not our resolve.”
Nada went to collect firewood and returned having lost a hand and an eye to a Houthi landmine
It took part of her childhood, but not her determination to learn and draw.
“We had land, but the Houthis seized it”
Yemen Explained visited Husn Al-Jaifi at a displacement camp in Marib, where she is living after the Houthis forced her from her home in Al-Jawf, displacing her for a second time.
Introducing Yemen Explained
Too often, Yemen is reported without the context needed to understand what is really happening. We’re here to change that. See Yemen in context.
Shaimaa was playing hide-and-seek when Houthi shelling cost her a leg
Yemen Explained met her to hear her story and the lasting impact of that moment.
“I lost my children, my husband, my daughter, even my cow”
Families displaced by Houthi attacks describe lives torn apart in minutes.
