War and Survival in Ruined Yemen

In 2015, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hades established his government in the southern city of Adden a few days after rebel forces led by Houthi had invaded the capital, Sana.

As part of the rebel increase, forces in the south closed the ranks around Hades to protect the coastal city and other areas south with the support of a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, reports “Al Jazeera”, Periscopi broadcast.

From the beginning, however, this was a forced alliance in a region where separatist sentiment prevailed even before the war. South was an independent state until the union that took place with the north in 1990.

Today, after three years of conflict and despite the expulsion of Houth from much of southern territory, distrust among separatists against Hades has increased.

In January, the South Transitional Council (STC) has broken the alliance with Yemeni government, and after weeks of confrontation, STC security is looking to take over Aden. Since then, the flags of Yemen's Democratic People's Republic have been seen again in the city, warning new aspirations for south independence.

In the south, the conflict with Houth is growing. However, the region is also affected by the al-Qaeda threat, a problem that has long taken root.

More than 400,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

Their difficulty in accessing drinking water has caused diseases such as cholera and dysentery. The kids are more touched.

Years of war and corruption have also led to the lack of oil at gas stations belonging to the public sphere, which has caused high prices to rise in private ones and in the black market of Adden./Periscopi/