home from school. since the attack, the boys world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war, hashim? bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells, he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? i feel scared and run. there s a lot of explosions. bader wants to be a doctor when he s older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school.
children have been killed or seriously injured during years of war in the arab world s poorest country. and 11 million children are in need of one more forms of humanitarian assistance, with millions facing risk of malnourishment. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin brings us this special report from inside yemen on the children of a forgotten war. yemen s young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there s one place that shows their suffering, it s al rasheed street, a front line neighbourhood in the city of taiz. it s home to bader al harbi, who s seven. he and his brother hashim were hit by houthi shelling last october coming
yemen s young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, in the city of taiz. it s home to badr al harbi, who s seven. he and his brother hashim were hit by houthi shelling last october, they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of
sounds from the war? bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells, he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? i feel scared and run. there s a lot of explosions. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. i want to go back, he tells me, but my leg has been cut off. how can i go out of the house?
world s poorest country. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the city of tieiz in southwest yemen, which is virtually surrounded by houthi forces. yemen s young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there s one place that shows they re suffering, it s al rasheed street, a frontline neighbourhood in the city of taiz. it s home to badr al harbi, who s seven. he and his brother hashim were hit by houthi shelling last october, coming home from school. since the attack, the boys world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger.