TAEZ, YEMEN (AFP) – The sound of an electric saw rips through a lush mountain landscape in southern Yemen, where years of conflict and soaring prices have left people desperate for fuel and income. “We started cutting trees and selling them because we have no other way of making a living,” said Hussein Abdulqawi from […]
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The sound of an electric saw rips through a lush mountain landscape in southern Yemen, where years of conflict and soaring prices have left people desperate for fuel and income."We started cutting trees and selling them because we have no other way of making a living," said Hussein Abdulqawi from a thinning forest on the outskirts of Taez.He and other workers lugged freshly cut wood into the back of a van near the city, which is besieged by rebels but still under government control.
The sound of an electric saw rips through a lush mountain landscape in southern Yemen, where years of conflict and soaring prices have left people desperate