Bethan McKernan

Boats anchored at Qalansiya, Socotra, Yemen

Yemen’s war hasn’t yet reached this remote island paradise. But conflict is brewing.

May 7, 2018Conflict

Arab governments are fighting over an island paradise in the Indian Ocean that few people have seen. Socotra, the size and shape of Long Island, New York, is home to 60,000 people and some of the strangest-looking plants on Earth.

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