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Socotra sat at the edge of a nation torn by decades of war, yet on the island itself life remained peaceful, slow, and ...

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed date aid to displaced families, vulnerable individuals, and people with disabilities in Yemen’s Socotra Governorate. The ...

Between Africa and Arabia lies an island of rare biological oddities—one that’s buffeted now by development, cyclones, and civil war. The Socotra dragon's blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, can live a ...

Teaching Assistant ("New Conflicts") Catholic University of Milan, Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI, and Adjunct Professor at ASERI ("Yemen: Drivers of Conflict and Security Implications"), ...

Some places on earth contain so much natural, untouched beauty that you simply must see it to believe it. Socotra is one such place. Brimming with wondrous and incredible biodiversity, it is home to ...

Many have labelled Socotra island "alien" and the land of mystery. Socotra is a group of small islands of the Republic of Yemen. Many have labelled these islands as "alien" and the land of mystery.

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site ...

One hundred and fifty miles off the Horn of Africa lies a tiny archipelago of islands known as Socotra. Because of its extreme isolation from other land masses, Socotra has very unique plant life, a ...

He fishes by hand, lives alone in a remote cave and is a living testament to the way residents once lived on this far-flung island in Yemen. Standing on a rocky outcrop on the north-western tip of the ...

Socotra achieved 99.9941% uptime across 50 upgrades in 2024, continuing its position as the most reliable policy administration system in the market For the second year in a row, Socotra is the only ...

As visitors flock to see the Yemen island’s Candyland-like features, the increase in tourism is both helping to ease poverty and straining traditional ways of life. Nestled high on a plateau between ...