Jubran, who thinks he is 14 but looks a lot younger, has spent the past few months as a fighter for the Government in the civil war against the al-Houthi rebels. Now the former child soldier is a refugee. With both parents dead, he lives in the squalid al-Mazrak refugee camp near the Saudi border.
The boom of bombs and mortars can still be heard in the distance. “I don’t feel safe in the night. I always feel like a Houthi will be coming to get me,” says Jubran.
“We have nothing to do with Israel or America: we are only fighting for our own land.”
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Yemen child soldier tells of his hatred for al-Houthi rebels - (Oct 10, 2009)
Displaced citizens, both for and against the Yemen government are increasing as the war against Houthis turns more violent.
Innocent children and women are forced to live in tents suffering from cold nights and the fear of a serious health disaster nearing.
Innocent children and women are forced to live in tents suffering from cold nights and the fear of a serious health disaster nearing.
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