Renewed fighting in Yemen forces children to give up school for work

Renewed fighting between Iran-aligned Houthi forces and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces has disrupted four years of relative calm, forcing children out of school and into work, according to The Guardian.

Thirteen-year-old Muneer Farie, from al-Wazeyah district in Taiz, previously split his time between school in the mornings and helping his father with livestock in the afternoons, with hopes of becoming his farming family's first teacher.

As fighting approached his village two weeks ago, the sounds of explosions and gunfire began interrupting his classroom, and his home suddenly found itself on the frontline of the renewed conflict.

The report describes a broader pattern across Taiz of families reshaping their daily lives around the resumption of fighting after years of relative stability in the area.

The source did not provide casualty figures or a timeline for when the fighting might subside, though it noted the toll on children's education and family livelihoods in the affected districts.