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Children forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in Yemen

Photo: The Guardian World

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Renewed fighting between Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces has shattered four years of relative calm In the mornings, 13-year-old Muneer Farie went to school, and in the afternoons he helped his father feed the livestock. He took his studies seriously, dreaming of becoming the first teacher in his family of farmers. As fighting approached his village in al-Wazeyah district in Taiz, Yemen, two weeks…

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