Yemen

Key Facts About Yemen

• •Yemen is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
• •The ancient city of Sana'a is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
• •Yemen controls the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, one of the world's most critical shipping lanes.
• •Socotra Island, off Yemen's coast, is home to extraordinary endemic flora, including the Dragon Blood Tree.
• •Yemen was once part of the ancient kingdom of Sheba, referenced in biblical and Quranic texts.

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