Quite rermarkable! Be sure to see the photos at the link. I wonder if this type of effort could be transferred to other countries with civil wars. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...aintops_us_57d80d43e4b0fbd4b7bb6aa2?section=& WORLDPOST Yemeni Villagers Build New Life High Above The Conflict Destroying Their Country Up in the mountaintops, villagers are safe from the raging violence below. 09/13/2016 04:10 pm ET Jesselyn Cook World News Reporter, The Huffington Post ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/REUTERS Young boys sit on the roof of their home in the mountains of Yemens Jafariya district on May 31, 2016. Yemeni villagers have built an isolated community in the mountaintops, far beyond the conflict below. High in the remote mountains of Yemens western Jafariya district, villagers remain safe from the vicious battle for power below that has pushed their country to the edge of civil war. A year and a half ago, clashes erupted between forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and Yemens Houthi rebels, a Shiite militia that forced the embattled leader out of the nations capital in February 2015. A Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab states then launched an airstrike campaign against the Houthis. The devastated country has also come under fire from so-called Islamic State militants, who killed 137 people in major suicide bombings targeting mosques in March of last year. The scale of civilian suffering in Yemen is immense. Millions have been displaced by the crisis, and thousands more have been wounded or killed. One year into the deadly conflict, UNICEF statistics revealed that children accounted for one-third of all civilian deaths. Yemenis seeking refuge up in the mountaintops are far from the raging violence, but life in the isolated community is extremely challenging as many basic services are simply inaccessible. As Reuters reports, food is cooked over a fire, there is no electricity or running water, goods are imported uphill on foot and by cable cars, and medical specialists are hours away. Despite the difficulty of life, were still living here, just as our fathers and our ancestors did, 65-year-old Mohammad Yahya Haidar told the news service. We grow coffee and grain like they did, and weve grown accustomed to this life with all its cruelty and extreme hardship. Take a look at these extraordinary photos of Yemens mountaintop villagers. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters Boys swim in a pond in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen, on June 2, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A cable car carries supplies to Dhalamlam Mountain on May 20, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A man rides a cable car that carries people and supplies to the mountaintop on May 31, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A woman walks along an uphill path in the region on June 2, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A girl sits on the roof of her house on June 1, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A girl plays on a swing near her house in the mountains on June 3, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A cable car operator uses a vehicle engine to run the cable car on May 20, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters Houses are pictured in the mountains on May 20, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A man and a child walk along a path on May 20, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters Workers build a house in the mountains on June 2, 2016. ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/Reuters A beekeeper checks his beehives in the mountains on May 21, 2016. More: Yemen Houthi Rebels Saudi Coalition
Typically their houses are quite shallow dug into the rock face.. like Pubelos. Altitude about 5,000 feet and cool. They lived there a thousand years before cable cars. Its a tough environment unless you are part mountain goat.
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