Mick Hartley

Boys sit on the edge of the roof of their house in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen:

[Photo: Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters]

From a gallery on Yemen's remote mountain villages, away from the war, by Reuters photographer Abduljabbar Zeyad.

Historic Sanaa, meanwhile, is being targeted by Saudi planes. From the Times (£):

Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition have bombed the Old City of Sanaa, destroying several of its ancient tower houses — the latest blow to Yemen’s rich cultural heritage during 16 months of war.

The airstrike was one of several aimed at the headquarters of the internal security service of the Houthi rebels, which is in the heart of the Old City. The area boasts thousands of 11th-century earthen towers, most of which are still inhabited, and was listed as a Unesco world heritage site in 1986. The Houthis, Shia rebels backed by Iran, ousted President Hadi in March last year.

The defence ministry, near the gates of the Old City, was also hit. One civilian was killed and three were injured during the attacks, the first on the Old City since May last year. The area has been inhabited for at least 2,500 years.

There have been growing calls in Britain to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of indiscriminate bombing. The government in Riyadh has bought £3 billion worth of British arms….

Unesco and Yemeni officials have repeatedly warned that Yemen’s cultural heritage is being devastated by the war. At least 75 sites have been damaged, according to Mohannad Ahmad al-Syani, Yemen’s director of antiquities. A coalition airstrike last month levelled the 9th-century Prophet Shuaibi mosque in Bani Matar, ten miles from Sanaa, after Islamists had destroyed a 16th-century mosque in the southern province of Taiz. In February the national museum in Taiz, home to rare manuscripts and pre-Islamic objects, was reduced to ashes by Houthi shelling.

For a reminder of the glories of Sanaa, here's a beautiful panoramic view over the city at sunset, from 2009.