article_snippet: Since the Arab Spring in 2011, Yemenis have endured intermittent fighting, attempted coups and increasing violence but now, with Houthi militiamen advancing on the beleaguered forces of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the second city of Aden, things look increasingly bleak.
article_snippet: With the capital Sana'a also in the hands of the Iran-backed rebels, women and children are now on the front line of a conflict that, last night alone, saw an estimated 40 people perish after Saudi war planes apparently bombed a refugee camp.
article_snippet: Now a haunting new set of photos has shed light on what Yemen stands to lose, including a Bedouin minority that has lived in Yemen - and neigbouring countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia - for thousands of years.
article_snippet: Under threat: women and children were photographed in Amran, a town that fell to the Houthis last summer and is now being targeted with air strikes .
article_snippet: Fighting: This little girl was photographed close to the city of Taiz which fell to the Houthi militia yesterday .
article_snippet: But more than ever, the country's women and children future looks uncertain with Saudi Arabian troops massing on the Saudi Arabian border, Iran refusing to back down and nightly air strikes conducted by planes from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and even Sudan.
article_snippet: So far, most have been confined to the capital with Sa'naa's international airport among the targets hit last night, along with an army camp in Saadeh and the Red Sea port of Hudaida. '
article_snippet: But with both towns falling to the Houthis yesterday, Some days of being allowed to do as Some please could be numbered.
article_snippet: The current round of fighting in Yemen has pitted government forces led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi against an Iran-backed rebel force made up of Houthis and soldiers supporting former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh who was ousted in 2012.
article_snippet: Much of fighting in Yemen is focused on Aden.
article_snippet: Aden is Hadi's last stronghold in Yemen and remains besieged despite a fifth day of  air strikes aimed at checking the advance of the HouthisHouthi .
article_snippet: Overrun: Residents of Taiz such as women have now been overwhelmed by Houthi rebels who advanced into Aden yesterday .
article_snippet: Soldiers from Yemeni units loyal to
article_snippet: ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh pictured on the outskirts of Taiz .
highlights_snippet: Government troops are currently holed up in the port of Aden and are being besieged by the Iran-backed militia .
  