the Yemeni War Through the Eyes of a 12-Year-Old Boy

'Behind me are the ruins of my house. The only thing found among the ruins is my favorite toy. I will keep playing with it, to remind me of my house, friends and the happy life I used to have and now have lost.'

— Mukhtar Al-Hassani, age 11

World.mic: These Haunting Images Show the Yemeni War Through the Eyes of a 12-Year-Old Boy

When it comes to internalizing the true cost of war, there are few ways more powerful than examining it through the eyes of a child. And that was precisely UNICEF's intent when the organization placed a camera in the hands of a Yemeni boy to capture his day-to-day life.

Abdullah, 12, took pictures of his hometown, Aden, a port city in the south of the country and an economic hub that has become a significant locality in the power struggle between opposing forces.

Since 2012, Yemen has become the battleground for a sectarian proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia, which backs the Sunni Yemeni government, and Shiite Iran, which supports the Shiite Houthi rebels. In 2015 the violence hit a critical point when a Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes killing countless civilians, devastating large portions of the country and irreparably damaging it.

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