VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh spent two weeks in Yemen's seaport city of Aden. Surrounded by Houthi militia rebels and under siege "from air, land, and sea," Adenis the focal point of the Yemeni Southern Resistance.Amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis, enduring the chaos of near-constant shelling and menace of snipers, he films with refugees, local politicians, and a training camp teaching young Yemenis to continue fighting the Houthi forces.Dairieh also visits the frontlines, where his group comes under incoming fire. The conflict is also taking its toll on innocent children and in a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital we witness the graphic cost of war.Watch: Inside War-Torn Yemen: Sanaa Under AttackNorth Korea Likely Supplied Scud Missiles Fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi RebelsAs Yemenis Starve, Saudi Arabia is Accused of War Crimes in the Country
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The Siege of Aden
VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh spent two weeks in Yemen’s seaport city of Aden, surrounded by Houthi militia rebels and under siege from air, land, and sea.