A step toward appeasement after 8 years of war, Yemen

Landsat OLI-TIRS acquired on 23 October 2013 from 07:33:20 to 07:33:44 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 08 October 2018 at 07:28:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 October 2022 at 07:28:29 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 17 October 2022 at 07:29:11 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, food security, agriculture, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Fig. 1 - S2 (23.10.2013) - Yemen lies at South, Saudi Arabia at North. View of the western border before the civil war.
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NDVI shows at right. The land seems more green on the Yemen side.
Fig. 2 - S2 (08.10.2018) - With Saudi destruction of Yemen crops, fields have regressed a lot more in Yemen than in Saudi Arabia.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (12 & 17.10.2022) - More surfaces are cultivated on the Yemen side of the border again.
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After the death of 300-400 000 people in this war, mostly civilians, it's possibly the deepest sign of appeasement since 2014 with 869 prisoners exchanged between the Houthis and the Government backed by a Saudi-led coalition. The different phases of this war may explain the comparative evolution of crops between Yemen and neighbouring Saudi Arabia (used as witness).
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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