Little known Yemen in grip of civil war

No warning is given and no air raid sirens sound but the people of Sana’a city in Yemen know when the bombs are about to start falling.

“You’ll know when you hear a plane overhead because the air space is closed to commercial flights so there’s only going to be one type of plane flying,” says Emma O’Leary of the military airstrikes that have become part of the soundtrack to life in the struggling city.

The 31-year-old Corkwoman speaks with a coolness that betrays no trace of the fear the regular strikes must surely generate.