Some places on earth contain so much natural, untouched beauty that you simply must see it to believe it. Socotra is one such place. Brimming with wondrous and incredible biodiversity, it is home to ...

Most people would struggle to place it on a map, but Socotra is one of the world’s last unspoiled island chains – an archipelago off the coast of Yemen that has wildlife so diverse it has been ...

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Australians are among hundreds of tourists scrambling to leave a remote Yemeni island, as a crisis on the mainland between ...

Many have labelled Socotra island "alien" and the land of mystery. Socotra is a group of small islands of the Republic of Yemen. Many have labelled these islands as "alien" and the land of mystery.

One hundred and fifty miles off the Horn of Africa lies a tiny archipelago of islands known as Socotra. Because of its extreme isolation from other land masses, Socotra has very unique plant life, a ...

So there I was, lying on my back in a bikini on a deserted white-sand beach in Yemen, squinting into the shimmering turquoise sea to the west, wondering if I could make out Somalia from here. I couldn ...

Only goats seeking shade now use the long-abandoned lines of Soviet-era T-34 tanks, but the rusting relics point to the strategic value that Yemen's Socotra islands hold for foreign powers. The ...

On the drive into the windswept port of Qalansiyah on the northwest corner of Socotra, an offshore territory of Yemen, a line of overturned wooden boats becomes visible just beyond a row of high dunes ...

Most people would struggle to place it on a map, but Socotra is one of the world’s last unspoiled island chains – an archipelago off the coast of Yemen that has wildlife so diverse it has been ...