Socotra island: The Unesco-protected 'Jewel of Arabia' vanishing amid Yemen’s civil war

The Independent presents the first in an exclusive series from Socotra, an island paradise under threat from a neo-colonial takeover, the vagaries of Yemen s war and the spectre of climate change.

Legend has it the otherworldly dragon s blood tree first grew on the spot where two brothers, Darsa and Samha, fought