Activist turned fighter Ahmed Abdo Hezam, known as Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr is pictured with his comrades as they take position at a frontline post in the fight against Houthi fighters in Taiz, Yemen January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub
SANAA/TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - Ten years after joining an uprising in Yemen against autocratic rule and an economy in shambles, the same activists find themselves on opposite sides of a war that has pushed the country to the brink of famine with dim prospects for peace.
Ahmed Abdo Hezam, 35, a fighter with government forces known by his nom de guerre Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr, had been a university graduate in the agro-industrial city of Taiz when he first joined youth-led protests that ended Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule.
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