An ancient handwritten copy of the holy Koran is seen in a house on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A beekeeper checks his beehives in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A cable car carries supplies to Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 20, 2016. In villages perched high on a mountain in western Yemen, residents are a safe distance from a conflict raging through most of the country, but they endure a hardscrabble existence little changed from hundreds of years ago. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Boys swim in a pond in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. Long used to a livelihood without electricity or running water, they have felt little impact from the civil war which have cut those essential services to many of Yemen's 28 million people. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Boys sit on an edge of the roof of their house in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A boy sits on the roof of a house on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A cable car operator uses a vehicle engine to run the cable car that carries people and supplies to Dhalamlam Mountain in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A man and a child walk along a path on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A girl plays on a swing near her house in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A woman walks along a path on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Workers build a house in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A man rides a cable car that carries people and supplies to Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Children stand in a tub where their mothers wash clothes on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A girl sits on the ground on Dhalamlam Mountain, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
People shop at a market in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Houses are seen in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A woman uses a stone grinder to make flour in her house in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A boy stands on the roof of a pond in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
A girl sits on the roof of her house on Dhalamlam Mountain in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad
Living on a mountaintop
In villages perched high on a mountain in western Yemen, residents are a safe distance from a conflict raging through most of the country, but they face a medieval struggle for survival.
