Socotra
Socotra Island
ProbableWell-knownApproximate area
- On screen
- Socotra Island; 2025 Yemen campaign setting
- Where
- Socotra Governorate, Yemen
- Time & access
- The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Yemen (checked November 2026).
In the game
The 2025 Yemen mission ‘Achilles’ Veil’ is set in a fictional town on the island.
History in brief
Isolated in the Indian Ocean, Socotra has unique wildlife and plants such as the dragon’s blood tree, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
The place today
An inhabited island famed for its otherworldly landscapes.
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