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The mosque was the site of fighting during the conflict between Houthi and pro-Saleh forces in December 2017. [6] At the time, rumours circulated in Sanaa that the Houthis intended to repaint the mosque's dome green. [7] The Saleh Mosque appears on the Yemeni currency. It is depicted on the face of the 2009 issue 250-rial note. [8]
On 29 September 2024, Israel launched attacks in Yemen against the ports of Al Hudaydah and Ras Isa, both located in the Houthi-controlled part of the country, using F-15I, F-35I Adir, and F-16I aircraft. [1] Six people were killed [2] [3] and at least 57 were injured. [2] [4] Widespread power outages were caused in the city of Hodeida itself. [4]
The Battle of Sanaa (2017) was fought between forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a.Both sides were allied during the 2014–15 Houthi takeover of the government but the alliance ended when Saleh decided to break ranks with the Houthis and call for dialogue with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who are leading a military intervention in Yemen.
Israel continued to strike Lebanon on Sunday, a day after confirming it had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut. Israel strikes Yemen in retaliation as Middle East ...
Yemen occupies a strategic position at the entrance to the Red Sea and controls the Bab-el-Mandeb, Israel's outlet to the Indian Ocean and the Far East. Yemenite Jews once formed a sizable Jewish minority in Yemen with a distinct culture but most of them immigrated (ethnically and religiously expelled) to Israel in the mid-20th century.
The Yemeni crisis began with the 2011–2012 revolution against President Abdullah Saleh, who had led Yemen for 33 years. [1] [2] After Saleh left office in early 2012 as part of a mediated agreement between the Yemeni government and opposition groups, the government led by Saleh's former vice president, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, struggled to unite the fractious political landscape of the country ...
The Al Saleh Mosque, the largest in the country, is located in the southern outskirts of the city. During the conflict that raged in 2015, explosives hit UNESCO sites in the old city. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
The transitional government, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council, established in November 2011, was split equally between Saleh's General People's Congress Party and the conservative Sunni Al-Islah Party, Yemen's main Islamist party that was a key presence in the regime that protesters tried to overthrow in 2011.