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The paper's compound in Sanaa had been the subject of an attack by a dozen gunmen in February 2008. [3] Based in Aden, [1] it was the most widely read newspaper in southern Yemen, [citation needed] when it was one of seven newspapers closed in May 2009, [1] with the government accusing the paper of supporting separatism. [4]
Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen. [7] Al-Hadi Mosque: City of Sa'dah: 897: Sufyan Mosque: Lahij: 1215: Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem. [8] [9] Alansar Mosque: Sanaa? Al ...
Bab al-Yaman (Arabic: باب اليمن, romanized: Bâb al-Yaman, lit. 'Gate of Yemen') is the main gate of Old Sanaa 's old fortified wall, on the southern extremity of the walled city. German geographer Carl Rathjens dated its current appearance to the 17th century and attributed the initial design of the gate to the biblical Shem , the son ...
Al-Hasabah was formerly a separate village as described by medieval writers al-Hamdani and al-Razi, but by the 1980s it had become a suburb of Sanaa. [ 31 ] The southwestern area on both sides of Haddah Road is a generally affluent area with relatively more reliable access to utilities like water and sanitation.
Yemen TV channel: The 1st official channel started broadcasting in 1975 in North Yemen as local media, joined other Arab channels via Intelsat-59 in 1995 and later Nilesat. Yamania television channel: This channel was founded in 1980 in the South of Yemen as "Aden channel" and was renamed after the unity of Yemen .
A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov. Mugammad ...
Aden's location in Yemen. Aden is located on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, and is about 363 kilometers away from the capital, Sana’a. It is located between latitudes 47 and 12 north of the equator, and at an altitude of 6 meters above sea level.
The caves of Al-Akhdam in Sanaa in 1942 Akhdam man or Khadem in Ta'izz See also: Slavery in Yemen The exact origins of the Akhdam are uncertain, with some believing that they are the descendants of African slaves or 6th-century soldiers from the Kingdom of Aksum .