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According to Islamic sources, Sanaa was founded at the base of the mountains of Jabal Nuqum [5] by Shem, the son of Noah, [12] [13] [14] after the latter's death.. The name Sanaa is probably derived from the Sabaic root ṣnʿ, meaning "well-fortified".
The Bāb al-Yaman [1] ("Gate of the Yemen") is an iconized entry point through the city walls and is more than 1,000 years old. A commercial area of the Old City is known as Al Madina where development is proceeding rapidly. In addition to three large hotels, there are numerous stores and restaurants. The area also contains three parks.
2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing. [22] 2014 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014). 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins. 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square. 2015 January 2015 Sana'a bombing; 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace. 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. April: Airstrike. [24] 2016
The imam was able to regain them temporarily in 1818, but new intervention by the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt in 1833 again wrested the coast from the ruler in Sana'a. After 1835 the imamate changed hands with great frequency and some imams were assassinated. After 1849 the Zaidi polity descended into chaos that lasted for decades. [145]
Houses in Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease. The ...
Israeli airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, and Red Sea port city Hodeida left energy facilities ablaze in response to missiles launched earlier by the Houthis.
The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known by the Houthis as the September 21 Revolution, [7] or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), [8] was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power.
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and forced the government into exile. The Saudi-led coalition entered the war in early 2015 to try restore the ...