Dammaj
Dammaj
دماج | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Dar Al-Hadeeth in Dammaj | |
  Dammaj Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates:16°53′38″N43°48′08″E/ 16.89389°N 43.80222°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Saada Governorate |
| District | As Safra |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 15,626 |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
| Climate | BWh |
Dammaj(Arabic:دماج,romanized:Dammāj) is a small town in theSa'dahI Governorateof north-westernYemen,southeast by road fromSa'dahin a valley of the same name.
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'iestablished the Madrasah Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj in 1979,[1]an important center of learning for followers of theSalaficreed,[2][3]who make up the majority of the town.[4]In 2014, the non-local Salafis, including all of the students there, were evicted.[5]
The town was at the target of theSiege of Dammaj,and in November 2013, further sectarian violence between militants of the Houthi-led Shia movement and Sunnis erupted in the town, creating many casualties; some 50 had been killed by the start of the second week.[6][7]In one incident in late November, a mine exploded as a military vehicle was passing by, killing two Yemeni soldiers.[8]
References
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- ^Jubran, Jamal (5 December 2011)."Post-Saleh Yemen: A Brewing Battle between Houthis and Salafis".Al-Akhbar. Archived fromthe originalon 14 April 2015.Retrieved9 April2015.
- ^Al-Sakkaf, Nasser. "Non-local Salafis evicted from Dammaj"(Archived2016-01-03 at theWayback Machine).Yemen Times.14 January 2014. Retrieved on 3 January 2016.
- ^"Yemen: ICRC evacuates 44 severely wounded people from Dammaj".ICRC. 8 November 2013.Retrieved22 November2013.
- ^""Catastrophic" humanitarian situation in Yemen's Dammaj ".IRIN. 6 November 2013.Retrieved22 November2013.
- ^"Yemen soldiers killed despite rebel-Salafist truce".France24. 21 November 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 22 November 2013.Retrieved22 November2013.
| Yemeni cities and townsby population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 and more | |
| 100,000-999,999 | |
| 10,000-99,999 | |
| <9,999 | |
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