Dammaj
Dammaj
دماج | ||
|---|---|---|
Town | ||
District As Safra | | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Local | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Total | 15,626 | |
| Time zone | GMT+3 | |
| Climate | BWh | |
Dammaj (
Sa'dah
in a valley of the same name.
Salafi creed (A branch of the Wahhabi sect founded by Ibn Abdul Wahhab of Najd),[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 the Siege 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
- ISBN 978-90-5356-710-4.
- ISBN 978-1-137-25820-5.
- ISBN 978-1-55970-714-5.
- ^ Jubran, Jamal (5 December 2011). "Post-Saleh Yemen: A Brewing Battle between Houthis and Salafis". Al-Akhbar. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Al-Sakkaf, Nasser. "Non-local Salafis evicted from Dammaj" (Archived 2016-01-03 at the Wayback Machine). Yemen Times. 14 January 2014. Retrieved on 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Yemen: ICRC evacuates 44 severely wounded people from Dammaj". ICRC. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ ""Catastrophic" humanitarian situation in Yemen's Dammaj". IRIN. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Yemen soldiers killed despite rebel-Salafist truce". France24. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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