al-Hawtah
| al-Hawtah | |||
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 26 ' N , 46 ° 9' E | ||
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| Country | Yemen | ||
| Shabwa | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | YE-SH | ||
| Residents | 30,661 (calculation 2012) | ||
Al-Hawtah is a city in Shabva Governorate in southern Yemen . It has over 30,000 residents and is surrounded by ridges.
On September 17, 2010, the government of Yemen ordered an offensive against 120 al-Qaeda members who were supposed to be in the city. It was completely surrounded and shot at with tanks, artillery and fighter jets. Parachutists jumped off and there was fierce street fighting. Most of the residents left the city during the fighting. When the city was finally stormed after five days, the fighters had disappeared. Incompetence and corruption are assumed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Gezatteer Population Data 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Frankfurter Rundschau: The fight against al-Qaeda escalates
- ↑ Martin Gehlen: Yemen's military is taking action against al-Qaeda. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. November 3, 2010, accessed November 3, 2010 .
