Dammaj (Arabic: دماج, romanized: Dammāj) is a small town in the Sa'dahI Governorate of north-western Yemen, southeast by road from Sa'dah in a valley of the same name.
Dammaj
دماج | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Dar Al-Hadeeth (left) in Dammaj | |
  Dammaj Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 16°53′38″N 43°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 |
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i established the Madrasah Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj in 1979,[1] an important center of learning for followers of the Salafi creed,[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
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- ^ 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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