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Aden ( Arabic: عَدَنْ, romanized : ʿAdan, Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩵𐩬) is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and north of the Gulf of Aden.
Jul 19, 2024 · Aden, city of Yemen. Situated along the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, it lies on a peninsula enclosing the eastern side of Al-Tawahi Harbour. The peninsula enclosing the western side of the harbour is called Little Aden. From 1968 until 1990 Aden was the capital of South Yemen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 9, 2022 · Aden is the temporary home of Yemen’s internationally recognised government. (Al Jazeera) Air raids on Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has carried out more than 24,000 air raids since 2015, ...
- Mohammed Haddad
The old quarter of Aden, Yemen. Aden, Seaport city (pop., 2004 prelim.: 580,000), southern Yemen, on the Gulf of Aden. It was a principal terminus of the spice road of western Arabia for about 1,000 years before the 3rd century ad. It then became a trading centre under Yemeni, Ethiopian, and Arab control. The Ottoman Empire captured the city in ...
By the early 1960s, security in Aden was increasingly threatened by nationalist groups from within the protectorate and also from neighbouring Yemen. After British humiliation in Suez in 1956, Egypt’s President Nasser supported by the Soviet Union pushed to evict Britain from South Arabia by training and supplying Yemeni tribesmen and nationalist fighters to attack British personnel in Aden.
Mar 17, 2022 · Aden (AFP) – Bullet-riddled homes, buildings turned to rubble and countless pictures of "martyrs": seven years into Yemen's civil war, the interim capital Aden bears the scars of a conflict that ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Yemen war: Deadly attack at Aden airport as new government arrives. At least 22 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden ...
