Wadi Dawan ( ar, وَادِي دَوْعَن, Wādī Daw‘an) is a town and desert valley in central
Yemen
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. Located in
Hadhramaut Governorate
Hadhramaut or Hadramawt or Hadramout ( ar, حضرموت ''Ḥaḍramawt'') is a governorate of Yemen. Lying within the large historical region of Hadhramaut, it is the country's largest governorate.
The capital of Hadhramut is the city of Mu ...
, it is noted for its mud brick buildings.
Modern history
On January 18, 2008,
an ambush attack on
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tourists traveling in a convoy through the valley took place. A convoy of four jeeps carrying 15 tourists to
Shibam
Shibam Hadramawt ( ar, شِبَام حَضْرَمَوْت, Shibām Ḥaḍramawt) is a town in Yemen. With about 7,000 inhabitants, it is the seat of the Shibam District, District of Shibam in the Hadhramaut Governorate, Governorate of Hadhram ...
were ambushed by gunmen in a hidden pickup truck.
Two Belgian women, Claudine Van Caillie, of
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, 54, as well as two Yemenis, a driver and a guide, were killed; another man was also heavily wounded, several others suffered minor wounds.
[Deux Belges tuées au Yémen]
''Le Soir
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'', January 18, 2008. The tourists were repatriated to Belgium on January 19, except the injured man, who remained in
Sana'a
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gove ...
.
[Yémen: les touristes belges rapatriés]
''Le Soir'', January 19, 2008.
In the wake of the attack,
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Karel De Gucht originally rejected that
Al-Qaeda
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might be responsible, explaining that although the possibility could be avoided, internecine disputes and latent Islamism also to be taken into account.
A number of arrests were made on January 21.
[Plusieurs suspects arrêtés au Yémen]
''Le Soir'', January 21, 2008.
See also
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Hadhramaut Mountains
Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saud ...
References
External links
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HADRAMAOUT (Yemen) Wadi Do'An
Valleys of Yemen
Populated places in Hadhramaut Governorate
Geography of Yemen
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