Tahrir Square, Sanaa
Al-Tahrir Square, also Al-Tahreer Square or Tahreer Square is a square in central Sanaʽa, Yemen. It is located west of the and the Sultan Palace Hotel, south of the National Museum of Yemen and north of the Yemen Military Museum.[1] Protests took place here during the 2011 Yemeni uprising, involving clashes between supporters of President Saleh and his detractors.[2] Tawakel Karman, awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, made her headquarters a tent pitched at the Square, where she has led weekly Tuesday protests since 2007.
The square was a focal point of the 2014 Yemen protests as part of the Houthi rebellion. On 9 October 2014, a suicide bomb tore through Tahrir Square while Houthis were preparing for a rally. The attack killed 47 people and wounded 75, and has been blamed on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[3]
The square has been used by Houthis for public executions.[4]
References[]
- ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
{{cite map}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Valentine's in Yemen's Tahrir Square: Torn Between Two Factions". Time Magazine. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ Salisbury, Peter (9 October 2014). "Yemen suicide attack kills dozens". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Almosawa, Shuaib; Gladstone, Rick (July 31, 2017). "In TV Spectacle, Man Convicted of Child Rape-Murder Is Executed in Yemen". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
Coordinates: 15°21′13″N 44°12′21″E / 15.35361°N 44.20583°E
 | This article about a building or structure in Yemen is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Sanaa
- Middle Eastern building and structure stubs
- Yemen stubs