Wadi Dawan
Wadi Dawan
وَادِي دَوْعَن Raybun | |
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Town | |
 Al-Kuraibah | |
  Wadi Dawan Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°15′51″N 48°20′27″E / 15.26417°N 48.34083°ECoordinates: 15°15′51″N 48°20′27″E / 15.26417°N 48.34083°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Hadhramaut |
| District | Daw'an District |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Wadi Dawan (Arabic: وَادِي دَوْعَن, romanized: Wādī Daw‘an) is a town and desert valley in central Yemen. Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings.
Modern history[]
On January 18, 2008, an ambush attack on Belgian tourists traveling in a convoy through the valley took place. A convoy of four jeeps carrying 15 tourists to Shibam were ambushed by gunmen in a hidden pickup truck.[1] Two Belgian women, Claudine Van Caillie, of Bruges, 63, and Katrine Glorie, from East Flanders, 54, as well as two Yemenis, a driver and a guide, were killed; another man was also heavily wounded, several others suffered minor wounds.[2] The tourists were repatriated to Belgium on January 19, except the injured man, who remained in Sana'a.[3]
In the wake of the attack, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht originally rejected that Al-Qaeda might be responsible, explaining that although the possibility could be avoided, internecine disputes and latent Islamism also to be taken into account.[2] A number of arrests were made on January 21.[4]
See also[]
- Hadhramaut Mountains
References[]
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Al-Qaeda attack Belgian Tourists". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ a b (in French) Deux Belges tuées au Yémen, Le Soir, January 18, 2008.
- ^ (in French) Yémen: les touristes belges rapatriés, Le Soir, January 19, 2008.
- ^ (in French) Plusieurs suspects arrêtés au Yémen, Le Soir, January 21, 2008.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wadi Dawan. |
- Yemen Sidr Royal Honey: Wadi Do'an
- The Mud Brick Villages of Wadi Hadramaut and Wadi Dawan
- Wadi Dawan | Yemen | Asia
- YEMEN: WADI DOWAN IN HADRAMOUT (YouTube)
- HADRAMAOUT (Yemen) Wadi Do'An
Capital: Mukalla | |
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| Former Districts (since 2013-12 Socotra) |
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| 100,000-999,999 | |
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