Mudiyah

Mudiyah
Mudiyah is located in Yemen
Mudiyah
Mudiyah
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 13°56′N 46°05′E / 13.933°N 46.083°E / 13.933; 46.083
Country Yemen
GovernorateAbyan
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Mudiyah is a village in south-western Yemen. It is located in the Abyan Governorate. It was the historical capital of Dathina state.

In March 2017, Amqoz, in Mudiyah district, Abyan province, was the site of a United States UAV strike on a vehicle, which is believed to have killed four members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[1]

  1. ^ Mukkashaf, Mohammed (March 29, 2017). Heneghan, Tom (ed.). "Four suspected al Qaeda members killed in Yemen drone strike: residents". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. At least four suspected al Qaeda members were killed in an apparent U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in central Yemen [...] They said the attack in Amqoz in the Moudiya district of Abyan province took place around midnight on Tuesday [...] Residents also reported hearing missile strikes on a suspected al Qaeda outpost in Wadi al-Naseel area, also in Abyan province, but said the number of casualties was unknown.