Mudiyah Explained
| Mudiyah |
| Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Yemen |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Abyan |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 13.9333°N 51°W |
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]
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- News: Four suspected al Qaeda members killed in Yemen drone strike: residents . . Mohammed . Mukkashaf . Tom . Heneghan . 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. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329175044/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-attacks-idUSKBN17010K?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Reuters%252FworldNews+%2528Reuters+World+News%2529 . March 29, 2017 . March 29, 2017.
