Place:Al Jawf, Yemen

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NameAl Jawf
Alt namesAl Jawfsource: Wikipedia
al-Jawfsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
al-Jawf governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeGovernorate
Located inYemen
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Al-Jawf
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Al Jawf is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hazm.

Al Jawf Governorate borders 'Amran Governorate to the west, Sanaa Governorate to the southwest, Ma'rib Governorate to the south, Hadhramaut Governorate to the east, Saudi Arabia to the northeast, and Saada Governorate to the north.

Since mid-2011, the majority of the governorate has been under the control of the Houthis.

As of April 2020, Houthi forces control all of the 12 districts of the Al-jawf province and 95% of the governorate after the 2020 offensive except for Khabb wa ash Sha'af.

On July 15, 2020, a Saudi Arabian airstrike in Al Hazm District in Al-Jawf Governorate killed seven Yemeni civilians.

On August 17, 2020, a Houthi missile attack killed 11 government troops, including a senior officer.

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