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A fast, public-data view of the fighting around Aden, Yemen: the Taiz and Lahij fronts, Abyan and Shabwa, the Hadramawt coast, the Bab el-Mandeb strait and the southern Red Sea.
News events from the GDELT Project 2.0 Events export, refreshed every 15 minutes. GDELT places each event at the named town or district, so every location is approximate. Headlines are derived from the article link unless a real title is available; tap through to the source.
Hand-drawn sketches of who was reported to hold an area on the as-of date, from the news sources listed on each zone. They are not surveyed front lines; disputed areas are marked contested rather than assigned.
The satellite basemap is Esri World Imagery. For the sharpest imagery, use the "Open in Maps" links on any event or site (or the ⛭ button on a wide screen) to jump into Google Maps or Apple Maps at the same spot.
Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO; imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Events © GDELT Project and the linked publishers. ACLED data, when configured, © ACLED.