Mudiyah

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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.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-attacks-idUSKBN17010K?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews |publisher=Reuters |title=Four suspected al Qaeda members killed in Yemen drone strike: residents |first=Mohammed |last=Mukkashaf |editor-first=Tom |editor-last=Heneghan |quote=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. |archive-url=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 |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |date=March 29, 2017}}

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