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The War in Yemen

by Timothy Whitehead on Apr.06, 2017, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

Most of the major war zones today are blanket censored in Google Earth, including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Israel isn’t completely censored, but due to a US law, has only low resolution imagery. Yemen, however, is not censored and we have had a look at bomb damage from the ongoing civil war a number of times in the past. Note that we have only been able to identify destroyed buildings and bomb craters. Other effects of war are not so easy to spot in satellite imagery unless you know where to look.


Bomb craters on the runway at Saada.

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Before and after of some damaged buildings in Saada.

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Before and after of Sana’a airport showing further damage since we last looked at it.

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Before and after of some damaged buildings in the port of Mocha.

The above are just a small selection of what can be seen. We found a lot more locations in a number of different cities, which we have marked in this KML file.

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Bomb damage from the war in Yemen

by Timothy Whitehead on Jun.24, 2016, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

There is an ongoing war in Yemen that started early last year. We have in the past had a look at the bomb damage at Sana’a airport in May 2015, and had another look in January this year.

Today we are having a look at some of the signs of bomb damage we have come across in other parts of the country.


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Destroyed building at the airport at Al Hudaydah, Yemen.

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A damaged football stadium in Aden, Yemen.

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Destroyed buildings at Ta’izz International Airport, Yemen.

Planes and a building destroyed at the airport in Aden, Yemen.


Destroyed buildings near Ta’izz, Yemen.


To find the above locations and a few more in Google Earth, download this KML file.

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Sana’a Airport bomb damage

by Timothy Whitehead on May.19, 2015, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

Thank you to GEB reader AC for pointing us to the recently added imagery of Sana’a Airport in Yemen. The image comes from DigitalGlobe and was captured on March 27th, 2015.


Before and after images of buildings destroyed at Sana’a Airport, Yemen.

The conflict in Yemen is ongoing and the airport has been struck a number of times since March, including the bombing of the aircraft seen in this article. So check the location again in a month or two to see if new imagery gets added.

To see the buildings shown above and a couple of other noteworthy locations, download this KML file.

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