Topic - Mukalla

Al Mukalla is a main sea port and the capital city of the Hadhramaut coastal region in Yemen in the southern part of Arabia on the Gulf of Aden close to the Arabian Sea. It is located 480 km (300 mi) east of Aden and is the most important port in the Governorate of Hadramaut, the largest governorate in Yemen. - Source: Wikipedia

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$In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, photograph, a photographer changes his lens by a rusting Soviet-era tank near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. The port city of Mukalla, once held by al-Qaida, shows how fractious Yemen is and will remain even if the Saudi-led war in the country ends in an uneasy peace for the Arab world's poorest nation. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)$

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