Maʾrib has played a central role in Yemen’s oil industry since the discovery of large petroleum deposits there in 1984. It has also become the main military stronghold in the north of the internationally recognized government in the civil war that began in 2014. Although it was previously a small town with only tens of thousands of permanent inhabitants, its relative security brought an influx of more than one million displaced Yemenis.
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