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Strategic Significance of a Street in Taiz in Yemen's Civil War
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In the heart of Taiz, Yemen’s embattled cultural capital, runs Gamal Abdel Nasser Street, a thoroughfare named for the Egyptian president whose troops once poured into northern Yemen to defend a fledgling republic against Saudi-backed royalists.
What does a street named for Nasser reveal about six decades of shifting alliances, ideological battles, and the grinding reality of civil war?
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