9 Films & TV Shows Set In Yemen
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Operation Red Sea
🇾🇪 YemenA squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.
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The Looming Tower: Season 1
New York 🇾🇪 Yemen The 1990s The 2000sWhile Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.
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London Has Fallen
England New York Nevada District of Columbia 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇾🇪 Yemen Tokyo Prefecture 🇵🇭 Philippines The 2010sThe world's leaders have assembled. So have their enemies. — In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
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Dirty Wars
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇾🇪 Yemen The 2010sA secret army. A war without end. A journalist determined to uncover the truth. — Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
🇾🇪 YemenMake the Improbable Possible — A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
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The Oath
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇾🇪 Yemen The 1990s The 2000sTwo Men. Bound to Al-Qaeda. Divided by Fate. — Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Rules of Engagement
🇾🇪 YemenA hero should never have to stand alone. — Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
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Lal-e-Yaman
🇾🇪 YemenOriental fantasy derived from classic Parsee theatre. The heir to the Yemeni throne, Prince Parviz, is falsely imprisoned by his stepmother who claims power. Parviz receives a magic dagger from a mystic sufi fakir to liberate himself and his people. The dagger makes him invisible. He kills the Apeman and the genii, rescues the captive Princess Parizad and, finally, overwhelms the soldiers sent to recapture him. The king learns the truth and repents.
