In Yemen's 1994 civil war, President Ali Abdullah Saleh recruited Afghan veterans from across the Arab world to wage another victorious jihad against the Soviet-backed socialists of south Yemen.At its height, the Islamist network had its own school system, its own ministries, and even its governorates, including Hadramawt, the bin Laden ancestral home.
In 1980 the Ahmad Hamdi road tunnel was opened, connecting Egypt proper with its governorate (muḥāfaẓah) of Shamāl Sīnāʾ.
The population of Nablus city comprises 40% of its governorate's inhabitants.
A major factor that has resulted from the conflict was the confiscation of agricultural land located within the city's or its governorate's jurisdiction by Israeli settlements or military authorities.
In July 2015, a ground offensive, launched as part of Saudi Arabia's military intervention and led by its coalition partner, the United Arab Emirates, eventually pushed the Houthi-Saleh forces out of Aden and its southern governorates.
Homs is the capital of the Homs District, and the capital of the Homs Governorate the largest governorate in Syria, and houses the seat of its governor, appointed by the president.
Nearby, looters were ransacking Mosul's former seat of power, its imposing governorate building, sending glass cascading into the street.
Not far off are the Kurdish Peshmerga, waiting for the command to push Isis further back from the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk, the capital of its eponymous governorate, 12 miles to the north.
FAO partners include UN Agencies, INGOs and local NGOs support FAO in expanding its reach into governorates and districts where access is limited and variable.
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party claimed Wednesday that its running tally of votes put it ahead in all nine governorates that voted this week, basing its claims on the reports of its election monitors observing the counts.
Launched in 2008, the project in Egypt – which works in 13 of the country's 29 governorates – has set its sights on the long-term, targeting those as young as 13.
