[1] The mountain and the Presidential House have been a frequent target of the Arab coalition forces throughout the years of the war that has been ongoing since 2015, after the Houthis took control of the capital Sanaa in September 2014, and it was bombed multiple times.

They were able to hold it throughout the siege and repel the royal forces attacks coming from the south and southwest of the capital, thus protecting the capital from penetration from the southern side until the siege ended with the defeat of the royal forces and they were pushed away from the periphery of Sanaa and other areas and the victory of the republican side in February 1968.

[5][6][7] The seven-year civil war in northern Yemen came to a halt after the revolution and the declaration of the republic.

At the beginning of his reign, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh built the presidential palace, called the Presidency House, directly below the mountain, to protect the palace and the surrounding area, also a Republican Guard camp and weapons depots were stationed on the mountain.

[9] The president and a large group of high-ranking officials were injured in the incident, while several attendees at the mosque were killed.