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Abyan conflict (2016-2017)

Abyan conflict (2016-2017)
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Date 22 February 2016 – present
Location Abyan Governorate, Yemen
Status

Ongoing

  • AQAP is expelled from all of Abyan in early 2016
  • AQAP militants return to Abyan in mid 2016
  • As of late February 2017, AQAP remains in control of Lawdar, Shuqraq, Al Mahfid, and other smaller areas in Abyan
  • AQAP enter in agreement with local tribesmen to not attack the west, in return of their alliance
Belligerents

Al-Qaeda

Local militias

  • Ali Aqel gang

 Yemen

Supported by:
 United States
 United Arab Emirates


 Sudan

Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council
Commanders and leaders

Qasim al-Raymi (Emir of AQAP) (WIA)
Tariq Al-Fadhli (leader of Fadhli tribesmen loyal to AQAP)
Usayd al-Adani (Emir of Abyan) †
Tawfiq Belaidi(Emir of Zinjibar)
Abu Anas al-Sanani(Deputy of Zinjibar)
Abdullah Saeed Habibat(commander) †
Abu Osama Al-Yasiri (official) (POW)
Jalal Al-Seydi (Emir of Lawdar) †
Abdullah Al-Zaidi (Emir of Al-Ain) †
Osama Haidar (Emir of Aden Governorate) †
Mohamed Tahar (commander) †
Qasim Khalil (commander) †
Harithah al-Waqari(Deputy of Abyan) †
Abu Sameh al-Zinjibari (commander) †
Waddah Muhammed Amsouda(commander) †
Abu Obeida Al-Dhamji(commander) †
Ahmed Ali Saana(official) †
Al-Abali(field commander) †
Mukhtar Jami(commander) †
Ibrahim al-Adani(chief financial officer in Abyan) †

Ali Aqel		 Yemen Abu Bakr Hussein Salem
Yemen Brig.Gene. Nasr Al-Atawi
Yemen Maj. Gen. Nasser Abdullah Barwis
Yemen Faisal Al-Dabiya
Yemen Colonel Ahmad Amabed Nasser
Yemen Khader Al-Saeedi
Yemen Colonel Abdullah Shamba  †
Yemen Colonel Saeed Salim al-Mul  †
Yemen Haidara Daha  (POW)
Yemen Shaker Al-Ghadeer
Yemen Brigadier General Nasser Ali Hadi
Yemen Ali Deeb Boumhal Alkazmi
Yemen Rushdi al Alwani  †
Yemen Abdullah Khader Hussein  †
Yemen Staff Brig. Gen. Haidara Lahtal
Yemen Staff Col. Mohammed Ali al Muazeb
Yemen Colonel Abdullah Ahmad Subaihi
Yemen Brig. Gen. Mohammed Hussein al Bukhaiti
Yemen Brig. Gen. Mohammed Abdullah al Shamba
Yemen Staff Brig. Gen. Faisal Rajab
Yemen Nasser Ali Basmayeh
Yemen Nasser Ali Nasser  †
Yemen Mahmoud Shamba
Yemen Ali Abdul Hakim Daraan †
Yemen Abdul Alim Abdul Jalil
Yemen Ali Saleh Haydara Al-Awd  †
Yemen Sheikh Mohammed
Yemen Bassam Al-Mihdhar
Yemen Maj. Gen. Fadl Hassan
Yemen Brigadier General Saleh Ali Hassan
Yemen Major General Mahmoud Ahmed Salem Al-Subaihi
YemenAhmed Nasser Saeed
Yemen Ahmed Taleb Al Rabie
Yemen Mohammed Al-Fulin
Yemen Ali Omar Saeed al-Kazemi
Yemen Major General Mubarak al-Saqqaf
Yemen Sheikh Walid bin Nasser Al-Fadhli
Yemen Brig. Gen. Nasser Abed Rabbo Mohammed
Yemen Yasser al-Amoudi
Yemen Moin Ahmed AliYemen Ahmad al-Rabizi
YemenAbdul Latif Al-Sayed
Yemen Ahmed Hamid Al-Marqashi
Yemen Ahmed Mansour Al-Marqashi
Yemen Amin al-Saqqaf  (WIA)
Yemen Abdullah Al-Fadhli  (WIA)
Yemen Ali Al-Fadhli  (WIA)
Yemen Mohammed Al-oban
Yemen Mohammed al-Nakhbi
Yemen Mazen Junaidi
Yemen Mokhtar Al-Nubi
Yemen Abdul Rahman al-Shanini
Yemen Mokhtar Mohammed Haydan Al-Habashi Al-Audhali  (POW) 		Unknown
Units involved

Republic of Yemen Armed Forces

 15th Armored Brigade
Strength
1,000 - 2,000 (Before May 2016), 4,000+ - 12,000 (After May 2016) 4,000+ - ~7,000 200-300 soldiers
Casualties and losses
170+ killed, 14+ captured dozens injured 50+ killed, 35+ captured, 105+ wounded 7+ killed
dozens wounded
90+ killed 100+ wounded

Ongoing

Al-Qaeda

Local militias

 Yemen

Supported by:
 United States
 United Arab Emirates

Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council


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