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Aden unrest (2015–present)

Aden unrest
Part of the Yemeni civil war (2015–present)
Aden governor, Jaafar Mohammed Saad killed.jpg
People gather at the site of a car bomb attack that killed the Aden governor, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, during the Aden unrest.
Date 6 October 2015 - present
(1 year, 5 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location Aden, Yemen
Result

Ongoing

  • ISIL expelled from Mualla
  • AQAP expelled from Al-Mansoura
Belligerents

AQAP


Southern Movement

Yemen Yemen Army (Hadi government)


Coalition:

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Ali Abed al-Rab bin Talab  
Helmi Al Zinji  (POW)


People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Khalid Bamadhaf (Aden Southern Movement leader)
Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
Yemen Jaafar Mohammed Saad 
Yemen Aidarus al-Zoubaidi (Governor of Aden)
Yemen Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Adani  (pro-Hadi Sunni cleric)
Yemen Adham Mohammed Al Ga’ari  (Aden’s deputy chief of intelligence)
Yemen Abdrabu Hussein Al Israeli  (Commander of military forces in Abyan)
Yemen Salem al-Milqat  (Police chief of Tawahi district)
Abu Bilal al-Harbi
Strength
500+ 12,000 Hadi loyalists and popular committees and 700 Sudanese troops 80-300
Casualties and losses
27-34+ fighters killed
23+ fighters wounded
21 fighters captured
180-187+ Yemeni security forces killed
98-110+ wounded
6 UAE servicemen killed
1 Saudi soldier killed
1 Mirage 2000-9D lost
24-36+ killed
70 captured
38-51+ civilian killed
20+ wounded and one Indian priest captured

Ongoing

AQAP

Yemen Yemen Army (Hadi government)

Coalition:

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Ali Abed al-Rab bin Talab  
Helmi Al Zinji  (POW)


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