Aden unrest | ||||||||
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Part of the Yemeni civil war (2015–present) | ||||||||
People gather at the site of a car bomb attack that killed the Aden governor, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, during the Aden unrest. |
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Southern Movement |
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Ali Abed al-Rab bin Talab † Khalid Bamadhaf (Aden Southern Movement leader) |
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi Jaafar Mohammed Saad † Aidarus al-Zoubaidi (Governor of Aden) Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Adani † (pro-Hadi Sunni cleric) Adham Mohammed Al Ga’ari † (Aden’s deputy chief of intelligence) Abdrabu Hussein Al Israeli † (Commander of military forces in Abyan) 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 |
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38-51+ civilian killed 20+ wounded and one Indian priest captured |
Ongoing
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ali Abed al-Rab bin Talab †
Helmi Al Zinji (POW)