Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

Part of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) and
the War on Terror

Date	30 December 1998 — present (18 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Yemen
Result	Escalation into full-scale civil war with foreign intervention On 31 March 2011, AQAP declared the Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen On December 2014, ISIL establishes a presence in Yemen, bringing it into conflict against AQAP
Territorial changes	al-Qaeda maintains partial territorial control in the Abyan, Al Bayda', Ma'rib, Shabwah, and Lahij Governorates

Belligerents

Before 2011: AQAP

After 2011:
Ansar al-Sharia
Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen

Supported by:

Al-Shabaab

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(from late 2014)

Wilayat Sanaa
Wilayat Aden-Abyan

Yemeni government

Yemen Army
- Yemeni Republican Guard
Yemeni Air Force
Yemen’s paramilitary force
Pro-government tribes

Houthi fighters

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

Nasir al-Wuhayshi †

Qasim al-Raymi

Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari †

Said Ali al-Shihri †

Khalid Batarfi

Ibrahim al-Asiri

Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi †

Anwar al-Awlaki †

Othman al-Ghamdi †

Ibrahim al-Rubaysh †

Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari †

Ibrahim al-Qosi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Self-declared "Caliph" of ISIL)

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
(from 2011)

Mohammed Basindawa (2011–14)

Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali

Saleh al-Ahmar

Ali Abdullah Saleh
(1998–2012)

Ali Muhammad Mujawar
(2007–11)

Abdul Qadir Bajamal
(2001–07)

Bill Clinton
(1998–2001)

George W. Bush
(2001–09)

Barack Obama
(2009–17)

Donald Trump
(from 2017)

Strength

AQAP: 1,000–3000+

Al-Shabaab: 500

ISIL: Hundreds

Yemen: 20,000
Advisors & Special Forces:

US Forces: 1,500

Casualties and losses

at least 25 (2010)
at least 279 (2011)
at least 48 killed (January–March 2012)
at least 318 killed (since April 2012 and 2nd Battle of Lawdar)
429 killed (since May 2012)
Total killed: 1,099+

Unknown

at least 96 (2010)
at least 290 (2011)
at least 248 killed (January–March 2012)
at least 54 killed (since April 2012 and 2nd Battle of Lawdar)
at least 78 killed (since May 2012)
Total killed: 886+

United States: 17 sailors killed, 39 injured during USS Cole bombing

Saudi Arabia: 2 border guards killed

39 civilians killed (2010)
85 civilians killed (2011)
3 civilians killed (January – March 2012)
at least 35 killed (since April 2012 and 2nd Battle of Lawdar)
at least 26 militiamen and 34 civilians killed since May 12
Total dead: 2,207+ (as of September 2012)

AQAP often exaggerates government casualties, while not reporting their own. The death toll for members of the group is probably significantly larger than officially reported. Because of the chaotic situation in the country during the Yemeni revolution, is it probable that military casualties during 2011 were also under reported.

Battle of Huta