Al Bayda Governorate clashes (2012–13)
| Al Bayda Governorate clashes (2012–13) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Yemeni Revolution, and the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen |
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 Funeral of Yemenite soldiers that died during the January 2013 offensive. |
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 United States
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United States
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Al-Qaifa tribe(Assisted by neighbor Murad trbe of Ma'rib | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 Abu Ja’afar al Iraqi †Abu al-Bara’a al Sharori †Abu Musa’ab al Nasri †Abu Hafsah al Mesri †Abu Hafsah al Tounisi †Ebrahim al Sakhi †Abdulraouf al-Dhahab Abdullah Hussein al Waeli † Abdel-Raouf Naseeb † Saif Salem Al-Taisi † Nasser Al-Dhafri † Mukbel Abbad †
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 Ali Abdullah Saleh
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Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Major General Mohammed Ali al Maqdashi al Bayda governor Al Thaheri al Shaddadi Colonel Khalid al Dhala’ai Maj. Gen. Ahmed Ali Major General Ali Mohammed Salah |
Hizam al-Dahab † -Murad tribe- Sheikh Nasser Ahmad al ‘AjiSheikh Mohammad Ahmad al Qarda’ai |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 400–1,000+ | 5,000 | 1,000 in Rada'a, 8,000 in the rest of Bayda | Hundreds | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 59–69+ killed, 6 wounded | Unknown | 35–55+ killed, 26+ wounded, 5 captured | 21 killed, 2 wounded | ||||||
| 2,500 civilians displaced, 36+ killed, 6+ wounded | |||||||||
AQAP victory
Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh government(Until 27 February 2012)
Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi government(From 27 February 2012)
Tariq al-Dahab † Qaed al-Dahab Shawki al-Badani Nabil al-Dahab Hadaar al-Homaiqani † Mohammed al-Sabri †
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