Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)
| Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present) | ||||||||
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| Part of Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen and the Yemeni civil war (2015–present) | ||||||||
 AQAP fighters manning a checkpoint at the town of Azzan in April of 2012. |
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 Yemen United States United Arab Emirates
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 Southern Movement
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
 Abu Amal † Yasser al Marouh Sa’ad bin ‘Atef al Awlaki Tareq Al-Fadhli Abdullah Al-Fadhli †
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colonel Mohammed Salmeen bin Lashqam † Jafar Al-Hamed † Brig Gen Aziz Al-Ateeqi Maj Gen Nasser Al-Nuba Governor Ahmed Lamlas Brig Gen Alawi Ali Nasser Al-Harethi Brig Gen Abdullah Saeed Saleh Al-Islami Ahmed Mohsen Ruwais Al-Sulaymani Awad Al-Dhaboul Sheikh Ali Mohsen Al-Sulaymani Sheikh Ali Al-Hajari |
Hassan Hanshal Al-Awlaqi †
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| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 35+ killed | 30+killed 40+ wounded | 5+ killed | ||||||
Ongoing
Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present) refers to an ongoing campaign by AQAP to take control of Shabwah Governorate, during their insurgency, and until today, at Yemeni civil war.
Despite the AQAP haven't presence in the Habban district, the first violent events reported in the mid-March 2014, when three AQAP militants were reported killed while setting up a car as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). According to tribal sources, the explosion occurred near the house of the al Qaeda commander of the Sabban, Yasser al Marouh. Yemeni security forces were able to identify the three militants killed and said that two were Yemeni and one was a Saudi national. The house was severely damaged by the blast but is not confirmed if the commander he was present when it happened. They also reported that two bystanders were injured by the explosion and were rushed to Azzan Hospital in the province. One additional bystander was killed. Sources in the Yemeni security services told Arabic news outlets that they assumed the VBIED was being set up for use in an operation targeting Yemeni military or security personnel. They stated that Shabwa, Hadramawt, Abyan, and Al Bayda provinces have been battlegrounds for an open war between al Qaeda and Yemeni security personnel that has lasted for over two years and caused the deaths of hundreds. In early August, 2014, fierce fighting broke out in Habban and in the Shabwan border with Hadramaut, wits is left 12 Yemeni soldiers and 9 AQAP soldiers dead. In September 1,AQAP attacked government troops in Azzan killing 13 and wounding another 40. No AQAP fighters killed during the fight. At the beginning of the Yemeni civil war in meddle of 2015, AQAP fully captured Habban expelling Yemeni loyals to Hadi out of the city. In April 17 of 2015, 2 AQAP fighters have killed by an US airstrike in the town of Habban. 4 AQAP fighters killed in Shabwah after a US drone strike, in 3 March 2016. In October 6, 2016, a US airstrike killed 2 AQ operatives.
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