Subaybah

Abyan conflict (2016-2017)

Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Date

22 February 2016 – present

Location

Abyan Governorate, Yemen

Status

Ongoing

AQAP is expelled from all of Abyan in early 2016
AQAP militants return to Abyan in mid 2016
As of late February 2017, AQAP remains in control of Lawdar, Shuqraq, Al Mahfid, and other smaller areas in Abyan
AQAP enter in agreement with local tribesmen to not attack the west, in return of their alliance
UAE/Southern movement form Southern transitional council to counter Hadi in May 2017

Belligerents

Al-Qaeda

AQAP

Local militias

Ali Aqel gang

Yemen

Military of Yemen

Supported by:
United States
United Arab Emirates(until April 2017)
Southern Movement(until April 2017)

Sudan

Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council

Ahrar al-Najran

Southern Transitional Council Supported by:

United Arab Emirates

Commanders and leaders

Qasim al-Raymi (Emir of AQAP) (WIA)
Tariq Al-Fadhli (leader of Fadhli tribesmen loyal to AQAP)
Usayd al-Adani (Emir of Abyan) †
Tawfiq Belaidi(Emir of Zinjibar)
Abu Anas al-Sanani(Deputy Emir of Zinjibar)
Abdullah Saeed Habibat(commander) †
Khaled Abdul Nabi(commander)
Abu Osama Al-Yasiri (official) (POW)
Jalal Al-Seydi (Emir of Lawdar) †
Abu Bilal al-Lawdari (bodyguard of Jalal Al-Seydi) †
Abdullah Al-Zaidi (Emir of Al-Ain) †
Osama Haidar (Emir of Aden Governorate) †
Mohamed Tahar (commander) †
Qasim Khalil (commander) †
Harithah al-Waqari(Deputy Emir of Abyan) †
Abu Sameh al-Zinjibari (commander) †
Waddah Muhammed Amsouda(commander) †
Abu Obeida Al-Dhamji(commander) †
Ahmed Ali Saana(official) †
Al-Abali(field commander) †
Mukhtar Jami(commander) †
Ibrahim al-Adani(chief financial officer in Abyan) †
Arif Adel Hassan Habib(suicide bomber) †
Abu Asid al Marqishi(militant) †

Ali Aqel

Abu Bakr Hussein Salem (Governor of Abyan)

Abdel Aziz Al-Hamzah (Deputy Governor of Abyan)

Abdullah Al-Fadhli (Security chief of Abyan) (WIA)

Abd Rabbo Hussein(General of 15th brigade) †

Ahmed Saif Al-Mahrami (commander of fourth military region)

Brig.Gene. Nasr Al-Atawi(Head of 15th brigade)

Maj. Gen. Nasser Abdullah Barwis (chief of military staff of the fourth military region)

Faisal Al-Dabiya(Director General of the Office of Governor of Abyan)

Colonel Ahmad Amabed Nasser(Security director of Abyan(2017-present))

Khader Al-Saeedi (former Governor of Abyan)

Maj Gen Fadhl Baash (Special forces commander)

Colonel Abdullah Shamba (Anti-AQAP militia leader) †

Saeed Salim al-Mul (Army colonel)
†

Haidara Daha (deputy Governor of Abyan) (POW)

Shaker Al-Ghadeer(officer in 111th brigade)

Brigadier General Nasser Ali Hadi(Security director of Abyan(2010s-2017))

Ali Deeb Boumhal Alkazmi(commander of Hadi loyals in Khanfar)

Rushdi al Alwani (Hizam commander of Lawdar) †

Abdullah Khader Hussein (official)

Brig. Gen. Haidara Lahtal(Commander of Abyan Axis)

Staff Col. Mohammed Ali al Muazeb(Commander of 15th brigade(2016-2017))

Colonel Abdullah Ahmad Subaihi(Commander of 15th brigade(2017-present))

Brig. Gen. Mohammed Hussein al Bukhaiti(commander of 111th brigade)

Brig. Gen. Mohammed Abdullah al Shamba(Commander in 115th brigade)

Staff Brig. Gen. Faisal Rajab(Commander in 119th brigade)

Nasser Ali Basmayeh(Commander of 119th brigade)

Nasser Ali Nasser (official) †

Ali Abdul Hakim Daraan(popular committee fighter) †

Colonel Nasser Mahdi Abdullah (Official)

Abdul Alim Abdul Jalil(137th brigade commander)

Ali Saleh Haydara Al-Awd(Hizam Shuqrah commander) †

Salem Al-Mahthothi(Commander of Abyani special forces)

Sheikh Mohammed Ghaleb Afifi(Director of Khanfar)

Brig Ahmed Mohammed Al-Shubaili (115th brigade commander) (WIA)

Bassam Al-Mihdhar (official)

Maj. Gen. Fadl Hassan (commander of 4rth Military region)

Colonel Abdul Qader Al-Jaari(chief of staff of 103th brigade)

Brigadier General Saleh Ali Hassan(Chief of Staff of the 4th Military Region)

Major General Mahmoud Ahmed Salem Al-Subaihi(Commander of 4th military region)

Ahmed Nasser Saeed (Assistant Undersecretary of the Governorate of Abyan)

Ahmed Taleb Al Rabie (Director of Mahfad)

Mohammed Al-Fulin(Secretary General of the Local Council )

Ali Omar Saeed al-Kazemi(chairman of the Abyani committee)

Sheikh Walid bin Nasser Al-Fadhli(pro-Hadi tribal leader)

Brig. Gen. Nasser Abed Rabbo Mohammed(commander in 115th brigade)

Yasser al-Amoudi(Director of Rasad district) (WIA) (POW)

Moin Ahmed Ali(head of the rescue committee )

Nasser Al-Dhamji(commander in 115th brigade)

Al-Khader Ahmed Mohammed Al-Shubaili (Army soldier) †

Mohammed bin Mohammed (Head of Intelligence in Abyan)

Brigadier General Ahmed Salem Al Wadi (Director of Armament Department )

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