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Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown

al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Part of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) and
the War on Terror
Date 30 December 1998 — 19 March 2015
(16 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 3 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
  • On 19 March 2015, the conflict escalated into a full-scale civil war.
Territorial
changes
al-Qaeda maintains partial territorial control in the Abyan, Al Bayda', Ma'rib, Shabwah, and Lahij Governorates
Belligerents

Before 2011:
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula


After 2011:
al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen AQAP

Ansar al-Sharia
Supported by:

al-Shabaab

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

Yemeni government

Supported by:
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 Morocco
 Jordan


Ansarullah
Supported by:

 Iran
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
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Self-declared "Caliph" of ISIL) Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
(from 2011)
Yemen Mohammed Basindawa (2011–14)
Yemen Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali
Yemen Saleh al-Ahmar
Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
(1998–2012)
Yemen Ali Muhammad Mujawar
(2007–11)
Yemen Abdul Qadir Bajamal
(2001–07)
United States Bill Clinton
(1998–2001)
United States George W. Bush
(2001–09)
United States Barack Obama
(2009–17)
United States Donald Trump
(from 2017)
Strength
AQAP: 1,000–3000+
Al-Shabaab: 500
 ISIL: Hundreds  Yemen: 20,000
Advisors & Special Forces:
United States 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
Date September 20–24, 2010
Location Huta (Shabwa)
Status Yemeni victory
Territorial
changes
Yemen regains the town
Belligerents
 Yemen al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Strength
300
Casualties and losses
~4 killed, 9 wounded 5 killed, 5 wounded, 32 captured
15,000 Yemeni civilians flee, at least 3 wounded
Second Battle of Lawdar
Date 9 April – 16 May 2012
Location Lawdar (Abyan Governorate)
Status Yemen army and tribesmen drive militants from city
Belligerents

 Yemen

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Ansar al-Sharia
Commanders and leaders
Pres. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
Brig. Gen. Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali
Saleh al-Ahmar
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
Strength
Unknown Al-Qaeda : 500–600
Ansar al-Sharia : unknown
Casualties and losses
33 soldiers and 60 tribal fighters killed, 580 fighters wounded overall 249 killed
32 civilians and tribal militia members killed

Escalation into full-scale civil war with foreign intervention

Before 2011:
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

After 2011:
al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen AQAP

Ansar al-Sharia
Supported by:

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


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