Abyan conflict
| Abyan conflict (2016-present) | ||||||||
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| Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) | ||||||||
 Military situation in Abyan on 18 March 2018 | ||||||||
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Local militias
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Supported by:
 United Arab Emirates | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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casualties:
Ali Aqel |
Casualties:
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Republic of Yemen Armed Forces
| 15th Armored Brigade[49] | ||||||
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1,000-2,000 (Before May 2016) 4,000-12,000 (After May 2016)[50][51] |
 Yemen:4,000-7,000 (Hadi loyalists)  Southern Movement:15,000 (Southern Movement and Al Hizam Brigade fighters)[52] | 200-300 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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234+ killed 47+ captured dozens wounded dozens surrendered dozens deserted |
Yemen: 111+ killed 65+ wounded 6 captured Southern Movement:130+ killed 131+ wounded |
7+ killed dozens wounded | ||||||
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21+ civilians killed dozens wounded | ||||||||
Abyan Governorate clashes (2016–present), refers to ongoing clashes between forces of AQAP, forces loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and forces loyal to Southern Movement for the control of Abyan.
Background and internal conflict
Abyan was a longtime stronghold for AQAP since the beginning of the civil war. AQAP was beginning to take parts of areas of southern Abyan from the end of 2016, when they captured Zinjibar and other towns.[53] Internal crisis begin to erupt into Abyan between the legitimate AQAP emir in the region, Tawfiq Belaidi (brother of the late AQAP emir there, Hamza al-Zinjibari) and another AQAP warlord named Abu Anas al-Sanani, over who will succeed Hamza. It's not clear who won the crisis, but the conflict killed 7 and wounded 9 in both sides.[54]
Clashes and other incidents
In 21 of February, AQAP militants withdrew from Ahwar city, after a failed attempt to consolidate control. AQAP militants attacked a popular resistance checkpoint in the area, killing three, before erecting their own checkpoints and flying al-Qaeda’s black flag from government buildings. Militiamen from the Bakazim tribe massed outside Ahwar in response. AQAP agreed to withdraw under the terms of a tribal mediation allowing the group free passage through the city.[55] In March 8, AQAP gunmen abducted a government official named Haidara Daha at al Musaymir, west of Zinjibar. AQAP is consolidating control in Abyan governorate and has targeted local leaders and officials opposed to its expansion.[56][57] On March 26 and 27, three air strikes carried out by U.S. drones, killing eight AQAP members and three beekeepers in Al Mahfad District.[58][59] Two Saudi planes launched rockets into an old office of the local government in Zinjibar, setting the building on fire. 10 AQAP fighters were believed to be killed.[60][61][62][63] On 8 April 2016, more than 35 Hadi Yemeni government soldiers were captured by supposed AQAP soldiers in Ahwar. 17 or more than 20 of them were executed by firing squad, with the others being wounded but still alive, and with others believed to have escaped and get to safety out of Ahwar. The soldiers were travelling from Aden to Al Mahrah Governorate via Ahwar, and during hair passing in Ahwar they have been ambushed. One day later, on 9 April, AQAP denied that its fighters executed the soldiers, blaming a local armed fighter named Ali Aqel. "We entered Ahwar around two months ago to chase this corrupt individual and his gang," the statement said.[64][65] In 14 of April, an airstrike hit an AQAP checkpoint in the Al Kawd, killing 10 AQAP militants.[66] On the same day, tribal fighters loyal to Hadi ambushed an AQAP convoy in Mafhad, killing 3, including a commander, Amjad al-Wahti.[67] On April 17, two airstrikes hit Zinjibar, targering the house of Tariq al-Fadhli. No info about casualties provided.[68][69]
Ground offensive
In April 22, Hadi loyalists and their partners make preparation to attack Zinjibar in a ground offensive.[70] One day later, the battle begun, but the forces of Hadi loyalists retreated after AQAP militants detonated a Car bomb (VBIED) targeting an army convoy that killed 4 loyalists and injured 14 others. Reports indicated that AQAP had planned additional VBIED attacks. The Hadi government had given AQAP a 24-hour window in which to peacefully withdraw from Zinjibar by April 24. In the same day however, loyalists carried out another offensive in Jaʿār, that killed 25 AQAP militants and four soldiers and seized al Koud, three miles south of Zinjibar.[71] AQAP did not agreed with the deal that loyalists offered to them, so they did not withdraw from Zinjibar. In April 26, a U.S airstrike targeted a car carrying al Qaeda militants that was traveling between the cities Ja’ar and Zinjibar. The strike killed 5 AQAP fighters, including a local commander named Abu Sameh al-Zinjibari.[72][73] Al Qaeda militants arrived in Zinjibar on April 27, after fleeing the coalition-led recapture of their stronghold in Mukalla, Hadramawt on April 23.[74] Residents of Zinjibar demonstrated against AQAP on April 29, the first such demonstration since AQAP captured the city in December 2015. The demonstrators called for the liberation of Zinjibar from AQAP, emphasizing they would not allow their city to become a base for militant activity.[75]
AQAP retreat
AQAP agreed to begin withdrawing fighters from Zinjibar on May 3. AQAP previously reinforced positions in western Abyan governorate on May 3 ahead of a planned government offensive but later agreed to begin withdrawing its forces after further negotiations with local mediators. The group reportedly agreed on April 30 to withdraw from Zinjibar on the condition that government forces not enter the city and that the local militias not resume their activities in the area. AQAP also sought guarantees that its members would remain immune from future prosecution. Local mediators gave the group three days to withdraw before a clearing operation on May 3, but agreed to offer the group an extension to avert a costly battle.[76] Al Qaeda began withdrawing from Zinjibar, on May 5. AQAP militants evacuated several governmental buildings and began to retreat towards Shabwah Governorate. The security director of Abyan governorate, Brigadier General Nasser Ali Hadi, noted that the Yemeni government forces gave AQAP five days to complete its withdrawal from Zinjibar and Ja’ar in order to avoid a government offensive.[77][8]
AQAP Comebacks and retreats from Abyan
On June 20, AQAP made a brief comeback in western Abyan, when they raided the central prison in Jaar, freeing prisoners after they gained control of the building, and escaping unharmed.[78] Citizens in western Abyan reported that AQAP troops were operating freely in Jaar and Zinjibar as of the end of June, indicating that AQAP begun to re-operate in the area, less than two months after it withdraw.[79] On 28 June, an airstrike targeted the home of AQAP leader, Qasim al-Raymi in Abyan governorate, killing five people, including two family members of the targeted leader. Qasim survived the attack with only some wounds[80][81] On July 20, the government denounce that they planned an operation to clear Qaeda in the western Abyan.[82] On July 22, AQAP soldiers assassinated Colonel Saeed Salim al-Mul in Zinjibar.[83] On July 24, reported coalition airstrikes targeted a group of AQAP fighters near al Husn city. The airstrikes killed multiple AQAP militants and destroyed vehicles, according to local residents.[84][85] On August 7, AQAP militants killed Yemeni Colonel Abdullah Shamba in Abyan.[86] On August 14, Hadi loyalists, alongside Sudanese troops, and pro-Hadi tribal fighters led by Sabri Ali, invaded Shaqrah, Zinjibar and Jaar, and recaptured them by AQAP, killing some 40 of them.[87][88] One day after, AQAP detonated a suicide car bomb in Shaqrah, killing four and wounding another four Hadi loyalists.[89] On 17 August, the AQAP was withdrawn from most of Abyan after Hadi government and popular resistance forces drove them out of Lawder city and Ahwar district. The militants withdrew towards al Bayda city in al Bayda governorate, northwest of Lawder city.[90][91][92] One day later, an AQAP suicide bomber killed at least three government soldiers in Lawder.[93] In August 22, Saudi airstrikes targeted AQAP fighter in Al Mahfad District, the last AQAP stronghold in Abyan.[94] One day later, AQAP remaining fighters withdraw to Mahfad after tribal forces led by pro-Hadi tribal forces expelled them from Wadea.[95] On 26 August, Hadi-allied forces entered al Mahfad district to clear AQAP militants from the town, resulting in the complete elimination of AQAP from strongholds in Abyan.[96]
Small scale attacks and AQAP comeback
AQAP returned in Abyan as of mid-September 2016, with small scale attacks against security forces. On September 14, militants attacked security forces in al ‘Ayn city, Abyan governorate. AQAP militants killed two Hizam security forces after approaching a checkpoint dressed in military uniforms.[97] One day later, Al Qaeda launched mortars targeting security forces in Mudia district. Hizam security forces attempted to clear the mortar launch site following the attack.[98][99][100] In the following days, fighting erupted on the western and northern Abyan, with many gunfights in the cities there.[101][102] On September 23, one soldier killed in Zinjibar after an AQAP attack.[103] As of September 26, AQAP was returned in Lawder and Al Wade'a District, causing fight with Hizam troops, resulting to the death of an AQAP commander, Abdullah Saeed Habibat in Lawder, and the capture of Abu Osama Al-Yasiri in Al Wadea. Two militants and one Hizam troop also killed in the clashes.[104][105][106][107] As of October 6, AQAP have made a comeback in al Mafhad district by attacking security forces, killing at least one Hizam troop.[108][109][110] On 20 October, fighting erupted in Zinjibar and Lawder that left 12 Hizam troops and 7 AQAP dead.[111][112][113][114][115] On October 27, fighting in Lawdar left three security forces, and one AQAP commander dead.[116][117][118][119][120] Seven AQAP fighters arrested after clashes re erupted in Zinjibar and Lawdar. in med-November [121] During a 2-hour battle in Lawder and Jaar, AQAP stolen heavy machine guns and supplies from Hizam troops.[122][123] In November 20, AQAP attacks had left more than three AQAP troops dead in Lawdar.[124][125] On November 27, Hizam arested two AQAP fighters in Jaar.[126] 5 Hizam troops killed in Lawdar by AQAP attacks on December 20.[127] On December 30, a US drone strike killed AQAP Emir of Lawdar in Al Bayda Governorate, Jalal Al-Seydi, alongside his bodyguard, Abu Bilal al-Lawdari.[128] After his death, AQAP returned in control of Lawder.[129] In the dawn of January 3, 2017, AQAP fighters ambushed al-Hizam troops in the outskirts of the Shuqrah district, southern Abyan. During the fighting, three Hizam troops killed and many injured. After the incident, clashes erupted between Hizam troops as for the who the fold was for not been strategically placed in the city. During the conflict many Hizam troops injured.[130][131][132] in the same day, Hadi loyal soldiers attakced AQAP forces in al-Maraqisha mountains, with more than 40 armored vehicles, but, AQAP ambushed them before they're attack. The battles death toll was 15 terrorists and 11 Hadi loyals.[133] One day after, AQAP attacked again Hizam troops is the Lawder and Shuqrah, killing three and wounding two. Two AQAP soldiers also killed.[132] On January 9, Hizam and security forces troops officially withdraw from the northern Abyan, leaving the territory to AQAP warlords, after intense fights in the Lawdar and Shuqrah, giving AQAP complete control and strongholds in Abyan, after 4 months after it withdraw from Abyan.[134][134][135] On January 11, AQAP attacked an Al Hizam convoy that was leaving Lawdar,wounding the general of Hizam, Amin al-Saqqaf, alongside four of his bodyguards. Another 1 Hizam troop were killed.[136] On 13 January, clashes erupted in eastern Lawder, but with no casualties or injuries in both sides.[137] On January 18, AQAP ambushed Hizam troops in Zinjibar, killing one Hizam soldiers, and injuring many others before fleeing the scene.[138] On January 19, AQAP attacked Hizam fighters in Shuqrah, killing and wounding many of their members. In the same day, AQAP deployed its troops in Khanfir District, a southern Abyan city, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants.[139][140] On the same day, Hizam withdraw from central and southern Abyn, going to Aden, leaving the province to AQAP hands.[141][142] At the time, a meeting was attended in Zinjibar by securyty commanders of Abyan province. The meeting was attended by Mohammed Al-oban, commander of Zinjibar sector, Mazen Junaidi, commander of Shuqrah and Awhar sectors, and Ali Deeb Boumhal Alkazmi commander of the security forces. The commander vow the resignation of the Hizam forces commander, Abdullah Al-Fadhli, due to his strategically and military failures against AQAP.[143] On 28 January, AQAP militants ambushed al Hizam security forces in central Abyan governorate killing commander Rushdi al Alwani and three al Hizam troops during the attack. AQAP militants claimed to seize al Hizam weapons after the ambush. AQAP militants also shelled a security headquarters in Zinjibar.[144][145] On February 2, AQAP gained complete control of Lawdar after it kiled six Hizam troops in the area.[146][147][148][149] One day after, AQAP withdraw from Lawdar because of a tribal uprising against them, that killed 13 of their fighters. Before retreating, AQAP destroyed a government building.[150][151][152][153][154] On the same day, AQAP gained full control of Shuqrah and Aked in the central Abyan. An AQAP offensive in Ahwar failed, and the fighters retreated to their captured areas in western and northern Abyan.[155] On February 6, AQAP kidnapped and executed colonel Abdullah Khader Hussein in Zinjibar.[156] On February 7, it was announced that four army battalions were made preparation to invade AQAP-held northern and central Abyan.[157] On the same day, in Lawder and Mudiyah District, locan fighters from Al-'Awadhil tribe, embushed and killed 3 AQAP soldiers, among them the al-Qaeda Emir of Al-Ain village, Abdullah Al-Zaidi.[158][159][160] On 9 February, Hizam forces raided a house in Jaar, capturing two AQAP fighters, also, AQAP fighters clashed with government fighters in Zinjibar and Jaar. No casualties reported.[161][162] On the same day, government officials denied that AQAP was in control of central, southern, northern and eastern Abyan, claiming that tribal forces repealed their attacks.[163] On 10 February, AQAP forces clashed with Hizam troops in Al-Marwan village, killing several Hizam troops, and destroying two military vehicles, also, tribal fighters of unknown affiliation captured 5 government troops in the same village.[164][165] On February 13, tribesman fighters ambushed and killed 3 AQAP fighters in central Abyan.[166]
Zinjibar attack
As of the end of February, AQAP remained in control of about half of Abyan. On 21 February, AQAP sized large convoys with weapons by Hadi's government and send them to Lawdar. On February 24, AQAP fighters killed 8 government soldiers, and wounded another 11, in a suicide bombing, in Zinjibar.[167]
AQAP fighting with US and fighting escalation
On March 2, several US drone strikes killed some 5 AQAP fighters in the rural places of Abyan.[168] On March 3, US airstrikes killed the AQAP's Emir of Aden governorate, Osama Haidar, that was traveling in Abyan's Jabal Mugan region in a vehicle alongside 4 of his aids. All of the men in the vehicle died.[169] Also, on the same day, it was reported by residents that US soldiers landed in the same place, and had a half an hour gunfight with al-Qaeda, after retreating the place in their helicopters. The Pentagon denied these reports. On the same day, a US strikes killed Usayd al-Adani, AQAP's Emir in Abyan, and a longtime AQAP commander. He died alongside Mohamed Tahar who served 7 years in Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[170][171][172] In the middle of the night of 4 March, a drone strike killed two AQAP fighters in Al Maraqisa region, that they were riding in a motorbike.[173] On the same day, an aistrke killed 2 AQAP fighters in Ahwar, and a drone strike targered Usayd's deputy, Harithah al-Waqari, but failed to kill him.[174][175] On March 5, AQAP attacked a checkpoint in Shuqrah and Lawdar. In the attack in Lawdar, they killed 5 Hizam troops and one civilian, and in the attacking Shuqrah, they killed 6 Hizam troops and they managed to capture the checkpoint.[176][177][178][179] On 6 March, AQAP attacked a Hizam troops checkpoint in `Arqub Umm Kubayr village. During the attack, 6 Hizam fighters and 5 AQAP militants were killed. Hizam troops managed to hold the checkpoint.[180][181] In March 8, AQAP arrested two of its fighters in Abyan in accusations that the two, were paid by US to spy on Al-Qaeda commanders, and assist them in conducting airstrikes.[182] On March 9, an AQAP commander named Qasim Khalil killed in a US drone strike in central Abyan.[183] In March 13, Abu Bakr Hussein Salem replaced the widely unpopular Khader Al-Saeedi who has provoked months of angry protests, as governor of Abyan.[184] In March 20, fighting erupted in Lawdar, between Southern Movement fighters, and Houthi rebels.[185] On March 23, AQAP fighters ambushed the son of Deputy Interior Minister, Ali Nasser Lakhma, Commander Nasser Ali Nasser, in Lawdar killing him, and six of his soldiers.[186] The wife of Nasser Ali, and another woman were also wounded.[187] On 28 March, Ahmed Mansour Al-Marqashi, resigned as company commander for Zinjibar sector of Al-Hizam brigade.[188] On the same day, US airstrikes targeted AQAP positions in Al Wade'a District. No reports of casualties emerged.[189] In midnight of March 28, US airstrikes hit again AQAP positions in Mudiyah District, Abyan, killing 4 AQAP fighters.[190] On 29 March, Warships of unknown origin fired missiles again in Mudiyah, causing unknown casualties.[191] On 30 March, US fired M224 mortars and airstrikes on AQAP positions in Khanfir District and in Al Wade'a District. In Al Wade'a, the strikes killed two local AQAP commanders, named Waddah Muhammed Amsouda, Abu Obeida Al-Dhamji, and two other AQAP fighters, who was reportedly meeting with others in a house.[192][193][194][195] In 2 of April, Shuqrah Al-Hizam company commander Mahmoud Shamba survived an assassination attempt by AQAP militants at Zinjibar.[196] On 4 April, General Supervisor of Abyan's Al-Hizam, Ahmed Hamid Al-Marqashi resigned citing failure of leadership.[197] Also hi stated that the actual forces of Hadi in Abyan, especially in Zinjibar and Shoqrah are only half that listed(which means some 1,800 to 3,000 Hadi loyalists).[198] On April 5, a US drone strike killed an Al-Qaeda provincial official, named Ahmed Ali Saana while he was riding his motorbike in the town of Khabar al Muraqasha in the coast of Abyan.[199] On April 9, AQAP fighters killed one Al-Hizam member whle his was riding in a motorbike in Lawdar, and wounded his aide. The killed officer was Ali Abdul Hakim Daraan, a Hadi loyal that killed an AQAP commander in 2012 in Al Bayda Governorate in revenge of his father killing by AQAP some days before. It's believed that AQAP killed Daraan in retaliation of their dead officer.[200][201] In the same day, AQAP fighters ambushed colonel Abdul Alim Abdul Jalil of 137th Infantry Brigade in Ahwar, as he traveled from Aden to the base of his brigade in Al Mahrah Governorate. None of Jalil or his men were killed and all escaped the ambush unharmed.[202][203][204] On April 11, the former longtime ally of Hadi in Zinibar and Khanfir, Abdul Latif Al-Sayed, resigned from his post in Hizam brigade, siting organizational failure to fight expanding AQAP forces in Abyan. Afterwards, he took command of UAE-loyal backed Rapid Deployment Force in Abyan.[205][206] On 13 April, AQAP forces killed the Hizam commander in Shuqrah, Ali Saleh Haydara Al-Awd, and wounded his son, in an attack in one of the last-remain Hizam manned checkpoints in the area.[207]
AQAP-Tribal forces agreement, Southern Transitional Council, and continued fighting
Qasim al-Raymi, Al-Qaeda's Emir of Yemen, announced that his group, AQAP, will cease its operations in attacking the West in order to maintain in territorial control in territories its already runs. This, AQAP said, will help them rule without fighting tribal forces, as the agreement was asked by tribal forces in central Yemen to take place, in conditions of AQAP to not attack the west, or provoke it, so tribesmen homes stay out of US drone strikes.[208][209] In April 16, US warships shelled AQAP positions in Mudiyah District without leaving casualties.[210] In April 20, Southern resistance fighters repelled Houthi fighters trying to infiltrate in Abyan through Lawdar. No casualties reported.[211] On May 3, AQAP fighters attacked Rapid Deployment Force fighters in Shuqrah, injuring two soldiers.[212] In May 7, two AQAP commanders, Al-Abali and Mukhtar Jami, were found dead in the border region between Abyan and Lahij Governorate.[213][214] On May 25, a man killed two Hizam soldiers in Ahwar, and then fled. The man later, surrendered himself to authorities.[215][216] One day later, in May 26, unknown gunmen riding in a motorbike, killed a civilian, named Sami Ahmed Al-Yafei, in Shuqrah.[217] On June 2, AQAP forces ampushed a convoy of an Hadi loyalist official, Bassam Al-Mihdhar. Two soldiers were wounded in the ambush.[218] On June 5, AQAP soldiers killed 2 Al Hizam soldiers in Lawdar, and seized their armed vehicle.[219] On June 6, an AQAP suicede bomber targeted the convoy of Abyan security chief Abdullah Al-Fadhli in Dufas area, killing 2 of his guards, and wounding himself, and his brother, Ali Al-Fadhli.[220][221][222] On June 9, Tribals and officials loyal to Hadi, announced their joint coordination between government forces and a number of tribes in the city of Lawdar in the center of the province in order to confront al-Qaeda elements and address them during the coming period. The move came after a meeting chaired by Brig. Gen. Nasser Abed Rabbo Mohammed, commander of the 115th Infantry Brigade in Lawdar, a number of sheikhs, dignitaries and social figures in the city and its environs, to discuss the repercussions of the terrorist attack that targeted Abyan security chief Abdullah Al-Fadhli.[223] On June 10, 2017, Hadi loyalist and Abyan Governor, Abu Bakr Hussein, had a meeting with an AQAP leader in the house of Brig. Faisal Rajab, Tariq Al-Fadhli, a controversial political figure, who was friend with Osama Bin Laden, and later, created one of the first branches of Al-Qaeda in Yemen. After that, hi joined Ali Abdullah Saleh. and later joined Southern Movement but at the beginnings of 2010, he re-joined AQAP.[224][225][226][227] On June 13, Ahmad al-Rabizi, a Southern Movement leader, called Hadi loyalist and governor of Abyan, Abu Bakr Hussein to defect to Southern Transitional Council, telling that "Is illogical, all of the other Southern governors to be member of STC, and not the governor of Abyan, letting the later isolated by all other southern provinces." If Abu Bakr accepted or declined is not known.[228] In June 26, clashes erupted between Houthi forces and southern movement in Thira. One Southern movement fighter wounded, and at least 7 Houthi fighters were killed.[229][230][231] On June 28, 1 civilian killed, and 2 other wounded when unknown gunmen attacked them in a Qat marked in Zinjibar.[232] On June 29, AQAP gunmen captured a Southern Movement commander, named Mokhtar Mohammed Haydan Al-Habashi Al-Audhali, who also is an officer in security force at Mashiq palace in Aden.[233][234][235] On July 2, US drone strikes killed the Chief financial officer of AQAP in Abyan, Ibrahim al-Adani, in Al Wade'a District, alongside one of his aids.[236][237][238][239] On July 4, it was announced that 3,ooo members of the popular committees are to be intergraded in the Hadi loyal Army in Abyan.[4] Mokhtar Mohammed Haydan Al-Habashi Al-Audhali released by AQAP in Lawdar after tribal negotiations.[240] On July 20, local tribesmen arrested two men belonging to a gang that robbed travelers in Al-Maraqisha.[241] On July 23, AQAP terrorists ambushed al-Hizam soldiers in Al Wade'a District, killing al-Hizam commander of Wadea, Abdulhakim Omair. Two other soldiers were also wounded.[242] On July 29, AQAP fighters killed Nasser Saleh Al-Jaari 'Jeddo', in Lawdar. Nasser was a leader of Al-Hizam and the popular committees in the region.[243] On the same day, a senior commander of AQAP in Abyan region, Khaled Abdul Nabi, surrendered in security forces in Lahij Governorate.[244] AQAP claimed that killed 5 Hizam troops in Shoqrah with rockets on July 31. The claim is not verified.[245] On August 1, AQAP fighters attacked Hizam troops in Ahwar and Shuqrah, wounding 3, and killing another 5.[246]
115th brigade attacks, STC and Hadi loyals fighting
On August 7, many AQAP fighters arrived from Shabwah Governorate to northern Abyan amid fighting in Shabwah.[247] In August 8, AQAP suicide bomber Arif Adel Hassan Habib, killed 12 Hadi loyalists from the 103th brigade, and wounded another 28. The brigade was deployed in Abyan in early August.[248] On August 9, Abdul Latif al-Sayed and Munir Abu Al-Yamamah compined forces arrived in Ahwar and secured it with checkpoints, expelling AQAP elements.[249] On August 13, their combined force withdrew to Shuqrah after not receiving funds from the central government.[250] On the same day, suspected AQAP gunmen ambushed 115th Infantry Brigade leader Brig Ahmed Mohammed Al-Shubaili, severely wounding him and killing his son, Al-Khader Ahmed Mohammed Al-Shubaili, in Lawdar.[251] On the same day, US drone strike killed 2 AQAP fighters in Maraqisha, including millitand Abu Asid al Marqishi.[252] On August 14, Hadi loyalists security forces forces raided a hotel in Aden, killing the chief of security of Rasad District, Hussein Ahmed Qomata, and wounding the Al-Hizam commander of Rasad, Abdul Razzaq Al-Jordemi. Later on, forces led by Abu Al-Yamamah arrested Yasser al-Amoudi, citing connection to the raid that killed Qomata.[253] Later on, on August 17, the leader of STC in Abyan, Sheikh Abdur Rab Al-Naqib, visited the relatives of Qomata.[254] On August 18, militants blew up the home of president Hadi in his hometown of Marabah village in Al-Wadea district.[255] On August 18, AQAP issued a statement that urged Abyani people and tribes not to work with UAE and US, or would face fighting.[256] On July 23, suspected AQAP gunmen attacked members of popular committees in the city of Amshara, killing the PC leader of Lawdar Mahdhar Abdul, and wounded two others.[257][258] In hours after in the same place, militants ambushed the deputy governor of Al Bayda Governorate, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Al-Aseeli, wounding him, and killing 3 of his fighters.[259][260] On August 24, suspected AQAP fighters attacked al-Hizam checkpoint in Ahwar, without causing any casualties.[261] On August 18, AQAP fighters ambushed Al-Hizam forces in Khanfar, and during the battle, 2 Hizam fighters killend and 1 wounded by friendly fire. On the same day, Abdul Latif Al-Sayed and his forces thwarted AQAP fighters from planting bombs in Jaar, and managed to kill 5 of the terrorists, while the others managed to escape.[262][263][264] On August 18, gunmen fired on an official of 115th brigade in Lawdar, named Abdullah Abdulsalam al-Qabli, wounding him seriusly.[265][266] On August 30, AQAP attacked 103th brigade base in Jahayn, but was repelled by the soldiers. In August 31, AQAP attacled a base of Hizam in Al-Wadea, but was again repelled.[267] On September 7, a civilian was killed in Lawdar by unknown gunmen.[268]
Al Wadea offensive
On September 12, more than 40 armored vehicles of Hizam forces led by Abdul Latif al-Sayed, leader of rapid deployment force, Abu al Yamamah, leader of 1st support brigade, and Mohhamded al-Oban, commander of Hizam in Zinjibar sector, invaded AQAP controlled parts in Al Wade'a District, with support from Saudi Arabian airforce, and raided AQAP positions.[269][270][271] During the fighting, Yamamah forces captured an AQAP explosives and weapons barrack.[272][273]
Later on, al-Sayed and his forces raided an AQAP compound in Wadea and during the fighting he captured 15 AQAP fighters, including 3 commanders, Abu Abdullah Al-Kazemi, a bombmaker, Ahmed Al-Khader bin Lazraq, and Nasser Mohammed Jubah al-Maqni.[274][275][276] Three soldiers wounded during the fighting.[277][277][278]
A day later, the offensive continued, and during the operation, a Saudi colonel pilot kiled after his plane crashed due to technical failures, named Lieutenant Colonel Muhanna bin Saad Al-Baiz.[279] Afterwards, Hizam forces captured two AQAP compounds that were used to create weapons, and managed to kill 6 fighters, and capture another 7.[280][281][282] The remaining AQAP fighters retreated towards the AQAP bastion in Al Mahfad District.[283]
A day later, a drone strike killed two AQAP leaders, Harithah al-Waqari, who was targeted before, but apparently escaped, and a field commander, Ali Saleh Al-Buhaith Al-Fathani, in mudiyah.[284] A day later, the three captured AQAP commanders mysteriously killed while in costudy in a possible execution.[285][286][276][287]
On September 16, 2017, Hizam forces advanced further in Wadea, and clashed with the Emir of AQAP there, Al-Khader Ali Ahmed Basaree who also served as the Emir of Abyan after Usayd al-Adani. The Hizam captured Wadea, and later found the body of Al-Khader Ali Ahmed Basaree, who died from his wounds in an abandoned building.[288][289][290][291][292] In the same day, AQAP terrorists ambushed the deputy commander of Hizam in Abyan, Fahd Hassan Alawi Garmah in the road between Lawdar and Al Wadea. Fahd not hurted, but one of his soldiers killed in the encounter. AQAP later claimed that two soldiers died in the fighting.[293][294]
In September 18, AQAP claimed it killed 4 Hizam soldiers in Al Ayn in an IED attack.[295]
In September 19, Hizam forces raided the houses of Emir of Lawdar and Emir of Al Hisn, killing the Emir of Al Hisn, Mohammed Saleh Al-Awsiji, and capturing the Emir of Lawdar, Aqil Matali.[296][297][298][299][300][301][301] Later on, Hizam forces led by Abdul Latif al Sayed, Munir Abu al-Yamamah, and Mohammed al-Oban, arrived in Mudiyah, an AQAP stronghold in Abyan, in a prelude to clear Al-Qaeda terrorists from there. Abu Bakr Hussein Salem later arrived tere, after Hizam secured the town.[302][303][304]
In September 23, two AQAP commanders captured in Mudiyah, Abyan in September 23. The first is the Emir of Mudiyah District, Ali Saleh Dehis, nicknamed Abu Saleh, and the second in command in Mudiyah, or deputy, Mohammed Nasser Dehis.[305][306][307][308]
In September 26, Al-Hizam forces raided the house of AQAP senior terrorist commander in Abyan, Ahmed Abdul Nabi. Ahmed, was the brother of Khaled Abdul Nabi, another AQAP senior commander, who surrendered himself to security forces in Lahij some months before. The terrorist, refused to surrender after a 10-day negotiation, resulting to his death. His son, Mohamed Abdul Nabi, another son, and another 3 of Nabi’s men was arrested by the Hizam forces, which, in its turn sustained 3 injuries. Three of Nabi’s men escaped the battle. One of the Hizam fighters wounded, was the commander of the operation, Abdullah Ali al-Yazidi.[309][310][311][312][313][314]
In the same day, Hizam forces captured two AQAP officials in Al-Ain, Abyan. The AQAP militants named Haitham al-‘Arr and Abdullah al-Huqairi.[315] In September 27, Rapid Intervision forces, captured an Al-Qaeda terrorist, who served as an explosive expert for the organization, named al-Khader Ahmad Hussein Al-Darmali, in Al-Ain in Abyan. He is one of the most senior explosive experts for AQAP in Abyan, and he is rensposible for the recent attacks of IED’s and car bombs.[316] In the same day, an IED explosion injured two Hizam soldiers in Jaar. The attack was claimed by AQAP.[317]
Further attacks during 2017
On October 2, AQAP claimed an ambush east of Mudiyah that killed a soldier, and damaged armored vehicle.[318][319][320] On October 5, an AQAP IED exploded in Mydiyah, wounding 7 Hizam soldiers. A day later, an AQAP suicide bomber dedonated himself in the convoy of Khanfir district Hizam commander Col Abdul Rahman Al-Shuneini in Shuqrah, killing 4 and wounding 7. Al-Shuneini was also seriusly wounded.[321][322][323][321][324] On October 9, 50 UAE technicals arrived in Wadea for Hizam forces.[325] On October 10, Hizam forces captured an AQAP commander in Mudiyah, named Mohammed Saleh Saeed al-Awlaki.[326] A day later, they raided the huse of an AQAP leader, Abdul Hakim Amer. The Hizam troops seized intelligence material but they were unable to capture the terrorist.[327] On October 18, an IED killed one Hizam commander was killed, named Ayad bin Suhail al-Yafei, and wounded another two in Mudiyah.[328][329] On October 19, Hizam forces arrested suspected senior AQAP leader Salem Ali Ahmed Al-Zaidi in Wadea.[330] On October 20, a suspected US drone strike killed 5 AQAP fightrs while they were retreating from Abyan heading to Al Bayda. The fighters include AQAP's Emir of Lawdar Nayef Al-Damaji Abu Obaidah, and four other militands, Salah Hadi Al-Lawdari, Shuaib Al-Lawdari, Nader Al-Jaru, and Shamil Al-Jadani.[331][332][333][334][335][336] On October 23, an AQAP attack in Al-Hizam's HQ in Mudiyah, killed 5 Hizam troops, including a prominent fighter, Al-Khader Salem Aqil Al-Saidi Al-Yafi'i.[337] 4 AQAP terrorists also killed.[338] On 29 October, Hizam forces led by Munir Abu Al-Yamamah and Abdul Latif Al-Syed deployed to Mahfad district and meet with Sabwani Elite forces led by Lt Col Mohammed Salem Al-Buhar Al-Qomaishi, to jointly begin operations in Mahfad. During they're entrance, an AQAP suicide bomber exploded himself, killing one Hizam soldiers, and wounding another three[339][340][341][342] In October 30, an IED wounded two Hizam soldiers in Lawdar. On October 31, Hizam forces raided an AQAP camp in Mahfad, arresting 2 terrorists, Abdullah Al-Saqi, and Fayez Saleh Saeed Faya.[343][344][345][346] The camp was named Sheikh Osama Bin Laden camp, and was a huge blow to AQAP, as it was considered one of the most importand Al-Qaeda camps in the country. Weapons were also seized.[346] On November 1, a US drone strike killed AQAP commander Ahmed Al-Khader Al-Waleedi in Mudiyah. On the same day, a senior AQAP commander surrendered in the forces of Abdullatif al-Sayed, named Mohammed Awad Mahfar.[347][348][349][350] On November 7, 6th Hazm Battalion of Al-hizam arivved to Mahfad for a long term deployment.[351] On November 10, a US drone strike killed two AQAP fighters in Lawdar.[352][353] On November 11, an IED explosion killed an commander of Hizam's 1st support brigade, named Mansour Al-Ajili Abu Sharara.[354][355] On November 14, Abu Bakr Hussein Salem recommended appointment of Col Khader Al-Nub as Security Chief to replace Brig Gen Abdullah Al-Fadhli.[356] On November 17, an IED targeted a Hizam convoy of commander Saleh Salem Al-Hanashi Al-Kazemi, injuring at least one soldier.[357] On November 29, an IED killed two soldiers and wounded another one in Mahfad.[358] In December 6, Hizam forces captured Abu Salem Al-Walidi, AQAP chif financial officer of Abyan in Mudiyah.[359][360] On December 12, Hizam forces killed the AQAP leader who leaded the ambush that killed Abdelhakim Omair, Saleh al-Barak some months before, during a clash in an checkpoint in Wadea.[361] On December 16, two AQAP commanders surrendered to Hizam after clashing with the forces of Saleh Al-Amiri Abu Qahtan in Lawdar. The millitands were named Abdu Majda and Hadi Al-Saeeli.[362][363] On December 25, Al-Ayn region Security Belt commander Brig Gen Saleh Al-Amiri Abu Qahtan and Lawdar district Security Chief Col Al-Khader Hamsan Al-Audhali visited Southern Resistance forces on the Thira front who fight against Houthis.[364]
AQAP decline of activity
On January 7, 2018, a commander of Hizam forces in Wadea was wounded by an IED. The commander was the brother of the killed Hizam commander, Abdelhakim Omair, who killed during an AQAP ambush in Wadea in July 2017.[365] On January 15, AQAP terrorists fired shels in the camp of 1st Hazm Battalion camp in Mahfad from the Al-Khayala mountains west of Al-Mahfad town. According to battalion commander Col Abdullah Al-Hanashi, one soldier was wounded by shrapnel.[366] On January 18, AQAP targeted the vehicle of Hizma leader Salem Muhaim at the eastern entrance to Al-Mahfad town. Two soldiers were wounded.[367] On January 28, a US drone strike killed three AQAP fighters in Abyan.[368] On Febeuary 11, two AQAP terrorists were captured in Jaar by Hizam forces, suspected for leading a 15-man AQAP gang in bank attack in Aden in July 2017, that killed the security manager of the bank. The men were named Majed Khabtiyeh and Alaa Ahmed.[369][370] At that point, AQAP only controls or have a strong presence in Awhar, Shuqrah, and Al-Mahfad.[371] On February 16, AQAP fighters dedonated an IED in an Hizam vehicle, killing one soldier and wounding another three.[372]
Operation Sweeping Torrent, Hizam infighting, figting declining
On March 8, 2018, Hizam forces led by Abdullatif al-sayed, unleashed Operation Sweeping Torrent to take complete control of Al Mahfad from AQAP, and begun to advance in AQAP hold position in the coutryside and mountains. During the advance, AQAP emir of Al-Mahfad, Saleh Ahmed Lara, surrendered alongside 8 of his men. His depudy, Nasser Mohsen Basabreen, refused to surrender and fought off the Hizam forces was and killed in battle.[373][374][375] On March 9, after clearing Mahfad, Hizam forces raided Wadi Hamara, capturing AQAP official, Nasser Mubarak al-Muhail, alongside 5 other terrorists.[376][377][378] In March 10, forces of AbdulLatif al-Sayed, killed another commander of Hizam forces in Mahfad along with his depudy, in an apparent rivalry in the region's hirearchy.[379][380][381] Salim Muhaim al-Kazemi, and his deputy, Saddam Ali Touhal, were the killed commanders.[382][383] On March 11, Hizam forces declared the end of the operation, as they had captured Mahfad and wadi Hamara.[384][385][386][387] In March 18, suspected AQAP gunmen attacked the convoy of Hizam's 2nd storm battalion commander, Manif al-Zubaidi, in Mahfad, killing three soldier and wounding another one.[388][389] In the same day, AQAP ambushed two vehicles of Hizam in mudiyah, while they headed to Aden, killing one soldier and wounding another 3.[390][391][392] In March 19, three tribal fighters were injured after clashes broke out east of the Mudiyah, in the village of Qaliatah, between of Al Mansour and Al-Walid.[393] In March 24, forces of Abdulatif al-Sayed clashed with forces of Saleh al-Amiri Abu Qahtan while the first passed in Al-Ain. This was one of many conflicts between al-Sayed and other Hizam commanders, as previously in March, Sayed killed an Mahfad Hizam commander, Salim Muhaim al-Kazemi.[394][395] In March 29, AQAP killed a Hizma soldiers in his house in al-Wadea.[396][397] On April 7, forces led by Abdulatif al-Sayed, captured AQAP's deputy of Aden's Mansoura district Emir Abi Salem al-Taizi, Hilmi Aqil, in Jaar.[398][399] In April 13, AQAP fighters attacked Al-Hizam barracks in Al-Wadea, killing a soldier and wounding others.[400] On April 18, forces led by Abdullatif al-Sayed, raided a house in al-Wadea, and during gunfire, killed two leading AQAP leaders in the province, Hussein Ali Basaree, the brother of former Abyan Emir, and Murad al-Doubly al-Batani al-Maki.[401][402][403][404][405] On April 29, forces of Abdullatif al-Sayed raided Khanfir targering AQAP veteran commander Sami Younes Aiash, killing him after he tried to escape.[406]
Battle of Maraqisha
In May 10, forces led by Abdullatif al-Sayed, numbering about 500 fighters, invaded one of the last remaining strongholds of AQAP in Abyan, in Khobar al-Maraqisha from two Axes. About 30 AQAP fighters were there according to witnesses.[407] During the fighting, several people were killed and military vehicles were destroyed. The remaining AQAP forces withdraw from Maraqisha, which was then fully captured by the Hizam forces. The death toll was 6 AQAP fighters dead, and 4 Hizam soldiers killed and 12 wounded.[408][409][410][411][412] A day later, Hizam forces under Abdulrahman Al-Shanini pursued fleeing AQAP chief of Medical office, Abu al-Miqdad al-Dhumari, and killed him, alongside 3 of his fighters. Also, 4 of his fighters were also captured.[413] 3 Hizam soldiers were also killed, and 8 were also wounded.[414]
Battle of Ahwar and other incidents
In May 12, Hizam forces under Saleh Ahmed bin Nasser al-Kazemi and Commander of the rapid intervention forces Abdullah Ali Rabie al-Kazemi, attacked AQAP forces in Ahwar. 4 Hizam soldiers were killed and 3 injured, as for AQAP are reports of an unspecified number of dead and wounded. Apparently, the clashes did not result in clearing the AQAP fighters form the Ahwar region.[415][416][417][418] In May 25, suspected AQAP forces planted an IED in the headquarters of Hizam in Lawdar. One Hizam soldier wounded trying to defuse the bomb, which followed by a gunfight between AQAP and Hizam. One day later, 1 Hizam fighter killed and four others wounded when their vehicle was struck by a landmine in Al-Mafhad.[419][420][421][422][423][424] In May 30, two suspected AQAP gunmen while riding in a motorbyke, killed Rapid Intervision forces Zinjibar commander, Houd Salih al-Marimi, close to a Qat market in Zinjibar.[425][426] In June 14, AQAP fighters attacked the headquarters of the Hizam in Al-Wadea. First, a car bomb exploded in a checkpoint outside the compound. After the surprise attack, the terrorists opened fire in the HQ compound. Three soldiers were killed and eight were wounded, including the commander of Hizam, Mohammed Abdulla Samqa.[427][428][429][430][431][432] In June 23, Hizam forces under Rapid Intervision forces commander in Maraqisha, Ali al-Misharj, had four wounded soldiers, after an AQAP bomb attack in Maraqisha, while searching for AQAP remnants in the region. In the same region, another Hizam patrol under Ali Abdullah Ahmed Haiderah, was attakced by an AQAP IED. 9 soldiers wonded, including the commander.[433][434][435][436] In July 2, AQAP terrorists targered Mafhad Hizam commander, Jamal Mohammed Ahmed Al-kazemi, with five IEDs, in Mahfad. The commander survived the attempt, and his forces captured 2 AQAP fighters. One of them, was AQAP commander Mohammed Lars.[437][438][439][440] In August 2, AQAP attacked Hizam HQ in Mahfad, killing and injuring several of Hizam's troops. Several AQAP fighters were also killed or injured. By the next day, the fighting was spread in other places in Mahfad. In August 3, AQAP seriusly injured the commander of Rapid intervision forces in Mahfad, Gamal Lemkah, and killed his brother, Saud Lemkah. 3 other soldiers were also killed, and many others were injured. One AQAP fighter was also killed in the battle. Some other sources, pointed that Gamal Lemkah was killed instead.[441][442][443][444][445] In August 4, a civilian was killed by a tribal gunman in Mudiyah.[446] A day later, three Hizam soldiers were wounded by a car bomb in the same city.[447][448] In August 29, AQAP fighters raided a security checkpoint in Ahwar, killing 5 Hizam soldiers and wounding 7 others. The rest of Hizam's soldiers chased them but the terrorists manged to escape.[449][450][451][452][453][454][455] In August 9, a US drone strike killed Ali Shana, also known as Abu Sameh al-Zangbari, in Ahwar, during a gathering of AQAP fighters, alongside 3 other terrorists. Zangbari was a deputy to Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari, the former Emir of Abyan, and a senior commander within Abyani AQAP forces. He was reportedly killed back in 2016, by US strikes, but it seems he survived.[456][457][458]
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{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "قوات الجيش الوطني تلقي القبض على 7 عناصر بالقاعدة في عملياتها بأبين - اخبار اليمن". 16 September 2017.
- ^ https://translate.google.com/#ar/en/بالصور ...ضبط ثلاثة من قيادات بارزة من تنظيم القاعدة ومعمل متفجرات باليمن%0Aالخميس 14%2Fسبتمبر%2F2017 - 02%3A53 ص%0Aأحد قيادات القاعدة%0Aأحد قيادات القاعدة خلال القبض عليه%0Aسها البغدادى%0AAddThis Sharing Buttons%0AShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Google%2BShare to WhatsAppShare to Facebook MessengerShare to EmailShare to More33%0A%0Aضبطت قوات الحزام الأمني صباح أمس الأربعاء ، ثلاثة من أبرز قيادات تنظيم القاعدة الإرهابي في محافظة أبين مديرية الوضيع، إثر حملة أمنية قامت بها قوات من اللواء الأول "دعم وإسناد" بقيادة العميد منير اليافعي أبو اليمامة ،وقوات من الحزام الأمني بمحافظة أبين بقيادة العقيد عبداللطيف السيد.%0A%0Aكما قامت القوة بضبط معمل ضخم لصناعة العبوات الناسفة واللواصق والسيارات المفخخة وجميع أنواع المتفجرات.%0A%0Aوفي تصريح ، ذكر العميد منير أبو اليمامة - قائد اللواء الأول "دعم وإسناد" ،أنهم نفذوا صباح اليوم حملة أمنية واسعة في مديرية الوضيع ومناطق موجان وضاضة والسواد.%0A%0Aوأضاف" أبواليمامة"، أن هذه الحملة أدت إلى ضبط أكبر معمل لصناعة المتفجرات في محافظة أبين مديرية الوضيع منطقة "ضاضة" في منزل القيادي بتنظيم القاعدة الإرهابي "أبو علي السعدي".%0A%0Aوأشاد قائد اللواء الأول "دعم وإسناد"، بأبناء منطقة الوضيع الذين كانوا عونا لقوات الأمن في كشف أوكار العصابات الإجرامية من تنظيمي القاعدة وداعش الإرهابيين.%0A%0Aوفي السياق نفسه، ضبطت الحملة الأمنية المشتركة بين قوات الدعم والاسناد والحزام الأمني بمحافظة أبين ثلاثة من أبرز قيادات تنظيم القاعدة الإرهابي.%0A%0Aومن جانبه ذكر أبين العقيد عبداللطيف السيد - قائد الحزام الأمني بالمحافظة، أسماء القيادات الإرهابية التي تم ضبطها اليوم وهم%3A%0A%0A- أحمد الخضر لزرق.%0A%0A- عبد الرحمن صالح دهيس المكنى أبو عبدالله الكازمي.%0A%0A- ناصر محمد جوبح المكنى أبو معاذ.%0A%0Aوقال" السيد"، أنه تم ضبط الثلاثة الإرهابيين بعد تنفيذهم كمين مسلح في مفرق عكد أدى لإصابة اثنين من أفراد الحزام الأمني المشاركين بالحملة أثناء مرور دوريتهم بالمنطقة.%0A%0Aوأشار "أبو اليمامة" إلى ان الإرهابي "أحمد الخضر لزرق" كان أحد أبرز قيادات التنظيم الإرهابي في مدينة المنصورة بعدن إبان الحرب وعند دخول القوات الأمنية للمدينة فر إلى محافظة أبين وظل مختبئ فيها إلى أن ألقي القبض عليه اليوم.%0A%0Aونوه القائدان"أبو اليمامة والسيد"، إلى ان الحملة الأمنية في محافظة ابين مستمرة وستشمل مناطق الوضيع ومودية والمحفد لتطهيرها من العناصر الإرهابية وحتى عودة الأمن والاستقرر في المحافظة.%0A%0Aوشكر القائدان قوات التحالف العربي على دعمهم لمكافحة الفكر الإرهابي المتطرف والذي يعد فكر دخيل على مناطقنا الجنوبية.
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