Battle of Zinjibar (2011–2012)
| Battle of Zinjibar | |||||||||
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| Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen and the Yemeni crisis during the revolution | |||||||||
Map of the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | |||||||||
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| Units involved | |||||||||
| Ansar al-Sharia | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 3,000–4,000+ soldiers | 700–1,000 fighters | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 600+ killed | ||||||||
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Hundreds of civilian casualties 90,000+ displaced | |||||||||
Zinjibar Location within Yemen | |||||||||
The Battle of Zinjibar was a battle between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), for control of the town of Zinjibar and its surroundings as part of the wider insurgency in the self-declared Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen. Many of the Islamist forces operating in Abyan province refer to themselves as Ansar al-Sharia ("Partisans of Sharia").
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