Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)

Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)
Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen and South Yemen insurgency

The territory that AQAP seized during the offensive showed in dark grey, surrounded by black lines.
Date2–20 February 2016 (18 days)
Location
Shuqrah and Ahwar, Abyan Governorate Yemen
Result

AQAP victory

  • AQAP united its western and eastern parts of its Emirate
Belligerents

Islamic Emirate of Yemen

Yemen

Commanders and leaders
Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari †
Tawfiq Belaidi		 Sheikh Mazen al-Aqrabi † (Popular resistance unit senior commander)
Units involved
Unknown Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3 killed
38–40 captured
17–20 executed

The Southern Abyan Offensive refers to a 2016 offensive in Yemen that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) launched in late February, which ended with a victory for AQAP as Yemeni tribal fighters loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi were driven out of Abyan Governorate.

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