Islamic Emirate of Yemen
Islamic Emirate of Yemen إِمَارَةُ ٱلْيَمَنُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِيَّةْ | |||||||||||||
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| 2015—2020 | |||||||||||||
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Flag of AQAP used by the emirate | |||||||||||||
The Islamic emirate (green) at its territorial peak in February 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized independent state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Mukalla (2015–2016) Unknown 2016–2020 | ||||||||||||
| Largest city | Mukalla | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Yemeni Arabic | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Salafism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Islamic emirate | ||||||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||||||
• 2015 | Nasir al-Wuhayshi | ||||||||||||
• 2015 - 2020 | Qasim al-Raymi | ||||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | Battle of Mukalla (2015) | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 2020 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||||||
The Islamic Emirate of Yemen (Arabic: إِمَارَةُ ٱلْيَمَنُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِيَّةْ) was a short-lived unrecognised Islamic state established by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula after the 2015 Battle of Mukalla, as part of their goal to establish an Islamic emirate in Hadhramaut. Mukalla was the headquarters of AQAP, and the capital of the Islamic Emirate of Yemen.