Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)
| Southern Abyan Offensive (2016) | |||||||
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| Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) | |||||||
The territory that AQAP seized during the offensive showed in dark grey, surrounded by black lines. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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 that AQAP launched in late February, which ended with a victory for AQAP as Yemeni tribal fighters loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi were driven out of the Abyan Governorate.