Battle of Zinjibar
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Battle of Zinjibar | |||||||
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Part of Yemeni Crisis (2011-present) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[1]
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Supported by United States[2] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari Ali bin Saeed bin Jamil al-Abyani Ayad al-Shabwani † Awad Mohammed Saleh al-Shabwani † Hassan Basanbol † Ali Abdullah Naji al-Harithi † Khalid Batarfi |
Abdullatif Al-Sayed Colonel Qassem Sheikh † Brig. Gen. Ahmad Awad Hassan al-Marmi †[3] Gen. Faisal Ragab Gen. Abdel Hakim al-Salahi[4] Sheikh Abu Bahr Ashal † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 fighters (initially) 2,000 fighters (later)[5] 400 al-Shabab fighters (since August)[6] |
25th Mechanised Brigade 111th Infantry Brigade[7] 119th Artillery Brigade 201st Artillery Brigade 450 tribal fighters[8] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
374[9]-386[lower-alpha 1] militants killed, 128 militants wounded,[40][41] 12 militants captured[42] |
232 soldiers killed,[43] 330+ soldiers wounded,[41][44] 50 soldiers missing,[45] 10 soldiers captured[46] 51 tribesmen killed[47][48] | ||||||
33 civilians killed[49] |
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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").