Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, and reached an escalation point on January 14, 2010 when Yemen declared open war on al Qaeda. In addition to battling al Qaeda across several provinces, Yemen is also contending with Shi'ite insurgency in the north and militant separatists in the south. Fighting with al-Qaeda escalated during the course of the 2011 Yemeni revolution, with Jihadists seizing most of the Abyan Governorate and declaring it an Emirate at the close of March. A second wave of violence occurred throughout early 2012, with militants claiming territory across the southwest amid heavy combat with government forces.
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| rdfs:label
| - Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
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| rdfs:comment
| - Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, and reached an escalation point on January 14, 2010 when Yemen declared open war on al Qaeda. In addition to battling al Qaeda across several provinces, Yemen is also contending with Shi'ite insurgency in the north and militant separatists in the south. Fighting with al-Qaeda escalated during the course of the 2011 Yemeni revolution, with Jihadists seizing most of the Abyan Governorate and declaring it an Emirate at the close of March. A second wave of violence occurred throughout early 2012, with militants claiming territory across the southwest amid heavy combat with government forces.
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| Strength
| - 300(xsd:integer)
- 400(xsd:integer)
- 500(xsd:integer)
- Unknown
- --02-20
- Al-Qaeda : 500-600
- Ansar al-Sharia : unknown
- Yemen: 20,000
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| dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
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| Casus
| - The Yemeni armed forces regain control of Lawdar
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| Partof
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| Date
| - 1992(xsd:integer)
- --09-20
- --05-16
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| Commander
| - dbkwik:resource/Phf8ET8KlOuvvHA77Myxuw==
- Brig. Gen. Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali
- Mohammed Basindawa
- Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
- Abdul Qadir Bajamal
- Abdullah al-Mehdar
- Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Ali Muhammad Mujawar
- Anwar al-Awlaki
- Fahd al Quso
- Ibrahim al-Asiri
- Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali
- Nasir al-Wuhayshi
- Pres. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi
- Qasim al-Raymi
- Said Ali al-Shihri
- Saleh al-Ahmar
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| Status
| - Conflict ongoing
- Yemen army and tribesmen drive militants from city
- Yemeni victory
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| Territory
| - Al-Qaeda loses last strongholds, maintains partial territorial control in Abyan, Al Bayda', Ma'rib, Shabwah and Lahij governorates
- Yemen regains the town
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| Casualties
| - 3(xsd:integer)
- 5(xsd:integer)
- 32(xsd:integer)
- 33(xsd:integer)
- 39(xsd:integer)
- 85(xsd:integer)
- 249(xsd:integer)
- 15000(xsd:integer)
- --05-12
- at least 25
- : 2 border guards killed
- Total dead: 2,207+
- at least 248 killed
- at least 279
- at least 290
- at least 318 killed
- at least 35 killed
- at least 48 killed
- at least 54 killed
- at least 96
- ~4 killed, 9 wounded
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| Notes
| - AQAP often exaggerates government casualties, while not reporting their own. The death toll for members of the group is probably significantly larger than officially reported. Because of the chaotic situation in the country during the Yemeni revolution is it probable that military casualties during 2011 were also under reported.
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| combatant
| - 24(xsd:integer)
- United States
- *Military of Yemen
*Tribal fighters
- Ansar al-Sharia
- Ansar al-Sharia
*al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
*Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
*Islamic Jihad of Yemen
*Al-Shabaab
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| Place
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| Conflict
| - Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Battle of Huta
- Second Battle of Lawdar
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