Ongoing conflict
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Part of the War on terror and the Yemeni Civil War Political and military control in Yemen in February 2024:
(For a detailed map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi Arabia, see
here .)
Belligerents
al-Qaeda
AQAP
Council of Sunni Scholars and al-Jama'a
Hadrami Domestic Council faction[ 1] [ 2]
al-Dhahab tribesmen
Supported by:
Alleged Support:
Republic of Yemen (internationally-recognized; led by the PLC since 2022)
Supported by: United States [ 35] [ 36] [ 37]
United Kingdom [ c] France Canada
South Korea
Malaysia Australia
STC (2017–2022)[ 49]
United Arab Emirates [ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
Supreme Political Council (formerly SRC )
Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki Ibrahim al Qosi [ 63]
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † (2022–23) Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † (2022) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † (2019–22) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † (2014–19) Abu Osama al-Muhajir [ 73] (POW ) † [ 74] [ 75] [ 72] (2017–19) Abu Bilal al-Harbi † [ 76] (2014–17) Strength
al-Qaeda
113,500 soldiers and paramilitary[citation needed ] 100 warplanes; 150,000 troops[ 81] 30 warplanes;[ 82] 10,000 troops[ 83] 15 warplanes;[ 82] 300 troops[ 84] 10 warplanes; 1,000 troops[ 82] [ 85] 6 warplanes[ 82] 6 warplanes;[ 82] 1,500 troops[ 82] [ 29] 4 warplanes; 8,000–30,000 troops[ 86] [ 87] [ 88] 2,100 troops[ 82] [ 89] 4 warships[ 90] and warplanes[ 91] 1,800 security contractors[ 92]
150,000–200,000 fighters[ 93]
ISIL: 300 (June 2015)[ 94] 250–500 (2018)[ 73] Casualties and losses
Al-Qaeda
AQAP 1,000 killed, 1,500 captured (per [[Dawn (newspaper)
|Dawn]]; as of August 2018) [ 95]
Unknown 1,000[ 96] –3,000[ 97] 108 soldiers killed[ 104] 1,000–4,000 soldiers killed[ 110] [ 111] 11 soldiers killed[ 112] [ 113] [ 114] 1 F-16 crashed[ 115] 4 soldiers killed[ 116] [ 117] 10 servicemen killed[ 118] [ 119] 1 F-16 shot down[ 119]
1 F-16 lost[ 120] 71 PMCs killed[ 33] 1 killed, 3 injured (2017)[ 121]
"Thousands" killed (per Al Jazeera; as of May 2018) 11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of December 2017)[ 122]
unknown
39 civilians killed (2010) 85 civilians killed (2011)
The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government , the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda -affiliated groups in Yemen. It is a part of the Global War on Terror .
Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, escalating steadily until 14 January 2010, when Yemen declared open war on al-Qaeda .[ 123] [ 124] In addition to battling al-Qaeda across several provinces, Yemen was forced to contend with a Shia insurgency in the north and militant separatists in the south . Fighting with al-Qaeda escalated further during the course of the 2011 Yemeni revolution , with Jihadists seizing most of the Abyan Governorate and declaring it an Emirate . A second wave of violence began in early 2012, with militants claiming territory across the southwest amid heavy combat with government forces.
On 16 September 2014, a full-scale civil war erupted after Houthi fighters stormed Sana'a and ousted interim President Hadi , fracturing the Yemeni government between the UN recognized government of President Hadi and the Houthis' newly formed Supreme Political Council . The full-scale civil war led to a rise of Islamist Groups (Al-Qaeda, ISIS), insurgencies (Houthis), and call for separation of South Yemen.
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