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Battle of Zinjibar

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Battle of Zinjibar
Part of Yemeni Crisis (2011-present)
Date27 May – 10 September 2011
(3 months and 2 weeks)
Location
Zinjibar and surrounding towns in Abyan Governorate, Yemen
Result

Ansar al-Sharia victory

  • Militants capture Zinjibar and several surrounding towns in late May 2011
  • Several military offensives on the city repelled in June and July 2011
  • 25th Mechanized Brigade under siege in the city until rescued in mid-September 2011
Belligerents

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[1]

 Yemen

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[a] 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]

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").

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