Back الحرب على القاعدة في اليمن Arabic یمن دکی القائده آیاقلانماسی AZB ইয়েমেনে আল-কায়েদার বিদ্রোহ Bengali/Bangla Insurgència d'Al-Qaida al Iemen Catalan Insurgencia de Al-Qaeda en Yemen Spanish Terrorismin vastainen sota Jemenissä Finnish Insurrection djihadiste au Yémen French Insurrezione di al-Qaida in Yemen Italian 예멘 알카에다 반란 Korean Rebelia islamska w Jemenie Polish

Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

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
  Republic of Yemen (internationally recognized), Yemeni Armed Forces and GPC allies
  Republic of Yemen, territories controlled by pro-government STC militias
  Houthi movement
  Local, non-aligned forces
  Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
  Islamic State – Yemen Province (IS-YP)
(For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi Arabia, see the detailed map here.)
Date30 December 1998[20] — present
(25 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Yemen
Result

Escalation into crisis and civil war

  • Yemeni Crisis begins in late January 2011
  • On 31 March 2011, AQAP declared the Islamic Emirate in Yemen
Belligerents

al-Qaeda

Supported by:

Alleged Support:

Republic of Yemen

Supported by:
 Belarus[8][9][10]
 United States
 Saudi Arabia

Supreme Political Council (from 2016)

Supported by:
 Iran[11][12]
 Syria[13]
 North Korea[14]
 Qatar[15]
 Russia[16]
 Hezbollah[17]
 Cuba
 Eritrea
 Oman
 Libya (until 2011)

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014)[18]

Commanders and leaders
Khalid Batarfi💀
Nasir al-Wuhayshi †
Qasim al-Raymi †
Said Ali al-Shihri †
Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi Surrendered
Jalal Bala'idi †
Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan †
Ibrahim al-Rubaysh †
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi †
Anwar al-Awlaki †
Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari †
Ibrahim al-Banna
Fahd al-Quso †
Shawki al-Badani †
Othman al-Ghamdi †
Samir Khan †
Ibrahim al-Asiri †
Ibrahim al-Qosi		 Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
(2012–present)
Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
(1998–2012)
United States Joe Biden
(2021–present)
United States Donald Trump
(2017–21)
United States Barack Obama
(2009–17)
United States George W. Bush
(2001–09)
United States Bill Clinton
(1998–2001)
United States Lloyd Austin
(2021–present)
United States William Cohen
(1998–2001)
United States Donald Rumsfeld
(2001–2006)
United States Robert Gates
(2006–2011)
United States Leon Panetta
(2011–2013)
United States Chuck Hagel
(2013–2015)
United States Ash Carter
(2015–2017)
United States Jim Mattis
(2017–2019)
United States Mark Esper
(2019–2020)		 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[21] (POW) †[22][23][24]
(2017–19)
Abu Bilal al-Harbi †[25]
(2014–17)
Strength
AQAP: 1,000–3000+[26][27]
Al-Shabaab: 500[28]		  Yemen: 20,000[29]
Advisors & Special Forces:
United States US Forces: 1,500[30]		 ISIL: 300 (June 2015)[31]
250–500 (2018)[21]
Casualties and losses
at least 25 (2010)
at least 279 (2011)
at least 48 killed (January–March 2012)
at least 318 killed (since April 2012 and 2nd Battle of Lawdar)[32]
429 killed (since May 2012)[33]
Total killed: 1,099+

Yemen: at least 96 (2010)
at least 290 (2011)
United States 1 killed, 3 injured (2017)[34]
Belarus: 2 killed (2013)[8]

17 sailors killed, 39 injured during USS Cole bombing		 unknown
39 civilians killed (2010)
85 civilians killed (2011)
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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 cells 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.[35][36] 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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