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| Abyan campaign | ||||||||
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| Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen | ||||||||
 Location of the Abyan Governorate within Yemen | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Supported by: |
 AQAP[7] | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
| Abdul Nasser al-Junaidi[8] |
 Ali Mohsen Al Ahmar † |
Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari[7] Abu al Zinad al Abyani[9] | ||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||
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 Houthi fighters |
 111th Infantry Brigade[7] |
AQAP fighters | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
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200 soldiers 100 Houthi fighters |
600 soldiers 400 popular committee fighters[7] |
600 fighters[7] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 49 killed[7][10] | 31 killed[7][11] | unknown | ||||||
The Abyan campaign was a 2015 campaign for control of the Abyan Governorate of Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side, supported by jihadists of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[7] The pro-Hadi forces recaptured the Abyan Governorate on 11 August 2015,[12] after launching an offensive on pro-Houthi forces in early August.[13]
- ^ Orkaby, Asher (25 March 2015). "Houthi Who?". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Anti-Houthi fighters seize districts in central and southern Yemen". 10 August 2015.
- ^ Mazzetti, Mark; Kirkpatrick, David D. (25 March 2015). "Saudi Arabia Begins Air Assault in Yemen". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Felicia Schwartz, Hakim Almasmari and Asa Fitch (26 March 2015). "Saudi Arabia Launches Military Operations in Yemen". WSJ. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan ready for ground offensive in Yemen: report". the globe and mail. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes in Yemen". CNN. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Fighting in Abyan governorate continues as anti-Houthi forces advance". Yemen Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "مقتل المشرف السابق للحوثيين في محافظة أبين خلال مواجهات البيضاء وسط اليمن - اخبار اليمن". Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Yemen Situation Report".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
63killedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "South Yemen clashes wound senior officials". Alarabiya News. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Abyan recapturedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "South Yemen clashes wound senior officials". Al Arabiya. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.