Shabwah Governorate offensive

Shabwah Governorate offensive
	Part of Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen and the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
	; AQAP fighters manning a checkpoint in the town of Azzan in April 2012
Date	March 2014 – December 2016
Location	Habban District and Azzan, Shabwah Governorate, Yemen
Status	AQAP victory Al-Qaeda captured Habban and Azzan; Pro-Hadi fighters recaptured Azzan; Azzan recaptured by AQAP; In March 2019, only 20 percent of Shabwah was controlled by AQAP and its allies.;
Belligerents
AQAP	Yemen; United Arab Emirates; Supported by; United States
Commanders and leaders
Abu Amal †; Yasser al Marouh; Sa’ad bin ‘Atef al Awlaki; Tareq Al-Fadhli; Abdullah Al-Fadhli †	Colonel Mohammed Salmeen bin Lashqam †; Jafar Al-Hamed †; Brig Gen Aziz Al-Ateeqi; Maj Gen Nasser Al-Nuba ; Governor Ahmed Lamlas ; Brig Gen Alawi Ali Nasser Al-Harethi ; Brig Gen Abdullah Saeed Saleh Al-Islami ; Ahmed Mohsen Ruwais Al-Sulaymani ; Awad Al-Dhaboul ; Sheikh Ali Mohsen Al-Sulaymani ; Sheikh Ali Al-Hajari
Casualties and losses
35+ killed	30+killed 40+ wounded

The Shabwah Governorate offensive is an insurgent campaign by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) forces to take control of Shabwah Governorate during the Yemeni Civil War.

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