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The Second Battle of Mukalla refers to an armed conflict between al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Saudi-led Coalition. The aim of the coalition offensive was to disable the newly resurgent al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen by recapturing its capital, Mukalla. The battle led to a coalition victory, in which the coalition forces gained ...
The First Battle of Mukalla (2015) was a battle between al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, local tribesmen, and the Yemen Army for control of the coastal city of ...
Battle of Mukalla may refer to: Battle of Mukalla (2015) Battle of Mukalla (2016) This page was last edited on 31 July 2020, at 14:23 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Mukalla, [a] officially the Mukalla City District, [b] is a seaport and the capital city district of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. [2] The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden , on the shores of the Arabian Sea , about 480 kilometres (300 miles) east of Aden .
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On 15 May 2016, a suicide bombing in the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla, the capital of the Hadhramaut province, killed at least 47 police and injured over 60. [1] The bombing was preceded by an attack, where 15 Yemeni troops were killed in attacks on army positions outside Mukalla.
The June 2016 Mukalla attacks occurred on 28 June 2016. The death toll counts were officially at least 43, with around 37 injured. ISIL claimed, that 8 suicide bombers killed 50 people. There were at least seven separate attacks. The attacks occurred in the Hadhramaut province capital, Mukalla. Al-Qaeda was originally suspected to be behind the ...
On 12 April, a U.S. drone strike in Mukalla killed multiple AQAP members, including senior cleric Ibrahim al-Rubaysh. [267] AQAP militants seized Mukalla's Rayan airport, a nearby oil terminal on the coast of the city, and the city's main army base on 16 April. The next day, the group seized a large weapons depot near the city, capturing dozens ...