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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 ...
[45] [46] [47] On April 22, another AQAP commander captured in Mukalla by Hadrami Elit forces, named Ahmed Said Awad Barhamah, who was also known as Zarqawi, a reference to the Abu Muzab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The man, acts and acted as the Emir of ruler of Mukalla for AQAP.
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 ...
During the battle, the group looted the local bank, freed hundreds of imprisoned AQAP members (including future emir Khalid Batarfi) and seized military equipment. From there on, Mukalla would serve as the capital of AQAP's Islamic Emirate in the country as they captured large portions of Hadhramaut's southern coast by July 2015.
On April 24, 2016, the Hadhrami elite forces, supported by the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, took control of the city of Mukalla, the administrative capital of Hadramaut Governorate and the Hadhramaut region, from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. This is the first time that military forces entered the city since al-Qaeda took ...
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 .