Battle of Dofas

Battle of Dofas
	Part of Yemeni Crisis (2011-present)
Date	4–5 March 2012
Location	Dofas, Abyan Governorate, Yemen
Result	Ansar al-Sharia victory Destruction of an Army artillery battalion; Capture by militants of large quantities of weapons, including heavy ones, among them tanks;
Belligerents
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia; Al-Shabaab; Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; Other Islamic militants;	Yemen Republic of Yemen Armed Forces; Popular Committees;
Commanders and leaders
Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari	Brig. Gen. Mohammed Ghaleb al Jarabani; Brig. Gen. Abdu Rabbu Hasan Salem; Brig. Gen. Faisal Rajjab
Strength
Unknown	39th Armored Brigade; 115th Infantry Brigade; 119th Infantry Brigade
Casualties and losses
32 killed (initial battle); 42 killed (subsequent air-strikes)	187 killed, 135 wounded, 55-73 captured

The Battle of Dofas was a battle during the 2011 Yemeni uprising between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda, during which the militants destroyed an Army artillery battalion of the 39th Armored Brigade in the town of Dofas, which was being used as a main base for artillery support against the militant-held towns of Zinjibar and Jaʿār.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.