Hadramaut insurgency

The Hadramaut insurgency was an insurgency in Yemen launched by AQAP and ISIL-YP against forces loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Hadramaut insurgency
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
Date26 April 2016 – 29 April 2018
(2 years and 3 days)
Location
Hadramaut Governorate, Yemen
Status

Government Victory

  • Initial large-scale insurgency in Hadramaut by AQAP and ISIL
  • Massive Hadrami elite forces detaining operations launched against AQAP
  • Majority of AQAP senior leadership in Hadramaut captured by the Hadrami Elite
Belligerents

AQAP

  • Hadrami Domestic council
  • Council of Sunni Scholars and al Jama'a

 Yemen
 United Arab Emirates
Supported by:

 Yemen (Hadi-led government)
 United States
 Saudi Arabia		 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province
Commanders and leaders

Khalid Batarfi (field commander in Hadramaut) Said Salih Abd-Rabbuh al-Omgy (recruiter and fundraiser)
Muhammad Salih Abd-Rabbuh al-Omgy (facilitator)
Abdallah Faysal Sadiq al Ahdal (tribal leader)

Casualties:
  • Abu Ali al Sayari (Deputy of Qasim al-Raymi, Emir of Hadramaut) (POW)
  • Ahmed Said Awad Barhamah (Emir of Al Mukalla) (POW)
  • Hathifa al Ghili (official) †
  • Qaid Al-Sayari (militant in Daw'an) †
  • Mohammed Saleh al-Orabi (official) (POW)
  • Abu Jandal al-Hadrami (official) †
  • Abu Hashem al Sharuri (official) †
  • Abu Jandal al Adani (suicide bomber) †
  • Faisal Ali Al-Hakemi (Chief of Hisba force in Mukalla) (POW)
  • Sorour al-Obeidi(Emir of Ash Shihr) (POW)
  • Ali Rafsan al-Awbashi (official) †
  • Mubarak Salem Qaisl al-Hawair (official) †
  • Hussein Ali Bahidan (commander in Hadramawt) (POW)
  • Abdullah Hassan Bamatarif (official of Sons of Hadramaut) †
  • Hussein Alawi al Majoh (official in Sons of Hadramaut) †
 General Mubarak al-Oubthani (WIA)
Major General Abdul Rahman al Halili (WIA)
Faraj Salmin al Bahsani
Mohammed Saeed al Jariri
Brigadier general Musallam Al Rashidi (Commander of UAE Force in Hadhramout)		 Hamza al-Muhajir †
Abu al-Bara al-Ansari †
Units involved

 Republic of Yemen Armed Forces

  • Tribal fighters
  • 37th Brigade
  • Hadrami Elite Force
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces		 Wilayah Hadramawt
Casualties and losses
37-77+ killed
1+ wounded
282+ captured (18 later released)
2 tons of explosives captured
20 car bombs destroyed
4+ arm catches captured		 143+ killed
190+ wounded		 186+ killed
691+ wounded
2 captured
3+ armoured vehicles destroyed
1 base destroyed
12+ killed
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