Aden unrest (2015–2019)
Conflict in southern Yemen between government, separatists and Islamists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aden unrest[30] was a conflict between Islamist factions, such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Yemen Branch, against the loyalists of president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and later to conflict between UAE-backed and Saudi-backed factions within the coalition. In 2017, fighting also broke out between factions aligned with different members of the Saudi-led coalition namely Saudi Arabia-backed Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Al-Islah and UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council and Southern Movement.
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Aden unrest | |||||||||
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Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) | |||||||||
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500+[11] | 12,000 Hadi loyalists and popular committees and 700+ Sudanese troops | 15,000 Southern Movement and al-Hizam Brigade fighters[12] | 80-300[13] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
27-34+ fighters killed 23+ fighters wounded 21 fighters captured[14][15][16][17] |
180-187+ Yemeni security forces killed 98-110+ wounded[18][19][20][21] 1 Mirage 2000-9D lost 1 Saudi soldier killed[22] | 6 UAE servicemen killed[22][23] |
24-36+ killed 70 captured[24] | ||||||
83+ civilians killed[25] 178+ wounded[26] and one Indian priest captured[27][28][29] |
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