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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_counterterrorism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5.1 United States counterterrorism </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_counterterrorism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Territorial_reversals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Territorial_reversals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5.2 Territorial reversals </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Territorial_reversals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Internal_security_and_cohesion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internal_security_and_cohesion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5.3 Internal security and cohesion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internal_security_and_cohesion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conflict_with_Islamic_State" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conflict_with_Islamic_State"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5.4 Conflict with Islamic State </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conflict_with_Islamic_State-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020–2021:_Retrenchment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020–2021:_Retrenchment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.6 2020–2021: Retrenchment </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020–2021:_Retrenchment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2022–present:_Shift_to_south_Yemen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022–present:_Shift_to_south_Yemen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.7 2022–present: Shift to south Yemen </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022–present:_Shift_to_south_Yemen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attacks_outside_of_Yemen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attacks_outside_of_Yemen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Attacks outside of Yemen </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Attacks_outside_of_Yemen-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Attacks outside of Yemen subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Attacks_outside_of_Yemen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Attempted_bombing_of_Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attempted_bombing_of_Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attempted_bombing_of_Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cargo_plane_bomb_plot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cargo_plane_bomb_plot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Cargo plane bomb plot </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cargo_plane_bomb_plot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charlie_Hebdo_shooting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Charlie Hebdo shooting </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charlie_Hebdo_shooting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pensacola_shooting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pensacola_shooting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Pensacola shooting </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pensacola_shooting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 Other incidents </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strategy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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strikes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Drone_strikes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ground_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ground_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2 Ground operations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ground_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senior_leaders_and_members" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senior_leaders_and_members"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Senior leaders and members </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Senior_leaders_and_members-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Senior leaders and members subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Senior_leaders_and_members-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.1 Current leaders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.2 Former leaders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fr%C9%99bistan_yar%C4%B1madas%C4%B1_%C6%8Fl-Qaid%C9%99si" title="Ərəbistan yarımadası Əl-Qaidəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ərəbistan yarımadası Əl-Qaidəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE" title="আল কায়েদা আরব উপদ্বীপ শাখা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আল কায়েদা আরব উপদ্বীপ শাখা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-K%C3%A1ida_na_Arabsk%C3%A9m_poloostrov%C4%9B" title="Al-Káida na Arabském poloostrově – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Al-Káida na Arabském poloostrově" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaida_auf_der_Arabischen_Halbinsel" title="Al-Qaida auf der Arabischen Halbinsel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Al-Qaida auf der Arabischen Halbinsel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Q%C4%81%E2%80%98idah_Jeemenis" title="Al-Qā‘idah Jeemenis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Al-Qā‘idah Jeemenis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda_en_la_pen%C3%ADnsula_ar%C3%A1biga" title="Al Qaeda en la península arábiga – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Al Qaeda en la península arábiga" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabiar_Penintsulako_Al-Kaida" title="Arabiar Penintsulako Al-Kaida – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Arabiar Penintsulako Al-Kaida" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="القاعده در شبه‌جزیره عربستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="القاعده در شبه‌جزیره عربستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qa%C3%AFda_dans_la_p%C3%A9ninsule_Arabique" title="Al-Qaïda dans la péninsule Arabique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Al-Qaïda dans la péninsule Arabique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #DEDFDE;">Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa"><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_State_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/275px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/413px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/550px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Black_Standard" title="Black Standard">Black Standard</a> used by AQAP</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Leaders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Nasir_al-Wuhayshi" title="Nasir al-Wuhayshi">Nasir al-Wuhayshi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> (2009–2015) <a href="/wiki/Qasim_al-Raymi" title="Qasim al-Raymi">Qasim al-Raymi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> (2015–20) <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Batarfi" title="Khalid Batarfi">Khalid Batarfi</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style># (2020–2024) <a href="/wiki/Sa%27ad_bin_Atef_al-Awlaki" title="Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki">Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki</a> (2024–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">January 2009–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Merger of</th><td class="infobox-data">al-Qaeda in Yemen and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia">al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Group(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/20px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/31px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/40px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)" title="Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)">Ansar al-Sharia</a> </li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_of_Yemen" title="Islamic Jihad of Yemen">Islamic Jihad of Yemen</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/20px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/31px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/40px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Aden-Abyan_Islamic_Army" title="Aden-Abyan Islamic Army">Aden-Abyan Islamic Army</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Azzan, <a href="/wiki/Shabwah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabwah">Shabwah</a> (2009–2011) </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinjibar" title="Zinjibar">Zinjibar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyan">Abyan</a> (2011–2012)</li> <li>Azzan, <a href="/wiki/Shabwah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shabwah">Shabwah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Mahfad_District" title="Al Mahfad District">al Mahfad District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyan">Abyan</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukalla" title="Mukalla">Mukalla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut" title="Hadhramaut">Hadhramaut</a> (2015–2016)</li> <li>unknown (2016–present)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active regions</th><td class="infobox-data label"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> (Mostly)</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abyan_Governorate" title="Abyan Governorate">Abyan Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabwah_Governorate" title="Shabwah Governorate">Shabwah Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut_Governorate" title="Hadhramaut Governorate">Hadhramaut Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_Governorate" title="Al Bayda Governorate">Al Bayda Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marib_Governorate" title="Marib Governorate">Marib Governorate</a></li></ul> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">see list</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">Anti-Americanism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Western_sentiment" title="Anti-Western sentiment">Anti-Western sentiment</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Islamism" title="Pan-Islamism">Pan-Islamism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremism</a><a href="#cite_note-Kendall_2021-1">[1]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Fundamentalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Fundamentalism">Islamic Fundamentalism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islamism" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni Islamism">Sunni Islamism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Qutbism" title="Qutbism">Qutbism</a><a href="#cite_note-counterextremism.com-2">[2]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wahabism" class="mw-redirect" title="Wahabism">Wahabism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Salafism" class="mw-redirect" title="Salafism">Salafism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Salafi_jihadism" title="Salafi jihadism">Salafi jihadism</a><a href="#cite_note-Kendall_2021-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-counterextremism.com-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Irredentism" title="Irredentism">Irredentism</a><a href="#cite_note-undocs.org-3">[3]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Zionism" title="Anti-Zionism">Anti-Zionism</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">Antisemitism</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Christian_sentiment" title="Anti-Christian sentiment">Anti-Christian sentiment</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Shi%27ism" title="Anti-Shi'ism">Anti-Shi'ism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-imperialism" title="Anti-imperialism">Anti-imperialism</a><a href="#cite_note-counterextremism.com-2">[2]</a></li></ul></div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li>300 (2010, per Yemeni government)<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></li><li>1,000 (2014 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li><li>4,000 (2016 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li><li>6,000–7,000 (2018 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></li><li>2,000–3,000 (2024 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allies</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Non-state allies</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ShababFlag.svg/23px-ShababFlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ShababFlag.svg/35px-ShababFlag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/ShababFlag.svg/45px-ShababFlag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">al-Shabaab</a> (2009–present)<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/20px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/31px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/40px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" title="Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb">al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb</a> (2009–present)<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_AQIS.jpg/23px-Flag_of_AQIS.jpg" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_AQIS.jpg/35px-Flag_of_AQIS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_AQIS.jpg/46px-Flag_of_AQIS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="350" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Indian_Subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent">al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent</a> (2014–present)</li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="291" data-file-height="173" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front" title="Al-Nusra Front">Al-Nusra Front</a> (2012–2017)<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/10px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/16px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/21px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1180" data-file-height="1668" /> <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement">Houthi movement</a> (alleged, since 2022)<a href="#cite_note-:76-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-:77-25">[25]</a></li></ul> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opponents</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Non-state opponents</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/20px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/31px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/40px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg/20px-Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg/30px-Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg/40px-Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="383" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province" title="Islamic State – Yemen Province">Yemen Province</a></li></ul> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png/20px-Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png/30px-Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png/40px-Official_southern_transitional_council_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="1162" data-file-height="1162" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council" title="Southern Transitional Council">Southern Transitional Council</a></li></ul> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/10px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/16px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg/21px-Slogan_of_the_Houthi_Movement.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1180" data-file-height="1668" /> <a href="/wiki/Houthi_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi Movement">Houthi Movement</a> (intermittent)<a href="#cite_note-:76-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-:77-25">[25]</a> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>State opponents</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Presidential_Leadership_Council" title="Presidential Leadership Council">Presidential Leadership Council</a>) <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">Designated as a terrorist group</a> by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">see list</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /> <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/20px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/31px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/40px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /> <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">Preceded by <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia">Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> Al-Qaeda in Yemen</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'Organization of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">the Base</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>' or تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of <a href="/wiki/Jihad" title="Jihad">Jihad</a>'s Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP is a <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamist</a> militant organization which seeks to overthrow the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">Yemeni government</a> and establish an <a href="/wiki/Islamic_state" title="Islamic state">Islamic emirate</a>. Part of the <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> network, the group is based and primarily active in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, while also conducting operations in <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:23-30">[30]</a> It is considered the most active of al-Qaeda's affiliates that emerged after the weakening of central leadership.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> Established in 2009 as a merger between al-Qaeda in Yemen and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia">al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia</a>, the group took advantage of the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Revolution">Yemeni Revolution</a> to seize and establish several <a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">emirates</a> in southern Yemen, including <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zinjibar" title="Battle of Zinjibar">in Zinjibar</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Abyan_Governorate" title="Abyan Governorate">Abyan governorate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> After being driven out through <a href="/wiki/2012_Abyan_offensive" title="2012 Abyan offensive">a government offensive</a> in 2012, the group returned to an insurgent campaign rather than holding territory.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:73-33">[33]</a> AQAP would again capitalize on political turmoil in the country when the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war</a> broke out in 2014. AQAP would reach its territorial peak in 2015, with the group seizing much of southern <a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut_Governorate" title="Hadhramaut Governorate">Hadhramaut governorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2015)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2015)">including its capital Mukalla</a>, recapturing their emirates in the south, and establishing a presence across multiple fronts in the civil war against the <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement">Houthis</a>, most prominently in <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_Governorate" title="Al Bayda Governorate">al-Bayda governorate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taiz" title="Taiz">Taiz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> Its strength has since waned due to internal struggles and operations waged against them by multiple parties in the civil war, as well as through an ongoing <a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Yemen" title="Drone strikes in Yemen">drone campaign by the United States</a> which has killed many of its senior leaders and members.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> In 2011, AQAP created <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)" title="Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)">Ansar al-Sharia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a>") as a <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> organization which would operate exclusively within Yemen. The group was created in order to appeal to youth and their issues within only Yemen and to distance themselves from the reputation attributed to the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Islamism" title="Pan-Islamism">pan-Islamist</a> al-Qaeda. It was Ansar al-Sharia which established various emirates across southern Yemen, though despite its nominal independence the group is widely understood as being a rebrand or direct extension of AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> In addition to its activities within the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>, AQAP has conducted several high-profile attacks in the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" title="Northwest Airlines Flight 253">attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in 2009</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" title="Charlie Hebdo shooting">2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting</a>,<a href="#cite_note-auto1-36">[36]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola_shooting" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting">2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:6-37">[37]</a> The group has been designated a <a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">terrorist organization</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/UAE" class="mw-redirect" title="UAE">UAE</a> and several other countries. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation">edit</a>]</div> In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet-Afghan war</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Republic of Yemen">President of the Republic of Yemen</a> <a href="/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a> utilized thousands of Yemeni former <a href="/wiki/Afghan_mujahideen" title="Afghan mujahideen">mujahideen</a> to fight for the <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(1994)" title="Yemeni civil war (1994)">Yemeni civil war of 1994</a>, and to neutralize southern secessionists after it. A group of Yemenis who had trained under <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> formed Islamic Jihad in Yemen, which operated from 1990 to 1994. Other such al-Qaeda affiliated groups included the <a href="/wiki/Aden-Abyan_Islamic_Army" title="Aden-Abyan Islamic Army">Aden-Abyan Islamic Army</a> and al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY).<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> On 12 October 2000, <a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing" title="USS Cole bombing">two AQY suicide bombers</a> drove a rubber dinghy loaded with explosives into the side of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Cole" title="USS Cole">USS Cole</a> while it was docked at the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Aden" title="Port of Aden">Port of Aden</a>, blowing a hole in the side of the ship and killing 17 members of the crew, as well as injuring 40.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> This same tactic was used on 6 October 2002, when the <a href="/wiki/MV_Limburg" class="mw-redirect" title="MV Limburg">MV Limburg</a> was bombed while approaching the Mina al-Dabah port, killing 1 crew member and wounding 12.<a href="#cite_note-:3-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, Saleh was heavily pressured by the United States into cracking down on al-Qaeda groups in the country. Saleh obliged and agreed to coordinated several operations with the U.S. to defeat al-Qaeda, such as with a <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> <a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">drone strike</a> on 3 November 2002 which killed AQY leader <a href="/wiki/Qaed_Salim_Sinan_al-Harethi" title="Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi">Abu Ali al-Harithi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marib_Governorate" title="Marib Governorate">Marib governorate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> By the end of 2003, AQY and other al-Qaeda affiliates were significantly weakened.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> In February 2006, 23 al-Qaeda members <a href="/wiki/2006_Yemen_prison_escape" title="2006 Yemen prison escape">escaped imprisonment</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sana'a</a> through digging a 140-metre long tunnel. The escapees would end up rebuilding al-Qaeda's footprint within the country over the next few years.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> Al-Qaeda maintained a presence in Yemen, evident by multiple high-profile attacks in the country such as the <a href="/wiki/2007_Marib_suicide_car_bombing" title="2007 Marib suicide car bombing">2007 Marib car bombing</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2008_attack_on_the_United_States_embassy_in_Yemen" title="2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen">2008 attack on the United States embassy in Sana'a</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> After initial success through early operations such as the <a href="/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings" title="Riyadh compound bombings">2003 Riyadh bombings</a>,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> murder of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Marshall_Johnson_Jr." title="Paul Marshall Johnson Jr.">Paul Marshall Johnson Jr.</a> in 2004,<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <a href="/wiki/2004_Khobar_massacre" title="2004 Khobar massacre">2004 Khobar attack</a>,<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> and the 2005 Qatar theatre bombing,<a href="#cite_note-qatar-48">[48]</a> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia">al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia</a>'s remnants had been forced to flee to Yemen by late 2008 due to extreme pressure by the Saudi government. Al-Qaeda of Saudi Arabia and al-Qaeda in Yemen merged in January 2009 to form Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nasir_al-Wuhayshi" title="Nasir al-Wuhayshi">Nasir al-Wuhayshi</a>, leader of the Yemeni branch, was confirmed to be the first emir of AQAP by <a href="/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Ayman al-Zawahiri">Ayman al-Zawahiri</a>.<a href="#cite_note-aljazeera20091229-49">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ideology">Ideology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ideology">edit</a>]</div> According to <a href="/wiki/Ctc.westpoint.edu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ctc.westpoint.edu">CTC Westpoint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salafi_jihadism" title="Salafi jihadism">Salafi-jihadism</a> has been the unifying ideology of AQAP despite differences in politics, generations and overall goals.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> AQAP seeks to create to expel Western presence and influences in the Arabian Peninsula and to establish an <a href="/wiki/Islamic_state" title="Islamic state">Islamic emirate</a> within Yemen. The group declares that the government of Yemen is a secular and "<a href="/wiki/Apostasy_in_Islam" title="Apostasy in Islam">apostate</a>" entity which must be overthrown and replaced by an Islamic government which adheres to their interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Sharia_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharia law">sharia law</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> They also argue that the Yemeni government is a <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet state</a> of America, which secretly governs the country through their embassy in Sana'a.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> AQAP emphasizes that jihad is the answer to the issues of the Yemeni people, calling on <a href="/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh">sheiks</a>, preachers and tribal leader to endorse jihad against the government and declare it illegitimate.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> The group operates upon a gradualist approach in order to fulfil this goal, prioritizing the establishment of acceptance amongst local Yemenis before gaining popular support among the people, and then willingness from the populace to defend AQAP-held territory. This formula would be appropriated across multiple 'emirates' across Yemen, with the eventual goal of unification in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">caliphate</a>, allowing them to use Yemen as a launching pad for international attacks and operations.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> In addition to attacking the Yemeni government, AQAP is one of the few al-Qaeda affiliates which actively attempts to attack the "far enemy", that being the United States. They advocate for the unity of Muslims in order to attack American targets, whether civilian, military or diplomatic.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-36">[36]</a> AQAP asserts that Yemen should be the epicenter of jihad against America and secular Arab governments, as opposed to then-occupied <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> or <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, as they deem it a religious obligation to expel "polytheists and apostates" from the Arabian Peninsula. They also believe that attacking American interests in the Arabian Peninsula, specifically <a href="/wiki/Extraction_of_petroleum" title="Extraction of petroleum">oil production</a>, would lead to the U.S. withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan and eventually collapsing entirely.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> Prior to the Yemeni revolution, most of AQAP's high-profile activities were attempted attacks against the United States, most notably the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in 2009 and a cargo plane bomb plot in 2010. A July 2010 letter from senior al-Qaeda core member <a href="/wiki/Atiyah_Abd_al-Rahman" title="Atiyah Abd al-Rahman">Atiyya Abd al-Rahman</a> urged AQAP to avoid conflict with the Yemeni government and instead dedicate itself towards attacking America.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> One of AQAP's main ideologues on jihad against the West was <a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Americans" title="Yemeni Americans">Yemeni American</a> preacher who had incited multiple attacks in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-:24-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure">Structure</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure">edit</a>]</div> AQAP's leadership and organizational structure is hierarchical and decentralized.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> The leader of the organization is the emir, who as of October 2024 is <a href="/wiki/Sa%27ad_bin_Atef_al-Awlaki" title="Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki">Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki</a>. The emir oversees all of the groups activities and makes decisions by consulting the Shura Council.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> Specific duties attributed to the emir include 'approving targets, recruiting new members, allocating resources to training and attack planning, and tasking others to carry out attacks.'<a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> After the emir, leadership is dispersed throughout different departments and the Shura Council.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> AQAP's general command is composed of the emir along with 6 to 8 other leaders who share decision-making authority.<a href="#cite_note-:30-54">[54]</a> In regards to the groups subdivisions, a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">Security Council</a> report from 2018 states that the group possesses 'doctrinal (shari'a), propaganda, military, security and financial subdivisions', each with their own executive committee's.<a href="#cite_note-:13-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-:30-54">[54]</a> The military commander of AQAP and his Committee directs the organizations' attacks, bombings, kidnappings and robberies, with its leader currently being Ammar al-San’ani.<a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> The Military Committee administers a mid-level leadership structure in the group with a clear chain of command; regional emirs are appointed as military commanders for <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Yemen" title="Governorates of Yemen">each governorate (wilaya) in the country</a>, them with their own Governorate Committee's.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-:68-56">[56]</a> Below regional emirs are then commanders for different <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Yemen" title="List of districts of Yemen">districts</a> in the governorate who are in charge of recruits; the number of district commanders in a governorate corresponds with their strategic importance, with deputy commanders occasionally being appointed.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:68-56">[56]</a> The Military Committee researches and authorizes attacks before the Governorate Committee plans and assigns operations, leaving the district commanders to execute them.<a href="#cite_note-:68-56">[56]</a> District commanders can participate in media, intelligence, and military planning or act as emissaries for AQAP clerics before being appointed governorate commander.<a href="#cite_note-:68-56">[56]</a> In the event that any member in the command chain is killed, another member is trained and promoted to the vacant position.<a href="#cite_note-:68-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Size_and_Membership">Size and Membership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Size and Membership">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/International_Crisis_Group" title="International Crisis Group">International Crisis Group</a> maintains that before the Yemeni revolution in 2011, AQAP possessed at most 'several hundred members.'<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> According to the Yemeni foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Qirbi" title="Abu Bakr al-Qirbi">Abu Bakr al-Kurbi</a>, the group had as many as 300 members by late 2009.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> An estimate from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. Department of State</a> suggested that AQAP had approximately 1,000 members in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:35-59">[59]</a> This number had increased to 4,000 in a State Department release covering the group during 2016, after the Yemeni civil war had started.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> A UN Security Council report from July 2024 indicated that AQAP had between 2,000 and 3,000 members.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> According to an analysis by Murad Batal al-Shishani in 2010, AQAP was primarily composed of Yemenis, who reportedly make up 56 percent of the groups membership. Among Yemenis, tribal representation is equally split among northern and southern tribes. The rest of the organization was composed of Saudis, who made up 37 percent, and foreigners, who made up 7 percent.<a href="#cite_note-:87-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-:40-63">[63]</a> In regards to Ansar al-Sharia, a report from 2012 states that nearly 70 percent of the groups fighters in Abyan governorate are from Jawf and Marib gonverorates, implying that they don't have a tribal connection to where they operate.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009–2010:_Early_years">2009–2010: Early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2009–2010: Early years">edit</a>]</div> AQAP was formed in January 2009 in a merger of al-Qaeda in Yemen and al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. During this time, the group had no more than "a few hundred" members and mostly relied upon insurgent and terrorist tactics to target "Western interests" and "Yemeni security and intelligence forces."<a href="#cite_note-:57-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> AQAP's first notable attacks were <a href="/wiki/2009_Yemeni_tourist_attacks" title="2009 Yemeni tourist attacks">a string of suicide bombings</a> in March 2009 targeting South Korean nationals.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> In August 2009, AQAP suicide bomber <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri" title="Abdullah al-Asiri">Abdullah al-Asiri</a> attempted to assassinate <a href="/wiki/House_of_Saud" title="House of Saud">Saudi prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Nayef" title="Muhammad bin Nayef">Muhammad bin Nayef</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a> gathering in his home in <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Though the attack failed in killing bin Nayef, it provided AQAP with a demonstration of its ability to conduct high-profile attacks outside of Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> The group eventually received widespread notoriety in December 2009 when they claimed responsibility for an attack in which Nigerian suicide bomber <a href="/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab" title="Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab">Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab</a> attempted to detonate explosives in his underwear abroad Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while it was landing in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> The two high-profile attacks prompted the United States to take an increased interest in Yemen's security, increasing the aid granted to the country to $150 million the next year.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-:40-63">[63]</a> AQAP made significant gains locally in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> Profiting off of outrage from a U.S. drone strike in May 2010 which killed government official Jaber Ali al-Shabwani,<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> AQAP launched a large series of attacks and assassinations' against security forces in Abyan, Hadramawt, Shabwah, Marib, Lahj and Aden governorates throughout spring 2010.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> The campaign intensified through the summer, with AQAP killing 53 Yemeni soldiers between May and August 2010 according to the government.<a href="#cite_note-:55-68">[68]</a> On 20 September 2010, the Yemeni government launched <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#Battle_of_Huta" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">an offensive</a> in the town of Huta, Shabwah, where 80 to 100 AQAP militants were reportedly in control. The Yemeni government ended the siege four days later, with 5 AQAP members killed and 32 detained in total.<a href="#cite_note-:55-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> By late 2010, the group had claimed 49 attacks in the country.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> In November 2010, AQAP claimed responsibility for two bombings against Houthi supporters which altogether killed 18 people and injured 38, raising fears of a sectarian war.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a> AQAP maintained their targeting of foreign interests in Yemen. On 26 April 2010, the group attempted to assassinate the UK ambassador to Yemen, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Torlot" title="Timothy Torlot">Timothy Torlot</a>, in Sana'a through a suicide bombing. Torlot was unhurt, but 3 others were injured in the attack.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> AQAP attempted again to kill a British diplomat, <a href="/wiki/Fionna_Gibb" title="Fionna Gibb">Fionna Gibb</a>, in Sana'a on 6 October 2010 through an RPG attack, though Gibb was unharmed.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> On 29 October 2010, British and Emirati authorities uncovered an elaborate AQAP bomb plot meant to target the United States. The attack would have had two <a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">cargo aircraft</a> fly into the U.S. carrying the bombs and eventually exploding mid-air.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011:_Yemeni_Revolution_and_southern_emirates">2011: Yemeni Revolution and southern emirates</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2011: Yemeni Revolution and southern emirates">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg/240px-Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg/360px-Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg/480px-Yemen_division_2011-7-7.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1524" data-file-height="995" /></a><figcaption>Areas of activity and emirates held by AQAP in July 2011.</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemeni revolution</a></div> Starting from January 2011 and continuing for the rest of the year, widespread discontent with the government and President <a href="/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a>, combined with the popularity of the wider <a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a> movement culminated in the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Yemeni Revolution</a>. During this period, the military was fracturing along pro-Saleh and anti-Saleh lines, while the government's top priority was to maintain control in Sana'a.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:58-76">[76]</a> Though not participating in the protest's themselves, AQAP would take advantage of the political instability caused by the revolution through their newly formed local subsidiary, <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)" title="Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)">Ansar al-Sharia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> In a departure from their usual tactics up until then, AQAP, under the name of Ansar al-Sharia, launched an offensive to seize and administer territory in southern Yemen during the spring as army forces were moved out of the south and into Sana'a to quell the uprising.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:56-77">[77]</a> In late March 2011, Ansar al-Sharia seized <a href="/wiki/Ja%CA%BD%C4%81r" title="Jaʽār">Jaʽār</a>, a town close to the capital of Abyan governorate, after army forces withdrew from the city.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> By the end of March, AQAP held many pockets of territory in Abyan and Shabwah governorate, declaring the "Islamic Emirate of Waqar" in their controlled areas, with Jaʽār and Azzan serving as the capitals for "Wilayat Abyan” and “Wilayat Shabwah" respectively.<a href="#cite_note-:56-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-:63-80">[80]</a> In late May 2011, amid <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2011)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2011)">fighting in Sana'a</a>, more than three hundred Ansar al-Sharia fighters bolstered from their position in Jaʽār stormed <a href="/wiki/Zinjibar" title="Zinjibar">Zinjibar</a>, the capital of Abyan governorate, freeing dozens of prisoners and capturing the town.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zinjibar" title="Battle of Zinjibar">Battle of Zinjibar</a> would continue throughout the rest of the year, with the 25th Mechanized Brigade of the Yemeni army mostly holding defensive positions outside of the city as some 1,000 Ansar al-Sharia militants would attempt to dislodge them, nearly doing so in July 2011 until government airstrikes fended them off.<a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> By September 2011, Ansar al-Sharia still held Zinjibar, though they were unable to capture positions held by the Mechanized Brigade, who remained at the outskirts of the city.<a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> Meanwhile, in neighbouring Shabwah, Ansar al-Sharia seized the town of <a href="/wiki/Shuqrah" title="Shuqrah">Shuqrah</a> in August 2011.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2013:_Government_offensive_and_return_to_insurgency">2012–2013: Government offensive and return to insurgency</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012–2013: Government offensive and return to insurgency">edit</a>]</div> In November 2011, Saleh reached an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> to step down as president and transfer his position to vice-president <a href="/wiki/Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a>. This process was completed in February 2012, with Hadi taking power and promising to liberate the south from AQAP and Ansar al-Sharia.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> Hadi's arrival was hailed by the United States' government, which increased its drone strike campaign to record levels during his inaugural year.<a href="#cite_note-:59-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg/190px-AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg/285px-AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/AQAP_guards_outside_of_a_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>AQAP guards outside of a building, 2012.</figcaption></figure> AQAP attempted to push further north of Abyan in January 2012, seizing the city of <a href="/wiki/Rada%27a" title="Rada'a">Rada'a</a> in <a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_Governorate" title="Al Bayda Governorate">al-Bayda governorate</a>, just 100 miles south of Sana'a.<a href="#cite_note-:60-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> They withdrew from the town by the end of the month due to military pressure and tribal mediation, though they gained the support of tribes in the nearby town of al-Manaseh in the northeast Qayfa region.<a href="#cite_note-:60-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-:58-76">[76]</a> In March 2012, AQAP launched an attack on Dofas, a town on the outskirts of Zinjibar which hosted a military encampment. The attack was a large success, killing hundreds of Yemeni soldiers, capturing seventy and seizing military armaments in the city, including an artillery unit.<a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> Emboldened, in April 2012 AQAP attempted to gain control of <a href="/wiki/Lawdar" title="Lawdar">Lawdar</a>, a town close to Zinjibar that possesses an strategic position between multiple governorates. Yemeni forces along with local <a href="/wiki/Popular_Committees_(Yemen)" title="Popular Committees (Yemen)">Popular Committees</a> successfully rebuffed the initial assaults, leading to <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#Second_Battle_of_Lawdar" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">a month long battle</a> which would end in AQAP's retreat.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> On 12 May 2012, the Hadi government launched <a href="/wiki/2012_Abyan_offensive" title="2012 Abyan offensive">an offensive</a> to liberate their territory in the south from Ansar al-Sharia. A contingent of 20,000 soldiers participated in the offensive, along with other Popular Committees and American assistance.<a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> Quickly making progress, Ansar al-Sharia retaliated against the government with the <a href="/wiki/2012_Unity_Day_parade_rehearsal_bombing" title="2012 Unity Day parade rehearsal bombing">Unity Day parade rehearsal bombing</a> in Sana'a on 21 May.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> The offensive continued, and on 12 June, the government captured Zinjibar and Jaʽār as Ansar al-Sharia fled the city.<a href="#cite_note-:54-70">[70]</a> Five days later, the military pushed into Shuqrah and Azzan, declaring the offensive to be over as AQAP fled all of their territory.<a href="#cite_note-:60-83">[83]</a> After losing their emirates, AQAP forces retreated into their historic strongholds of the al-Maraqisha mountains and <a href="/wiki/Al_Mahfad_District" title="Al Mahfad District">al-Mahfad district</a> in Abyan.<a href="#cite_note-:58-76">[76]</a> The group shifted back to an insurgent campaign against the government, with an added degree of intensity from the strength and resources they amassed from their occupation.<a href="#cite_note-:57-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-:12-85">[85]</a> By July 2012, AQAP began conducting attacks in areas which were liberated by the offensive.<a href="#cite_note-:60-83">[83]</a> During 2013, AQAP enjoyed a large degree of success as a result of not having to dedicate itself towards holding territory. During this period, they conducted a wide variety of operations such as "raids on military bases and prisons, the assassination of dozens of military, security and intelligence officers, the partial seizure of major cities, and attacks within Saudi territory."<a href="#cite_note-:73-33">[33]</a> In December 2013, AQAP <a href="/wiki/2013_Sana%27a_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Sana'a attack">attacked the Yemeni Defense Ministry</a> in Sana'a, killing at least 56 people, though they later apologized for attacking a hospital within the complex.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014–2016:_Rapid_expansion_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war">2014–2016: Rapid expansion in the Yemeni civil war</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2014–2016: Rapid expansion in the Yemeni civil war">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg/225px-AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg/338px-AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/AQAP_fighters_in_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>AQAP fighters in Yemen, 2014.</figcaption></figure> In September 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Saada" title="Saada">Saada</a>-based Houthis <a href="/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">took control</a> of Sana'a after <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Sanaa (2014)">a brief battle</a> with government forces, ending in an agreement with the government. Though AQAP had previously "declared war" on the Houthis in 2011, significant fighting never occurred as the Houthis were active predominantly in northern Yemen until then.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> When the Houthis moved into al-Bayda and other neighbouring governorates in October 2014 to purportedly counter the presence of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a>, AQAP allied with the local, predominantly Sunni tribes to mount a fierce resistance against them, claiming 149 attacks against the Houthis by December 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> By March 2015 the Houthis had captured most of al-Bayda, with AQAP's strongholds remaining in the northeast Qayfa region and the southeast region of the Hamiqan tribe.<a href="#cite_note-:4-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> In January 2015, AQAP demonstrated their ability to conduct overseas operations when <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" title="Charlie Hebdo shooting">they attacked</a> the headquarters of French magazine <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo" title="Charlie Hebdo">Charlie Hebdo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> In February 2015, the Houthis dissolved parliament and set up <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Political_Council" title="Supreme Political Council">their own government</a> after Hadi resigned as president in protest.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> Escaping house arrest in Sana'a and moving the government to Aden, Hadi denounced the Houthis and maintained that he still had authority over the government, prompting a split in the military between forces loyal to him and those loyal to former president Saleh, who endorsed the Houthis.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> In March 2015, a <a href="/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi Arabia-led coalition</a> mobilized to support the internationally recognized government as the Houthis <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aden_(2015)" title="Battle of Aden (2015)">attempted to push into Aden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> AQAP wasn't a priority to the government or coalition, who regarded them as a "bulwark" and ally against the Houthis in the central and southern governorates, effectively placing them on the same side as pro-government forces operating in the regions.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Their resistance to the Houthis was especially important in Aden, al-Bayda and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Taiz" title="Siege of Taiz">Taiz</a>, where they allied with local tribesman and Salafi fighters.<a href="#cite_note-:69-90">[90]</a> AQAP's integration into anti-Houthi fronts allowed them to stretch their influence far beyond their traditional base in the south, with them operating in 82 of Yemen's 333 districts between 2015 and 2016.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Mukala_(2285805011).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg/220px-Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg/330px-Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg/440px-Al_Mukala_%282285805011%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>The coast of Mukalla.</figcaption></figure> Utilizing the circumstances, AQAP and Ansar al-Sharia would reestablish their emirates across the country and significantly expand their power. In April 2015, AQAP seized <a href="/wiki/Mukalla" title="Mukalla">Mukalla</a>, the capital of Hadhramaut and the fifth-largest city in Yemen, after <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2015)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2015)">a brief battle</a> with local tribesman, who were unassisted by the government as the military had fled the city.<a href="#cite_note-:61-91">[91]</a> During the battle, the group looted the local bank, freed hundreds of imprisoned AQAP members (including future emir <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Batarfi" title="Khalid Batarfi">Khalid Batarfi</a>) and seized military equipment. From there on, Mukalla would serve as AQAP's headquarters in the country as they captured large portions of Hadhramaut's southern coast by July 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:61-91">[91]</a> In July 2015, AQAP leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike. Despite being labeled significant by the American government, his death did not cause large changes to AQAP's operations in Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-:15-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> AQAP established a significant presence Aden during the year, taking part in its defense against the Houthi offensive alongside pro-government forces before turning on the government and establishing a presence in <a href="/wiki/Tawahi_(Aden)" title="Tawahi (Aden)">Tawahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crater" title="Crater">Crater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khormaksar_District" title="Khormaksar District">Khormaksar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al-Mansoura_(Aden)" title="Al-Mansoura (Aden)">Mansoura</a> districts by August 2015, and openly flying their flag in Tawahi by October 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:62-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-:64-95">[95]</a> In December 2015, after the Houthis were pushed out of Abyan and Shabwah by pro-government Popular Committees in August, AQAP <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Zinjibar_and_Jaar" title="Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar">captured Zinjibar, Jaʽār and their surrounding areas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-:62-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-:64-95">[95]</a> AQAP continued their territorial expansions into early 2016 by capturing <a href="/wiki/Lahij" title="Lahij">al-Houta</a>, the capital of Lahij governorate, in January.<a href="#cite_note-:62-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-:63-80">[80]</a> In February 2016, AQAP launched <a href="/wiki/Southern_Abyan_Offensive_(2016)" title="Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)">an offensive</a> in Abyan and Shabwah in a bid to connect their territory from Aden to Hadhramaut. Through the offensive, the group captured much of the regions coast, including major cities such as Azzan, al-Mahfad, <a href="/wiki/Habban_District" title="Habban District">Habban</a>, Shuqrah and <a href="/wiki/Ahwar" title="Ahwar">Ahwar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:63-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-:65-96">[96]</a> Despite their gains early on, AQAP would go in the defensive for the rest of the year as focus from the government and coalition shifted to them. In February 2016, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, in cooperation with the government and the Saudi-led coalition, led a campaign to expel AQAP presence from Aden.<a href="#cite_note-:70-97">[97]</a> By this time, AQAP developed strongholds in the Mansoura and <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Othman" title="Sheikh Othman">Sheikh Othman</a> districts. After UAE-backed forces <a href="/wiki/Aden_unrest_(2015%E2%80%932019)#Battle_of_Al-Mansoura" title="Aden unrest (2015–2019)">captured Mansoura</a> in March 2016, AQAP was forced to retreat from their controlled areas in Aden.<a href="#cite_note-:70-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-:62-94">[94]</a> In April 2016, the UAE led an operation to recapture Mukalla from AQAP. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2016)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2016)">Second Battle of Mukalla</a> lasted for only a day, as AQAP had strategically withdrew from the city and other parts of Hadhramaut to relocate in Abyan and Shabwah and avoid large casualties.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> Most AQAP forces remaining in Hadhramaut relocated to <a href="/wiki/Daw%27an_District" title="Daw'an District">Daw'an district</a>. In August 2016, pro-government forces drove out AQAP from Zinjibar.<a href="#cite_note-:65-96">[96]</a> Despite losing Mukalla and Zinjibar, AQAP continued to operate in a significant capacity throughout the year, with the capability to conduct large attacks and hold territory.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:65-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017–2019:_Decline">2017–2019: Decline</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2017–2019: Decline">edit</a>]</div> After witnessing an unprecedented amount of success, AQAP would suffer several internal and external challenges which would have its power and territory significantly diminish.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_counterterrorism">United States counterterrorism</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States counterterrorism">edit</a>]</div> Under newly inaugurated president <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, the United States significantly increased their counterterrorism operations in 2017, as well as their cooperation with the Yemeni government and Saudi-led coalition to do so.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:69-90">[90]</a> The campaign was started in January 2017 when US special forces conducted a <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla" title="Raid on Yakla">raid on Yakla</a>, a region in southeastern al-Bayda, with the goal of killing AQAP leader Qasim al-Raymi. The raid faltered and ended with al-Raymi surviving and multiple civilians dying, as well as an American soldier.<a href="#cite_note-:71-99">[99]</a> The U.S. declared Abyan, al-Bayda and Shabwa governorates “areas of active hostilities” in March 2017, allowing them to conduct a record series of 27 drone strikes during the month.<a href="#cite_note-:71-99">[99]</a> American special forces participated in several UAE-led offensives during the year through providing support and intelligence.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">US Air Force</a> also provided the coalition with aerial targeting assistance, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_sharing" title="Intelligence sharing">intelligence sharing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">mid-flight aerial refueling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:71-99">[99]</a> Altogether, US drone strikes increased from 32 in 2016 to 131 in 2017; the overwhelming approach inflicting numerous losses within AQAP which have been described as "crippling" by late 2017.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:74-100">[100]</a> After an extremely active year in 2017, US operations subsequently decreased significantly in 2018 and 2019.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:32-101">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_reversals">Territorial reversals</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Territorial reversals">edit</a>]</div> Several military offensives waged by the Yemeni government and its various allies significantly weakened AQAP's presence in the southern governorates.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> The UAE heavily utilized its <a href="/wiki/Proxy_war" title="Proxy war">proxy groups</a> in Yemen in order to conduct counterterrorism operations against AQAP. These included the <a href="/wiki/Security_Belt" title="Security Belt">Security Belt Forces</a>, which operated in Abyan, Aden and Lahij, the Hadhrami Elite Forces, which operated in Hadhramaut, and the Shabwani Elite Forces, which operated in Shabwah.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> These forces not only maintained security in their governorates of operation, but were composed solely of locals, providing a source of employment for people in the region and denying AQAP a large recruiting source.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-102">[102]</a> In August 2017, the Yemeni military, in conjunction with UAE and Shabwani Elite Forces as well as with American support, launched a major operation to reverse AQAP gains in Shabwah. Through the offensive, the military recaptured Azzan and all major cities in the governorate by the end of August, marking the first time in several years that the government controlled all districts in the governorate.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-102">[102]</a> In November 2017, government forces captured al-Mahfad in Abyan, AQAP's last stronghold in the governorate.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> Despite the offensives, AQAP activities reached a guerilla peak by the end of 2017, their primary target in the year not being from the offensive but the Houthis, with 44 percent of their attacks targeting them.<a href="#cite_note-:72-103">[103]</a> In 2018, the UAE along with its proxy forces launched several operations which cleared AQAP from large swathes of the southern governorates. In February 2018, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al-Masini_Valley" title="Battle of Al-Masini Valley">Operation al-Faisal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#Operation_Decisive_Sword" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">Operation Decisive Sword</a> cleared AQAP from a major operations room west of Mukalla and the southern portion of Shabwah respectively.<a href="#cite_note-:7-104">[104]</a> In March 2018, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#Operation_Sweeping_Torrent" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">Operation Sweeping Torrent</a> cleared AQAP from portions of Abyan.<a href="#cite_note-:7-104">[104]</a> In April 2018, UAE-led forces launched <a href="/wiki/Hadramaut_insurgency#Operation_Black_Mountains" title="Hadramaut insurgency">Operation Black Mountains</a> to capture Daw'an district from AQAP, which was achieved in May 2018.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> In December 2018, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#Operation_Crushing_Revenge" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">Operation Crushing Revenge</a> cleared AQAP from <a href="/wiki/Mudiyah_District" title="Mudiyah District">Mudyiah district</a> in Abyan.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> The operations lead to AQAP dedicating most of their activities towards the Security Belt and Elite groups, rather than the Houthis.<a href="#cite_note-:72-103">[103]</a> They also lead to a decline in AQAP's operations in Hadhramaut<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> and Abyan<a href="#cite_note-:65-96">[96]</a> since 2018, and AQAP's overall activates since early 2017.<a href="#cite_note-:72-103">[103]</a> Due to their diminished capability and loss of safe havens in the south, AQAP was pushed further north in Abyan, al-Bayda and Marib governorates.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Internal_security_and_cohesion">Internal security and cohesion</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Internal security and cohesion">edit</a>]</div> The intense pressure extorted upon AQAP during this period of time lead to a significant breakdown in the groups cohesion.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> Group leadership and chain of command was severely crippled due to drone strikes, prompting AQAP to prioritize the maintenance of internal security to prevent spying and further targeted killings.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> An AQAP-produced <a href="/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film">documentary</a> series titled "Demolishing Espionage" revealed that through an investigation the group had exposed a large Saudi intelligence infiltration within their ranks in mid-2018 and accusing them of causing the deaths of many leaders since 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:73-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-:74-100">[100]</a> After the spy cell was uncovered, AQAP significantly reduced internal communication, leading to isolation and breakdown in collaboration between local cells and senior leadership in planning and conducting attacks.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> The groups leader figures went into hiding, with members being forbidden to discuss their movements.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:69-90">[90]</a> AQAP also banned the usage of mobile phones and the internet among their members.<a href="#cite_note-:69-90">[90]</a> In late 2019, AQAP announced that they would grant <a href="/wiki/Amnesty" title="Amnesty">amnesty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anonymity" title="Anonymity">anonymity</a> to any spies who confessed and repented to them.<a href="#cite_note-:74-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conflict_with_Islamic_State">Conflict with Islamic State</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Conflict with Islamic State">edit</a>]</div> In November 2014, the Islamic State announced the formation of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province" title="Islamic State – Yemen Province">its regional branch in Yemen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:67-109">[109]</a> Despite conducting numerous high-profile attacks during 2015, ISIS-Y found itself isolated due to its brutal tactics, and by late 2016 the group was mostly confined to al-Bayda governorate.<a href="#cite_note-:8-110">[110]</a> Despite conducting some notable attacks in Aden during the year, the group was in decline by late 2017 due in part to US drone strikes and sanctions.<a href="#cite_note-:67-109">[109]</a> By mid-2018, ISIS-Y was eventually pushed into the Qayfa region of al-Bayda, an AQAP stronghold in the governorate.<a href="#cite_note-:8-110">[110]</a> Around this same time, AQAP forces were coincidentally redeploying to al-Bayda due to their losses in the south.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> According to a deputy governor of al-Bayda, a 'disagreement on properties, interests and positions' in July 2018 lead to a conflict between the two groups which would consume the majority of their media and military activates for multiple years.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:67-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> During the peak of fighting in 2019, more than 50% of AQAP's operations would be conducted against ISIS-Y, and resulted in the deaths of at least a hundred fighters.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> By late 2019, AQAP was above in the conflict due to tribal distaste of ISIS-Y.<a href="#cite_note-:67-109">[109]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–2021:_Retrenchment">2020–2021: Retrenchment</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2020–2021: Retrenchment">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al-Bayda_Offensive_(2020).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg/220px-Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg/330px-Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg/440px-Al-Bayda_Offensive_%282020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2291" data-file-height="2576" /></a><figcaption>Map of control during the <a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">al-Bayda offensive</a> as of 6 December 2020. Red outline denotes <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement">Houthi</a> gains.</figcaption></figure> At the turn of the decade, AQAP began to undergo a period of <a href="/wiki/Retrenchment" title="Retrenchment">retrenchment</a>, focusing their attention on al-Bayda governorate and significantly decreasing their activities during the year.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> The main reason for this was the death of leader Qasim al-Raymi in January 2020 from a U.S. drone strike, greatly affecting their organizational capabilities.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> AQAP's conflict with ISIS-Y had also dissipated in 2020, with no attacks being reported against either groups since February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:67-109">[109]</a> Owing to this, AQAP began redirecting its focus and rhetoric towards the Houthis, with nearly 50 percent of their operations targeting them during the year.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> This retrenchment strategy resulted in AQAP being active in only 40 districts during the year, as opposed to 82 during 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> In August 2020, the Houthis launched an <a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">offensive in al-Bayda</a> to uproot AQAP and ISIS-Y from Qayfa. The offensive was completed by September 2020, with AQAP losing their historic stronghold after a negotiated withdrawal.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-:73-33">[33]</a> Despite an increase in AQAP activities between August 2020 and October 2020, numbers once again declined in November 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> After losing Qayfa, AQAP forces retreated to their southeastern strongholds in al-Bayda.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> Nearly 60% of AQAP activities were reported to be in al-Bayda and against the Houthis in 2021, in similar fashion to the two previous years.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> Overall AQAP activities during the year were reported to be at the lowest point since at least 2015, with only four governorates having an AQAP presence.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> After the Houthis successfully captured all of al-Bayda in September 2021, AQAP forces mostly retreated to Abyan and Shabwah.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> Despite this, AQAP continued to conduct most of their operations in al-Bayda for the rest of the year.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022–present:_Shift_to_south_Yemen">2022–present: Shift to south Yemen</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2022–present: Shift to south Yemen">edit</a>]</div> AQAP's activates began shifting to the south in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> In April 2022, the Houthis, Yemeni government (now the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Leadership_Council" title="Presidential Leadership Council">Presidential Leadership Council</a>) and Saudi-led coalition agreed to a two-month nationwide truce brokered by the UN.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Shortly after its announcement, AQAP reportedly began deployments in Abyan and Shabwah.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> By June 2022, AQAP activities increased in both governorates.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> In late August 2022, the UAE-backed <a href="/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council" title="Southern Transitional Council">Southern Transitional Council</a> (STC) began <a href="/wiki/2022_Southern_Yemen_offensive" title="2022 Southern Yemen offensive">an offensive</a> against the pro-government <a href="/wiki/Al-Islah_(Yemen)" title="Al-Islah (Yemen)">Islah party</a> in southern Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> After peacefully capturing Abyan via agreements with pro-government forces, the STC began directing their attention to AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> In response, AQAP launched one of their deadliest attacks in years against Security Belt Forces in September 2022 before announcing their own operation against the STC.<a href="#cite_note-:75-116">[116]</a> Fighting in <a href="/wiki/Mudiyah_District" title="Mudiyah District">Mudiyah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lawdar_District" title="Lawdar District">Lawdar</a> districts lasted for several days, with STC forces successfully capturing key AQAP camps in Wadi Omran, Mudiyah by mid-September 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:75-116">[116]</a> An additional STC offensive was launched against AQAP in Shabwah governorate in September 2022, with both operations being concluded in October 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:75-116">[116]</a> The conflict with the STC lead to September 2022 being the most active month for AQAP since July 2018, though activates decreased throughout the rest of the year.<a href="#cite_note-:75-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> It produced a large shift to AQAP's focus in Yemen; more than 70 percent of their operations were conducted in Abyan and Shabwah in 2022, while no attacks were conducted between them and the Houthis since June 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> This absence of fighting between AQAP and the Houthis could be a pivot by AQAP to primarily target Western and government allies such as the STC, a result of the increasing influence of senior al-Qaeda member <a href="/wiki/Saif_al-Adel" title="Saif al-Adel">Saif al-Adel</a> on the organization.<a href="#cite_note-:76-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> Al-Adel is based in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and has ties to the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps</a>, which directly support and back the Houthis.<a href="#cite_note-:77-25">[25]</a> According to a UN Security Council report from February 2023, al-Adel has been alleged to be the leader of al-Qaeda after the <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri">death of Ayman al-Zawahiri</a> in July 2022, further suggesting a large degree of influence over AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-:76-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-:77-25">[25]</a> AQAP's shift to the south continued through early 2023, with nearly all activities targeting the STC in Abyan, though the number of activities steadily decreased from 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> Between May 2023 and September 2023, AQAP conducted 65 attacks, though this number dropped to nearly two-thirds between October 2023 and February 2024, with AQAP related deaths in Abyan dropping by nearly 80 percent.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> In March 2024, AQAP announced the death of emir <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Batarfi" title="Khalid Batarfi">Khalid Batarfi</a>, along the selection of his successor <a href="/wiki/Sa%27ad_bin_Atef_al-Awlaki" title="Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki">Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki</a>. The announcement did not provide a cause as to how Batarfi died, leading to speculation that he had died by natural causes.<a href="#cite_note-:20-118">[118]</a> After the death of Batarfi, a resurgence in AQAP attacks was reported in late March 2024<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks_outside_of_Yemen">Attacks outside of Yemen</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Attacks outside of Yemen">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempted_bombing_of_Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253">Attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Attempted_bombing_of_Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" class="mw-redirect" title="Attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253">Attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253</a></div> On 25 December 2009, Nigerian foreign student <a href="/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab" title="Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab">Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab</a> <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" title="Northwest Airlines Flight 253">attempted to bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253</a> while it prepared to land in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AQAPClaimsXmasAttempt-120">[120]</a> Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, studied in Sana'a from 2004 to 2005 before moving to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> until 2008. He returned to Yemen in August 2009 for studies, but left his university a month later.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> He was brought to the attention of AQAP some time in autumn, and by November 2009 he was recruited by AQAP to conduct the attack.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> His activities were personally overseen by Anwar al-Awlaki, who identified him for the suicide attack after witnessing him training, and gave him instructions on how to conduct it.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Abdulmutallab travelled from <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport" title="Murtala Muhammed International Airport">Murtala Muhammed International Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> to <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol" title="Amsterdam Airport Schiphol">Schiphol Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, before transferring to Northwest Airlines Flight 253.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> As the flight approached its destination, he tried to trigger <a href="/wiki/Pentaerythritol_tetranitrate" title="Pentaerythritol tetranitrate">PETN</a> explosives attached to his underwear while seated, but the device failed to detonate properly and caught on fire before he was restrained by passengers.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> AQAP took responsibility for the attempted bombing on 28 December 2009, claiming that the attack was in response to U.S. airstrikes in Yemen earlier in the month.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cargo_plane_bomb_plot">Cargo plane bomb plot</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cargo plane bomb plot">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_transatlantic_aircraft_bomb_plot" title="2010 transatlantic aircraft bomb plot">2010 transatlantic aircraft bomb plot</a></div> On 29 October 2010, British police at <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Airport" title="East Midlands Airport">East Midlands Airport</a> defused a <a href="/wiki/Ink_cartridge" title="Ink cartridge">printer cartridge</a> bomb loaded on a <a href="/wiki/UPS_Airlines" title="UPS Airlines">UPS</a> cargo plane after a tip from Saudi Arabian intelligence that had cargo aircraft arriving to the United States grounded.<a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-:79-127">[127]</a> After being informed by Britain, Emirati authorities in <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a> subsequently discovered another printer bomb inside of a <a href="/wiki/FedEx_Express" title="FedEx Express">FedEx Express</a> cargo plane.<a href="#cite_note-:80-128">[128]</a> The two bombs were inside of packages sent from Sana'a; the first one travelling through a passenger plane to Dubai and then a cargo plane to <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> before reaching England, and the second one through two <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Airways" title="Qatar Airways">Qatar Airways</a> passenger planes before reaching the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-:80-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a> The two packages were bound to out of date addresses for Jewish institutions in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, though investigators believed that the bombs may have been meant to explode within American airspace while on board the cargo planes carrying them.<a href="#cite_note-:79-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a> The bombs, designed by <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Asiri" title="Ibrahim al-Asiri">Ibrahim al-Asiri</a>, were highly complex and unable to be detected by British authorities at first.<a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-129">[129]</a> Both bombs were composed similarly, having a cell phone timer that, once set off, would activate an <a href="/wiki/Light-emitting_diode" title="Light-emitting diode">light-emitting diode</a> that would inject a syringe with an <a href="/wiki/Pyrotechnic_initiator" title="Pyrotechnic initiator">chemical igniter</a> into the printer cartridge loaded with 11 to 14 ounces of PETN.<a href="#cite_note-:79-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-:78-75">[75]</a> AQAP claimed the attack on 5 November 2010.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-129">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charlie_Hebdo_shooting">Charlie Hebdo shooting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Charlie Hebdo shooting">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" title="Charlie Hebdo shooting">Charlie Hebdo shooting</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg/230px-Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg/345px-Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg/460px-Charlie_Hebdo_shooting_CCTV_still.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>CCTV still of <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A9rif_and_Sa%C3%AFd_Kouachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chérif and Saïd Kouachi">Saïd and Chérif Kouachi</a> shooting a police officer before fleeing.<a href="#cite_note-:81-130">[130]</a></figcaption></figure> On 7 January 2015, <a href="/wiki/French-Algerian" class="mw-redirect" title="French-Algerian">French-Algerian</a> brothers <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A9rif_and_Sa%C3%AFd_Kouachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chérif and Saïd Kouachi">Saïd and Chérif Kouachi</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" title="Charlie Hebdo shooting">attacked</a> the <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> headquarters of French satirical newspaper <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo" title="Charlie Hebdo">Charlie Hebdo</a>, killing 12 people.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> The brothers came through the main entrance of the office with <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifles</a> and opened fire on its staff, killing five cartoonists, two columnists, a copy editor, a guest at the board meeting, a police officer and a maintenance worker.<a href="#cite_note-:82-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-:81-130">[130]</a> After leaving the building shouting that they had "avenged the <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Prophet Muhammad</a>", they engaged in a firefight with police on the streets before fleeing in their car, killing an officer before they stole another vehicle and left Paris.<a href="#cite_note-:81-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> French authorities subsequently launched a <a href="/wiki/Manhunt_(law_enforcement)" title="Manhunt (law enforcement)">manhunt</a>, tracking the suspects to <a href="/wiki/Villers-Cotter%C3%AAts" title="Villers-Cotterêts">Villers-Cotterêts</a> on 8 January after they robbed a <a href="/wiki/Gas_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Gas station">gas station</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> On the morning of 9 January, the suspects stole a car and headed to <a href="/wiki/Dammartin-en-Go%C3%ABle" title="Dammartin-en-Goële">Dammartin-en-Goële</a> before entering a print workshop and taking a hostage.<a href="#cite_note-:82-132">[132]</a> Besieged by the <a href="/wiki/GIGN" title="GIGN">GIGN</a>, at night the brothers left the building and engaged in a battle with the police, eventually killing both of them and ending the manhunt.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-:82-132">[132]</a> At least one of the brothers visited Yemen in 2011 for several months to train with AQAP, receive $20,000 to finance an attack, and meet with Anwar al-Awlaki in Shabwah during their stay. American intelligence initially believed it was Saïd Kouachi who had went to Yemen, but they later reneged on their position and said that Chérif had went.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> While they were besieged in the print workshop in Dammartin-en-Goële, French news channel <a href="/wiki/BFM_TV" title="BFM TV">BFMTV</a> conducted an phone call interview with Chérif Kouachi, in which he said that he was sent by "Yemen's Al-Qaeda" and that Awlaki financed him.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> On 14 January 2015, AQAP claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo shooting in a video depicting cleric <a href="/wiki/Nasser_bin_Ali_al-Ansi" title="Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi">Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi</a>. In the video, al-Ansi claims that the attack was 'vengeance' for Prophet Muhammad, who was mockingly depicted in a cartoon published by the newspaper, and that they had planned and financed the attack.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pensacola_shooting">Pensacola shooting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pensacola shooting">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola_shooting" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting">Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting</a></div> On 6 December 2019, Saudi Arabian <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola_shooting#Perpetrator" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting">Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani</a> attacked <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, killing 3 U.S. Navy members and injuring 8 others.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> The attacker opened fire with a handgun in a two-floor classroom within the base before officers arrived and exchanged gunfire, killing him.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-:83-142">[142]</a> Alshamrani was a second lieutenant in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Royal Saudi Air Force</a> and was undergoing pilot training at the base since August 2017.<a href="#cite_note-:83-142">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> An FBI investigation reported that Alshamrani was a jihadist who held '<a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">anti-American</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-Israeli_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Israeli movements">anti-Israeli</a> views' and that he saw violence as a necessity. He had also posted anti-American messages on social media just before conducting the shooting.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> On 2 February 2020, AQAP released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting, and that they had communication with Alshamrani.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> On May 8, 2020, the FBI confirmed that AQAP was involved in the shooting after breaking into Alshamrani's <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>. Evidence suggested that Alshamrani was radicalized in 2015, maintained regular communications with an AQAP contact since then, and had coordinated, planned, and shared tactics with the contact in order to conduct the attack.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_incidents">Other incidents</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other incidents">edit</a>]</div> American and Saudi intelligence agencies foiled an AQAP plot to smuggle a bomb onto a plane bound to the United States on 8 May 2012. The CIA had detected the plot by mid-April, and dispatched an operative to pose as a suicide bomber for the group, attaining the explosives meant for the bombing and turning them over to the CIA. The bomb was manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Asiri" title="Ibrahim al-Asiri">Ibrahim al-Asiri</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> From March to July 2017, the U.S. government issued <a href="/wiki/2017_electronics_ban" title="2017 electronics ban">a ban</a> on passengers carrying large electronics such as laptops on certain <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_and_North_Africa" title="Middle East and North Africa">Middle Eastern and North African</a> flights.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> The ban was justified by the government based on documents recovered by U.S. Special Forces during the Yakla raid, which detail AQAP plans to refine their ability to hide bombs inside of laptops and other devices.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strategy">Strategy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Strategy">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tribal_relations">Tribal relations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Tribal relations">edit</a>]</div> AQAP places significant importance upon its relationships with the <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Yemen" title="Tribes of Yemen">tribes of Yemen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:88-151">[151]</a> In 1999, al-Qaeda strategist <a href="/wiki/Abu_Musab_al_Suri" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Musab al Suri">Abu Musab Al-Suri</a> identified Yemen's rural tribal areas as an ideal base of operations for the group due to the prominence of tribal culture and militarism as well as relative the underdevelopment of the areas.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-:87-62">[62]</a> Many areas of Yemen have very little control from the central government and are essentially governed by their respective tribes, who employ an <a href="/wiki/Egalitarianism" title="Egalitarianism">egalitarian</a> governing system which follows tribal laws and customs.<a href="#cite_note-:91-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> Tribesmen are independent in their decision making but are expected to adhere to the collective interest of their tribe, and are held responsible for actions which are detrimental to the collective.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> Through their propaganda messaging, AQAP has been able to exploit corruption, the lack of infrastructure and development allocated to tribal areas, as well as overstepping on part of the government and other groups in order to gain the allegiance of certain tribesmen.<a href="#cite_note-:89-154">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-:91-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> This strategy attracts unemployed and uneducated tribal youth within their operational strongholds who, as opposed to joining for ideological reasons, are mostly drawn into the group due to the promise of material benefits such as high salaries, new personal weapons and vehicles, and the assurance of assisting them with getting married and building a home.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-:89-154">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Joining AQAP also gives them a sense of purpose and a way to further their status among their tribe.<a href="#cite_note-:89-154">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> AQAP has been employed by tribal sheikhs to provide them food and water in exchange for recruits.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> The group's members have also married into tribes and established kinships within them, such as with Anwar al-Awlaki marrying into the al-Dhahab tribe.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-:88-151">[151]</a> Despite their efforts, as of 2011 AQAP has not forged permanent or long-term alliances with Yemeni tribes.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> Tribes mostly avoid AQAP to not draw counterterrorism operations within their lands or create strife within their own tribe between pro and anti-AQAP factions.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> AQAP's ideology directly contradicts many core tenets of tribal law and society, such as the sparing of soldiers and civilians, the authority of the state, which AQAP seeks to overthrow, and tribal need for autonomy, which contradicts AQAP's goal of establishing a rigid Islamic caliphate.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-:90-158">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-:91-153">[153]</a> AQAP is able to operate in tribal areas due to reluctance of tribes to resort to violence or cooperate with government offensives.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> In the case that a tribesman joins AQAP and allows the group to operate within their areas, tribes send delegations to mediate between the two parties in order to either convince the tribesmen to leave AQAP, or to ensure that their lands wont be used as a staging ground for attacks and evict foreign militants.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> If neither terms are meeted, the tribesmen are usually disowned, stripping them of tribal benefits such as protection and vengeance for their death.<a href="#cite_note-:92-152">[152]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abyan_and_Shabwah">Abyan and Shabwah</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Abyan and Shabwah">edit</a>]</div> In 2011, Ansar al-Sharia gained the allyship of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tariq_al-Fadhli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tariq al-Fadhli (page does not exist)">Tariq al-Fadhli</a>, the leader of the al-Fadhli tribe.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> Al-Fadhli represents the largest tribe in Abyan, with its territory including major cities within the governorate such as Zinjibar, Jaʽār and Shuqrah.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> Tariq had reportedly permitted the establishment of AQAP training camps in Abyan in the 2000's, and actively took part in Ansar al-Sharia public ceremonies and mediation between the group and the Yemeni and Saudi governments for the release of imprisoned militants.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> Tariq's status as an opportunist who frequently changed his allegiances between different factions in Yemen provokes skepticism in his long-term goals.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> He fled with Ansar al-Sharia forces into the al-Maraqisha mountains in June 2012 after their defeat and was later arrested and imprisoned in Aden.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> He escaped once again to the al-Maraqisha in 2014, and announced his official membership in AQAP, taking part in negotiations for the group such as for their withdrawal from Mukalla in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> While many al-Fadhli tribesmen followed him in cooperating with AQAP, Tariq's relations with AQAP caused strife within the tribe, with multiple tribesmen and sheikhs rejecting his leadership and fighting against AQAP alongside government forces during their 2012 offensive.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> AQAP maintains strong ties with the <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Yemen#al-Aulaqi" title="Tribes of Yemen">al-Awaleq tribe</a>, one of the most powerful in southern Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-:94-165">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> The tribe is divided between the Upper and Lower Awlaki's, which are located in Shabwah and western Abyan respectively.<a href="#cite_note-:93-156">[156]</a> Mountainous terrain, lack of government interest or control over many parts the governorate and general disassociation from the government due to past and current exploitation and persecution made Shabwah an ideal location for AQAP to build a base of operations.<a href="#cite_note-:94-165">[165]</a> AQAP leader have historically travelled to Shabwah as a sanctuary, such as with <a href="/wiki/Fahd_al-Quso" title="Fahd al-Quso">Fahd al-Quso</a>, an AQAP commander who was killed by a drone strike in the governorate.<a href="#cite_note-:94-165">[165]</a> Multiple senior members of AQAP have descended from the al-Awaleq tribe including Anwar al-Awlaki and Sa’ad Bin Atef al-Awlaki, whos appointment as emir in 2024 could signal an increase in cooperation with the tribe due the latter's support for him.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a><a href="#cite_note-:20-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_and_propaganda">Media and propaganda</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Media and propaganda">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg/220px-Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg/330px-Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg/440px-Al-Malahem_Logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption>The al-Malahem Media logo, which appears across much of its content</figcaption></figure> AQAP maintains a unique role among al-Qaeda affiliates in that the group has a leadership position in producing propaganda and media on behalf of the al-Qaeda core.<a href="#cite_note-:13-55">[55]</a> AQAP's propaganda is handled through the <a href="/wiki/Al-Malahem_Media" title="Al-Malahem Media">al-Malahem Media Foundation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: الملاحم, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: al-malāḥim, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'The battle/war'), its official media wing.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> Al-Malahem produces audio and video releases containing official statements, leadership speeches, claims for attacks, <a href="/wiki/Eulogy" title="Eulogy">eulogies</a>, reports on local activities and various serial productions such as ones focusing on martyrs or lessons on Islam.<a href="#cite_note-:84-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-86">[86]</a> It also produces <a href="/wiki/Hard_copy" title="Hard copy">hard copy</a> media for AQAP <a href="/wiki/Dawah" title="Dawah">da'wa</a> centres in areas which they control or operate in, where locals are preached to and indoctrinated into the group.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> Among the media given in da'wa activities are magazines, newspapers, <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CDs</a>, films, <a href="/wiki/Nasheed" title="Nasheed">nasheeds</a>, lectures, copies of the Quran and poems.<a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> Hard copies are important to AQAP's local propaganda strategy due to the absence of <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a> and the internet in many parts of Yemen, particularly within the frontlines of the civil war and in tribal areas.<a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> The structure of al-Mahalem is similar to that of other al-Qaeda affiliates. AQAP's propaganda committee dictates the message that should be sent through a release, which is then delegated to al-Malahem staff to produce, publish, and disseminate throughout various sources including social media sites such as <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(software)" title="Telegram (software)">Telegram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> as well as blogs, and Islamist forums and file-sharing websites.<a href="#cite_note-:84-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> Al-Malahem staff receive "jihadist training" courses covering the internet and how to use it safely without being tracked, and are required to coordinate with AQAP's security committee when using the internet.<a href="#cite_note-:85-170">[170]</a> AQAP's media products have gone through multiple iterations throughout its existence, often reflecting the current state of the group.<a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> From 2008 to 2011, AQAP's main Arabic production was Sada al-Malahem (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: صدى الملاحم, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'Echoes of Battle'), an online and physical mixed-content magazine released in a <a href="/wiki/Bimonthly" title="Bimonthly">bimonthly</a> fashion and focusing mostly on Yemenis with theological, juristic and political articles.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-:40-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-:86-171">[171]</a> The magazine discussed topics such as corruption, poverty, inadequate service provision and inequities in natural resource allocation in order to appeal to locals and their issues, while also pertaining to global jihad.<a href="#cite_note-:40-63">[63]</a> The magazine was tuned to Yemeni culture, featuring poetry, personal testimonies, letters, memoirs, martyrologies and congratulations to families or tribes on marriages, births and deaths.<a href="#cite_note-:86-171">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> In the midst of the Yemeni revolution and AQAP's first emirates, the group replaced Sada al-Malahem with Madad, a shorter, monthly newspaper which was attuned to the Arab Spring movement. The newspaper covered AQAP's battles and activities within their areas of control and promoted anti-American and anti-democratic sentiment, instead attempting to promote AQAP as a superior alternative to democracy by highlighting their governing ability, 'good works' and community interactions.<a href="#cite_note-:85-170">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> The newspaper ceased production with the end of AQAP's emirates in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> The rise of the Islamic State as well as the Houthis in 2014 led to an increase in militarism and sectarianism in AQAP's media.<a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> From 2014 to 2015, AQAP ran a video series titled Min al-Midan (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: من الميدان, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'From the Field/Battlefield'), recording attacks against the Yemeni military which it described as 'Houthi-ized.'<a href="#cite_note-:86-171">[171]</a> Amid AQAP's occupation of various parts of southern Yemen, in January 2016 the group launched al-Masra, a newspaper which ran a total of 57 issues.<a href="#cite_note-:43-172">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> The newspaper, both distributed in hard copy across their territory and published online through Telegram, covered community worked conducted by AQAP, updates on the entire al-Qaeda network, as well as standard coverage of various world events such as the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Alton_Sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Alton Sterling">shooting of Alton Sterling</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi" title="Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi">assassination of Jamal Khashoggi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> The newspaper was an attempt to position al-Qaeda as a broad international movement amid the dominance of the Islamic State, with interviews and messages from leaders in al-Qaeda core, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" title="Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb">al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent">al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">al-Shabaab</a> being featured.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-:45-176">[176]</a> AQAP's propaganda network began experiencing strain from mid 2017 onwards due to frequent U.S. drone strikes.<a href="#cite_note-:45-176">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> Though the newspaper was initially meant to be released multiple times per month, pressure on AQAP led to al-Masra not releasing an issue since July 2017.<a href="#cite_note-:45-176">[176]</a> In 2018, AQAP's media began focusing frequently on spying and internal security. These releases were designed to gain sympathy and deter further spying, such as the film "Secrets, Dangers, and the Departure of the Best", and the video series "Demolishing Espionage."<a href="#cite_note-:74-100">[100]</a> In May 2018, al-Badr Media Foundation, a pro-AQAP media outlet, announced its presence online, with its first release being a <a href="/wiki/PDF" title="PDF">PDF</a> detailing how to avoid detection and assassination from drone strikes.<a href="#cite_note-:45-176">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-:44-168">[168]</a> During 2021, al-Malahem's releases were mostly recycled speeches by various AQAP leaders superimposed over video footage in an attempt to remain relevant despite significant losses.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-113">[113]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel-Hamas war</a> and <a href="/wiki/2023_Quran_burnings_in_Sweden" title="2023 Quran burnings in Sweden">Stockholm Quran burnings</a> has led to an increase in media activity from AQAP during 2023 and 2024.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a><a href="#cite_note-:23-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inspire">Inspire</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Inspire">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Inspire_(magazine)" title="Inspire (magazine)">Inspire (magazine)</a></div> In July 2010, al-Malahem Media launched Inspire, an English-language magazine targeted to Muslim audience in the Western world who cannot understand Arabic.<a href="#cite_note-:42-179">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> The magazine features guides and instructions on how to conduct <a href="/wiki/Lone_wolf_attack" title="Lone wolf attack">lone wolf</a> terrorist attacks in the West, as well as general AQAP propaganda and bylines from prominent al-Qaeda figures such as Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.<a href="#cite_note-:41-180">[180]</a> According to its late creator, editor and publisher <a href="/wiki/Samir_Khan" title="Samir Khan">Samir Khan</a>, the magazine 'Tackle['s] issues that are not only happening abroad in the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a>, but also focus[es] on domestic issues pertinent to the Muslim community in the West', in addition to rehabilitating the image of AQAP and providing commentary on current issues and events.<a href="#cite_note-:42-179">[179]</a> Inspire has been described as "a streamlined and seamless fusion of ideologically-driven material with pragmatic instructional and skillbuilding content." with the goal of motivating terrorism and providing readers with easy ways to conduct their own attacks, evident by each article featuring a section titled "Open Source Jihad."<a href="#cite_note-:42-179">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-:46-181">[181]</a> Critics and viewers have noted its difference in tone and design to other AQAP media such as Sala al-Mahalem, with an approach more oriented towards youth in the United States and other Western nations through its modern look and use of <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquial</a> English as well as <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">pop culture</a> references.<a href="#cite_note-:39-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-:42-179">[179]</a> Reception to the magazine's first issue was largely skeptikal from online jihadists due to its foreign presentation as well as technical issues, though opinions eventually grew more positive later on, with each issues amassing thousands of views and downloads on Islamist <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">forums</a> by 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:41-180">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-:42-179">[179]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anwar_al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Anwar al-Awlaki">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch,_lightened.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg/180px-Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg/270px-Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg/360px-Anwar_al-Awlaki_sitting_on_couch%2C_lightened.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1236" data-file-height="1647" /></a><figcaption>Anwar al-Awlaki.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a></div> Anwar al-Awlaki (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: أنور العولقي, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: Anwar al-'Awlaqī; April 21 or 22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was a Yemeni-American preacher who served as AQAP's "leader of external operations" according to the United States government.<a href="#cite_note-:47-182">[182]</a> Awlaki has been referred to as the most popular English recruiter for AQAP, al-Qaeda and jihadism in general, even after his death.<a href="#cite_note-:46-181">[181]</a> Among his methods of output included a <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">web blog</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> page, booklets, CD's, audio recordings, online lectures, magazines and videos among others, which would then be spread across the internet, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, and on Islamist forums.<a href="#cite_note-:49-183">[183]</a><a href="#cite_note-:50-184">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-:51-185">[185]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, Awlaki utilized a combination of "scripture and vitriol", a captivating character and oration style, as well as an advanced knowledge and usage of <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">the internet</a> in order to promote violent extremism to Muslim youth in the West.<a href="#cite_note-:51-185">[185]</a> Analysts have frequently noted Awlaki's fluency in <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> as well as Arabic, allowing him to maintain a "dual identity" which balanced religious legitimacy and relatability.<a href="#cite_note-:51-185">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-:52-186">[186]</a> Also commonly noted is his signature passive and soft demeanor, giving him a down-to-earth and relatable persona as opposed to more brutal and outwardly violent al-Qaeda figureheads such as <a href="/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi" title="Abu Musab al-Zarqawi">Abu Musab al-Zarqawi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> Awlaki headed the proliferation of a personalized, "do-it-yourself" type of jihad, where he encouraged followers to conduct lone wolf attacks in their home country. He was heavily involved with the production of Inspire, writing an article for the magazine's debut issue.<a href="#cite_note-:46-181">[181]</a><a href="#cite_note-:50-184">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-:41-180">[180]</a> Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike on 30 September 2011 while entering a <a href="/wiki/Pickup_truck" title="Pickup truck">pickup truck</a> five other with other AQAP members, including Inspire editor Samir Khan.<a href="#cite_note-:24-52">[52]</a> Commentators have noted that Awlaki's killing had allowed him to achieve a "martyrdom" status among Islamists, with his media still receiving attention years after his death and numerous Islamic terrorists having been known to possess his propaganda, such as <a href="/wiki/Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev" title="Dzhokhar Tsarnaev">Dzhokhar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamerlan_Tsarnaev" title="Tamerlan Tsarnaev">Tamerlan Tsarnaev</a>, the perpetrators of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing" title="Boston Marathon bombing">2013 Boston Marathon bombing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:46-181">[181]</a><a href="#cite_note-:48-188">[188]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources_of_income">Sources of income</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources of income">edit</a>]</div> AQAP's funding primarily comes from robberies, kidnappings and donations.<a href="#cite_note-:35-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a> In 2017, Yemeni officials estimated that AQAP spends about $10 million annually to maintain operations.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> According to Ansar al-Sharia leader Jalal al-Baleedi in 2012, the group spent approximately $300,000 monthly operating in Abyan governorate alone.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a> Prior to the Yemeni civil war, kidnapping was described as AQAP primary source of revenue.<a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a> The group began heavily utilizing kidnappings for ransom as a strategy in 2011, reportedly generating $20 million or $30 million in ransom payments for European hostages by 2013, which accounted for half of their funding during that period.<a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-53">[53]</a> According to The New York Times, AQAP received two major ransom payments during this period; $9 million in 2011 for three French nationals, paid by the French government, and $20.4 million in 2012–13, paid by Oman and Qatar, for four Europeans on behalf of their governments.<a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a> AQAP has been known to buy foreigners who are originally kidnapped by non-AQAP affiliated tribesmen.<a href="#cite_note-:53-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a> During the time of their first emirates, AQAP levied <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income taxes</a> on individuals ranging from 10 percent to 20 percent, and on <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporations</a> with a flat 20 percent. In the initial battle for Zinjibar in 2011, AQAP looted the provincial bank in the city, gaining a sum reported to be in the low millions.<a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a> The outbreak of the Yemeni civil war and subsequent government and coalition ignorance towards AQAP allowed the group to significantly bolster its finances. AQAP was able to gain money through bank robbing and seaport control for smuggling routes.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a> The highlight of their financial gain was through their occupation of Mukalla from 2015 to 2016, which a UAE official described as 'al-Qaeda's lungs' as well as being called the equivalent to the Islamic State's former Syrian capital, <a href="/wiki/Raqqa" title="Raqqa">Raqqa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:38-191">[191]</a> During the initial battle in April 2015, AQAP looted the central bank in the city, seizing an estimated $100 million; enough money to fund their operations for ten years according to a Yemeni official.<a href="#cite_note-:38-191">[191]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Mukalla" title="Port of Mukalla">port of Mukalla</a> provided AQAP with a significant source of income in the form of fuel smuggling, where hundreds of oil trucks would arrive at the port to pick up and transport fuel across the country.<a href="#cite_note-:36-192">[192]</a> Through imposing taxes and custom tariffs on shippers and traders, AQAP reportedly earned up to $2 million to $5 million through Mukalla daily.<a href="#cite_note-:38-191">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> Attempting to legitimize their endeavors as a <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">de facto</a> <a href="/wiki/Quasi-state" title="Quasi-state">quasi-state</a>, in October 2015 AQAP attempted to sign a deal with the Yemeni government allowing them to <a href="/wiki/Export" title="Export">export</a> oil through the port while receiving a quarter of the profit, though it was immediately rejected.<a href="#cite_note-:38-191">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> AQAP utilized extortion against state firms during their occupation, such as in January 2016 when they demanded $4.7 million from Yemen's national oil company, receiving $1.4 million.<a href="#cite_note-:38-191">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> The loss of Mukalla in April 2016 constituted a significant blow to AQAP's funding, though AQAP was allowed to keep their loot from the city in a deal with the government.<a href="#cite_note-:33-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-:37-195">[195]</a> Altogether, AQAP was estimated to have gained more than $750 million from their occupation of Mukalla.<a href="#cite_note-:66-189">[189]</a> An Associated Press investigation from 2018 suggested that the Yemeni government and Saudi-led coalition had been outright paying AQAP to leave certain areas in order to claim them as military victories.<a href="#cite_note-:37-195">[195]</a> According to the security chief of Shabwah, AQAP fighters were paid to withdraw from <a href="/wiki/As_Said_District" title="As Said District">al-Said district</a>, their base in the governorate, as the UAE and coalition began an offensive which targeted the district in February 2018. A reported 200 AQAP members were paid off by the coalition, including a senior member who was paid $26,000. According to a mediator in the deal, the coalition had offered $5 million to AQAP and $13,000 to each individual fighter who left.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ansar_al-Sharia">Ansar al-Sharia</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Ansar al-Sharia">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AQAP_fighters,_Yemen,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/AQAP_fighters%2C_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg/250px-AQAP_fighters%2C_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/AQAP_fighters%2C_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg/375px-AQAP_fighters%2C_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/AQAP_fighters%2C_Yemen%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="248" /></a><figcaption>AQAP fighters in Yemen.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)" title="Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)">Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)</a></div> In the wake of the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Revolution">Yemeni Revolution</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zinjibar" title="Battle of Zinjibar">Battle of Zinjibar</a>, an Islamist <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgent</a> organization called Jama'at Ansar al-Shari'a (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: جماعة أنصار الشريعة; Jamāʿat Anṣār aš-Šharīʿa), also known as Ansar al-Sharia, emerged in Yemen and seized control of areas in the Abyan and surrounding governorates in southern Yemen and declared them an Islamist al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen. There was <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen#2011" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">heavy fighting</a> with the Yemeni security forces over the control of these territories, with Ansar al-Sharia driven out of most of their territory over 2012.<a href="#cite_note-Reuters2-197">[197]</a> In April 2011, Shaykh Abu Zubayr Adil bin Abdullah al-Abab, AQAP's chief religious figure, explained the name change as a rebranding exercise: "the name Ansar al-Sharia is what we use to introduce ourselves in areas where we work to tell people about our work and goals."<a href="#cite_note-fpSeptember2012-198">[198]</a> On 4 October 2012, the United Nations 1267–1989 <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaida_Sanctions_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee">Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a> designated Ansar al-Sharia an alias for AQAP,<a href="#cite_note-State041012-199">[199]</a> with the State Department describing it as an attempt to attract followers in areas of Yemen where AQAP had been able to establish territorial control and implement its interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-State041012-199">[199]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._operations">U.S. operations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: U.S. operations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Yemen" title="Drone strikes in Yemen">Drone strikes in Yemen</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Targeted_killing" title="Targeted killing">Targeted killing</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg/220px-MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg/330px-MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg/440px-MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1993" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">MQ-1 Predator</a> drone.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drone_strikes">Drone strikes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Drone strikes">edit</a>]</div> Since 2009, the United States has led a <a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Yemen" title="Drone strikes in Yemen">drone campaign</a> against AQAP, targeting both prominent leaders and lower-tier members. Though the first drone strike against an al-Qaeda group in Yemen was conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush administration</a> in 2002, it was not until 2009 when President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> adopted drone strikes as a central component of the United States counterterrorism strategy.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> Obama's decision was influenced by both the <a href="/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting" title="2009 Fort Hood shooting">Fort Hood shooting</a> in November 2009 and the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" title="Northwest Airlines Flight 253">attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253</a> in December 2009, the latter which was directly conducted by AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> The first attack in the drone campaign was an airstrike on an <a href="/wiki/Al-Majalah_camp_attack" title="Al-Majalah camp attack">AQAP camp in al-Majalah</a> on 17 December 2009. The attack reportedly killed 55 people; 14 AQAP fighters and 41 civilians.<a href="#cite_note-New_Yorker-201">[201]</a> The U.S. intensified drone strikes in 2011 as AQAP gained significant ground in the backdrop of the Yemeni revolution.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> A drone strike on 30 September 2011 killed prominent American-Yemeni cleric <a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a>, along with the main editor and publisher of AQAP's Inspire magazine, <a href="/wiki/Samir_Khan" title="Samir Khan">Samir Khan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:24-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-:22-202">[202]</a> U.S. drone strikes peaked in 2012 as in the same year the Obama administration approved the usage of "signature" strikes; the killing of individuals who exhibit "terrorist behaviour" of some sort.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-:59-82">[82]</a> During this year, President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi ascended to office, lauding America's campaign and voicing his support for drone strikes amid an offensive against AQAP's emirates.<a href="#cite_note-:9-88">[88]</a> Drone strikes decreased through 2014 but re-escalated in 2015 following the breakout of the Yemeni civil war and AQAP's vast seizure of territory.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> U.S. drone strikes killed several AQAP leaders during this period including <a href="/wiki/Harith_bin_Ghazi_al-Nadhari" title="Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari">Harith al-Nadhari</a> in January 2015, <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Rubaysh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim al-Rubaysh">Ibrahim al-Rubaysh</a> in February 2015 and <a href="/wiki/Nasser_bin_Ali_al-Ansi" title="Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi">Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi</a> in May 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:4-86">[86]</a> A drone strike on 16 June 2015 killed AQAP leader Nasser al-Wuhayshi.<a href="#cite_note-:15-92">[92]</a> The <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">administration of Donald Trump</a> further expanded the drone campaign upon his inauguration in 2017. Trump loosened the <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">rules of engagement</a> concerning American operations and labeled three governorates in Yemen as "areas of active hostilities".<a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a> From 2–6 March 2017, the U.S. conducted 25-40 drone strikes across Yemen targeting AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> In 2019 Trump an executive order set by Obama requiring the publishing of civilian deaths in a drone strike.<a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a> According to UK-based <a href="/wiki/Watchdog_journalism" title="Watchdog journalism">watchdog</a> group <a href="/wiki/Airwars" title="Airwars">Airwars</a>, 'From mid 2019 onwards, covert and clandestine actions in Yemen appear to have dominated US engagements.',<a href="#cite_note-:32-101">[101]</a> though the official number of drone strikes in 2019 was considerably lower than that of previous years. The reduction in drone strikes continued into 2020 as the Trump administration seemed to shift away from counter-terrorism as a primary focus of <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">U.S. foreign policy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-:32-101">[101]</a> Despite this, the drone campaign continued to significantly affect AQAP's operational capacity, such as with a drone strike on 31 January 2020 which killed AQAP leader Qasim al-Raymi.<a href="#cite_note-:304-205">[205]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidency of Joe Biden">Joe Biden administration</a> further de-escalated the drone campaign, revolking Yemen's classification as a "theater of active armed conflict" in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-206">[206]</a> The most recent drone strike reportedly conducted by the U.S. was on 26 February 2023.<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/New_America_(organization)" title="New America (organization)">New America</a>, the drone campaign has killed over 1,000 people,<a href="#cite_note-:31-200">[200]</a> and has 'weakened the organization's [AQAP's] ability to maintain its internal cohesion' according to <a href="/wiki/Armed_Conflict_Location_and_Event_Data" title="Armed Conflict Location and Event Data">ACLED</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-31">[31]</a> Critics of the drone campaign have argued that drone strikes have increased <a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">anti-Americanism</a> and anti-government sentiment in the local populace of Yemen and has helped AQAP in gaining recruits.<a href="#cite_note-:1-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-50">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_operations">Ground operations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Ground operations">edit</a>]</div> In addition to drone strikes, the U.S. has conducted several ground raids against AQAP, mostly utilizing <a href="/wiki/SEAL_Team_Six" title="SEAL Team Six">DEVGRU</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">Navy SEALs</a>. On 26 November 2014, DEVGRU collaborated with Yemeni special forces <a href="/wiki/2014_hostage_rescue_operations_in_Yemen" title="2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen">in a hostage rescue mission</a> to free American journalist <a href="/wiki/Luke_Somers" title="Luke Somers">Luke Somers</a>, along with multiple other hostages held by AQAP. The mission took place in northern Hadhramaut, along the border with Saudi Arabia. The team engaged AQAP in a firefight near a cave housing the hostages, killing seven militants. The raid rescued eight hostages of various nationalities, but they did not include Somers, who was moved to another area alongside four other hostages days before the raid.<a href="#cite_note-:25-207">[207]</a> Later in December, AQAP published a video threatening to kill Somers within 72 hours of its release. <a href="/wiki/2014_hostage_rescue_operations_in_Yemen#Second_raid" title="2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen">Another rescue mission</a> subsequently occurred on 6 December 2014 in southern Shabwah. Forty SEALs backed by Yemeni special forces attempted to infiltrate the AQAP compound housing the targets, but they were spotted about 100 metres away, leading to heavy skirmishes. Upon entering the compound, two hostages, including Somers, were found shot, while the three other hostages were missing. Both shot hostages eventually died while being transported.<a href="#cite_note-:26-208">[208]</a> On 29 January 2017, DEVGRU conducted <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla" title="Raid on Yakla">a raid</a> in al-Ghayil, a town in the Yakla region of al-Bayda. The raid was authorized in order to collect key AQAP documents and information, as well as the possibility of neutralizing AQAP leader <a href="/wiki/Qasim_al-Raymi" title="Qasim al-Raymi">Qasim al-Raymi</a>, whom UAE intelligence suggested could be present. Originally meant to be unexpected, AQAP prematurely detected the SEALs, eventually leading to a heavy firefight in the village which claimed the life of <a href="/wiki/William_Owens_(Navy_SEAL)" title="William Owens (Navy SEAL)">one American soldier</a> and wounded five others. Fourteen AQAP fighters were killed along with "valuable information" being gathered, but al-Raymi was not killed or captured in the raid. Additionally, at least 16 civilians were killed, including the eight-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Nawar_al-Awlaki" title="Killing of Nawar al-Awlaki">Nawar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:27-209">[209]</a> On 23 May 2017, DEVGRU conducted <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Al_Hathla" title="Raid on Al Hathla">another raid</a> against AQAP in Ma'rib governorate, targeting a compound of the group using 'a combination of small arms fire and precision airstrikes' in order to gather intelligence. The U.S. reported the deaths of seven AQAP members and no civilians casualties,<a href="#cite_note-:28-210">[210]</a> however UK-based human rights group <a href="/wiki/Reprieve_(organisation)" title="Reprieve (organisation)">Reprieve</a> reported that the raid had killed five civilians and wounded six, with SEALs killing a blind villager as he walked out of his home and killing four more after they began arguing with them after the fact.<a href="#cite_note-:29-211">[211]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senior_leaders_and_members">Senior leaders and members</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Senior leaders and members">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_leaders">Current leaders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Current leaders">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Situation </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sa%27ad_bin_Atef_al-Awlaki" title="Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki">Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki</a></td> <td>Emir</td> <td> <ul><li>Succeeded Khalid Batarfi as leader of AQAP since March 2024.<a href="#cite_note-:20-118">[118]</a></li> <li>Emir of Shabwah</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ammar al-San’ani </td> <td>Military commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Military commander since 2018.<a href="#cite_note-:21-212">[212]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Banna" title="Ibrahim al-Banna">Ibrahim al-Banna</a></td> <td>Chief of security</td> <td> <ul><li>AQAP chief of security since at least 2015.<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a></li> <li>Reportedly was AQAP media chief until at least 2011.<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a></li> <li>Founding member of AQAP and provides military and security guidance to AQAP leadership.<a href="#cite_note-Ibrahim_al-Banna-216">[216]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Abdullah Mubarak </td> <td>Religious leader </td> <td> <ul><li>Appointed as shari'a official in October 2017.<a href="#cite_note-:21-212">[212]</a><a href="#cite_note-:45-176">[176]</a></li> <li>Succeeded <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Sulayman_Muhammad_al-Rubaysh" title="Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh">Ibrahim al-Rubaysh</a>, who was killed in April 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:21-212">[212]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al_Qosi" title="Ibrahim al Qosi">Ibrahim al Qosi</a></td> <td>Senior sharia official</td> <td> <ul><li>AQAP spokesperson and shura council member.</li> <li>Joined AQAP in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a></li> <li>Detained at Guantanamo Bay from January 2002 to July 2012 before being transferred to Sudan as part of a plea bargain.<a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_leaders">Former leaders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Former leaders">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Situation </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nasir_al-Wuhayshi" title="Nasir al-Wuhayshi">Nasir al-Wuhayshi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a></td> <td>Emir and founder of AQAP</td> <td> <ul><li>Founder and former emir of AQAP from 2009 to 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:16-219">[219]</a></li> <li>Deputy Emir and general manager of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:16-219">[219]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in June 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:15-92">[92]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qasim_al-Raymi" title="Qasim al-Raymi">Qasim al-Raymi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a></td> <td>Emir and military commander</td> <td> <ul><li>Succeeded Nasir al-Wuhayshi as leader of AQAP from 2015 to 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:304-205">[205]</a></li> <li>Military commander from 2009 until appointment as emir.<a href="#cite_note-:304-205">[205]</a></li> <li>In 2007, he and AQAP leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi announced the emergence of al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY), AQAP's predecessor group.<a href="#cite_note-Qasim_al-Rimi-220">[220]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in late January 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:304-205">[205]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Batarfi" title="Khalid Batarfi">Khalid Batarfi</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">#</td> <td>Emir and senior commander</td> <td> <ul><li>Succeeded Qasim al-Raymi as leader of AQAP from 2020 to 2024.<a href="#cite_note-:34-221">[221]</a></li> <li>Emir of Abyan from 2010 until being captured in March 2011.</li> <li>Freed in 2015 during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mukalla_(2016)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2016)">Battle of Mukalla</a>, where he would then be appointed emir of Hadhramaut from 2015 until appointment as emir.<a href="#cite_note-:34-221">[221]</a></li> <li>Died in March 2024.<a href="#cite_note-:34-221">[221]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Said_Ali_al-Shihri" title="Said Ali al-Shihri">Said Ali al-Shihri</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Deputy emir </td> <td> <ul><li>Deputy emir from 2009 to 2013 and highest ranking Saudi Arabian in AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-Ctc20120-07-24-222">[222]</a></li> <li>Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay until released to Saudi Arabia in November 2007.<a href="#cite_note-223">[223]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in July 2013.<a href="#cite_note-:304-205">[205]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Sulayman_Muhammad_al-Rubaysh" title="Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh">Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Religious leader </td> <td> <ul><li>Reported to be AQAP's <a href="/wiki/Mufti" title="Mufti">mufti</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DoDList2-224">[224]</a></li> <li>'Main ideologue and theological adviser' of AQAP.</li> <li>Also served as a senior advisor for AQAP operational planning, and was involved in the planning of attacks.<a href="#cite_note-225">[225]</a></li> <li>Detaineed at Guantanamo Bay until December 2006 when he was handed over to Saudi Arabian authorities, he subsequently escaped to Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-UPI20091204-226">[226]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in April 2015.<a href="#cite_note-227">[227]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Asiri" title="Ibrahim al-Asiri">Ibrahim al-Asiri</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Chief bombmaker </td> <td> <ul><li>Explosives expert and weapons specialists for AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-228">[228]</a><a href="#cite_note-SaudiGazette2009-08-31-229">[229]</a></li> <li>Reported to have been responsible for making the bombs used by his brother <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri" title="Abdullah al-Asiri">Abdullah al-Asiri</a> in his suicide bombing, the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" title="Northwest Airlines Flight 253">attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 in 2009</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2010_cargo_plane_bomb_plot" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 cargo plane bomb plot">2010 cargo plane bomb plot</a>, and 2012 bomb plot.<a href="#cite_note-BBC2014-07-04-230">[230]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in late 2017.<a href="#cite_note-231">[231]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Chief of external operations </td> <td> <ul><li>Senior recruiter and involved in organizing external operations to be conducted for AQAP.<a href="#cite_note-att-232">[232]</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[233]</a><a href="#cite_note-sofrep.com-234">[234]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in September 2011.<a href="#cite_note-:24-52">[52]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samir_Khan" title="Samir Khan">Samir Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Editor and publisher of Inspire magazine </td> <td> <ul><li>Editor and publisher of Inspire, an English digital magazine published by AQAP.</li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in September 2011.<a href="#cite_note-:24-52">[52]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nasser_bin_Ali_al-Ansi" title="Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi">Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Senior sharia official </td> <td> <ul><li>Senior shari'a official and military strategist.</li> <li>Appeared in videos claiming responsibility for capture and death of Luke Somers and the Charlie Hebdo shooting.</li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in April 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:19-235">[235]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harith_bin_Ghazi_al-Nadhari" title="Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari">Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Senior sharia official </td> <td> <ul><li>Senior ranking Shari'a official within AQAP.</li> <li>He rebuked the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> announcement of expanding their caliphate into Yemen and renewed loyalties to <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> and its leader, <a href="/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Ayman al-Zawahiri">Ayman al-Zawahiri</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AQAPIS-236">[236]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in January 2015.<a href="#cite_note-:18-237">[237]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Sa%27id_Ali_Hasan" title="Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan">Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Operational commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Senior military commander.</li> <li>Logistical and financial manager.</li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in April 2012.<a href="#cite_note-:14-238">[238]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fahd_al-Quso" title="Fahd al-Quso">Fahd al-Quso</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Operational commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Wanted by the United States for his involvement in the USS Cole bombing.</li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in May 2012.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shawki al-Badani <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Operational commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Played a key role in a plan for a major attack in summer 2013 that led the United States to close 19 diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa.</li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in November 2014.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Othman_Ahmad_Othman_al-Ghamdi" title="Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi">Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Operational commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Involved in raising funds for the organization's operations and activities in Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-Othman_al-Ghamdi-239">[239]</a></li> <li>He first appeared in a video released in May 2010, where he was identified publicly as AQAP's operational commander.<a href="#cite_note-Othman_al-Ghamdi-239">[239]</a></li> <li>Former detainee at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay detention camp</a> from April 2006 to June 2006 until he was handed over to Saudi Arabian authorities and subsequently released.<a href="#cite_note-sofrep.com-234">[234]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in Yemen in February 2015.<a href="#cite_note-240">[240]</a></li> <li>AQAP confirmed his death in September 2018.<a href="#cite_note-241">[241]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Atiq_Awayd_Al_Harbi" title="Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi">Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi</a>  <a href="/wiki/Surrender_(military)" title="Surrendered"><img alt="Surrendered" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/14px-White_flag_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/21px-White_flag_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/28px-White_flag_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="351" /></a> </td> <td>Field commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay until released to Saudi Arabia in November 2007.<a href="#cite_note-242">[242]</a></li> <li>Surrendered to Saudi authorities in Yemen in February 2009.<a href="#cite_note-243">[243]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jalal Bala'idi  <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> </td> <td>Field commander </td> <td> <ul><li>Also known as 'Abu Hamza'</li> <li>Leader of Ansar al-Sharia from 2011 to 2016.<a href="#cite_note-244">[244]</a></li> <li>Field commander of AQAP in Abyan, Shabwa, Lahij, Hadhramaut, and al-Bayda governorates.<a href="#cite_note-:17-245">[245]</a></li> <li>Joined AQAP in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-246">[246]</a></li> <li>Killed in a drone strike in February 2016.<a href="#cite_note-:17-245">[245]</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)" title="Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)">Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Malahem_Media" title="Al-Malahem Media">Al-Malahem Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspire_(magazine)" title="Inspire (magazine)">Inspire (magazine)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Yemen" title="Drone strikes in Yemen">Drone strikes in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_armed_groups_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="List of armed groups in the Yemeni civil war">List of armed groups in the Yemeni civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terrorist_incidents_attributed_to_al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula" title="Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula">Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved 13 October 2024. <q>Strength: AQAP is estimated to have approximately one thousand members.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=U.S.+Department+of+State&rft.atitle=Country+Reports+on+Terrorism+2014&rft.pages=376&rft.date=2015-06-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2F2009-2017.state.gov%2Fdocuments%2Forganization%2F239631.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Qaeda+in+the+Arabian+Peninsula" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crt_2016.pdf">"Country Reports on Terrorism 2016"</a> (PDF). 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Retrieved 14 October 2024. <q>Strength: AQAP is estimated to have up to four thousand members.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=U.S.+Department+of+State&rft.atitle=Country+Reports+on+Terrorism+2016&rft.pages=435&rft.date=2017-07-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.gov%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F04%2Fcrt_2016.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Qaeda+in+the+Arabian+Peninsula" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/191/91/pdf/n2419191.pdf">"Thirty-fourth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2734 (2024) concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities"</a> (PDF). 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href="/wiki/Abu_Ubaidah_Youssef_al-Annabi" title="Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi">Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sayyid_Muhamed_Mustafa_al-Bakri" title="Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri">Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Banna" title="Ibrahim al-Banna">Ibrahim al-Banna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al_Qosi" title="Ibrahim al Qosi">Ibrahim al Qosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Walid_al-Masri" title="Abu Walid al-Masri">Abu Walid al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Showqi_Al-Islambouli" title="Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli">Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdukadir_Mohamed_Abdukadir" title="Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir">Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuad_Qalaf" title="Fuad Qalaf">Fuad Qalaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehad_Mostafa" title="Jehad Mostafa">Jehad Mostafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Humam_al-Shami" title="Abu Humam al-Shami">Abu Humam al-Shami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sami_al-Oraydi" title="Sami al-Oraydi">Sami al-Oraydi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Killed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">killing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Ayman al-Zawahiri">Ayman al-Zawahiri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri">killing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Atef" title="Mohammed Atef">Mohammed Atef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaed_Salim_Sinan_al-Harethi" title="Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi">Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Mohamed_Fadhil" title="Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil">Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitham_al-Yemeni" title="Haitham al-Yemeni">Haitham al-Yemeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hamza_Rabia" title="Abu Hamza Rabia">Abu Hamza Rabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhsin_Musa_Matwalli_Atwah" title="Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah">Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi" title="Abu Musab al-Zarqawi">Abu Musab al-Zarqawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_al-Faruq" title="Omar al-Faruq">Omar al-Faruq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitham_al-Badri" title="Haitham al-Badri">Haitham al-Badri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yaqub_al-Masri" title="Abu Yaqub al-Masri">Abu Yaqub al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Talha_al-Sudani" title="Abu Talha al-Sudani">Abu Talha al-Sudani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Laith_al-Libi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Laith al-Libi">Abu Laith al-Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sulayman_Al-Jazairi" title="Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi">Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midhat_Mursi" title="Midhat Mursi">Midhat Mursi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Moumou" title="Mohamed Moumou">Mohamed Moumou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Habib" title="Khalid Habib">Khalid Habib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghadiya" title="Abu Ghadiya">Abu Ghadiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Zubair_al-Masri" title="Abu Zubair al-Masri">Abu Zubair al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Rauf" title="Rashid Rauf">Rashid Rauf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hasan_Khalil_al-Hakim" title="Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim">Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fahid_Mohammed_Ally_Msalam" title="Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam">Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Ahmed_Salim_Swedan" title="Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan">Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saad_bin_Laden" title="Saad bin Laden">Saad bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saleh_Ali_Saleh_Nabhan" title="Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan">Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Said_al_Libi" title="Abdullah Said al Libi">Abdullah Said al Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saleh_al-Somali" title="Saleh al-Somali">Saleh al-Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_al-Masri" title="Saeed al-Masri">Saeed al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamza_al-Jawfi" title="Hamza al-Jawfi">Hamza al-Jawfi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Mohammed_Hamed_Ali" title="Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali">Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Abul-Khair" title="Mohamed Abul-Khair">Mohamed Abul-Khair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Fateh" title="Sheikh Fateh">Sheikh Fateh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huthaifa_al-Batawi" title="Huthaifa al-Batawi">Huthaifa al-Batawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilyas_Kashmiri" title="Ilyas Kashmiri">Ilyas Kashmiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazul_Abdullah_Mohammed" title="Fazul Abdullah Mohammed">Fazul Abdullah Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atiyah_Abd_al-Rahman" title="Atiyah Abd al-Rahman">Atiyah Abd al-Rahman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samir_Khan" title="Samir Khan">Samir Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_al-Dahab" title="Tariq al-Dahab">Tariq al-Dahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Sa%27id_Ali_Hasan" title="Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan">Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fahd_al-Quso" title="Fahd al-Quso">Fahd al-Quso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yahya_al-Libi" title="Abu Yahya al-Libi">Abu Yahya al-Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Ghul" title="Hassan Ghul">Hassan Ghul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu-Zaid_al_Kuwaiti" title="Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti">Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Said_Ali_al-Shihri" title="Said Ali al-Shihri">Said Ali al-Shihri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farman_Ali_Shinwari" title="Farman Ali Shinwari">Farman Ali Shinwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abou_Zeid" title="Abdelhamid Abou Zeid">Abdelhamid Abou Zeid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Haji_Jama_Mee%27aad" title="Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad">Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Mansoor_Al-Amriki" title="Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki">Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Said_Bahaji" title="Said Bahaji">Said Bahaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khalid_al-Suri" title="Abu Khalid al-Suri">Abu Khalid al-Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Ould_Hamaha" title="Omar Ould Hamaha">Omar Ould Hamaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane" title="Ahmed Abdi Godane">Ahmed Abdi Godane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yusuf_Al-Turki" title="Abu Yusuf Al-Turki">Abu Yusuf Al-Turki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_Gulshair_el_Shukrijumah" title="Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah">Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn" title="Adam Yahiye Gadahn">Adam Yahiye Gadahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harith_bin_Ghazi_al-Nadhari" title="Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari">Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othman_Ahmad_Othman_al-Ghamdi" title="Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi">Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Sulayman_Muhammad_al-Rubaysh" title="Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh">Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasser_bin_Ali_al-Ansi" title="Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi">Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_al-Wuhayshi" title="Nasir al-Wuhayshi">Nasir al-Wuhayshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhsin_al-Fadhli" title="Muhsin al-Fadhli">Muhsin al-Fadhli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khalil_al-Madani" title="Abu Khalil al-Madani">Abu Khalil al-Madani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matiur_Rehman" title="Matiur Rehman">Matiur Rehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Firas_al-Suri" title="Abu Firas al-Suri">Abu Firas al-Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Refai_Taha" title="Ahmed Refai Taha">Ahmed Refai Taha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mokhtar_Belmokhtar" title="Mokhtar Belmokhtar">Mokhtar Belmokhtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khayr_al-Masri" title="Abu Khayr al-Masri">Abu Khayr al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Asiri" title="Ibrahim al-Asiri">Ibrahim al-Asiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamza_bin_Laden" title="Hamza bin Laden">Hamza bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sari_Shihab" title="Sari Shihab">Sari Shihab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asim_Umar" title="Asim Umar">Asim Umar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasim_al-Raymi" title="Qasim al-Raymi">Qasim al-Raymi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdelmalek_Droukdel" title="Abdelmalek Droukdel">Abdelmalek Droukdel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_al-Aruri" title="Khalid al-Aruri">Khalid al-Aruri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Ahmed_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah">Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhsin_al-Masri" title="Abu Muhsin al-Masri">Abu Muhsin al-Masri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Captured</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mamdouh_Mahmud_Salim" title="Mamdouh Mahmud Salim">Mamdouh Mahmud Salim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadih_el-Hage" title="Wadih el-Hage">Wadih el-Hage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_al-Fawwaz" title="Khalid al-Fawwaz">Khalid al-Fawwaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Rahim_al-Nashiri" title="Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri">Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed" title="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed">Khalid Sheikh Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walid_bin_Attash" title="Walid bin Attash">Walid bin Attash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riduan_Isamuddin" title="Riduan Isamuddin">Riduan Isamuddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_al-Bahlul" title="Ali al-Bahlul">Ali al-Bahlul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani" title="Ahmed Ghailani">Ahmed Ghailani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Faraj_al-Libbi" title="Abu Faraj al-Libbi">Abu Faraj al-Libbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Setmariam_Nasar" title="Mustafa Setmariam Nasar">Mustafa Setmariam Nasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hadi_al_Iraqi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Hadi al Iraqi">Abdul Hadi al Iraqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Jafar_Jamal_al-Kahtani" title="Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani">Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Atiq_Awayd_Al_Harbi" title="Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi">Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Younis_al-Mauritani" title="Younis al-Mauritani">Younis al-Mauritani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulaiman_Abu_Ghaith" title="Sulaiman Abu Ghaith">Sulaiman Abu Ghaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Anas_al-Libi" title="Abu Anas al-Libi">Abu Anas al-Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhanad_Mahmoud_Al_Farekh" title="Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh">Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Robow" title="Mukhtar Robow">Mukhtar Robow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin_al-Haq" title="Amin al-Haq">Amin al-Haq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ubaidah_al-Banshiri" title="Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri">Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri</a> (died)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ubaidah_al-Masri" title="Abu Ubaidah al-Masri">Abu Ubaidah al-Masri</a> (died)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahfouz_Ould_al-Walid" title="Mahfouz Ould al-Walid">Mahfouz Ould al-Walid</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a> (expelled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Mohammad_al-Julani" title="Abu Mohammad al-Julani">Abu Mohammad al-Julani</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Maria_al-Qahtani" title="Abu Maria al-Qahtani">Abu Maria al-Qahtani</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Salama_Mabruk" title="Ahmad Salama Mabruk">Ahmad Salama Mabruk</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Omar_al-Turkistani" title="Abu Omar al-Turkistani">Abu Omar al-Turkistani</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sulayman_al-Muhajir" title="Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir">Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Batarfi" title="Khalid Batarfi">Khalid Batarfi</a> (died)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Al-Qaeda_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Al-Qaeda attacks">Timeline of attacks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings" title="1998 United States embassy bombings">1998 United States embassy bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing" title="USS Cole bombing">2000 USS Cole bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">2001 September 11 attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings" title="2002 Bali bombings">2002 Bali bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings" title="2004 Madrid train bombings">2004 Madrid train bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings" title="7 July 2005 London bombings">2005 London bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11,_2007_Algiers_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="December 11, 2007 Algiers bombings">2007 Algiers bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Danish_embassy_bombing_in_Islamabad" title="2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad">2008 Islamabad Danish embassy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing" title="Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing">2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Amenas_hostage_crisis" title="In Amenas hostage crisis">2013 In Amenas hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack" title="Westgate shopping mall attack">2013 Westgate shopping mall attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" title="Charlie Hebdo shooting">2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa_University_College_attack" title="Garissa University College attack">2015 Garissa University College attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bamako_hotel_attack" title="2015 Bamako hotel attack">2015 Bamako hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ouagadougou_attacks" title="2016 Ouagadougou attacks">2016 Ouagadougou attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Grand-Bassam_shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Grand-Bassam shootings">2016 Grand-Bassam shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bamako_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Bamako attack">2016 Bamako attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola_shooting" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting">2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1989%E2%80%931992)" title="Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)">Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1992%E2%80%931996)" title="Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)">Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1996%E2%80%932001)" title="Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)">Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_North-West_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="War in North-West Pakistan">War in North-West Pakistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan" title="Drone strikes in Pakistan">drone strikes</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_(2002%E2%80%93present)" title="Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)">Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_insurgency" title="Houthi insurgency">Houthi insurgency</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">Al-Shabaab</a> (Somalia)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula</a> (Yemen)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" title="Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb">Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb</a> (North Africa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Egyptian Islamic Jihad">Egyptian Islamic Jihad</a> (Egypt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent">Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent</a> (Indian subcontinent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jama%27at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin">Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin</a> (Mali)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurras_al-Din" title="Hurras al-Din">Hurras al-Din</a> (Syria)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Charity organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benevolence_International_Foundation" title="Benevolence International Foundation">Benevolence International Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Haramain_Foundation" title="Al-Haramain Foundation">Al-Haramain Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Qaeda_Handbook" title="Al Qaeda Handbook">Al Qaeda Handbook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Neda" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Neda">Al Neda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Sahab" title="As-Sahab">As-Sahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fataw%C4%81_of_Osama_bin_Laden" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatawā of Osama bin Laden">Fatawā of Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspire_(magazine)" title="Inspire (magazine)">Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Khansaa_(magazine)" title="Al-Khansaa (magazine)">Al-Khansaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_al-Qaeda_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit">Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Management_of_Savagery" title="Management of Savagery">Management of Savagery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Jihad" title="Voice of Jihad">Voice of Jihad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaedat_al-Jihad" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaedat al-Jihad">Qaedat al-Jihad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Islamic_Media_Front" title="Global Islamic Media Front">Global Islamic Media Front</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video and audio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Videos_and_audio_recordings_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Videos and audio recordings of Osama bin Laden">Videos and audio recordings of Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Videos_and_audio_recordings_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Videos and audio recordings of Ayman al-Zawahiri">Videos and audio recordings of Ayman al-Zawahiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing" title="USS Cole bombing">USS Cole bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_safe_house" title="Al-Qaeda safe house">Safe houses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddam%E2%80%93al-Qaeda_conspiracy_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory">Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Saddam%E2%80%93al-Qaeda_conspiracy_allegations" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy allegations">Timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Islamic fundamentalism">Outline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Islamism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qutbism" title="Qutbism">Qutbism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khomeinism" title="Khomeinism">Khomeinism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salafi_movement" title="Salafi movement">Salafism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salafi_jihadism" title="Salafi jihadism">Salafi jihadism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism_in_Iran" title="Islamic fundamentalism in Iran">Shia Islamism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">Emirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_governance" title="Islamic governance">Islamic governance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardianship_of_the_Islamic_Jurist" title="Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist">Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_and_democracy" title="Islam and democracy">Islamic democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_feminism" title="Islamic feminism">Islamic feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_socialism" title="Islamic socialism">Islamic socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_state" title="Islamic state">Islamic state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_monarchy" title="Islamic monarchy">Islamic monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_republic" title="Islamic republic">Islamic republic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamistan" title="Islamistan">Islamistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamization">Islamization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_knowledge" title="Islamization of knowledge">of knowledge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Islamism" title="Pan-Islamism">Pan-Islamism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-Islamism" title="Post-Islamism">Post-Islamism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shura" title="Shura">Shura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_model" title="Turkish model">Turkish model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-nation_theory" title="Two-nation theory">Two-nation theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ummah" title="Ummah">Ummah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Socio-political</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deobandi_movement" title="Deobandi movement">Deobandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizb_ut-Tahrir" title="Hizb ut-Tahrir">Hizb ut-Tahrir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hizb_ut-Tahrir_Britain" title="Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain">in Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizb_ut-Tahrir_in_Central_Asia" title="Hizb ut-Tahrir in Central Asia">in Central Asia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Defenders_Front" title="Islamic Defenders Front">Islamic Defenders Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami" title="Jamaat-e-Islami">Jamaat-e-Islami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill%C3%AE_G%C3%B6r%C3%BC%C5%9F" title="Millî Görüş">Millî Görüş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood_in_Egypt" title="Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt">in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood_in_Syria" title="Muslim Brotherhood in Syria">in Syria</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Islamic_political_parties" title="List of Islamic political parties">Political parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_and_Justice_Party_(Egypt)" title="Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)">Freedom and Justice Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Algeria_Alliance" title="Green Algeria Alliance">Green Algeria Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennahda" title="Ennahda">Ennahda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Constitutional_Movement" title="Islamic Constitutional Movement">Hadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Salvation_Front" title="Islamic Salvation Front">Islamic Salvation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami" title="Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami">Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaat-e-Islami_Pakistan" title="Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan">Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamiat-e_Islami" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamiat-e Islami">Jamiat-e Islami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Construction_Party" title="Justice and Construction Party">Justice and Construction Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Morocco)" title="Justice and Development Party (Morocco)">Justice and Development Party (Morocco)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)" title="Justice and Development Party (Turkey)">Justice and Development Party (Turkey)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_Party_(Sudan)" title="National Congress Party (Sudan)">National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Iraqi_Alliance" title="National Iraqi Alliance">National Iraqi Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Islamic_Party" title="Malaysian Islamic Party">Malaysian Islamic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosperous_Justice_Party" title="Prosperous Justice Party">Prosperous Justice Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Wefaq" title="Al Wefaq">Al Wefaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_Party" title="Welfare Party">Welfare Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatah_Alliance" title="Fatah Alliance">Fatah Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Law_Coalition" title="State of Law Coalition">State of Law Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Action_Front" title="Islamic Action Front">Islamic Action Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_List" title="United Arab List">United Arab List</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement">Ansar Allah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_modernism" title="Islamic modernism">Islamic modernism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political leaders</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Abduh" title="Muhammad Abduh">Muhammad Abduh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_al-Din_al-Afghani" title="Jamal al-Din al-Afghani">Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qazi_Hussain_Ahmad" title="Qazi Hussain Ahmad">Qazi Hussain Ahmad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibatullah_Akhundzada" title="Hibatullah Akhundzada">Hibatullah Akhundzada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Asad" title="Muhammad Asad">Muhammad Asad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_al-Banna" title="Hassan al-Banna">Hassan al-Banna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necmettin_Erbakan" title="Necmettin Erbakan">Necmettin Erbakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rached_Ghannouchi" title="Rached Ghannouchi">Rached Ghannouchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safwat_Hegazi" title="Safwat Hegazi">Safwat Hegazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Iqbal" title="Muhammad Iqbal">Muhammad Iqbal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alija_Izetbegovi%C4%87" title="Alija Izetbegović">Alija Izetbegović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abul_A%27la_Maududi" title="Abul A'la Maududi">Abul A'la Maududi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abul_Hasan_Ali_Hasani_Nadwi" title="Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi">Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taqi_al-Din_al-Nabhani" title="Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani">Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullah_Omar" title="Mullah Omar">Mullah Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-Qaradawi" title="Yusuf al-Qaradawi">Yusuf al-Qaradawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyid_Qutb" title="Sayyid Qutb">Sayyid Qutb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Ramadan" title="Tariq Ramadan">Tariq Ramadan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ata_Abu_Rashta" title="Ata Abu Rashta">Ata Abu Rashta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Rida" title="Rashid Rida">Rashid Rida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navvab_Safavi" title="Navvab Safavi">Navvab Safavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Bongo" title="Omar Bongo">Omar Bongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shariati" title="Ali Shariati">Ali Shariati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Shariatullah" title="Haji Shariatullah">Haji Shariatullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_al-Turabi" title="Hassan al-Turabi">Hassan al-Turabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Yassin" title="Ahmed Yassin">Ahmed Yassin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq" title="Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq">Zia-ul-Haq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizieq_Shihab" title="Rizieq Shihab">Rizieq Shihab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Salafi_movement" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Salafi_movement" title="Salafi movement">Salafi movement</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scholastic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahl-i_Hadith" title="Ahl-i Hadith">Ahl-i Hadith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madkhalism" title="Madkhalism">Madkhalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahwa_movement" title="Sahwa movement">Sahwa movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Islamic_political_parties#Salafist" title="List of Islamic political parties">Political</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Asalah" title="Al Asalah">Al Asalah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authenticity_Party" title="Authenticity Party">Authenticity Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Islah_(Yemen)" title="Al-Islah (Yemen)">Al-Islah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nour_Party" title="Al-Nour Party">Al-Nour Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamist_Bloc" title="Islamist Bloc">Islamist Bloc</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Party" title="People Party">People Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Kashgar_Party" title="Young Kashgar Party">Young Kashgar Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em"><a href="/wiki/Salafi_movement#Prominent_Salafi_scholars_by_country" title="Salafi movement">Major figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab" title="Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab">Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Albani" title="Al-Albani">Al-Albani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibn_Baz" title="Ibn Baz">Ibn Baz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muqbil_bin_Hadi_al-Wadi%27i" title="Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i">Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safar_al-Hawali" title="Safar al-Hawali">Safar al-Hawali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabee_al-Madkhali" title="Rabee al-Madkhali">Rabee al-Madkhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Al-Munajjid" title="Muhammad Al-Munajjid">Muhammad Al-Munajjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Naik" title="Zakir Naik">Zakir Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salman_al-Ouda" title="Salman al-Ouda">Salman al-Ouda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_al-Tamimi" title="Ali al-Tamimi">Ali al-Tamimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Uthaymin" title="Al-Uthaymin">Al-Uthaymin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_propagation_of_Salafism" title="International propagation of Salafism">International propagation of Salafism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_religious_police" title="Islamic religious police">Islamic religious police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petro-Islam" title="Petro-Islam">Petro-Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salafi%E2%80%93Sufi_relations" title="Salafi–Sufi relations">Salafi–Sufi relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Militant_Islamism/Jihadism" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Militant Islamism</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jihadism" title="Jihadism">Jihadism</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Ideology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qutbism" title="Qutbism">Qutbism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salafi_jihadism" title="Salafi jihadism">Salafi jihadism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Militant Islamism based in <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Militant_Islamism_in_the_Middle_East" title="Template:Militant Islamism in the Middle East">MENA region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Egyptian Islamic Jihad">Egyptian Islamic Jihad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatah_al-Islam" title="Fatah al-Islam">Fatah al-Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Militant_Islamism_in_South_Asia" title="Template:Militant Islamism in South Asia">South Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba" title="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Militant_Islamism_in_Southeast_Asia" title="Template:Militant Islamism in Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Militant_Islamism_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Template:Militant Islamism in Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">al-Shabaab</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">in the Arabian Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al-Qaeda in Iraq">in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" title="Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb">in North Africa</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Major figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hibatullah_Akhundzada" title="Hibatullah Akhundzada">Hibatullah Akhundzada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Yusuf_Azzam" title="Abdullah Yusuf Azzam">Abdullah Yusuf Azzam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhtar_Mansour" title="Akhtar Mansour">Akhtar Mansour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullah_Omar" title="Mullah Omar">Mullah Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juhayman_al-Otaybi" title="Juhayman al-Otaybi">Juhayman al-Otaybi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Abdel-Rahman" title="Omar Abdel-Rahman">Omar Abdel-Rahman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri" title="Ayman al-Zawahiri">Ayman al-Zawahiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islam_and_violence" title="Islam and violence">Islam and violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamic terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jihad" title="Jihad">Jihad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_21st-century_jihadism" title="Slavery in 21st-century jihadism">Slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talibanization" title="Talibanization">Talibanization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other topics</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Reconstruction_of_Religious_Thought_in_Islam" title="The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam">Reconstruction (Iqbal, 1930s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forty_Hadith_of_Ruhullah_Khomeini" title="Forty Hadith of Ruhullah Khomeini">Forty Hadith (Khomeini, 1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Principles_of_State_and_Government_in_Islam" title="The Principles of State and Government in Islam"> Principles (Asad, 1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milestones_(book)" title="Milestones (book)">Milestones (Qutb, 1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Government" title="Islamic Government">Islamic Government (Khomeini, 1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Declaration" title="Islamic Declaration">Islamic Declaration (Izetbegović, 1969-1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Book_(Gaddafi)" title="The Green Book (Gaddafi)"> The Green Book (Gaddafi, 1975)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Historical events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_in_Pakistan" title="Islamization in Pakistan">Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure" title="Grand Mosque seizure">Grand Mosque seizure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet invasion of Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_Declaration_on_Human_Rights_in_Islam" title="Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam">Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Arab_and_Islamic_Congress" title="Popular Arab and Islamic Congress">Popular Arab and Islamic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_Civil_War" title="Algerian Civil War">Algerian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_Campaign" title="Faith Campaign">Faith Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Winter" title="Arab Winter">Arab Winter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Influences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-imperialism" title="Anti-imperialism">Anti-imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Zionism" title="Anti-Zionism">Anti-Zionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Islamic_philosophy" title="Contemporary Islamic philosophy">Contemporary Islamic philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_and_modernity" title="Islam and modernity">Islamic response to modernity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_revival" title="Islamic revival">Islamic revival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">by region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamism_and_Islamic_terrorism_in_the_Balkans" title="Islamism and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans">Balkans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamism_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Islamism in the Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamism_in_Sudan" title="Islamism in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Islamism in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.0em">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Islamism" title="Criticism of Islamism">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_aspects_of_Islam" title="Political aspects of Islam">Political aspects of Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Islam" title="Political Islam">Political Islam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Islam in <a href="/wiki/Template:Islam_in_South_Asia" title="Template:Islam in South Asia">South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Islamism_in_North_Africa" 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(2003–2011) (<a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Withdrawal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbolism_of_terrorism" title="Symbolism of terrorism">Symbolism of terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Participants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">ISAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participants_in_Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom participants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Alliance" title="Northern Alliance">Northern Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Armed_Forces" title="Iraqi Armed Forces">Iraqi Armed Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Targets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamza_bin_Laden" title="Hamza bin Laden">Hamza bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirajuddin_Haqqani" title="Sirajuddin Haqqani">Sirajuddin Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalaluddin_Haqqani" title="Jalaluddin Haqqani">Jalaluddin Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Haqqani" title="Anas Haqqani">Anas Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Haqqani" title="Khalil Haqqani">Khalil Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Saeed" title="Hafiz Saeed">Hafiz Saeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Mohamed_Ahmed_Bahaziq" title="Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq">Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Factions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">Al-Shabaab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harkat-ul-Jihad_al-Islami" title="Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami">Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizbul_Mujahideen" title="Hizbul Mujahideen">Hizbul Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Courts_Union" title="Islamic Courts Union">Islamic Courts Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">Jaish-e-Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah" title="Jemaah Islamiyah">Jemaah Islamiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba" title="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Movement_of_Uzbekistan" title="Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan">Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Philippines" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines">OEF – Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Train_and_Equip_Program" title="Georgia Train and Equip Program">Georgia Train and Equip Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Sustainment_and_Stability_Operations_Program" title="Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program">Georgia Sustainment and Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">OEF – Horn of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Juniper_Shield" title="Operation Juniper Shield">OEF – Trans Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan" title="Drone strikes in Pakistan">Drone strikes in Pakistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour" title="Operation Active Endeavour">Operation Active Endeavour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_(2002%E2%80%93present)" title="Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)">Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_North_Caucasus" title="Insurgency in the North Caucasus">Insurgency in the North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2011%E2%80%932013)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)">Iraqi insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Linda_Nchi" title="Operation Linda Nchi">Operation Linda Nchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Terrorism in Saudi Arabia">Terrorism in Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Somalia_(2006%E2%80%932009)" title="War in Somalia (2006–2009)">War in Somalia (2006–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Lebanon_conflict" title="2007 Lebanon conflict">2007 Lebanon conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></li></ul> 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title="Terrorist Surveillance Program">Terrorist Surveillance Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse" title="Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse">Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_of_evil" title="Axis of evil">Axis of evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_Doctrine" title="Bush Doctrine">Bush Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations" title="Clash of Civilizations">Clash of Civilizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatant_Status_Review_Tribunal" title="Combatant Status Review Tribunal">Combatant Status Review Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_war_on_terror" title="Criticism of the war on 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