What the records say
- When
- 12 May 2012 – 15 Jun 2012
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 13.13° N, 45.38° E
- Description
- 2012 offensive in Yemen
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Golden Swords
2012 offensive in Yemen
Operation Golden Swords was an offensive by the Yemeni military against Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in the province of Abyan with the purpose of re-capturing the militant-held towns of Zinjibar and Jaʿār.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 2012 Abyan offensive ends with the last Al-Qaeda soldiers retreating from Abyan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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