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unusual facts about Abyan Governorate



Battle of Zinjibar

The Battle of Zinjibar was a battle during the 2011 Yemeni uprising between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of al-Qaeda, for control of the town of Zinjibar and its surroundings as part of the wider insurgency in the self-declared Islamic Emirate of Abyan.

Jaʿār munitions factory explosion

--Per MOS:BOLDTITLE and WP:SBE, please do not reword this to include the article's title in bold.-->A munitions factory explosion took place on March 28, 2011, in the village of Khanfar, Abyan, bordering the town of Jaʿār in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen.


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