Later during the day, militants attacked a stadium near Zinjibar, from where the military was conducting attacks against militant positions.
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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.
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In the days following the attack, the military conducted air-strikes against militant positions around Zinjibar which they claimed killed 42 Al-Qaeda fighters.
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On 22 July, a source affiliated with the local tribes stated that armed tribespeople intercepted a convoy of militants headed to Zinjibar near the town of Mudiyah, killing one militant, wounding another, and arresting ten.
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On 21 July, government officials reported the death of another Yemeni al-Qaeda leader, Ayad al-Shabwani, in fighting near Zinjibar on 19 July.
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On 17 July, government forces and armed tribespeople launched a large offensive against militants in Zinjibar.
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On 16 August, armed tribesmen arrested seven militants, including two Saudi citizens, in the village of Shuqrah, according to the head of security for the Wadhi region.
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On 25 July, 10 militants were killed while attacking a military camp outside of Zinjibar.
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This left a nearby military base, which was used as a main staging ground for military raids against Zinjibar, totally exposed on the eastern side.
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On 6 July, one soldier and seven militants were killed in clashes near Zinjibar.
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Sporadic fighting in the province continued, finally culminating in a new military offensive in May 2012, with the intent of re-capturing Zinjibar and Jaar.
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Despite the military claim of being on the verge of re-taking Zinjibar, the very next day, on 21 June, the 119th and 201st Artillery Brigades were forced to withdraw around three kilometers from positions they previously held in what the Army called a "tactical move".
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On 11 June, the Yemeni Ministry of Defence reported that government troops had killed 18 militants in Zinjibar and three in nearby Lawdar in addition to destroying a weapons and ammunition cache in Zinjibar.
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On 27 May, about 300 Islamic militants attacked and captured the coastal city of Zinjibar (population 20,000).
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On 19 June, officials reported that the government shelled militants in the Dufas area of Zinjibar, killing 12 and wounding three.
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On 4 March, militants launched an attack against an Army artillery battalion on the outskirts of Zinjibar, overrunning it and killing 187 soldiers and wounding 135.
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On 13 November, Yemeni army and tribal fighters killed nine suspected Al-Qaeda militants in fighting in Zinjibar.
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On 11 August, local officials reported that four militants had been killed when government artillery struck their positions in the villages of Al-Khamla and Bajdar, located outside of Zinjibar.
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On 30 May, the military hit Islamist positions in the city with air strikes while the Army was hitting the outskirts of Zinjibar with artillery.
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In addition, an official from Zinjibar stated that the army had succeeded intaking control of a local sports stadium in ongoing clashes with militants in the city.
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On 28 May, the militants consolidated their control of Zinjibar by capturing six army tanks and several armored vehicles.
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Some opposition figures and activists charged that President Saleh allowed the capture of Zinjibar by the supposed Islamists to support his claims that the country would not be able to survive without him.
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Zinjibar and the area of Jaʿār to the north also remained under control of local Islamists.
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Meanwhile, armed tribespeople cleared Islamist militants from the nearby towns of Shuqrah and Wade'a without a shot fired.
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Tribespeople had also succeeded in securing the road from Shabwa Governorate to Shuqrah, the source said.
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However, militants remained in control of Lawdar, even after local tribal leaders asked them to leave the town.
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Thousands of people previously held protests demanding an end to the fighting that has forced them to flee their homes in the south, holding several 50 km (31 mile) marches from the port city of Aden to Zinjibar.
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