The Battle of Dofas 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, during which the militants destroyed an Army artillery battalion of the 39th Armored Brigade in the town of Dofas, which was being used as a main base for artillery support against the militant-held towns of Zinjibar and Jaʿār.
Zinjibar and the area of Jaʿār to the north also remained under control of local Islamists.
Khanfar is a southern suburb of the town, noted for its ceramics and munitions production, and on March 28, 2011, an explosion occurred.
--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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Following clashes near the town of Jaʿār, the Yemeni Air Force bombed the area earlier in the day of the explosion.