Siege of Lawdar (2010) 2010
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 19 August 2010 – 25 August 2010 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2010 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Yemen | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 13.8833, 45.8667 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
In August 2010, Yemeni security forces conducted a military operation in Lawdar, a town in Abyan Governorate, in response to several attacks by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Those attacks were preceded by an intensified wider insurgency against the government. The Yemeni army, under direct supervision by defense minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, besieged Lawdar on 20 August and urged its resident to evacuate, claiming it would raid neighbourhood harboring militants belonging to AQAP as well as the Southern Movement, a secular separatist coalition. Fighting broke out 22 August and continued into the next day until AQAP initiated a withdrawal from the town. The Yemeni government declared victory the following day, although militant activity persisted in Lawdar for several months.
The siege was the first in a series of operations against AQAP, another occurring in the town of al-Huta in September. The operation displaced 3,000 civilians in Lawdar and triggered backlash from the Southern Movement, which maintained that it did not participate in the fighting. Analyst regarded the siege as the first large-scale military operation conducted by the Yemeni government against AQAP, although its effectiveness was questioned.
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