After months of propaganda, #AQAP strikes back in Al-Mahfad. Militants launched twin car bomb attacks on the district’s government complex—forces repelled the assault, killing six attackers but losing 4 soldiers and wounding 9.
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Al-Malahem Media (Al-#Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula / #AQAP) Releases "Inspire Guidelines: From the Attack on the #Jewish Museum in Washington". #Propaganda
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Breaking: In a 32-minute inaugural video, al-Qaeda #AQAP in Yemen's new leader calls for the assassination of Elon musk and targeting his companies: Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company and Neuralink. open.substack.com/pub/basharep...
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out Drone attacks against #UAE backed 🇦🇪 Forces in Mudiyah, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used COTS UAVs carrying air-dropped Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with contact fuzes and plastic tails.
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Sniper Kills One Shabwa Fighter in the Al-Kassara Area, Al-Baqira, #Mudiyah, #Abyan Governorate, #Yemen
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#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" (#AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP) carried out Drone attack against #UAE backed 🇦🇪 Forces in Mudiyah, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used a COTS UAV possibly armed with a 40mm VOG-25P (7P24 "Podkidysh") grenade.
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Militants Target a Vehicle of the Shabwa Forces with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), #Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Militants Target Shabwa Forces with Improvised Weaponized #Drones, #Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
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Clashes Between Yemeni Troops and Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / AQAP / AQY) Militants Results in One Mid-Level #AQAP Commander Arrested and One Other Militant Killed, #Shabwa Governorate, #Yemen
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"vocational training center in Sawma’ah, Al Bayda, a site previously held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula #AQAP"
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out Drone attacks against #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 Forces in Mudiyah, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used COTS UAVs carrying air-dropped 40mm VOG-25P (7P24 "Podkidysh") Air-Burst grenades.
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) ambushed #UAE backed 🇦🇪 Forces in the village of Mudiyah, #Abyan.
Militants are seemingly armed with RPG-7 with PG-7VM Anti-Tank rocket, a possible #Iran made 🇮🇷 KLF assault rifle and AKM / Type 56 rifles.
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Militants Target a vehicle of the #Shabwa Forces with an Improvised Explosive Device (#IED), #Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out a sniper attack against #UAE backed 🇦🇪 Forces in Wadi Omran, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used an uncommon #Austria made 🇦🇹 Steyr SSG 69 sniper rifle —chambered in 7.62x51mm #NATO.
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out a drone strike on #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 Forces in the village of Mudiyah, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used a Drone armed with modified air-dropped 40mm VOG-25P (7P24 "Podkidysh") Bouncing Air-Burst grenades.
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Glorifies the ‘Martyrdom’ of Abu Khalid Muhammad #Deif, the Chief of Staff of #Hamas’ Al-#QassamBrigades, #Yemen, Cyberspace
Read more: trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Sniper Injures a #Shabwa Soldier in Al-#Baquira, Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
Read more: trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" (Al-Qaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP) conducts suicide bombing attack against #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 Forces in #Abyan.
Group used Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (SVBIED) loaded with TM-62M landmines —which took place in August 2024.
New #AQAP propaganda video, 'America and the Painful Taking', claims #US weakness & vows continued resistance. Al-#Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula escalates its anti-#American rhetoric, calling for global #jihad.
Read more: trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" (Al-Qaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP) conducts ambushes against #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 Forces in #Abyan.
Militants were seemingly armed with several common #China made 🇨🇳 Type 56 (56-1 / 56-2) assault rifles.
#AQAP Condemns the Crimes Committed by the #Houthis (Ansarallah) Against Civilian #Muslims in Qifah, Al #Bayda Governorate, Central #Yemen
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Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Sniper Injures a #Shabwa Soldier in a Targeted Attack, Al-Baquira, #Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
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#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out a drone strike on #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 "Hadhrami Elite Forces" in Masini Valley.
The attack was carried out with a UAV armed with an air-dropped 40mm VOG-25 (7P24 "Podkidysh") Bouncing Air-Burst grenade.
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Militants Bomb a Vehicle of the Shabwa Forces with an Improvised Weaponized #Drone in the al-#Masinaa District, #Shabwa, #Yemen
trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (ASY / #AQAP / AQY) Sniper Injures a #Shabwa Soldier in a Targeted Attack, Al-Baquira, #Mudiyah, #Abyan, #Yemen
Read more: trackingterrorism.org/chatter/aqap...
#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" ( #AlQaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP ) carried out drone strikes against #UAE backed 🇦🇪 Forces in Al-Baqira, #Abyan.
Militants seemingly used UAVs armed with modified air-dropped 40mm VOG-25P (7P24 "Podkidysh") Bouncing Air-Burst grenades.
