. . . "*Aden-Abyan Islamic Army" . "*2012 Sana'a bombing" . "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" . "*Other Islamic militants" . "429 militants killed" . . "2012 Abyan offensive" . "2012 Abyan offensive" . "*Ansar al-Sharia" . . "* Government forces recapture Zinjibar, Jaar and Shuqrah in mid-June" . . "* AQAP and its allies return to an insurgency campaign in Abyan and neighboring provinces" . . . . . . . "Local tribal militias" . . . "*Popular Committees" . . "* Militants pull back to Azzan inShabwah Governorate, then abandon it peacefully on 17 June" . . "Decisive Yemeni victory" . "*Tribalfighters" . . "*Republic of Yemen Armed Forces" . "major offensive" . "2012-06-15" . . . "Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and fighter jets" . "*Al-Shabaab" . "Yemen" . "2,000 fighters (Zinjibar)" . . . . . . . . . . . .