Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance

The Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance was formed in the Hadhramaut region of Southern Yemen, where it actively sought to gain more autonomy from the Yemeni Government.[3][4] In 2014 Alliance actively fought against militants aligned with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), though it also issued statements in opposition to the Yemeni Government following a series of terrorist attacks in Say'un, and members of the Alliance voiced doubts as to the effectiveness of the government's anti-terrorist campaigns.[5] Following the outbreak of the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, civil infighting created a power vacuum in Southern Yemen. The lack of an organized government presence in the reason allowed for militant groups, most notably AQAP, to take control of parts of the region. In response, the Tribal Alliance and a number of other militia groups formed a centralized military command to coordinate the defense of the lands under their control.[6] In April 2015 forces from these tribes retook land around the cities of Mukalla and Shihr from AQAP and Ansar al-Sharia militants, whom had themselves captured Mukalla on 2 April.[2] The Alliance participated in the Second Battle of Mukalla alongside Yemeni and UAE soldiers one year later in April 2016, and successfully drove AQAP and its affiliates out of Hadhramaut.[1]

As of 2018, the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance remains aligned with the government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and with the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.