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On 31 March 2011, ''[[Al Bawaba]]'' reported that [[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] (AQAP) had declared Abyan an "[[Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen]]" after seizing control of the region.<ref>Al Bawaba News [http://www.eurasiareview.com/yemen-al-qaeda-declares-south-province-as-islamic-emirate-31032011/ "Yemen: Al Qaeda Declares South province As “Islamic Emirate”"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404011947/http://www.eurasiareview.com/yemen-al-qaeda-declares-south-province-as-islamic-emirate-31032011/ |date=4 April 2011 }} ''Eurasia Review'' 31 March 31, 2011</ref> ''The New York Times'' reported that those in control, while Islamic militants, are not in fact [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/world/middleeast/31yemen.html/ Islamist Seize a Yemeni City, Stoking Fears]</ref> This takeover was confirmed on May 28.<ref>[http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=3618 Islamic Militants suddenly take over Zinjibar, Abyan province]</ref> Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region, resulting in the [[Battle of Zinjibar]].
 
In addition to Zinjibar, the towns of [[Jaʿār]] and [[Shuqrah]] were firmly under the control of the Islamists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/17/162813.html |title=alarabiya.net 17 August 2011 |access-date=18 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818060422/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/17/162813.html |archive-date=18 August 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In early May 2012 the [[Yemen Army|Yemeni Army and Southern Resistance]] began a [[2012 Abyan offensive|major offensive]] to wrest control of the province from militants. Government forces captured Zinjibar and Jaar on 12 June after a month of heavy fighting. Militants reportedly retreated towards the town of [[Shuqrah]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/us-yemen-jaar-idUSBRE85B0O320120612 Yemeni army, in major victory, retakes two cities]</ref> In 2017, a military campaign led by Southern security forces and Southern resistance could free Abyan from the Islamist militants who escaped to their mountains in [[Al Bayda]] and Ma’rib governorates.
 
==Districts==