عبد ربه منصور هادي
The "Yemen Observer" reported on 7 April, citing "tribal sources", that the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance and militiamen loyal to the embattled president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were successful in retaking Mukalla. However, Reuters cited local residents as saying that al-Qaeda remained in control of about half of the city. In 12 April, an drone strike killed 7 AQAP fighters in one of their gatherings in Mukalla. One of the killed, was Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh.