About: dbpedia:2014_hostage_rescue_operations_in_Yemen   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : platform.yourdatastories.eu:8890 associated with source document(s)

The 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen were missions to rescue hostages held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. The first attempt on 26 November 2014 rescued 8 hostages, but five hostages, including the American journalist Luke Somers, were moved by AQAP to another location prior to the raid.

AttributesValues
rdfs:comment
  • The 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen were missions to rescue hostages held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. The first attempt on 26 November 2014 rescued 8 hostages, but five hostages, including the American journalist Luke Somers, were moved by AQAP to another location prior to the raid.
foaf:depiction
  • External Image
causalties
  • 1 American civilian killed
  • 1 Yemeni soldier wounded
combatant
  • Yemen
  • ----
  • al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
  • Both raids:
  • First raid only:
date
is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
result
  • '''First attempt
  • * Mission failed
  • * Mission successful
  • *Eight hostages freed
  • *Two hostages, including Somers, killed
  • Second attempt
  • *Somers and four other hostages not found at the first location
strength
  • Yemen
  • Unknown
  • *30counter-terroristoperatives
  • *40special forcesoperatives
  • *V-22 Ospreyhelicopters
thumbnail
is battle of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.13.91 as of Nov 14 2017


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:       RDF       ODATA       Microdata      About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data]
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3212 as of Mar 29 2016, on Linux (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (68 GB total memory)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2026 OpenLink Software