Battle of Aden (2018)

Capture of the Yemeni city by the Southern Transitional Council

For other uses, see Battle of Abdurrahman Atosh Ali.

Battle of Aden

Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, and the Aden unrest (2015–2019)

Situation in Aden after the STC seized the city

Southern Transitional Council control

Hadi Government control

| Date| 28–31 January 2018

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Location|

Aden, Yemen

12°48′00″N 45°02′00″E﻿ / ﻿12.8°N 45.033333°E﻿ / 12.8; 45.033333
Result|  STC victory
Territorial
changes|  STC gains control of most of Aden[10]
Belligerents

Yemen Army (Hadi government)

* Presidential Guard[1]
* Al-Islah[2]

Supported by:
Saudi Arabia[3][4]|

Southern Transitional Council (STC)

* Southern Movement[5][6]
* Southern Resistance Forces (SRF)[7]
* Security Belt Forces[8]

Supported by:
Kuwait (commandos SF)
United Arab Emirates[9]
Commanders and leaders
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr
Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar|  Aidarus al-Zoubaidi[11]
Hani bin Braik
Aser Abdullah Al-Anezi
Strength

Kuwait: 30-60 commandos

Thousands[1]
Hundreds of demonstrators[12]
Casualties and losses
250 killed[13]
745 wounded|  94 Yemenis killed[11][14]
6 commandos wounded[15]
40 people killed[16][17][18] (3 civilians)[19] 222 wounded,[20][21][22][23] and 40,000 without aid[24]

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Location within Yemen

* v
* t
* e

Yemeni crisis

Revolution
(2011–12)

* Saada
* Sana'a
* Taiz
* Dammaj

* * *

Ansar al-Shariah campaign (2011–14)

* Zinjibar
* Dofas
* Abyan
* 2012 Sana'a
* Radda
* Nov 2013 Sanaa
* Dec 2013 Sana'a
* Rescue operations

* * *

Houthi rebellion (2014)

* 2nd Dammaj
* Amran

Civil war
(2014–present)

* 2nd Battle of Sana'a
* Rada'a [ar]
* Houthi takeover
* 1st Shabwah
* Saudi-led intervention
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Taiz
* Marib governorate
* Marib city
* Dhale
* Aden
* airport
* 2015
* 2018
* 2019
* Abyan
* 2015 campaign
* 2016 southern offensive
* Lahij
* 2015 Shabwah
* 2015 Mukalla
* Zinjibar and Jaar
* Nihm
* Port Midi
* Hadramaut
* Al Masini
* Battle of Mukalla
* June 2016 Mukalla
* 2017 Battle of Sana'a
* Al Hudaydah
* Al Hudaydah city
* Masini
* United Arab Emirates occupation of Socotra
* Victory from God
* Jabara
* Al-Jawf offensive
* Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra
* Al Bayda offensive
* 2022 Southern Yemen
* Operation Prosperity Guardian

Bombings and terrorist attacks in Yemen

* Radda
* Ibb
* Jan 2015 Sana'a
* Mar 2015 Sana'a
* Sep 2015 Sana'a
* Oct 2015 Aden
* Dec 2015 Aden
* 4 Mar 2016 Aden
* 25 Mar 2016 Aden
* May 2016 Mukalla
* May 2016 Aden
* Aug 2016 Aden
* Dec 2016 Aden
* Mar 2022 Aden
* Mar 2024 al-Bayda

Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen

* 2015 Marib
* 2015 Taiz
* 2016 al-Anad
* 2019 al-Anad
* Aug 2019 Aden
* Jan 2020 Marib
* Aug 2020 Marib
* Dec 2020 Aden airport
* 2021 Marib
* 2021 al-Anad

* * *

* US–Saudi arms deal
* Peace process

Saudi-led intervention (2015–present)

Saudi Arabian airstrikes on Yemen

* Mokha
* Sana'a
* Hajjah
* Dahyan
* Dhamar
* Saada

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

* 2018 Riyadh
* Abha Airport
* Abqaiq–Khurais
* 2020 Riyadh

Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates

* 2022 Abu Dhabi

* * *

U.S. raids on al-Qaeda

* Yakla
* Hathla

* * *

Red Sea crisis
(2023–present)

* Timeline
* Order of battle

Attacks

* Hijacking of the Galaxy Leader
* Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
* Marlin Luanda missile strike
* Sinking of the MV Rubymar
* Attack on the MV True Confidence
* Attacks on the MV Tutor
* 2024 Houthi drone attack on Israel
* Attacks on the Sounion
* Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
* 2024 Tel Aviv drone attack
* 20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen
* 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on Yemen
* 26 December 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen

Military operations

* Operation Prosperity Guardian
* Operation Aspides
* Operation Poseidon Archer
* 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
* Operation Outstretched Arm

Diplomacy

* United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722

Effects

* Environmental impact

Humanitarian crisis

* Blockade
* Disease outbreaks

* Cholera
* COVID-19

* Famine
* Locust infestation
* Refugees on Jeju Island
* War crimes and human rights violations

The Battle of Aden was a conflict between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Yemeni government around the headquarters in Aden.[25]

## Background

[edit]

In Yemen, separatists have been calling for the independence of South Yemen, which was until 1990 an independent state officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, with its state capital as Aden.[26][27][28] After its incorporation into the Yemen Arab Republic, there were two major attempts to secede, the Yemeni Civil War of 1994[29] and the South Yemen insurgency (2009–present).[30]

The Southern Transitional Council was created in May 2017. The governor of Aden Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, dismissed from his office on 27 April 2017 by Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, became its leader.[31][32]

The Southern National Assembly, made up of 303 members from every southern province, held its first parliamentary session in Aden on 26 December 2017.[33]

Amid tensions between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and the Saudi-backed Hadi government in Aden, the STC announced on 21 January 2018 that it would overthrow the Yemeni government within a week unless President Hadi sacked his entire cabinet, including Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr for corruption.[34][35] The STC also declared a state of emergency until its demands were met.[36] The government responded by banning protests in Aden, but the STC organised an anti-government rally for 28 January 2018.[37]

## Timeline

[edit]

### Outbreak of fighting

[edit]

Gun battles erupted in Aden on 28 January 2018 when security forces loyal to the Hadi government attempted to prevent pro-STC demonstrators from entering the city.[38] Districts reportedly affected by the fighting included Khormaksar, al-Mansoura, and Dar Sad, with protests taking place in al-Orouth square. Pro-STC forces were reported to have seized a number of government offices, including the Hadi government's headquarters.[9][34][38]

### 28 January

[edit]

The STC captured the government headquarters in Aden.[39][40] The government also ordered its own troops to return to base, following fierce clashes across Aden. The fighting subsided by the evening after Prime Minister Daghr ordered a truce and instructed forces loyal to the government to return to barracks, witnesses said.[41] In the night, the fighting continued.[42][43]

### 29 January

[edit]

New fighting broke out after a brief ceasefire on the day before it collapsed.[44][45][46] The STC sent reinforcements from Dhale and Shabwah provinces to Aden.[30][47][48] Tank and heavy artillery battles were also fought that day, killing five STC fighters and four Yemeni government soldiers.[14][49][50] The Presidential Forces led by Brigadier General Abdullah al-Subaihi began shelling Mount Hadid, which overlooks the 1st brigade for Security Belt Forces and is run by Major General Aidarus al-Zoubaidi.[51] The two sides deployed tanks and began shelling one another in Khormaksar district, where snipers were on the roofs of buildings.[52] The fighting moved into Crater district, and schools were closed for a second consecutive day.

The STC would go on to proclaim victory on the 30 January.[53]

### 30 January

[edit]

On the 30 January 2018, the STC claimed it had seized the entirety of Aden.[53][7][54][55][56][57][58]

The members of the Hadi-government present in Aden, including the Prime Minister, were surrounded in the Presidential Palace and "de facto under house arrest"[59][60][61][62] but the STC did not enter the palace.[63][64] Yemen's prime minister prepared to flee the country for Saudi Arabia after the STC seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden in fierce battles overnight.[59][65][66]

The charity Save the Children suspended humanitarian work in the city due to the fighting.[67]

The STC seized the Dar Sad District, which was the last pro-Hadi stronghold, having captured the Crater and Tawahi districts earlier.[68] Residents have said that the STC captured most of the city by day's end.[69]

### 31 January

[edit]

On the 31 January, separatists took the office of the prime minister's secretary, but fighting no longer took place.[70] The government and the STC exchanged prisoners after the fighting.[71]

## Reactions

[edit]

### National

[edit]

* Yemen – Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr stated that "a coup is ongoing here in Aden against legitimacy and the country's unity,"[72] and asked Saudi Arabia for military support.[9]
* Yemen – President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi ordered his forces to cease fire immediately after fierce clashes with southern separatists broke out in Aden.[73] On 30 January Hadi called the clashes "nothing short of a coup".[20]
* Southern Transitional Council – The Vice President of the STC Hani bin Braik blamed Hadi's government for the fighting in a Twitter post: "They forced us to put on our military uniforms, although we told them we were non-violent. But we were ready."[74] On 22 January, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi accused the Hadi and Daghr-led government of "rampant corruption".[34]
* Southern Transitional Council – The president of the STC Aidarus al-Zoubaidi declared a state of emergency in Aden and that "the STC has begun the process of overthrowing Hadi's rule over the South".[47] On 30 January Aidarus al-Zoubaidi via France 24 announced full military cooperation between his forces and Tareq Saleh to liberate the remaining northern strongholds.[75][76]

### International

[edit]

* France – France's Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the fighting and urged both sides to negotiate.[77]
* Saudi Arabian-led coalition called everyone involved to hold back. The protests in Aden were an invitation to turn down mistakes in government work.[78]

## See also

[edit]

* Aden unrest (2015–2019)
* South Yemen insurgency

## References

[edit]

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* v
* t
* e

Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

* Timeline
* Outline
* Yemeni crisis

Background|

* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Battle of Sanaa (2014)
* Human rights in Yemen

Battles
and attacks|

* Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)
* Battle of Aden Airport
* 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings: March and September
* Marib campaign
* Battle of Dhale
* Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen
* Battle of Aden (2015)
* Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)
* Lahij insurgency
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)
* Battle of Mukalla (2015)
* Taiz campaign (2015–present)
* September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack
* Aden unrest (2015–present)
* October 2015 Aden missile attack
* 2015 Aden car bombing
* Aden Christian attack
* 2016 Aden car bombing
* 23 May 2016 Aden bombings
* August 2016 Aden bombing
* December 2016 Aden suicide bombings
* Zinjibar and Jaar
* December 2015 Taiz missile attack
* Nihm Offensive
* Battle of Port Midi
* Hadramaut Insurgency
* Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)
* Abyan conflict (2016–2018)
* Battle of Mukalla (2016)
* May 2016 Yemen police bombings
* June 2016 Mukalla attacks
* 2016 Sanaa funeral airstrike
* Raid on Yakla
* Raid on Al Hathla
* Battle of Sanaa (2017)
* Battle of Aden (2018)
* Battle of Al Hudaydah
* Dahyan air strike
* Abha International Airport attack
* Battle of the Jabara Valley
* 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack
* January 2020 Marib attack
* Al-Jawf offensive
* Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra
* Al Bayda offensive
* August 2020 Marib attack
* 2020 Aden attacks
* Battle of Marib
* 2021 Aden bombings
* 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
* Saada prison airstrike
* 2022 Jeddah missile attack
* 2022 Southern Yemen offensive
* Red Sea Crisis (2023-)
* Operation Prosperity Guardian

Reactions|

* Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war
* Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
* United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen
* Blockade of Yemen
* Yemeni peace process
* United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra

Impacts|

* Humanitarian crisis
* Famine
* Cholera outbreak
* Airstrikes on hospitals
* Refugees on Jeju Island
* COVID-19
* Water supply and sanitation
* War crimes and human rights violations

Belligerents|

| Alimi government|

* Pro-Alimi security forces
* Saleh loyalist defectors
* Al-Islah
* Popular Resistance
* Popular Committees
* Southern Movement
* Southern Transitional Council
* Republican Guard
* National Hadhrami Council

|

Houthi government|

* Supreme Political Council
* Houthis
* Pro-Saleh forces
* Supreme Revolutionary Committee

People|

| Alimi government|

* Rashad al-Alimi
* Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
* Mahmoud al-Subaihi
* Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
* Khaled Bahah
* Hussein Arab
* Ahmed Saleh
* Tareq Saleh

|

Houthi government|

* Saleh Ali al-Sammad
* Mohamed al-Atifi
* Mohammed al-Houthi
* Hussein Khairan
* Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
* Ali Abdullah Saleh

Related|

* United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)
* Reactions to the Saudi-led military intervention
* List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

* v
* t
* e

List of modern conflicts in the Middle East

1910s|

* Italo-Turkish War
* World War I
* Middle Eastern theatre
* Battle of Robat Karim
* Arab Revolt
* Armenian genocide
* Assyrian genocide
* Mount Lebanon starvation
* Unification of Saudi Arabia
* Simko Shikak revolt
* 1919 Egyptian revolution
* Turkish War of Independence
* Anglo-Turkish War
* Al-Jazeera Front
* Greco-Turkish War
* Turkish–Armenian War
* Franco-Turkish War
* Revolts
* United States
* Mahmud Barzanji revolts

1920s|

* Franco-Syrian War
* Iraqi Revolt (1920)
* Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
* Adwan Rebellion
* Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* Great Syrian Revolt
* Sheikh Said rebellion

1930s|

* Ararat rebellion
* Ahmed Barzani revolt
* Simele massacre
* Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)
* Goharshad Mosque rebellion
* 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts
* 1935 Yazidi revolt
* 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
* Dersim rebellion

1940s|

* World War II
* Italian bombing of Palestine
* Allied invasion of Iraq
* Syria–Lebanon campaign
* Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
* 1943 Barzani revolt
* Al-Waziri coup
* Al-Wathbah uprising
* Kurdish separatism in Iran
* Iran crisis of 1946
* Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* Suez Crisis
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1973 Yom Kippur War
* 1982 Lebanon War

1950s|

* 1952 Egyptian revolution
* 1953 Iranian coup d'état
* Jebel Akhdar War
* Cyprus Emergency
* Suez Crisis
* Yemeni–Adenese clan violence
* 1958 Lebanon crisis
* 1958 Iraqi revolution
* 1959 Mosul uprising

1960s|

* Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* First Iraqi–Kurdish War
* Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
* Dhofar Rebellion
* North Yemen Civil War
* Feb. 1963 Iraqi coup
* Mar. 1963 Syrian coup
* Nov. 1963 Iraqi coup
* Aden Emergency
* 1964 Hama riot
* Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 1948 Palestine war
* First Intifada
* Second Intifada
* 1966 Syrian coup d'état
* 1969 Saudi Arabian coup attempt

1970s|

* Black September in Jordan
* 1972 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt
* Yemenite War of 1972
* Turkish invasion of Cyprus
* Shatt al-Arab clashes
* Lebanese Civil War
* Political violence in Turkey
* Islamist uprising in Syria
* 1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
* NDF Rebellion
* Yemenite War of 1979
* Iranian Revolution
* Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
* 1979 Qatif Uprising
* Grand Mosque seizure
* 1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq

1980s|

* Iran–Iraq War
* 1980 Turkish coup d'état
* Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* Turkey–PKK conflict
* South Yemen civil war
* 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
* 1986 Damascus bombings
* 1987 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt
* Mecca massacre
* Abu Nidal's executions

1990s|

* Gulf War (1990–1991)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings
* Terror campaign in Egypt (1990s)
* Yemeni Civil War (1994)
* Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
* Islamic insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2000–present)
* Operation Desert Fox
* al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
* 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq

2000s|

* Iraq War
* Balochi insurgency in Iran
* 2004 Qamishli riots
* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Iran–Israel proxy conflict
* 2006 Lebanon War
* Fatah–Hamas conflict
* South Yemen insurgency

2010s|

* 2011 Bahraini uprising
* Egyptian Crisis
* Sinai insurgency
* Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
* Syrian civil war
* Turkish involvement in Syria
* Syrian War spillover in Lebanon
* Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
* War in Iraq (2013–2017)
* Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
* Yemeni crisis
* Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

2020s|

* 2021 Beirut clashes
* Gaza war
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
* Red Sea crisis

This list includes World War I and later conflicts (after 1914) of at least 100 fatalities each
Prolonged conflicts are listed in the decade when initiated; ongoing conflicts are marked italic, and conflicts with +100,000 killed with bold.

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History|

* Timeline
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Ancient history|

* Awsan
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Modern|

* Kingdom
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* Alwaziri coup
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* 26 September Revolution
* People's Democratic Republic
* 14 October Revolution
* South Yemen civil war
* Yemenite Wars
* 1972
* 1979
* Unification
* 1994 Civil War
* Sa'dah Wars
* Crisis (2011–present)
* Revolution
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* Saudi–led intervention
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* Takeover
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* Red Sea crisis
* COVID-19

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Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups since 1991

* List of coups and coup attempts
* by country
* since 2010

1990s|

* Mali (1991)c
* Lesotho (1991)c
* Thailand (1991)c
* Soviet Union (1991)
* Haiti (1991)c
* Georgia (1991–1992)c
* Venezuela (1992)
* February
* November
* Peru (1992)
* April‡c
* November
* Sierra Leone (1992)c
* Algeria (1992)c
* Sudan (1992)
* Guatemala (1993)‡
* Azerbaijan (1993)c
* Russia (1993)‡c
* Libya (1993)
* Burundi (1993)
* Lithuania (1993)
* Nigeria (1993)c
* Bophuthatswana (1994)c
* Gambia (1994)c
* Lesotho (1994)‡c
* Liberia (1994)
* Cambodia (1994)
* Azerbaijan (1995)
* Qatar (1995)c
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1995)
* Guinea (1996)
* Paraguay (1996)
* Iraq (1996)
* Burundi (1996)c
* Niger (1996)c
* Qatar (1996)
* Bangladesh (1996)
* Cambodia (1997)c
* Turkey (1997)c
* Zambia (1997)
* Guinea-Bissau (1998)
* Niger (1999)c
* Pakistan (1999)c
* Côte d'Ivoire (1999)c

2000s|

* Ecuador (2000)c
* Paraguay (2000)
* Fiji (2000)c
* Solomon Islands (2000) c
* Côte d'Ivoire (2001)
* Burundi (2001)
* Haiti (2001)
* Central African Republic (2001)
* Venezuela (2002)
* Côte d'Ivoire (2002)
* Burkina Faso (2003)
* Central African Republic (2003)c
* Mauritania (2003)
* Philippines (2003)
* Guinea-Bissau (2003)c
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2003)
* Chad (2004)
* Sudan (2004)
* Haiti (2004)c
* Equatorial Guinea (2004)
* DR Congo (2004)
* Peru (2005)
* Nepal (2005)‡c
* Togo (2005)c
* Mauritania (2005)c
* Chad (2006)
* Thailand (2006)c
* Madagascar (2006)
* Fiji (2006)c
* Philippines (2007)
* Sudan (2008)
* Mauritania (2008)c
* Guinea (2008)c
* Madagascar (2009)c
* Honduras (2009)c

2010s|

* Niger (2010)c
* Madagascar (2010)
* Niger (2011)
* Guinea-Bissau (2011)
* Bangladesh (2011)
* Mali (2012)
* Marchc
* April
* Guinea-Bissau (2012)c
* Sudan (2012)
* Eritrea (2013)
* Central African Republic (2013)c
* Chad (2013)
* Egypt (2013)c
* Libya (2013)
* Libya (2014)
* Thailand (2014)c
* Gambia (2014)
* Yemen (2014–15)c
* Burundi (2015)
* Burkina Faso (2015)
* Turkey (2016)
* Burkina Faso (2016)
* Libya (2016)
* Zimbabwe (2017)c
* Yemen (2018)c
* Gabon (2019)
* Sudan (2019)c
* Ethiopia (2019)

2020s|

* Mali (2020)c
* Central African Republic (2021)
* Myanmar (2021)c
* Niger (2021)
* Mali (2021)c
* Guinea (2021)c
* Tunisia (2021)‡c
* Sudan (2021)
* September
* Octoberc
* Burkina Faso (2022)
* Januaryc
* Septemberc
* Guinea-Bissau (2022)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2022)
* Peru (2022)‡
* Gambia (2022)
* Sudan (2023)
* Niger (2023)c
* Gabon (2023)c
* Burkina Faso (2023)
* Sierra Leone (2023)
* Guinea-Bissau (2023)
* Oyo State, Nigeria (2024)
* DR Congo (2024)
* Bolivia (2024)
* South Korea (2024)‡

* ‡ Self-coup or its attempt
* [no symbol] Coup attempt
* c Successful coup or self-coup
See also:  Plots and conspiracies

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