Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions claiming to constitute the Yemeni government, along with their supporters and allies. Southern separatists and forces loyal to the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi , based in Aden , have clashed with Houthi forces and forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks, with AQAP controlling swaths of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. On 22 March 2015, a Houthi offensive began with fighting in the Taiz Governorate . By 25 March, Taiz , Mocha , and Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden , the seat of power for Hadi's government. On 25 March, Hadi fled the country. On the same day, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using airstrikes to restore the former Yemeni government and the United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign. As of 2 May, at least 400 civilians have died in Aden. "Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan ready for ground offensive in Yemen: report" . the globe and mail. 26 March 2015 . "SOMALIA: Somalia finally pledges support to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen – Raxanreeb Online" . "US drone strike in Yemen 'kills al Qaeda man behind Paris Charlie Hebdo and Jewish shop attacks' " . The Guardiandate =22 March 2015 . "جيش اليمن بمساندة اللجان الثورية يتقدم في مأرب" . alalam.ir . Library of Congress 2008 "Yemen's Hadi tries to get back into the game - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East" . Council on Foreign Relations . 29 April 2015 . Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells - Google Boeken . The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won" . 2013 . Yemen: Humanitarian Catastrophe Situation Report No. 12 "Saudi, Emirati soldiers killed on Yemen border" . "Yémen: les milices houthis prennent le contrôle de l'aéroport de Taëz" (in French). The Toronto Star. 25 March 2015 . The Huffington Post. 26 March 2015 . "Spokesman for the People's Relief Union in Aden: "400 Martyrs and 4000 wounded" " .

ongoing civil conflict in the country of Yemen For other uses, see Yemen War . Mohammed al-Kitbi † Khalid Al Khalifa ( WIA ) Mahmoud al-Subaihi   ( POW ) Gen. Zafir Al-Turki † Ali Abdullah Saleh † Gen. Munir Al Yafi † Khalid Batarfi Ibrahim al Qosi Casualties: Nasir al-Wuhayshi † Qasim al-Raymi † Nasser al-Ansi † Ibrahim al-Rubaish † Abu Bilal al-Harbi † Abu Osama al-Muhajer   ( POW ) Strength Supreme Political Council : 150,000–200,000 fighters 100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers 30 warplanes 15 warplanes and 300 troops 15 warplanes 10 warplanes and 1,000 soldiers 6 warplanes 6 warplanes and 1,500 troops 4 warplanes and 8,000-30,000 troops 2,100 troops 4 warships and warplanes 1,800 security contractors Ansar al-Sharia AQAP : 6,000–8,000 ISIL: 300 Casualties and losses "Thousands" killed (per Al Jazeera; as of May 2018) 11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of December 2017) 1,000 –3,000 soldiers killed by 2016 10 captured; 5 aircraft lost ; 8 helicopters lost 9 drones lost 20 M1A2S lost 1 frigate Al Madinah damaged 108–130 soldiers killed 2 aircraft lost 3 helicopters lost 1 minesweeper damaged 6 drones lost 1 watercraft damaged ( HSV-2 Swift ) 1,000-4,000 soldiers killed 9 soldiers killed 1 F-16 crashed 4 soldiers killed 10 servicemen killed 1 F-16 shot down 1 F-16 lost Academi : 71 PMCs killed 1 killed 4 drones shot down 1 helicopter lost 1 tiltrotor craft lost 1,000 killed, 1,500 captured 112,000+ killed overall in Yemen (12,600+ civilians) 500+ killed overall in Saudi Arabia 49,960 wounded overall in Yemen (10,768 civilians) 3,154,572 people displaced 84,701 children died from starvation (per Save the Children ) and 2,556 people died due to a cholera outbreak (April 2017–October 2018) The Second Yemeni Civil War ( , al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah ) is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions: the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi -led Yemeni government and the Houthi armed movement, along with their supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute the official government of Yemen . Houthi forces currently control the capital Sanaʽa and allied with forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh , have clashed with the forces loyal to Hadi who were previously based in Aden , but have since been driven out by the Southern Transitional Council , which is nominally allied with Hadi but is in practice hostile to both factions. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks, with AQAP controlling swathes of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. Concurrently, the Hadi government is in conflict with UAE forces as a result of UAE military measures such as the United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra and UAE-backed STC takeover of Aden. On 21 March 2015, after taking over Sanaʽa and the Yemeni government , the Houthi-led Supreme Revolutionary Committee declared a general mobilization to overthrow Hadi and expand their control by driving into southern provinces. The Houthi offensive, allied with military forces loyal to Saleh, began fighting the next day in Lahij Governorate . By 25 March, Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat of power for Hadi's government. Hadi fled the country the same day. Concurrently, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using air strikes to restore the former Yemeni government . The United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign. According to ACLED, over 100,000 people have been killed in Yemen, including more than 12,000 civilians, as well as estimates of more than 85,000 dead as a result of an ongoing famine due to the war. The conflict has been widely seen as an extension of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict and as a means to combat Iranian influence in the region. In 2018, the United Nations warned that 13 million Yemeni civilians face starvation in what it says could become "the worst famine in the world in 100 years." The international community has sharply condemned the Saudi Arabian-led bombing campaign, which has included widespread bombing of civilian areas. The bombing campaign has killed or injured an estimated 17,729 civilians as of March 2019 according to the Yemen Data Project. Despite this, the crisis has only begun to gain as much international media attention as the Syrian Civil War in 2018. The US has been providing bombs to aid the Saudi forces and airstrikes in Yemen. In March 2019, this led the United States Senate to pass a resolution to end US support of Saudi Arabia. It was vetoed by President Donald Trump , and in May, the Senate failed to override the veto. Middle East Eye . 23 January 2018 . The Arab Weekly . 25 February 2018 . "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/YEMEN: Abu Dhabi gets tough with Yemen's pro-Coalition loyalists - Issue 778 dated 08/03/2017" . "Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan ready for ground offensive in Yemen: report" . the globe and mail. 26 March 2015. Hundreds of Sudanese troops reportedly arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the first batch of an expected 10,000 reinforcements for the Saudi-led coalition. "Use of Mercenaries by the Saudi-led Coalition to Violate Human Rights in Yemen and Impede the Exercise of the Yemeni People's Right to Self-determination" . The coalition includes eight Arab states. The US, the UK and France are providing logistical support. The Diplomat . 11 August 2017 . Middle East Eye . 21 October 2017 . Nephew of former Yemeni president divides Taiz" . Middle East Eye . 16 April 2018 . The New Arab . 19 April 2018 . San Francisco Chronicle . 6 August 2018. name="The Integration Of Southern Yemeni's in Aqap"> "How Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen has made al Qaeda stronger – and richer" . "Yahya Hassan Al-Emad dead in Sanaa" . yemen press . 8 October 2016. "sources confirmed death of Ahmed Mohsen Ali Al-Harbi brother-in-law of Abdulmalik al-Houthi" . alarabiya . (names + labor)" . yemen-24 . 8 October 2016. " "Ali Aldhifeef" most prominent pro-Houthi and responsible for the fall in the Great Hall of Amran Sana'a leaders" . yemen-press . 9 October 2016. "Commander of the Republican Guard and the commander of the Yemeni capital, security forces among the victims of the raids that targeted a funeral in Sanaa" . "image killing of a senior officer in uniform in the ballroom in Sana'a consolation Al Rowaishan family" . gulfeyes . 8 October 2016. "Central Security Forces in Sana'a Official page in Facebook" . facebook . 8 October 2016. "Al-Manar correspondent: the commander of the Republican Guard and the commander of the Yemeni Central Security Forces among the martyrs of the massacre Sanaa" . "Colonel Ahmad Al-Khatib killed in airstrike in Saada" . yemen press . 17 October 2016. "Coalition forces kill Houthi general on Saudi-Yemen border: sources" . reuters . 24 September 2016. "Houthi militiamen carry the coffin of a senior Houthi military leader, Hashim al-Barawi, killed three days ago while fighting Saudi-backed forces" . "Houthi leader who participated in Kuwait talks killed" . alarabiya . 22 October 2016. The National (Abu Dhabi) . 1 September 2018 . "Saudi general killed on Yemen border while 'defending country', army says" . the Guardian . "Yemeni ex-President Saleh killed by Houthis following his realignment with Saudis (GRAPHIC)" . The Long War Journal . Al-Qaeda Announces Holy War against Houthis Yemen Post . "Yemen's Houthi rebels kill 'several Sudanese soldiers' in Taiz attack" . alaraby . The New York Times . The Independent . 5 November 2017 . UAE soldier killed in Yemen Four Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen: UAE 5 UAE soldiers killed in attack in Yemen Wam. "Saudis admit 2 deaths in warship incident after Houthis claim anti-ship missile attack (VIDEO) ( The vessel ("Swift") was reportedly deemed unrepairable and decommissioned )" . " 'The Yemen war death toll is five times higher than we think – we can't shrug off our responsibilities any longer' " . "Bahrain Defense Force mourns the martyrdom of the National Force" (in Arabic) . The Huffington Post Maghreb . "More than 3 million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report" . 22 August 2016. "Airstrike by Saudi-led coalition said to hit near Yemeni hospital, killing 8, including 5 children" .

Ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen For other uses, see Yemeni civil war . Both claim to constitute the official government of Yemen . The civil war began in September 2014 when Houthi forces took over the capital city Sanaa , which was followed by a rapid Houthi takeover of the government . On 21 March 2015, the Houthi-led Supreme Revolutionary Committee declared a general mobilization to overthrow then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and expand their control by driving into southern provinces. The Houthi offensive, allied with military forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh , began fighting the next day in Lahij Governorate . By 25 March, Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat of power for Hadi's government. Hadi fled the country the same day. Concurrently, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using air strikes and restored the former Yemeni government . Although there has been no direct intervention by Iranian government, the conflict is part of the Iran-Saudi proxy conflict ; with IRGC networks assisting Houthis through arms supplies, military training, logistics, strategic co-ordination and media support. Saudi Arabia views activities by the Quds Forces and Hezbollah in neighboring Yemen as part of Iranian attempts to establish a satellite state in the country and trap them into a stale-mate. Security experts analyse Iran's policy as hinged on developing bases for ballistic missiles targeting GCC countries, establishing naval dominance in the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait by advancing area denial capabilities and weapons trafficking , in addition to the intensification of Iranian cyberwarfare . Houthi insurgents currently control the capital Sanaa and all of the former North Yemen except eastern Marib Governorate . They have clashed with Saudi-backed pro-government forces loyal to Hadi. Since the formation of the Southern Transitional Council in 2017 and the subsequent capture of Aden by the STC in 2018, the anti-Houthi coalition has been fractured, with regular clashes between pro-Hadi forces backed by Saudi Arabia and southern separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State have also carried out attacks against both factions, with AQAP controlling swathes of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. The UN brokered a two-month nationwide truce on 2 April 2022 between Yemen's warring parties, which would also allow fuel imports into Houthi-held areas and some flights operating from Sanaa International Airport to Jordan and Egypt. The UN announced on 2 June 2022 that the nationwide truce had been further extended by two months. According to the UN, over 150,000 people have been killed in Yemen, as well as estimates of more than 227,000 dead as a result of an ongoing famine and lack of healthcare facilities due to the war. The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2023 that Iran agreed to halt all military support to Houthis and abide by the UN arms embargo , as part of a Chinese -brokered Iran-Saudi rapprochement deal . The agreement is expected to force Houthi militants to end the conflict through negotiated settlement; with Saudi and US officials describing the concomitant Iranian behaviour as a "litmus test" for the endurance of the Chinese-brokered détente . The international community has strongly condemned Houthi drone attacks targeting civilian areas in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Southern Yemen; and the UN Security Council has been imposing a global arms embargo on Houthis since 2015. Bombing of civilian sites in the Houthi-controlled western part of Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition has also attracted international criticism. According to the Yemen Data Project, the bombing campaign has killed or injured an estimated 19,196 civilians as of March 2022. The United States has provided intelligence and logistical support for the Saudi-led campaign, and since the Biden administration's pledged to withdraw U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen , it has announced the sale of weapons to the Saudi-led coalition. Middle East Eye . 23 January 2018 . North Korea's military support for Houthi rebels in Yemen is the latest manifestation of its support for anti-American forces. The report said that experts were investigating efforts by the North Korean Ministry of Military Equipment and Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) to supply conventional arms and ballistic missiles to Yemen's Houthi group. Multiple sources: "Hadi counts on Saleh kin to revive elite forces" . The Arab Weekly . 25 February 2018 . Middle East Eye . 21 October 2017 . "Emirati-backed forces eye Yemen's energy heartland" . 30 August 2023. Nephew of former Yemeni president divides Taiz" . Middle East Eye . 16 April 2018 . The New Arab . 19 April 2018 . The National (Abu Dhabi) . Yemen Observer . : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) bin Sallam, Mohammed (26 October 2010). The New York Times . The Wall Street Journal . "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/YEMEN: Abu Dhabi gets tough with Yemen's pro-Coalition loyalists – Issue 778 dated 08/03/2017" . "Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan ready for ground offensive in Yemen: report" . the globe and mail. 26 March 2015. Hundreds of Sudanese troops reportedly arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the first batch of an expected 10,000 reinforcements for the Saudi-led coalition. "Use of Mercenaries by the Saudi-led Coalition to Violate Human Rights in Yemen and Impede the Exercise of the Yemeni People's Right to Self-determination" . Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies . "New Yemen peace talks 'will protect people of the south,' says Southern Transitional Council head" . 11 April 2023. "Yemen prisoner swap to start Thursday as peace hopes rise" . 11 April 2023. "Monday Briefing: Saudi-Houthi talks kick off in Sana'a as Riyadh seeks an end to the war in Yemen" . 10 April 2023. "Sanaa: Final round of peace talks with KSA in Riyadh" . 17 September 2023. Islamic World News . 30 April 2020 . The Long War Journal . "US forces in Yemen have targeted the al-Dhahab family, but who are they?" Al Arabiya . Al-Qaeda Announces Holy War against Houthis Yemen Post . "Yemen's Houthi rebels kill 'several Sudanese soldiers' in Taiz attack" . alaraby . The New York Times . Multiple sources: "Two Saudi pilots killed in helicopter crash: state media" . "Yemen's Houthi rebels 'shoot down Apache helicopter in Hodeida" . 17 March 2017 . The Drive . الجرافات البحرية : السفينة " سويفت " تتمتع بغطاء تأميني. [Marine Dredging: Ship "Swift" is covered by insurance.] (in Arabic). Emirates News Agency (WAM) . 5 October 2016. " 'The Yemen war death toll is five times higher than we think – we can't shrug off our responsibilities any longer' " . "Bahrain Defense Force mourns the martyrdom of the National Force" (in Arabic) . The Huffington Post Maghreb . "Yemen war will have killed 377,000 by year's end: UN" . 23 November 2021. OCHA . 9 January 2022 [1 August 2021]. The cumulative number of suspected cholera cases reported in Yemen from October 2016 to April 2021 is 2,538,677 including 3997 related deaths "More than 3 million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report" . 22 August 2016. Yemen's neighbour Saudi Arabia was alarmed by the prospect of the Houthis taking control of Yemen, fearing it would become a satellite of Saudi Arabia's rival, Iran. Hezbollah and Iran have increased their provision of guns, missiles, military training and funds for the Houthi war effort since 2014, happy to see their Saudi enemies expend soldiers and money on the Yemeni stalemate Jones, Seth G.; Thompson, Jared; Ngo, Danielle; Bermudez, Joseph S. Center for Strategic & International Studies . Italian Institute for International Political Studies . "Airstrike by Saudi-led coalition said to hit near Yemeni hospital, killing 8, including 5 children" . Focuses on Ukraine, Yemen Starves" . Human Rights Watch . 15 February 2022 . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).