List of wars involving Yemen

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Yemen and its predecessor states.

North Yemen

Main article: List of wars involving North Yemen
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of State
1931 Saudi–Yemeni border skirmish
(1931)
Kingdom of Yemen
 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Unclear
Imam Yahya
Najran conflict
(1931/1932–1932)
Kingdom of Yemen
 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Defeat
Saudi–Yemeni War

(1934)
Kingdom of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia Defeat
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
HWA
Arab League ALA
  Israel Defeat
Ahmad bin Yahya
North Yemen Civil War

(1962–1970)
Royalists
Saudi Arabia
 Yemen Arab Republic Republicans
 United Arab Republic 		Regime change
  • End of the
    Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Muhammad al-Badr
Yemenite War of 1972
(1972) 		 North Yemen  South Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens pledge to unify
Abdul Rahman al-Eryani
NDF Rebellion
(1978–1982) 		 North Yemen Yemen Arab Republic NDF Government victory
  • Defeat of the National Democratic Front
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemenite War of 1979
(1979) 		 North Yemen  South Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify

South Yemen

Main article: List of wars involving South Yemen
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of
Government
Aden Emergency
(1963–1967)
NLF
FLOSY
  United Kingdom Victory
None
Al-Wadiah War
(1969) 		 South Yemen Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Defeat
Muhammad Ali Haitham
Yemenite War of 1972
(1972) 		 South Yemen  North Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens pledge to unify[2]
Ali Nasir Muhammad
Lebanese Civil War
(1976–1977) 		Arab League ADF LF Withdrawal
  • South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War
(1977–1978) 		Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen 		Somalia Somalia
WSLF 		Victory
Eritrean War of Independence
(1977–1990) 		Ethiopia Ethiopia
 Cuba
 South Yemen 		ELF
EPLF 		Defeat
  • Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
Yemenite War of 1979
(1979) 		 South Yemen
Yemen Arab Republic NDF 		 North Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify
South Yemen Civil War

(1986) 		South Yemen Muhammad's faction South Yemen Ismail's faction Regime change
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Yemeni Civil War

(1994) 		South Yemen South Yemen  Yemen Defeat
  • Reunification of Yemen

Unified Yemen

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of State
Yemeni Civil War

(1994) 		 Yemen South Yemen South Yemen Victory
  • Reunification of Yemen
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Hanish Islands conflict
(1995) 		 Yemen  Eritrea

Legal victory


Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
(1998–2015) 		 Yemen
United States
Islamic State
 Escalation into
full-scale civil war
  • Arrival of
    ISIL to Yemen[6]
First Sa'dah War

(2004) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Government victory
Second Sa'dah War

(2005) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Government victory
  • Houthis surrender after signing a deal[7]
Third Sa'dah War

(2005–2006) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Government victory
  • Fighting ends before Presidential election
Fourth Sa'dah War

(2007) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Government victory
  • Rebel leaders go into exile
Fifth Sa'dah War

(2008) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Stalemate
  • Yemeni government declares unilateral ceasefire
Sixth Sa'dah War
(2009–2010) 		 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Morocco
Houthis
 Stalemate[8]
  • Truce signed, Houthi control of Sa'ada solidified
South Yemen insurgency
(2009–2015) 		 Yemen South Yemen Southern Movement Escalation into
full-scale civil war
  • Separatists hold Aden
Yemeni Revolution

(2011–2012) 		Yemen Saleh government
JMP
 Regime change
Seventh Sa'dah War

(2012–2015) 		 Yemen
Houthis
 Escalation into
full-scale civil war
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Yemeni Civil War

(2014–)
Hadi government
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Qatar
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 United States
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 France
Houthi government
 Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
  • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
(SPC
)

References

  1. ISBN 9780521891646
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  2. ^ Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98
  3. ^ Stansfield, G. R. V. (2001), "The Israeli Connection" (PDF), The 1995/96 Yemen-Eritrea conflict over the Islands of Hanish and Jabal Zuqar: a geopolitical analysis, Working Paper, Durham: University of Durham, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, p. 34, retrieved 26 June 2014
  4. ^ Permanent Court of Arbitration Eritrea/Yemen: Chart 4 Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Ḥanīsh Islands | islands, Red Sea | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  6. ^ "ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda". CNN. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ^ "al-Shabab al-Mum'en / Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  8. ^ Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.
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