List of wars involving Yemen
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Yemen and its predecessor states.
North Yemen
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South Yemen
[edit]| 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
|
Defeat | |
| Yemenite War of 1972 (1972) |
South Yemen
|
 North Yemen
|
Ceasefire
|
|
| Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977) |
 ADF
|
 LF
|
Withdrawal
| |
| Ogaden War (1977–1978) |
 Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen
|
 Somalia WSLF
|
Victory
| |
| Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990) |
Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen
|
 ELF EPLF
|
Defeat
| |
| Yemenite War of 1979 (1979) |
South Yemen NDF
|
North Yemen
|
Ceasefire
| |
| South Yemen Civil War (1986) |
Muhammad's faction
|
Ismail's faction
|
Regime change
|
|
| Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
South Yemen
|
 Yemen
|
Defeat
|
Unified Yemen
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
Yemen
|
South Yemen
|
Victory
|
|
| Hanish Islands conflict (1995) |
Yemen
|
 Eritrea
|
Defeat[3] (but political victory)[4][5]
| |
| Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen (1998–2015) |
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|
 al-Qaeda Islamic State
|
Escalation into full-scale civil war | |
| First Sa'dah War (2004) |
Yemen
|
 Houthis
|
Government victory
| |
| Second Sa'dah War (2005) |
Yemen
|
Houthis
|
Government victory
| |
| Third Sa'dah War (2005–2006) |
Yemen
|
Houthis
|
Government victory
| |
| Fourth Sa'dah War (2007) |
Yemen
|
Houthis
|
Government victory
| |
| Fifth Sa'dah War (2008) |
Yemen
|
Houthis
|
Stalemate
| |
| Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010) |
Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco
|
Houthis
|
Stalemate[8]
| |
| South Yemen insurgency (2009–2015) |
Yemen
|
Southern Movement
|
Escalation into full-scale civil war
| |
| Yemeni Revolution (2011–2012) |
Saleh government
|
JMP
|
Regime change
| |
| Seventh Sa'dah War (2012–2015) |
Yemen
|
Houthis
|
Escalation into full-scale civil war
|
|
| 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
|
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (Cabinet of Yemen) Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (SPC) |
References
[edit]- ^ Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.
- ^ Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98
- ^ 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
- ^ Permanent Court of Arbitration Eritrea/Yemen: Chart 4 Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ḥanīsh Islands | islands, Red Sea | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ "ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda". CNN. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "al-Shabab al-Mum'en / Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.
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