List of wars involving Yemen

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

North Yemen edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of State
1931 Saudi–Yemeni border skirmish
(1931)
  Kingdom of Yemen   Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Unclear
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)
  Egypt
  Iraq
 Transjordan
  Syria
  Lebanon
  Saudi Arabia
  Kingdom of Yemen
  HWA
  ALA
  Israel Defeat
North Yemen Civil War
(1962–1970)
  Royalists
  Saudi Arabia
  Republicans
  United Arab Republic
Regime change
Yemenite War of 1972
(1972)
  North Yemen   South Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens pledge to unify
NDF Rebellion
(1978–1982)
  North Yemen   NDF Government victory
  • Defeat of the National Democratic Front
Yemenite War of 1979
(1979)
  North Yemen   South Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify

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
  • Yemens pledge to unify[2]
Lebanese Civil War
(1976–1977)
  ADF   LF Withdrawal
  • South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
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
  • Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
Yemenite War of 1979
(1979)
  South Yemen
  NDF
  North Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify
South Yemen Civil War
(1986)
  Muhammad's faction   Ismail's faction Regime change
Yemeni Civil War
(1994)
  South Yemen   Yemen Defeat
  • Reunification of Yemen

Unified Yemen edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of State
Yemeni Civil War
(1994)
  Yemen   South Yemen Victory
  • Reunification of Yemen
Hanish Islands conflict
(1995)
  Yemen   Eritrea

Legal victory


Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
(1998–2015)
  Yemen
  United States
  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
  • 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   Southern Movement Escalation into full-scale civil war
  • Separatists hold Aden
Yemeni Revolution
(2011–2012)
  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
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

  1. ^ Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.
  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.