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Template:Saudi intervention in the Yemeni civil war infobox

Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
Part of the Yemeni civil war and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

An airstrike in Sanaʽa on 11 May 2015
Current (February 2024) political and military control in the ongoing Yemeni civil war
  Government of Yemen[b] and allies
  Houthis-led Supreme Political Council
  Southern Transitional Council and other UAE-backed groups
  Local, non-aligned forces such as the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance
  Ansar al-Sharia and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
(See also a detailed map)
Date26 March 2015 – ongoing
(9 years, 3 weeks and 6 days)
  • Operation Decisive Storm
    26 March – 21 April 2015
    (3 weeks and 6 days)
  • Operation Restoring Hope
    22 April 2015 – present
    (9 years)
Location
Yemen
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[1]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[2][3][4]
 Sudan (2015–19)[2]
 Bahrain[2]
 Kuwait[2][5]
 Qatar (2015–17)[2]
 Egypt[2][6]
 Jordan[2]
 Morocco (2015–19)[2][7]
 Senegal[a][9]
Academi contractors[10]
(2015–16)[11]
Saudi-paid Yemeni mercenaries[12]
In support of:
Yemen Republic of Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council)

Yemen Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council

Al-Qaeda[19][20]
Commanders and leaders

Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Turki Al Saud (2015–20)
Saudi Arabia Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima[21]
United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (2015–17)
Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (2015–19)
Jordan Abdullah II
Morocco Mohamed VI (2015–19)
Senegal Macky Sall

Yemen Rashad al-Alimi (2022–)
Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (2015–22)
Yemen Mohammed al-Maqdashi
Yemen Gen. Ali al-Ahmar[22]
Yemen Gen. Abd Rabbo Hussein †[23]
Yemen Gen. Ahmad Al-Yafei †[24]

Yemen Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Yemen Mohamed al-Atifi (2016–)
Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat (2018–)
Yemen Saleh Ali al-Sammad † (2015–18)
Yemen Hussein Khairan (2015–16)

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi		 Khalid Batarfi
Ibrahim al Qosi[25]
Strength

Saudi Arabia 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops[26]
United Arab Emirates 30 warplanes and 15,000 troops[27][28]
Sudan 4 warplanes[citation needed] and 15,000 troops[29]
Bahrain 15 warplanes[30] 300 troops[31]
Kuwait 15 warplanes[30]
Qatar 10 warplanes, 1,000 troops[30][32] (until 2017)
Egypt 4 warships[33] and warplanes[34]
Jordan 6 warplanes[30]
Morocco 6 warplanes, 1,500 troops[30][35]
Senegal 2,100 troops[9] (soldiers not yet deployed in 2016)[8]

Academi: 1,800 security contractors[36]

150,000–200,000 fighters[37]
200,000–250,000

al-Qaeda

Casualties and losses

Saudi Arabia 1,000[42]–3,000[43] soldiers killed by 2016;
10 captured[44]
United Arab Emirates 108 soldiers killed[28]
Bahrain 11 soldiers killed[45][46]
1 F-16 crashed[47]
Qatar 4 soldiers killed[48][49]
Morocco 10 soldiers killed[50][51]
1 F-16 shot down[52][51]
Jordan 1 F-16 lost[53]
Academi: 71 mercenaries killed[11]

Yemen Unknown

Thousands killed (Aljazeera; as of May 2018)[54]

11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of Dec. 2017)[55]

Al-Qaeda

12,907 Yemeni civilians killed (per the LCRD)
8,672 civilians killed, 9,741 injured by coalition's airstrikes (per Yemen Data Project)[57]
500+ Saudi civilians killed (2014–2016)[58][59]
377,000+ people killed overall (150,000+ from violence) (2014–2021) (UN)[60]
  1. ^ soldiers not yet deployed in 2016[8]
  2. ^ Under the Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022


References edit

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