List of wars involving Yemen
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Yemen and its predecessor states.
North Yemen
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 | 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
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
Yemen | South Yemen | Victory
|
|
| 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
| |
| 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
- 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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