List of wars involving Yemen

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

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
Najran conflict
(1931/19321932)
Kingdom of Yemen Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Defeat
Saudi–Yemeni War
(1934)
Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia Defeat
First Arab–Israeli War
(19481949)
Egypt
 Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Yemen
HWA
ALA
 Israel Defeat
North Yemen Civil War
(19621970)
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
(19781982)
 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

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of
Government
Aden Emergency
(19631967)
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
(19761977)
ADF LF Withdrawal
  • South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War
(19771978)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen
Somalia
WSLF
Victory
Eritrean War of Independence
(19771990)
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

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
(19982015)
 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
(20052006)
 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
(20092010)
 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Morocco
Houthis Stalemate[8]
  • Truce signed, Houthi control of Sa'ada solidified
South Yemen insurgency
(20092015)
 Yemen Southern Movement Escalation into full-scale civil war
  • Separatists hold Aden
Yemeni Revolution
(20112012)
Saleh government JMP Regime change
Seventh Sa'dah War
(20122015)
 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

  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.
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