Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
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Part of the Arab Winter, the Yemeni Crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict/Qatar–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict |
Military situation in Yemen on 13 February 2019
Controlled by the Supreme Political Council ( Houthis)
Controlled by the Hadi-led government and allies
Controlled by Southern Transitional Council
(For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi Arabia, see the detailed map here.) |
Date | 19 March 2015 – ongoing (9 years, 2 months and 1 day) |
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Location | |
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Status |
Ongoing
- Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, captured by the Houthis.
- Saudi-led coalition forces intervene in Yemen to restore the Hadi-led government.
- The Hadi-led government is reestablished in Aden.
- 2016–19 Yemen cholera outbreak
- Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is shot and killed by a Houthi sniper in the Battle of Sana'a; Houthis gain absolute control over the entire city.
- Aden is captured by Southern Transitional Council forces from pro-Hadi forces in the Battle of Aden.
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Territorial changes |
As of May 2016: AQAP controls 36% of the country (193,000 km²)[1] |
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Main belligerents |
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Supreme Political Council
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Cabinet of Yemen
- Pro-Hadi Security forces
- Yemen National Army (YNA)
- Al-Islah
- Popular Resistance Committees[7]
- Popular Committees
- Southern Movement[8][9]
- Strategic Reserve (pro-Hadi Saleh forces)[10][11][12][13][14]
Saudi-led coalition
Saudi Arabia[15]
United Arab Emirates[16]
Senegal[17]
Sudan[18][19]
Morocco[20] (2015–19)[21]
Qatar[18] (2015–17)[22]
Academi security contractors[23][24][25][26][27]
Green Berets[28][29]
French Army Special Forces Command[30][31][32]
Academi
Southern Transitional Council (from 2017)[39] Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017)[40][41]
- National Resistance[11]
- Tihamah Resistance[11]
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Al-Qaeda[46][47][48]
Ansar al-Sharia
ISIL-YP[50][51] |
Commanders and leaders |
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- Mohamed al-Atifi (2016–)
- Mohammed al-Houthi (2015–)
- Mahdi al-Mashat (2018–)
- Hussein Khairan (2015−16)
- Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
- Abu Bakr al-Salami[52]
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Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Ali Mohsen (2016–) Khaled Bahah (2015–16) Hussein Arab (until 2017) Ahmed Saleh (2017–)[12] Tareq Saleh (2017–)
Saudi-led coalition:
King Salman Muhammad bin Salman Mohammed bin Zayed Tamim bin Hamad (2015–17) Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan Macky Sall Mohamed VI (2015–19)
- Lt. Gen. Muhammad Al Shaalan †[77]
- Maj. Gen. Abdulrahman bin Saad al-Shahrani †[78]
- Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Hamzi †[79]
- Col. Abdullah al-Sahian †[80]
- Col. Hassan Ghasoum Ageeli †[81]
- Lt. Col. Abdullah al-Balwi †[82]
- Col. Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi †[80]
- Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa (WIA)[83]
- Ali Abdullah Saleh †
- Mahmoud al-Subaihi (POW)
- Gen. Abd Rabbo Hussein †[84]
- Gen. Ahmad Seif Al-Yafei †[85]
- Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi †[86]
- Maj. Gen. Jaafar Mohammed Saad †
- Brig. Gen. Hameed al-Qushaibi †[87]
- Cmdr. Jarallah Salhi †[88]
- Capt. Zafir Mansour Ahmed Al-Turki †[89]
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Nasir al-Wuhayshi † Qasim al-Raymi Nasser al-Ansi † Ibrahim al-Rubaish † Khalid Batarfi Ibrahim al Qosi[90]
Abu Bilal al-Harbi[91] Abu Osama al-Muhajer (POW)[92] |
Strength |
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Supreme Political Council:
150,000–200,000 fighters[93]
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100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers[94] 30 warplanes[95] 15 warplanes[95] and 300 troops[96] 15 warplanes[95] 10 warplanes and 1,000 soldiers[95][97] 6 warplanes[95] 6 warplanes[95] and 1,500 troops[20][95] 4 warplanes and 6,000 troops[98][99] 2,100 troops[95] 4 warships[100] and warplanes[101] 1,800 security contractors[102]
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Ansar al-Sharia
ISIL: 300[107] |
Casualties and losses |
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"Thousands" killed (per Al Jazeera; as of May 2018) 11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of December 2017)[108]
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1,000[109]-3,000[110] soldiers killed
10 captured;[111] 3 aircraft lost;[112][113][114]
9 helicopters lost[115][116][117][118][119][120] 20 M1A2S lost[121] 1 frigate damaged[122]
Over 120 soldiers killed[123] 3 aircraft lost[124][125] 3 helicopters lost[126][127] 1 watercraft damaged (HSV-2 Swift)[128] 1,000–1,200 soldiers killed[129][130]
8 soldiers killed[131] 1 F-16 crashed[132]
4 soldiers killed[133]
1 soldier killed[134] 1 F-16 shot down[134][135]
1 F-16 lost[136]
Academi: 15 PMCs killed[137]
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1,000 killed, 1,500 captured[138] |
91,600+ killed overall in Yemen (11,700+ civilians)[139] 500+ killed overall in Saudi Arabia[140] 49,960 wounded overall in Yemen[141] (10,768 civilians)[142] 3,154,572 people displaced[143]
84,701 children died from starvation (per Save the Children)[144] and 2,556 people died due to a cholera outbreak (April 2017–October 2018)[145] |