List of wars involving Yemen
Appearance
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Yemen and its predecessor states.
North Yemen
[edit]South Yemen
[edit]Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of Government |
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Aden Emergency (1963–1967) |
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Victory
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None
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Al-Wadiah War (1969) |
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Defeat | |
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972) |
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Ceasefire
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Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977) |
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Withdrawal
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Ogaden War (1977–1978) |
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Victory
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Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990) |
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Defeat
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Yemenite War of 1979 (1979) |
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Ceasefire
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South Yemen Civil War (1986) |
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Regime change
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Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
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Defeat
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Unified Yemen
[edit]Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of State |
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Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
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Victory
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Hanish Islands conflict (1995) |
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Defeat[3] (but political victory)[4][5]
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Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen (1998–2015) |
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Escalation into full-scale civil war | |
First Sa'dah War (2004) |
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Government victory
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Second Sa'dah War (2005) |
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Government victory
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Third Sa'dah War (2005–2006) |
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Government victory
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Fourth Sa'dah War (2007) |
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Government victory
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Fifth Sa'dah War (2008) |
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Stalemate
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Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010) |
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Stalemate[8]
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South Yemen insurgency (2009–2015) |
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Escalation into full-scale civil war
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Yemeni Revolution (2011–2012) |
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Regime change
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Seventh Sa'dah War (2012–2015) |
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Escalation into full-scale civil war
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Yemeni Civil War (2014–) |
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Ongoing
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Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (Cabinet of Yemen) Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (SPC) |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.