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^[1]	Imam Yahya
Najran conflict (1931/1932–1932)	Kingdom of Yemen	Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd	Defeat Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia repelled^[1]
Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)	Kingdom of Yemen	Saudi Arabia	Defeat Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia repelled^[2]
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Arab League: Egypt^[3] All-Palestine Protectorate^[a] Holy War Army^[a] Transjordan^[3] Iraq^[3] Syria^[3] Lebanon^[b] Saudi Arabia^[5] Yemen^[6] Irregulars: Arab Liberation Army Al-Najjada Holy War Army	Israel Before 26 May 1948: Yishuv Paramilitary groups: Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Allied Bedouin tribes^[7]^[8] After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Minorities Unit Foreign volunteers: Mahal	Defeat Arab League invasion of former Mandatory Palestine repelled 1949 Armistice Agreements Establishment of the State of Israel, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight Beginning of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency	Ahmad bin Yahya
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970)	Royalists Saudi Arabia	Republicans United Arab Republic	Regime change^[9] End of the Kingdom of Yemen	Muhammad al-Badr
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)	North Yemen	South Yemen	Ceasefire^[10] Yemens pledge to unify	Abdul Rahman al-Eryani
NDF Rebellion (1978–1982)	North Yemen	NDF	Government victory^[11] Defeat of the National Democratic Front	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemenite War of 1979 (1979)	North Yemen	South Yemen	Ceasefire^[12] Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify	Ali Abdullah Saleh

South Yemen

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Head of Government
Aden Emergency (1963–1967)	NLF	United Kingdom Federation of South Arabia Protectorate of South Arabia FLOSY Supported by: United Arab Republic	Yemeni NLF victory British withdrawal Independence of South Yemen	None
Al-Wadiah War (1969)	South Yemen	Saudi Arabia	Defeat Saudi Arabia reoccupies al-Wadiah^[13]	Muhammad Ali Haitham
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)	South Yemen	North Yemen	Ceasefire Yemens pledge to unify^[14]	Ali Nasir Muhammad
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977)	ADF Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from Ogaden
Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990)	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 al-Attas becomes president	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	South Yemen	Yemen	Defeat Reunification of Yemen	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas

Unified Yemen

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Head of State
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	Yemen	South Yemen	Victory Reunification of Yemen	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Hanish Islands conflict (1995)	Yemen	Eritrea	Defeat^[15] (but political victory)^[16]^[17] Eritrean occupation of Greater Hanish
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen (1998–2015)	Yemen United States	al-Qaeda Islamic State	Escalation into full-scale civil war Arrival of ISIL to Yemen^[18]
First Sa'dah War (2004)	Yemen	Houthis	Government victory Death of Hussein al-Houthi
Second Sa'dah War (2005)	Yemen	Houthis	Government victory Houthis surrender after signing a deal^[19]
Third Sa'dah War (2005–2006)	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 (2009–2010)	Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco	Houthis	Stalemate^[20] Truce signed, Houthi control of Sa'ada solidified
South Yemen insurgency (2009–2015)	Yemen	Southern Movement	Escalation into full-scale civil war Separatists hold Aden
Yemeni Revolution (2011–2012)	Saleh government	JMP	Regime change Overthrow of Saleh government
Seventh Sa'dah War (2012–2015)	Yemen	Houthis	Escalation into full-scale civil war Houthis take control of northern Yemen	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Yemeni Civil War (2014–)	Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait United States Jordan Morocco Egypt France	Houthi government Houthis STC	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (Cabinet of Yemen) Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (SPC)

References

^ ^a ^b Philby, Harry St John Bridger (1955). Saʻudi Arabia. F.A. Praeger. p. 322.
^ Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Wayman, Frank Whelon (2010-07-01). Resort to War: A Data Guide to Inter-State, Extra-State, Intra-State, and Non-State Wars, 1816-2007. CQ Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780872894341. The better-armed Saudis won the seven-week war decisively
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oren 2003, p. 5.
^ Morris (2008), p. 260.
^ Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239
^ Morris, Benny (2008), 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p. 205, New Haven, ISBN 978-0-300-12696-9.
^ Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
^ AFP (24 April 2013). "Bedouin army trackers scale Israel social ladder". Al Arabiya English. Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ Schmidt, Dana Adams (1968). Yemen; the unknown war. --. Internet Archive. New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
^ Gause, F. Gregory (1990). Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence. Columbia University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-231-07044-7.
^ Burrowes, Robert D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 252.
^ Al-Hamdani (1985). ""We Must be Realistic about Our Goals"". MERIP Reports (130): 14–18. doi:10.2307/3011111. ISSN 0047-7265. JSTOR 3011111.
^ 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.

Notes

^ ^a ^b After 22 September 1948
^ Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948.^[4]

[:0-1] Philby, Harry St John Bridger (1955). Saʻudi Arabia. F.A. Praeger. p. 322.

[2] Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Wayman, Frank Whelon (2010-07-01). Resort to War: A Data Guide to Inter-State, Extra-State, Intra-State, and Non-State Wars, 1816-2007. CQ Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780872894341. The better-armed Saudis won the seven-week war decisively

[Oren-3] Oren 2003, p. 5.

[5] Morris (2008), p. 260.

[7] Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239

[Morris,_2008,_p._205-8] Morris, Benny (2008), 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p. 205, New Haven, ISBN 978-0-300-12696-9.

[9] Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948

[10] AFP (24 April 2013). "Bedouin army trackers scale Israel social ladder". Al Arabiya English. Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[11] Schmidt, Dana Adams (1968). Yemen; the unknown war. --. Internet Archive. New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

[12] Gause, F. Gregory (1990). Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence. Columbia University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-231-07044-7.

[Yemen_Dict_252-13] Burrowes, Robert D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 252.

[14] Al-Hamdani (1985). ""We Must be Realistic about Our Goals"". MERIP Reports (130): 14–18. doi:10.2307/3011111. ISSN 0047-7265. JSTOR 3011111.

[R&FP-15] Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.

[16] Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98

[17] 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

[Chart_4-18] Permanent Court of Arbitration Eritrea/Yemen: Chart 4 Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

[auto-19] "Ḥanīsh Islands | islands, Red Sea | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.

[ISIS_gaining_ground_in_Yemen,_competing_with_al-Qaeda-20] "ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda". CNN. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[21] "al-Shabab al-Mum'en / Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 29 December 2009.

[22] Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.

[sept-4] After 22 September 1948

[6] Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948.^[4]

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