List of wars involving Yemen explained

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

North Yemen

See main article: List of wars involving 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 (1931/1932 - 1932)	Kingdom of Yemen	Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd	Defeat Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia repelled
Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)	Kingdom of Yemen	Saudi Arabia	Defeat Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia repelled
First Arab–Israeli War (1948 - 1949)	Egypt Transjordan Syria Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Yemen HWA ALA	Israel	Defeat Arab League invasion of former Mandatory Palestine repelled 1949 Armistice Agreements
North Yemen Civil War (1962 - 1970)	Royalists Saudi Arabia	Republicans	Regime change End of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)			Ceasefire Yemens pledge to unify
NDF Rebellion (1978 - 1982)		NDF	Government victory Defeat of the National Democratic Front
Yemenite War of 1979 (1979)			Ceasefire Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify

South Yemen

See main article: List of wars involving South Yemen.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Head of Government
Aden Emergency (1963 - 1967)	NLF FLOSY	United Kingdom South Arabia	Victory Independence of South Yemen
Al-Wadiah War (1969)		Saudi Arabia	Defeat Saudi Arabia reoccupies al-Wadiah[1]
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)			Ceasefire Yemens pledge to unify[2]
Lebanese Civil War (1976 - 1977)	ADF Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya	LF	Withdrawal South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War (1977 - 1978)	Ethiopia Cuba	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from Ogaden
Eritrean War of Independence (1977 - 1990)	Ethiopia Cuba	ELF EPLF	Defeat Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
Yemenite War of 1979 (1979)	NDF		Ceasefire Yemens re-pledge ambition to unify
South Yemen Civil War (1986)	Muhammad's faction	Ismail's faction	Regime change al-Attas becomes president
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	Defeat (but political victory)[3] [4] 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[5]
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[6]
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[7] 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
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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Halliday, Fred. Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521891646 . 160 . 2002.
2. Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98
3. [Permanent Court of Arbitration]
4. Web site: Ḥanīsh Islands islands, Red Sea Britannica . 2022-08-27 . www.britannica.com . en.
5. News: ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda. CNN. 21 January 2015. 21 January 2015.
6. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/shabab-al-moumineen.htm "al-Shabab al-Mum'en / Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth)".
7. Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.