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Yemeni Civil War

Contemporary

The Yemeni Civil War began in 2014, when Houthi rebels, drawing on longstanding grievances of Yemen's Zaidi Shia minority, seized the capital Sana'a and forced the internationally recognized government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi into exile. A Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervened militarily in 2015 in support of Hadi's government, while the conflict fragmented further with the involvement of southern separatists and al-Qaeda-linked militants operating in parts of the country. The war produced one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises, marked by blockade, famine and disease, and a fragile United Nations-brokered truce beginning in 2022 substantially reduced large-scale fighting even though a comprehensive political settlement between the warring Yemeni parties had not been reached as of this description.

Facts
Start Year
2014 2
Combatants
Houthi rebels; Yemeni government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi; Saudi-led coalition 2
Classification
Conflict Type
Civil War 1
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Sources
1. Yemeni civil war (2014-present) (Wikipedia)
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The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council, along with their respective supporters and allies.
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2. Yemeni Civil War - Britannica
  • Start Date section
    In September of 2014, after a brief battle, the Houthis took control of Sanaa, officially starting the Yemeni Civil War
  • Saudi-Led Coalition Intervention section
    a coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia launched a campaign of economic isolation and air strikes against the Houthi insurgents
  • conflict type
    Houthi rebels, drawing on longstanding grievances of Yemen's Zaidi Shia minority, seized the capital
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Wikipedia: M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
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Mosin-Nagant (Wikipedia)
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  • Uses: TOW Missile, infobox wars field: 'Yemeni Civil War'
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  • Uses: M60 Patton, infobox wars field: 'Yemeni Civil War'
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Wikipedia: 9M133 Kornet
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M72 LAW, Wikipedia
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Wikipedia: AGM-158 JASSM
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Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
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Operation Joint Guardian UNIFIL Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
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Wikipedia: YJ-8
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Yemeni Civil War (2015-present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
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