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Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Armed conflict between the Houthi movement in Yemen and Saudi Arabia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces that has been taking place in the Arabian Peninsula, including the southern Saudi regions of Asir, Jizan, and Najran, and northern Yemeni governorates of Saada, Al Jawf, and Hajjah, since the onset of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen in 2015.
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Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict | |||||||||
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Part of the spillover of the Yemeni Civil War and the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen | |||||||||
![]() Current (October 2023) political and military control in ongoing Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and Yemen Local, non-aligned forces
(For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi Arabia, see the detailed map here.) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
![]() (Director General of Saudi Border Guard) ![]() ![]() (Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force ![]() (Deputy Cmdr. 8th Armoured Brigade) ![]() (Commander of 18th Brigade)[16] ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Houthi frontline deputy general supervisor)[20] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Thousands of Yemeni civilians killed and wounded, 500+ Saudi civilians killed[21][22] |
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Over the course of the conflict the Houthis have carried out attacks on military bases and outposts in Saudi Arabia.[23]