Saudi-led intervention in Yemen |
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Part of the Yemeni civil war and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict |
An airstrike in Sanaʽa on 11 May 2015
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Date | 26 March 2015 – ongoing (9 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Operation Decisive Storm
26 March – 21 April 2015 (3 weeks and 6 days)
- Operation Restoring Hope
22 April 2015 – present (9 years, 3 weeks and 6 days)
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Location | |
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Status |
Ongoing |
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Belligerents |
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Saudi Arabia[1]
United Arab Emirates[2][3][4] Sudan (2015–19)[2] Bahrain[2] Kuwait[2][5] Qatar (2015–17)[2] Egypt[2][6] Jordan[2] Morocco (2015–19)[2][7] Senegal[lower-alpha 2][9]
Academi contractors[10] (2015–16)[11]
Saudi-paid Yemeni mercenaries[12]
Supported by: United States[13][14][15]
United Kingdom[lower-alpha 4] France Canada
In support of:
Republic of Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council)
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Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council
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Al-Qaeda[30][31]
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Commanders and leaders |
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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mohammed bin Salman Fahd bin Turki Al Saud (2015–20) Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima[32] Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (2015–17) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (2015–19) Abdullah II Mohamed VI (2015–19) Macky Sall
Rashad al-Alimi (2022–) Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (2015–22) Mohammed al-Maqdashi Gen. Ali al-Ahmar[33] Gen. Abd Rabbo Hussein †[34] Gen. Ahmad Al-Yafei †[35] |
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Mohamed al-Atifi (2016–)
Mahdi al-Mashat (2018–)
Saleh Ali al-Sammad † (2015–18)
Hussein Khairan (2015–16)
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi |
Khalid Batarfi Ibrahim al Qosi[36] |
Strength |
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100 warplanes and 150,000 troops[37] 30 warplanes and 15,000 troops[38][39]</ref>
4 warplanes[citation needed] and 15,000 troops[40] 15 warplanes[41] 300 troops[42] 15 warplanes[41] 10 warplanes, 1,000 troops[41][43] (until 2017) 4 warships[44] and warplanes[45] 6 warplanes[41] 6 warplanes, 1,500 troops[41][46] 2,100 troops[9] (soldiers not yet deployed in 2016)[8]
Academi: 1,800 security contractors[47]
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150,000–200,000 fighters[48] 200,000–250,000
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al-Qaeda
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Casualties and losses |
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1,000[53]–3,000[54] soldiers killed by 2016;
10 captured[55]
108–130 soldiers killed[56][57] 1,000 - 4,000 soldiers killed[58][59]
15 soldiers killed[60][61][62] 1 F-16 crashed[63]
4 soldiers killed[64][65]
10 soldiers killed[66][67] 1 F-16 shot down[68][67]
1 F-16 lost[69]
Academi: 71 mercenaries killed[11]
Unknown |
Thousands killed (Aljazeera; as of May 2018)[70]
11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of Dec. 2017)[71]
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Al-Qaeda
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12,907 Yemeni civilians killed (per the LCRD) 8,672 civilians killed, 9,741 injured by coalition's airstrikes (per Yemen Data Project)[73] 500+ Saudi civilians killed (2014–2016)[74][75] 377,000+ people killed overall (150,000+ from violence) (2014–2021) (UN)[76] |
soldiers not yet deployed in 2016[8] training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017[20][21][22][23]
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