Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)

Yemeni civil War

Part of

the Yemeni Crisis, Arab Winter, War on Terror, and the Iran-Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Date

16 September 2014 – present (10 years and 1 day)

Location

Yemenball, southern

Saudi Arabiaball,

UAEball, and

Israelcube (spillovers)

Causes

Proposal to split

Yemenball into six federal regions

Status

Ongoing, ceasefire since 2 April 2022 with some periodic clashes

Houthis take control of Sanaa (2014)
Saudi-led coalition forces intervene from 2015, backing the Hadi-led government
Former President Saleh is killed (2017)
United Nationsball announce two-month nationwide truce on 2 April 2022; further extended on 2 June and officially expired in October but still active
Hadi-led government resigns (7 April 2022)
- Transfer of power to PLC, consisting of STC representatives
- Rashad al-Alimi becomes President STC Aidarus al-Zoubaidi becomes Vice President
STC launches an offensive against the Islah party taking large amounts of territory (August 2022)
Negotiations to end the civil war that include all major combatants start in April 2023 after Iranball and Saudi Arabiaball resume diplomatic relations
- Despite the Houthi's conflict with the USAball, the peace process continues and a peace road map was announced at the end of 2023
Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war leads to the United States conflict with Houthi militias and Operation Prosperity Guardian

Territorial changes

As of 28 April 2020, Houthis have control of all of the former

North Yemenball except for eastern Marib Governorate and parts of the northern, southern, and central governorates of Saada, Al-Jawf, Al-Hudaydah, Hajjah, Sanaa, and Taiz.

Belligerents

Supreme Political Council

Houthi

Alleged Support:
Iranball
Hezbollah
Islamic Resistance in Iraq
North Koreaball

Republic of Yemenball

STC (from 2022)

Saudi-led coalition
Saudi Arabiaball
UAEball
Sudanball (2015-2019)
Bahrainball
Kuwaitball
Qatarball
Egyptball
Jordanball
Moroccoball
Senegalball
US-led coalition
USAball
UKball
Australiaball
Canadaball
Denmarkball
Germanyball
Greeceball
South Koreaball
Netherlandsball
New Zealandball
Norwayball
Seychellesball
Tringapore
Sri Lankaball

STC (2017-2022)

UAEball

Al-Qaeda

AQAP
- Ansar al-Sharia

Alleged support:
Saudi Arabiaball (denied)
UAEball (denied)
Iranball (denied)

Islamic State

The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict in the Southern Arabian peninsula.

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