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Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
Part of the Yemeni civil war and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

An airstrike in Sanaʽa on 11 May 2015
Current (February 2024) political and military control in the ongoing Yemeni civil war
  Government of Yemen[d] and allies
  Houthis-led Supreme Political Council
  Southern Transitional Council and other UAE-backed groups
  Local, non-aligned forces such as the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance
  Controlled by Tareq Saleh's National Resistance Forces.
  Ansar al-Sharia and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
(See also a detailed map)
Date26 March 2015 – ongoing
(9 years, 8 months, 1 week and 6 days)
  • Operation Decisive Storm
    26 March – 21 April 2015
    (3 weeks and 6 days)
  • Operation Restoring Hope
    22 April 2015 – present
    (9 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Yemen, Saudi Arabia and UAE (spillover)
Status Ongoing, ceasefire since 30 March 2022[34]
Belligerents

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[1]

The Alliance
Supported by:
In support of:

Yemen Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council

Allies

Al-Qaeda

Commanders and leaders

Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Turki Al Saud (2015–20)
Saudi Arabia Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima[35]

The Alliance

Yemen Rashad al-Alimi (2022–)
Yemen Mohammed al-Maqdashi
Yemen Gen. Ali al-Ahmar[36]

Former Leaders

Yemen Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Yemen Mohamed al-Atifi (2016–)
Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat (2018–)
Yemen Saleh Ali al-Sammad † (2015–18)

Yemen Hussein Khairan (2015–16)
Yemen Abdul-Malik al-Houthi		 Khalid Batarfi
Ibrahim al Qosi[39]
Strength
Saudi Arabia 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops[40]
The Alliance

150,000–200,000 fighters[51]
200,000–250,000

AQAP

Casualties and losses

Saudi Arabia 1,000[56]–3,000[57] soldiers killed by 2016;
10 captured[58]
United Arab Emirates 108–130 soldiers killed[59][60]
Sudan 1,000 - 4,000 soldiers killed[61][62]
Bahrain 15 soldiers killed[63][64][65]
1 F-16 crashed[66]
Qatar 4 soldiers killed[67][68]
Morocco 10 soldiers killed[69][70]
1 F-16 shot down[71][70]
Jordan 1 F-16 lost[72]
Academi: 71 mercenaries killed[11]

Yemen Unknown

Thousands killed (Aljazeera; as of May 2018)[73]

11,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim; as of Dec. 2017)[74]

Al-Qaeda

12,907 Yemeni civilians killed (per the LCRD)
8,672 civilians killed, 9,741 injured by coalition's airstrikes (per Yemen Data Project)[76]
500+ Saudi civilians killed (2014–2016)[77][78]
377,000+ people killed overall (150,000+ from violence) (2014–2021) (UN)[79]
  1. ^ soldiers not yet deployed in 2016[8]
  2. ^ logistic support and assistance with the naval blockade of Houthi-held territories in October 2016[16][17][18]
  3. ^ training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017[20][21][22][23]
  4. ^ Under the Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022


References

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