Battle of Aden (2015)

Battle of the Yemeni Civil War

For other uses, see Battle of Aden.

Battle of Aden

Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and
the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

View of Aden from the sea
| Date| 25 March – 22 July 2015
(3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)

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Location|

Aden, Yemen

12°48′00″N 45°02′00″E﻿ / ﻿12.8°N 45.033333°E﻿ / 12.8; 45.033333
Result|  Decisive Hadi-led government and coalition victory
Belligerents

Yemen (Houthi government)[1]

* Houthi fighters
* Security Forces (pro-Saleh)
* Republican Guard

Yemen (Hadi-led government)

* Security Forces (pro-Hadi)
* People's Committees
* Popular resistance
* Southern Movement

Saudi Arabia

* Special Forces (alleged)[2]

United Arab Emirates[3]

* * *

Air and naval support

* Saudi Arabia[4][5] (leader)
* Bahrain[6]
* Egypt[6][7]
* Jordan[6]
* Kuwait[6]
* Morocco[6]
* Qatar[6]
* Sudan[6]
* United Arab Emirates[6]

Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Hussein Khairan
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Ali al-Shami
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Abdul Khaliq Al Houthi (POW)[8]|

Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (in exile)
Gen. Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Colonel Mohammed Hussein Al-Khaili Al-Shaibi
Gen. Shallal Ali Sha'ya
Gen. Muthanna Jawas
(SSF commander)[9]
Maj. Gen. Jaafar Mohammed Saad[10]
Brig. Gen. Saif al-Baqri[11]
Brig. Gen. Ali Nasser Hadi †[11]

* * *

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
King Salman
Casualties and losses
380–396 killed[12]|  215 killed[13][14]
858 civilians killed (256 by disease; pro-Hadi claim)[13]
783 civilians and pro-Hadi fighters killed (U.N. claim)[14][15]
590 deaths from dengue fever (U.N. claim)[16]

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Location within Yemen

* v
* t
* e

Yemeni crisis

Revolution
(2011–12)

* Saada
* Sana'a
* Taiz
* Dammaj

* * *

Ansar al-Shariah campaign (2011–14)

* Zinjibar
* Dofas
* Abyan
* 2012 Sana'a
* Radda
* Nov 2013 Sanaa
* Dec 2013 Sana'a
* Rescue operations

* * *

Houthi rebellion (2014)

* 2nd Dammaj
* Amran

Civil war
(2014–present)

* 2nd Battle of Sana'a
* Rada'a [ar]
* Houthi takeover
* 1st Shabwah
* Saudi-led intervention
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Taiz
* Marib governorate
* Marib city
* Dhale
* Aden
* airport
* 2015
* 2018
* 2019
* Abyan
* 2015 campaign
* 2016 southern offensive
* Lahij
* 2015 Shabwah
* 2015 Mukalla
* Zinjibar and Jaar
* Nihm
* Port Midi
* Hadramaut
* Al Masini
* Battle of Mukalla
* June 2016 Mukalla
* 2017 Battle of Sana'a
* Al Hudaydah
* Al Hudaydah city
* Masini
* United Arab Emirates occupation of Socotra
* Victory from God
* Jabara
* Al-Jawf offensive
* Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra
* Al Bayda offensive
* 2022 Southern Yemen
* Operation Prosperity Guardian

Bombings and terrorist attacks in Yemen

* Radda
* Ibb
* Jan 2015 Sana'a
* Mar 2015 Sana'a
* Sep 2015 Sana'a
* Oct 2015 Aden
* Dec 2015 Aden
* 4 Mar 2016 Aden
* 25 Mar 2016 Aden
* May 2016 Mukalla
* May 2016 Aden
* Aug 2016 Aden
* Dec 2016 Aden
* Mar 2022 Aden
* Mar 2024 al-Bayda

Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen

* 2015 Marib
* 2015 Taiz
* 2016 al-Anad
* 2019 al-Anad
* Aug 2019 Aden
* Jan 2020 Marib
* Aug 2020 Marib
* Dec 2020 Aden airport
* 2021 Marib
* 2021 al-Anad

* * *

* US–Saudi arms deal
* Peace process

Saudi-led intervention (2015–present)

Saudi Arabian airstrikes on Yemen

* Mokha
* Sana'a
* Hajjah
* Dahyan
* Dhamar
* Saada

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

* 2018 Riyadh
* Abha Airport
* Abqaiq–Khurais
* 2020 Riyadh

Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates

* 2022 Abu Dhabi

* * *

U.S. raids on al-Qaeda

* Yakla
* Hathla

* * *

Red Sea crisis
(2023–present)

* Timeline
* Order of battle

Attacks

* Hijacking of the Galaxy Leader
* Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
* Marlin Luanda missile strike
* Sinking of the MV Rubymar
* Attack on the MV True Confidence
* Attacks on the MV Tutor
* 2024 Houthi drone attack on Israel
* Attacks on the Sounion
* Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
* 2024 Tel Aviv drone attack
* 20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen
* 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on Yemen
* 26 December 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen

Military operations

* Operation Prosperity Guardian
* Operation Aspides
* Operation Poseidon Archer
* 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
* Operation Outstretched Arm

Diplomacy

* United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722

Effects

* Environmental impact

Humanitarian crisis

* Blockade
* Disease outbreaks

* Cholera
* COVID-19

* Famine
* Locust infestation
* Refugees on Jeju Island
* War crimes and human rights violations

The Battle of Aden was a nearly four-month battle in 2015 for the control of Aden, Yemen, between Houthis rebels and Yemen Army forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and Yemen Army units loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Southern Movement militias on the other side.

The battle began on 25 March 2015, as pro-Saleh troops seized control of Aden International Airport and Hadi fled the country by boat. On 16 July the pro-Hadi forces again seized control of Aden port and were moving into the city's commercial center.[17][18] On 22 July, pro-Hadi forces had retaken full control of Aden, and the Aden Airport was reopened.[19] In late July, an offensive launched by pro-Hadi forces drove Houthi forces out of the towns neighboring Aden.[6]

## Background

[edit]

Main article: Southern Yemen offensive (2015)

See also: Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen and Battle of Aden Airport

The Houthis, allegedly with the support of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, took control of the Yemeni government in a takeover. President Hadi was placed under virtual house arrest, but after a month, he managed to escape to his hometown of Aden in Yemen's south.[20]

After fighting over the airport broke out in Aden on 19 March[21] and Sana'a was hit by a suicide bombing attack the following day, the Houthi Revolutionary Committee formed to govern the country after the coup declared a state of "general mobilisation".[22] With the support of some army elements, the Houthis launched a military offensive to take control of the south and defeat Hadi's holdouts. Yemen's third city of Taiz fell with little resistance,[23] followed by Lahij and the strategic Al Anad Air Base north of Aden.[24]

## Battle

[edit]

### Fighting begins

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On 25 March, fighting spread to Aden, as army units loyal to Saleh captured Aden International Airport and a nearby airbase after clashes with pro-Hadi Southern Movement fighters.[25] The airport suspended all flights.[26] Civilians stormed an army base in central Aden in an attempt to seize weapons, leaving five dead and 12 wounded.[25] Houthi fighters pressing from the north reached the outskirts of the port city.[27]

Hadi fled Aden by boat. His whereabouts were not known until 26 March, when he landed in Saudi Arabia hours after the kingdom began an air campaign to defeat the Houthis.[28]

By 27 March, Houthi and allied army units had encircled Aden, taking control of all land routes into and out of the city.[29] However, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition began to bedevil the Houthis as they moved their heavy armour and vehicles toward Aden, with airstrikes halting a convoy from Shuqrah early on 28 March.[30]

Also on 28 March, several people were killed in a series of explosions at an arms depot in Aden, amid looting by residents after the depot's guards abandoned their posts.[31] By this point, the death toll in Aden, since fighting in the city started, had reached 75 people.[32]

### Clashes intensify

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Map of the pro-Houthi attack on Aden

Houthi control

Pro-Hadi control

Clashes in Aden continued on 29 March, as fighting continued in northern Aden and the Houthis pushed into central Aden.[33] Forces loyal to Hadi reportedly retook Aden International Airport, with nine Houthi fighters and five pro-Hadi fighters among the dead.[34]

The Houthis and Saleh-loyal military units continued their attack on Aden on 30 March, firing artillery and rockets against the city near the Alam roundabout and attempting to advance deeper into it.[35] Houthis fighters reportedly came under fire from Egyptian warships, which shelled their positions from off the southern coast.[36] At least two airstrikes forced them to retreat toward Zinjibar, and the Popular Committees loyal to Hadi held their ground.[37] Saudi planes also struck near Aden International Airport. At least 36 were killed by shelling and airstrikes, with 26 dying in artillery fire on the Khormaksar district of Aden, including 10 in a residential building reportedly taken over by fighters loyal to Hadi.[38]

Houthi fighters retook parts of Aden International Airport and clashed with pro-Hadi fighters across the city on 1 April. Even so, an aide to Hadi expressed confidence that the Aden government could defeat the ground assault without the help of foreign troops if the Houthis' supply lines were cut. Houthi positions at the airport were reportedly shelled by coalition warships.[39] Later, Houthi and allied Army units advanced in a tank column into Aden's Khormaksar district and the city center, where they battled with pro-Hadi troops and local residents for control.[40][41]

### Battle for central districts

[edit]

The following day, Houthi and allied fighters took control of the central Crater neighbourhood, backed by tanks and armored vehicles.[42][43] They also took control of the presidential palace,[44] although overnight air raids prompted them to make a tactical withdrawal.[45] The Houthis temporarily retreated from the Crater district as well, losing two tanks and 10 fighters.[46] Coalition planes airdropped weapons and medical aid to Aden's defenders.[47][48]

However, on 5 April, the Houthi advance resumed. The group again retook central neighbourhoods and bombarded others,[49] but were pushed back when they attempted to move toward the city's port. According to a pro-Hadi militia, 36 Houthi and allied fighters were killed in clashes in Aden's Mualla district, while 11 pro-Hadi fighters died. A medic said Houthi snipers took up positions on rooftops in the area.[50]

On 6 April, the Houthis and allied army units made their largest push yet, attacking holdouts in the Mualla district. Pro-Hadi fighters claimed three hostile tanks destroyed overnight, but the Houthis deployed additional tanks to the area by morning. Medical facilities in the city were reportedly overwhelmed, bodies cluttered the streets, and a number of buildings were set on fire.[51] The Red Cross warned of a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation as fighting continued. Eighteen died in fighting overnight into 7 April, with 53 killed over the previous 24 hours.[52]

Dozens of Houthi fighters and allied troops pushed into the Crater district on 8 April, backed by a tank and two armoured vehicles. Residents said three arms depots under the control of the Houthis or pro-Saleh troops were bombed by aircraft in northern Aden on the same day. Sunni mosques in the city reportedly called residents to jihad against the city's attackers.[27] The push into Crater was reportedly mostly repulsed by mid-afternoon, and Houthi fighters were also cleared from some northern neighbourhoods.[53] As fighting persisted, Saudi-led coalition warships blasted Houthi positions from offshore on 10 April. The extent of the damage from the naval bombardment was not immediately clear.[54] Reuters reported on 11 April that two Quds Force officers from Iran were captured in separate districts by militiamen defending the city from the Houthis.[55] By 13 April, the presidential palace complex was once again under Houthi control, but being hit by air-strikes.[56]

On 14 April, after prolonged clashes, Houthi fighters withdrew from Aden's Khormaksar district—the location of the international airport and foreign missions.[57][58]

Coalition warships bombarded Houthi-occupied buildings as fighting raged in the Mualla, Crater, and Buraiga districts on 18 April. Fighting in the Buraiga district centered on control of the city's only refinery.[59]

On 17 April, pro-Hadi fighters from Lahj and Al Anad Air Base launched an assault towards the south[60] and gained ground along the coastline from Houthi and pro-Saleh forces by 19 April, allowing them to assault the airport, which was still in the militants' hands.[61] Pro-Hadi forces also recaptured the Russian consulate and a Hadi residence.[62] As of 20 April, Hadi forces reportedly also seized the airport.[60]

On 28 April, Houthi forces, that took up positions at the University of Aden and the hospital in the Khormaksar district,[60] advanced in the area and captured Hadi's family home and the German and Russian consulates.[63] Just north of the peninsula, they also pushed west in an attempt to retake territory previously lost.[60] The next day, the Houthis advanced towards the city center.[64] A large shopping mall in Khormaksar reportedly caught fire amid fighting as the Houthis advanced through the neighbourhood, repulsing counter-attacks there and in the Mualla district. Eyewitnesses told the Associated Press that the Houthi fighters and their allies searched house to house in Khormaksar, dragging some men out onto the street and shooting them, while warning residents by loudspeaker against harbouring anti-Houthi fighters.[65]

On 6 May, Houthi forces captured the Tawahi district,[66] but were later reportedly expelled from the area. The fighting killed pro-Hadi Brigadier General Ali Nasser Hadi, who was then replaced by Brigadier General Saif al-Baqri.[11] Houthi shells also struck a boat loaded with refugees attempting to flee Aden on 6 May, killing 40.[67]

### Anti-Houthi counteroffensive

[edit]

Map of pro-Hadi counterattack

Houthi control

Pro-Hadi control

On 14 July, pro-Hadi militia in Aden retook Aden International Airport and cleared the Khormaksar district of Houthi rebels following the collapse of a humanitarian truce.[68] As a result, this left the Houthis trapped in the peninsula.[69] By 16 July pro-Hadi forces had retaken large parts of the port area of Mualla near Aden and entered the commercial district of Crater.[18] On July 17, pro-Hadi militias and the government in exile said that they had "liberated" Aden from the Houthis. Despite that, the Houthis still controlled the Eastern and Northern entrances to the city and pockets of fighting were reported.[70] Anti-Houthi forces continued to press on with their offensive by capturing two military bases, one of them in the Lahij Province and the other in the eastern Shabwa province.[71] According to Medecins Sans Frontieres, retreating Houthis killed about 100 people in a single mortar barrage.[72][73]

After the last Houthi forces were driven from the city, the first aircraft to land at Aden’s reopened airport, on July 22, was a Saudi military transport bringing aid, weapons and the commander of the Saudi navy.[19]

## Aftermath

[edit]

On 30 July, anti-Houthi forces launched an offensive outside of Aden and drove the Houthis from Muthalath al-Ilm, the Ya'wala, Al-Basateen, and Qariat al-Falahi neighbourhoods, and clashed with Houthi fighters in the Lahij province.[74] The militias captured more territory from the Houthis on the following day, including the town of Houta with support from the Saudi airstrikes.[75]

On 3 August, Hadi loyalists, backed by Saudi and UAE ground forces, advanced to the north of Aden and successfully recaptured the Al Anad Air Base.[76]

Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, who played a prominent role in planning the operation that pushed pro-Houthi fighters out of Aden in July, was appointed as Governor of Aden in October 2015. However, his tenure proved short-lived; he was assassinated in a bombing allegedly perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 6 December 2015.[10][77]

## Combatants

[edit]

As of 10 April, The New York Times reported, most of Aden's defenders were residents who took up arms against the invaders, forming loosely organised militias to protect their own neighbourhoods. The militiamen include supporters of the separatist Southern Movement. Many of Hadi's loyalists deserted earlier in the battle, after their president fled the country. By contrast, the bulk of the attacking force was composed of troops and militiamen loyal to Saleh, with Houthis making up a minority. Many of the Houthi fighters captured during the fighting reportedly had been told they were in Aden to fight al-Qaeda.[78]

## Foreign role

[edit]

### Humanitarian

[edit]

See also: International reactions to the 2015 military intervention in Yemen § Evacuations and other actions

Several countries moved to evacuate their citizens from Aden as the fighting worsened. China's People's Liberation Army Navy evacuated several hundred, including hundreds of non-Chinese citizens, from Aden in early April. A Turkish frigate also evacuated 55 Turks from the city.[79] The INS Mumbai, an Indian Navy destroyer, evacuated 441 Indian and other foreign nationals from Aden to Djibouti on 4 April.[80]

On 8 April, Medecins Sans Frontiers and the International Committee of the Red Cross were successful in delivering 2.5 tonnes of medicine and a surgical team, respectively, by boat to Aden. The surgical team was deployed to a local hospital.[53] On 21 July 2015, the first ship carrying aid from the World Food Programme docked in Aden, carrying enough food to last 180,000 people a month. The ship had waited at sea for four months, unable to dock because of fighting in the port area.[81]

### Military

[edit]

Main article: Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

Egyptian warships shelled Houthi positions as they advanced on critical points in Aden,[36] and coalition warplanes repeatedly struck the attackers, as well as installations they seized.[27]

Saudi Arabia reportedly inserted special forces troops into Aden, which a Saudi official told CNN were "coordinating and guiding" resistance to the Houthis and their allies. The Saudi government declined to officially comment on whether it had commandos on the ground in Aden.[2] On 3 May, a small force of no more than 50 fighters from at least three Arab countries reportedly landed near Aden International Airport and took up arms against troops loyal to Saleh. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition denied that "foreign forces" were in Aden.[82] Hadi's foreign minister said the fighters were Yemeni special forces troops retrained outside the country and sent back into Aden.[83]

Anti-Houthi militiamen claimed to have captured an Iranian colonel and captain in the Quds Force, a special division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, during fighting in Aden in April. They said the Iranians were working as "advisors" to the Houthi militias and would be turned over to the coalition.[55]

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Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

* Timeline
* Outline
* Yemeni crisis

Background|

* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Battle of Sanaa (2014)
* Human rights in Yemen

Battles
and attacks|

* Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)
* Battle of Aden Airport
* 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings: March and September
* Marib campaign
* Battle of Dhale
* Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen
* Battle of Aden (2015)
* Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)
* Lahij insurgency
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)
* Battle of Mukalla (2015)
* Taiz campaign (2015–present)
* September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack
* Aden unrest (2015–present)
* October 2015 Aden missile attack
* 2015 Aden car bombing
* Aden Christian attack
* 2016 Aden car bombing
* 23 May 2016 Aden bombings
* August 2016 Aden bombing
* December 2016 Aden suicide bombings
* Zinjibar and Jaar
* December 2015 Taiz missile attack
* Nihm Offensive
* Battle of Port Midi
* Hadramaut Insurgency
* Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)
* Abyan conflict (2016–2018)
* Battle of Mukalla (2016)
* May 2016 Yemen police bombings
* June 2016 Mukalla attacks
* 2016 Sanaa funeral airstrike
* Raid on Yakla
* Raid on Al Hathla
* Battle of Sanaa (2017)
* Battle of Aden (2018)
* Battle of Al Hudaydah
* Dahyan air strike
* Abha International Airport attack
* Battle of the Jabara Valley
* 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack
* January 2020 Marib attack
* Al-Jawf offensive
* Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra
* Al Bayda offensive
* August 2020 Marib attack
* 2020 Aden attacks
* Battle of Marib
* 2021 Aden bombings
* 2022 Abu Dhabi attack
* Saada prison airstrike
* 2022 Jeddah missile attack
* 2022 Southern Yemen offensive
* Red Sea Crisis (2023-)
* Operation Prosperity Guardian

Reactions|

* Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war
* Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
* United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen
* Blockade of Yemen
* Yemeni peace process
* United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra

Impacts|

* Humanitarian crisis
* Famine
* Cholera outbreak
* Airstrikes on hospitals
* Refugees on Jeju Island
* COVID-19
* Water supply and sanitation
* War crimes and human rights violations

Belligerents|

| Alimi government|

* Pro-Alimi security forces
* Saleh loyalist defectors
* Al-Islah
* Popular Resistance
* Popular Committees
* Southern Movement
* Southern Transitional Council
* Republican Guard
* National Hadhrami Council

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Houthi government|

* Supreme Political Council
* Houthis
* Pro-Saleh forces
* Supreme Revolutionary Committee

People|

| Alimi government|

* Rashad al-Alimi
* Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
* Mahmoud al-Subaihi
* Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
* Khaled Bahah
* Hussein Arab
* Ahmed Saleh
* Tareq Saleh

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Houthi government|

* Saleh Ali al-Sammad
* Mohamed al-Atifi
* Mohammed al-Houthi
* Hussein Khairan
* Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
* Ali Abdullah Saleh

Related|

* United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)
* Reactions to the Saudi-led military intervention
* List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

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List of modern conflicts in the Middle East

1910s|

* Italo-Turkish War
* World War I
* Middle Eastern theatre
* Battle of Robat Karim
* Arab Revolt
* Armenian genocide
* Assyrian genocide
* Mount Lebanon starvation
* Unification of Saudi Arabia
* Simko Shikak revolt
* 1919 Egyptian revolution
* Turkish War of Independence
* Anglo-Turkish War
* Al-Jazeera Front
* Greco-Turkish War
* Turkish–Armenian War
* Franco-Turkish War
* Revolts
* United States
* Mahmud Barzanji revolts

1920s|

* Franco-Syrian War
* Iraqi Revolt (1920)
* Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
* Adwan Rebellion
* Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* Great Syrian Revolt
* Sheikh Said rebellion

1930s|

* Ararat rebellion
* Ahmed Barzani revolt
* Simele massacre
* Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)
* Goharshad Mosque rebellion
* 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts
* 1935 Yazidi revolt
* 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
* Dersim rebellion

1940s|

* World War II
* Italian bombing of Palestine
* Allied invasion of Iraq
* Syria–Lebanon campaign
* Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
* 1943 Barzani revolt
* Al-Waziri coup
* Al-Wathbah uprising
* Kurdish separatism in Iran
* Iran crisis of 1946
* Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* Suez Crisis
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1973 Yom Kippur War
* 1982 Lebanon War

1950s|

* 1952 Egyptian revolution
* 1953 Iranian coup d'état
* Jebel Akhdar War
* Cyprus Emergency
* Suez Crisis
* Yemeni–Adenese clan violence
* 1958 Lebanon crisis
* 1958 Iraqi revolution
* 1959 Mosul uprising

1960s|

* Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* First Iraqi–Kurdish War
* Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
* Dhofar Rebellion
* North Yemen Civil War
* Feb. 1963 Iraqi coup
* Mar. 1963 Syrian coup
* Nov. 1963 Iraqi coup
* Aden Emergency
* 1964 Hama riot
* Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 1948 Palestine war
* First Intifada
* Second Intifada
* 1966 Syrian coup d'état
* 1969 Saudi Arabian coup attempt

1970s|

* Black September in Jordan
* 1972 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt
* Yemenite War of 1972
* Turkish invasion of Cyprus
* Shatt al-Arab clashes
* Lebanese Civil War
* Political violence in Turkey
* Islamist uprising in Syria
* 1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
* NDF Rebellion
* Yemenite War of 1979
* Iranian Revolution
* Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
* 1979 Qatif Uprising
* Grand Mosque seizure
* 1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq

1980s|

* Iran–Iraq War
* 1980 Turkish coup d'état
* Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* Turkey–PKK conflict
* South Yemen civil war
* 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
* 1986 Damascus bombings
* 1987 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt
* Mecca massacre
* Abu Nidal's executions

1990s|

* Gulf War (1990–1991)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings
* Terror campaign in Egypt (1990s)
* Yemeni Civil War (1994)
* Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
* Islamic insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2000–present)
* Operation Desert Fox
* al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
* 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq

2000s|

* Iraq War
* Balochi insurgency in Iran
* 2004 Qamishli riots
* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Iran–Israel proxy conflict
* 2006 Lebanon War
* Fatah–Hamas conflict
* South Yemen insurgency

2010s|

* 2011 Bahraini uprising
* Egyptian Crisis
* Sinai insurgency
* Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
* Syrian civil war
* Turkish involvement in Syria
* Syrian War spillover in Lebanon
* Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
* War in Iraq (2013–2017)
* Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
* Yemeni crisis
* Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

2020s|

* 2021 Beirut clashes
* Gaza war
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
* Red Sea crisis

This list includes World War I and later conflicts (after 1914) of at least 100 fatalities each
Prolonged conflicts are listed in the decade when initiated; ongoing conflicts are marked italic, and conflicts with +100,000 killed with bold.

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Yemen articles

History|

* Timeline
* Islamic history

Ancient history|

* Awsan
* Sheba
* Africa
* Hadhramaut
* Qataban
* Ma'in
* Himyar
* Axumite
* Sasanian

Modern|

* Kingdom
* Saudi–Yemeni War
* Alwaziri coup
* Arab Republic
* 26 September Revolution
* People's Democratic Republic
* 14 October Revolution
* South Yemen civil war
* Yemenite Wars
* 1972
* 1979
* Unification
* 1994 Civil War
* Sa'dah Wars
* Crisis (2011–present)
* Revolution
* Ongoing civil war
* Saudi–led intervention
* blockade
* Takeover
* Aftermath
* Famine
* cholera outbreak
* Red Sea crisis
* COVID-19

Geography|

* Borders
* Cities
* Districts
* Governorates
* Islands
* National parks
* Rivers

Politics|

* House of Representatives
* Cabinet
* Constitution
* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Human rights
* LGBT rights
* Law enforcement
* Political parties
* President
* Vice President
* Prime Minister

Military|

* Republican Guard
* Navy
* Air Force
* Coast Guard

Economy|

* Energy
* Rial (currency)
* Mining
* Telecommunications
* Tourism
* Transport
* Khat

Society|

* Demographics
* Tribes
* Education
* Health
* Languages
* Religion
* Water supply and sanitation

Culture|

* Anthem
* Cinema
* Coat of arms
* Cuisine
* Flag
* Media
* Museums
* Music
* Public holidays
* Sport

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