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The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council, along with their supporters and allies.
[22] [23] [24] Western media outlets began to suggest Yemen was sliding into civil war as the Houthis from the north confronted holdouts in the south. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] On 14 December 2015 , the pro- Saleh Yemeni Army and Houthi militants carried out a strike with an Tochka ballistic missile against a military camp that was being used by ...
The Yemeni crisis began with the 2011–2012 revolution against President Abdullah Saleh, who had led Yemen for 33 years. [1] [2] After Saleh left office in early 2012 as part of a mediated agreement between the Yemeni government and opposition groups, the government led by Saleh's former vice president, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, struggled to unite the fractious political landscape of the country ...
Yemeni civil war may refer to several conflicts which have taken place in Yemen: Alwaziri coup, February–March 1948; Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–1960; North Yemen Civil War, 1962–1970; Aden Emergency, 1963–1967; North Yemen–South Yemen border conflict of 1972; Yemenite War of 1972; NDF Rebellion, 1978–1982; Yemenite War of 1979
Escalation into full-scale civil war. Separatists hold Aden; Yemeni Revolution (2011–2012) Saleh government: JMP: Regime change. Overthrow of Saleh government; Seventh Sa'dah War (2012–2015) Yemen: Houthis: Escalation into full-scale civil war. Houthis take control of northern Yemen
In January 2014, the Yemeni government began evacuating Wahhabi residents from Saada Governorate, handing victory in the region to the Houthis. [11] The Houthi insurgents pressed their advantage, seizing control of 'Amran in a bloody battle with Islah Party -aligned jihadists loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and ...
The unrest began on 18 August 2014 as the Houthis, angered over a government-implemented removal of fuel subsidies, called for mass protests. [12] On 21 September, as the Houthis took control of Sanaa, the Yemeni Army did not formally intervene, other than troops affiliated with General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and the Muslim Brotherhood -affiliated ...
Yemen abstains from UN Security Council resolutions authorizing military action against Iraq (as a result of its invasion of Kuwait). As a result, 800,000 Yemeni workers are expelled from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 1994: May 5: Southern Yemen attempts to secede, sparking a civil war, which is brought to an end in July when northern forces capture ...