Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
| partof      = the Arab Winter, the Yemeni Crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict/Qatar–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
| image       = Yemeni Civil War.svg
| width       = 480px
| image_size  = 300px
| caption     = Military situation in Yemen on 13 February 2019
<div style="text-align: left;">{{legend|#cae7c4|Controlled by the Supreme Political Council (Houthis)}}
{{legend|#f98787|Controlled by the Hadi-led government and allies}}
{{legend|#e3d975|Controlled by Southern Transitional Council}}
{{legend|#b4b2ae|Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)}}
{{legend|#ffffff|Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)}}
<small>(For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi Arabia, see the detailed map here.)</small></div>
| date        = 19 March 2015 – ongoing
({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=19|year1=2015}})
| place       = Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia (spillovers)
| territory   = As of May 2016: AQAP controls 36% of the country (193,000 km²)
| result      =
| status      = Ongoing
- Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, captured by the Houthis.
- Saudi-led coalition forces intervene in Yemen to restore the Hadi-led government.
- The Hadi-led government is reestablished in Aden.
- 2016–19 Yemen cholera outbreak
- Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is shot and killed by a Houthi sniper in the Battle of Sana'a; Houthis gain absolute control over the entire city.
- Aden is captured by Southern Transitional Council forces from pro-Hadi forces in the Battle of Aden.
| combatants_header = Main belligerents
| combatant1  = **{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Supreme Political Council**
- {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Houthis
- {{flagicon image|Yemeni Armed Forces Emblem.svg}} Pro-Saleh forces <small>(until 2017)</small>
- Some Popular Committees
- {{flagicon image|General People's Congress flag.svg}} Sana'a-GPC forces
{{Collapsible list
|title=**Alleged support:**
|1={{flag|Iran|size=20px}}
|2={{flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} Hezbollah
|3={{flag|North Korea|size=20px}}
|date=June 2018}}
| combatant2  = {{nowrap|**{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Cabinet of Yemen**}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Yemen Armed Forces.svg}} Pro-Hadi Security forces
- Yemen National Army (YNA)
- Al-Islah
- Popular Resistance Committees
- Popular Committees
- Southern Movement
- Strategic Reserve <small>(pro-Hadi Saleh forces)</small>
**Saudi-led coalition**

{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}{{nowrap|}}

{{flag|Senegal}}

{{flag|Sudan}}

{{flag|Morocco}} {{nowrap|<small>(2015–19)</small>}}

{{flag|Qatar}} {{nowrap|<small>(2015–17)</small>}}

Academi security contractors
{{Collapsible list
|title=**Under 1,000 troops:**
|1={{flag|Bahrain}}
|2={{flag|Egypt}}
|3={{flag|Kuwait}}
|4={{flag|Jordan}}
}}
{{flagicon|United States}} Green Berets

{{flagicon|France}} French Army Special Forces Command

Academi
{{Collapsible list
|title=**Support:**
|1={{flag|United Kingdom|size=20px}}
|2={{flag|France|size=20px}}
|3={{flag|Italy|size=20px}}
|4={{flag|United States|size=20px}}
|5={{flag|Spain|size=20px}}
|6={{flag|NATO|size=20px}}
|7={{flag|Switzerland|size=20px}}
|8={{flag|China|size=20px}}
}}
---
{{flagicon image|Flag of South Yemen.svg}} Southern Transitional Council <small>(from 2017)</small>
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Tareq Saleh forces <small>(from 2017)</small>
- National Resistance
- Tihamah Resistance
{{Collapsible list
|title=**Support:**
|1={{flag|United Arab Emirates|size=20px}}
}}
| combatant3  = ** Al-Qaeda**

**{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Ansar al-Sharia**
- AQAP
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**{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} ISIL-YP**
| commander1  = {{Plainlist|
- {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Mohamed al-Atifi {{small|(2016–)}}
- {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Mohammed al-Houthi {{small|(2015–)}}
- {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Mahdi al-Mashat {{small|(2018–)}}
- {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Hussein Khairan {{small|(2015−16)}}
- {{flagicon image|Houthis Logo.png}} Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
- Abu Bakr al-Salami
{{Collapsible list
| title = **Casualties:**
| 1 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ali Raymi{{KIA}}
| 2 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Yahya Hassan Al-Emad{{KIA}}
| 3 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ahmed Mohsen Ali Al-Harbi{{KIA}}
| 4 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Abdul-Malik Al-Arar{{KIA}}
| 5 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ali Alzviv{{KIA}}
| 6 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Abdul Razzaq Al-Marwani{{KIA}}
| 7 = {{flagdeco|YEM}} Mohammed bin Hilal{{KIA}}
| 8 = {{flagdeco|YEM}} Ali bin Ali Al-Jaifi{{KIA}}
| 9 = {{flagdeco|YEM}} Abdul-Qader Hilal{{KIA}}
| 10 =  {{flagdeco|YEM}} Mansoor Mujahed Namran{{KIA}}
| 11 =  {{flagdeco|YEM}} Ahmad Al-Khatib{{KIA}}
| 12 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Hasan Abdullah Almalsi{{KIA}}
| 13 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Hashim al-Barawi{{KIA}}
| 14 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Abu Hamza al-Houthi{{KIA}}
| 15 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Hassan Yahya al-Sharafi{{KIA}}
| 16 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Abdul-Khaliq al-Houthi{{POW}}
| 17 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Abu Jabar Ahmad al-Houthi{{POW}}
| 18 = {{flagicon image|Houthis emblem.svg}} Hussain al-Mutawakel{{POW}}
| 19 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ali Abdullah Saleh{{KIA}}
| 20 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Saleh al-Sammad{{KIA}}
}}
}}
| commander2  = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ali Mohsen {{small|(2016–)}}
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Khaled Bahah {{small|(2015–16)}}
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Hussein Arab {{small|(until 2017)}}
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ahmed Saleh {{small|(2017–)}}
{{flagdeco|Yemen}} Tareq Saleh {{small|(2017–)}}

**Saudi-led coalition:**

{{flagdeco|Saudi Arabia}} King Salman
{{flagdeco|Saudi Arabia}} Mohammed bin Salman
{{flagdeco|UAE}} Mohammed bin Zayed
{{flagdeco|Qatar}} Tamim bin Hamad <small>(2015–17)</small>
{{flagdeco|Sudan}} Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan
{{flagdeco|Senegal}} Macky Sall
{{flagdeco|Morocco}} Mohamed VI <small>(2015–19)</small>

{{Collapsible list
| title = **Under 1,000 troops**
| 1 = {{flagdeco|Jordan}} Abdullah II
| 2 = {{flagdeco|Egypt}} Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
| 3 = {{flagdeco|Kuwait}} Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
| 4 = {{flagdeco|Bahrain}} Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
}}

{{Collapsible list
| title = **Casualties:**
| 1 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Lt. Gen. Muhammad Al Shaalan{{KIA}}
| 2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Maj. Gen. Abdulrahman bin Saad al-Shahrani{{KIA}}
| 3 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Hamzi{{KIA}}
| 4 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Col. Abdullah al-Sahian{{KIA}}
| 5 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Col. Hassan Ghasoum Ageeli{{KIA}}
| 6 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Lt. Col. Abdullah al-Balwi{{KIA}}
| 7 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Col. Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi{{KIA}}
| 8 =  {{flagicon|BHR}} Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa{{WIA}}
| 9  = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Ali Abdullah Saleh{{KIA}}
| 10 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Mahmoud al-Subaihi{{POW}}
| 11 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Gen. Abd Rabbo Hussein{{KIA}}
| 12 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Gen. Ahmad Seif Al-Yafei {{KIA}}
| 13 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi{{KIA}}
| 14 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Maj. Gen. Jaafar Mohammed Saad{{KIA}}
| 15 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Brig. Gen. Hameed al-Qushaibi{{KIA}}
| 16 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Cmdr. Jarallah Salhi{{KIA}}
| 17 = {{flagicon|YEM}} Capt. Zafir Mansour Ahmed Al-Turki{{KIA}}
}}
| commander3  = {{nowrap|{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Nasir al-Wuhayshi{{KIA}}}}
{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Qasim al-Raymi
{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Nasser al-Ansi{{KIA}}
{{nowrap|{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Ibrahim al-Rubaish{{KIA}}}}
{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Khalid Batarfi
{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Ibrahim al Qosi
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{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Abu Bilal al-Harbi
{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Abu Osama al-Muhajer{{POW}}
| units1      =
| units2      =
| units3      =
| strength1   = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Supreme Political Council:

{{flagicon image|Houthis Logo.png}} 150,000–200,000 fighters
| strength2   = {{flagdeco|Saudi Arabia}} 100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers
{{flagdeco|UAE}} 30 warplanes
{{flagdeco|Bahrain}} 15 warplanes and 300 troops
{{flagdeco|Kuwait}} 15 warplanes
{{flagdeco|Qatar}} 10 warplanes and 1,000 soldiers
{{flagdeco|Jordan}} 6 warplanes
{{flagdeco|Morocco}} 6 warplanes and 1,500 troops
{{flagdeco|Sudan}} 4 warplanes and 6,000 troops
{{flagdeco|Senegal}} 2,100 troops
{{flagdeco|Egypt}} 4 warships and warplanes
1,800 security contractors
| strength3   = {{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} Ansar al-Sharia
- {{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} AQAP: 6,000–8,000
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{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} ISIL: 300
| casualties1 = "Thousands" killed <small>(per Al Jazeera; as of May 2018)</small>
11,000+ killed <small>(Arab Coalition claim; as of December 2017)</small>
| casualties2 = {{flagdeco|Saudi Arabia}}1,000-3,000 soldiers killed

10 captured;
3 aircraft lost;

9 helicopters lost
20 M1A2S lost
1 frigate damaged

{{flagicon|UAE}} Over 120 soldiers killed
3 aircraft lost
3 helicopters lost
1 watercraft damaged (HSV-2 _Swift_)
{{flagicon|SDN}} 1,000–1,200 soldiers killed

{{flagicon|BHR}} 8 soldiers killed
1 F-16 crashed

{{flagicon|QAT}} 4 soldiers killed

{{flagicon|MAR}} 1 soldier killed
 1 F-16 shot down

{{flagicon|Jordan}} 1 F-16 lost

Academi: 15 PMCs killed
| casualties3 = {{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} 1,000 killed, 1,500 captured
| casualties4 = 91,600+ killed overall in Yemen (11,700+ civilians)
500+ killed overall in Saudi Arabia
49,960 wounded overall in Yemen (10,768 civilians)
3,154,572 people displaced