List of wars involving South Yemen

This is a list of wars involving South Yemen.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of
Government
Aden Emergency
(19631967)
NLF
FLOSY
 United Kingdom Victory
None
Al-Wadiah War
(1969)
 South Yemen Saudi Arabia Defeat
  • Saudi Arabia reoccupies al-Wadiah[1]
Muhammad Ali Haitham
Yemenite War of 1972
(1972)
 South Yemen  North Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemens pledge to unify[2]
Ali Nasir Muhammad
Lebanese Civil War
(19761977)
ADF LF Withdrawal
  • South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War
(19771978)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen
Somalia
WSLF
Victory
  • Somali withdrawal from Ogaden
Eritrean War of Independence
(19771990)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 South Yemen
ELF
EPLF
Defeat
  • Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
Yemenite War of 1979
(1979)
 South Yemen
NDF
 North Yemen Ceasefire
  • Yemen's re-pledge ambition to unify
South Yemen Civil War
(1986)
Muhammad's faction Ismail's faction Regime change
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Yemeni Civil War
(1994)
South Yemen  Yemen Defeat
  • Reunification of Yemen
South Yemen insurgency
(2009–2015)
Southern Movement  Yemen Start of full-scale civil war
  • Separatists hold Aden
None
Yemeni Civil War
(2015)
Hadi government
Southern Movement
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 Senegal
 Sudan
Houthi government
al-Qaeda
Islamic State
Ongoing
STC
 United Arab Emirates
Houthi government
al-Qaeda
Islamic State
Hadi government
 Saudi Arabia
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 Senegal
 Sudan
Aidarus al-Zoubaidi

References

  1. Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.
  2. Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98
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