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This is a list of wars that Yemen has been involved in.

Wars of Yemen/North Yemen[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Saudi–Yemeni War
(1934)
Jemens flagg Yemen Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938 to 1973) Saudi Arabia Defeat
  • Yemeni invasion of Saudi Arabia repelled.
Alwaziri coup
(1947–1948)
Jemens flagg Yemen Jemens flagg Rebels Victory
  • Yahias regained control of Yemen.
North Yemen Civil War
(1962–1970)
Yemen Royalists Yemen Arab Republic Republicans
 Egypt
Regime change
  • End of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.
1994 civil war in Yemen
(1994)
 Yemen  South Yemen Victory
  • Reunification of Yemen.
Hanish Islands conflict
(1995)
 Yemen  Eritrea Defeat
  • Eritrean occupation of the Hanish island.
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
(2001–)
 Yemen
Flag of the United States (Pantone) United States
ShababFlag Ansar al-Sharia
al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda
Ongoing
  • Yemeni operations against Al-Qaeda ongoing.
Shia insurgency in Yemen
(2004–)
 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
Houthis Logo Houthis Ongoing
  • Houthi takeover in parts of Northern Yemen.
South Yemen insurgency
(2009–)
 Yemen People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Hirak Ongoing
2011 Yemeni revolution
(2011–2012)
Yemen Government Yemen Opposition Regime change
  • Overthrow of Saleh government.

Wars of South Yemen[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Ethio-Somali War
(1977–1978)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen
Somalia Somalia
WSLF
Victory
  • Somali withdrawal from Ogaden.
  • Somalia broke ties with the Soviet Union and the Second World.
South Yemen Civil War
(1986)
 South Yemen People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Ismail's faction Regime change
  • Moves towards unification with the North in 1990.
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