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Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war

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Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

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Saudi-led coalition admits 'mistakes' in Yemen air strike

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Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen | Haider Sherazi

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Saudi-led coalition air strikes target Yemen’s Houthi rebels after Abu Dhabi attack • FRANCE 24

The Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen is an intervention launched by Saudi Arabia on 26 March 2015, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, responding to calls from the president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after he was ousted by the Houthi movement, despite the progress in the political transition led by the United Nations at that time. The conflict ignited between the government forces, the Houthi rebels and other armed groups after the draft constitution and power-sharing arrangements collapsed leading to an escalation of violence in mid-2014. The Houthis and allied units of the armed forces seized control of Sana’a and other parts of the country in September 2014 and in the following months. This prompted President Hadi to ask Saudi Arabia to intervene against the Iranian backed Houthis.
  • Background 

  • Operation Decisive Storm 

  • March 2015 

  • April 2015 

  • Naval role 

  • Ground clashes 

  • Operation Restoring Hope 

  • Airstrikes 

  • Ground combat 

  • Naval involvement 

  • Scale and participation of Saudi-led coalition members 

  • Reports of war crimes 

  • Declaring the entire governorate of Sa'ada a military target 

  • Attacks on facilities run by aid organizations 

  • Targeting of wounded and medical personnel 

  • Usage of cluster munitions 

  • Calls for international independent investigations 

  • Alleged use of white phosphorus 

  • Use of child soldiers 

  • Foreign involvement 

  • Overall airstrike casualties 

  • Civilian airstrike casualties 

  • Killed journalists and media workers 

  • Infrastructure damage and humanitarian situation 

  • Timeline 

  • Saada 

  • Sanaʽa 

  • Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) 

  • Starvation and diseases 

  • Operation costs 

  • Opposition 

  • Support 

  • Bahrain 

  • Kuwait 

  • International 

  • Al-Qaeda and Islamic State 

  • Other effects 

  • Cease fire talks 

  • 15–19 June 2015 talks 

  • Further peace talks 

  • 2020 ceasefire in response to the COVID-19 pandemic