Yemeni Civil War

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armed conflict civil war proxy war

The Yemeni Civil War is a multifaceted armed conflict that erupted in 2014 between Houthi forces, the internationally recognized Yemeni government, and various regional and local actors, leading to widespread humanitarian catastrophe and state fragmentation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)	2
Yemeni civil war	2

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ proxy war ⓘ
conflictIn	Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	world’s worst humanitarian crisis by the United Nations ⓘ
hasCause	Houthi takeover of Sanaʽa ⓘ failure of National Dialogue Conference in Yemen ⓘ political instability after Arab Spring ⓘ power struggle between Houthis and Yemeni government ⓘ regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran ⓘ
hasChildCasualties	tens of thousands of children ⓘ
hasDeathTollEstimate	hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
hasDimension	counterterrorism operations ⓘ regional power struggle ⓘ sectarian tension between Zaydi Shia and Sunni groups ⓘ tribal conflict ⓘ
hasDisplacedPersons	millions of internally displaced people ⓘ
hasFrontline	Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ Al Bayda Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Al Hudaydah NERFINISHED ⓘ Al Jawf Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Marib NERFINISHED ⓘ Saada Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanaʽa NERFINISHED ⓘ Shabwah Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHumanitarianImpact	blockade of ports and airports ⓘ cholera outbreaks ⓘ destruction of health infrastructure ⓘ education system disruption ⓘ food insecurity ⓘ fuel shortages ⓘ mass internal displacement ⓘ widespread famine risk ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Battle of Aden (2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Marib NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Taiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Hodeidah offensive (2018) NERFINISHED ⓘ Houthi capture of Sanaʽa in September 2014 ⓘ Riyadh Agreement (2019) NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi-led intervention in March 2015 ⓘ UN-brokered truce in 2022 ⓘ siege of Taiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Houthi armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Houthi movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Yemen Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi-led coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Transitional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ internationally recognized Yemeni government ⓘ pro-Hadi militias ⓘ pro-Saleh forces ⓘ
hasMediationEffort	Kuwait peace talks (2016) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oman-facilitated negotiations ⓘ Stockholm Agreement (2018) NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations peace talks NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	Bahrain NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwait NERFINISHED ⓘ Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qatar NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalOutcome	de facto partition of Yemen ⓘ fragmentation of Yemeni state institutions ⓘ rise of Southern Transitional Council in southern Yemen ⓘ weakening of central government authority ⓘ
hasRefugees	hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers ⓘ
hasUNResolution	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 2451 NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council Resolution 2452 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Arab Spring in Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ Houthi insurgency in Yemen (2004–2010) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemeni Revolution of 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	2014 ⓘ
status	ongoing as of 2024 ⓘ
timePeriod	21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Representatives of Yemen → affectedBy → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Ali Abdullah Saleh → involvedIn → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

Yemeni government security forces → engagedIn → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Houthi movement → activeInConflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Operation Restoring Hope → conflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula → involvedInConflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Operation Decisive Storm → conflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Yemeni Air Force → conflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Islamic State – Yemen Province → conflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps → involvedInConflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yemeni civil war

United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement → relatedConflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

United Nations Yemen mediation and ceasefire monitoring mechanisms → conflict → Yemeni Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yemeni civil war