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 (1963–1967)	NLF FLOSY	United Kingdom South Arabia	Victory Independence of South Yemen	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 (1976–1977)	ADF Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal South Yemen withdraws from the ADF force in 1977
Ogaden War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from Ogaden
Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990)	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 al-Attas becomes president	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	South Yemen	Yemen	Defeat Reunification of Yemen	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
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 Houthis Saleh loyalists al-Qaeda Islamic State	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen War between the Hadi government and the STC	None
Yemeni Civil War (2015–)	STC United Arab Emirates	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists al-Qaeda Islamic State Hadi government Saudi Arabia Bahrain Kuwait Qatar Jordan Morocco Egypt Senegal Sudan		Aidarus al-Zoubaidi

References

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

[R&FP-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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