It also accelerated the sale of weapons to coalition states and continued strikes against AQAP. The United States provided intelligence and logistical support, including aerial refueling and search-and-rescue for downed coalition pilots. Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia made their airspace, territorial waters, and military bases available to the coalition. The Saudi-led coalition has attacked the positions of the Houthi militia and loyalists of the former President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who are supported by Iran (see Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict).įighter jets and ground forces from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman in medical assistance, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Constellis (formerly called Blackwater) took part in the operation. This prompted President Hadi to ask Saudi Arabia to intervene against the Iranian-backed Houthis.Ĭode-named Operation Decisive Storm ( Arabic: عملية عاصفة الحزم, romanized: Amaliyyat 'Āṣifat al-Ḥazm), the intervention initially consisted of a bombing campaign on Houthi rebels and later a naval blockade and the deployment of ground forces into Yemen. The Houthis and allied insurgents seized control of Sana’a and other parts of the country in September 2014 and in the following months. The conflict ignited between the government forces, the Houthi rebels and other armed groups after the draft constitution and power-sharing arrangements collapsed, despite progress in the political transition led by the United Nations at that time, leading to an escalation of violence in mid-2014. On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen following a request from Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after his forces were ousted from Sanaʽa by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War. Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen 2017) ġ2,907 Yemeni civilians killed (per the LCRD)Ĩ,672 civilians killed, 9,741 injured by coalition's airstrikes (per Yemen Data Project) ĥ00+ Saudi civilians killed (2014–2016) ģ77,000+ people killed overall (150,000+ from violence) (2014–2021) (UN) Thousands killed (Aljazeera as of May 2018) ġ1,000+ killed (Arab Coalition claim as of Dec. Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima Ĥ warplanes and 15,000 troops ġ0 warplanes, 1,000 troops (until 2017)Ģ,100 troops (soldiers not yet deployed in 2016)
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