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</style><span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:120%"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي</span></span></span><br><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy</i></span></span></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.3em;">STC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Party_leader" title="Party leader">Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Aidarus_al-Zoubaidi" title="Aidarus al-Zoubaidi">Aidarus al-Zoubaidi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">11 May 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Military wing</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Security_Belt" title="Security Belt">Security Belt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">South Yemeni nationalism</a><br><a href="Separatism" title="Separatism">Separatism</a><br><a href="Secularism" title="Secularism">Secularism</a><br>Anti-<a href="Axis_of_Resistance" title="Axis of Resistance">Axis of Resistance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">
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</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"><ul><li><a href="Politics_of_Yemen" title="Politics of Yemen">Politics of Yemen</a></li><li><a href="List_of_political_parties_in_Yemen" title="List of political parties in Yemen">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="Elections_in_Yemen" title="Elections in Yemen">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The <b>Southern Transitional Council</b> (<b>STC</b>; <a href="Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">المجلس الانتقالي الجنوبي</span>, <small><a href="Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-Majlis al-Intiqālī l-Janūbiyy</i></span>) is a <a href="Secession" title="Secession">secessionist</a> organization in <a href="Southern_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Yemen">southern Yemen</a>. The 26 members of the STC include the governors of five southern governorates and two government ministers. It was formed by a faction of the <a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a>. It was established in 2017, and it has called for and worked toward the separation of southern Yemen from the rest of the nation as it previously was <a href="Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">until 1990</a>.
</p><p>Declared on 11 May 2017, the council is headed by the former Governor of <a href="Aden_Governorate" title="Aden Governorate">Aden Governorate</a>, <a href="Aidarus_al-Zoubaidi" title="Aidarus al-Zoubaidi">Aidarus al-Zoubaidi</a>, as president, with former minister of state Hani Bin Breik as vice-president.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation of the council was authorized a week earlier by the Historic Aden Declaration, announced at a rally protesting the dismissal of al-Zoubaidi from his post as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The STC, a major party to the <a href="Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014-present)">Yemeni Civil War</a>, claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen.<sup id="cite_ref-alaraby_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alaraby-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alaraby2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alaraby2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aawsat_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aawsat-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Al-Jazeera-1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Jazeera-1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2022, STC joined the <a href="Presidential_Leadership_Council" title="Presidential Leadership Council">Presidential Leadership Council</a>, after then-Yemeni President <a href="Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a> resigned and transferred presidential powers to the newly formed body. STC head <a href="Aidarus_al-Zoubaidi" title="Aidarus al-Zoubaidi">Aidarus al-Zoubaidi</a> became the <a href="Vice_President_of_Yemen" title="Vice President of Yemen">Vice President</a> of the new government.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The STC increased its influence in the council by enlarging its membership to three out of the eight, through internal reorganization in May 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>On 27 April 2017, President Hadi dismissed <a href="Aidarus_al-Zoubaidi" title="Aidarus al-Zoubaidi">Aidarus al-Zoubaidi</a> from his post as governor of Aden Governorate due to his close ties with the <a href="United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, which President Hadi described as "acting like occupiers" in <a href="Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was met with large demonstrations in the city in support of the deposed but popular Zoubaidi.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">Aden Historic Declaration<br><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">إعلان عدن التاريخي</span></span> <br><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Iʿlān ʿAdan at-Tārīḵiyy</i></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The text of the document in Arabic</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented</th><td class="infobox-data">May 4, 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Effective_date" class="mw-redirect" title="Effective date">Date effective</a></th><td class="infobox-data">May 4, 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Freedom square, Khormaksar district. Aden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">Delegating M. General <a href="Aidarus_al-Zoubaidi" title="Aidarus al-Zoubaidi">Aidarus al-Zoubaidi</a> to declare a national political leadership to administer and represent the South</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>In 4 May 2017, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi announced a speech which the STC describes as the "Aden Historic Declaration" (<a href="Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">إعلان عدن التاريخي</span>, <small><a href="Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Iʿlān ʿAdan at-Tārīḵiyy</i></span>). The speech was delivered in Aden's Freedom Square (<a href="Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ساحة الحرية</span>, <small><a href="Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">sahat alhuriya</i></span>), formerly known as Exhibition Square in <a href="Khur_Maksar_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Khur Maksar District">Khormaksar district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With the help and support of the UAE, the STC was formed on 11 May 2017 with al-Zoubaidi as its leader.<sup id="cite_ref-STCCT2Nov_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STCCT2Nov-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately, President Hadi called the council illegitimate.<sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alaraby2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alaraby2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aawsat2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aawsat2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xinhuanet_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhuanet-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Beginning on 28 January 2018, separatists loyal to the STC <a href="Battle_of_Aden_(2018)" title="Battle of Aden (2018)">seized control</a> of the Yemeni government headquarters in Aden in a <a href="Battle_of_Aden_(2018)" title="Battle of Aden (2018)">coup d'état</a> against the Hadi government.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In January 2018, as the head of the STC, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi announced a state of emergency in Aden and that "the STC has begun the process of overthrowing Hadi's rule over the South".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On 27 August 2019, tensions continued to escalate in southern Yemen after the UAE-backed <a href="Security_Belt" title="Security Belt">Security Belt</a> Forces (SBF) lost territories to troops loyal to the Saudi-backed government of President Hadi. The troops advanced on the capital Aden and instead of engaging in street fighting, took positions outside of the city in order to prevent civilian casualties.
</p><p>On 29 August 2019, to stop government forces from advancing and reclaiming the capital, the UAE carried out airstrikes on government positions outside of Aden, which killed and injured over 300 government soldiers.
</p><p>Despite <a href="Yemen_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemen Civil War (2015–present)">membership in the coalition</a> fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the UAE fell out with Hadi's government after the former accused Hadi of aligning with the powerful Islah party, which the UAE viewed as ideologically close to the Muslim Brotherhood.
</p><p>The STC declared self-governance on 26 April 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government said local and security authorities in the provinces of <a href="Hadhramaut_Governorate" title="Hadhramaut Governorate">Hadramawt</a>, <a href="Abyan_Governorate" title="Abyan Governorate">Abyan</a>, <a href="Shabwah_Governorate" title="Shabwah Governorate">Shabwa</a>, <a href="Al_Mahrah_Governorate" title="Al Mahrah Governorate">al-Mahra</a>, and the island of <a href="Socotra_Governorate" title="Socotra Governorate">Socotra</a> dismissed the move as a "clear and definite coup".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Aden, the movement's attempt was successful, as it occupied all governmental institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>To deal with the infighting between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council, a new <a href="Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">cabinet</a> was formed with the backing of neighbouring Saudi Arabia.<sup id="cite_ref-jazeera_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jazeera-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation of the new unity government in December 2020, which includes equal numbers of representatives from each region of Yemen's northern and southern areas, was the result of over a year's worth of intense negotiations mediated by the Saudis, and was meant to end the infighting so that the two sides could fight together against the <a href="Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthi</a> rebels in the ongoing <a href="Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)">civil war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cabinet.jazeera_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabinet.jazeera-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cabinet.arabnews_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabinet.arabnews-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2022, STC formally became part of the Presidential Leadership Council, the new governing body of the <a href="Republic_of_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Yemen">Republic of Yemen</a> established after the resignation of the former president. STC head Aidarus al-Zoubaidi became the new <a href="Vice_President_of_Yemen" title="Vice President of Yemen">Vice President</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera.com_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the STC congress held between 4–8 May 2023, the "Southern National Pact" was adopted, demanding the incorporation of the <a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a> in the <a href="Yemeni_peace_process" title="Yemeni peace process">Yemeni peace process</a> under an "independent framework". <a href="Houthi_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi movement">Houthi insurgents</a> vehemently denounced the congress and its resolutions. Nevertheless, STC managed to increase its share in the <a href="Presidential_Leadership_Council" title="Presidential Leadership Council">Presidential Leadership Council</a> to three members out of the total eight seats.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2023, the Southern Transitional Council reportedly said that it was willing to cooperate with Israel to fight against the <a href="Houthi_involvement_in_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war">Houthi ship attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Goals">Goals</h2></div>
<p>STC head Aidarus al-Zoubaidi has stated that the goal of the Southern Congress in May 2023 was to kickstart a national dialogue and reconciliation process, with the objective of strengthening Southern territories against Houthi aggression. STC has regularly raised the "southern question", advocating the Southern Movement's representation in the <a href="Yemeni_peace_process" title="Yemeni peace process">Yemeni peace process</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wintour_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wintour-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>
STC is strongly opposed to <a href="Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict">Iranian attempts</a> to control the strategic <a href="Bab-el-Mandeb_straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Bab-el-Mandeb straits">Bab al-Mandeb strait</a> and dominate the waterways of the <a href="Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> through its Houthi proxies.<sup id="cite_ref-Wintour_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wintour-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Describing themselves as <a href="Secularism" title="Secularism">secular</a> <a href="Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalists</a> opposed to theocratic system, Aidarous states regarding the May 2023 re-organization of the <a href="Presidential_Leadership_Council" title="Presidential Leadership Council">PLC</a>: </p><blockquote><p>"It was necessary to strengthen the cohesiveness of the south and prepare for any Houthi attacks. The <a href="Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthis</a> are reinforcing themselves and could attack anytime... They live and they survive during war, not during peace."<sup id="cite_ref-Wintour_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wintour-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a></li>
<li><a href="Yemeni_Socialist_Party" title="Yemeni Socialist Party">Yemeni Socialist Party</a></li>
<li><a href="South_Yemen_insurgency" title="South Yemen insurgency">South Yemen insurgency</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="Outline_of_the_Yemeni_crisis%2C_revolution%2C_and_civil_war_(2011%E2%80%93present)" title="Outline of the Yemeni crisis, revolution, and civil war (2011–present)">Outline</a></li>
<li><a href="Yemeni_crisis" title="Yemeni crisis">Yemeni crisis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Yemeni_revolution" title="Yemeni revolution">Background</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Houthi_insurgency" title="Houthi insurgency">Houthi insurgency</a></li>
<li><a href="Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Houthi takeover in Yemen">Houthi takeover in Yemen</a></li>
<li><a href="Aftermath_of_the_Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen" title="Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen">Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Sanaa_(2014)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2014)">Battle of Sanaa (2014)</a></li>
<li><a href="Human_rights_in_Yemen" title="Human rights in Yemen">Human rights in Yemen</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles<br>and attacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Shabwah_Governorate_offensive" title="Shabwah Governorate offensive">Shabwah Governorate offensive (2014–present)</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Aden_Airport" title="Battle of Aden Airport">Battle of Aden Airport</a></li>
<li>2015 Sanaa mosque bombings: <a href="March_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombings" title="March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings">March</a> and <a href="September_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombing" title="September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing">September</a></li>
<li><a href="Marib_campaign" title="Marib campaign">Marib campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Dhale" title="Battle of Dhale">Battle of Dhale</a></li>
<li><a href="Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Aden_(2015)" title="Battle of Aden (2015)">Battle of Aden (2015)</a></li>
<li><a href="Abyan_campaign" title="Abyan campaign">Abyan campaign (March–August 2015)</a></li>
<li><a href="Lahij_insurgency" title="Lahij insurgency">Lahij insurgency</a></li>
<li><a href="Houthi%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabian_conflict" title="Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict">Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict</a></li>
<li><a href="Shabwah_campaign" title="Shabwah campaign">Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Mukalla_(2015)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2015)">Battle of Mukalla (2015)</a></li>
<li><a href="Siege_of_Taiz" title="Siege of Taiz">Taiz campaign (2015–present)</a></li>
<li><a href="September_2015_Marib_Tochka_missile_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack">September 2015 Marib Tochka missile attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Aden_unrest_(2015%E2%80%932019)" title="Aden unrest (2015–2019)">Aden unrest (2015–2019)</a>
<ul><li><a href="October_2015_Aden_missile_attack" title="October 2015 Aden missile attack">October 2015 Aden missile attack</a></li>
<li><a href="2015_Aden_car_bombing" title="2015 Aden car bombing">2015 Aden car bombing</a></li>
<li><a href="Missionaries_of_Charity_attack_in_Aden" title="Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden">Aden Christian attack</a></li>
<li><a href="2016_Aden_car_bombing" title="2016 Aden car bombing">2016 Aden car bombing</a></li>
<li><a href="23_May_2016_Yemen_bombings" title="23 May 2016 Yemen bombings">23 May 2016 Aden bombings</a></li>
<li><a href="August_2016_Aden_bombing" title="August 2016 Aden bombing">August 2016 Aden bombing</a></li>
<li><a href="December_2016_Aden_suicide_bombings" title="December 2016 Aden suicide bombings">December 2016 Aden suicide bombings</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Fall_of_Zinjibar_and_Jaar" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar">Zinjibar and Jaar</a></li>
<li><a href="December_2015_Taiz_missile_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2015 Taiz missile attack">December 2015 Taiz missile attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Nihm_Offensive" title="Nihm Offensive">Nihm Offensive</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Port_Midi" title="Battle of Port Midi">Battle of Port Midi</a></li>
<li><a href="Hadramaut_insurgency" title="Hadramaut insurgency">Hadramaut insurgency</a></li>
<li><a href="Southern_Abyan_Offensive_(2016)" title="Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)">Southern Abyan Offensive (2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="Abyan_conflict" title="Abyan conflict">Abyan conflict (2016–2018)</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Mukalla_(2016)" title="Battle of Mukalla (2016)">Battle of Mukalla (2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="May_2016_Yemen_police_bombings" title="May 2016 Yemen police bombings">May 2016 Yemen police bombings</a></li>
<li><a href="June_2016_Mukalla_attacks" title="June 2016 Mukalla attacks">June 2016 Mukalla attacks</a></li>
<li><a href="Sanaa_funeral_airstrike" title="Sanaa funeral airstrike">2016 Sanaa funeral airstrike</a></li>
<li><a href="Raid_on_Yakla" title="Raid on Yakla">Raid on Yakla</a></li>
<li><a href="Raid_on_Al_Hathla" title="Raid on Al Hathla">Raid on Al Hathla</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)" title="Battle of Sanaa (2017)">Battle of Sanaa (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Aden_(2018)" title="Battle of Aden (2018)">Battle of Aden (2018)</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Al_Hudaydah" title="Battle of Al Hudaydah">Battle of Al Hudaydah</a></li>
<li><a href="Dahyan_air_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Dahyan air strike">Dahyan air strike</a></li>
<li><a href="2019_Abha_International_Airport_attacks" title="2019 Abha International Airport attacks">2019 Abha International Airport attacks</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_the_Jabara_Valley" title="Battle of the Jabara Valley">Battle of the Jabara Valley</a></li>
<li><a href="Abqaiq%E2%80%93Khurais_attack" title="Abqaiq–Khurais attack">2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack</a></li>
<li><a href="January_2020_Marib_attack" title="January 2020 Marib attack">January 2020 Marib attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Al-Jawf_offensive" title="Al-Jawf offensive">Al-Jawf offensive</a></li>
<li><a href="Southern_Transitional_Council_takeover_of_Socotra" title="Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra">Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra</a></li>
<li><a href="Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">Al Bayda offensive</a></li>
<li><a href="August_2020_Marib_attack" title="August 2020 Marib attack">August 2020 Marib attack</a></li>
<li><a href="2020_Aden_airport_attack" title="2020 Aden airport attack">2020 Aden airport attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Marib" title="Battle of Marib">Battle of Marib</a></li>
<li><a href="2021_Aden_bombings" title="2021 Aden bombings">2021 Aden bombings</a></li>
<li><a href="2022_Abu_Dhabi_attack" title="2022 Abu Dhabi attack">2022 Abu Dhabi attack</a></li>
<li><a href="2022_Saada_prison_airstrike" title="2022 Saada prison airstrike">2022 Saada prison airstrike</a></li>
<li><a href="2022_Jeddah_missile_attack" title="2022 Jeddah missile attack">2022 Jeddah missile attack</a></li>
<li><a href="2022_Southern_Yemen_offensive" title="2022 Southern Yemen offensive">2022 Southern Yemen offensive</a></li>
<li><a href="Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">Red Sea Crisis (2023–)</a>
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_the_Red_Sea_crisis" title="Timeline of the Red Sea crisis">Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="Houthi_attacks_on_commercial_vessels" title="Houthi attacks on commercial vessels">Houthi attacks on commercial vessels</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Prosperity_Guardian" title="Operation Prosperity Guardian">Operation Prosperity Guardian</a></li>
<li><a href="March%E2%80%93April_2025_United_States_attacks_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen">March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen</a>
<ul><li><a href="United_States_government_group_chat_leak" class="mw-redirect" title="United States government group chat leak">Signal group chat leak</a></li>
<li><a href="2025_Ras_Isa_oil_terminal_airstrikes" title="2025 Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikes">Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikes</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="International_reactions_to_the_Yemeni_revolution" title="International reactions to the Yemeni revolution">Reactions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Foreign_involvement_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war</a>
<ul><li><a href="Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war" title="Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war">Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war</a>
<ul><li><a href="United_States_support_for_Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_operations_in_Yemen" title="United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen">United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Blockade_of_Yemen" title="Blockade of Yemen">Blockade of Yemen</a></li>
<li><a href="Yemeni_peace_process" title="Yemeni peace process">Yemeni peace process</a></li>
<li><a href="United_Arab_Emirates_occupation_of_Socotra" title="United Arab Emirates occupation of Socotra">United Arab Emirates occupation of Socotra</a></li>
<li><a href="United_Nations_Mission_to_support_the_Hudaydah_Agreement" title="United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement">United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impacts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_humanitarian_crisis" title="Timeline of the Yemeni humanitarian crisis">Humanitarian crisis</a>
<ul><li><a href="Famine_in_Yemen_(2016%E2%80%93present)" title="Famine in Yemen (2016–present)">Famine</a></li>
<li><a href="2016%E2%80%932022_Yemen_cholera_outbreak" title="2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak">Cholera outbreak</a></li>
<li><a href="Saudi-led_airstrikes_on_Yemen" title="Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen">Airstrikes on hospitals</a></li>
<li><a href="Refugees_on_Jeju_Island" title="Refugees on Jeju Island">Refugees on Jeju Island</a></li>
<li><a href="COVID-19_pandemic_in_Yemen" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen">COVID-19</a></li>
<li><a href="Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Yemen" title="Water supply and sanitation in Yemen">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="War_crimes_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="War crimes in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">War crimes and human rights violations</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belligerents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">Alimi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Rashad_al-Alimi" title="Rashad al-Alimi">Pro-Alimi</a> <a href="Yemeni_Armed_Forces" title="Yemeni Armed Forces">security forces</a></li>
<li><a href="Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Saleh</a> loyalist defectors</li>
<li><a href="Al-Islah_(Yemen)" title="Al-Islah (Yemen)">Al-Islah</a></li>
<li><a href="Popular_Resistance_Committees_(Yemen)" title="Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen)">Popular Resistance</a></li>
<li><a href="Popular_Committees_(Yemen)" title="Popular Committees (Yemen)">Popular Committees</a></li>
<li><a href="Southern_Movement" title="Southern Movement">Southern Movement</a></li>
<li><a href="Republican_Guard_(Yemen)" title="Republican Guard (Yemen)">Republican Guard</a></li>
<li><a href="Hadramout_National_Council" title="Hadramout National Council">Hadramout National Council</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Supreme_Political_Council" title="Supreme Political Council">Supreme Political Council</a></li>
<li><a href="Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthis</a></li>
<li><a href="Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh">Pro-Saleh</a> <a href="Yemeni_Armed_Forces" title="Yemeni Armed Forces">forces</a></li>
<li><a href="Supreme_Revolutionary_Committee" title="Supreme Revolutionary Committee">Supreme Revolutionary Committee</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cabinet_of_Yemen" title="Cabinet of Yemen">Alimi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Rashad_al-Alimi" title="Rashad al-Alimi">Rashad al-Alimi</a></li>
<li><a href="Abdrabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi</a></li>
<li><a href="Mahmoud_al-Subaihi" title="Mahmoud al-Subaihi">Mahmoud al-Subaihi</a></li>
<li><a href="Ali_Mohsen_al-Ahmar" title="Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar">Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar</a></li>
<li><a href="Khaled_Bahah" title="Khaled Bahah">Khaled Bahah</a></li>
<li><a href="Hussein_Arab" title="Hussein Arab">Hussein Arab</a></li>
<li><a href="Ahmed_Saleh" title="Ahmed Saleh">Ahmed Saleh</a></li>
<li><a href="Tareq_Saleh" title="Tareq Saleh">Tareq Saleh</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Houthis" title="Houthis">Houthi</a> government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Saleh_Ali_al-Sammad" title="Saleh Ali al-Sammad">Saleh Ali al-Sammad</a></li>
<li><a href="Mohamed_al-Atifi" title="Mohamed al-Atifi">Mohamed al-Atifi</a></li>
<li><a href="Mohammed_al-Houthi" title="Mohammed al-Houthi">Mohammed al-Houthi</a></li>
<li><a href="Hussein_Khairan" title="Hussein Khairan">Hussein Khairan</a></li>
<li><a href="Abdul-Malik_al-Houthi" title="Abdul-Malik al-Houthi">Abdul-Malik al-Houthi</a></li>
<li><a href="Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)</a></li>
<li><a href="International_reactions_to_the_Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen_(2015%E2%80%93present)" title="International reactions to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen (2015–present)">Reactions to the Saudi-led military intervention</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" title="List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a></li></ul>
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