Al-Wadiah War

al-Wadiah War
Part of Arab Cold War
Date27 November - 6 December 1969
Location
al-Wadiah and Sharurah
Result

Saudi victory

  • al-Wadiah and Sharurah captured by Saudi forces
Belligerents
 South Yemen  Saudi Arabia
Supported by:
 Pakistan (Air Support)
Commanders and leaders
Salim Rubaya Ali
President of South Yemen
South Yemen Muhammad Ali Haitham
Prime Minister of South Yemen
South Yemen Ali Salem al-Beidh
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Yemen
South Yemen Ali Abdullah Maisary
Leader of the PRSY Armed Forces
South Yemen Faisal Attas
Governor of the Fifth Governorate		 Saudi Arabia Faisal of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Minister of Defense and Aviation
Units involved
South Yemen 30th Infantry Brigade Saudi Arabia 130th Infantry Brigade
 Royal Saudi Air Force
 Pakistan Air Force personnel
Casualties and losses
35 killed (Saudi claim)[1] 39 killed and 26 taken hostage[2][3]

The al-Wadiah War was a military conflict which broke out on 27 November 1969 between Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of Southern Yemen (PRSY; South Yemen) after disputes for the towns of al-Wadiah and Sharurah on the PRSY-Saudi Arabian border. The conflict ended on 6 December when Saudi forces captured al-Wadiah.

  1. ^ Bidwell, Robin Leonard (1998). Dictionary of Modern Arab History: An a to Z of over 2,000 Entries from 1798 to the Present Day. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7103-0505-3.
  2. ^ Halliday, Fred (4 April 2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89164-6.
  3. ^ Schwinghammer, Torsten (24 April 2018). Warfare Since the Second World War. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-28970-2.