Al Hudaydah offensive

Al Hudaydah offensive
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

Coalition's Hudaydah offensive within southwestern-Yemen
DateMain Phase: 6 December 2017 – 27 November 2018
UN brokered Cease fire
Restart of Hostilities: 13 November 2021 - present
Location
Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen
14°48′08″N 42°57′04″E / 14.80222°N 42.95111°E / 14.80222; 42.95111
Status
  • Coalition victory in Al Khawkhah, Hays, and At Tuhayta.
  • UN brokered cease fire in Al Hudaydah in 2018
  • Hadi government forces and allies leave Eastern Al Hudaydah in 2021[8]
  • Clashes take place in Al Hudaydah governorate south and Hays
Belligerents

Yemen Cabinet of Yemen

 Saudi Arabia[3][4][5]
 United Arab Emirates[5][6]

Southern Movement

Yemen Supreme Political Council

Supported by:

Hezbollah (alleged)[7]
Commanders and leaders

YemenTareq Saleh
Saudi Arabia Ahmad al-Kokpani
Saudi Arabia Hassan Taher[9]
Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Hajri[10]
Saudi Arabia Haitham Kassem[11]
Saudi Arabia Nabil Amr  (WIA)
Saudi Arabia Abu Zaraa Al-Mahramy[12]
United Arab Emirates Abdulsalam Al Shehi[13]

South Yemen Raed Al-Habhy Al-Yafeiy[12]
South Yemen Hamdy Shokry Al-Sobaihy[12]
South Yemen Abd Al-Rahman Al-Lajy[12]
South Yemen Nizar Al-Wageeh[12]
South Yemen Abu Haroun Al-Yafeiy[12]
Yemen Wissam Saleh[14]
South Yemen Hassan Dobla
Yemen Ibrahim Abado
Mohammed Al Himyari[15]
South Yemen Aseel Al Sakladi[15]
Mohammed Omar Moamen[16]
Rafeeq Domah[17]
Ibrahim Al Theeb[18]
Ahmed Kawkabani[19]
Saddam Al-Qadi[19]
Nabil Al Suheily[19]
Yemen Naser Al Redhami[20]

casualties:
  • Saudi Arabia Gen. Abdul Hamid Al-Yahari †
  • Saudi Arabia Asil Faisal Modara  †
  • South Yemen Ali Fadhel al-Hayish †
  • Yemen Abdullah Jalmud  †
  • Osama Muhraki  †

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Yusuf al-Madani
Mansour Ahmed Hamoud Jahaf al-Makeni
Abu Ali al-Hakim
Mohammed Al-Amati[21]
Latman Sharaf[21]

casualties:
  • Saleh al-Sammad †
  • Yasser al-Ahmar †
  • Ali Muhammad Sulaiman Halsi †
  • Hameed Qasim Heikal †
  • Abu Malak †
  • Mohammed al-Dahn †
  • Maqbool al-Jarb Abuqhatan †
  • Abu Jibril Ali Mahmoud al-Shahari †
  • Abu Thabit †
  • Diaa Abdul-Salam Jahaf †
  • Khalid Mahdali †
  • Yahya Sharaf al-Din †
  • Ibrahim Abado Surrendered
  • Abed Abdullah Hamza  †
  • Abu Talib  †
  • Thabet Muhiuddin  (POW)
  • Omar al-Ansi  Executed
  • Yunus Ibrahim Amer  †
  • Sharaf Abdullah Al-Makeni Abu Mohammed  †
  • Ahmed bin Ahmed al-Washli  †
Units involved

Republican Guard
[22]
Saudi Arabian Armed Forces

Houthis
Strength
25,000
Saudi Arabia 20,000
5,000[24]		 30,000–35,000
Casualties and losses
350 killed (per Coalition, by 11 June 2018)[25]
4 Emirati soldiers killed[26]
1,323 killed and wounded (per Houthis, by 24 June)[27]		 250 killed, 143 captured (per Coalition, by 11 June 2018)[25]
Al Hudaydah offensive is located in Yemen
Al Hudaydah offensive
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Location within Yemen

Al Hudaydah offensive, also called Western Coast Offensive (Arabic: جبهة الساحل الغربي), describes the offensive launched in December 2017 by pro-government forces against the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate as part of Yemen's 2015 civil war. As of December 2018, the pro-government forces have captured the towns of Al Khawkhah, Hays, At Tuhayta, and brokered a ceasefire in Al Hudaydah City. In November 2021, a coalition withdrawal led the Houthi forces to break the siege of Al Hudaydah and recapture At Tuhayta.

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