Battle of Dhale

Battle of Dhale
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Date24 March – 26 May 2015
(2 months and 2 days)
Location
Dhale, Yemen
Result Pro-Hadi victory
Belligerents

Yemen Houthi government[1]

Yemen Hadi government

Commanders and leaders
Abdullah Dabaan[6]
(33rd Armoured Brigade commander)		 Brig Gen Saleh Salem Saleh †
Yemen Aidarus Al-Zubaidi[7]
Casualties and losses
186+ killed[8] 62+ killed[9]
46 civilians killed[10][11]

The Battle of Dhale was a key fight in 2015 for control of Dhale, Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side.

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  7. ^ demolinari [@demolinari] (10 March 2017). "Colonel Al-Subaihi led Southern Resistance under Cmdr Aidarus Al-Zubaidi during the liberation of #Dhale, Al-Musaymir, #Kirsh. #SouthYemen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ 10 killed (24 March),[1] 30 killed (31 March),[2] Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine 19 killed (6 April),[3] 40 killed (12–13 April),[4] 31 killed (19 April),[5] 8 killed (22 April),[6] Archived 2015-04-23 at the Wayback Machine 23 killed (24 April),[7] 12 killed (25 April),[8] 5 killed (3 May),[9] 8 killed (24 May),[10] 163 reported killed
  9. ^ 9 killed (31 March),[11] Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine 10 killed (1 April),[12] Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine 15 killed (6 April),[13] 3 killed (12–13 April),[14] 17 killed (19 April),[15] 12 killed (25 April),[16] 62 reported killed
  10. ^ Yemen: Escalating Conflict Flash Update 6
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference vote was invoked but never defined (see the help page).