Al-Wadiah War

al-Wadiah War
	Part of Arab Cold War
Date	27 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 Rubai Ali; President of South Yemen; Muhammad Ali Haitham; Prime Minister of South Yemen; Ali Salem al-Beidh; Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Yemen; Ali Abdullah Maisary; Leader of the PRSY Armed Forces; Faisal Attas; Governor of the Fifth Governorate	Faisal of Saudi Arabia; King of Saudi Arabia; Sultan bin Abdulaziz; Minister of Defense and Aviation
Units involved
30th Infantry Brigade	130th Infantry Brigade; Royal Saudi Air Force; Pakistan Air Force personnel
Casualties and losses
35 killed (Saudi claim)	39 killed and 26 taken hostage

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Schwinghammer, Torsten (24 April 2018). Warfare Since the Second World War. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-28970-2.

[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.

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