Battle of Amran

Battle of Amran
Part of the Houthi insurgency and Yemeni crisis
Date4-10 July 2014
(6 days)
Location
Result

Decisive Houthi victory

  • Fall of Al Ahmar reign in Amran
  • Houthis eventually launch a new offensive to capture the capital Sanaa
Belligerents

Yemen Republic of Yemen

Houthis
Commanders and leaders
Yemen Hameed Al-Qushaibi [1]
Yemen Abdrabbuh Hadi
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Mohammed Abdul Salam
Units involved
310th Armored Brigade
Casualties and losses
460 killed and 180 wounded from all the sides including civilians
81,000 people displaced from the region during October 2013-February 2014[2] Another 10,000 families displaced in the July[3]

The battle of 'Amran was a battle that took place in the summer of 2014, between the Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi belonging to units of 310th Armored Brigade, which is backed by Al-Islah loyalists, of which the Al Ahmar clan of Hashid tribes hailed from. The Houthis eventually won the battle, ending the Al Ahmar reign in Amran, and eventually leading them to the capture of Sanaa.

  1. ^ EIU Digital Solutions. "Death of military commander sparks fears for transition". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Yemen". The Economist. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2016.