| Battle of Saada | |||||||||
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| Part of the Houthi insurgency and the Yemeni Revolution | |||||||||
 Anti-government protests in Saada city, March 2011 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Taha Hajer Uthman Mujalli |
 Abu Ali Abdullah al-Hakim al-Houthi Fares Mana'a | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 45 killed[1] | |||||||||
The battle of Saada was a military confrontation that erupted in March 2011 between Houthi rebels and tribal forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the northern city of Saada. Following days of heavy clashes, the Houthis managed to capture the entire Saada Governorate including its provincial capital and established an independent administration, thereby marking the first such Yemeni governorate to fall out of central government control since the nationwide uprising began in 2011. Saada later becomes known as the Houthi stronghold since its takeover.
- ^ "Houthis Control Sa'ada, Help Appoint Governor". Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2011-11-06.