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| Yemeni Armed Forces | |
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| الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْيَّمَّنِيَّة | |
 Emblem of the Armed Forces of Yemen | |
 Flag of the Armed Forces of Yemen | |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Current form | 1990 |
| Service branches |  Army Navy Air Force |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief |
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| Prime Minister |
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| Minister of Defense |
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| Chief of Staff | Sagheer Hamoud Aziz (PLC) Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (SPC) |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Available for military service | 12,002,529[1], age 15–49 |
| Fit for military service | 8,875,554[1], age 15–49 |
| Reaching military age annually | 600,126[1] |
| Active personnel | 66,700[2] |
| Reserve personnel | 0[1] |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $1.4 billion (2019)[3] |
| Percent of GDP | 8% |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Yemen's military industry |
| Foreign suppliers | Pro-Yemeni government: Pro-Houthi government: |
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| History | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Yemen |
| Yemeni Armed Forces |
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The Yemeni Armed Forces (Arabic: الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْيَّمَّنِيَّة, romanized: Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Yamaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army (including the Republican Guard), Yemeni Navy (including the Marines) and the Yemeni Air Force (including the Air Defense Force). Since the start of the current civil war in 2014, the armed forces have been divided; at first between loyalists of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and pro-Yemeni government forces of president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi; as of 2024, between the internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), and the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council (SPC). Per the constitution, the President of Yemen serves as the commander-in-chief. Currently, the presidency and supreme command of the armed forces is disputed between Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the PLC, and Mahdi al-Mashat, chairman of the SPC. Before the civil war, the united military was headquartered in the country's capital, Sana’a.
Already before 2014, the number of military personnel in Yemen was relatively high; in sum, Yemen had the second largest military force on the Arabian Peninsula after Saudi Arabia. In 2012, total active troops were estimated as follows: army, 66,700; navy, 7,000; and air force, 5,000. In September 2007, the government announced the reinstatement of compulsory military service. Yemen's defense budget, which in 2006 represented approximately 40 percent of the total government budget, is expected to remain high for the near term, as the military draft takes effect and internal security threats continue to escalate.
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- ^ Yemen was Bulgaria's Biggest Arms Export Partner in 2010 - UN Archived 2011-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, Novinite, 9 August 2011