Battle of Aden | |||||||
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Part of the Yemeni civil war (2015–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen |
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View of Aden from the sea |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Southern Movement
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Hussein Khairan Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Ali al-Shami Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (in exile) Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani King Salman |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
380–396 killed | 215 killed | ||||||
858 civilians killed (256 by disease; pro-Hadi claim) 783 civilians and pro-Hadi fighters killed (U.N. claim) 590 deaths from dengue fever (U.N. claim) |
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Southern Movement
Saudi Arabia