Battle of Aden Airport
| Battle of Aden Airport | |||||||
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| Part of the Yemeni civil war (2015–present) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Abdrabbuh Hadi Mahmoud al-Subaihi
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Abdul-Hafez al-Saqqaf Ali Abdullah Saleh
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 13 killed, 63 wounded | |||||||
The Battle of Aden International Airport broke out in the early morning hours of 19 March 2015, when Yemen Army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh attacked the airport in Aden, Yemen. The airport was defended by soldiers and guards supporting Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen's internationally recognised president.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was ousted from power by the 2011 Yemeni Revolution, was widely suspected in 2014 of allying with the Houthis in their successful insurgency against the government of his former vice president and successor as president, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. After the Houthi takeover of Sana'a and a monthlong detention by militants, Hadi escaped to Aden in February 2015, followed some weeks later by his defence minister, Major General Mahmoud al-Subaihi. Saleh stated the week before his forces assaulted Aden International Airport that he would drive Hadi into the Red Sea.
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