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Southern Yemen offensive (2015)

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Part of the Arab Winter, the Yemeni Crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
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Military situation in Yemen on 12 February 2017
  Controlled by the Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council (Houthis)
  Controlled by the Hadi-led government and allies
  Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia (AQAP)
  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
(For a more detailed map, see )
Date 19 March 2015 – present
(2 years, 3 months and 1 week)
Location Yemen (excluding Socotra), southern Saudi Arabia (spillovers)
Status

Ongoing
Territorial
changes		 As of May 2016: AQAP controls 36% of the country (193,000 km²)
Belligerents

Supreme Political Council

Hadi government

Allied groups:

Saudi-led coalition
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Qatar(until 2017)
 Senegal
 Sudan

 United States (includes drone strikes)

Ansar al-Sharia

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL-YP
Commanders and leaders
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (from 2015)
Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar (from 2016)
Khaled Bahah (2015–2016)
Mahmoud al-Subaihi  (POW)
Hussein Arab (from 2015)
Abdu al-Hudhaifi (2015)

Nasir al-Wuhayshi †
Qasim al-Raymi
Nasser al-Ansi †
Ibrahim al-Rubaish †
Khalid Batarfi
Abdel-Wahid Al-Bukkari †
Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari †
Ibrahim al Qosi
Abu al Hassan al Hashimi
Abdullah Hubaibat †

Abu Bilal al-Harbi
Strength

 Yemen (Revolutionary Committee)

 Yemen (Hadi government)

100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers (claim)
30 warplanes
15 warplanes
15 warplanes
10 warplanes and 1,000 soldiers
6 warplanes
6 warplanes
4 warplanes and 6,000 troops

2,100 troops
800 contractors

Ansar al-Sharia