Battles in Yemen

29 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Yemen (Asia), ordered by date.

Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · Post-1945 · Date not recorded

Medieval (500–1499) · 2

• Siege of Sanaa (570) 570Yemen · Aksumite–Persian Wars
• Battle of Zafar 632Yemen · Ridda Wars

Early modern (1500–1799) · 2

• Siege of Aden (1513) 1513Yemen
• Aden Revolt 1548Yemen · Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560

19th century (1800–1913) · 1

• Aden Expedition 1839Yemen · Colony of Aden

Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 22

• Siege of Sanaa (1967) 1967Yemen · North Yemen civil war
• Siege of Lawdar (2010) 2010Yemen · Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Battle of Zinjibar (2011–2012) 2011Yemen · Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Siege of Dammaj 2011Yemen · Houthi insurgency
• Battle of Lawdar (2012) 2012Yemen
• Battle of Amran 2014Yemen · Houthi insurgency
• Battle of Sanaa (2014) 2014Yemen · Houthi takeover in Yemen
• Aden unrest (2015–2019) 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Aden (2015) 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Aden Airport 2015Yemen · aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen
• Battle of Dhale 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Mukalla (2015) 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Port Midi 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Nihm Offensive 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Mukalla (2016) 2016Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Sanaa (2017) 2017Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Raid on Yakla 2017Yemen · Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Battle of Aden (2018) 2018Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Al-Masini Valley 2018Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Battle of Hodeidah 2018Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• 2019 Southern Yemen clashes 2019Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Al-Jawf offensive 2020Yemen · Yemeni Civil War

Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 2

• Battle of Jaar (2011) Yemen
• Battle of Marib (2021–2022) Yemen