Yemen: Maps show 10 years of changing control
Summary
The Yemen conflict has lasted over a decade, with different groups controlling parts of the country at different times. The Iran-backed Houthi group took the capital Sanaa in 2014, leading to a Saudi-led military campaign to restore the government. Since then, alliances and control of territory have changed repeatedly, with no group fully controlling Yemen.Key Facts
- The Houthi group seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014.
- The Houthis allied with forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh until Saleh was killed in 2017.
- President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled to Aden and then to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after the Houthis advanced south.
- Saudi Arabia started a military campaign in March 2015 to restore Hadi’s government.
- Yemen has been divided into areas controlled by Houthis in the north and west, and pro-government forces supported by Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the south and east.
- The Southern Transitional Council (STC), backed by the UAE, controls Aden separately from the government and has fought government forces despite being part of the anti-Houthi coalition.
- The 2018 Stockholm Agreement stopped major fighting over the port city of Hodeidah, vital for food and aid.
- Despite years of fighting and airstrikes, no side has managed to control the entire country or restore unified government authority.
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