The UN-Mediated Truce in Yemen: Impacts of the First Two Months
The period from 2 April to 2 June 2022 saw the implementation in Yemen of a two-month UN-mediated truce across…
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Week of 20 May 23
Data cover the period of 20 May 23 - 26 May 23. For more information about how ACLED collects data and categorizes events, see the ACLED Codebook.
Political Violence Events: 55ℹ
+16% from previous week
Demonstration Events: 44ℹ
-66% from previous week
Event Types:
Battles: 14 Events
Explosions/Remote Violence: 22 Events
Violence Against Civilians: 19 Events
Mob Violence: 0 Events
Protests: 44 Events
Violent Demonstrations: 0 Events
Find all ACLED data and analysis for Yemen below.
For data and analysis on the wider region, see our Middle East Region Hub.
Yemen Conflict
In 2015, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention in Yemen to restore the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi following the Houthi takeover of Sanaa in late 2014. ACLED estimates that more than 150,000 people have died as a direct result of the violence as of mid-2022, including over 15,000 civilians killed in targeted attacks.
Yemen Truce Monitor
From April to October 2022, a truce mediated by the United Nations between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government was in place in Yemen. To help assess the impact of the agreement, ACLED created the Yemen Truce Monitor, an interactive tool to support analysis of conflict trends and reported violations during the truce period.
Mapping Territorial Control in Yemen
Our quarterly Yemen control map assesses conflict activity at the district level across the country, classifying each area as contested, inactive, or controlled by an actor based on the latest ACLED data.
10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2022
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts and crisis situations with a look toward trends to watch in the coming months (read full report here).
In March 2021, Yemen entered the seventh year of war since the launch of the Saudi-led military campaign against the Houthi-Saleh alliance, after the latter took over the country’s capital. The war in Yemen is multilayered and has resulted in the country’s deep fragmentation at all levels, leading some to conclude that “a unified Yemeni state no longer exists.”
Yemen Conflict: Background & Analysis
The Myth of Stability: Infighting and Repression in Houthi-Controlled Territories
Six years after the coup that ousted President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi and his government, the Houthi movement, otherwise known as…
The Wartime Transformation of AQAP in Yemen
In late January 2020, an apparent United States drone strike targeted a car in Yakla, a mountainous area situated across…
CDT Spotlight: The Battle for Southern Yemen
Since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Hadramawt, conflict has flared in southern Yemen. ACLED Research Analyst Andrea…
Yemen’s Fractured South: ACLED’s Three-Part Series
ACLED’s three-part series exploring the fragmentation of state authority in Southern Yemen can now be accessed here in its entirety.…
Yemen’s Fractured South: Aden, Abyan, and Lahij
In Yemen, more than five years of conflict have contributed to an extreme fragmentation of central power and authority and…
Over 100,000 Reported Killed in Yemen War
31 October 2019: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) currently records more than 100,000 reported fatalities in…
Inside Ibb: A Hotbed of Infighting in Houthi-Controlled Yemen
Renewed attention on southern Yemen has largely obscured recent political developments in the north of the country, where over the…
Yemen Snapshots: 2015-2019
With the inclusion of data covering Yemen and Saudi Arabia from 2015 into the ACLED dataset, ACLED is now able…
Yemen’s Fractured South: Socotra and Mahrah
In Yemen, nearly five years of conflict have contributed to an extreme fragmentation of central power and authority and have…
Yemen’s Fractured South: Shabwah and Hadramawt
In Yemen, nearly five years of conflict have contributed to an extreme fragmentation of central power and authority and have…
How Houthi-planted mines are killing civilians in Yemen
Earlier this month in Yemen, five foreign experts working for the Saudi-funded Masam demining project died while transporting mines from…
Yemen’s Urban Battlegrounds: Violence and Politics in Sana’a, Aden, Ta’izz and Hodeidah
To access a PDF of this report, please click here. According to recent World Bank estimates, rural areas account for…
Fatalities in the Yemen Conflict
In this infographic, Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik breaks down ACLED’s current estimate of fatalities caused by Yemen’s Civil War, with…
