Expert comment: US airstrikes on Yemen signal shift in strategy against the Houthis
US forces launched large-scale and deadly strikes on Houthi targets across seven Yemeni governorates this weekend, marking the first military…
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Analysis
A barometer of Houthi repression: Governance and infighting in Ibb governorate
Read in Arabic EnglishعربيEnglishDownload PDF Away from the high waters of the Red Sea, where they waged hundreds of attacks…
The Houthis’ Militarization Machine | ISPI
The group’s strategic shift: mobilizing for Palestine and expanding regional influence. This piece was originally published in ISPI. Ten years…
Middle East Overview – September 2024: Expanding Israeli operations in Lebanon and the escalation of the Middle East crisis
September 2024 Special Issue Expanding Israeli operations in Lebanon and the escalation of the Middle East crisis Posted: 4 October 2024…
Yemen: Mid-year metrics 2024
In June 2024 abductions and forced disappearances by the Houthis reached their highest levels since 2015. This ACLED infographic provides…
Six Houthi drone warfare strategies: How innovation is shifting the regional balance of power
The Houthis, although relatively new to drone technology, have been at the forefront of drone warfare. This report outlines six…
Q&A: Gaza’s global aftershocks
The reverberations of the war in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel go well beyond the Gaza…
Yemen Situation Update: April 2024
Yemen Conflict Observatory Monthly Report Yemen Situation Update: April 2024 YCO Home Actor Profiles Regional Profiles Reports Interactive Maps Yemen…
Yemen Situation Update: February 2024
Yemen Conflict Observatory Monthly Report Yemen Situation Update: February 2024 YCO Home Actor Profiles Regional Profiles Reports Interactive Maps Yemen…
ACLED Factsheet | US strikes and counter-strikes in the Middle East (Updated 2/9/23)
Update: 9 Feb 2023 | This factsheet includes information from the latest ACLED data on activity in Iraq, Syria and…
Update: US and UK Strikes on Yemen Escalate Tensions
On 12 January, United States and United Kingdom air forces claimed to have carried out strikes on over 60 Houthi…
Q&A: Why Are Yemen’s Houthis Attacking Ships in the Red Sea?
Q&A with Luca Nevola ACLED Middle East Regional Specialist Attacks by Yemen’s dominant Houthi forces on international shipping passing through…
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Sustained Resurgence in Yemen or Signs of Further Decline?
This report follows on from previous ACLED analysis, examining Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s activity from 2021 to the…
Beyond Riyadh: Houthi Cross-Border Aerial Warfare (2015-2022)
Analysis of Houthi rocket, missile, and drone attacks from 2015 to 2022.
The State of Yemen: Q2 2022 – Q3 2022
In this edition of ACLED’s State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Valentin d’Hauthuille and Middle East Research Manager Muaz Al Abdullah…
Regional Overview: Middle East
5-11 November 2022
Last week in the Middle East, Houthi forces conducted a new drone strike on a port harboring an oil tanker…
Regional Overview: Middle East
29 October-4 November 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence reached its highest levels in Yemen since the end of the UN-mediated…
Regional Overview: Middle East
22-28 October 2022
Last week in the Middle East, levels of political violence declined significantly in Yemen, despite increased Houthi drone activity across…
Regional Overview: Middle East
15-21 October 2022
Last week in the Middle East, Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) forces intercepted Houthi drones traveling toward an oil tanker off…
Regional Overview: Middle East
8-14 October 2022
Last week in the Middle East, Yemen continued to witness low levels of political violence for the second consecutive week,…
Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce: April-October 2022
A review of key conflict trends during the truce period.
Regional Overview: Middle East
1-7 October 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased significantly in Yemen, as warring sides stopped their daily violations reports…
Regional Overview: Middle East
24-30 September 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased in Yemen during the last week of the UN-mediated truce’s second…
Regional Overview: Middle East
17-23 September 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence remained stable at high levels in Yemen, as the end of the…
Regional Overview: Middle East
10-16 September 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence reached some of its highest levels in Yemen since the start of…
Regional Overview: Middle East
13 August-9 September 2022
Over the past month in the Middle East, UAE-backed forces continued to gain territory in southern Yemen, where they faced…
Regional Overview: Middle East
6-12 August 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence levels increased in Yemen as clashes between nominally allied anti-Houthi forces flared…
Regional Overview: Middle East
30 July-5 August 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels remained relatively stable in Yemen, as the UN-mediated truce was…
Regional Overview: Middle East
23-29 July 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels decreased in Yemen during the last full week before the…
Regional Overview: Middle East
16-22 July 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels increased in Yemen after five weeks of relatively stable levels…
Regional Overview: Middle East
9-15 July 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels remained stable in Yemen for the fourth consecutive week, while…
The State of Yemen: Q1 2022 – Q2 2022
In this edition of ACLED’s State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Emile Roy and Middle East Research Manager Muaz A. map…
Regional Overview: Middle East
2-8 July 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels remained stable in Yemen for the third consecutive week, although…
Regional Overview: Middle East
25 June-1 July 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels remained stable in Yemen for the second consecutive week, while…
Regional Overview: Middle East
18-24 June 2022
Last week in the Middle East, overall political violence levels remained stable in Yemen despite increased instability in the south…
Regional Overview: Middle East
11-17 June 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased in Yemen after it reached its highest levels since the start…
Regional Overview: Middle East
4-10 June 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence increased in Yemen during the first week of the UN-mediated truce extension.…
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…
Regional Overview: Middle East
28 May-3 June 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased in Yemen during the scheduled final days of the UN-mediated truce…
Regional Overview: Middle East
21-27 May 2022
Last week in the Middle East, conflict events increased in Yemen ahead of the end of the first phase of the…
Regional Overview: Middle East
14-20 May 2022
Last week in the Middle East, violent activity decreased in Yemen following a spike in violence the week prior. In…
Regional Overview: Middle East
7-13 May 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence increased in Yemen to reach its highest level since the start of…
Regional Overview: Middle East
23 April-6 May 2022
In the last two weeks in the Middle East, political violence levels remained relatively low in Yemen, as the country…
The State of Yemen: Q4 2021 – Q1 2022
In this edition of ACLED’s State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Emile Roy and Middle East Research Manager Muaz A. map…
Regional Overview: Middle East
16-22 April 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence levels decreased in Yemen during the third week of the two-month UN-sponsored…
Regional Overview: Middle East
9-15 April 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence levels remained stable in Yemen during the second week of the UN-sponsored…
Regional Overview: Middle East
2-8 April 2022
Last week in the Middle East, political violence decreased in Yemen as a two-month truce announced by the UN Special…
Mapping Religious Repression in Yemen
Religious repression in Yemen has been exacerbated by the ongoing conflict. In this infographic, ACLED-Religion Senior Researcher Luca Nevola maps…
The State of Yemen: Q3 2021 – Q4 2021
In this edition of ACLED’s new State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Emile Roy and Middle East Research Manager Muaz A.…
Religious Repression and Disorder Snapshots: 2020-2021
ACLED-Religion’s incorporation of historical back-coding data for 2020 adds over 6,000 events across the seven countries covered by the pilot…
Religious Repression During Ashura Season: Cases From Bahrain, Iraq, and Yemen
Religious celebrations can function as catalysts for religious repression, carrying a potential for state abuses and minority contestation (Hintz &…
‘Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong:’ The Imposition of Islamic Morality in Iran, Yemen, Egypt, and Iraq
Religious repression is often targeted at individuals and groups that express religious behaviors or religious affiliation (Fox, 2016; Sarkissian, 26…
The State of Yemen: Q2 2021 – Q3 2021
In this edition of ACLED’s State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Emile Roy and Middle East Research Manager Muaz A. map…
Religious Repression During Ramadan: Cases From Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt, and Palestine
Most religious holidays and festivals carry a potential for state repression and minority contestation. This is explained by three main…
The State of Yemen: Q1 2021 – Q2 2021
In the first edition of ACLED’s new State of Yemen infographic series, Researcher Emile Roy and Middle East Research Manager Muaz…
Mid-Year Update: 10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2021
In ACLED’s special report on 10 conflicts to worry about at the start of 2021, we identified a range of…
The Hazm Brigades
After Houthi-Saleh forces advanced on the south of Yemen in early 2015, a number of local groups took up arms…
Religious Repression and Disorder: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen
The ACLED-Religion pilot project collects real-time data on religious repression and disorder in the Middle East and North Africa. This…
Aden Security
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Interactive: 10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2021
Explore an interactive visualization of ACLED’s special report on 10 conflicts to worry about in 2021. © 2021 Armed Conflict…
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…
10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2021
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts with a look toward trends to…
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…
The Facilities Protection Force
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Regional Overview: Middle East
15-21 November 2020
Last week in the Middle East, Israeli warplanes struck Damascus International Airport and nearby areas in Syria. Israel was targeting…
Regional Overview: Middle East
8-14 November 2020
Last week in the Middle East, Houthis claimed to have overtaken the strategic Mas Military Camp in Yemen, while fighting…
Regional Overview: Middle East
1-7 November 2020
Last week in the Middle East, fighting between pro-Hadi forces and Houthis continued in Yemen, with intensified clashes reported in…
Regional Overview: Middle East
25-31 October 2020
Last week, demonstrations broke out across the Middle East against the French president who stated he would protect the right…
Regional Overview: Middle East
18-24 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, intense fighting between the Houthis and joint anti-Houthi forces was reported in Ad Ali…
The 30th Armored Brigade
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Regional Overview: Middle East
11-17 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, two members of Hurras Al Din were killed by a drone strike conducted by…
Regional Overview: Middle East
4-10 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, a truck bomb explosion reportedly led to the deaths of 18 civilians in Syria,…
Regional Overview: Middle East
27 September-3 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the Islamic State (IS) carried out several attacks in eastern and central Syria against…
Regional Overview: Middle East
20-26 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United States (US) threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad in response to…
Regional Overview: Middle East
13-19 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed normalization agreements with Israel in Washington,…
The Support & Reinforcement Brigades
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Regional Overview: Middle East
6-12 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the Saudi-led coalition conducted airstrikes in Yemen for the first time since July, as…
Regional Overview: Middle East
2 August-5 September 2020
Last month in the Middle East, a blast in Beirut left Lebanon reeling from the overwhelming human and financial cost…
Mid-Year Update: 10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2020
In our special report on 10 conflicts to worry about at the start of 2020, ACLED identified a range of…
The Asifah Brigade
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Regional Overview: Middle East
26 July-1 August 2020
Last week in the Middle East, fewer armed conflict events were reported compared to weeks prior across the region. This…
Regional Overview: Middle East
19-25 July 2020
Last week in the Middle East, it was generally quiet as event counts were low across many countries with a…
Regional Overview: Middle East
12-18 July 2020
Last week was another relatively quiet week across the Middle East. However, across the region, event counts are slowly increasing…
The Amajid Brigade
Little-Known Military Brigades and Armed Groups in Yemen: A Series This series maps the activity of little-known military brigades and…
Regional Overview: Middle East
5-11 July 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the number of battles increased in Yemen and Syria, while demonstration events increased in…
Regional Overview: Middle East
28 June-4 July 2020
Last week in the Middle East, violence against civilians increased in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and clashes with the Islamic…
Regional Overview: Middle East
21-27 June 2020
Last week in the Middle East battles and shelling/artillery/missile attacks increased in Syria. Battles also increased in Iraq as Turkish…
Regional Overview: Middle East
14-20 June 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the number of political violence and demonstration events remained stable or decreased in most…
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…
Regional Overview: Middle East
7-13 June 2020
Last week in the Middle East, demonstrations and remote violence increased throughout the region. The surge in protests was propelled…
Regional Overview: Middle East
31 May – 6 June 2020
Across the Middle East, riots and protests increased last week amid a worsening economic crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
17-30 May 2020
Over the last two weeks in the Middle East, political violence and demonstration activity generally decreased across the region, likely…
Regional Overview: Middle East
10-16 May 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: reduced fighting between Houthi and pro-Hadi forces in Yemen amid the…
Regional Overview: Middle East
3-9 May 2020
Political violence and demonstrations decreased across the Middle East last week. Though demonstrations increased in Iraq and Iran, the uptick…
Call Unanswered: A Review of Responses to the UN Appeal for a Global Ceasefire
On 23 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global coronavirus ceasefire (UN News, 23 March 2019). The truce…
Regional Overview: Middle East
26 April – 2 May 2020
Last week, more demonstrations were reported across the Middle East than in any week since the beginning of the coronavirus…
CDT Spotlight: Conflict & Crackdowns
ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik explores the pandemic’s impact on levels of organized political violence around the world. This infographic…
Regional Overview: Middle East
19-25 April 2020
Across the Middle East, relatively few battles, explosions, and remote violence events were reported last week. However, demonstrations increased around…
Regional Overview: Middle East
12-18 April 2020
Last week in the Middle East key developments include: continued Islamic State (IS) attacks in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria; a…
Regional Overview: Middle East
5-11 April 2020
Across the Middle East, events related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to dominate the news cycle, with restrictions now implemented…
Regional Overview: Middle East
29 March-4 April 2020
Across the Middle East, there were relatively few events compared to the weeks prior. Key developments include: continued fighting despite…
CDT Spotlight:
Yemen
ACLED Research Analyst Andrea Carboni examines conflict patterns in Yemen amid UN calls for a ceasefire to address the coronavirus…
Regional Overview: Middle East
22-28 March 2020
Following a major decrease in battles across the region at the end of February, clashes increased by a small margin…
Interactive: 10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2020
Explore an interactive visualization of ACLED’s special report on 10 conflicts to worry about in 2020. © 2020 Armed Conflict…
Regional Overview: Middle East
15-21 March 2020
Last week in the Middle East key developments include: continued fighting in Yemen; a new prime minister-designate and reduced coalition…
Regional Overview: Middle East
8-14 March 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: continued fighting across most frontlines in Yemen; an escalation in Iraq…
Regional Overview: Middle East
1-7 March 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: major fighting in Yemen; a lack of political leadership in Iraq…
Regional Overview: Middle East
23-29 February 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: escalating confrontations between Turkish and Syrian regime forces, major clashes in…
Regional Overview: Middle East
16-22 February 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: unrest around a major outbreak of the coronavirus in Iran and…
Regional Overview: Middle East 9-15 February 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: increased Islamic State (IS) activity in Yemen and Iraq; ongoing protests…
Regional Overview: Middle East 2-8 February 2020
Last week in the Middle East, violence escalated in Yemen, Iraq, and Palestine. In Syria, regime and allied forces continued…
Regional Overview: Middle East 26 January – 1 February 2020
Last week in the Middle East, key developments occurred across the region. As predicted, demonstrations were reported across a number…
Regional Overview: Middle East 19-25 January 2020
Last week in the Middle East, significant developments occurred in Yemen with major clashes in Sana’a governorate, increased Saudi airstrikes,…
10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2020
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts with a look toward trends to…
Regional Overview: Middle East 12-18 January 2020
Last week in the Middle East, developments occurred in the implementation of the ‘Riyadh Agreement’ in Yemen and the ceasefire…
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.…
Regional Overview: Middle East 5-11 January 2020
Primary developments in the Middle East last week were around US-Iran tensions in Iraq, the downing of the Ukrainian plane…
Regional Overview: Middle East 15 December 2019 – 4 January 2020
Over the last three weeks in the Middle East, the assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq…
Regional Overview: Middle East 8-14 December 2019
Last week in the Middle East, the widespread demonstration movements across Lebanon and Iraq continued. Fighting with rebel forces increased…
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…
Regional Overview: Middle East 1-7 December 2019
The main developments from the Middle East last week included the signing of a maritime territory deal between Turkey and…
Regional Overview: Middle East 24-30 November 2019
Developments in the Middle East last week included the resignation of the Prime Minister of Iraq following the deadliest day…
Regional Overview: Middle East 17 – 23 November 2019
The main highlights from the Middle East last week were the widespread demonstrations in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. In Syria,…
Regional Overview: Middle East
10 – 16 November 2019
Last week in the Middle East, developments occurred throughout most of the region, including an escalation between Palestinian Islamic Jihad…
Regional Overview: Middle East 3 – 9 November 2019
Last week in the Middle East, the ‘Riyadh Agreement’ was signed in Saudi Arabia uniting the Southern Transitional Council (STC)…
Regional Overview: Middle East 27 October – 2 November 2019
Last week in the Middle East, the ceasefire between Turkish and Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria held, though sporadic clashes…
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…
Regional Overview: Middle East 20 – 26 October 2019
Last week in the Middle East, the ceasefire agreement for Operation Peace Spring reduced the number of events reported on…
Regional Overview: Middle East 13 – 19 October 2019
Last week in the Middle East, Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria dominated the news. Security vacuums in the area…
Regional Overview: Middle East 6 – 12 October 2019
Last week in the Middle East, calm returned to Iraq after several days of violent anti-government demonstrations. Syria was the…
Regional Overview: Middle East 29 September – 5 October 2019
Last week, demonstrations over deteriorating economic conditions occurred in several countries across the Middle East. In Iraq, violent demonstrations turned…
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…
Regional Overview – Middle East 2 October 2019
Last week in the Middle East, battles continued in Yemen, while Turkey and its allies continued fighting Kurdish forces in…
Regional Overview – Middle East 24 September 2019
Last week in the Middle East, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia continued to play out via Yemen. There was…
Regional Overview – Middle East 17 September 2019
Key developments that took place over the past week include Houthi drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and…
Regional Overview – Middle East 11 September 2019
Last week in the Middle East, battles continued in Yemen between pro-Hadi and pro-Houthi forces, as well as with separatist…
Regional Overview – Middle East 4 September 2019
Key developments took place during the month of August in Syria and Yemen where major territorial exchanges occurred, and high…
Mid-Year Update: 10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2019
In our special report on 10 conflicts to worry about in 2019, ACLED assessed the state of political violence and…
Regional Overview – Middle East
31 July 2019
In the Middle East last week, there were a number of developments with on-going conflicts in Syria and Yemen. Other…
Regional Overview – Middle East 17 July 2019
Last week in the Middle East region, Iranian and Turkish military operations against Kurdish armed groups intensified, while ‘Operation Will…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 July 2019
Last week, Israeli attacks in Syria were one of the most significant developments in the Middle East, as well as…
Regional Overview – Middle East 2 July 2019
Developments in the Middle East last week included regional backlash against the “Peace and Prosperity” workshop in Bahrain, where the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 26 June 2019
There were a few major developments last week in the Middle East region involving the United States. Major events included…
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 War Death Toll Exceeds 90,000 According to New ACLED Data for 2015
18 June 2019: New data for 2015 bring the total number of reported fatalities in Yemen to more than 91,000…
Regional Overview – Middle East 18 June 2019
There were a few major developments last week in the Middle East region, notably the attack on two oil tankers…
Regional Overview – Middle East 11 June 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a general reduction in reports of conflict, likely a result of…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 June 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included an increase in airstrikes, shelling, artillery, and missile attacks following the…
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…
Regional Overview – Middle East 28 May 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a general reduction in conflict in Palestine, anti-corruption demonstrations in Israel…
Regional Overview – Middle East 21 May 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a general reduction in conflict, likely a result of the holy…
Regional Overview – Middle East 14 May 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a surge in conflict along the Gaza border and increased demonstrations…
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…
Regional Overview – Middle East 7 May 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a surge in conflict along the Gaza border, territorial gains by…
Regional Overview – Middle East 1 May 2019
Developments in the Middle East region last week included a drop in conflict events in Palestine, surges in demonstrations in…
Regional Overview – Middle East 23 April 2019
Key trends in the Middle East last week included an increase in Israeli demolitions in East Jerusalem (and accompanying regional…
Sexual Violence in the ACLED Dataset
With the release of its new sub-event type categorization ACLED now includes a ‘Sexual violence’ sub-event type under the larger…
Endgames & Affiliations: Explaining Differing Patterns of Behavior Between Islamist Groups
Islamist groups have been deemed one of the most significant threats to international security in the 21st century, and current…
PRESS RELEASE: Yemen War Death Toll Surpasses 70,000
18 April 2019: More than 10,000 people have been reported killed in Yemen over the last five months, bringing the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 16 April 2019
Key trends in the Middle East last week included regional backlash to Israeli actions and policies, ongoing labour demonstrations across…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 April 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, there was a drop in battles, explosions/remote violence, and demonstration events. This trend…
Regional Overview – Middle East 2 April 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles increased to coincide with a drop in events involving…
Regional Overview – Middle East 26 March 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles remained about the same as the week prior, while…
Explosions/Remote Violence in War
ACLED classifies Explosions/Remote violence events as asymmetric violent events aimed at creating asymmetrical conflict dynamics by preventing the target from…
Yemen War Deaths on Overall Decline as UN Works to Salvage Truce
20 March 2019: With the UN announcing a new plan to shore up the December 2018 Stockholm Agreement between Yemen’s…
Regional Overview – Middle East 19 March 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles remained about the same as the week prior, while…
Regional Overview – Middle East 12 March 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles continued to decrease, while remote violence events, such as…
Increasing Tribal Resistance to Houthi Rule
Throughout the Yemen conflict, tribal organizations have played a major role in both supporting and resisting Houthi rule. Although not…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 March 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, overall instances of battles continued to decrease, while remote violence events, such as…
Beyond the Caliphate: The Islamic State’s Global Future
ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik tracks Islamic State activity outside of its former “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, evaluating the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 26 February 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of battles continued to decrease, while remote violence events such as airstrikes…
Regional Overview – Middle East 19 February 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of battles continued to decrease, while remote violence events such as airstrikes…
Regional Overview – Middle East 12 February 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of battles continued to decrease, dropping to their lowest levels of 2018…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 February 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of battles, remote violence, and demonstrations have all decreased. As a result,…
10 Conflicts to Worry About in 2019
Disorder spread across ACLED’s areas of coverage last year, with political violence and protest surging in more countries than they…
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…
Regional Overview – Middle East 29 January 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, instances of remote violence have continued their upward trend since the beginning of…
Regional Overview – Middle East 22 January 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, the number of battles has continued to decrease as part of a trend…
Regional Overview – Middle East 15 January 2019
Throughout the Middle East region last week, political violence and reported fatalities decreased since the week prior, the latter significantly.…
ACLED 2018: The Year in Review
ACLED is pleased to release our 2018 annual report surveying disorder patterns over the past year – ACLED 2018: The Year…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 January 2019
Instances of political violence have been on an upward trend since 16 December 2018, with both battles and remote violence…
While Overall Violence has Declined in 2018, Conflict is Spreading
21 December 2018: Despite a decrease in total fatalities this year, the majority of countries experienced more conflict, expanding the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 19 December 2018
There was a significant drop in reported fatalities throughout the Middle East region last week, primarily along the battlefronts in…
Regional Overview – Middle East 12 December 2018
Throughout the Middle East region last week, reported fatalities have remained consistent with the week prior, having dropped significantly since…
Yemen War Death Toll Now Exceeds 60,000, According to Latest ACLED Data
11 December 2018: As UN-led peace talks proceed in Stockholm and a landmark bill to end US support for the…
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…
Regional Overview – Middle East 27 November 2018
Throughout the Middle East region last week, there was a significant decrease in both reported fatalities and remote violence events,…
Regional Overview – Middle East 21 November 2018
Throughout the Middle East region last week, there was a spike in both demonstrations and remote violence events. For the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 13 November 2018
In the Middle East region last week, there was a general rise in reported fatalities, possibly related to the renewal…
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…
Targeting Islamists: Assassinations in South Yemen
A recent news article published by Buzzfeed revealed the involvement of American mercenaries contracted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
Regional Overview – Middle East 6 November 2018
Last week in the Middle East region, overall trends in armed violence and demonstrations continued at a similar or reduced…
Regional Overview – Middle East 30 October 2018
Throughout the Middle East region last week, there was a downward trend in instances of both armed conflict and demonstrations…
Regional Overview – Middle East 23 October 2018
Throughout the Middle East region last week, rates of political violence have remained relatively unchanged barring the renewal of cross-border…
Regional Overview – Middle East 16 October 2018
Palestinian-Israeli violence continued last week throughout Palestine, with a major increase occurring in the West Bank due to Israeli raids…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 October 2018
Throughout the Middle East last week, rates of political violence and demonstrations have generally decreased compared to the week prior,…
Exporting (In)Stability: The UAE’s Role in Yemen and the Horn of Africa
Over the past decade, the UAE has been increasingly projecting its power west toward the African continent. Until recently, this…
Regional Overview – Middle East 2 October 2018
Throughout the Middle East last week, rates of political violence have remained relatively unchanged compared to the week prior —…
Regional Overview – Middle East 24 September 2018
Conflict continued at a similar level throughout the Middle East region last week relative to the week prior. In Syria…
Regional Overview – Middle East 17 September 2018
Iraqi Kurdistan and adjacent Kurdish regions were the site of increased activity last week as both Iran and Turkey continued…
Nothing Quiet on the Western Front: A New Battle Starts in Hodeidah as Peace Talks Fail
On September 7, coalition-backed anti-Houthi forces resumed military operations outside Hodeidah, in the latest attempt to retake the western port…
Regional Overview – Middle East 10 September 2018
General unrest and demonstrations increased last week throughout the Middle East region as a result of ongoing economic and security…
Regional Overview – Middle East – 3 September 2018
The beginning of August marked a significant downturn in reported fatalities throughout the Middle East region, due in part to…
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen: A Continued Threat?
As pressure from UAE-backed troops and US airstrikes has increased over the past two years, Al Qaeda in the Arabian…
Regional Overview – Middle East 30 June 2018
Last week, violence continued in Gaza and the West Bank, but also in the area surrounding the Sea of Galilee…
Special Focus on Coalition Forces in the Middle East: The Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention in Yemen to restore the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour…
Special Focus on Coalition Forces in the Middle East
In today’s world, external actors are more often intervening in conflicts globally; more domestic armed conflicts have involved external states’…
Regional Overview – Middle East 23 June 2018
Last week, the escalating conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas finally ended with a seemingly stable ceasefire on July 21,…
Who are the UAE-backed Forces Fighting on the Western Front in Yemen?
On July 1, the offensive for the port city of Hodeidah was officially put on hold (for the various phases…
Regional Overview – Middle East 17 July 2018
A heavy artillery exchange occurred last week between Hamas and Israeli military forces along the Gaza border, leading to a…
The Saudi-Yemeni Border Conflict
Since the beginning of Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign in support of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in 2015, Houthi forces…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 July 2018
Demonstrations dominated the events reported last week in several countries across the region including in Bahrain, Iran, and Turkey. In…
The Islamic State in Yemen
Since its formation in November 2014, the Yemeni branch of the Islamic State (IS) has undergone major changes in its…
Regional Overview – Middle East 02 July 2018
A concentration of political violence was reported last week in Syria and Yemen with proportional rises in events in both…
Regional Overview – Middle East 25 June 2018
Notable trends, including offensives, continued in several countries, including Israel, Palestine, Syria and Yemen. Meanwhile, counter-insurgency operations by Turkish forces…
The Battle of Hodeidah has started
After weeks of speculations and a three-day deadline set by the UAE for the Houthis to leave the port city,…
Regional Overview – Middle East 18 June 2018
Unrest continued in Palestine and Israel last week, with both Israeli settlers and Palestinians clashing with police, while Israeli airstrikes…
US Involvement in Yemen
The United States military began conducting operations against Al-Qaeda in Yemen shortly after US lawmakers passed Joint Resolution 23, which…
Regional Overview – Middle East 11 June 2018
Nationwide anti-austerity demonstrations ended in Jordan last week following the withdrawal of a controversial tax bill. In Palestine, on the…
The Houthis and the Use of Landmines in Yemen
Although air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition continue to account for the highest number of reported civilian fatalities, Houthi-planted landmines…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 June 2018
This past week was marked by major protests in Jordan and a rise in remote violence between Israel and Gaza.…
The Regional Impact of the US Embassy Move
On May 14, the United States (US) government officially moved its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city…
“Cutting the Head off the Snake” Saudi-led Coalition Gains Territory in Northwestern Yemen
With much of the international attention focusing on the renewed offensive on Al Hudaydah port city, the Saudi-led coalition is…
Regional Overview – Middle East 28 May 2018
Violence between state forces and militant groups increased last week in both Turkey and Iraq, some of which can be…
The Offensive on Hodeidah
Since the killing of the President of the Supreme Political Council in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, anti-Houthi militias backed by…
Regional Overview – Middle East 21 May 2018
Significant demonstrations were reported across a number of Middle Eastern countries last week, including in Iraq following its elections; in…
The Crisis in Socotra
Over the past weeks, Socotra has been the site of an unprecedented wave of demonstrations denouncing the militarisation of the…
Regional Overview – Middle East 14 May 2018
Both Lebanon and Iraq held elections last week, with the number of riots and protests as well as election-related violence…
Tareq Saleh’s National Resistance Forces
Going by the name of the National Resistance Forces (NRF), a number of fighters loyal to former president Ali Abdullah…
Regional Overview – Middle East 7 May 2018
Events relating to elections and labour concerns stood out in a number of countries this past week, which included International…
The Assassination of Clerics in Southern Yemen
Over the first months of 2018, an increasing number of assassination attempts have targeted local Muslim clerics in southern Yemen.…
Regional Overview – Middle East 30 April 2018
The number of political violence events recorded in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine dropped this week, while the number of…
Regional Overview – Middle East 23 April 2018
Event numbers across the Middle East were largely static last week, while only a few new trends were recorded in…
One Year of Battles in the Yemeni Civil War
Despite the sense of widespread disorder conveyed by the dominant narrative on Yemen, the frontlines of the war pitting forces…
Regional Overview – Middle East 16 April 2018
This week was characterized by relatively static levels of political violence and protests in most countries in the Middle East,…
The Northeastern Front of the Yemeni Civil War
In the east of the capital Sana’a, battles between pro-Hadi and Houthi forces have raged almost incessantly since the beginning…
Regional Overview – Middle East 9 April 2018
Over the last two weeks a number of disparate trends have appeared in countries across the region, including in Iran,…
The Southeastern Front of the Yemeni Civil War
After the fall of Sana’a in September 2014, forces of the Houthi-Saleh alliance seized territory south of the capital with…
Regional Overview – Middle East 26 March 2018
Trends in political violence and demonstrations stayed largely static this week, outside of some interesting activity in Bahrain, Iraq, and…
Inside Houthis’ Sa’dah Stronghold
Historically the home to a powerful Zaydi dynasty and more recently the birthplace of the Houthi insurgency, Yemen’s northwestern governorate…
Regional Overview – Middle East 19 March 2018
Last week, new dynamics in political violence involving the Islamic State (IS) were reported in Iraq and Yemen, while notable…
The Hodeidah Front
The western front of the Yemeni civil war revolves around the port city of Hodeidah, currently the most important entry…
Regional Overview – Middle East 12 March 2018
A number of novel protest dynamics were reported in countries across the Middle East last week, while offensives in Syria…
Recent Trends in Political Violence & Protests in the Middle East
This interactive visual displays maps and charts featuring recent trends in political violence and protests in the Middle East. Apply…
Recent Trends in Political Violence & Protests Involving the Islamic State
This interactive visual displays maps and charts featuring recent trends in political violence and protests involving the Islamic State. Apply…
UAE’s Sphere of Influence in Southern Yemen
Southern Yemen is perhaps the region where strategic divergences within the Saudi-led coalition have become most visible. In the southern…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 March 2018
Largely static levels of events and reported fatalities were recorded in the Middle East this week outside of Iraq, Syria,…
The Battlefront of Taiz
The highest number of fatalities in Yemen have occurred in Taiz governorate, with nearly twice as many fatalities reported within…
Regional Overview – Middle East 26 February 2018
While there was an increase in the number of reported events in several countries in the Middle East last week,…
Eastern Yemen – Hadramawt and Al Mahrah
Hadramawt and Al Mahrah governorates make up the eastern region of Yemen, which has witnessed less conflict than the rest…
Regional Overview – Middle East 19 February 2018
Although this week saw no notable changes in conflict trends Afghanistan, Iraq, or Turkey, the ongoing conflicts in Syria and…
Yemen – The Battle of Aden
In early May of 2017, Yemen’s President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi sacked Aden’s provincial governor Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi and the southern state…
Yemen – The Battle of Sana’a
In December 2017, Yemeni capital Sana’a was the site of a major confrontation between pro-Houthi and pro-Saleh forces, former allies…
Regional Overview – Middle East 12 February 2018
The last week was primarily defined by a stabilization of activity across much of the Middle East, though several countries…
Regional Overview – Middle East 5 February 2018
The first month of 2018 has seen significant developments in several countries across the Middle East. Excluding Syria, the region…
Yemen: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Enters Another Year
Four years after the Houthi takeover of the capital Sana’a and the beginning of the Saudi-led military intervention, there is…
The Links between Food Crises and Violence in East, South and West Africa: An ACLED briefing note
The 2017 Food crisis during 2017 will directly affect 70 million people across 45 countries[1]. Emergency conditions began to appear…
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