Battle of Aden (2015)

Battle of Aden
	Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and; the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
	; View of Aden from the sea
Date	25 March – 22 July 2015; (3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Aden, Yemen12.8°N 45.033333°E
Result	Decisive Hadi-led government and coalition victory
Belligerents
Yemen (Houthi government) Houthi fighters; Security Forces (pro-Saleh); Republican Guard;	Yemen (Hadi-led government) Security Forces (pro-Hadi); People's Committees; Popular resistance; Southern Movement; Saudi Arabia Special Forces (alleged); United Arab Emirates Air and naval support Saudi Arabia (leader) ; Bahrain ; Egypt ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Morocco ; Qatar ; Sudan ; United Arab Emirates ;
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi; Hussein Khairan; Abdul-Malik al-Houthi; Ali al-Shami; Ali Abdullah Saleh; Abdul Khaliq Al Houthi (POW)	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (in exile); Gen. Aidarus al-Zoubaidi; Colonel Mohammed Hussein Al-Khaili Al-Shaibi ; Gen. Shallal Ali Sha'ya ; Gen. Muthanna Jawas; (SSF commander); Maj. Gen. Jaafar Mohammed Saad; Brig. Gen. Saif al-Baqri; Brig. Gen. Ali Nasser Hadi † Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani; King Salman
Casualties and losses
380–396 killed	215 killed
	858 civilians killed (256 by disease; pro-Hadi claim); 783 civilians and pro-Hadi fighters killed (U.N. claim); 590 deaths from dengue fever (U.N. claim)
	Location within Yemen

The Battle of Aden was a battle for the control of Aden, Yemen, between Houthis rebels and Yemen Army forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and Yemen Army units loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Southern Movement militias on the other side.

The battle began on 25 March 2015, as pro-Saleh troops seized control of Aden International Airport and Hadi fled the country by boat. On 16 July the pro-Hadi forces again seized control of Aden port and were moving into the city's commercial center. On 22 July, pro-Hadi forces had retaken full control of Aden, and the Aden Airport was reopened. In late July, an offensive launched by pro-Hadi forces drove Houthi forces out of the towns neighboring Aden.

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