Battle of Aden (2018)

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Battle of Aden
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, and the Aden unrest (2015–2019)
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Situation in Aden after the STC seized the city
  Southern Transitional Council control
  Hadi Government control
Date28–31 January 2018
Location
Aden, Yemen
12°48′00″N45°02′00″E / 12.8°N 45.033333°E / 12.8; 45.033333
Result STC victory
Territorial
changes		 STC gains control of most of Aden [1]
Belligerents

Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Army (Hadi government)

Supported by:
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia [4] [5]

Flag of South Yemen.svg Southern Transitional Council (STC)

Supported by:
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (commandos SF)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [10]
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Yemen.svg Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Flag of Yemen.svg Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr
Flag of Yemen.svg Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar 		Flag of South Yemen.svg Aidarus al-Zoubaidi [11]
Flag of South Yemen.svg Hani bin Braik
Flag of Kuwait.svg Aser Abdullah Al-Anezi
Strength

Kuwait: 30-60 commandos

Thousands [2]
Hundreds of demonstrators [12]
Casualties and losses
250 killed [13]
745 wounded		 94 Yemenis killed [11] [14]
6 commandos wounded [15]
40 people killed [16] [17] [18] (3 civilians) [19] 222 wounded, [20] [21] [22] [23] and 40,000 without aid [24]
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Location within Yemen

The Battle of Aden was a conflict between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Yemeni government around the headquarters in Aden. [25]

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Background

In Yemen, separatists have been calling for the independence of South Yemen, which was until 1990 an independent state officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, with its state capital as Aden. [26] [27] [28] After its incorporation into the Yemen Arab Republic, there were two major attempts to secede, the Yemeni Civil War of 1994 [29] and the South Yemen insurgency (2009–present). [30]

The Southern Transitional Council was created in May 2017. The governor of Aden Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, dismissed from his office on 27 April 2017 by Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, became its leader. [31] [32]

The Southern National Assembly, made up of 303 members from every southern province, held its first parliamentary session in Aden on 26 December 2017. [33]

Amid tensions between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and the Saudi-backed Hadi government in Aden, the STC announced on 21 January 2018 that it would overthrow the Yemeni government within a week unless President Hadi sacked his entire cabinet, including Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr for corruption. [34] [35] The STC also declared a state of emergency until its demands were met. [36] The government responded by banning protests in Aden, but the STC organised an anti-government rally for 28 January 2018. [37]

Timeline

Outbreak of fighting

Gun battles erupted in Aden on 28 January 2018 when security forces loyal to the Hadi government attempted to prevent pro-STC demonstrators from entering the city. [38] Districts reportedly affected by the fighting included Khormaksar, al-Mansoura, and Dar Sad, with protests taking place in al-Orouth square. Pro-STC forces were reported to have seized a number of government offices, including the Hadi government's headquarters. [10] [34] [38]

28 January

The STC captured the government headquarters in Aden. [39] [40] The government also ordered its own troops to return to base, following fierce clashes across Aden. The fighting subsided by the evening after Prime Minister Daghr ordered a truce and instructed forces loyal to the government to return to barracks, witnesses said. [41] In the night, the fighting continued. [42] [43]

29 January

New fighting broke out after a brief ceasefire on the day before it collapsed. [44] [45] [46] The STC sent reinforcements from Dhale and Shabwah provinces to Aden. [30] [47] [48] Tank and heavy artillery battles were also fought that day, killing five STC fighters and four Yemeni government soldiers. [14] [49] [50] The Presidential Forces led by Brigadier General Abdullah al-Subaihi began shelling Mount Hadid, which overlooks the 1st brigade for Security Belt Forces and is run by Major General Aidarus al-Zoubaidi. [51] The two sides deployed tanks and began shelling one another in Khormaksar district, where snipers were on the roofs of buildings. [52] The fighting moved into Crater district, and schools were closed for a second consecutive day.

The STC would go on to proclaim victory on the 30 January. [53]

30 January

On the 30 January 2018, the STC claimed it had seized the entirety of Aden. [53] [8] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]

The members of the Hadi-government present in Aden, including the Prime Minister, were surrounded in the Presidential Palace and "de facto under house arrest" [59] [60] [61] [62] but the STC did not enter the palace. [63] [64] Yemen's prime minister prepared to flee the country for Saudi Arabia after the STC seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden in fierce battles overnight. [59] [65] [66]

The charity Save the Children suspended humanitarian work in the city due to the fighting. [67]

The STC seized the Dar Sad District, which was the last pro-Hadi stronghold, having captured the Crater and Tawahi districts earlier. [68] Residents have said that the STC captured most of the city by day's end. [69]

31 January

On the 31 January, separatists took the office of the prime minister's secretary, but fighting no longer took place. [70] The government and the STC exchanged prisoners after the fighting. [71]

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