List of armed groups in the Yemeni civil war

Military situation in the Yemeni civil war as of April 2021.

  Controlled by the Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council (Houthis)

  Controlled by the Hadi-led government and allies

  Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia (AQAP)

  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

  Controlled by Southern Movement

  Controlled by forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh

  Controlled by local, non-aligned forces

A number of armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Yemeni civil war.

Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

Hadi government and allies Saudi-led coalition Saleh loyalists	Supreme Political Council and allies	Southern Transitional Council	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ansar al-Sharia and allies
Hadi government Pro-Hadi Security forces 3rd Military Region 112th Infantry Brigade 4th Military Region Armored Brigade 35 111th Infantry Brigade Allied groups: Alliance of Yemeni Tribes Al-Islah Popular Resistance [1] Pro-Hadi Popular Committees Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance [2] Southern Movement (until 2017) Salafist militias [3] (from late 2015) Supported by: Qatar [4] (only Al-Islah) Saudi Arabia [5] Saleh loyalists(from 2017) [6] [7] Republican Guard (from 2017) [8] [9] National Resistance [10] Supported by: Saudi Arabia [11] United Arab Emirates (until 2019) [10] Saudi-led coalition Saudi Arabia [12] Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabian Army   Royal Saudi Air Force Special Forces (alleged) [13] United Arab Emirates (until 2019) [14] United Arab Emirates Armed Forces United Arab Emirates Army Bahrain [15] Kuwait [15] Jordan [15] Morocco [15] (until 2019) [16] Qatar [15] (until 2017) [17] Senegal [18] Sudan [15] [19] Sudanese Armed Forces Sudanese Army Allied groups: Academi Supported by: Egypt [15] [20] United Kingdom [21] [22] France [22] United States [22] Canada (arms) [23] Germany (arms, until 2018) [24] Logistical support: Djibouti [25] Eritrea [26] Somalia [27] France [28] [29] [30] United States (includes drone strikes) US Navy [31] Special Operations Command [32]	Supreme Political Council Pro-Houthi Yemeni Armed Forces Pro-Houthi Yemeni Army [33] Yemeni Air Force (2015–17) Supreme Revolutionary Committee Special Security Forces (2015–17) Pro-Saleh Security Forces (2015–17) Republican Guard (2015–17) Special Operations Forces (2015–17) Allied groups: Houthis Pro-Houthi Popular Committees Liwa Fatemiyoun [34] Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (alleged, denied) [35] Alleged support: Syria (until 2023) [36] North Korea [37] Qatar [38] Iran [39] Hezbollah [40]	Southern Transitional Council (from 2017) Southern Movement Popular Resistance Popular Committees al-Hizam Brigade (Security Belt) [41] [42] Hadhrami Elite Forces [43] Southern Resistance Forces (SRF) [44] Shabwani Elite Tihamah Resistance [45] [46] Allied groups: Spear Operations Group (against Al-Islah) [47] Supported by: United Arab Emirates [48] [47]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014) [49] Military of ISIL Wilayah al-Yemen Wilayat Sanaa [50] Wilayat Aden-Abyan Wilayah Lahij Wilayah Green Brigade Wilayah al-Bayda Wilayah Shabwah Wilayah Ataq Wilayah Hadramawt Supported by: Qatar (accused by Saudi Arabia and allies, denied)[ citation needed ] al-Qaeda AQAP Ansar al-Sharia al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen Aden-Abyan Islamic Army Council of Sunni Scholars and al-Jama'a Hadrami Domestic Council faction [51] [52] al-Dhahab tribesmen Supported by: al-Shabaab [53] [54] (alleged) Qatar (accused by Saudi Arabia and allies, denied)[ citation needed ]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Libyan Civil War
• Combatants of the Iraq War

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