Yemeni civil war (1994)

Yemeni civil war (1994)
Part of the effects of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War

Clockwise from top:
Northern Yemeni soldiers next to an abandoned bus with Ali Abdullah Saleh's portrait; Southern separatist soldiers taking cover behind a T-55 tank; Northern forces fighting in Aden city; Northern forces' BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher shelling separatist positions; Northern soldiers in a technical.
Date4 May – 7 July 1994
(2 months and 3 days)
Location
Result Unionist victory
Belligerents
 Yemen
Islamic Jihad in Yemen
Democratic Republic of Yemen
Commanders and leaders
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani
Tariq al-Fadhli
Ali Salem al Beidh 
Ali Mohammed Assadi 
Casualties and losses
931 soldiers and civilians killed
5,000 wounded (N. Yemen claim)
6,000 fighters and 513 civilians killed
600 destroyed tanks
7,000–10,000 dead and 500,000 displaced
Unknown number of socialist and separatist civilians executed

The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية), also known as the Summer War of 1994 (Arabic: حرب صيف ١٩٩٤), was a civil war fought between the two Yemeni forces of the pro-union northern and the socialist separatist southern Yemeni states and their supporters. The war resulted in the defeat of the southern separatists and the reunification of Yemen, and the flight into exile of many leaders of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) and other separatists.