Al-Hudaydah offensive

Al Hudaydah offensive
	Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
	; Coalition's Hudaydah offensive within southwestern-Yemen
Date	Main Phase: 6 December 2017 – 27 November 2018; (11 months and 3 weeks); UN brokered Cease fire; Restart of Hostilities: 13 November 2021 – 2 April 2022; (4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen14°48′08″N 42°57′04″E / 14.80222°N 42.95111°E
Result	Houthi victory Coalition forces capture Al Khawkhah, Hays, and At Tuhayta; UN brokered cease fire in Al Hudaydah in 2018; Hadi government forces and allies leave Eastern Al Hudaydah in 2021, before eventually withdrawing from Al Hudaydah Governorate; Another UN-brokered ceasefire takes effect on 2 April 2022;
Belligerents
Cabinet of Yemen; National Resistance; Tihamah Resistance; Giants Brigades; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Southern Movement	Supreme Political Council; Houthis; Supported by:; Hezbollah (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Tareq Saleh; Ahmad al-Kokpani; Hassan Taher; Abdulrahman Hajri; Haitham Kassem; Nabil Amr (WIA); Abu Zaraa Al-Mahramy; Abdulsalam Al Shehi; Raed Al-Habhy Al-Yafeiy; Hamdy Shokry Al-Sobaihy; Abd Al-Rahman Al-Lajy; Nizar Al-Wageeh; Abu Haroun Al-Yafeiy; Wissam Saleh; Hassan Dobla; Ibrahim Abado; Mohammed Al Himyari; Aseel Al Sakladi; Mohammed Omar Moamen; Rafeeq Domah; Ibrahim Al Theeb; Ahmed Kawkabani; Saddam Al-Qadi; Nabil Al Suheily; Naser Al Redhami Casualties: Gen. Abdul Hamid Al-Yahari †; Asil Faisal Modara †; Ali Fadhel al-Hayish †; Abdullah Jalmud †; Osama Muhraki †;	Mohammed Ali al-Houthi ; Yusuf al-Madani; Mansour Ahmed Hamoud Jahaf al-Makeni; Abu Ali al-Hakim; Mohammed Al-Amati; Latman Sharaf Casualties: Saleh al-Sammad †; Yasser al-Ahmar †; Ali Muhammad Sulaiman Halsi †; Hameed Qasim Heikal †; Abu Malak †; Mohammed al-Dahn †; Maqbool al-Jarb Abuqhatan †; Abu Jibril Ali Mahmoud al-Shahari †; Abu Thabit †; Diaa Abdul-Salam Jahaf †; Khalid Mahdali †; Yahya Sharaf al-Din †; Ibrahim Abado ; Abed Abdullah Hamza †; Abu Talib †; Thabet Muhiuddin (POW); Omar al-Ansi ; Yunus Ibrahim Amer †; Sharaf Abdullah Al-Makeni Abu Mohammed †; Ahmed bin Ahmed al-Washli †;
Units involved
Republican Guard; ; Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Saudi Arabian Army; Royal Saudi Navy; Royal Saudi Air Force; Popular resistance; Southern Movement Southern Resistance; Southern Giants brigades; ;	Houthis
Strength
25,000; 20,000; 5,000	30,000–35,000
Casualties and losses
350 killed (per Coalition, by 11 June 2018); 4 Emirati soldiers killed; 1,323 killed and wounded (per Houthis, by 24 June)	250 killed, 143 captured (per Coalition, by 11 June 2018)
	Location within Yemen

Al Hudaydah offensive, also called Western Coast Offensive (Arabic: جبهة الساحل الغربي), describes the offensive launched in December 2017 by pro-government forces against the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate as part of Yemen's 2015 civil war. By December 2018, the pro-government forces had captured the towns of Al Khawkhah, Hays, At Tuhayta, and brokered a ceasefire in Al Hudaydah City. In November 2021, a coalition withdrawal led the Houthi forces to break the siege of Al Hudaydah and recapture At Tuhayta.