Marib campaign

Marib campaign
	Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
	; Marib Governorate
Date	22 March 2015 – present ; (8 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Marib Governorate, Yemen
Result	Ongoing Houthis forces take control of Sirwah; Government forces recapture Marib by late 2016; Houthi forces re-launch an offensive on Marib Governorate with the aim of capturing the city of Marib in February 2021;
Belligerents
Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi fighters; Security Forces (pro-Saleh) (2015 – 2017); Yemeni Republican Guard (2015 – 2017);	Yemeni government Security Forces (pro-Hadi); People's Committees; Popular resistance; Islah party; Al-Qaeda; According to Houthi media & officials:; ISIL-YP; Supported by: Arab Coalition Saudi Arabia (leader) ; Bahrain ; Egypt ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Morocco ; Sudan ; United Arab Emirates ;
Commanders and leaders
Hussain al-Mutawakel (POW); Abu Jabar Ahmad al-Houthi (POW)	Maj. Gen Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi †; (Third Military Region Marib); Brg. Gen Sultan Ali al-Arada; Maj. Gen Amin al-Waili †; (Sixth Military Region); Gen Nasir al-Barhati †; Gen Sagheer bin Aziz; (Chief of Staff); Lt. Gen Abd al-Ghani Shaalan †; (Special Forces Commander); Brg. General Abdullah Ahmad Al-Abd †; (81th Infantry Brigade); Col. Ali Omar Murad †; (Commander 2nd Battalion); Lt. Col. Saleh Abdo Hashem al-Jamali †; Col. Arafat Yahya Muflih al-Sabri †; (Chief Marib Military Zone); Cmdr.Salim al-Massaabi †; (Chief of Staff 173rd Infantry Brigade); Salem Mosaed Hadi Al-Arifi †; (Leader 173rd Infantry Brigade); Sheikh Yasser al-Oadhi; (Tribal leader); Rabish Bin Ali Wahban †; (Leader of Islah Party); Sheikh Saleh al-Obeidi †; (Leader of Islah Party of Marib); Brg Gen. Khaled Al-Aqra (Islah militias leader); Lt. Col Fahad Abdul Rahman Rakan †
Units involved
Popular Committees ; Armed Tribesmen of Murad; (Since September 2020)	Islah party militias; Armed Tribesmen of Baydha; Armed Tribesmen of Murad
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Marib campaign, also called Marib offensive (Arabic: جبهة مأرب), is an ongoing military campaign taking place in the Yemeni civil war for the control of the Marib Governorate of Yemen. Fighting between the Houthi forces and factions of the Yemeni Army loyal to Supreme Political Council on one side, and Yemeni Army units loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and militiamen on the other side, took place since early 2015. Marib is rich in oil and gas resources and is a key strategic governorate because it connects the Houthi-controlled Sanaa and Alimi-controlled Hadhramaut governorates.

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