Middle East 703
MID#1109
Started in May 1966. See the narrative in the 651 Egypt/670 Saudi Arabia dyad dis-
pute list.
MID#2373
Dispute Number: 2373
Date(s): November 26, 1969 to January 13, 1970
Participants: 678 Yemen Arab Republic/670 Saudi Arabia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 26–100 deaths
Narrative: Fighting broke out between the Yemen Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia
on November 26, 1969, when South Yemen occupied a border post at Al Wadiah.
Eighteen Saudi Arabian troops and officers wounded or killed.
Thirty Saudis were killed, wounded, or captured and arms seized after a border
clash with South Yemeni forces the following day. After four days of clashes, Saudi
forces drove back South Yemeni forces and retook the post at Al Wadiah, Saudi Ara-
bia. On January 13, 1970, three Yemeni aircraft bombed Saudi forces in the frontier
area of Najran.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 5, 1969. Fatalities changed
from Missing.
MID#2152
Dispute Number: 2152
Date(s): February 3, 1980 to February 15, 1980
Participants: 670 Saudi Arabia/678 Yemen Arab Republic
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: This dispute describes two separate incidents on the Yemeni-Saudi border
in February 1980. The first occurred during the first week of February and involved
a Saudi anti-smuggling patrol clashing with a Yemeni army unit. The second major
event was an air attack by Saudi Arabia on a Yemen border village that occurred
sometime in mid-February. Both incidents were related to each state trying to stop
cross-border insurgencies.
670 SAUDI ARABIA/679 YEMEN
MID#4114
Dispute Number: 4114
Date(s): October 23, 1994 to January 27, 1995
Participants: 670 Saudi Arabia/679 Yemen
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths