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Conflict Middle East

Houthi-Saudi Border Conflict

2009 CE – 2010 CE · 1 year

Saudi Arabia's first direct military intervention against the Houthis foreshadowed the much larger Saudi-led coalition war that would begin in 2015.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Houthi movement (Yemen)

Key moments

Defining events in the Houthi-Saudi Border Conflict.

  1. 2009 Operation Scorched Earth
  2. 2010 Jebel Dukhan battles

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Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2009 CE and 2010 CE.

2010 CE Burj Khalifa 2009 CE Boko Haram Insurgency 2009 CE Chechen Guerrilla Resistance

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Nelson Mandela Figure · South Africa 1918 CE – 2013 CE Sri Lankan Civil War Conflict · South Asia 1983 CE – 2009 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of Giza Douwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Second Chechen War Uploaded by Jesse · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Petra Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Egypt Derived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Iraq War Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force · Public domain
  • Dead Sea لا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Yemen Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain