al-Wadiah War | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of Arab Cold War | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
South Yemen |
Saudi Arabia Pakistan (Air Support) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Salim Rubai Ali Muhammad Ali Haitham Ali Salem al Beidh Faisal Attas Ali Nasir Muhammad Ali Abdullah Maisary |
Faisal of Saudi Arabia Sultan bin Abdulaziz | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
30th Infantry Brigade |
130th Infantry Brigade Royal Saudi Air Force Pakistan Air Force personnel | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35 killed (Saudi claim)[1] | 39 killed and 26 taken hostage[2][3] |
The al-Wadiah War was a military conflict which broke out on 27 November 1969 between Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of South Yemen (PRSY) after disputes for the town of al-Wadiah on the PRSY-Saudi Arabian border. The conflict ended on 6 December when Saudi forces captured al-Wadiah.[4][5]
R&FP
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search