Nihm Offensive

Nihm Offensive
Part of the Yemeni Crisis and the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
Date 16 December 2015 – 31 January 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Nihm District (Sanaa), Yemen 15°45′N 44°30′E / 15.750°N 44.500°E / 15.750; 44.500 Result Houthi victory Territorial changes Houthi fighters recaptured the entire Sanaa province including Nihm district from the Hadi Government.[1]
Belligerents
Supreme Political Council Houthis Pro-Saleh forces (2015–17) Republican Guard (2015–17)	Hadi government Pro-Hadi Security forces Popular Resistance Saleh loyalist defectors (2017–) Al-Islah
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Saleh Ali al-Sammad	Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi † Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar Mohammed Ali Al-Maqdashi
Casualties and losses
280+ killed 33+ captured	unknown

The Nihm Offensive was a military operation that began in mid-December 2015 in the District of Nihm (40 km east of the capital Sana'a), when government forces took control of "Mas camp" which borders the governorates of Al-Jawf, and Marib. On 19–20 December, government forces coming from Marib and al-Jawf (in the northeast of the capital Sana'a), took control of the 312th Armored Brigade camp, and 334th Armored Brigade camp. Government forces faced fierce resistance that lasted until February 2016, when they were able to take control of the 312th Armored Corps camp.