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Hanish Islands conflict
Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa

Map of the Hanish islands
Date15–17 December 1995
Location
Greater Hanish, Zaqar-Hanish archipelago
Result Eritrean military victory[1]
Territorial
changes
The Permanent Court of Arbitration determined that most of the archipelago belonged to Yemen, while some small islands closest to Eritrea belonged to Eritrea.[2][3]
Belligerents
Hanish Islands conflict Eritrea
supported by:
Hanish Islands conflict Israel (alleged)
Hanish Islands conflict Yemen
Commanders and leaders
Eritrea Isaias Afwerki
Eritrea Sebhat Ephrem
Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
Strength
500 About 200
Casualties and losses
12 killed[4] 15 killed[4]
196 captured[5]
17 Yemeni civilians arrested[5]

The Hanish Islands conflict[a] was a dispute between Yemen and Eritrea over the island of Greater Hanish in the Red Sea, one of the largest in the then disputed Zukur-Hanish archipelago. Fighting took place over three days from 15 December to 17 December 1995. In 1998 the Permanent Court of Arbitration determined that the territory belonged to Yemen.[3]

  1. ^ Stansfield 2001, p. 34.
  2. ^ Permanent Court of Arbitration Eritrea/Yemen: Chart 4 Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Ḥanīsh Islands | islands, Red Sea | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ^ a b Pike 2012.
  5. ^ a b ICRC staff 1995.


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