2022 in Yemen

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Events in the year 2022 in Yemen

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	Head of Presidential Leadership Council	Rashad al-Alimi
	Prime Minister of Yemen	Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen — The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict (since 2015) — The Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

• 21 January – Saudi airstrike on a prison in Saada kills at least 87 people and injures more than 200 others. ^[1]
• 7 April – President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stepped down and transferred powers to the Presidential Leadership Council ^[2]
• 6 September – At least 26 people were killed on Tuesday when Al-Qaeda militants attacked a military outpost managed by Yemeni security forces in the southern province of Abyan. ^[3]

Deaths

• Ahmad Daifallah Al-Azeib, diplomat

References

1. Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem (21 January 2022). "Airstrikes kill 70 people and knock out internet in Yemen". CNN. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
2. al-Sakani, Ali. "Yemen inaugurates new presidential council". Aljazeera. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
3. "26 killed in Al-Qaeda attack in Yemen's Abyan". Arab News. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.