Timeline of the Yemeni crisis (2011–present)

The Yemeni crisis refers to events of the Houthi insurgency, the Yemeni revolution, the Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, the South Yemen insurgency, and the Red Sea crisis.

2011

• Timeline of the Yemeni revolution (23 September – December 2011)
• Timeline of the Yemeni revolution (3 June – 22 September 2011)
• Timeline of the Yemeni revolution (January – 2 June 2011)

2012

• Timeline of the Yemeni revolution (January – 27 February 2012)

2013

2013 mortal casualties, related with Ansar al-Sharia uprising 133-150+.

28 July-04 August – 17 Al-Qaeda suspects killed in drone attack. ^[1]

September 20 attacks – 21 ^{[2] [3]} killed.

October 15 – 1 police officer killed in shootout. ^[4]

October 17 – 1 soldier killed. ^[4]

October 18 – 12 soldiers killed in suicide bombing. ^[4]

December 5 – 52 killed in attack on defense ministry. ^{[5] [6]}

2014

During 2014 there were 317+ ^[32] casualties in the Ansar al-Sharia insurgency, 654+ ^[47] casualties in the Shia (Houthi) rebellion and 55+ ^[7] killed in the South Yemen insurgency.

2015

• On 15 February 2015, South Yemen separatists abducted 12 military officer in the area of Al-Habelin, Lahj. ^[48]
• On 16 February 2015, popular committees rebels raided the city of Zinjibar, Abyan governorate, expelling the local garrison of Special Security Forces. Government troops surrendered without offering any resistance. ^[49]
• Bombings at a mosque took place on 20 March 2015, targeting Shia mosques in the capital of Yemen, killing over 120 people and wounding many more. ^[50]

2017

• On 4 December 2017, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is killed by the Houthis. ^[51]

2022

The UN brokered a two-month nationwide truce on 2 April 2022 between Yemen's warring parties, which included allowing fuel imports into Houthi-held areas and some flights operating from Sanaa airport to Jordan and Egypt. ^{[52] [53]}

2023

On 20 March 2023, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross reported that the Yemeni government and the Houthis agreed to release 887 detainees, following 10 days of negotiations in Switzerland. Both parties also agreed to visitation rights in detention facilities and likely more prisoner swaps in the near future. Hans Grundberg, the UN’s special envoy for Yemen said that things are finally moving "in the right direction" toward a resolution of the conflict. The possible end to a devastating war in the region comes after the recent Saudi-Iranian rapprochement mediated by China a week earlier. ^[54]

On 14 April, former chief of staff Mahmoud al-Subaihi and Hadi's brother and intelligence chief Nasser were released by the Houthis as part of a prisoner swap with the Yemeni government. ^{[55] [56]}

On 19 April, at least 85 people were killed and 322 people injured in a stampede in Sanaa, Yemen. ^{[57] [58]}

Negotiations to end the civil war that includes all major combatants ^[59] begin in April 2023 after Iran and Saudi Arabia resume diplomatic relations. ^{[60] [61]}

September

On 14 September a Houthi delegation visited Riyadh for what could be the final round of peace talks. ^[62]

• In November, the Houthis claimed to have seized an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea. Israel denied that the ship and crew were Israeli. The IDF claimed the ship was on its way to India from Turkey. ^[63] In the following months, the Houthis carried out numerous attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, stating that the actions were in support of Palestinians in the Gaza War. ^[64]

2024

• In January, the US and UK began to target Houthi rebels in retaliation for Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. ^[65]

2025

• Under US President Donald Trump, the US redesignated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The label had previously been lifted by then-President Joe Biden in 2021, citing the need to end the Yemeni humanitarian crisis. ^[66]
• In March, US government plans for airstrikes on the Houthis were leaked after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a Signal chat by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. ^[67] Goldberg claims the plans were classified. Two months later, Mike Waltz resigned as National Security Advisor, and was nominated for Ambassador to the United Nations.
• In May, a ceasefire between the United States and Ansar Allah went into effect. ^[68]

See also

• Outline of the Yemeni crisis, revolution, and civil war (2011–present)
• Timeline of the Yemeni humanitarian crisis
• Drone strikes in Yemen

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