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The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families.
2024-05-26

Shiite Houthi rebels seize a Yemeni military base south of the capital, Sana'a, where U.S. military advisers once trained Yemeni counterterrorism forces to fight Al-Qaeda in the south of the country. Forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh had manned the captured base.
2015-01-29

Clashes in the Yemeni capital Sana'a leave at least nine dead and 67 injured.
2015-01-19

Gunmen abduct the chief of staff to Yemen's president in the center of the capital, Sana'a. It is uncertain if Shiite Houthi rebels or al-Qaeda militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.
2015-01-17

Protestors breach the walls of the U.S. embassy compound in Sana'a, Yemen. Yemeni police fire warning shots in the air and four people are killed. The Egyptian ministry of health says 224 people are injured in demonstrations around the embassy in Cairo. In Kuwait, 500 people gather and chant near the embassy.
2012-09-13

The United States conducts two drone strikes in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants.
2012-05-12

2011 Yemeni uprising: Heavy fighting is reported in the northern suburbs of Sana'a, Yemen's capital.
2011-09-29

Protesters in the central jail of the Yemeni capital Sana'a take part in anti-Saleh demonstrations, where warning shots are fired.
2011-03-7

80,000 people flee the southern Yemeni city of Lawdar after clashes between Al-Qaeda linked forces and government troops killed several people.
2010-08-24

The United States and United Kingdom close their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda.
2010-01-3