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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

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

A gunman kills Qassem M. Aqlan, the Yemeni chief of security employed at the U.S. embassy in the capital, Sana'a.
2012-10-11

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 airport at the Yemeni capital Sana'a is closed after forces loyal to General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, the former Chief of the Air Force and half-brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, threaten to attack aircraft.
2012-04-7

A freelance reporter claims that snipers are shooting at protesters in the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
2011-06-2

Violent clashes occur between tribesmen and government officials in Sana'a, Yemen.
2011-05-25

Fresh clashes take place in Yemen between police and opposition tribesmen who have taken control of several government buildings in the capital Sana'a.
2011-05-24

A Yemeni protestor dies of gunshot wounds as demonstrators gather in the capital Sana'a for a new round of protests.
2011-03-13

People in Yemen march on the presidential palace in Sana'a in an attempt to bring down Ali Abdullah Saleh.
2011-02-13