Sources: Reuters
Eighty military personnel are killed by ballistic missiles and drone strikes in an attack reportedly carried out by the Houthis against a military camp in the Yemeni city of Ma'rib, according to Saudi state TV. The Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the attack. 2020-01-18
Yemen's top salafist cleric, Samahan Abdel-Aziz, is found dead, with signs of torture, in Sheikh Othman, Aden Governorate, after being abducted by gunmen outside his mosque after delivering a sermon against Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. 2016-01-31
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
Yemen authorities foil an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up the oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports. 2013-08-7
Two drone strikes kill at least seven suspected al-Qaeda militants in the Abyan Governorate of Yemen. 2013-06-1
Around 30 people are killed in clashes between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen. 2012-03-31
Yemen begins a ground and air campaign against al-Qaeda forces, killing at least 6; Western embassies in Yemen go on high security alert. 2010-10-17
Security forces in Yemen clash with suspected Al-Qaeda members in Aden during investigations into a bombing of a government compound last week. 2010-06-25
The Yemeni government launches campaigns in three provinces to battle Al-Qaeda fighters. 2010-01-5
The United States and United Kingdom close their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda. 2010-01-3