The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces intercepts two ballistic missiles over the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. The Yemen-based Houthis claim responsibility for the attack. American troops stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base near the capital take shelter in bunkers during the attack. [https:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-uae-intercepts-ballistic-missilles-abu-dhabi-82432668 (ABC News)]Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen2022-01-24
Houthi forces capture a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship, the "Rwabee", off Al Hudaydah, Yemen. The UAE government says that the vessel was carrying equipment from a closed coalition field hospital on Socotra while the Houthis say that the vessel was carrying military equipment. 2022-01-3
At least 43 people, mostly children, are killed in an airstrike on a bus at a market in Dahyan, Sa'da, by the Saudi-led coalition, while more than 60 are injured. The coalition calls the strike a "legitimate military action" against the Houthis, accusing them of using children as human shields. 2018-08-9
Saudi-led coalition forces begin an operation to take control of the Yemeni port city of Al Hudaydah, which has been held by the Houthis since 2015. 2018-06-13
Coalition troops take control of the strategic Yemeni port city of Mocha after driving out Houthi forces. 2017-02-7
Saudi Arabian-led air raids on the Yemeni capital Sana'a resume after a truce ends. 2016-10-23
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon temporarily removes the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen from a U.N. blacklist for violating children's rights because its supporters threatened to stop funding many U.N. programs. 2016-06-9
Pro-Hadi government forces backed by Arab coalition air and naval forces, seize control of the Hanish Islands off the coast of Yemen, near the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb strait from troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The islands have been subject to heavy shelling by coalition forces for weeks according to local fishermen. 2015-12-10