The following lists events that happened during

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Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Incumbents

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Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

(until 6 February), Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (starting 6 February)

Events

January

* January 2 - Yemeni army defectors accuse outgoing President

of seeking to sabotage a power-transfer deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council. * January 12 - At least 20 die in Sunni-Shia fighting in north Yemen. * January 17 - Vice President Abdurabu Hadi says that presidential and parliamentary elections planned for next month will go ahead. * January 20 - The Yemeni government modifies a new bill that would have granted legal immunity to aides of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. * January 22 - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces that he is to leave for treatment in the United States. * January 30 - A US drone airstrike kills 15 members of

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( ar-at, تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, lit=Organization of the Base in the Arabian Peninsula or , ''Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jaz� ...

Lawdar Lawdar is a town and seat of Lawdar District in south-western Yemen. It is located in the Abyan Governorate. It is served by Lawdar Airport. History In October 2010, riots took place in Lawdar. A military force from Hadramut Hadhramaut ( a ...

in the

Abyan Governorate Abyan ( ar, أَبْيَن ) is a governorate of Yemen. The Abyan region was historically part of the Fadhli Sultanate. It was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army militant group. Its capital is the city of Zinjibar. This governorate is no ...

. * January 31 - Six aid workers are kidnapped in

Al Mahwit Governorate Al Mahwit ( ar, ٱلْمَحْوِيْت ') is one of the governorates of Yemen. Districts Al Mahwit Governorate is divided into the following 9 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided int ...

February

* February 2 - The six kidnapped aid workers in Al Mahwit Governorate are released. * February 21 - Voters in Yemen go to the polls for a

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with current Vice-President

Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi ( ar, عبدربه منصور هادي, translit=ʿAbd Rabbih Manṣūr Hādī Yemeni pronunciation: ; born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former field marshal of the Yemeni Armed Forces who served as the pre ...

the only candidate on the ballot paper. * February 25 - An al-Qaeda suicide bombing claims at least 26 people in the city of

Mukalla Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east o ...

. * February 25 - Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is sworn in as the new

President of Yemen The president of the Republic of Yemen is the head of state of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government. As of 7 April 202 ...

March

* March 3 - At least three people are killed in a bombing that targeted a Republican Guard building in Badya. * March 5 - The death toll in a

battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

between the Yemeni Army and al-Qaeda on the outskirts of

Zinjibar Zinjibar ( ar, زِنْجِبَار ''Zinjibār'') is a port and coastal town in south-central Yemen, the capital of Zinjibar District and the Abyan Governorate. It is located next to the Wadi Bana in the Abyan Delta. From 1962 to 1967, it was ...

yesterday rises to over 130. * March 10 - Air raids in Bayda kill 10 al-Qaeda militants. * March 12 - The bodies of 70 ethnic Somali and Oromo people are discovered near the Yemeni-Saudi Arabian border. * March 18 - Two gunmen shoot dead an American working at a language school in Taez for spreading Christianity. * March 31 - Around 30 people are killed in clashes between the army and suspected al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen.

April

* April 6 - The new President of Yemen Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fires four governors and over a dozen military commanders including the half brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was head of the Yemeni Air Force. * April 7 - The airport at

Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gover ...

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. * April 9 - The Second Battle of Lawdar begins * April 20 - At least 18 deaths are reported by Yemen's defence ministry as a result of an army offensive intent on recapturing the capital of Abyan Governorate.

May

* May 9 - Missile strikes kill eight militants near the al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar. * May 10 - An airstrike reportedly kills five al-Qaeda militants in Jaar. * May 12 - The United States conducts two drone strikes in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 suspected al-Qaeda militants.

June

* June 15 - The

2012 Abyan offensive The 2012 Abyan offensive was an offensive by the Yemeni military against Islamist militant forces, possibly including elements of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in the province of Abyan with the purpose of re-capturing the militant- ...

ends with the last Al-Qaeda soldiers retreating from Abyan. {{Asia topic, 2012 in 2010s in Yemen Years of the 21st century in Yemen