Timeline:Yemen

Dated events for Yemen, generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

2026-08-24

• Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Saudi oil tanker, troop concentrations - middleeastmonitor
• Yemen’s Houthis report attack on Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea - aljazeera

2026-08-23

• Yemen, US officials meet to discuss ‘countering Houthi propaganda’ - middleeasteye

2026-07-27

• Humanitarian crisis hits 120,000 cancer patients in Yemen - News at 22:30. - hispantv.com

2026-07-23

• Yemen Houthis claim strikes on Saudi oil tankers - TRT World

2026-06-23

• Dispatch from Ukraine - Brookings

2026-06-08

• Show Us the Money - Foreign Policy
• Yemen's Houthis declare total ban on Israeli shipping in Red Sea - Türkiye Today

2026-06-06

• Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

2026-05-22

• Britain: Maritime incident 98 miles north of Socotra in Yemen - vetogate.com

2026-05-01

• Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

2026-04-27

• The Art of the Nuclear Deal - The New York Times

2026-04-26

• Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

2026-04-25

• Tracking Chinese and Russian Statements on the Iran War - The Washington Institute

2026-04-17

• Damascus, MD - gnews

2026-04-15

• Discover - Twin Cities PBS

2026-04-06

• New Airstrikes Batter Tehran - The New York Times

2026-04-01

• Smirking Past the Gallows - The Atlantic

2026-03-25

• Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
• The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

2026-03-05

• Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

2026-02-28

• Iran After the Ayatollah - Christianity Today

2026-02-27

• Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

2026-02-10

• Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

2026-02-09

• The Gap between Perception and Reality - The Times of Israel

2026-01-26

• Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen threaten new attacks as U.S. carrier approaches region - PBS

2026-01-15

• Statement from Spain and France on Turkey. - haber7.com

2025-12-30

• Saudi-UAE crisis deepens as red lines are drawn in Yemen - The Jerusalem Post

2025-12-29

• The Reality and Threats of the STC’s Takeover of Eastern Yemen - Arab Center Washington DC

2025-12-25

• Saudi Arabia urges Yemen's Southern Transitional Council to withdraw forces 'urgently' - TRT World

2025-12-23

• A Real Negotiation Process - RAND

2025-12-18

• Houthis begin mobilization for offensive in southern Yemen - report - The Jerusalem Post

2025-12-12

• Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

2025-12-08

• Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera

2025-12-07

• The Road to Damascus - Al Jazeera

2025-12-05

• Iran issues withering rebuke of UAE in wake of Yemen offensive - Iran International

2025-11-19

• Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) - Iran Watch

2025-11-18

• Hamas - Middle East Institute

2025-10-28

• How Israel is winning the wars and losing the peace - NPR

2025-10-26

• Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

2025-10-14

• Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things - The New York Times

2025-10-13

• Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

2025-10-01

• Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
• Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

2025-09-29

• Close to The Edge - Nowlebanon

2025-09-26

• Israel - General Debate

2025-09-24

• Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents

2025-09-17

• Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
• History of the Kaaba - TRT World

2025-09-11

• UNICEF official is released in Yemen and returns home to Jordan, officials say - AP News

2025-09-05

• Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

2025-09-03

• Busiest Ocean Trade Route - Marine Insight

2025-09-01

• Houthis storm UN premises in Sanaa, Yemen, detain 11 - The Jerusalem Post

2025-08-31

• Israeli government moves meetings to secret location after Yemen assassinations - aa.com.tr

2025-08-30

• Yemen's Houthis confirm death of prime minister and other officials in Israeli strike - France 24

2025-08-29

• IDF's strategy on Hamas won't work on Houthis in Yemen - The Jerusalem Post
• US Military Redeployment in Iraq: Strategic Withdrawal or Tactical Shift? - Geopolitical Monitor

2025-08-28

• World News In Brief: Iran sanctions, Yemen floods appeal, new SDG advocates - UN News

2025-08-26

• Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

2025-08-25

• Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

• After unification in 1990, the government reformed its corporations and founded some additional radio stations that broadcast locally. - Wikipedia
• Area: 527,968 sq km - CIA World Factbook
• Background: The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became the People's Republic of Southern Yemen (colloquially known as South Yemen). - CIA World Factbook
• Background: The Kingdom of Yemen (colloquially known as North Yemen) became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and in 1962 became the Yemen Arab Republic. - CIA World Factbook
• Background: Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation and changed the country's name to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. - CIA World Factbook
• Both amateur and professional (government-sponsored) theatre troupes perform in the country's major urban centres. - Wikipedia
• Branches: Yemeni Armed Forces: Yemeni National Army, Air Force and Air Defense, Navy and Coastal Defense Forces, Border Guard, Strategic Reserve Forces (includes Special Forces and Presidential Protection Brigades, which are under the Ministry of Defense but responsible to the president), Popular Committee Forces (aka Popular Resistance Forces; government-backed tribal militia); ; Ministry of Interior: Security Forces, Emergency Forces, Counterterrorism Units (2025) - CIA World Factbook
• By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60 million. - Wikipedia
• By the third century BC, Qataban, Hadhramaut, and Ma'in became independent from Saba. - Wikipedia
• Capital: Sanaa - CIA World Factbook
• Chief of state: Presidential Leadership Council Chairperson Dr. - CIA World Factbook
• Chief of state: Rashad Muhammad al-ALIMI (since 19 April 2022) - CIA World Factbook
• Climate: mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east - CIA World Factbook
• Equipment: the Yemeni Government forces have an inventory consisting primarily of older foreign-supplied weapons systems, mostly of Russian or Soviet origin (2025) - CIA World Factbook
• Ethnic groups: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European - CIA World Factbook
• Government type: in transition - CIA World Factbook
• Head of government: Prime Minister Salim Salih BIN BURAYK (since 9 May 2025) - CIA World Factbook
• Historically speaking, Aden is the cradle of Yemeni theatre; in recent decades Sanaa has hosted numerous theatre festivals, often in conjunction with World Theatre Day. - Wikipedia
• However, it drew back after 1994, due to destroyed infrastructure resulting from the 1994 civil war. - Wikipedia
• In 1950, it was 4.3 million. - Wikipedia
• Languages: Arabic (official) - CIA World Factbook
• Large settlements existed in the mountains of northern Yemen since 5000 BC. - Wikipedia
• Legal system: mixed system of Islamic (sharia) law, Napoleonic law, English common law, and customary law - CIA World Factbook
• Life expectancy: 68.2 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia - CIA World Factbook
• Ma'in stretched to Dedan, with their capital at Baraqish. - Wikipedia
• Major urban areas: 3.292 million SANAA (capital), 1.080 million Aden, 941,000 Taiz, 772,000 Ibb (2023) - CIA World Factbook
• Many significant poets and authors, like Ali Ahmed Ba Kathir, Muhammad al-Sharafi, and Wajdi al-Ahdal, have written dramatic works; poems, novels, and short stories by Yemeni authors like Mohammad Abdul-Wali and Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh have also been adapted for the stage. - Wikipedia
• Median age: 20.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Natural resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west - CIA World Factbook
• Personnel: not available - CIA World Factbook
• Population: 34,505,496 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Radio broadcasting in Yemen began in the 1940s. - Wikipedia
• Religions: Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Saba built the Great Dam of Marib around 940 BC. - Wikipedia
• Sabaean rulers adopted a title generally thought to mean unifier, as the role of the Mukarrib was to bring the various tribes under their kingdom. - Wikipedia
• Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَـبَـأ) is thought to be biblical Sheba and was the most prominent federation. - Wikipedia
• Sanaa's population has increased rapidly, from roughly 55,000 in 1978 to nearly 1 million in the early 21st century. - Wikipedia
• Terrain: narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula - CIA World Factbook
• The four major kingdoms in South Arabia were Saba, Hadhramaut, Qataban, and Ma'in. - Wikipedia
• There are also hereditary caste groups in urban areas such as the Akhdam. - Wikipedia
• There have been Yemeni productions of plays by Arab authors such as Tawfiq al-Hakim and Saadallah Wannous and by Western authors, including Shakespeare, Pirandello, Brecht, and Tennessee Williams. - Wikipedia
• Urbanization: 39.8% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook
• When the states of North and South Yemen were established, most minority groups departed. - Wikipedia
• With its long sea border between eastern and western civilizations, Yemen has long existed at a crossroads of cultures with a strategic location in terms of trade on the west of the Arabian Peninsula. - Wikipedia
• Yemen has a high total fertility rate, at 4.45 children per woman. - Wikipedia
• Yemen is a largely tribal society. - Wikipedia
• Yemen's population is 33 million by 2021 estimates, with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. - Wikipedia
• Yemeni theatre dates to the early 20th century. - Wikipedia