2022 in Yemen

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen — The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict (since 2015) — The Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

• 2 January – The Houthis detain the crew of the vessel Rawabee, including nationals from India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines.^[1]
• 3 January – The Houthis seize a UAE cargo ship off Hodeidah, claiming it carried weapons; Saudi Arabia said it held hospital equipment.^[2]
• 17 January – Houthi forces attack Abu Dhabi and Dubai with missiles and drones, killing three; the UAE and the U.S. condemn the strike.^[3]
• 20 January – A coalition airstrike hits a Hodeidah telecommunication building, killing five civilians and causing a near-total internet blackout.^[4]
• 21 January – Saudi airstrike on a prison in Saada kills at least 87 people and injures more than 200 others.^[5]
• 5 March – Houthi authorities sign a memorandum with the UN to prevent the potential explosion of the FSO Safer supertanker.^[4]
• 26 March – A Saudi-led airstrike hits two houses in Sanaa.^[4]
• 1 April – UN envoy Hans Grundberg announces a two-month truce in Yemen starting the next day, halting military operations, allowing fuel shipments, reopening Sana’a airport flights, and facilitating road access in Taiz.^[6]
• 7 April – President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stepped down and transferred powers to the Presidential Leadership Council^[7]
• 18 April – The Houthis sign a UN Action Plan to end child recruitment and protect children, schools, and hospitals, coinciding with the start of the nationwide truce.^[8]
• 28 April – Clashes in the Al Jawf governorate resume between Houthis and local tribes over black market control of oil trucks.^[9]
• 16 May – Yemen Airways operates its first commercial flight from Sanaa since 2016 under the U.N.-brokered truce.^[10]
• 23 July – The Houthis shell a residential neighborhood in Taizz, killing one child and wounding 11 others.^[4]
• 26 July – Hundreds protest in Taizz against the Houthi authorities’ refusal to open the main roads.^[4]
• 6 August – The Southern Transitional Council security forces detain journalist Ahmed Maher in Aden.^[4]
• 6 September – At least 26 people were killed on Tuesday when Al-Qaeda militants attacked a military outpost managed by Yemeni security forces in the southern province of Abyan.^[11]
• 2 October – The truce between the Houthis and the coalition ends, as both parties fail to renew a ceasefire.^[4]

• Ahmad Daifallah Al-Azeib, diplomat
• Abdullah Al-Kibsi, politician