The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Yemen.
Incumbents President: Ali Abdullah Saleh (until 6 February), Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (starting 6 February) Vice President: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (until 27 February) Prime Minister: Mohammed Basindawa
Events January January 2 - Yemeni army defectors accuse outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh 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 in Lawdar in the Abyan Governorate. January 31 - Six aid workers are kidnapped in Al Mahwit Governorate.
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 presidential election with current Vice-president Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi the only candidate on the ballot paper. There was only a 66% voter turn out rate. February 25 - An al-Qaeda suicide bombing claims at least 26 people in the city of Mukalla. February 25 - Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is sworn in as the new President of Yemen.
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 between the Yemeni Army and al-Qaeda on the outskirts of Zinjibar 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 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 ends with the last Al-Qaeda soldiers retreating from Abyan. September
Yemen’s defense minister Maj. Gen. Mohammed Nasser Ahmed an assassination attempt and 12 people were killed in Sanaa. Protesters stormed U.S embassy in Sanaa over an anti-islam film that made in the U.S.
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