Events in the year 2022 in Yemen
Incumbents PhotoPostNameHead of Presidential Leadership CouncilRashad al-AlimiPrime Minister of YemenMaeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Events 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. 3 January – The Houthis seize a UAE cargo ship off Hodeidah, claiming it carried weapons; Saudi Arabia said it held hospital equipment. 17 January – Houthi forces attack Abu Dhabi and Dubai with missiles and drones, killing three; the UAE and the U.S. condemn the strike. 20 January – A coalition airstrike hits a Hodeidah telecommunication building, killing five civilians and causing a near-total internet blackout. 21 January – Saudi airstrike on a prison in Saada kills at least 87 people and injures more than 200 others. 5 March – Houthi authorities sign a memorandum with the UN to prevent the potential explosion of the FSO Safer supertanker. 26 March – A Saudi-led airstrike hits two houses in Sanaa. 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. 7 April – President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stepped down and transferred powers to the Presidential Leadership Council 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. 28 April – Clashes in the Al Jawf governorate resume between Houthis and local tribes over black market control of oil trucks. 16 May – Yemen Airways operates its first commercial flight from Sanaa since 2016 under the U.N.-brokered truce. 23 July – The Houthis shell a residential neighborhood in Taizz, killing one child and wounding 11 others. 26 July – Hundreds protest in Taizz against the Houthi authorities’ refusal to open the main roads. 6 August – The Southern Transitional Council security forces detain journalist Ahmed Maher in Aden. 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. 2 October – The truce between the Houthis and the coalition ends, as both parties fail to renew a ceasefire.
Deaths Ahmad Daifallah Al-Azeib, diplomat Abdullah Al-Kibsi, politician
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