2012 in Yemen

none December 2014 2012 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.Burki Talha Khan 2012-08-18 Yemen's hunger crisis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61356-7/fulltext#:~:text=The%20population%20is%20growing%20at,ever%20done%20in%20the%20past.%E2%80%9D The Lancet English 380 9842 637–638 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61356-7 0140-6736 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 December 2014 no 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.2012-09-11 Yemeni defense minister survives apparent assassination attempt https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/world/meast/yemen-violence 2026-02-11 CNN en Protesters stormed U.S embassy in Sanaa over an anti-islam film that made in the U.S.2012-09-13 Protesters storm US embassy in Yemen https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/13/protesters-storm-us-embassy-in-yemen 2026-02-16 MPR News en References 2012 in Category:2010s in Yemen Category:Years of the 21st century in Yemen Yemen Yemen