January 17 - Gunmen abduct the chief of staff to Yemen's president in the center of the capital, Sana'a. It is uncertain if Shiite Houthi rebels or al-Qaeda militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.
January 19 - Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Clashes in Sana'a leave at least nine dead and 67 injured.
* Houthi rebels seize the official Saba News Agency and surround the residence of the Prime Minister.
January 20 - Houthi rebels take over the residence of the President amidst calls by the rebel leader for negotiations to adjust the country's power structure.
January 29 - Houthi rebels seize a Yemeni military base south of the capital, Sana'a, where U.S. military advisers once trained Yemeni counterterrorism forces to fight al-Qaeda in the south of the country. The captured base was reportedly manned by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
February
February 6 - Houthi rebels take control in Yemen and dissolve the parliament.
February 12 - Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen.
February 14 - The United Arab Emirates suspends its embassy operations in Yemen due to security concerns surrounding the recent Shiite Houthi rebel take over of the country.
February 20 - The Houthis come to a preliminary agreement to form a new government in Yemen.
February 24 - Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi withdraws his resignation as President of Yemen after escaping from the custody of the Houthis.
March
March 20 - Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombings in Shiite mosques in Sana'a that killed 142 people.
* President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi flees Yemen in a boat after Houthi rebels besiege the government's temporary capital of Aden in the southern part of the country.
* The Gulf Cooperation Council announces its intervention in Yemen and Saudi Arabia begins launching airstrikes against Houthi forces and installations.
March 26 - Saudi military intervention: Saudi Arabian warplanes launch airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport and Yemen's al Dulaimi military airport resulting in at least 17 deaths.
March 27 - A Middle Eastern coalition led by the Saudi Arabian army and Egyptian navy attacks positions in Yemen for the second successive day, resulting in at least ten deaths in Saada Governorate. Saudi Arabia declares that it will enforce a "no-fly zone".
March 28
*Saudi military intervention: Saudi airstrikes continue in Yemen for the third successive day while ground fighting occurs in Aden. Saudi Arabia claims to be in full control of Yemen's airspace.
*Saudi planes evacuate a United Nations mission from Sanaa.
*Saudi-led airstrikes hit a refugee camp near a military installation in the northern district of Haradh killing 21 people. Houthis militants make gains in Hadi's last bastion, Aden.
March 31 - India evacuated 348 of its citizens as part of a rescue operation by the Indian Navy, named Operation Raahat.
April
April 2 - Al-Qaeda fighters attack a prison in Mukalla freeing at least 270 prisoners.
