Timeline

  1. A republican revolution overthrows North Yemen's imamate

  2. North and South Yemen unite

  3. Saleh's forces take Aden and end the southern secession attempt

  4. The first major Houthi rebellion begins in northern Yemen

  5. Saleh signs a transition agreement to transfer presidential power

  6. Houthi forces seize Sanaa

  7. Saudi Arabia launches a military intervention against the Houthis

  8. Ali Abdullah Saleh is killed after his alliance with the Houthis collapses

  9. Yemeni parties reach the Stockholm Agreement

  10. A UN-brokered nationwide truce begins

  11. Hadi transfers his powers to a Presidential Leadership Council

  12. Houthi attacks disrupt shipping through the Red Sea

  13. Oman announces a US-Houthi ceasefire agreement

  14. Renewed fighting displaces more than 200,000 people

  15. Tanker Gem No.2 is struck off the UAE; its oil later reaches Umm Al Quwain's beaches

  16. A deadly attack hits Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport

  17. Attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport kills at least 12 people

  18. Houthi media reports a Saudi strike on Sanaa airport

  19. Saudi-led coalition strikes oil sites in Houthi-held Yemen after its first evacuation order for Sanaa

  20. Missile strike damages Saudi Aramco's headquarters complex in Dhahran

  21. UN Security Council condemns escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

  22. Houthi missiles hit the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden, killing five people

  23. Britain approves RAF Typhoon missions to help defend Saudi airspace from Houthi drones and missiles

  24. Houthi strike on Dammam airport kills two; US orders non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia

  25. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim seven tankers hit in and near the Strait of Hormuz

  26. Brent crude settles at $116.72, its highest since April, as Trump threatens new strikes on Iran

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