Events in the year 2021 in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen was announced on 10 April 2020 with an occurrence in Hadhramaut. Organizations called the news a "devastating blow" and a "nightmare scenario" given the country's already dire h ...

— The

Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces that has been taking place in the Arabian Peninsula, including the southern Saudi regions of Asir, Jiz ...

(since 2015) — The

Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Yemeni Civil War , partof = the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), Yemeni Crisis, Arab Winter, War on terror, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict , image = Yemeni Ci ...

*22 February – Starting of the

Battle of Marib The Battle of Marib is an ongoing battle that erupted since February 2021 following the advance of the Houthis towards the city of Marib, the capital of Marib Governorate in Yemen controlled by the Cabinet of Yemen. Timeline 2021 February ...

. *25 February – Adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2564, calling for sanctions in Yemen.

Deaths

*10 May – Sami Hasan Al Nash, football manager (born 1957). *13 May – , writer, poet and songwriter (born 1930). *24 May –

Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (born 1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen – died 24 May 2021 in Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni politician who was a candidate in the 1999 presidential election in Yemen. He ran as an Independent, despite being a member of the Genera ...

, politician. *25 May – Abdul Wahab Al-Dailami, politician, minister of justice (born 1938). *12 July – Mohammed bin Ismail Al Amrani, judge (born 1921). *28 September –

Nasser al-Awlaki Nasser al-Awlaki ( ar, ناصر العولقي; 1946 – 28 September 2021) was a Yemeni scholar and politician. He was the father of Anwar and grandfather of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who were killed in separate U.S. drone strikes. Nasser's gran ...

, politician, minister of agriculture (born 1946).

References

{{Year in Asia, 2021 2020s in Yemen Years of the 21st century in Yemen