the Yemen ambassador to the UN quit in protest at the use of force against protesters.March 21: - Several top military commanders defect and troops and tanks are deployed in Sanaa to protect the anti-government protesters. Yemen's ambassador to Syria also resigns from his post to support the anti-government movement demanding Saleh's resignation.June - After months of mounting protests, President Saleh is injured in rocket attack and flown to Saudi Arabia, returning home in September. September - US-born al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki is assassinated by US forces.November - President Saleh agrees to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Unity government including prime minister from opposition formed.2012 February - Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi inaugurated as president after contested elections.September - Defence Minister Muhammad Nasir Ahmad survives car bomb attack in Sanaa that kills 11 people, a day after local al-Qaeda deputy head Said al-Shihri is reportedly dead in the south.November - A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard are shot dead in Sanaa. Security officials say the assailants, who opened fire on the diplomat's convoy, were dressed in police uniforms. 2014 January - National Dialogue Conference winds up after ten months of deliberation, agreeing a document on which the new constitution will be based.February - Presidential panel gives approval for Yemen to become a federation of six regions as part of its political transition.July - Tribesmen blow up the country's largest oil pipeline, disrupting supplies from the interior to a Red Sea export terminal.August - President Hadi sacks his cabinet and overturns a controversial fuel price rise following two weeks of anti-government protests in which Houthi rebels are heavily involved.Northern rebels, known as Houthis or Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), adhere to a branch of Shia Islam known as Zaidism. Zaidis ruled North Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962. They took control of Sanaa in 2014September - Houthi insurgents take control of the most of capital Sanaa.2015 January - Houthis reject draft constitution proposed by Hadi. February - Houthis appoint presidential council to replace Hadi, who flees to Aden southern stronghold. March - Islamic State carries out its first major attacks in Yemen - two suicide bombings targeting Shia mosques in Sanaa in which 137 people are killed.Houthi rebels start to advance towards southern Yemen. President Hadi flees Aden.Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab states launches major air strikes and imposes naval blockade. June - Leader of Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, killed in US drone strike in Yemen.September - Hadi returns after Saudi-backed government forces recapture the port city from Houthi forces and launch advance on Aden.2016 April - Start of UN-sponsored talks between the government on one side and Houthis and former President Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) on the other. May-June - Islamic State group claims responsibility for a number of attacks, including a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 army recruits in Aden.October - Airstrike by Saudi-led coalition hits a crowded funeral in Sanaa, killing 140 mourners and injuring 500.To be continued... Para nao dizer que nao falei na Siria. Eis um debate interessante.Norton &