2016 in Yemen
The following lists events that will happen in 2016 in Yemen. Events. January. 13 January - Unidentified assailants arrived on motorcycles to Sheikh Othman roundabout in Aden and shot and killed two traffic policemen. Islamist extremists are suspected. 14 January - Unidentified militants planted an explosive device on a police car in Aden, killing two and wounding another. Islamists such as Islamic State or Al-Qaeda are suspected. 17 January - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives while within a car, on the entrance of the residence of Aden police chief, General Shalal Shaea. Shaea survived the attack while eight  civilians and two guards were killed. No group claimed responsibility, but Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is suspected. 28 January - At least seven people are killed in a suicide bomb attack near the presidential palace in Aden, Yemen. The Islamic State claims it was behind the attack. 29 January - A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint in the southern Yemen city of Aden, killing seven and wounding another eight. Islamic State affiliate in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. August. 9 August - At least 14 people are killed after Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit a food factory in Yemen 's capital Sana'a. The airstrikes come just days after the suspension of inconclusive peace talks in Kuwait. 13 August - At least 10 children are killed and 28 injured in an air attack on a school in northern Yemen. The Houthi group claims that the Saudi Arabia led coalition is responsible. 14 August - About 40 suspected Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are killed as Yemeni forces, aided by Saudi-led airstrikes, fight their way into Zinjibar and Jaʿār in eastern Yemen. 15 August - An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition which hit a hospital in northern Yemen run  by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) kills at least 11 people. 16 August - Nine Yemenis from one family die from an airstrike by the Saudi-led alliance.