Seven years of war in Yemen
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen will halt military operations after seven years of war, following UN calls for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
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Sep 2014: Iran-backed Houthi Shiite rebels, fighting Yemen’s Sunni-majority government, take control of capital Sanaa

Jan 2015: Rebels seize presidential palace – President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi (above) resigns

Mar 2015: Saudi Arabian-led coalition launches military campaign against Houthis, with U.S. support

Jul 2018: Coalition blockades port city of Hodeida, stopping fuel and aid deliveries

Dec: U.S. Senate votes to invoke War Powers Resolution to force end to U.S. support of Saudi-led war

Apr 2019: President Donald Trump vetoes congressional bid to force end to U.S. participation in war

Dec 2020: At least 22 people killed and dozens wounded in Houthi attack on Aden airport. Target is aircraft carrying President Hadi’s new 24-member cabinet

Jan 19, 2021: Trump administration uses airport attack to designate Houthis as foreign terrorist organization. Critics say FTO sanctions bar aid deliveries to civilians in war-torn nation

Jan 20: U.S. President Joe Biden inaugurated. He suspends sanctions, pledges to end U.S. support for war

Mar 2022: Ramadan truce agreed

20.7 million
People in need of humanitarian aid
4.2 million
Estimated number of internally displaced people
111,000
Estimated number of people killed
25,700
Saudi-led airstrikes since 2015

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Sources: Brookings, Council on Foreign Relations
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