- January 22: Students/protesters gather at Sana'a University, calling President Saleh to step-down.
- March 1: Tens of thousands of activists demand the ouster of President Saleh.
- March 8: The government deploys military vehicles in Sana'a, police open fire on protesters.
- March 18: Security forces fire on protesters in Sana'a, killing at least 52 people, wounding 100+.
- March 20-21: President Saleh dismisses his entire Cabinet, some senior military commanders join the protesters.
- April 2-3: Opposition leaders urge President Saleh to hand over power to VP al-Hadi, he refuses.
- April 5-8: President Saleh accepts invitation from the six-nation GCC to hold talks in Saudi Arabia with opposition representatives.
- April 10-11: GCC foreign ministers urge President Saleh to transfer his powers to his VP.
- April 14-15: Opposition leaders give President Saleh a two-week deadline to resign.
- April 17-18: Thousands demonstrate across Yemen, despite facing live ammunition from government forces.
- April 19: The U.N. Security Council meets on Yemen since the protests erupted. Russia, China reportedly prevent the council from publicly endorsing a draft statement.
- April 21-25: The GCC presents President Saleh with a plan for ending the political impasse.
- April 30-May 1: Main opposition coalition accuses President Saleh of refusing to sign the Gulf agreement, as required by the plan.
- May 15: Main opposition coalition says the GCC plan to end the country's political crisis is "dead."
- May 21-22: Opposition says it has signed a Gulf-brokered deal that would see President Saleh's transfer of power within a month. Saleh denounces the proposed deal as a "coup."
- May 23-26: Deadly gun battles break out in Sana'a between security forces, oppostition tribesmen take control of several government buildings.
- May 27: Opposition tribal leaders say they are talking with the government, cease-fire is in effect. International calls continue for Saleh to leave office soon.
- June 3: President Saleh, five other Yemeni officials are wounded in a rocket attack on the presidential compound in Sana'a.
- June 4: President Saleh's forces, oppostion forces accept a Saudi-brokered cease-fire. A truce negotiated a week earlier quickly deteriorated. Saleh flies to Saudi Arabia for treatment. VP Hadi takes over.
- June 5: Celebrations in the capital, Sana'a, after word spreads that President Saleh left the country.
- July 7: President Saleh delivers his first video address since traveling to Saudi Arabia for treatment, his faced darkened from severe burns, bandages visible on his hands.
- July 17: Tens of thousands of people rally, waving flags, chanting anti-Saleh slogans, on the 33rd anniversary of President Saleh's autocratic rule.
- July 19: Mainstream opposition coalition announce a new alliance to unite all anti-Saleh forces, days after youth groups, activists form their own 17-member "transitional council."
- August 7: President Saleh is discharged from a Saudi hospital, moved to a Saudi government residence.
- August 9: State-run news agency announces President Saleh will return to Yemen, despite international calls for him to handover power.
- August 16: President vows to return to Yemen soon, expresses a willingness to transfer power to a deputy in an effort to bring peace to the country.
- August 17: Anti-government activists meet in Sana'a, elect a 143-member "national council" that will explore ways of taking power from President Saleh.
- August 23: PM Megawar returns from Saudi Arabia, becoming the first senior official to return home after being injured in the June assassination attempt of President Saleh.
- September 12: Saleh authorizes his deputy to begin talks with the opposition, gives authority to VP Mansour to sign off on a GCC plan to transfer power, and to allow a coalition to form a national unity government. A GCC representative left Yemen with no word of a deal.
- September 18: Clashes between pro-Saleh forces and opposition forces escalate, resulting in the death of almost 100 people.
- September 23: President Saleh returns to Yemen, calling for a truce, talks to end his country's political crisis.
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