● September 2014: Houthi takeover of Sanaa.
● November 2014: UNSC and US Government sanction Ali Abdallah Saleh and Houthi rebel leaders Abd al-Khaliq al-Houthi and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim for threatening the peace, security, or stability of Yemen.
● November 2014: UN Security Council calls on all parties in Yemen to unite behind President Hadi and new Yemeni government.