Risk events in Yemen, May 2026
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136 events were recorded: 127 conflict events and 9 unrest events.
136 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
136 events· Yemen
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 127
- 42 in the list
- Unrest
- 9
- 8 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Events
What is happening now
136 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ta'izz, Yemen
1 fatality · Ta'izz · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Sanaa, Yemen
Severity 3 · Sanaa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ta'izz, Yemen
1 fatality · Ta'izz · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Damar, Yemen
1 fatality · Damar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ta'izz, Yemen
1 fatality · Ta'izz · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Assault in Yemen
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Aden, Yemen
Severity 2 · Aden · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yemen
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Yemen
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damar, Yemen
Severity 3 · Damar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in 'amran, Yemen
Severity 3 · 'amran · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yemen
1 fatality · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sa'dah, Yemen
1 fatality · Sa'dah · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Sanaa, Yemen
Severity 4 · Sanaa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sanaa, Yemen
Severity 3 · Sanaa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yemen
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ibb, Yemen
1 fatality · Ibb · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Strike in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sanaa, Yemen
Severity 2 · Sanaa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Damar, Yemen
1 fatality · Damar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Ibb, Yemen
Severity 3 · Ibb · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Mukalla, Yemen
Severity 3 · Al Mukalla · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yemen
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sa'dah, Yemen
8 fatalities · Sa'dah · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen
Severity 3 · Sanaa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ibb, Yemen
2 fatalities · Ibb · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in 'amran, Yemen
Severity 3 · 'amran · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damar, Yemen
Severity 3 · Damar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Damar, Yemen
1 fatality · Damar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Yemen
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.