(Previous Incident Code: YEM173 )

US drones reportedly hit near Radaa in al Bayda province for the second time in three days. Scores of US drone strikes, US air strikes with conventional jets, and Yemen Air Force strikes reportedly targeted the central al Bayda province on this day. However, it has not been possible to tally the full extent of the strikes, and disaggregating who was responsible. There were reports the Yemeni army used indiscriminate artillery weapons in the attacks as well.

The attacks reportedly killed civilians, including women and children. But it was not clear exactly how many people died in the drone attack. Two women were reportedly killed in a drone strike on a building. They were pulled from the rubble the following day.

Unnamed tribesmen told Reuters the Yemeni army hit AQAP and local tribes in the area with air strikes, artillery and Katyusha rockets. Katyusha rocket launchers are multiple-launch rocket artillery systems, usually mounted on the back of trucks. The International Committee of the Red Cross says Katyusha are “indiscriminate in certain or ` contexts” and includes it on a list of weapons including chemical weapons, land mines and land mines.

A tribal source said: “Around 10 civilians were killed and a number were injured, including women and children… But because it is dark and due to the continuing clashes, we were unable to retrieve ` the victims.”