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Incident Date

30 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM070-B

Location

لودر, Mountains southeast of Lawdar town, Abyan, Yemen
Four Al Qaeda militants were killed by alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes in the southeast of the town of Loder located in the south of Yemen on the 30th of April 2012. No civilian harm was reported. Reuters reported that the airstrike hit a vehicle which killed four militants inside. Witnesses reported a series of…

Summary

Published
30 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM071-B

Location

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US airstrike struck a vehicle killing at least three supposed Al Qaeda fighters around Zinjibar in Abyan Province on April 30, 2012. At the moment, there are no reports of civilian harm. The Associated Press was informed by a Yemeni military official that the airstrike was one of many that took place that…

Summary

Published
30 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM069-B

Location

الجوف‎, Jawf, Al Jawf, Yemen
Three Al Qaeda militants were killed by airstrikes allegedly carried out by US and/or Yemeni forces in the Al Jawf governorate on April 29, 2012. On April 29th, 2012, tweets began appearing from @alshadadi1986, Nabeel Alodainai (@imc_r) and Suhail News concerning the killing of three Al Qaeda operatives in a car moving through the AlJawf…

Summary

Published
29 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

26 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM068-B

Location

مودية, Mudiya, Abyan, Yemen
Three suspected militants were killed in an alleged American drone strike in the town of Mudiyah during the afternoon of the 26th of April, 2012. Both Reuters and Mareb Press reported that the three militants were killed as the vehicle in which they were travelling was struck by a missile. Reuters further reported that local…

Summary

Published
26 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM066-B

Location

نصاب, Nisab (town or district), Shabwa, Yemen
On 23rd April 2012, a suspected US drone strike at 4:10pm hit vehicles in Shabwa province allegedly leaving up to three militants dead and up to three others injured, according to local sources. The vehicles were reportedly traveling from Nisab to Al-Salida Abadan. Yaspr and Almotamar identified two of the dead as Hussein al-Ahwal Lahoul…

Summary

Published
23 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM067-B

Location

لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen
On 23rd April 2012, at 10:30 am, the Yemen army and/or US military allegedly conducted a strike in Loder, Abyan province killing between four to 17 suspected AQAP militants, with some sources attributing the militant deaths to artillery bombardment. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Bikyamasr reported that the strike was carried…

Summary

Published
23 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Military actors reported killed
4–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM065-B

Location

الحرقان عبيدة, Sanda desert, near Obeida valley, Ma'rib, Yemen
Three to four militants, including one of the most senior leaders of AQAP (Al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula) were killed in a US drone strike on a road between the regions of Ma’rib and Jawf, near the Obeida valley on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 2012. The majority of media sources, both…

Summary

Published
22 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM064-B

Location

جبل يسوف, Jabal (Mount) Yasuf, Abyan, Yemen
Between eight to 17 Al Qaeda militants were killed and five others were injured in an alleged Yemeni or US air strike in the southeastern province of Abyan on the outskirts of the town of Lawdar, on the 21st of April 2012 in the evening. There have been no reports of civilian harm. Yemen’s Defense…

Summary

Published
21 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
8–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM063-C

Location

جبل خنفر, Mount Khanfar, Abyan, Yemen
Up to four militants were killed in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes in Mount Khanfar on April 18, 2012 according to local sources. However, Xinhua reported that there were no casualties. Dawn News reported that a second air raid hit another position held by militants, but did not provide any further details. Alhawyah quoted a…

Summary

Published
18 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM062-C

Location

لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen
One civilian was killed, and two injured, in an alleged US or Yemeni strike on Loder, April 18th, that also purportedly killed six militants, sources said. A tweet from @fhgfdgdd and @BRQNews1 reported that the son of Tariq al-Fadli was among the dead militants, which was also reported by Yafanews. Reuters reported that "Loder residents…

Summary

Published
18 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

17 April 2012

Incident Code

USSOM023-C

Location

Gumah, Bari, Somalia
"Unknown military jets fired several missiles" at a suspected Somali pirate base in the northern autonomous region of Puntland a coastguard official told AFP. The target was the village of Gumah, described as being between Hafun and Bargal towns and some 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of Bossaso, the main port of Somalia's breakaway Puntland…

Summary

Published
17 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
EU Military, U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM061-B

Location

الـخـرمـة, Kharama, Mayfa'a district, Shabwa, Yemen
According to news reports and local sources, between three and seven militants were killed in a series of five alleged US drone strikes close to the village of Kharama, between the towns of Azzan and Huta in Shabwa province on the evening of the 16th of April, 2012. The strikes were conducted within the mountainous…

Summary

Published
16 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Military actors reported killed
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM060-B

Location

الزاهر, Zahir district, Al Bayda, Yemen
Yemen defense officials announced that an alleged American unmanned drone allegedly struck a car that included a number of Ansar al Sharia and Al Qaeda members in the al Zahir district of Bayda province on April 14, 2012, killing between three and eight militants. The nighttime raid turned the car into a “collection of charred…

Summary

Published
14 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 April 2012

Incident Code

USYEM059-B

Location

العين, Loder village, Al Ain, Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen
On the evening of Wednesday April 11th 2012, an airstrike allegedly by Yemeni forces or US drone strikes which hit a car with suspected Al Qaeda militants killed between two and fourteen militants and injuring between seven and 10 others, near the town of Lawder in the Abyan governorate, an area on a key highway…

Summary

Published
11 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7–8 April, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM057-B

Location

الصحراء بين محافظتي شبوة ومأرب, Desert road between Shabwa and Ma’rib governorates, Ma'rib, Yemen
Up to eight members of Al Qaeda were reported killed in an alleged US drone strike on a moving vehicle in Shabwa province, on the desert road between Shabwa and Ma’rib governorates, on April 7/8, 2012. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The Wall Street Journal reported that the target was AQAP…

Summary

Published
7 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7–8 April, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM058-B

Location

الكود, Al Kawd, Khanfir district, Abyan, Yemen
Between 16 and 24 militants were killed in a series of alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes on Al Kawd village in the governorate of Abyan on April 8th, 2012, according to local sources. There were no reports of harm to civilians. According to a tweet from @hbashrbash, 24 Al Qaeda militants were killed in naval…

Summary

Published
8 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment
Military actors reported killed
16–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1–3 April, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM056-B

Location

لحج‎, أبين‎, Lahj and Abyan governorates, Abyan, Yemen
As many as 43 ‘suspected Al Qaeda militants’ were killed and dozens of others were wounded in alleged US drone strikes and/or Yemeni air and artillery strikes in the Al Harur area of Lahj and Abyan governorates between 1-3 April 2012. The strikes were part of continuous raids by joint Yemeni land, sea, and air…

Summary

Published
1 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
38–43
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM054-C

Location

عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
Initial reports suggested that one civilian was killed and six to eight civilians, including three to six children, were injured in an alleged US drone strike targeting a vehicle allegedly carrying AQAP members, in the city of Azzan in Shabwa Province at 4pm on the 30th of March 2012. A later report by Akkarama on…

Summary

Published
30 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6–8
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM055-C

Location

عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
The second targeted attack in a two-part alleged US airstrike hit an Al Qaeda hideout in Azzan in the Shabwa Province on the 30th of March, 2012, injuring four civilians. The Long War Journal reported that a Predator or Reaper fired missiles at a building which was thought to be occupied by AQAP. The Long…

Summary

Published
30 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building)
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21–22 March, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM053-B

Location

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
According to local Yemen officials, three areas in Zinjibar were struck by alleged US drone strikes or Yemeni military strikes, killing 29 to 30 Al Qaeda fighters and wounding dozens others on March 22, 2012. The website Arab Monitor stated that "dozens" were wounded in the attacks, which targeted alleged Al Qaeda bases. No other…

Summary

Published
22 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Naval bombardment
Military actors reported killed
29–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM051-B

Location

مسيمر, Al Musaimeer, near Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Alleged Yemeni or US strikes on Al Qaeda positions in north-eastern Zinjibar, Abyan province, allegedly killed 14 to 18 belligerents and injured dozens of others on 18 March 2012, sources said. There are currently no reports of civilian harm, though one source, Xinhua, stated that an anonymous Yemen official stated that "it was not clear…

Summary

Published
18 March 2012
Strike Type
Naval bombardment, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Military actors reported killed
14–18
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM052-C

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
One civilian was reported injured and eight militants were killed in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes carried out on the city of Jaar on March 18th 2012, in the governorate of Abyan. According to an Associated Press (AP) report published in the Washington Times, the civilian was injured when a post office being used as…

Summary

Published
18 March 2012
Strike Type
Naval bombardment, Airstrike
Infrastructure
Communications
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM050-B

Location

ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, Bayda (town), Al Bayda, Yemen
An alleged U.S. drone strike killed four to five alleged AQAP militants and injured five others traveling in a car along an outpost in the Al-Ghunaim area of Shuria district in Al-Bayda Province on 13 March 2012. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Yemeni security officials stated that the strike was conducted…

Summary

Published
13 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM049-B

Location

جبل خنفر, Mount (Jabal) Khanfar, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
An air attack by the US and/or Yemen on a militant-occupied factory where arms were allegedly stored killed three to seven belligerents near Ja’ar the evening of March 11, 2012. Ansar al Sharia, along with other sources, said that US drones carried out the early evening strike, with up to five drones reportedly taking part.…

Summary

Published
11 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

10 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM048-B

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
Alleged US airstrikes or Yemeni airstrikes in Jaar and Zinjibar on May 10, 2012 reportedly killed up to 24 alleged militants and nine others were injured, with some sources reporting possible civilian casualties. Although initially reported as the work of the Yemen Air Force, a senior Yemen government official told CNN that the attacks were…

Summary

Published
10 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
20–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM047-C

Location

المخنق, Al Makhnaq, Al Zahir district, Al Bayda, Yemen
Ten to 43 suspected militants were reported killed in a drone strike at 9:15pm on al Bayda, Yemen, March 9th, 2012. Yet in interviews, human rights activists and victims’ relatives said "many" of the dead were civilians, not fighters, with at least two named civilian victims and a report of a child killed. As many…

Summary

Published
9 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
0–55
Military actors reported killed
10–43
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

24 February 2012

Incident Code

USSOM022-C

Location

K60, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
One civilian man was possibly killed as a US drone struck and killed up to seven members of al-Shabaab at Kilometre 60 or K60, in Lower Shabelle, 60km south west of Mogadishu on the road to Marka/ Mercer, international media reported. The action came hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had told a…

Summary

Published
24 February 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
4–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30–31 January, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM046-B

Location

الخديرة, Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira, Abyan, Yemen
Between three and 15 Al Qaeda members were killed and up to 15 others were injured in confirmed US airstrikes conducted by a mix of drones and manned aircrafts under the US Department of Defence’s control on Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira on January 31, 2012. There were no known…

Summary

Published
31 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Military actors reported killed
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 January 2012

Incident Code

USSOM020

Location

Elasha Biyaha, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A British al Shabaab fighter, Bilal al-Berjawi, was killed by a US drone strike in or near the town of Elasha Biyaha, 15km south of Mogadishu, local and international media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. Three missiles fired from a drone operated by JSOC killed British-Lebanese militant Bilal al-Berjawi, also known as…

Summary

Published
21 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 January 2012

Incident Code

USSOM021-C

Location

Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
In this single-source claim, six people were allegedly killed as an airstrike carried out by US or Kenyan forces, struck near the al Shabaab stronghold of Kismayo, Sheikh Mohamud Abdi, a senior al-Shabaab commander, claimed to Reuters. It is not known whether the strike was by US or Kenyan forces. Kenya sent troops into Somalia…

Summary

Published
21 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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