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12 incidents
Incident Date
15 June 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM010
Location
شبوة, Mountainous area in the Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen
Between five and eight Al Qaeda members were killed and two others were injured in an alleged airstrike by Yemeni forces on June 15th 2012 in the governorate of Shabwa. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The attack was reportedly carried out in a “mountainous area” of the Shabwa region, though little…
Summary
Published
15 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
11 June 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM009
Location
جعار, Outskirts of Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
In this single-source event, Xinhua reported that three alleged senior Al Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike on their vehicle in Jaar on June 11, 2012, attributing the strike to Yemeni "warplanes." There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. They were killed "while they were moving to oversee the fighting with army troops…
Summary
Published
11 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
7 June 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM008
Location
مودية, Eastern parts of Mudiya, Abyan, Yemen
Two Al Qaeda commanders were killed and seven other militants were injured by a Yemeni airstrike "while they were inspecting a checkpoint" in Moudia, Abyan on June 7, 2012. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to @taizcity, the strikes were carried out by helicopters (but did not attribute them to the…
Summary
Published
7 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
27 May 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM007
Location
جعار, West of Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
In a night of battles and strikes on Jaar, Abyan province, a bomb hit a factory on May 27, 2012, reportedly killing several Al Qaeda militants. Of the deceased, up to seven militants were allegedly killed by airstrike whilst up to 15 militants were killed in fights on the ground. Ennahar Online recorded one civilian…
Summary
Published
27 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Factory
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
20 May 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM006
Location
جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
A factory reportedly used by Al Qaeda for weapon storage to the north of Jaar was targeted in an alleged Yemeni airstrike as fighting in the city continued, sources reported, adding that up to 14 Al Qaeda militants were killed in the battle, with between nine and 13 killed by the airstrike, on May 20,…
Summary
Published
20 May 2012
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
,
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
9–13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
14 May 2012
Incident Code
YEMYEM005
Location
جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
In a third incident occurring on the 14th of May 2012, two children were wounded by alleged Yemeni warplane strike in Ja’ar in Abyan Province. A military official told AP that a warplane missed its target and accidentally struck civilians, leaving two children wounded. AP was the only source to report on this incident, and…
Summary
Published
14 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
2 September 2011
Incident Code
YEMYEM004
Location
الكود, Al Kud, Abyan, Yemen
At least four people, three women and a man, were killed in alleged Yemeni strikes on Al-Kud on September 2, 2011. On the second of September, a tweet from @YemenLatestNews reported that four people from the same family were killed as part of a Yemeni airstrike against suspected Al Qaeda operatives. Barakish.net also reported that…
Summary
Published
2 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
24 August 2011
Incident Code
YEMYEM003
Location
زنجبار, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
On Aug. 24, 2011, multiple news outlets reported that airstrikes by the Yemeni government killed 30-40 suspected Al Qaeda militants in the town of Zinjibar, located in the province of Abyan. While there are no reported cases of civilian harm, estimates vary on the number of suspected militants killed in the strike. The Associated Press…
Summary
Published
24 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
30–40
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
1 August 2011
Incident Code
USYEM026-B
Location
مديرية زنجبار, Al-Khamila, Abyan, Yemen
Three drone strikes taking place on August 1st 2011, allegedly by US drones or Yemeni airplanes, killed up to 16 suspected Al Qaeda fighters and wounded up to 32 others in various areas of Zinjibar according to military officials. One report stated that the drones were acting in conjunction with the Yemeni government, but the…
Summary
Published
1 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
13–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM021-C
Location
جعار, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Between two and six civilians were killed and up to seven others were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on Ja’ar on July 5, 2011. Four militants were also reportedly killed. The numbers of dead and wounded varied, as @NoonArabia tweeted that three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded. According to @AdenLang,…
Summary
Published
5 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
15 March 2010
Incident Code
YEMYEM002
Location
مودية, Moudia, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged Yemeni strike on a suspected Al Qaeda training camp in the Modia district, Abyan province on March 15th 2010 killed up to 20 civilians, according to local media. This strike came a day after another strike on the Modia district on March 14th (USYEM010-B). Al Jazeera reported that local officials stated that security…
Summary
Published
15 March 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–20
Military actors reported killed
0–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
20 January 2010
Incident Code
YEMYEM001
Location
عرق ال شبوان, Erq al Shabwan, Ma'rib, Yemen
Up to two people were killed by an alleged Yemeni airstrike, targeting the home of al-Shabwani, a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the Mareb province in Erq al Shabwan the morning of January 20th, 2010. It is unclear whether all of those killed were belligerents or if civilians, in addition…
Summary
Published
20 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
),
Residential
(
House
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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