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Incident Date

2 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr011

Location

Al Said, Shabwa, Yemen
الصعيد
Multiple sources alleged that four al-Qaeda militants were killed in a US drone strike in al-Saeed, Shabwa province. Al Arabi for example reported that a car was targeted in Shabwa at dawn on March 2nd 2017, as it was travelling "towards the road linking the towns of Ahur and Shakra".  There were no known reports…

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2 March 2017
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Incident Date

2 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr015

Location

Mojan, Abyan, Yemen
موجان
Multiple sources reported that US forces were involved in a combined arms operation that took place at dawn on March 2nd 2017 in Mogan, al-Maraqisha directorate, Abyan governorate. The action was variously alleged to have included airstrikes, naval bombardment, and troop landings. Some sources claimed the operation was implemented in cooperation with Emirati special forces…

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2 March 2017
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Incident Date

2 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr017

Location

Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen
الخبر
One local language source, Aden al-Hadath, reported that according to local residents, a drone strike had targeted a school in Khabr al-Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, on March 2nd 2017. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. On the same day, multiple US airstrikes and alleged troop landings were reported, as part of a combined arms…

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2 March 2017
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Incident Date

2 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr018

Location

Al Ghayil, Al Bayda, Yemen
الغيل‎
Multiple sources reported that a US drone strike targeted the home of alleged AQAP leader and tribal sheikh Abdul Ilah al-Dhahab in Yakla, in the al-Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, at dawn on March 2nd 2017. There were no known reported casualties. Multiple sources suggested that al-Dhahab survived this strike, having been fighting with the…

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Published
2 March 2017
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Incident Date

2–3 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr023

Location

Dhi Kalb, Al Bayda, Yemen
ذي كالب
Some local language sources reported that the area of Dhi Kalb, in the al-Qaifa region of Bayda province, was targeted by multiple US air strikes overnight from March 2nd to March 3rd 2017.  here were no reports of civilian harm. Social media sources suggested that US drones and combat aircraft conducted several strikes against "homes"…

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Published
2 March 2017
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Incident Date

1–2 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr022

Location

Jasima, Al Bayda, Yemen
جسيمة
Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in al-Jasima, in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 1st to March 2nd. Mareb Press reported that the strikes killed one and wounded another, apparently with reference to alleged militants. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. The reported strikes were…

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2 March 2017
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Incident Date

28 February 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr010

Location

Al Suma'a District, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة
The Pentagon announced on March 6th 2017 that it had conducted an airstrike against AQAP in Yemen on February 28th, though no other sources could be found to verify this.  This appeared to have been the first action of a serious intensification of US strikes in Yemen through the first week of March 2017. Two…

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Published
28 February 2017
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Incident Date

2 February 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr009

Location

Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen
الخبر
Several sources alleged that US battleships bombarded the area of Al Khabr in al-Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, on February 2nd 2017, where AQAP militants were allegedly based. There were no reported civilian or combatant casualties. One anonymous Yemeni government official, speaking to Reuters, said that “ships fired several missiles towards the al-Maraqisha mountains, where al Qaeda…

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Published
2 February 2017
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Incident Date

1 February 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr008

Location

Mojan, Abyan, Yemen
موجان
Some local language Twitter users alleged that US battleships bombarded the area of Mojan, al-Maraqisha, Abyan province early on February 1st 2017, where AQAP militants were allegedly based.  One source claimed that fisherman in the Shaqra area spotted American battleships approaching from the coast.  There were no known reports of civilian or combatant casualties. Other…

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Published
1 February 2017
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Incident Date

30 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr007

Location

Baihan, Shabwa, Yemen
بيحان
A suspected US drone strike against a car killed two AQAP members in Baihan, Shabwa province on the morning of January 30th 2017, multiple sources reported.  There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to news agencies, Yemeni officials suggested that a US drone had targeted the car in the Baihan region, on…

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30 January 2017
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Incident Date

29 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr006-C

Location

al Ghayil, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
الغيل
At least 15 civilians, including at least 10 children and four women, were reportedly killed in a US Navy special forces operation in al-Ghayil village, Yakla region of Bayda province - though the reported civilian toll varied considerably. The US military has to date conceded 12 deaths. A force of US Navy SEALs engaged in…

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29 January 2017
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Incident Date

26 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr005

Location

Al Haraj, Shabwa, Yemen
الحرج
A US airstrike reportedly killed three alleged AQAP militants, "including a leader", in the Al Haraj area of Jardan district, in Shabwa governorate, according to various sources. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Critical Threats, for example, asserted that "A reported U.S. airstrike killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)…

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26 January 2017
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Incident Date

22 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr004

Location

al Sama'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة
A number of reports indicated that a US drone strike on January 22nd had killed one AQAP member in Bayda province. There were no known associated reported civilian casualties. Reuters reported that a strike against a car in al-Sama'a district had resulted in the death of one suspected AQAP member, based on official and local…

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22 January 2017
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Incident Date

21 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr002

Location

Al Sama'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة
There were some unconfirmed reports of a January 21st US drone strike in Sama'a, al-Bayda province, killing up to three alleged AQAP militants. The strike was reported to have occurred in the same general area as a second, confirmed strike on the same day. All but one source said that three militants had died in…

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21 January 2017
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Incident Date

21 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr003

Location

Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة
On January 25th 2017,  a US spokesperson stated that a strike in al-Bayda governorate on January 21st had killed three "AQAP operatives".  This confirmed reports that a drone strike had targeted a vehicle in Suma'a district on that evening.  There were no known reports of civilian casualties. A number of public sources had earlier reported…

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Published
21 January 2017
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Incident Date

20 January 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr001

Location

Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة
On January 25th 2017, a US spokesperson confirmed that a strike took place in al-Bayda governorate on January 20th, killing one AQAP operative.  This confirmed reports that a US drone strike in al-Suma'a district, Bayda governorate, killed at least one alleged AQAP militant on that afternoon. There were no known reports of civilian harm.  January…

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20 January 2017
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Incident Date

2 August 2016

Incident Code

USYEM269

Location

Al-Wadiah District, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية الوضيع، أبين‎
At least three children were killed and their parents were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a family home in the village of Al-Shemil in the district of Al-Wadiah, Yemen on August 2, 2016. Spanish news agency EFE reported that "at least three children died and their parents were wounded in an air strike on…

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Published
2 August 2016
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Incident Date

10 July 2016

Incident Code

USYEM267

Location

Al-Jaboul, Ma'rib, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike hit a car in the Al-Jaboul area, east of the city of Ma'rib, Yemen on July 10, 2016 and reportedly injured up to five people, whose status as civilians/militants is contested among the sources, and killed four civilians, including children. Saba News reported that the victims were citizens, alleging that…

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Published
10 July 2016
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Incident Date

5 October 2015

Incident Code

USYEM239d

Location

Yemen, Yemen
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that during the funeral for two people killed two days earlier (documented in USYEM239c), another drone strike killed two others on October 5, 2016. OHCHR attributed the drone strike to the US Air Force, in cooperation with the Government of Yemen. A…

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20 May 2025
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Incident Date

3 October 2015

Incident Code

USYEM239c

Location

Ma'rib, Yemen
مَأْرِب
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that according to "reports received", two internally displaced persons from Jawf were killed by a drone attack in eastern Ma'rib on October 3, 2015. OHCHR attributed the drone strike to the US Air Force, in cooperation with the Government of Yemen. There…

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20 May 2025
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Incident Date

26 January 2015

Incident Code

USYEM207

Location

Harib district, Shabwa, Yemen
حريب، شبوة‎
At least one civilian, a child, was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a vehicle traveling in the Harib district of Shabwa governorate of Yemen on January 26, 2015. Sources said the victims died when a drone struck the vehicle they were travelling in central-southern Yemen. The combatant status of one of the victims…

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Published
26 January 2015
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Incident Date

6 December 2014

Incident Code

USYEM205

Location

Nisab District, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen
نصاب
During the morning of the 6th December 2014, the US confirmed that it conducted a joint airdrop operation with Yemeni special forces, a ground attack by marines and a bombardment to attempt a hostage rescue which resulted in the death of two of the hostages, reportedly at the hands of the al-Qaeda militants, along with…

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Published
6 December 2014
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Incident Date

19 April 2014

Incident Code

USYEM184

Location

As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎
On Saturday, 19th April 2014, at 6 am, a drone strike hit a open-air Toyota Land Cruiser carrying armed men suspected of being AQAP militants and a second strike hit a nearby Toyota Hilux carrying 12 construction workers. The cars were traveling in the Hazmieh area of As Sawma'ah near the Al-Jorroh family project. The…

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19 April 2014
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Incident Date

15 January 2014

Incident Code

USYEM173

Location

Shibam, Hadhramout, Yemen
شبام
At 10 in the evening on the 14th/15th of January 2014, an alleged US drone strike reportedly killed a farmer and/or an al-Qaeda member, and injured two other al-Qaeda members, close to the city of Shibam in Hadramout Province, Yemen. The identity of those harmed by the airstrike is disputed. Al Hayat reported that Abdul…

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Published
15 January 2014
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Incident Date

12 December 2013

Incident Code

USYEM177-C

Location

Al-Bayda Governorate, Yemen
ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎
On Thursday 12th December 2013, at around 4:30 in the afternoon, an alleged US drone launched between two to four missiles at a wedding procession which killed between 11 to 18 civilians and injured between seven to 110 in Radaa in al-Durrah, al Bayda, Yemen. The wedding convoy was reportedly returning from Al-Basier in the…

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Published
12 December 2013
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Incident Date

7–8 August, 2013

Incident Code

USYEM165-C

Location

Erq al-Shabwan, Wadi Obeida District, Ma'rib, Yemen
عرق ال شبوان، وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب
Up to nine people, including as many as three civilians, among them two teenagers (16 years old and 17/18 years old), were reportedly killed in an alleged US drone strike that took place in Erq al-Shabwan, within the Wadi Obeida district of the Ma’rib governorate on August 7/8, 2013. At dawn on August 8, security…

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Published
8 August 2013
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Incident Date

1 August 2013

Incident Code

USYEM162-C

Location

Vicinity of Al-Qatn, Hadhramout, Yemen
بالقرب من قطن
Up to five people were killed and three others were injured following alleged US drone strikes on a moving vehicle in Qatan Valley, Hadhramout province at 3:15am on the 1st of August 2013. There was contention in reporting on the number and status of those killed. Some sources reported that all those killed were AQAP.…

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Published
1 August 2013
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Incident Date

9 June 2013

Incident Code

USYEM159-C

Location

Khabb wa ash Sha’af District, Al-Jawf, Yemen
خب و الشعف، الجوف‎
Between two and seven people, including one child and multiple Al Qaeda militants, were killed and another child was injured in an alleged US drone strike that launched four to five missiles hitting a vehicle in Al Mahashma or Khabb wa ash Sha’af in Al-Jawf Province around noon on June 9th, 2013. The lowest death…

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Published
9 June 2013
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Incident Date

20 May 2013

Incident Code

USYEM155-C

Location

Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
رداع
On May 20th 2013, two young men were killed on a motorcycle in an alleged US drone strike in Rada’a, Bayda’ province. Sources are conflicted as to whether the two men killed were members of Al Qaeda or civilians. Nashwan News reported that the two men were killed at dawn after leaving a farm in…

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Published
20 May 2013
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Incident Date

17–18 May, 2013

Incident Code

USYEM153-C

Location

Al-Mahfad District, Abyan Governorate, Yemen
المحفد، أبين‎
On May 18th, 2013 a drone reportedly launched three airstrikes in Abyan province overnight. The second of the three strikes hit the Al-Hada area in Al-Mahfad district and six people were reported injured without specifying if those injured were militants or civilians. A CNN report, also published by Mareb Press, was the only source found…

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Published
18 May 2013
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