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Incident Date

4 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM115-C

Location

Aden, Aden, Yemen
عدن
A single source, Press TV, reported that a US drone killed five "people" traveling in a vehicle in Aden on August 4, 2012. However, the same source referred to the strike as occurring in "eastern Yemen" while Aden is located in western Yemen. Another strike did occur in eastern Yemen on the same date (USYEM116-B),…

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4 August 2012
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Incident Date

4 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM116-B

Location

Qatn, Hadramaut, Yemen
قطن
On 4th August 2012, in the late evening, between three to five militants were killed in an alleged U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling on the Ghisas road, north of the village of Al-Qatan in Hadramout province. Local news sources such as Mareb Press and Saba News also reported that up to two additional…

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4 August 2012
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Incident Date

28 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM114-N

Location

Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On July 28th 2012 alleged Yemeni or US fighter jets bombed two suspected Al Qaeda hideouts in the Mahfad district of the Abyan Province with an unknown number of casualties as reported by Xinhua news who got their information from a local security official and a local resident. The security official quoted by Xinhua news…

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28 July 2012
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Incident Date

23 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM113-B

Location

Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the night of July 23rd 2012 around 11pm, alleged US or Yemeni warplanes launched two strikes against two supposed Al Qaeda hideouts in the al-Mahfad district in the south of the Abyan Province; five alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed in these strikes according to the Associated Press. Local twitter users and a local…

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23 July 2012
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Incident Date

17 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM106-B

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
On June 17th 2012, an alleged airstrike or shelling by the US military or Yemen Air Force caused the death of up to nine civilians in the town of Azzan, Shabwa province. There are currently no known reports of injured. The US news channel Fox News claimed that six Al Qaeda militants were killed in…

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17 July 2012
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Incident Date

4 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM112-B

Location

al-Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
Alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on July 4th 2012 in al-Mahfad, Abyan province reportedly killed between three and 13 Al Qaeda militants and injured up to seven militants. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Yemen Post, Naharnet, and Mareb Press reported that the raid was carried out against the position of Al…

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4 July 2012
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Incident Date

3 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM111-B

Location

Bayhan district, Shabwa, Yemen
بيحان‎
On July 3rd 2012, an alleged US drone strike killed two to six members of Al Qaeda and injured two in a car traveling in the Beihan district of the Shabwah Province. Witnesses stated the drone was American, a claim later supported by news reports. Fox News quoting an official identified two of the dead…

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3 July 2012
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Incident Date

25 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM110-B

Location

Bir Hamid, Aden, Yemen
بئر حميد
On June 25th, 2012, a declared US drone strike hit two vehicles in the outskirts of Aden in Bir Hamid at dawn. Three alleged AQAP members were killed, while several others were wounded. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The identities of those killed were not reported, but a source told the…

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25 June 2012
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Incident Date

20 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM108-C

Location

Mahfed district, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the 20th of June 2012, an airstrike allegedly by US or Yemeni forces in northern Abyan killed Hussein Saleh (35), a worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), multiple sources, such as Reuters, reported. Al-Sahwa Net also reported that seven militants were killed and 10 others were wounded in the same…

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20 June 2012
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Incident Date

20 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM109-B

Location

Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the 20th of June 2012, up to 30 militants were reported killed and six others injured in a series of Yemeni or US-waged airstrikes in Mahfed, Abyan, which was later reported by international and local media. AP reported that Yemeni military officials said that "at least six air raids targeted moving vehicles and Al…

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20 June 2012
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Incident Date

19 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM107-B

Location

Yafa'a district, Lahij, Yemen
يافع
Three militants were killed when a vehicle was destroyed in Yafa’a district south of Bayda province by alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on June 19, 2012, local and international media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to reporting from Reuters, Yemeni state news (Saba) reported that on June 19th, Yemeni…

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19 June 2012
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Incident Date

15 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM105-C

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شقرة
On June 15th 2012, up to seven civilians, including a woman and up to six children, were killed by an alleged US military, CIA drone, or Yemen Air Force strike in the village of Shaqra, Ayban province. Four civilians were injured and no militants were killed according to witnesses. The village of Shaqra, near Jaar,…

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15 June 2012
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Incident Date

14 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM103-N

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
The Yemen Times reported a US drone strike hit Azzan in Shabwa province, described as AQAP’s "last stronghold" in the province, on June 14, 2012. The reporter Ali Saeed subsequently told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism via email that the strike came on Thursday evening. Casualty figures were unknown he added, because "the army has…

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14 June 2012
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Incident Date

13 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM102-B

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
Between 27 and 40 militants were reported to have been killed and "dozens" others were injured in a series of alleged U.S. drone strikes or Yemeni airstrikes in and around the town of Azzan in Shabwa governorate on the morning of the 13th of June, 2012. However, a a spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia alleged that…

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13 June 2012
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Incident Date

11 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM101-B

Location

Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
Between 12 and 16 Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a suspected US or Yemeni airstrike or ground operation on Jaar, Abyan on June 11, 2012, local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Reuters cited a Yemeni military official who said that "the army launched its most serious assault on…

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11 June 2012
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Incident Date

7 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM099-B

Location

Desert road between Ja'ar and Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
On June 7th 2012, there were reports that Yemeni or US warplanes conducted an airstrike against a vehicle carrying suspected Al Qaeda militants on the desert road between Ja’ar and Zinjibar in Abyan province. According to anonymous officials and an anonymous military source speaking to local and international media, three to five of the passengers…

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7 June 2012
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Incident Date

1 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM096-C

Location

Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen
شبوة
A Yemeni journalist was reportedly injured in an alleged drone strike while fleeing the site of attacks on an Al Qaeda vehicle on the 1st of June 2012 in Shabwa. Only one source, @narrabyee, reported this incident and further information remains unknown. The drone strike could have been a US or Yemeni strike as similar…

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1 June 2012
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Incident Date

1 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM097-B

Location

Eastern part of Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
Alleged US drone strikes killed up to 12 Al Qaeda militants in a compound used for communications and meetings in the eastern part of the al-Mahfad area located in Abyan Province the evening of the 1st of June 2012. There are currently no reports of civilian harm. Albashayer and CNN cited the lowest death toll…

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1 June 2012
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Incident Date

28 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM095-B

Location

60 km west of Mukkala, Brom Mayfa district, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية بروم ميفع
Between four and seven Al Qaeda militants were killed in an alleged US drone strike conducted against a car travelling on a coastal road between the towns of Azzan and Mukalla in the Brom Mayfa district in Hadhramout governorate on the 28th of May, 2012. Mareb Press reported that “a U.S. drone killed five Al…

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28 May 2012
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Incident Date

28 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM094-C

Location

Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen
المناسح
Two civilians were reported killed in an alleged US drone strike in the vicinity of the village of Manaseh, close to the town of Rada’a in al-Baydah province during the afternoon of the 28th May, 2012. Between one and five militants linked to Al Qaeda were also reported to have been killed in the strike…

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28 May 2012
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Incident Date

27 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM092-B

Location

Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
In a second reported strike in Jaar on May 27th 2012, a house allegedly used as a meeting place by AQAP militants was "pounded" by warplanes, reported Xinhua. Ten alleged AQAP fighters were killed including two local leaders according to a tribal chief. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Xinhua did not…

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27 May 2012
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Incident Date

27 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM093-B

Location

Harur, Abyan, Yemen
الحرور
In a third strike on May 27th 2012 in the Abyan province, a pick-up truck was reportedly destroyed in Harur near Jaar. Six alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed whilst travelling in the car, and there were no survivors, as reported by Xinhua. Yemeni airplanes were named as the suspected culprit. However, reporting during the…

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27 May 2012
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Incident Date

19 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM089-B

Location

Bayda, Al Bayda, Yemen
ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎
A second alleged US drone strike on May 19th 2012 around noon destroyed a vehicle in the southern province of Bayda, killing two militants, international and local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The attack killed the two occupants according to provincial governor Mohammed al Ameri who told the defense…

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19 May 2012
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Incident Date

19 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM088-B

Location

Rabwa, western entrance to Ja’ar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
Between three and five militants were killed as suspected Yemeni Air Force/US warplanes struck Jaar, Abyan on May 19, 2012, international and local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. As fighting between government and insurgent forces continued in the south of Yemen, sources reported that "dozens" of Al Qaeda militants…

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19 May 2012
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Incident Date

18 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM087-B

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شقرة
Three Al Qaeda members were killed and six others were wounded by alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes on the town of Shaqra on May 17, 2012. There were no reports of civilian harm. Yemen News Network tweeted from @YemenNews that warplanes struck two tanks captured by Al Qaeda in Arquob, west of Shaqra. The warplanes…

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18 May 2012
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Incident Date

16–17 May, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM085-C

Location

Between Sayoun and Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen
سيئون, شبام
At 12:45am on May 17th 2012, an alleged unmanned US drone struck a convoy of two cars along the highway from Sayoun to Shibam alongside a lake opposite the radio station of the Thabit / Shibam area, killing two to three alleged Al Qaeda militants and killing one civilian, Moteei Mohsin Bel-Ala. Locals had sighted…

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17 May 2012
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Incident Date

17 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM086-C

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شقرة
On May 17th 2012, at an Al Qaeda checkpoint in the town of Shaqra in the Abyan Province, a suspected US drone-fired missile or Yemeni air strike hit two cars killing between three and eight alleged Al Qaeda militants and up to two civilians, in addition to wounding others, according to local officials and residents,…

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17 May 2012
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Incident Date

16 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM083-B

Location

Jabal (Mount) Yasuf, Abyan, Yemen
جبل يسوف
On the afternoon of May 16th 2012 in Jabal (Mount) Yasuf in the Abyan province, Yemen, 16 militants, allegedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and between five and 14 others were injured in two airstrikes allegedly orchestrated by the Yemeni air force and carried out by Yemeni fighter jets with possible assistance from the…

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16 May 2012
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Incident Date

15 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM082-C

Location

Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
Between 13 and 26 civilians - 14 of whom were named - died and 21 other civilians were injured in two or more alleged US, Yemeni, or Saudi airstrikes on the same location in Jaar on May 15, 2012, according to sources. An additional three to 25 AQAP members were also killed in the strikes.…

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15 May 2012
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Incident Date

14 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM079-B

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شُقرة‎
An alleged US or Yemeni airstrike, naval bombardment, or drone strike killed 10 militants in an Al Qaeda hideout 70 kilometers away from Zinjibar in Shaqra, a southern town in the province of Abyan. There are currently no reports of civilian harm. The Associated Press reported Yemeni warplanes bombed an Al Qaeda hideout 70km from…

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14 May 2012
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