Yemen – Airwars

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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

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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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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الحرور, Harur, Abyan, Yemen

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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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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جعار, Rabwa, western entrance to Ja’ar, Abyan, Yemen

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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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, Bayda, Al Bayda, Yemen

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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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

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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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

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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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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جبل يسوف, Jabal (Mount) Yasuf, Abyan, Yemen

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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Naval bombardment, Airstrike

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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16–17 May, 2012

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سيئون, شبام, Between Sayoun and Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen

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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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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شُقرة‎, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

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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Airstrike (Drone Strike), Naval bombardment

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen

A moving vehicle was struck by missiles that were fired near Lawdar town in the province of Abyan on the 14th of May 2012. Six “militants” perished in the strike which was allegedly carried out by a Yemeni or US aircraft. There are no reports of civilian harm at this moment. Officials reported anonymously to…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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حصون آل جلال, Hosoon, Ma'rib, Yemen

Between three and eight Al Qaeda militants were killed and others were wounded in a reported US drone strike near the village of Hosoon, close to the city of Marib on the 12th of May, 2012. The attack came just 30 minutes after another airstrike (USYEM077-B) in the east of Wadi Harib district, close to…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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حريب, Desert road in Harib district, Ma'rib, Yemen

Six to seven militants were killed in an alleged US drone strike which destroyed one vehicle as it travelled as part of a three vehicle convoy along a desert road from Shabwa to Marib on the 12th of May, 2012. Al-Masdar Online reported that local residents had claimed that “the airstrike took place in the…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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عين, Al Ain district, Shabwa, Yemen

A possible third US drone strike on May 12th 2012 struck an alleged al Qaeda hideout in Al-Aeen area in central Shabwa, killing at least six militants, reports said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. A local security official told Xinhua about the incident and claimed it was a U.S. drone strike.…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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شُقرة‎, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

A series of three alleged US bombing raids killed at least two militants and destroyed numerous vehicles in the in the Shakra area on May 10, 2022. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to almotamar.net, the Al Qaeda site in the Shakra area that was struck in the air strikes was used to…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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10–20 May, 2012

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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

An airstrike hit Jaar in mid-May of 2012, killing five Al Qaeda militants. The strike hit a house local people said was being rented by Ansar al Sharia militants. Neighbour Adnan Ahmed Saleh told NPR: ‘I got back inside, closed the door, and then the first rocket hit’. The house next door to his was…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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9–10 May, 2012

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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

An array of news organizations, military sources, and local witnesses have described an attack by a suspected American drone that killed between five and eight members of Al Qaeda in Jaar in the Abyan governate, located in southern Yemen, between May 9 and May 10, 2012. A local source described hearing three explosions around midnight,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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وادي رفض, Wadi Al Abyadh, Rafd valley, Shabwa, Yemen

On the 6th of May 2012 at approximately 5:30pm local time a drone strike, allegedly carried out by the CIA, killed up to six people, including one civilian, in Wadi Al Abyadh in Shabwa governorate. A drone struck and killed Fahd al-Qasaa (37) along with at least one more individual in the Shabwa governorate of…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Agriculture (Agricultural Land), Vehicle (Car)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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جعار, North of the town Ja'ar, Khanfir district, Abyan, Yemen

Between 10 and 15 militants linked to Al Qaeda were killed in an alleged Yemeni airstrike or US drone strike just north of the town of Jaar on the 2nd of May, 2012. Whilst Xinhua stated a local resident had claimed that 10 militants in total had been killed in the airstrike, CNN reported that…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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