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Incident Date
25 August 2011
Incident Code
USYEM029-B
Location
وادي حسان, Wadi Hassan, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike that took place on Wadi Hassan, south Zinjibar was reported to kill up to eight militants, with no civilian harm reported, on August 25th 2011. Eight suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in the airstrike. Multiple sources named a local Al Qaeda leader Abu Jaber al Sanaai as killed in…
Summary
Published
25 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 August 2011
Incident Code
USYEM028-B
Location
العرقوب), Al Arqoub, Abyan, Yemen
On Aug. 24, 2011, numerous outlets such as the Associated Press, AFP, and CNN reported that between four and six suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and others were wounded in alleged Yemeni or US strikes in the area of Arkoub in Yemen’s Abyan province, which was overrun by Al Qaeda in May 2011. There…
Summary
Published
24 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM025-B
Location
زنجبار, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Between five and 14 militants were killed and 50 others were wounded in alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes or drone strikes on the city of Zinjibar on July 29, 2011. In a tweet from @YusraAIA, Yemeni aircraft were identified as being used as “camouflage” to cover up U.S. drone strikes. According to @FADHLESAY, fourteen people…
Summary
Published
29 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM024-B
Location
مديرية زنجبار, Karadeef, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US airstrike that took place on Karadeef in West Zinjibar was reported to have killed five militants and injured two others, with no civilian harm reported, on July 27th 2011. Xinhua news quoted a local official who said that five AQAP militants, including a field commander, were killed by a US drone strike…
Summary
Published
27 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM023-N
Location
بين زنجبار و شقرة, Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,…
Summary
Published
14 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 July 2011
Incident Code
USYEM022-C
Location
مديرية الوضيع, Wadi’a district , Abyan, Yemen
Initial reports of a US or Yemeni bombing raid upon a police station in Wadi’a district on July 14, 2011 may have resulted in as many as fifty people killed, with as many as thirty civilians among the deceased. Militants were also killed and injured, though there was huge variation in the numbers reported, which…
Summary
Published
14 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Emergency Services
(
Police Station
)
Civilians reported killed
8–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
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
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
21 June 2011
Incident Code
USYEM020-C
Location
جامع حمزة في جعار, Hamza Mosque, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Up to seven people were killed and four others were wounded in US airstrikes or drone strikes on Hamzah Mosque in Ja’ar on June 21, 2011. At least two of the people killed were identified as possibly being militants. @YemNews1 tweeted that four people were killed when Yemeni warplanes bombed the Hamzah mosque in the…
Summary
Published
21 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Shop
),
Religious
(
Mosque
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 June 2011
Incident Code
USYEM019-C
Location
جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
Between five and six civilians were injured in alleged US airstrikes or drone strikes on the neighborhood of Ja’ar and possibly other locations in Abyan governorate on June 18, 2011. Marepress reported that American planes attacked civilian areas and focused attacks on Zinjibar and Jaar. Raids were also launched by US drones in Al-Rai neighborhood.…
Summary
Published
18 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
)
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 June 2011
Incident Code
USYEM017-B
Location
زنجبار , Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Local sources reported that "at least one top insurgent was killed in the US military-led strikes by unmanned aircraft", which began in Zinjibar, on June 10, 2021. There were no reports of civilian harm. While Reuters reported that airstrikes on Zinjibar stemmed from "state forces", according to the editor of the Yemen Post, a strike…
Summary
Published
10 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 June 2011
Incident Code
USYEM016-C
Location
زنجبار, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
A US drone strike in the city of Zinjibar reportedly killed four civilians in addition to up to eight members of Al Qaeda, according to local sources, on June 3, 2011. The New York Times reported that a US airstrike in the city of Zinjibar killed Abu Ali al Harithi, a "veteran of Abu Musab…
Summary
Published
3 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 May–15 June, 2011
Incident Code
USYEM013-N
Location
أَبْيَن , Abyan province, Abyan, Yemen
An anonymous Yemen defence ministry official claimed that a significant number of US drone strikes had taken place between mid-May and mid-June 2011. Strikes began in Shabwa province from May 3 onwards. According to The National, 15 US strikes took place between June 1 and June 15, including one on June 11 in which there…
Summary
Published
15 May 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 May 2011
Incident Code
USYEM015-C
Location
الميراب, al Mirab, Taiz, Yemen
Ali Alkhadr (14 years old) was injured by shrapnel from an alleged US air-strike on May 9th, 2011 near the village al-Mihrab. Al-Akhbar reported on the incident stating that the shrapnel tore Alkhadr´s jaw open when he was returning from a family visit in al-Mihrab village. It was reported that Doctors without Borders provided 1…
Summary
Published
9 May 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 May 2011
Incident Code
USYEM014-B
Location
شبوة, Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen
Two to three middle-ranking Al Qaeda affiliates were killed and another was injured due to a US drone strike, originally targeting US-born cleric Anwar al Awlaki in the province of Shabwa in the morning of May 5th, 2011. In one of the first recorded US attack using remotely piloted drones since 2002, during Yemen’s Arab…
Summary
Published
5 May 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 May 2010
Incident Code
USYEM012-C
Location
مَأْرِب, Marib, Ma'rib, Yemen
Between three and six civilians died and two to three others were wounded in a botched US airstrike in Marib Province on May 24, 2010, according to local sources. In addition, between one and two militants were killed and another injured in the same incident. Civilian victims were named as: Jaber Ben Ali Ben Jaber…
Summary
Published
24 May 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 March 2010
Incident Code
USYEM010-B
Location
مودية, Moudia, Abyan, Yemen
A night time precision strike reportedly carried out by the Yemeni air force or the US forces killed between two and nine militants in an air raid on a suspected terrorist training site in Abyan province on March 14, 2010. Al-Jazeera reported “Local residents told the Reuters news agency that as many as 20 civilians…
Summary
Published
14 March 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
31 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM009-N
Location
Across Yemen, Yemen
Over a six week period, US Special Forces carried out more than 24 ground raids in Yemen, according to a single credible source, The Nation. The Nation reported: "By late January 2010, JSOC had been involved with more than two dozen ground raids in Yemen, which kicked off with the December 17 strikes. Scores of…
Summary
Published
31 January 2010
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM007-B
Location
الاجاشر, Al Ajashar, Sa'dah, Yemen
An alleged Yemeni security forces strike or US airstrike reportedly struck two vehicles in Al Ajasher between Sa’ada and Jawf province. Multiple sources reported the alleged air strike took place in the afternoon of January 15th 2010. Initially sources reported that up to seven alleged AQAP militants had been killed in the strike. However later…
Summary
Published
15 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM006-B
Location
شبوة, Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen
Alleged Al Qaeda local commander Abdullah Mehdar, suspected leader of the Al Qaeda cell in the Houta region, was reportedly killed by Yemen security forces, possibly with the assistance of US forces, on the evening of 12th January 2010 in Shabwa province, 375 miles east of Sana’a. There were no known associated reports of civilian…
Summary
Published
12 January 2010
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM005-C
Location
أبين, Abyan, Abyan, Yemen
A second air strike reportedly occurred on 24th December 2009 in the province of Abyan "of which the death toll is unknown", according to the Swiss-based human rights organization, Alkarama. No other sources were found that reported on this strike.
Summary
Published
24 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM004-B
Location
وادي رفض, Wadi Rafadh, Shabwa, Yemen
In the dawn hours of Dec. 24, 2009, a cruise missile launched by the United States struck a farmhouse in the Rafdh Valley, located in Yemen’s Shabwa province, killing between 5-34 militants associated with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, colloquially known as AQAP. While there are no known reports of civilians being killed or…
Summary
Published
24 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM003-B
Location
أرحب, Arhab, Sana'a, Yemen
US forces reportedly carried out an attack in Arhab, Yemen on December 17th upon a home believed to be the living quarters of Qasim al Raimi (also called al Raymi), resulting in the death of four militants. The strike was initially reported to have included the use of Yemeni ground forces and air strikes with…
Summary
Published
17 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM002-C
Location
المعجلة, Al Majala, Abyan, Yemen
At least forty-seven civilians, including at least twenty-two children and twelve women, were reportedly killed after a US cruise-missile strike targeted an alleged AQAP training camp on the edge of Al-Majala village, Mahfad district of Abyan governorate, at around 6 AM on December 17th 2009. This was the first known strike in Yemen approved by…
Summary
Published
17 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
47–64
Civilians reported injured
23–88
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 November 2002
Incident Code
USYEM001-B
Location
على الطريق السريع 160كم شرق صنعاء ، عناقة, On highway 160km east of Sana'a, Annaqaah, Ma'rib, Yemen
In the first known US targeted assassination outside of a conventional battlefield and using a drone, a CIA Predator launched from Djibouti struck a car in Annaqaah, Marib governorate, on the evening of November 3rd 2002, killing six Al Qaeda suspects. A seventh individual escaped alive, and was later cleared of involvement in an October…
Summary
Published
3 November 2002
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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