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Incident Date

17–18 May, 2019

Incident Code

USSOM224

Location

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia
A suspected US drone carried out double airstrikes in Somalia's Middle Juba region, killing 20 al Shabaab fighters in total, Mareeg Media reported. According to Mareeg: "A suspected US drone has carried out double air strikes targeting towns held by al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab in south of Somalia. The strikes were conducted in Bu’ale and…

Summary

Published
17 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

17–18 May, 2019

Incident Code

USSOM225

Location

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
A suspected US drone carried out double airstrikes in Somalia’s Middle Juba region, killing 20 al Shabaab fighters in total, Mareeg Media reported. According to Mareeg: “A suspected US drone has carried out double air strikes targeting towns held by al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab in south of Somalia. The strikes were conducted in Bu’ale and…

Summary

Published
17 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9–10 May, 2019

Incident Code

USSOM222a-C

Location

Farsooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
"Multiple civilians" were alleged killed in a claimed US airstrike on Farsooley, according to reports which appeared to have originated with al Shabaab. AFRICOM publicly rejected the claim a year later. Hussein Mohamed, a local journalist stringing for the New York Times and others, tweeted on May 10th that "Al Shabab media reported that US…

Summary

Published
10 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 May 2019–7 May 2020

Incident Code

USYEMTr199

Location

بين الحزمة والرمسة, Between Al Hazma and Al Ramsa, Ma'rib, Yemen
Four alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Obeidah, Marib governorate, overnight from May 6th-7th 2019. On May 15th 2019, US Central Command told New America that no strikes had taken place since March 29th, and explicitly denying reports of a May 5th US military strike, which may refer…

Summary

Published
6 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

15 April 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr198

Location

الصدارة, Al Sadarah, Ma'rib, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly killed at least two alleged AQAP members in Al Sadarah area, in the Mahliyah district of Marib governorate, on April 15th 2019, according to some local sources. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly targeted a car travelling through the area. An eyewitness and a…

Summary

Published
15 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4 April 2019

Incident Code

USSOM211-C

Location

Ugunji, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A ground operation struck a minibus carrying civilians, killing one woman and injuring up to six others, local media reported. While one source claimed that the attack was conducted by drone, others said it was a ground operation, involving Somali and possibly also US troops. AFRICOM later denied responsibility for civilian harm on the grounds…

Summary

Published
4 April 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr197

Location

مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
Three alleged AQAP militants, including at least one leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Bayda governorate on March 30th 2019. Though most suggested that the strike took place in Sama'a district, two sources, including Xinhua, instead located the strike in the Anah or Tayeb area of Dhi Naseem district. Sources,…

Summary

Published
30 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

28 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr194

Location

حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America - one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that "three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda…

Summary

Published
28 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr190

Location

معسكر الحازمية السلفي, Salafiya Al Hazmiya Camp, Al Bayda, Yemen
A number of US drone strikes reportedly targeted pro-government fighters in Hazmiya district in Bayda governorate, on March 25th 2019, killing at least five and injuring eight others.  A few sources instead indicated that a UAE drone had conducted the strikes, and one suggested that a Houthi ballistic missile was responsible for reported casualties.  Though…

Summary

Published
25 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr191

Location

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…

Summary

Published
25 March 2019
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

25 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr192

Location

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…

Summary

Published
25 March 2019
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

22 March 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr189

Location

مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen
A single local-language Twitter source, @wn4YYsr1zvokcHx, asserted that a US drone strike had killed seven AQAP militants travelling to Shabwa, on March 22nd 2019.  No other known sources reported the strike, and there was no known indication of civilian harm. In a later press release and in comments to New America, US Central Command stated…

Summary

Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 March 2019

Incident Code

USSOM210

Location

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia
A reported precision airstrike by an unidentified aircraft at Buaale, Middle Juba was said to have killed up to 50 fighters with local Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab - along with a named senior leader. The event was first reported by Kenyan media - though reports did not identify which nation had conducted the alleged…

Summary

Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
40–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18–19 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1912

Location

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant "massacre" in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing…

Summary

Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–300
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15–16 March, 2019

Incident Code

USSOM208

Location

Jilib Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A Mareeg Media report from March 16th 2019 asserted that US-backed Somali forces had carried out an "air and ground operation" near Marka Town in Jilib Marka, 91km southwest of Mogadishu. Citing anonymous Somali military officials, Mareeg said that "at least" 22 "militants" were killed in the operation, including 'senior al Shabaab commanders' Abu Yasin…

Summary

Published
16 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 March 2019

Incident Code

USSOM205-C

Location

دار السلام, Darusalaam, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US conducted a confirmed airstrike on March 11th 2019 in the vicinity of Dara Salaam near Awdegle, Lower Shabelle Region, in "self-defense". AFRICOM stated at the time that the airstrike - which it said killed eight al Shabaab militants - "was conducted in support of Somali-led ground forces that came under attack from militants"…

Summary

Published
11 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7–8 March, 2019

Incident Code

USSOM204-C

Location

Gamboole, Middle Shabelle, Somalia
According to local reports a US airstrike, carried out as part of a land and air operation, was conducted in the Gambole area killing up to eight alleged Al-Shabaab fighters on March 8th. Two civilians were also reportedly killed in the strike and four more injured, Voice of America said. According to Mareeg: "U.S. forces…

Summary

Published
8 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons, Unknown, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 February 2019

Incident Code

USSOM198-C

Location

Qoryoley near Janaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
An adult woman was reported killed by an alleged US attack on Qoryole, according to the Turkish news organisation TRT - an event it dated to before midnight on February 23rd 2019. Despite conducting four strikes in the near region that day. AFRICOM later insisted that "no U.S. military strike took place at the alleged…

Summary

Published
23 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

20 February 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr188

Location

المنطقة العسكرية الأولى ,سيئون, The First Military Zone, Seiyun, Hadramaut, Yemen
Two local-language sources suggested that at least one US drone strike had taken place in Hadramout governorate on February 20th 2019. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Security sources told Aden 24 that a US drone flew low over the "first military zone in Sayyoun Hadramout", and attempted to target two "terrorist…

Summary

Published
20 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 February 2019

Incident Code

USSOM194-C

Location

Tuwaareey, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
US Africa Command initially reported that it had carried out two airstrikes in the vicinity of Janaale in the lower Shabelle region. AFRICOM stated that "the first airstrike on February 11 had killed eight militants and the second airstrike killed four militants" with a total of 12 killed. AFRICOM added that "at this time, it…

Summary

Published
11 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military actors reported killed
4–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 February 2019

Incident Code

ISSY-110219

Location

القنيطرة, Al Qunaitra, Quneitra, Syria
Alleged Israeli airstrikes were carried out on Quneitra hospital on February 11, 2019. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, "at 19.50 p.m., Israeli drones launched 4 missiles on Quneitra hospital and one of the points affiliated to the security guard forces, affirming that the damages were limited to materials." A reporter also added that…

Summary

Published
11 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

21 January 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr186-C

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Al Bayda, Yemen
One civilian, named as the elderly man Saleh Ahmed Mohammed al-Qaisi, was killed by a US drone strike in the vicinity of Ja'ar, in the Al Qayseen subdistrict, Sama'a district of Bayda governorate, at 10am on January 21st 2019. In April 2021, CENTCOM confirmed to the Yemen human rights group Mwatana that it had killed…

Summary

Published
21 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 January 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr187

Location

الجرشة, Al Jarsha, Ma'rib, Yemen
A US drone raid, involving two airstrikes, reportedly killed two alleged AQAP militants in Al Jarsha, in the Juba district of Marib governorate, late on January 21st 2019, according to some local sources. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. One source, Shafah, named one of those killed as Ali Nasser Al-Faqir, "the…

Summary

Published
21 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 January 2019

Incident Code

CS1887

Location

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A house in the town of Al Soussa was struck by what sources described variously as a drone strike, airstrikes, artillery shelling, a rocket or a rocket-propelled grenade, killing two named brothers. Three of their other brothers were reported injured. Although one source implied the brothers were members of ISIS, this was not mentioned by…

Summary

Published
13 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 January 2019

Incident Code

RS3560

Location

اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, Syria
A 14-year-old girl was reported killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Lataminah in northern Hama, according to sources on the ground. Local sources reported that a woman and her two daughters were wounded and that the girl died from her injuries hours later. There are varying reports about the exact number of…

Summary

Published
11 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 January 2019

Incident Code

USYEMTr184-C

Location

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen
Jamal al-Badawi, an alleged 'legacy' AQAP militant, was killed by a US drone strike in Marib governorate on the morning of January 1st 2019, US Central Command stated, confirming earlier reports that he had been targeted by a strike in Wadi Obeidah, Marib. One civilian was locally reported injured in the attack - and the…

Summary

Published
1 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4 December 2018

Incident Code

USSOM165

Location

Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Four al Shabaab fighters were reported killed as the US carried out what it said was a self-defence strike in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, after US and partner forces came under attack, US Africa Command said in a statement. Associated Press gave a detailed report on the event: "Somali commandos backed by U.S.…

Summary

Published
4 December 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 November 2018

Incident Code

LC099

Location

العوينات, Al Uwaynat, Ghat, Libya
Eleven civilians were reported killed as a result of a US airstrike near Al Uwaynat. The event marks the biggest single allegation of civilian harm against the United States in Libya so far. Initial reports had indicated that the US had targeted Al Qaeda members with a precision strike near the town in the south…

Summary

Published
29 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–11
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

24–25 November, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr183

Location

ذي كالب, Dhi Kalb, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least five alleged AQAP militants, including at least one leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Dhi Kalb, in the Quraishiah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from November 24th-25th 2018.  There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Most sources reported that six militants had been killed, though differed…

Summary

Published
24 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

19 November 2018

Incident Code

USSOM157

Location

Vicinity of Quy Cad near Debatscile/ Dabad Shil, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018". This entry records the first of of these events. AFRICOM asserted that "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." It also claimed that "the first…

Summary

Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
27
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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