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Incident Date
29 August 2012
Incident Code
USYEM122-C
Location
خشامر, Khashamir, Hadramaut, Yemen
As many as nine people were reportedly killed by alleged US drone or airstrikes as they travelled through the village of Khashamir on August 29, 2023. Up to four missiles were fired at the village causing extensive damage to homes and terrifying the local residents sufficiently for some to be rushed to hospital with shock.…
Summary
Published
29 August 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 June 2012
Incident Code
USYEM108-C
Location
المحفد, Mahfed district, Abyan, Yemen
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…
Summary
Published
20 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
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
15 June 2012
Incident Code
USYEM105-C
Location
شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
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,…
Summary
Published
15 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
(
House
)
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
16–17 May, 2012
Incident Code
USYEM085-C
Location
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…
Summary
Published
17 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 May 2012
Incident Code
USYEM073-C
Location
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…
Summary
Published
6 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
),
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
30 March 2012
Incident Code
USYEM054-C
Location
عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
Initial reports suggested that one civilian was killed and six to eight civilians, including three to six children, were injured in an alleged US drone strike targeting a vehicle allegedly carrying AQAP members, in the city of Azzan in Shabwa Province at 4pm on the 30th of March 2012. A later report by Akkarama on…
Summary
Published
30 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6–8
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 March 2012
Incident Code
USYEM047-C
Location
المخنق, Al Makhnaq, Al Zahir district, Al Bayda, Yemen
Ten to 43 suspected militants were reported killed in a drone strike at 9:15pm on al Bayda, Yemen, March 9th, 2012. Yet in interviews, human rights activists and victims’ relatives said "many" of the dead were civilians, not fighters, with at least two named civilian victims and a report of a child killed. As many…
Summary
Published
9 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
0–55
Military actors reported killed
10–43
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 October 2011
Incident Code
USYEM042-C
Location
حريب, Harib district, Ma'rib, Yemen
Saleh Qaid Toayman and his 14-year-old son Jalal were reportedly killed in an alleged overnight US airstrike in Azzan on October 14, 2011, according to local reports. Saleh and Jalal were grazing camels "in an area known to be controlled by Al Qaeda,’" and had then slept by a mosque, according to Toayman’s 15-year-old son Azzedine,…
Summary
Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2011
Incident Code
USYEM032-C
Location
مسجد جعار الكبير, Jaar Grand Mosque, Abyan, Yemen
Up to seven civilians were killed and three to five others, including a child, were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes against the Grand Mosque in Jaar on the 5th of September, 2011. Civilians Jaber Qassem Salem (72), Hazza Ahmed Atta Baheb, Haidara Mohsen Ali al-Abidi were killed and Omar Qassem (11) among other…
Summary
Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2011
Incident Code
USYEM034-C
Location
مدرسة الفاروق الثانوية في جعار, Al-Farouq high school, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and four others, including two children, were injured in the alleged US drone strike or Yemeni airstrike that hit the Al-Farouq High School in Ja´ar Abyan Province on the 5th of September 2011. Wafaa Mohammed Ahmed al-Hamza (8 years old) was killed and her father Mohammed Ahmed…
Summary
Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
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
Residential
,
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 June 2011
Incident Code
USYEM018-C
Location
Raia, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US or Yemen government airstrike reportedly killed up to four civilians including one child and two women, and injured up to three children when it struck a residential area of Raia, Jaar, Abyan Province on June 10th 2011. There were no reports of belligerents killed or injured. Multiple sources reported the death of…
Summary
Published
10 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
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
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
Military actors reported killed
1–2
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
Military actors reported killed
6–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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