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Incident Date

17 April 2013

Incident Code

USYEM150-C

Location

Wessab al Ali District, Dhamar, Yemen
وصاب العالي
Up to four civilians were killed in an alleged U.S drone strike in Wessab al Ali on the 17th of April 2013. However there is some discrepancy in earlier reports which alleged all killed were militants. A suspected Al Qaeda leader Hamid al Radami (aka Hammed al Masea Meftah, Hamed Radman, Hamid Radman al Manea,…

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17 April 2013
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Incident Date

14 April 2013

Incident Code

Ob316

Location

Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At least four people were killed in the first drone strike for 24 days. Tribesmen reported as many as six drones hovering over the area ‘since the afternoon, spreading panic among the residents’. One drone ‘fired two missiles at the time of sunset’, a local security official said. They reportedly hit 15 minutes apart, although intelligence officials said three…

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14 April 2013
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Incident Date

22 March 2013

Incident Code

Ob315

Location

New Adda, Tehsil Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Drones killed up to four people in an attack on either a house or a vehicle. Most sources said three or four people died. However in January 2014 the Bureau published an internal assessment of drone strikes compiled by the local political authority. It listed three people killed in a strike on a ‘double cab pickup…

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22 March 2013
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Incident Date

10 March 2013

Incident Code

Ob314

Location

Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to three people died in a drone strike, although reports differed on the circumstances. Several reports said men riding on a horse were attacked, killing them and the horse instantly. However three unnamed officials told the Associated Press that a single horse-borne alleged ‘foreign militant’ was killed. Other reports said two alleged militants were killed when drones destroyed a house. Rescue work…

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Published
10 March 2013
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Incident Date

1–31 March, 2013

Incident Code

USSOM025-C

Location

Kol, near Bula Xawa, Gedo, Somalia
Two airstrikes by an unknown belligerent hit the nomadic settlement of Kol, near the city of Bulla-Xama, in southwestern Somalia’s Gedo region, killing a mother and her two children and injuring five others, a young man who fled the settlement following the strike told the Kenyan group Journalists for Justice. According to a report, Black…

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1 March 2013
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Incident Date

8 February 2013

Incident Code

Ob313

Location

Babar Ghar, South Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA drones reportedly killed at least six in a strike on the North-South Waziristan border. Two senior al Qaeda commanders, Abu Majid al Iraqi and Sheikh Abu Waqas, were reportedly killed. Abu Waqas (35) was said to be a Yemeni bomb making expert who was involved in "high profile attacks on US and Isaf forces".…

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Published
8 February 2013
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Incident Date

6 February 2013

Incident Code

Ob312

Location

Spinwam, North Waziristan, Pakistan
After a 27-day pause, CIA drones reportedly destroyed a house and damaged others nearby, killing at least three people. Between two and six missiles reportedly hit the building, which caught fire, at noon. The strike injured an unknown number of people in one of several nearby houses that were damaged by the blast. One report said the strike killed five, including ‘three suspected…

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Published
6 February 2013
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Incident Date

31 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM140-B

Location

Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen
One member of Al Qaeda was killed in a suspected US drone strike at some point before February 2013 in Shabwa province. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. In February AFP reported Adel al Abab (aka Adil al Abab, Abu al Zubair) was killed in the second of a pair of strikes…

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31 January 2013
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Incident Date

23 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM148-C

Location

Khawlan, Sanaa, Yemen
خولان
On January 23, 2013, at least two civilians were killed by alleged U.S. drone attacks in central Sanaa province. Between two and five militants were also killed in the strike. In the immediate aftermath Yemeni media named five of the dead as: Salem Mohsen Jamel, Ali Mohammed Jamel, Mohsem Mohsen Jamel and Al Nashiri. Rabee…

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23 January 2013
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Incident Date

23 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM149-C

Location

Wald Rabi' District, Bayda Governorate, Yemen
A second possible drone strike on January 23, 2013 killed between two and four militants, with some sources noting that two children were killed and seven other civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured. The Los Angeles Times reported the strike hit two motorcycles – its intended target – and killing the alleged…

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23 January 2013
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Incident Date

22 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM147-B

Location

Al Boka, Al Jawf, Yemen
An alleged U.S. drone or Saudi strike killed at least three suspected Al Qaeda militants and injured "several others" in the al Jawf province near the Saudi Arabian border on January 22, 2013. One source reported that a member of the National Security Agency who was instructing the drones to their targets was accidentally killed.…

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22 January 2013
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Incident Date

21 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM146-B

Location

Nakhla, Ma'rib, Yemen
Between two and nine Al Qaeda members were killed and three to five more were wounded in an alleged US drone strike on Nakhla on January 21, 2023. There were varying identifications of the dead. Ahmed al Ziadi, an alleged Al Qaeda commander in Marib province, died of his wounds "hours later". Ali al Ghulaisi,…

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Published
21 January 2013
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Incident Date

20 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM145-B

Location

Al Kanais, Ma'rib, Yemen
On January 20th 2013, three suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed when an alleged US drone strike hit a car in Al Kanais, a deserted area in Ma’rib near the border with the al-Jawf province. The strike was carried out in the afternoon. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Ali al Ghulaisi,…

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20 January 2013
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Incident Date

19 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM142-N

Location

Wadi Abida, Ma'rib, Yemen
وادي عبيدة
On January 19th 2013, between 7 and 10:30 pm, the first of three alleged US drone strikes in the Wadi Abidah region in al-Hatik in Marib struck an orange farm in the populated Al-Masil area in Al Dsaleel, Ra’ed Fadi Abdullah. There were no reported casualties, civilian or militant but according to eyewitnesses, the strike…

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19 January 2013
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Incident Date

19 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM143-B

Location

Wadi Abida, Ma'rib, Yemen
وادي عبيدة
On January 19th 2013, before 11pm, the second of three alleged US drone strikes hit the  Al Shabwan Wadi Abidah region of the Marib governorate, killing as many as three militants. Marib Press, Yemen Observer, and Enduring American World View corroborated that one of the reported militants killed was Ismaeel Bin Saeed Bin Jameel and…

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Published
19 January 2013
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Incident Date

19 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM144-C

Location

Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen
وادي عبيدة
A suspected US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, Ma’rib governorate on January 19th 2013 between 11 o’clock at night and midnight killed up to four civilians, with conflicting reports that in fact up to six Al Qaeda militants were killed. According to Mareb Press, the strike hit and destroyed a vehicle that Al Qaeda seized…

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19 January 2013
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Incident Date

12 January 2013

Incident Code

SOM016a-1

Location

Bulo Marer, Somalia
French commandos failed to a rescue a French spy held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009. Paris claimed the militants executed the captured secret service agent, known by his alias Denis Allex, during an assault by 50 Special Forces troops. However al Shabaab’s media wing said the hostage survived. Seventeen alleged militants were reportedly killed…

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Published
12 January 2013
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Incident Date

10 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob311

Location

Hassokhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At least four were killed in Hesso Khel, the second strike on the village in three days. A house was destroyed in the strike. According to AFP two missiles destroyed the house and two further missiles hit a nearby motorcycle. Four people died in the house and two on the motorbike, the agency added. None of the…

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Published
10 January 2013
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Incident Date

8 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob309

Location

Haiderkhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
In twin strikes CIA drones killed at least six people, including up to two reported civilians. There were conflicting accounts of the events that night. Some sources reported a single strike that killed up to nine people. But multiple sources reported up to 17 missiles were fired on two nearby but separate targets at least 15…

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Published
8 January 2013
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Incident Date

8 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob310

Location

Malangan Hassokhel, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The Agency’s drones killed at least two people in the second strike in nearby Hesso Khel village. Up to 11 missiles were fired on a ‘two room house‘ belonging to Noor Mohammed – his fate was not reported. An October 2013 Amnesty International field investigation found 4-9 people died in the attack, all ‘Taliban and/or al Qaeda’. Villagers said…

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Published
8 January 2013
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Incident Date

6 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob308

Location

Smal Narai area, Tehsil Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
The CIA continued its New Year offensive with the third strike in five days – possibly the bloodiest attack in 88 days. Between 8 and 18 people were reported killed when up to five US drones fired multiple missiles in a pre-dawn strike. The unmanned aircraft battered the Babar Ghar area of South Waziristan according…

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Published
6 January 2013
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Incident Date

4 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM141-B

Location

Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
رداع
On January 3rd 2013, at least three Al Qaeda militants were allegedly killed by a US or Yemeni airstrike in a “mountainous area” near Rada’a. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Among those who died was Muqbel Abbad Al Zobah, nicknamed Abu Shebab, the news source Akhbar Alyom reported. This was corroborated…

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Published
3 January 2013
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Incident Date

3 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob307

Location

Ghundi Killi, Tappi area, Tehsil Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A double missile strike on a vehicle near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, reportedly killed four people, reportedly including Faisal Khan, a local leader of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). Also killed with him, according to the Washington Post, were two ‘Uzbek militants’; Express Tribune put the toll at six and named two more of the dead as Israr Mehsud and Latif.…

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Published
3 January 2013
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Incident Date

2 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob306

Location

Lajhmarai area, Tehsil Birmal, South Waziristan, Pakistan
In one of their most significant recent strikes, CIA drones killed Maulvi Nazir, the powerful leader of a so-called ‘good Taliban’ faction, in a late evening (1035pm) attack near Wana in South Waziristan. The Express Tribune said the attack was ‘perhaps the most prized feather in [the] cap’ of the drone programme. Also reported killed…

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Published
2 January 2013
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Incident Date

29 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM139-B

Location

Saila valley/Sa'ilat al Jarrah, Al Bayda, Yemen
سائلة الجرّاح
Alleged US missiles hit a 2006 saloon Land Cruiser traveling on the outskirts of al-Manaseh village on December 29, 2012, near Radda, in the fourth strike in a week. At least three alleged al Qaeda members died and two others were injured. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The three victims reportedly…

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Published
29 December 2012
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Incident Date

29 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob305

Location

Gurbaz, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to five people were reported killed in a drone strike in the Shawal valley area on the borders of North and South Waziristan. Dawn reported intelligence officials as saying that a house in Gurbaz was bombed. AFP reported that while one official claimed those killed were in ‘a house believed to be a militant…

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Published
29 December 2012
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Incident Date

28 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM138-C

Location

Near the hospital in Shoheer, Hadramaut, Yemen
شحير
On the evening of December 28, 2012, an alleged US drone strike fired missiles at a moving motorcycle killed between two to four alleged AQAP militants near the town of Shaher, near the site of a strike four days earlier. An investigation by an NGO revealed that a 10 year old child was also wounded.…

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Published
28 December 2012
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Incident Date

24 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM136-B

Location

Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen
المناسح
Two suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and three were injured in an alleged US drone strike which hit a vehicle in Manaseh in al-Bayda province on December 24th, 2012 at 5pm. No civilian harm has been reported. According to Reuters, AFP, and AP, two Al Qaeda militants were killed when a drone strike hit…

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Published
24 December 2012
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Incident Date

24 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM137-C

Location

Wahid Shoheer Club stadium, Hadramaut, Yemen
ملعب نادي وحدة شحير
Three missiles hit motorbikes killing three to five Al Qaeda militants and injuring between one and 15 people including 14 civilians. The alleged US drone strike occurred in Shehr in Hadramout province in the evening on December 24th, 2012. The number of people injured in the strike varies greatly from one to two militants reported…

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Published
24 December 2012
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Incident Date

21 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob304

Location

Hassokhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At least three alleged militants were reported killed in an attack on a house in the Mir Ali area, local media reported. A CIA drone reportedly fired two missiles, destroying the house. One source noted that unidentified ‘foreigners’ may have been among the dead, and local people were reported to have taken part in rescue…

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21 December 2012
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