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Kushhali Turkhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan

The CIA’s drones returned to the attack in a Sunday strike on the village of Khushhali Turikhel in North Waziristan. Between four and seven people died, with six missiles fired at a house, according to AFP. One or two vehicles were also reported destroyed. However another source reported that ‘Uzbek militants’ were killed ‘visiting a…

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Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen

On July 28th 2012 alleged Yemeni or US fighter jets bombed two suspected Al Qaeda hideouts in the Mahfad district of the Abyan Province with an unknown number of casualties as reported by Xinhua news who got their information from a local security official and a local resident. The security official quoted by Xinhua news…

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Dre Nishter/Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Up to 14 people were killed in the first known US drone strike in 17 days. An unknown number of CIA drones struck at 9.20pm, firing up to eight missiles into a housing compound alleged to belong to Sadiq Noor, a militant commander and ally of Hafiz Gul Bahadur. It was not clear if Noor…

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Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen

On the night of July 23rd 2012 around 11pm, alleged US or Yemeni warplanes launched two strikes against two supposed Al Qaeda hideouts in the al-Mahfad district in the south of the Abyan Province; five alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed in these strikes according to the Associated Press. Local twitter users and a local…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Maizer, North Waziristan, Pakistan

As many as 24 people were killed in a triple evening strike on a house in Datta Khel. The dead were said to include ‘foreigners’, with Al Jazeera reporting at the time of the attack:The initial strike on a house killed nine, three others were killed in a second attack when they drove to the site…

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al-Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen

Alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on July 4th 2012 in al-Mahfad, Abyan province reportedly killed between three and 13 Al Qaeda militants and injured up to seven militants. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Yemen Post, Naharnet, and Mareb Press reported that the raid was carried out against the position of Al…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Bayhan district, Shabwa, Yemen

On July 3rd 2012, an alleged US drone strike killed two to six members of Al Qaeda and injured two in a car traveling in the Beihan district of the Shabwah Province. Witnesses stated the drone was American, a claim later supported by news reports. Fox News quoting an official identified two of the dead…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Dre Nishter/Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

US drones struck a house in the Shawal area at around 7am, killing up to eight people. A local security official told agency AFP: ‘Two missiles targeted the compound, killing six militants.’ A second official reported that ‘the strike destroyed the house and triggered a fire. It was difficult to identify the bodies immediately as…

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Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

CIA attacks resumed after a 12 day pause, when missiles struck a house in Shawal in North Waziristan late in the evening, killing up to seven people. Local officials told AFP that the target was militants linked to Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a leader involved in the Afghan insurgency but with a peace agreement with Pakistan.The…

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Bir Hamid, Aden, Yemen

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On June 25th, 2012, a declared US drone strike hit two vehicles in the outskirts of Aden in Bir Hamid at dawn. Three alleged AQAP members were killed, while several others were wounded. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The identities of those killed were not reported, but a source told the…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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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…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen

On the 20th of June 2012, up to 30 militants were reported killed and six others injured in a series of Yemeni or US-waged airstrikes in Mahfed, Abyan, which was later reported by international and local media. AP reported that Yemeni military officials said that "at least six air raids targeted moving vehicles and Al…

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Yafa'a district, Lahij, Yemen

Three militants were killed when a vehicle was destroyed in Yafa’a district south of Bayda province by alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on June 19, 2012, local and international media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to reporting from Reuters, Yemeni state news (Saba) reported that on June 19th, Yemeni…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

On June 17th 2012, an alleged airstrike or shelling by the US military or Yemen Air Force caused the death of up to nine civilians in the town of Azzan, Shabwa province. There are currently no known reports of injured. The US news channel Fox News claimed that six Al Qaeda militants were killed in…

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Artillery, Airstrike

Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Mountainous area in the Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen

Between five and eight Al Qaeda members were killed and two others were injured in an alleged airstrike by Yemeni forces on June 15th 2012 in the governorate of Shabwa. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The attack was reportedly carried out in a “mountainous area” of the Shabwa region, though little…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Yemeni Air Force

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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,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Residential (House)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

The Yemen Times reported a US drone strike hit Azzan in Shabwa province, described as AQAP’s "last stronghold" in the province, on June 14, 2012. The reporter Ali Saeed subsequently told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism via email that the strike came on Thursday evening. Casualty figures were unknown he added, because "the army has…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Initial reports declared up to four alleged militants were killed in an early morning CIA drone strike in Miranshah bazaar. An official told Express Tribune four Punjabis were killed when two missiles were reportedly fired on a building, hitting an upper floor. The official added: ‘The building, which comprised of two rooms, was razed to the ground as…

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Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

Between 27 and 40 militants were reported to have been killed and "dozens" others were injured in a series of alleged U.S. drone strikes or Yemeni airstrikes in and around the town of Azzan in Shabwa governorate on the morning of the 13th of June, 2012. However, a a spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia alleged that…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Isha, near Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Up to four alleged militants were killed in the first strike for nine days. Initial estimates put the casualty figure at three but AFP reported this was subsequently updated by an anonymous Pakistani official. The men were traveling in a vehicle in the evening when multiple missiles were fired from a US drone. The strike…

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Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

Between 12 and 16 Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a suspected US or Yemeni airstrike or ground operation on Jaar, Abyan on June 11, 2012, local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Reuters cited a Yemeni military official who said that "the army launched its most serious assault on…

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Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Outskirts of Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

In this single-source event, Xinhua reported that three alleged senior Al Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike on their vehicle in Jaar on June 11, 2012, attributing the strike to Yemeni "warplanes." There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. They were killed "while they were moving to oversee the fighting with army troops…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Yemeni Air Force

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Eastern parts of Mudiya, Abyan, Yemen

Two Al Qaeda commanders were killed and seven other militants were injured by a Yemeni airstrike "while they were inspecting a checkpoint" in Moudia, Abyan on June 7, 2012. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to @taizcity, the strikes were carried out by helicopters (but did not attribute them to the…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Yemeni Air Force

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Desert road between Ja'ar and Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

On June 7th 2012, there were reports that Yemeni or US warplanes conducted an airstrike against a vehicle carrying suspected Al Qaeda militants on the desert road between Ja’ar and Zinjibar in Abyan province. According to anonymous officials and an anonymous military source speaking to local and international media, three to five of the passengers…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Khushali, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Al Qaeda’s effective number two, Abu Yahya al Libi (aka Mohammed Hasan Qaed), was killed as the CIA continued with a tempo of strikes not seen in Pakistan for over a year. The Islamabad government once again condemned the attacks as ‘illegal’ and urged the US to stop. Drones struck at 5am in North Waziristan,…

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Landai Warai, Tehsil Birmal, South Waziristan, Pakistan

The investigators found Commander Malang had traveled to Gangikhel village where his brother was buried, to offer fateha or condolence for his brother. Tribal elders and well-wishers advised Malang not to stay in the village as the risk of drone attack made it dangerous to both him and other mourners. Malang moved to the nearby village of…

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Khawashi Khel, near Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan

In the first reported CIA action in South Waziristan since March 13, up to four people were reported killed in a strike targeting a motorbike in Khawashi Khel, 5km to the east of Wana. Security officials told AFP that alleged militants had been moving from one area to another near the Afghan border, and that…

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Ghowa Khowa near Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan

One agency reported a second drone attack of the day, on a house in the Ghowa Khowa area close to Wana. Four people were reported killed.

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Eastern part of Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen

Alleged US drone strikes killed up to 12 Al Qaeda militants in a compound used for communications and meetings in the eastern part of the al-Mahfad area located in Abyan Province the evening of the 1st of June 2012. There are currently no reports of civilian harm. Albashayer and CNN cited the lowest death toll…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen

A Yemeni journalist was reportedly injured in an alleged drone strike while fleeing the site of attacks on an Al Qaeda vehicle on the 1st of June 2012 in Shabwa. Only one source, @narrabyee, reported this incident and further information remains unknown. The drone strike could have been a US or Yemeni strike as similar…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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