(Previous Incident Code: YEM155C )

A named Yemeni soldier told the Yemen Times 15 people were killed by drones in Mahfed, Abyan province. It was unclear whether those killed were militants or civilians.

Unusually, Yemen Times reported the name of their military source. Shaker al Ghadeer was reportedly a soldier with Brigade 111 base in Abyan province. He was the only source of this strike.

However a source in Yemen, speaking independently of this attack, told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that several airstrikes have gone unreported in the Mahfed area of Abyan.