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Airwars Assessment
A man was killed by an alleged US airstrike on the Al-Nahda neighbourhood in the Al-Thawra district of Sanaa,Yemen on 16 April, 2025.
Online commenters stated that the man was a civilian. On a Facebook post by Sanaa Rohi, comments attested to his lack of involvement in militancy, reporting that the deceased was a building guard. “They bombed a house and the guard died”, wrote one commenter, followed by another; “He is neither a Houthi nor a mercenary”.
Further details on the deceased’s identity were not made public.
Where sources named a belligerent, all pointed to the US military.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Al-Nahda (حي النهضة) in the Al-Thawra district (مديرية الثورة) in Sanaa (صنعاء), for which the generic coordinates are: 15.390910, 44.184880. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.