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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: YEMT052)
Alleged AQAP sites in Al Quoz village, in the Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, were targeted by reported US naval and air strikes overnight from March 29th to March 30th 2017. There were no known reports of civilian harm.
Several sources indicated that US warships fired missiles at parts of the village during the night, landing on AQAP sites and unpopulated areas, according to local residents. Some sources also suggested that a US drone strike against an AQAP position took place in the same area, also overnight from March 29th to March 30th. No reports mentioned civilian or combatant casualties.
This reported event took place amid a dramatic intensification of US operations against AQAP, beginning in early March 2017. On April 3rd, Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis said that, from February 28th to the final week of March, 50 US airstrikes were conducted in Yemen.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Qouz (القوز), for which the coordinates are: 13.88921, 46.14929. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Media From Sources (2)
US drone strike targeted an #AQAP site on a mountain near Al-Qawz village in #Mudiyah district #Abyan. #SouthYemen #Yemen
— demolinari (@demolinari) March 29, 2017